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Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce December 4th, 2019 (Hour 1)
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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LABOR DAY

August 29th, 2001

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.

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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