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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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May 11th, 2005

It’s a trip to the American Routes archives as we bring you outtakes, missteps and live performances from Bonnie Raitt, Bo Diddley, Ralph Stanley, Dr. John, and others. Plus live music cuts from Willie Nelson, the legendary Flatlanders and Cajun teen band Feufollet.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Soul Surfer Johnny Fortune
    Cowabunga! The Surf Box, Rhino
  • Aztec Bo Diddley
    Chess Box, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Bo Diddley
  • Road Runner Bo Diddley
    Chess Box, MCA
  • Blues Won't Let Me Get My Rest Henry Gray
    Live on AR 4/25/01,
  • Walkin' Blues Cephas & Wiggins
    Live on AR 5/3/00,
  • INTERVIEW: Bonnie Raitt
  • No Getting' Over You Bonnie Raitt
    Silver Lining, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Honky Tonk Boogie Johnny Otis
    Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings, Savoy
  • INTERVIEW: Johnny Otis
  • Double Crossing Blues Johnny Otis
    Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings, Savoy
  • Chicas Patas Boogie Lalo Guerrero Y Su Orquesta
    Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie
  • INTERVIEW: Lalo Guerrero
    Lalo Guerrero,
  • Ballad of Pancho Lopez Lalo Guerrero
    Recuerdos - Memories,
  • I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow Norman Blake
    O, Brother Where Art Thou?, Mercury
  • INTERVIEW: Ralph Stanley
  • The Window Up Above Ralph Stanley w/George Jones
    Clinch Mountain Country, Rebel
  • INTERVIEW: Emmylou Harris
  • Mansion on the Hill Emmylou Harris
    At the Ryman, Reprise
  • Mansion on the Hill Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
  • INTERVIEW: Feufollet
  • Cher Mom Feufollet
    Live on AR/BBC 1/1/03,
  • Sa M'Appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy) Nathan & Zydeco Cha Chas
    Live on AR/ABC 5/11/02,
  • INTERVIEW: Jerry Lee Lewis
  • It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Ray Charles
  • It Should've Been Me Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Like It Is Jerry Douglas
    Restless on the Farm, Sugar Hill
  • INTERVIEW: Jay Farrar

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  • Windfall Son Volt
    Trace, Warner
  • Daybreak Blues Doc Watson & Wayne Henderson
    Live on AR/ABC 2/3/02,
  • Steamboat Whistle Blow John Jackson
    Live on AR 4/28/00,
  • Instrumental: Blues At Gino's Davy Graham
    Fire In The Soul, Topic
  • Right Where I Belong The Flatlanders
    Live on AR 7/17/02,
  • INTERVIEW: Joe Ely
  • Wrong 'Em Boyo The Clash
    London Calling, Epic
  • Stack-A-Lee Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • INTERVIEW: Dr. John
  • Ki Ya Gris Gris Anutha Zone
    Virgin,
  • Who You Gonna Hoo-Doo Now Tony Joe White
    Live on AR 05/01/02,
  • Instrumental: Ice Miner Leo Kottke
    Instrumentals, Blue Note
  • Angel Flying too Close to the Ground Willie Nelson
    Live on AR 10/31/00,

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  • INTERVIEW: Norah Jones
  • Lonestar Norah Jones w/Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars, Island
  • INTERVIEW: Little Jimmy Scott
  • Someone to Watch Over Me Little Jimmy Scott
    Falling in Love is Wonderful, Rhino Handmade
  • The Last Time Blind Boys of Alabama
    Live on AR 5/2/01,
  • End Bed: Turn It Out Soulive
    Get Down!, Velour

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