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