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KATRINA: 10 YEARS AFTER THE FLOOD
How has New Orleans fared in the decade since the levee breaks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Trying to answer the question, we listen back to the music and musicians who helped the city’s culture to stay afloat, including Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas. Also scenes from the Superdome roof, where workers repaired of a 9.7 acre hole, and Cajun musicians Michael and David Doucet on a 100 years of hurricanes. Finally humorist Harry Shearer and Creole bandleader Deacon John talk today about their hopes for New Orleans’ tomorrow, as the landscape of culture and economy changes.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: "Minor Tipitina" Allen Toussaint
American Routes Original Recording, - "Louisiana 1927" Randy Newman
Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1, Nonesuch - "Didn't It Rain" Mahalia Jackson
The Essential Mahalia Jackson, Sony - SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint
Listen - "Yes We Can Can" Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: "The Lost Souls (of Southern Louisiana)" Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Whatcha Gonna Do For the Rest of Your Life, Columbia - SEGMENT: Irma Thomas
Listen - "Backwater Blues" Irma Thomas
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - "Shelter in the Rain" Irma Thomas
After the Rain, Rounder - Instrumental: "9th Ward Blues" Irvin Mayfield
Irvin Mayfield , Basin Street Records - SEGMENT: Harry Shearer
Listen - "Meet the Boys on the Battlefront" Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango - "Wade in the River" Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras Records - End Bed: "Wade in the Water" Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Clean Cuts
HOUR two
- Open Bed: "Blue Horizon" Sidney Bechet
Blue Horizon: The Sidney Bechet Story, Proper Records - "Working on a Building" Highway Q.C's
The Roots of Bob Dylan, Mojo - SEGMENT: Superdome Roof Repair with Tom Keller
Listen - "Fixing a Hole" The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Capitol - Instrumental: "Eleanor Rigby" James Booker
Spiders on the Keys, Rounder - SEGMENT: Michael and David Doucet
Listen - "L'Ouragon" Beausoleil
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: "Down By the Riverside" Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funeral for a Friend, Ropeadope - "Going Back to New Orleans" Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty - "No Place Like Home" Soul Rebels with Trombone Shorty
No Place Like Home, Independent - SEGMENT: Deacon John
Listen - "Many Rivers to Cross" Deacon John
Gotta Have Love The Best of Chase Records vol. 2, Night Train - "Walk Through the Streets of the City" Joe Lastie and Family
Joe Lastie Jr. and the Lastie Family Gospel, Preservation Hall - "Walkin' to New Orleans" Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - End Bed: "Walkin' Home" Donald Harrison with Dr. John
Indian Blues, Candid