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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

THE COLOR OF MUSIC

We provide this special program with New Orleans hoodoo rock and roller Dr. John as a guest, if you’re not in a money-drawing mode, but still want to keep away the bad luck.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: I Used to be Color Blind Anita O'Day
    Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve
  • Choice of Colors The Impressions
    Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul, Rhino
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
    The Early Years, Vanguard
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    The King of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, RCA
  • Blue Moon Bobby 'Blue' Bland
    Turn On Your Love Light, MCA
  • Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A & M
  • Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
    Greatest Hits, Curb
  • Instrumental: Orange was the Color of Her Dress Charles Mingus
    Mingus Plays Piano, Impulse
  • Song With Orange Charles Mingus
    This is Jazz 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia
  • The Emperor of Oranges Milky
    Songs for the Jet Set, Jet Set
  • La vie en rose Edith Piaf
    Anthology: La vie en rose, Vol. 2, Blue Moon
  • 'Tits yeux noirs (Little Dark Eyes) Geno Delafose
    La Chanson Perdue, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Trouble In The World James Carter w/Henry Butler
    In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic
  • INTERVIEW: Dr. John
  • I'm Painting the Town Red Billie Holiday
    The Billie Holiday Story Vol. 2, Columbia
  • White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
    The Story of My Life: The Best of Marty Robbins, Columbia/Legacy

HOUR two

  • Green Onions Booker T & the MGs
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Stax
  • Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix
    Axis: Bold As Love, MCA
  • Blue Ken Nordine
    Colors, Philips
  • Blue Evening Memphis Slim & Orchestra
    The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story - Midwest Blues, Mercury
  • Mood Indigo Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra
    Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, RCA
  • Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell
    Turbulent Indigo, Reprise
  • Instrumental: Espritu Paco DeLucia, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola
    The Guitar Trio, Verve
  • Bemba colora (Thick Red Lips) Celia Cruz
    La Reina De Cuba, La Mejor Musica
  • Darkness on the Face of the Earth Willie Nelson
    Teatro, Island
  • Blue days, Black Nights Buddy Holly
    From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934-1973, MCA
  • Black and Blue Ethel Waters
    The 1930s - The Singers, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Mellow Yellow Odell Brown
    The History of Chess Jazz, Chess
  • Yellow Gal Lead Belly
    Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 3, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Yellow Bird Chris Isaak
    Baja Sessions, Reprise
  • Yellow Bird Joseph Spence
    Bahamian Guitarist, Arhoolie
  • Worth His Weight In Gold (Rally Round) Steel Pulse
    Smash Hits, Elektra
  • Colors Leon Thomas/Pharoah Sanders
    Karma, Impulse
  • End Bed: Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution
    Purple Rain, Warner Brothers

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