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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
POETS OF TWANG: BUDDY MILLER AND JOHN DOE
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.
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
Listen - 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
Listen - 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
