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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
RADIO DAYS
We’ll talk with Gospel radio host Pearlie Tolliver, Monroe, Louisiana’s “Queen of the Dial.” And New Orleans DJ Billy Delle, the man who loves scratchy 45s to death on his show, “Records from the Crypt.” With music from Hank Williams, Joni Mitchell and Professor Longhair.
HOUR ONE
- Turn Your Radio On John Hartford
Aero-Plain, Rounder - You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
Hits, Reprise - Ain't Misbehavin Leon Redbone
On The Track, Warner Bros - Ain't Misbehavin Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi, Columbia - INTERVIEW: Dewey Phillips
- Strange Things Happening Every Day Sister Rosetta Tharp
The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis, Stash - Instrumental: Go Tell it On The Mountain Marcus Roberts
The Collected Marcus Roberts, RCA Victor - INTERVIEW: Sister Pearlee Tolliver
- Rough & Rocky Road The Mello-Tones
There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Sony - Panama All-Star Stompers
This is Jazz, Jazzology - SEGMENT: Tom Waits as DJ from the film "Down by Law"
- Trick Bag Earl King
The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI - Sugar Craft Yuka Honda & Sean Lennon
Combustication Remix, Blue Note - Radio Radio Elvis Costello
This Year's Model, - Instrumental: Hackensack Jimmy Smith
Softly As A Summer Breeze, Blue Note - INTERVIEW: Paul Burlison
- Bluebird Blues Howlin Wolf
Memphis Days Vol.2, Bear Family - Lost Highway Hank Williams
Health & Happiness Shows, Mercury
HOUR two
- San Antonio Rose Les Paul
Swing West, vol. 2, Razor & Tie - Long Walk Back to San Antone Junior Brown
Long Walk Back, Curb - Memo from Turner Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder
Performance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner - I'm Going to Detroit John Wrencher
Testament Records Sampler, Testament - Detroit City Arthur Alexander
From Where I Stand, Warner Bros. - Grain Belt Blues Peggy Lee w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra
Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz - Rock Island Line Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, vol. 3, Rounder - Kentucky Everly Brothers
Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family - Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
The Genius Hits The Road, Rhino - Instrumental: Slow Train Through Arkansas Elmon "Driftin Slim" Mickle
Down Home Harp, Testament - Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Nevada) Rose Maddox
The One Rose, Bear Family box - Big Hat No Cattle Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks - I'm a Happy Cowboy Herb Jeffries
The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), Warner Western - Instrumental: Doin' It Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Billie Delle
- Tipitina Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge, Rhino - Java Allen Toussaint
The Complete "Tousan" Sessions, Bear Family - Roberta Frankie Ford
Sea Cruise-The Very Best Of, Music Club - Lou-easy-an-i-a George Lewis
Jazz Funeral In New Orleans, Tradition - Indiana Art Tatum
The Complete Capitol Recordings, Capitol Jazz
