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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
JACK KEROUAC
Music from “on the road” with Jack Kerouac and his hometown Lowell, Massachusetts. The Beats go on!
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Readings from 'On the Road' and 'Visions Of Cody' Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen
The Beat Generation, Rhino - On the Road Again Canned Heat
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Collection - Beatnik Blues Huey 'Piano' Smith
Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns, West Side - Basic Hip Del Close & John Brent
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Yip Roc Heresy Slim Gaillard & His Middle Europeans
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Footloose in Greenwich Village
The Beat Generation, Rhino - What is Truth Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy - Instrumental: Beatnik Fly Johnny & The Hurricanes
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The Sixties, Rhino - Jerry The Junker Clarence Williams and his Orchestra
Reefer Songs - 16 Original Jazz Vocals, Stash - Junko Partner Dr. John
Mos' Scocious - The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino - Pennyroyal Tea Nirvana
Unplugged In New York, DGC - Too Much Alcohol J.B. Hutto
Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 1, Vanguard - Instrumental: Study for Player Piano No. 3c Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano Vol. 1, Wergo - History of Bop Jack Kerouac
Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Verve - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lionel Hampton
Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings of Lionel Hampton, Decca - Relaxing with Lee Charlie Parker
Bird's Best Bop, Verve - Skippy Thelonious Monk & ensemble
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note - Bloomdido Gillespie/Parker/Monk & "Salt Peanuts" Gillespie/Parker
Charlie Parker-Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection, Rhino - Hey Jack Kerouac 10,000 Maniacs
In My Tribe, Elektra
HOUR two
- The Work Song Arthur Lyman
Sonic Sixties, Tradition - Moanin Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
The Hottest New Group In Jazz, Columbia/Legacy - The Real Nitty Gritty Shirley Ellis
The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino - Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Cephas and Wiggins
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Evidence - Me and Paul Willie Nelson
Justice Country, Justice - Instrumental: Harlem Nocturne Spike Jones New Band
The Crime Scene, Capitol - SEGMENT: Kerouac in Lowell, MA
- Jack & Neal/California, Here I Come Tom Waits
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Song of the Wanderer Helen Humes & Count Basie
Vol 6 1938, Média 7 - Balinese Bongos Les Baxter
Bongoland, Capitol - But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr.
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Instrumental: State Street Sun Ra
The Singles, Evidence - SEGMENT: Kerouac in Lowell, MA
- Kerouac Morphine
Kicks, Joy, Darkness, Ryko - Hit the Road Jack Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield, Vol. 2: Memory Pain, Specialty - Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
The History of Dot Records Volume Two: Come Go With Me, Varèse Sarabande - Trucker's Cafe Ian and Sylvia
Long Long Time, Vanguard - SEGMENT: At Kerouac's grave
- Praised Be Man Jack Kerouac
Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation, Rhino - Didn't He Ramble Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
Marie Laveau, GHB Records - End Bed: Rockhouse Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959, Atlantic
