4th of July

May the Fourth be with you! Music celebrating American cultural independence and inter-dependence. Also a chat with fife player Otha Turner, and Santore fireworks family.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Back in the USA Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA/Chess

Freedom of '76 Ween
Chocolate and Cheese, Elektra

South Street The Orlons
45rpm, Cameo

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott Heron
Pieces of a Man, Flying Dutchman/RCA

Every Man A King Randy Newman
Good Old Boys, Reprise

Stars & Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Yearts of Eubie Blake, Columbia

Brilliant Mistake Elvis Costello
King of America, Ryko

Instrumental: For Your Country and My Country George Gershwin
The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2, Nonesuch

4th of July Amy Mann
Whatever, DGC

American Tune Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Warner Brothers

I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy Soundtrack, Hollywood Soundstage

I Want to Hear a Yankee Doodle Tune George M. Cohan
Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection

Bugle Boy Rag Michael White
Live on Folk Masters, 1992

Instrumental: The Star Spangled Banner
15 1/2" Regina music box
From Salons to Saloons, IBRC

INTERVIEW: Othar Turner

Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins
The Essential Sonny Rollins on Riverside, Riverside

Living in America James Brown
The Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade, Scotti Brothers

HOUR TWO

Washington Post March Bill Frisell
Have A Little Faith, Elektra Nonesuch

Only in America The Drifters
Rockin' & Driftin' - the Drifters Box, Rhino

America Chita Rivera & Company
Star Spangled Rhythm - Voices of Broadway and Hollywood, Smithsonian Collection

One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
By the Light of the Moon, Slash/Warner Brothers

Marcho Rock & Roll Isidro Lopez
El Indio, Arhoolie

Instrumental: Freedom Sound Skatalites
Balls of Fire, Island

Redemption Song Bob Marley
Uprising, Tuff Gong

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk & Soul, RCA

Freedom ReBirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' It Live!, Rounder

INTERVIEW: Santore Family Fireworks

Instrumental: Fireworks Louie Armstrong
The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Vol. 3, Columbia

The Star Spangled Banner Robert McDuffie, solo violin
Music & the Arts Vol. 1, No. 3,

There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Elton Britt
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine
John Prine, Atlantic

The Fourth of July Holidays Symphony, Charles Ives
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Zinman, Argo

America the Beautiful Ray Charles
Uh-Huh: His Greatest Hits, DCC

End Bed: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note

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