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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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SONIC TRAVELERS: JERRY DOUGLAS AND GUITAR SHORTY

October 14th, 2015

It’s a blues and country showdown on American Routes with two instrumental showmen. Jerry Douglas is a master of the dobro, and a favorite session man and band member for so many musicians: from Allison Krauss to Elvis Costello. We’ll talk to Jerry about his recent project, which leads him beyond bluegrass to New Orleans. Then, a visit with the acrobatic bluesman Guitar Shorty, who shares some history on his times traveling the Chitlin Circuit.

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HOUR ONE

  • "Like It Is" Jerry Douglas
    Restless on the Farm, Sugar Hill
  • "King of the Road" James Booker
    James Booker: Classified, Rounder
  • "Traveling Mood" Dr. John
    In the Right Place, ATCO
  • "Traveling Man" The Techniques
    Treasure Isle Mood, Heart Beat
  • "Lonesome Traveler" Memphis Slim
    Raining the Blues, Fantasy
  • "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" Leon Redbone
    No Regrets, Sugar Hill
  • Instrumental: "Choctaw Hayride" Alison Krauss & Union Station
    New Favorite, Rounder
  • "Wabash Cannonball" Roy Acuff
    The King of Country Music, Bear Family
  • "Train, Train" Dolly Parton
    The Grass is Blue, Sugar Hill
  • SEGMENT: Jerry Douglas

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  • Instrumental: "American Tune/Spain" Jerry Douglas
    Traveler, One Music
  • "Sing a Traveling Song" Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black 1963-69, Bear Family
  • "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • "Travelin' Blues" Jimmie Rodgers
    1930-1931 America's Blue Yodeler, Rounder
  • "Ramblin' On My Mind" Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues Singer, Columbia
  • "A Hard Road to Travel" Shakey Jake
    Chicago Blues Masters vol. 3, Capitol
  • "Travelin' Light" Billie Holiday
    Billie Holiday: Songs of Lost Love, Verve
  • End Bed: "So Here We Are" Jerry Douglas
    Traveler, One Music

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: "I'm Going Back to Houston" Guitar Shorty
    Roll Over, Baby, Black Top
  • "Mr. Blues Jumped the Rabbit" Wyonie Harris
    Wyonie: Rockin the Blues, Proper
  • "Trouble in Mind" Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Lucky Millinder's Orchestra
    Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 3, Rounder
  • "Chitlin' Switch" Johnny Otis
    Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings, Savoy Jazz
  • "Annie Mae's Cafe" Little Milton
    The Last Soul Company, Malaco
  • "Honky Tonky" Koko Taylor
    I Got What It Takes, Alligator
  • "In the Night" Professor Longhair
    The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: "Deep South Mose" Whispering Smith
    Swamp Blues, Ace
  • SEGMENT: Guitar Shorty

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  • "Red House" Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix: Blues, Experience Hendrix
  • "If You Love Me Like You Say" Hosea Hargrove
    Texas Golden Nugget, Dialtone
  • Instrumental: "Hammerhead" June Gardner
    An Introduction to Night Train New Orleans , Night Train Intl.
  • "Bad Bad Whiskey" Amos Milburn
    Blues, Barrelhouse and Boogie-Woogie 1945-1956, Capitol
  • "Let Me Go Home Whiskey" Asleep at the Wheel
    Texas Gold, Capitol
  • "Crying Time" Ray Charles
    Ray Charles: His Greatest Hits , DCC
  • "Night Life" Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride, Columbia
  • "Fool's Paradise" Sam Cooke
    Nightbeat, RCA
  • End Bed: "Let's Get Close" Guitar Shorty
    Roll Over, Baby, Black Top

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