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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis March 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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AMERICAN GOTHIC: JOLIE HOLLAND & HOMER BAILES

January 21st, 2009

It’s old-time country and folk, as seen from the two very different viewpoints of our guests. Jolie Holland is a young singer-songwriter whose sound incorporates a distinct vision—sometimes dark and somewhat hallucinatory—of blues and country from another era. Homer Bailes is the last remaining member of 1940s country superstar family band the Bailes Brothers. His stern outlook on life, illustrated by songs like “Whiskey is the Devil in Liquid Form,” remains unchanged over half a century later.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade, Antilles
  • Jesus on the Mainline Ry Cooder
    Paradise and Lunch, Reprise
  • Denomination Blues - part 1 Washington Phillips
    I Am Born to Preach the Gospel, Yazoo
  • Give Me the Roses While I Live The Carter Family
    Give Me the Roses While I Live, Rounder
  • Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
    Sticky Fingers, Virgin
  • Instrumental: Wildwood Flower David Grisman & Tony Rice
    Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc
  • Since I've Laid My Burden Down Mississippi John Hurt
    The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard
  • Wade in the Water The Staple Singers
    Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy
  • Family Bible George Jones
    The Definitive Collection 1955 - 1962, Mercury
  • Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
    Slow Train Coming, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Homer Bailes

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  • Instrumental: Country Gentleman Chet Atkins
    The Early Years, 1945-1954, Bear Family
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) Lefty Frizzell
    Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia/Legacy
  • I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool) Candi Staton
    Candi Staton, Honest Jon's
  • Son of Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
    Dusty in Memphis, Rhino
  • Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
    The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner Archives
  • When the Saints Go Marchin' In Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Old Fashioned Morphine Jolie Holland
    Escondida, Anti-
  • Sittin' on Top of the World Willie Nelson
    Milk Cow Blues, Island
  • Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Doug Sahm
    The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, Mercury
  • Estare Contigo Cuando Triste Estas (Before the Next Teardrop Falls) Freddy Fender
    Exitos en Enpanol, Music Club
  • Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya' Townes Van Zandt
    The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, Poppy
  • Me and Bobby McGee Waylon Jennings
    Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, RCA
  • Instrumental: For the Good Times Lloyd Green
    And His Steel Guitar, Americana
  • Sweet Susannah Clint West
    J'Etais au Bal, Swallow
  • Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
    Circuit Queen, Capitol
  • Jolie Blonde Clifton Chenier
    Zydeco Sont pas Sale, Arhoolie
  • SEGMENT: Jolie Holland

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  • Instrumental: Bird Song Pickin' on the Grateful Dead... A Tribute
    Pickin' on the Grateful Dead... A Tribute, CMH
  • The Coo Coo Bird Clarence Ashley
    The Rose and the Briar, Columbia/Legacy
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
    The Hits Volume Two, Mercury
  • The Eagle Bird Jessie Mae Hemphill
    Feelin' Good, HMG/High Water
  • Bird Song Jerry Garcia
    Garcia, Jerry Garcia

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