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DR. JOHN
Dr. John trips by the studios to play piano, talk hoodoo and walk on gilded splinters. Also music from honky-tonker Charlie Feathers, jazz clarinetist Don Byron’s interpretation of Hendrix, and monkey shines from Big Maybelle.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Rock Island Line Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia - Golden Gate Gospel Train Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s, Rounder - Night Train James Brown
Star Time, Polydor - Locomotion John Coltrane
Blue Train, Blue Note - Instrumental: Pan American Blues DeFord Bailey
From Where I Stand, Warner - Southern Can Is Mine Blind Willie McTell
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell, Columbia/Legacy - Pony Boy Allman Brothers
Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn - Rogaciano El Huapangero Linda Ronstadt
Canciones de Mi Padre, Asylum - Soul Sauce Cal Tjader
Jazz Masters 39: Cal Tjader, Verve - Instrumental: The Fix (One Naughty Flat) Dr. John
More Gumbo Stew, Ace - INTERVIEW: Dr. John
- Such a Night Dr. John
Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino - Travelin' Mood Dr. John
Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino - Anutha Zone Dr. John
Anutha Zone, Virgin - Roll Over Beethoven Charlie Feathers
Honky Tonk Man, New Rose - Rollin' Tumblin' R.L. Burnside
Come On In, Fat Possum
HOUR two
- Monkey Chase
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book, Walt Disney - Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson
The Best of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Motown - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Big Maybelle
The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957, Epic/OKeh/Legacy - You're Bound to Look Like A Monkey Milton Brown
The Complete Recordings of the Father of Western Swing, Texas Rose - Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole
The Best of The Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics 1942-46, Capitol - The Monkey Dirty Dozen Brass Band
This is Jazz #30, Sony - Instrumental: Dockside Boogie Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
Long Way Home, Verve - Hungry For Love Patsy Cline
The Essential Patsy Cline, RCA - Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson
Chess Blues Guitar: Two Decades of Killer Fretwork, MCA/Chess - If 6 Was 9 Don Byron
Nu Blaxploitation, Blue Note - Slavery Days Burning Spear
Revolutionary Sounds, Shanachie - Instrumental: Looking Dread The Upsetters
Upsetters A Go Go, Heart Beat - Minor Swing Django Reinhardt
The Best of Django Reinhardt, Blue Note - Let's Have a Party Martin, Bogan & Armstrong
That Old Gang of Mine, Flying Fish - Swinging Party The Replacements
Tim, Sire - Party Lights Jr. Brown
Guit With It, Curb - Party Lights Claudine Clark
The Best of the Girl Groups, Rhino - Gilton Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis, Elektra/Nonesuch - End Bed: Memories of Prof. Longhair Dr. John
Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino
