Holiday Soul and Spirit: Live from Preservation Hall with Irma Thomas & the Blind Boys of Alabama
For this special holiday edition of American Routes, we get into the spirit of the season with live performances by Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, and gospel greats the Blind Boys of Alabama at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. Blind Boys’ founding member Jimmy Carter tells of his long life on the road through the Jim Crow South and around the world, and Irma Thomas describes her gospel roots and soul music’s role in protest and healing. Plus, we keep the holiday festivities going with a joyous jukebox of blues and jazz, Cajun and country, solstice and seasonal tunes.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Bourbon Street Parade Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Hindustan Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Just a Little While to Stay Here Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
SEGMENT: Jimmy Carter
Instrumental: Brother Soul Lou Donaldson
Say It Loud, Blue Note
Amazing Grace Blind Boys of Alabama
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Uncloudy Day The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
I'll Fly Away Blind Boys of Alabama
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Instrumental: Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson
Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
SEGMENT: Irma Thomas
Love Don't Change Irma Thomas
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
You Can Have My Husband But Please Don't Mess With My Man Irma Thomas
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
If I Had a Hammer Irma Thomas and the Blind Boys of Alabama
Live recording from Preservation Hall,
Closing Bed: Wade in the Water Hank Jones and Charlie Hayden
Steal Away, Verve
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Christmas Blues Ramsey Lewis
The Joy of Christmas Past, GNP
Faraway Christmas Blues Johnny Otis
The Johnny Otis R&B Caravan Savoy Recordings, Savoy
Baltimore Oriole Bob Dorough
Devil May Care, Bethlehem Archives
CLIP: Bob Dorough
Blue Christmas Lumineers
Blue Christmas- Single, Lumineers
Merry Christmas Baby Charles Brown
Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics, Rhino
Instrumental: Greensleeves Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin' , Verve
Christmas in Vietnam Johnny & Jon
Merry Christmas Baby, Ronn
SEGMENT: Chuck Siler
Santa Claus is Skaing to Town Granville Williams Orchestra
Natty and Nice, A Reggae Christmas, Rhino
Christmas Is A Coming Leadbelly
Leadbelly Sings for Children, Smithsonian Folkways
J'ai Vu le Loup, Le Renard et la Belette Balfa Brothers
Balfa Brothers Play More Traditional Music, Swallow
Bachata en Navidad La Sonora Matancera featuring Celia Cruz
Celebremos Nochebuena con Sonora Matancera, Codigo Music
Feliz Navidad Los Straightjackets
'Tis the Season for Los Straightjackets, Yep Roc
Instrumental: Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Duke Ellington
Three Suites, Columbia
Sherburne (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night) Sacred Harp Singers
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection, Rounder
Cherry Tree Carol Pentangle
Solomon's Seal, Reprise
Greensleeves John Coltrane
The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2, Impulse
O Day Bessie Jones/ Georgia Sea Island Singers
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection, Rounder
End Bed: Auld Lang Syne John Fahey
John Fahey Christmas Soli, Fantasy