Route 66

Get your kicks on an aural trip across a legendary American path: Route 66. Includes a Navajo perspective on the "Mother Road."

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Route 66 Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, London

What's Left of 66 Jason Eklund
Lost Causeway, Flying Fish

Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol

Take Me Back to Tulsa Hazel & Alice
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass, Smithsonian Folkways

Old Man Rooster The Molinas
Borderlands - from Conjunto to Chicken Scratch, Smithsonian Folkways

Tu Sentencia Las Hermanas Mendoza
Las Hermanas Mendoza, Arhoolie

She Never Spoke Spanish to Me Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados, Reprise

Instrumental: Chotiz 'El Paseadito' Los Reyes de Albuquerque
Music of New Mexico - Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways

SEGMENT: Rt. 66 historian, Sally Knau

Chicago Stomp Pinetop Perkins
Portrait of a Delta Bluesman, Omega

Goodnight-Loving Trail Buck Ramsey
Rolling Uphill From Texas, Fiel

Willin' Little Feat
Sailin' Shoes, Warner Brothers

Truck Stop Girl Kelly Willis
Rig Rock Deluxe, Upstart

Keep On Truckin' Eddie Kendricks
Bell Bottom Rock, EMI/Capitol

Instrumental: 40 miles of Bad Road Bill Black's Combo
Rev it Up, The Right Stuff

SEGMENT: Hal Canon from the Roadkill Cafe

Roadkill Horseflies
Gravity Dance, MCA

Speedo Cadillacs
Alphabet Rock, Warner

105 Fred Eaglesmith
Lipstick Lies & Gasoline, Razor & Tie

One More For the Road Billie Holiday
The Essential Billie Holiday: Songs of Lost Love, Verve

When You Leave Amarillo, Turn Out the Light Bob Wills
For the Last Time, United Artists

Amarillo Emmylou Harris
Songs of the West, Warner Western

HOUR TWO

The Route Chet Baker
Jazz Profile: Chet Baker, Blue Note

Route 66 Bobby Troup
The Songs of Route 66, Lazy S.O.B.

Space Buggy Asleep At the Wheel
Comin' Right At Ya, United Artists

Rocket 69 Todd Rhodes & Orchestra w/ vocal by Connie Allen
Risqué Rhythm: Nasty '50s R & B, Rhino

Marfa Lights Long John Hunter
Border Town Legend, Alligator

Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Space, Apple

Instrumental: Velociraptor Rag Tom Morrell & the Time-Warp Tophands
Tom Morrell & the Time-Warp Tophands Go Uptown, WR

SEGMENT: Navajo perspective of Rt. 66 Blackfoot Singers recorded live on Folk Masters

Will Rogers Highway Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings, Rounder

California Stars Billy Bragg and Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Elektra

Instrumental: Radiator Cap Blues Craig Ventresco
Crumb Soundtrack, Ryko

Slow Down Gatemouth Brown
Pressure Cooker, Alligator

Mustang Sally Sir Mack Rice
The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino

Go West Liz Phair
Whip-Smart, Matador

I Been Everywhere Johnny Cash
Unchained, American

Waiting at the End of the Road Frankie Laine
The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve

End Bed: Theme from Route 66 Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Hot Rod Rock: Big boss Instrumentals Vol. 3, The Right Stuff

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