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JOHN SEBASTIAN & BONSOIR CATIN
This week on American Routes, we travel from the Village to the dancehall. John Sebastian talks about his childhood in Greenwich Village, encounters with blues greats Mississippi John Hurt and Lighting Hopkins, and the musical stew he created with his band The Lovin’ Spoonful. Then, a conversation with Kristi Guillory and Christine Balfa of the Cajun band Bonsoir Catin about carrying on their musical heritage for the next generation.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Night Owl Blues The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra - Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Anthology, Rhino - Boodle Am Shake The Dixieland Jug Blowers
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. II, Yazoo - Bleeker and MacDougal Fred Neil
Bleeker and MacDougal, Elektra - Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA - Coffee Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Today!, Vanguard - Wild About My Lovin' The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra - Instrumental: Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Daydream: The Lovin' Spoonful, Buddha Records/ BMG - SEGMENT: John Sebastian
Listen - Elmira St. Boogie Danny Gatton
Hot Rod Guitar: THe Danny Gatton Anthology, Rhino - Roadhouse Blues The Doors
Morrison Hotel, Elektra - Instrumental: Stealin' Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc - Jug Band Music Lucinda Williams
Ramblin', Smithsonian Folkways - Walk Right In Cannon's Jug Stompers
Complete Works 1927-1930, Yazoo - Walk Right In The Rooftop Singers
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Folkways - New , New Minglewood Blues Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers - Nashville Cats Del McCoury Band
The Family, Ceili Music - Darlin' Companion The Lovin' Spoonful
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra - Ruckus Juice & Chittlins The Memphis Jug Band
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. I, Yazoo
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Longue Pointe Two-Step Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records - Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy and the Rockets
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, Mississippi - Evangeline Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner Bros. - Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
Big Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, Rhino - Madeleine The Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Volume 1 and 2, Swallow - Let Me Talk to Your Heart Belton Richard
The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow - Please Mr. Sandman Warren Storm and the Little Band of Gold
American Roots Songbook: Louisiana, Shanachie - Instrumental: Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
Crescent City Songbook, Rounder - SEGMENT: Bonsoir Catin
Listen - Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, Bear Family - Creole de Lake Charles Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band
Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band Play the Zydeco, GNP/ Crescendo - Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable
Sound of the Swamp: Best of Excello, Vol. 1, Rhino - My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - Farmer John Don & Dewey
Don & Dewey, Specialty - Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol - Sweet Susannah Clint West
J'Etais au Bal, Swallow - Got You on My Mind Cookie and the Cupcakes
By Request: Cookie and the Cupcakes, Jin - You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
Genius & Soul, Rhino - End Bed: That's It Bill Frisell
Things About Comin' My Way, Black Hen Music
