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SISTERS, BROTHERS, LOVERS & OTHERS: JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, DAVE ALVIN AND SYL & JIMMY JOHNSON

Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits and lots others.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Stealin' Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin
    From Downey to Lubbock, Yep Roc Records
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Doc and Merle Watson
    Elementary Doctor Watson, Poppy
  • Me and Paul Willie Nelson
    Yesterday's Wine, RCA
  • SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore

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  • SEGMENT: The Flatlanders

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  • Instrumental: Florence Avenue Lullaby Dave Alvin
    Museum of Heart, HighTone
  • SEGMENT: Dave Alvin

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  • Dry River Dave Alvin
    Blue Blvd, HighTone
  • Didn't It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
    Didn't It Rain/Stretch Out, Decca
  • Diggin' My Potatoes Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
    Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam, Chess
  • Sweet Little Angel BB King
    Singing the Blues , Crown
  • Sweet Thang Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
    Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn Singin' Again, Decca
  • Instrumental: El Fantasma Del Toro Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
    Way Out West, Superlatone
  • SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Dave Alvin

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  • End Bed: Highway 1 Bill Frisell
    Big Sur, Okeh

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: My Sweet Potato Booker T & the MGs
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • The Beat Goes On Sonny and Cher
    In Case You're in Love, ATCO
  • Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Louis Prima and Keely Smith
    Wild, Cool and Swingin', Capitol
  • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella and Louis Sing Gershwin, Verve
  • You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
    My Little Lady/You and My Old Guitar, Victor
  • All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers
    All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette, Cadence
  • You Were On My Mind Ian and Sylvia
    Ian and Sylvia: The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Vanguard
  • Instrumental: Frankie and Johnny Tuts Washington
    New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
  • Frankie and Johnnie Sam Cooke
    The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
  • Tramp Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
    King & Queen, Stax
  • Zydeco et pas SalĂ© Clifton & Cleveland Chenier
    Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Brother John Wild Tchoupitoulas
    Wild Tchoupitoulas , Antilles
  • Cain and Abel Marsalis Family
    The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration, Marsalis Music
  • Instrumental: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
    1984, Impulse
  • SEGMENT: Syl & Jimmy Johnson

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  • Come Together Syl Johnson
    Is It Because I'm Black, Twinight
  • Yes We Can Can Pointer Sisters
    Yes We Can Can, Blue Thumb
  • Closing Bed: Up Right Allen Toussaint
    The Wild Sound of New Orleans: The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family

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