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RIDING THE RIVERS AND RAILS: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE AND CAPTAIN DOC HAWLEY
Have you ever sailed the Mississippi on a riverboat? Heard a calliope bounce notes off a barge? Caught the freight train boogie? This week on American Routes, we’re riding the rails and sailing sails with words and music dedicated to two old forms of transport. We’ll visit with Captain Doc Hawley, a calliope player on the “Natchez” in New Orleans to find out what it takes to make a boat sing. And a conversation with singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, who knows a thing or two about trains. Plus music about rivers, railcars and riding around.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Freight Train Buddy Miller and the Magnificent Strings
Buddy Miller and the Magnificent Strings, New West - Cross-Tie Walker Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1969, Fantasy - Mystery Train Little Junior Parker and His Blue Flames
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3, Rounder - All Aboard Muddy Waters
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3, Rounder - Blue Railroad Train Delmore Brothers
Brown's Ferry Blues, County - Freight Train Blues Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, Columbia - Ol' Cannonball North Mississippi Allstars
Keys to the Kingdom, Songs of the South - Instrumental: Railroad Bill Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Sire - SEGMENT: Justin Townes Earle
Listen - Wreck of the Old 97 Johnny Cash
The Man in Black: 1954-1958, Bear Family - Freight Train Boogie Doc Watson
Elementary Doctor Watson, Tomato - Casey Jones The Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead, Warner Bros. - Instrumental: Waiting on a Train Jorma Kaukonen
Blue Country Heart, Columbia - 2:19 John Hammond
Wicked Grin, Virgin - Waiting for the Train to Come In Peggy Lee
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol - Broken Hearted Traveler Floyd Dixon
His Complete Aladdin Recordings, Capitol - Little Rootie Tootie Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk, Prestige - Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch - End Bed: Phantom Fantasie Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Tribune No30: The Indispensable Fletcher Henderson, RCA
HOUR two
- Frankie and Johnny Fate Marable
That Devlin' Tune: A Jazz History 1895-1950, WHRA - Steamboat The Drifters
Rockin' & Driftin', Rhino - Old Man River The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy Jazz - Mississippi River Blues Big Bill Broonzy
When the Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In, RCA - Mississippi Delta Blues Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Box - CLIP: John St. Cyr
Listen - Instrumental: Riverboat Shuffle Bix Beiderbecke
Vol. 2: Bix Lives, Naxos Jazz - SEGMENT: Riverboat Captain Doc Hawley
Listen - Natchez Whistle John Hartford
Headin' Down Into the Mystery Below, Flying Fish - Long Gone Lonesome Blues Hank Williams
The Original Singles Collection…Plus, Polydor - J'Etais a la Riviere (I Went to the River) Camey Doucet
Camey Doucet -Jimmy Thibodeaux et Musique, Swallow - I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water Charlie Rich
Feels Like Home: The Essential Charlie Rich, Epic - Instrumental: Moon River Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones, Nonesuch - Riverboat Lee Dorsey
The Greatest Hits & More 1960-1978, Charly - To the River Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family - Down By the River Johnny Adams
Reconsider Me: A Golden Classics Edition, Collectables - Bring It On Home Sonny Boy Williamson
His Best, Chess - That's Where I'm Going Eilen Jewell
Queen of the Minor Key, Signature Sounds - Take Me to the River Al Green
Explores Your Mind, Right Stuff - End Bed: Calliope Captain Doc Hawley
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