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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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WORDS & MUSIC

May 15th, 2013

Do the words make the song or the notes? What does it take to tell a good tale in music or about music? We put those questions to a few writers of both songs and stories. Singer-songwriter and memoirist Rosanne Cash sits down before a live audience to tell us about her authorial journey, then we chat with novelist Cyril Vetter on translating a musician’s life into fiction. And New Orleans bluesman Little Freddie King spins a few tall tales from the juke joint.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: That's Alright Mama Bill Frisell
    Disfarmer, Nonesuch
  • You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover Bo Diddley
    Willie Dixon: The Chess Box, Chess
  • Paper Back Writer The Beatles
    The Beatles 1962-1966 , Apple
  • Write Me a Few of Your Lines Mississippi Fred McDowell
    The Best of Fred McDowell, Arhoolie
  • Write Me a Few of your Lines Bonnie Raitt
    Takin' My Time, Warner Brothers
  • Almost Persuaded Etta James
    The Essential Etta James, MCA Chess
  • The Way We Make a Broken Heart John Hiatt w/ Rosanne Cash
    The Best of John Hiatt, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Death Letter Cassandra Wilson
    New Moon Daughter, Blue Note
  • I Walk the Line Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia/ Legacy
  • SEGMENT: Rosanne Cash

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  • Tennessee Flat Top Box Rosanne Cash
    Kings Record Shop, Columbia
  • I Still Miss Someone Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia/ Legacy
  • Instrumental: Real Life Stories Donald Harrison
    Real Life Stories, Nagel Hayer 2022
  • Dark End of the Street James Carr
    The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie
  • The Same Old Story Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, Columbia
  • Summertime Herbie Hancock w/ Joni Mitchell & Stevie Wonder
    Gershwin's World, Verve
  • Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
    The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch
  • End Bed: One Sweet Letter From You Coleman Hawkins & Lionel Hampton Orchestra
    Jazz Tribune No. 52 The Indispensible Coleman Hawkins, RCA

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Driftin' Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield
    Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock, Verve
  • Nirvana Tom Waits
    Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, Anti-
  • Bus to Baton Rouge Lucinda Williams
    Essence, Lost Highway
  • SEGMENT: Cyril Vetter

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  • Instrumental: Chicken Reel Bill Monroe and Dc Watson
    Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan & Armstrong
    Barnyard Dance, Rounder
  • Uncle Bud Boozoo Chavis
    Who Stole My Monkey?, Rounder
  • CLIP: Little Freddie King
  • Chicken Dance Little Freddie King
    You Don't Know What I Know, Fat Possum
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Carl Perkins
    The Classics, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: This Is the Pig Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
    Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, Nonesuch
  • May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister Charlie Poole
    You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music, Columbia/ Legacy
  • Motorpsycho Nitemare Bob Dylan
    Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • The Weight The Band
    Music From the Big Pink, Capital
  • I Can't Help from Cryin' Sometime The Staples Singers
    The Staple Singers/ Great Day, Milestone
  • Wrote a Song For Everyone Mavis Staples
    You Are Not Alone, Anti-
  • End Bed: Pop's Instrumental The Staple Singers
    The Staple Singers/ Great Day, Milestone

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