American Gothic: Jolie Holland & Homer Bailes
It’s old-time country and folk, as seen from the two very different viewpoints of our guests. Jolie Holland is a young singer-songwriter whose sound incorporates a distinct vision—sometimes dark and somewhat hallucinatory—of blues and country from another era. Homer Bailes is the last remaining member of 1940s country superstar family band the Bailes Brothers. His stern outlook on life, illustrated by songs like “Whiskey is the Devil in Liquid Form,” remains unchanged over half a century later.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
Crescent City Serenade, Antilles
Jesus on the Mainline Ry Cooder
Paradise and Lunch, Reprise
Denomination Blues - part 1 Washington Phillips
I Am Born to Preach the Gospel, Yazoo
Give Me the Roses While I Live The Carter Family
Give Me the Roses While I Live, Rounder
Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers, Virgin
Instrumental: Wildwood Flower David Grisman & Tony Rice
Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc
Since I've Laid My Burden Down Mississippi John Hurt
The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard
Wade in the Water The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy
Family Bible George Jones
The Definitive Collection 1955 - 1962, Mercury
Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming, Columbia
INTERVIEW: Homer Bailes
Instrumental: Country Gentleman Chet Atkins
The Early Years, 1945-1954, Bear Family
I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) Lefty Frizzell
Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia/Legacy
I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool) Candi Staton
Candi Staton, Honest Jon's
Son of Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis, Rhino
Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner Archives
When the Saints Go Marchin' In Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Old Fashioned Morphine Jolie Holland
Escondida, Anti
Sittin' on Top of the World Willie Nelson
Milk Cow Blues, Island
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Doug Sahm
The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, Mercury
Estare Contigo Cuando Triste Estas (Before the Next Teardrop Falls) Freddy Fender
Exitos en Enpanol, Music Club
Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya' Townes Van Zandt
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, Poppy
Me and Bobby McGee Waylon Jennings
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, RCA
Instrumental: For the Good Times Lloyd Green
And His Steel Guitar, Americana
Sweet Susannah Clint West
J'Étais au Bal, Swallow
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol
Jolie Blonde Clifton Chenier
Zydeco Sont pas Sale, Arhoolie
INTERVIEW: Jolie Holland
Instrumental: Bird Song Pickin' on the Grateful Dead…A Tribute
Pickin' on the Grateful Dead…A Tribute, CMH
The Coo Coo Bird Clarence Ashley
The Rose and the Briar, Columbia/Legacy
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
The Hits Volume Two, Mercury
The Eagle Bird Jessie Mae Hemphill
Feelin' Good, HMG/High Water
Bird Song Jerry Garcia
Garcia, Jerry Garcia