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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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EAST TEXAS/WEST LOUISIANA

July 9th, 2003

Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It’s a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana, singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit “Suzy Q”; and 90-year-old jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA — Los Angeles.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Houston Boogie Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • Allons a Grand Coteau (Let's Go To Grand Coteau) Clifton Chenier
    Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie
  • Spoon Bread Lil Band of Gold
  • Northeast Texas Women Willis Allen Ramsey
    Willis Allen Ramsey, Koch
  • Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Cripple Creek The Band
    The Band, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton
    Blues Masters Vol.3: Texas Blued, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Nellie Lutcher

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  • All Star Strut Charlie Christian
    The Genius of the Electric Guitar, Sony
  • Gulf Coast Special Adolph Hofner and His Orchestra
    OKeh Western Swing, Epic
  • Instrumental: Blues De Port Arthur Le Trio Cadien
    Le Trio Cadien, Rounder
  • Blues de Texas Dennis McGee
    The Complete Early Recordings 1929-1930, Yazoo
  • Texas Blues Robert Pete Williams
    I'm Blue As A Man Can Be, Vol.1, Arhoolie
  • Mean Ol' Lonesome Train Lightnin' Slim
    The Excello Story, Vol.2: 1955-1957, Hip-O
  • Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
    Greatest Hits, Columbia/Legacy

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Draggin' The Bow Harry Choates
    Freddie King of Cajun Swing, Arhoolie
  • Last Town I Painted George Jones
    Cup of Loneliness: The Mercury Years, Mercury
  • Little Liza Jane Hot Club of Cowtown
    Dev'lish Mary, Hightone
  • I Got Loaded Lil' Bob & The Lollipops
    Lafayette Soul Show, Kent
  • Groovin' Illinois Jacquet
    Flying Home The Best of the Verve Years, Verve
  • Going Back to Louisiana Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
    Back to Bogalousa, Blue Thumb
  • SEGMENT: Nathan & Zydeco Cha Cha's

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  • Instrumental: Ponderosa Stomp Lazy Lester
    House Rockin' & Hip Shakin' Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • My Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) Slim Harpo
    Slim Harpo Sings Raining in My Heart, Hip-O
  • Lonesome Cabin Blues Mercy Dee Walton
    One Room Country Shack, Specialty
  • Pipeliner Blues Moon Mullican
    Sings His All Time Greatest, King
  • INTERVIEW: Dale Hawkins

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  • Instrumental: Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
    Texas Flood, Epic/Legacy
  • Storm in Texas (AKA Texas Flood) Whispering Smith
    House Rockin' & Hip Shakin', Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker
    The Very Best of T-Bone Walker: Blues Masters, Rhino
  • Long Telephone Port Arthur Cleveland Crochet
    Cleveland Crochet & All The Sugar Bees, Goldband
  • Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
    Circuit Queen, Capitol
  • End Bed: Beaumont Rag The Hackberry Ramblers
    Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish

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