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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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MEDICINE SHOW

January 17th, 2001

Step right up! It’s a sonic tonic for the mid-Winter blues as we turn to the healing power of music ranging from the “Hadacol Boogie” to “Dr. Jazz.” Includes a visit with New Orleans piano man Eddie Bo, who also offers advice in the healing arts, and a trip to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum in to find “Love Potion # 9.”

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HOUR ONE

  • Fever Little Willie John
    All 15 of his Chart Hits, King
  • Fever The Three Suns
    Cocktail Mix Vol.1, Rhino
  • Fever Thrill Rosie Ledet
    Zesty Zydeco, Maison de Soul
  • High Fever Blues Corey Harris
    Fish Ain't Bitin', Alligator
  • High Blood Pressure Huey Smith
    The Very Best Of Vol.1, West Side
  • Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu Funky Meters
    Get You a Healin', New Orleans Musicians Clinic
  • Instrumental: Live It Up Eddie Bo
    The Hook and Sling, Tuff City
  • INTERVIEW: Eddie Bo

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  • Got My Mojo Workin' Jimmy Smith
    Got My Mojo Workin', Verve
  • Instrumental: Got My Mojo Workin' Clarence ‘Gatemouth' Brown
    Standing My Ground,
  • Bop Pills Macy Skipper
    The Very Best of Sun Rockabilly, Charly
  • Snake Oil Steve Earle
    Ain't Never Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection, Hip-o
  • Hadacol Boogie Bill Nettles
    Fonville Winans Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press
  • Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
    Birth of the Hot, RCA

HOUR two

  • Great Medical Menagerist Harmonica Frank
    Harmonica Frank, Puritan
  • The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show The Band
    Across the Great Divide, Capitol
  • Pneumonia Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Complete Prestige/Bluesville,
  • Pneumonia Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson, Fantasy
  • Cocaine Habit Blues Memphis Jugband
    Rukus Juice and Chittlins Vol.1, Shanachie
  • Jug Band Music Lovin' Spoonful
    Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Jesus is a Dying Bedmaker 2 John Fahey
    America, Takoma
  • Them Bones Mitchell's Christian Singers
    The Gospel Tradition, Sony
  • Them Bones Eddie Kirk
    Stax Volt Singles, Atlantic
  • Your Molecular Structure Mose Allison
    Atlantic Vocal Jazz Classics, Rhino
  • I've Got You Under My Skin Louis Prima and Keely Smith
    Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Big Shoe Bill Frisell
    Good Dog Happy Man, Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Pharmacy Museum
  • Love Potion #9 The Clovers
    The Best Of The Clovers, EMI
  • Spoonful Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA
  • Spoonful Gil Evans Orchestra
    Cool Talkin' Verve, Verve
  • Dr. Feelgood Aretha Franklin
    Aretha's Blues, Rhino

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