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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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DOLLY PARTON

March 30th, 2005

Dolly Parton joins us to talk about her musical and family roots in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, where she first broke into song, performed on the radio, and admired the fashion of the local trollop. There’s music from across the American spectrum, including Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors.” Also, we’ll talk with historian Charles Wolfe about the ballads and songs of the Appalachian South.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Tennesse Rag Chet Atkins and Doc Watson
    The Essential Chet Atkins, RCA
  • Hello, Dolly! Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & Quincy Jones
    It Might as Well be Swing, Capitol
  • She's Dynamite Piano Red
    The Doctor's In, Bear Family
  • Tennessee Waltz King Curtis
    Blow, Man, Blow, Bear Family
  • Tennessee Waltz Les Paul & Mary Ford
    All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol
  • My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton
    The RCA Years, RCA
  • Instrumental: Tennessee Waltz Pee Wee King
    Classic Country Music: Volume II, Smithsonian
  • INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton
  • Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton
    The RCA Years, RCA
  • Dark End of the Street James Carr
    The Essential, Razor & Tie
  • Blues Back Art Blakey and McCoy Tyner
    A Jazz Message,
  • Instrumental: One Dime Blues Etta Baker
    Hills of Home, Rounder
  • Yodelling Fiddling Blues Mississippi Sheiks
    From Where I Stand, Warner
  • Water Tank Furry Lewis
    Blues Magician, Rounder
  • Big Boy Now Super Chikan
    What You See, Fat Possum
  • Chicken Grease
    Voodoo, Virgin
  • Froglegs Lloyd Price
    Creole Kings of New Orleans,
  • Joy Spring Clifford Brown
    The Best of Clifford Brown, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Old Jellico Bela Fleck
    The Bluegrass Sessions, Warner
  • New Mule Skinner Blues Bill Monroe
    1950-58, Bear Family
  • Better Move It On Home Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
    The Essential Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner, RCA
  • Side By Side Ray Charles and Betty Carter
    Ray Charles and Betty Carter, Castle
  • You've Got the Power James Brown & Vicki Anderson
    Duets, Polydor
  • You Win Again Fats Domino
    From Where I Stand, Warner
  • Crazy Arms Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Dixie Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton

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  • Knoxville Girl The Louvin Brothers
    When I Stop Dreaming, Razor & Tie
  • A Tribute to Peador O'Donnell Jerry Douglas
    Restless on the Farm, Sugar Hill
  • SEGMENT: Charles Wolfe
  • Barbara Allen Maxine Sullivan with John Kirby Sextet
    John Kirby Sextet, Sony
  • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Cat Power
    The Covers Record, Matador
  • House of the Rising Sun Doc Watson
    Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill
  • Lighten Up Sonny Jones
    Funky, Funky New Orleans, Funky Delicasies
  • Happy Feet Blues Wynton Marsalis Septet
    Live at the Village Vanguard, Columbia
  • End Bed: Blues for Wynton Chris Barber's Jazz Band
    Copulatin' Jazz, Great Southern

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