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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
It’s summertime and the living’s easy. Jump in as we hit the road in search of new faces and places. Head north out of New Orleans, across Lake Pontchartrain, to the Abita Mystery House at UCM Museum in Abita Springs. And much further north, to the Musical Wonder House in Wiscasset, Maine. Plus, a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin', Blue Note - Roamin' Blues Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family - Motorhead Baby Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
Gangster of Love, King Masters - Looking at the World Thru a Windshield Del Reeves
On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits, Deluxe - Oooh Las Vegas Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris
The Complete Reprise Sessions, Rhino - CC Rider (Undubbed) Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends: The Best of the Sun Years, AVI - Old Black Mattie Junior Kimbrough
Sad Days, Lonely Nights, Fat Possum - Instrumental: Wilson Rag Elizabeth Cotton
Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes, Folkways - Key to Highway Warner Williams w/Jay Summerour
Blues Highway, Smithsonian Folkways - Motorpsycho Nitemare Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia - May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister? Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, Bear Family - Can I Sleep in Your Arms Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - Tomorrow is a Long Time Nickel Creek
Why Should the Fire Die?, Sugar Hill - Instrumental: Stars and Stripes
Regina Drum Table Music Box Vol.2, Musical Wonder House - SEGMENT: Musical Wonder House in Maine
Listen - Summer Song Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong
Vocal Encounters, Columbia/Legacy
HOUR two
- Open Bed: In The Good Old Summertime George Lewis
Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol.1, Biograph - Down the Road a Piece Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946-1956, Capitol - House of Blue Lights Merrill Moore
Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family - Across the Alley from the Alamo The Mills Brothers
The Best of the Decca Years, MCA - Across the Alley from the Alamo Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 4, Edsel - Home in San Antone Johnny Bush
Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country, Vol. 2, Rhino - Travelin' Blues Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae
Vocal Encounters, Columbia/Legacy - Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin', Blue Note - Instrumental: Promised Land Mose Allison
Back Country Suite, Prestige - SEGMENT: UCM Museum in Louisiana
Listen - Gotta Travel On Jerry Lee Lewis w/Linda Gail Lewis
The Locust Years and the Return to the Promised Land, Bear Family - Born to Be Wild Wilson Pickett
Blues & Soul Power, Warner UK - Route 90 Clarence Garlow
Texas Rhythm and Blues, Ace - Instrumental: High Society George Lewis
Ice Cream, Delmark - SEGMENT: Hansen's Sno-Bliz in New Orleans
Listen - I Scream, You Scream Mahogany Brass Band
Best of the Brass Bands, Sound of New Orleans - Summertime Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA/Legacy - Basin Street Blues Peggy Lee
Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz - End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
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