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LABOR DAY
Labor Day Weekend. The Toils and Triumphs of Woody Guthrie, in the words of his friends, family and fellow travelers. And “Working on a Building” with New Orleans’ building craftsmen: The Black Men of Labor. Includes music for your picnics and parties from Sarah Vaughn, Fats Domino and the Grateful Dead.
HOUR ONE
- Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, WB - John Henry Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways - House Carpenter Kelly Joe Phelps
Shine Eyed Mister Zen, Ryko - Working Class Hero John Lennon
Lennon Legend, EMI - Instrumental: Slept Richard Buckner
Since, MCA - SEGMENT: Woody Guthrie
Listen - Instrumental: Thirty Summers Cowboy Junkies
The Caution Horses, BMG - Nine Pound Hammer Doc Watson
Live at Wolf Trap, - Pay Day Blues Lowell Fulson
The Complete Chess Masters, MCA - Blue Monday Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
HOUR two
- Moanin' Sarah Vaughan
Jazz Profile, Blue Note - Working on a Building Swan Silvertones
Kings of the Gospel Highway, Shanachie - Working On a Building Charlie Feathers
Honky Tonk Man, New Rose - INTERVIEW: Earl Barthe
Listen - Instrumental: Moanin' Buddy Guy
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, MCA - Big Boss Man Charlie Rich
Feel Like Going Home, Sony - Working Man's Blues Louisiana Red
The Lowdown Backporch Blues, Collectables - INTERVIEW: Tootie Montana
- Got me a New Love Thing James Andrews
Allen Toussaint & Friends – A Taste Of New Orleans, NYNO - A Hard Day's Night Peggy Lee
Ultra Lounge - On the Rocks Part 1, Capitol - Instrumental: Nice Work If You Can Get It The Johnny Smith Quintet
Moonlight In Vermont, Blue Note - Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
The Best Of, Rhino - Hard Working Woman Carey Bell
Good Luck Man, Alligator - Work Song Cannonball Adderley
Greatest Hits, Fantsay - Work Song Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin & Soul…and Then Some, Columbia/Legacy - INTERVIEW: Teddy Pierre
- End Bed: Gloria's Step Bill Evans
Village Vanguard Sessions, Milestone
