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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
LEON REDBONE AND THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS
A visit with the mysterious man of antique popular music Leon Redbone in which he discusses his taste in clothes, preferred travel modes, and song styles. And from closer to home, Steve Riley and David Greely of the Mamou Playboys play new Cajun music live in our studios. All augmented by our usual eclectic focus on an array of related genres and styles in American music, and life.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Marie Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner - My Walking Stick Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner - My Man Stands Out Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Risque Rhythm, Rhino - Mr. Five By Five Ella Mae Morse
The Very Best Of, Collectables - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy Howlin' Wolf
His Best, MCA - Lady Be Good Howard Armstrong
Louie Bluie, Blue Suit - Doin' Things Joe Venuti with Eddie Lang
Jazz Violin 1926/1942, Jazz Archives - Sweet Mama Hurry Home Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family - INTERVIEW: Leon Redbone
Listen - Lovesick Blues Emmett Miller
The Minstrel Man from Georgia, Columbia - Time Changes Everything Bob Wills
The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol.2, Rhino - Lazy River Merrill Moore
Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family - You Win Again Charlie Rich
Country Meets Soul, Hi Records - I'll Be Standing By Al Green
Country Meets Soul, Hi Records - I've Been Lonely for So Long Lambchop
What Another Man Spills, Merge - I've Been Lonely for So Long Frederick Knight
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3, Stax - Bed: A Night With Daddy G The Church Street Five
If You Wanna Be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound, Varese - Quarter to Three Gary ‘US' Bonds
If You Wanna be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound, Varese - Spiritual Conversation Clouds of Heaven
Saints Paradise, Smithsonian Folkways
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Creole Stomp Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Happytown, Rounder - Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy & the Rockets
Swamp Gold Vol. 1, Jin - Allons a Lafayette Joe Falcon
French Music and Folk Songs of Le Sud De La Louisianne, La Louisianne - Ti Jeanne Sam Castendet et Son Orchestre Creole
Biguine a la Canne a Sucre 1946-1949, Fremeaux - Eh La Bas Billie and DeDe Pierce
New Orleans Jazz, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Poche Bridge Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Happytown, Rounder - INTERVIEW: Steve Riley, David Greely and Sam Broussard of the Mamou Playboys
Listen - Cajun Moon JJ Cale
Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology, Mercury - Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
18 Greatest Hits, Motown - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water The Cats and the Fiddle
Jive is Jumpin, West Side - Muddy Water Aretha Franklin
Aretha Sings The Blues, Columbia - Instrumental: Since I've Laid My Burden Down Mississippi John Hurt
The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard - Avalon Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings, Okeh - Beaulah Land Gillian Welch
Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt, Vanguard - SEGMENT: John Hartford remembered
- Gentle on My Mind John Hartford
Me Oh My, How the Time Does Fly: Anthology, Flying Fish