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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins January 27th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists that call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streaming live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward are helping us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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CLUB HOPPING IN NEW ORLEANS

November 9th, 2005

We tour local watering holes like the Saturn Bar, Snug Harbor and Donna’s Bar and Grill. We’ll talk with singer, pianist and songwriter Mose Allison, and rock-n-roller Link Wray.

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HOUR ONE

  • Saturday Night Fish Fry # 1 & 2 Louis Jordan
    Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954), Bear Family
  • Shine, Shave & Shower (It's Saturday) Lefty Frizzell
    Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia
  • Gamblin' Bar Room Blues John Mellencamp
    The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (A Tribute), Egyptian Records
  • St. James Infirmary Billy & DeDe Pierce
    Blues & Tonks from the Delta, Fantasy
  • Instrumental: Phat City Coolbone
    Brass-Hop, Hollywood
  • SEGMENT: Donna's Bar & Grill with Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher

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  • We Come to Party Rebirth Brass Band
    We Come to Party, Shanachie
  • Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone
    Greatest Hits, Epic
  • I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar Jonathan Richman
    I, Jonathan, Rounder
  • Sister's Coming Home Willie Nelson
    Phases and Stages, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Saturday Mose Allison
    Back Country Suite, Prestige
  • SEGMENT: Snug Harbor / Mose Allison

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  • One O'Clock Jump Delta Rhythm Boys
    The Jive Is Jumpin', Westside
  • Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon
    Marshall Texas Is My Home, Specialty
  • Steppin' Out With My Baby Dinah Shore
    Carry My Blues Away, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Hung over King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
  • Basin Street/Sleepy Time Down South Louis Prima
    Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Capitol
  • Drinkin' Wine Sticks McGhee
    Atlanta R &B 1947-74 Vol 1,
  • Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn
    Down The Road Apiece, EMI
  • Let me Go Home Whiskey Asleep At The Wheel
    Texas Gold, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Ramble Link Wray and the Wraymen
    Walkin' With Link, Epic/Legacy
  • SEGMENT: Shim Sham / Link Wray

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  • La Banda Esta Borracha Freddie Fender
    Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie
  • Tequila Beau Jocque
    Check It In, Lock It out, Rounder
  • One Mint Julip The Clovers
    Atlantic R &B 1947-74 Vol 1,
  • Instrumental: Tequila King Curtis
    Blow Man, Blow, Bear Family
  • Drifter In the Dark Ween
    Chocolate & Cheese, Elektra
  • Walking after Midnight Patsy Cline
    Walkin' Dreams, Rhino
  • Sophisticated Lady Billie Holiday
    The Essential Billie Holiday: Songs of Lost Love, Verve
  • Every Time I Get To Drinkin' Sunnyland Slim
    Slim's Shout, Prestige/Bluesville
  • Alabama Song Marianne Faithful
    The Seven Deadly Sins, RCA
  • Piano Has Been Drinking (not me) Tom Waits
    Small Change, Elektra
  • End Bed: Goodnight Irene Kelly Joe Phelps
    Shine Eyed Mister Zen, Rykodisc

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