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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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POETS OF TWANG: BUDDY MILLER AND JOHN DOE

June 23rd, 2010

What happens when two guys from the East Coast head West with guitars? They become country singers, naturally. But the path there wasn’t so obvious. Buddy Miller has been everywhere: Austin, Los Angeles, New York and now Nashville. We’ll talk about his musical journey from outlaw to alt-country and how he’s carving out a new “old” style in the Music City. Then we’ll visit with Los Angeles poet and punk rocker John Doe of the band X, who has found inspiration in the Countrypolitan sounds of the 1960s.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: The Sudbury Nickel John Doe and the Sadies
    Country Club, Yep Roc
  • Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Joe Liggins and His Orchestra
    The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: West Coast Blues, Mercury
  • Tulane Chuck Berry
    His Best, Vol. 2, MCA/Chess
  • That's All Right Snooks Eaglin
    The Bluesville Years Vol. 10: Country Roads, Country Days, Prestige
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Completer 50’s Masters, RCA
  • Instrumental: Austin Breakdown Bill Neely
    Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie
  • Hard Road Lucinda Williams
    Happy Woman Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Big Yellow Moon Over Texas Bill Neely
    Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie
  • The Moon Is Made of Gold Rickie Lee Jones
    Balm in Gilead, Fantasy
  • Heart of Gold Neil Young
    Decade, Reprise
  • Heartaches by the Number Ray Price with Vince Gill
    Last of the Breed, Lost Highway
  • Instrumental: Jungleaya Los Straightjackets
    Supersonic Guitars in 3-D, Yep Roc
  • Come in the Room Robert Anderson
    The United Records Story, Delmark
  • White Room Cream
    The Very Best of Cream, Polydor
  • Gotta Serve Somebody Etta James
    The Songs of Bob Dylan, Vol.2: May Your Song Always Be Sung, BMG
  • Stop the World and Let Me Off John Doe and the Sadies
    Country Club, Yep Roc
  • SEGMENT: John Doe

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  • End Bed: Fool Such As I Tut Taylor with Clarence White
    Swing West! Vol.2: Guitar Slingers, Razor & Tie

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Quecreek Buddy Miller
    Midnight and Lonesome, Hightone
  • Freight Train Boogie The Louvin Brothers
    A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers, Capitol
  • Casey Jones Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Bros
  • I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive Jimmie Dale Gilmore
    Come on Back, Rounder
  • King of the Road James Booker
    Classified, Rounder
  • Floor to Crawl James Hand
    Shadow on the Ground, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Swing High Merle Haggard & The Strangers
    Swing West! Vol.2: Guitar Slingers, Razor & Tie
  • Forever Has Come to an End Buddy & Julie Miller
    Buddy & Julie Miller, Hightone
  • Does My Ring Burn Your Finger Solomon Burke
    Nashville, Shout! Factory
  • SEGMENT: Buddy Miller

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  • Instrumental: Almost Persuaded Lloyd Green
    The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green, Koch
  • She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
    Greatest Hits Vol. II, Columbia
  • She Belongs to Me Magic Sam
    The Essential Magic Sam, Fuel 2000
  • I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl Allison Moorer
    Mockingbird, New Line
  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Nina Simone
    The Songs of Bob Dylan, Vol.2: May Your Song Always Be Sung, BMG
  • One Little Song Gillian Welch
    Soul Journey, Acony
  • End Bed: The Old North Woods Sam Bush
    Circles Around Me, Sugar Hill

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