Singing of Deltas and Bayous: Iris DeMent and Lost Bayou Ramblers
Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent returns to the landscape and soundscape of her youth, the Arkansas Delta. We'll speak with Iris about her musical homecoming, and listen in on an exclusive solo piano performance of her most recent songs. Then we catch up with the Lafayette punk and rockabilly-inflected Cajun band, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, fronted by brothers Andre and Louis Michot, who can count Gordon Gano (of the Violent Femmes) as a collaborator and fan.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: La Jolie Fillie N'en Veut Plus de Moi Lost Bayou Ramblers
Mammoth Waltz, Bayou Perdu Records
Bon Ton Roulet Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
Zydeco: The Early Years 1961-1962, Arhoolie
Bijou Creole Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
L'Esprit Creole, Valcour
Oh Catin Bonsoir Catin
En Francais: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll, Bayou Teche Brewing
My Babe Rob Bernard
Swamp Rock N Roller, ACE
Lucille Mike and the Soul Accordion Band
Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
SEGMENT: Lost Bayou Ramblers
Pine Grove Blues Nathan Abshire
The Best of Nathan Abshire, Swallow
Wooly Bully Malfacteurs
En Francais: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll, Bayou Teche Brewing
The Wobble Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
Buddy and Jim, New West
Grand Texas Hackberry Ramblers
Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish
Jambalaya Dr. Michael White
Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 2, Basin Street
Instrumental: Steel Guitar Rag Mello Joy Boys
Une Tasse Cafe, Swallow
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Aldus Roger
Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
Getting Late in the Evening Raful Neal
Lafayette Soul Show, Ace
I Got Loaded Lil Bob and the Lollipops
Lafayette Soul Show, Ace
Je Vas Revenir (I'm Coming Home) Queen Ida and Al Lewis
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band: Zydeco, GNP Crescendo
Instrumental: Renee Stomp Lost Bayou Ramblers
Vermilionaire, Bayou Perdu
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: If That Ain't Love Iris DeMent
Sing the Delta, Flariella
State of Arkansas The Almanac Singers
State of Arkansas, 21 Vision Ltd.
Pinebluff, Arkansas Bukka White
The Complete Bukka White, Sony
Been A Walkin' Bobby Lee Trammell
Vaden Rock 'n Roll Story, Ramco
My Arkansas Bazooka Gal Bob Skyles and the Skyrockets
single, Bluebird
Jemima Surrender The Band
The Band, Capitol
Corine, Corina Sleepy LaBeef
The Human Jukebox, Sun
Instrumental: Arkansas Traveler Bela Fleck
New Visions: The New Acoustic, Rhino
Cottonfields Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass, Capitol
California Cottonfields Merle Haggard
Hag: Someday We'll Look Back, Capitol
Big City Iris DeMent
Tulare Dust: A Songwriter’s Tribute to Merle Haggard, Hightone
SEGMENT: Iris DeMent
Instrumental: That's Alright Mama Bill Frisell
Disfarmer, Nonesuch
My Home's in the Delta Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Alone and Acoustic, Alligator
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Al Green
When Country Meets Soul, Cream/ Hi
Darkness on the Delta Eden Brent
Mississippi Number One, Yellow Dog
Feel Like Going Home Charlie Rich
Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich, Epic
I Never Picked Cotton Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Unchained, American
Cotton Picker Eddie Cochran
Legendary Masters Series #4, United Artists
End Bed: Arkansas Blues Tuts Washington
Essential Blues Piano, HOB