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Routes Rock & Cajun Stardom: Boz Scaggs & Jimmy C. Newman

We trace stardom back to its source, traversing the roots and routes that led small town musicians to national fame. Pop icon Boz Scaggs and the late Cajun honky-tonk man Jimmy C. Newman took very different paths to the stage but carried with them the sounds they grew up hearing. Boz Scaggs achieved mainstream success with his own platinum records as well as his work with Steve Miller and Duane Allman. We talk to him about his 6+ years performing on the road and how he came into his own by reconnecting with the blues he heard as a kid in “Nowhere, Texas.” Then, we remember the late Jimmy C. Newman, who took the sounds of French Louisiana to the Grand Ole Opry and put Cajun music and culture on the map. Son Gary Newman, producer Joel Savoy and musician Kelli Jones tell of his legacy and their tribute album, Farewell, Alligator Man. Plus, we trace Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya” back to its Cajun origins, served up with tunes from Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt and Professor Longhair.

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NEW ORLEANS' PRESERVATION HALL PERSEVERES & REMEMBERING HUGH MASEKELA

February 14th, 2018

We are live in New Orleans at Preservation Hall for the nouveau stylings and hybrid sounds that have been cooking up in the historic jazz hub since second-generation director and bass player Ben Jaffe took the helm. We hear funky new grooves from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, whose band members range from 20-somethings to an octogenarian. And we witness the sonic chemistry when the band is paired with singer Tom Waits, bluegrasser Del McCoury and New Orleans hoodoo rocker Dr. John. Plus, we remember the late South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, who fused Afrobeat, bebop, pop and the songs of his homeland as a leading voice in the fight against apartheid.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: So It Is Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • La Malanga Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live Recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • SEGMENT: Ben Jaffe

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  • Instrumental: I Get the Blues When It Rains Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
  • Trouble in Mind Richie Havens
    Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Careless Love Del McCoury
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Chez Varise Connor Beausoleil
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
  • Corrine Died on the Battlefield Tom Waits
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Winin' Boy Blues Dr. John
    Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Bad Boy Charlie Musselwhite
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
  • Instrumental: Sing On Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
  • Convergence Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • Mad Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • Closing Bed: In the Sweet Bye and Bye Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
    Still Grazing, Blue Thumb
  • I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
    The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG
  • Owakho Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks
    The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden
  • Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
    All Day Thumbsucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records, Blue Thumb
  • Africa The Meters
    The Meters Anthology, Rhino
  • Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
    Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE
  • Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
    Township Jazz 'n' Jive, Music Collection International
  • SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. I

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  • 4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
    Uhuru Afrika/Highlife, Roulette
  • Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
    Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan
  • Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
    Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975 , BBE
  • SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. II

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  • Closing Bed: Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
    Rebirth Kickin' It Live!, Rounder

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    VISIONS OF GENIUS: REMEMBERING RAY CHARLES

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