Stories from the Road with Brandi Carlile & Meschiya Lake
We hit the open road to hear tales of adventure and woe from honky-tonkers and hobos, train hoppers and busking bohemians. En route we talk with Washington folk singer Brandi Carlile, who dropped out of high school to cut it as a touring musician, and New Orleans’ Meschiya Lake, about her journey from circus performer to jazz chanteuse. Driving on in search of mythic America, we hear the voices of its discontents: Woody Guthrie, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Wilco, and Pops Staples. Plus, we “Ramble On” with Lucinda Williams before coming down with a case of “Travelin’ Blues” from Jimmie Rodgers. By planes, trains, and automobiles, we journey across our country’s musical landscape with stories from the road.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Somewhere Bill Frissell
Big Sur, Okeh
I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn
Gold, MCA Nashville
Paper Wings Gillian Welch
Boots No. 1 The Official Revival Bootleg, Acony
Settin' the Woods on Fire Hank Williams
40 Greatest Hits, Mercury
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Waylon Jennings
Dreaming My Dreams, RCA Victor
The Golden Age of Radio Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter, self-released
Instrumental: Last Date Floyd Cramer
Here's the Answer, RCA Victor
SEGMENT: Brandi Carlile
The Sound of Silence Brandi Carlile with the Hanseroth Twins
Live at Benaroya Hall, Columbia
America Simon & Garfunkel
Bookends/Simon & Garfunkel, Columbia
Instrumental: Anji Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel/Sounds of Silence, Columbia
Normal American Kids Wilco
Schmilco, Anti-
Sin City Flying Burrito Brothers
Gilded Palace of Sin, A&M Records
Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook, Nonesuch
Down in Mississippi Pops Staples
Peace to the Neighborhood, Virgin
Mother Earth Tracy Nelson
Mother Earth, Reprise
Closing Bed: Last Date Willie Mitchell
Robbin's Nest, Hi Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Swipsey Cakewalk Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
Danza, STR Digital
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song Mahalia Jackson
The World's Greatest Gospel Singer, Columbia
Gimme a Pigfoot Bessie Smith
The Bessie Smith Story- Volume 2, Columbia
Backwater Blues Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Lucky Devil, self-released
Travelin' Blues Jimmie Rodgers
Travelin' Blues, RCA Victor
Rapid City, South Dakota Kinky Friedman
From One Good American to Another, Fruit of the Tune
Instrumental: Parlor for the Crawlers Leroy Jones
Back to My Roots, LJ Records
SEGMENT: Meschiya Lake
Railroad Lady- Live at the Dance Hall, Luckenbach, TX 1977 Jerry Jeff Walker
A Man Must Carry On, UMG
Starlight on the Rails Utah Phillips
Good Though, Philo
Instrumental: Dixie Flyer Blues DeFord Bailey
Pan American Blues, Suncoast Music
Railroadin' Some Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas
Going Away Blues, Shanachie
Goin' Up the Country Canned Heat
Under My Heels, Hip-O
Ramblin' On My Mind Lucinda Williams
Ramblin' , Smithsonian Folkways
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Woody Guthrie
The Asch Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways
Closing Bed: Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad Grateful Dead
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Grateful Dead Live in NYC , Grateful Dead Records