AMERICAN ROUTES
Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson April 18th, 2018 (Hour 1)
Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson

Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits and lots others.

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NASHVILLE

July 22nd, 2009

Take a two-hour trip to Music City, U.S.A. as we hit the high-class and the low-class joints. Nashville has been a hub of playing and recording country music for over 50 years, while also generating a steady stream of regional R & B hits. Come backstage at the Grand Ole Opry and meet the people who make it work, from ushers and announcers to long-time cast members Porter Wagoner, Marty Stuart and others. Pop into the venerable Gruhn’s Guitars, grab a bite at the Pancake Pantry and pay respects at country music’s finest final resting place, Spring Hill Cemetery.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Grand Ole Opry Song Jimmy Martin
    Jimmy Martin, 1954-1974 , Bear Family
  • Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy Uncle Dave Macon
    Oxford American: 2006 Southern Music CD , CMT
  • Clip: Opry employee Jo Walker and visitors
  • Clip: Ray Charles
  • It Makes No Difference Ray Charles
    The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959 - 1986 , Rhino
  • Clip: George Jones
  • The Great Speckled Bird Roy Acuff
    The King of Country Music , Bear Family
  • Clip: Charlie Louvin
  • When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers
    Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection , Smithsonian
  • SEGMENT: Eddie Stubbs

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  • Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
    Live at the Grand Ole Opry , Mercury
  • Instrumental: Green, Green, Grass of Home Appalachian Pickers
    Old Timey Country , K-Tel
  • SEGMENT: Porter Wagoner

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  • Green Green Grass of Home Porter Wagoner
    Greatest Hits , BMG
  • SEGMENT: Marty Stuart

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  • Excerpt of "Girl from the North Country" Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
    The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show , Sony
  • Instrumental: Sunny Booker T. & The MG's
    Hip Hug-Her , Atlantic
  • Excerpt of "Fox Chase" DeFord Bailey
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music , Warner Bros
  • SEGMENT: Bobby Hebb

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  • Night Train to Memphis Bobby Hebb
    Bobby Hebb: The "Sunny" Anthology 1960-1976 , World in Gold
  • Excerpt of "Cotton Fields" Charley Pride
    In Person , KOCH
  • I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline
    The Patsy Cline Collection , MCA
  • Excerpt of "Three Days" k.d. lang
    Absolute Torch and Twang , Sire
  • Clip: k.d. lang
  • Clip: Tessa Swinehart portraying Minnie Pearl at the Opry
  • Excerpt of "Comedy with Minnie Pearl" Hank Williams
    Live at the Grand Ole Opry , Mercury
  • End Bed: Midnight Silence Lloyd Green
    Lloyd Green and his Steel Guitar , Americana

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: I'll See You In My Dreams Merle Travis
    Strictly Guitar , Sundazed
  • Nashville Cats The Lovin' Spoonful
    Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful , Buddha
  • Clip: Pancake Pantry
  • Milwaukee, Here I Come George Jones and Brenda Carter
    40 Years of Duets , Time/Life
  • Me and Paul Willie Nelson
    Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks 1959 - 1971 , Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Elizabeth Cook

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  • Don't Come Home A Drinkin' Loretta Lynn
    The Nashville Sound... Owen Bradley , MCA/Decca
  • Instrumental: Stand By Your Man Hits of Western Swing
    Hits of Western Swing, CMH
  • Excerpt of "Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry" John Hartford
    Aereo-Plain , Rounder
  • Clip: Broadway, Downtown Nashville
  • Excerpt of "Guitar Town" Steve Earle
    Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection , Hip-O
  • SEGMENT: George Gruhn at Gruhn Guitars

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  • Uncle Pen Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
    From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934 - 1973 , MCA
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    The King of Rock 'N Roll: The Complete '50s Masters , RCA
  • Instrumental: Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia Auldridge, Brozman & Grisman
    Tone Poems III , Acoustic Disc
  • The Golden Rocket Hank Snow
    RCA Country Legends , Buddha
  • Clip: Charlie Louvin on the Grand Ole Opry
  • SEGMENT: Opry official photographer Les Leverett

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  • Clip: Spring Hill Cemetery
  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Will The Circle Be Unbroken , Capitol

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