July 4th Special
It’s American Routes' July 4th extravaganza, and who better to bring you sounds for this all-American holiday? Take a break from the barbecue and join us for visits with artists who've changed the face of American music, including Ray Charles, Celia Cruz and David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, and songs from James Brown, Sonny Rollins, and Charles Ives.
HOUR ONE
End Bed: Midnight in Amarillo Cindy Cashdollar and Herb Remington
More Songs of Route 66: Roadside Attractions, Lazy SOB
America the Beautiful Ray Charles
Genius & Soul, Rhino
My Country Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks
The House I Live In Josh White
Free & Equal Blues, Folkways
INTERVIEW: Othar Turner
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
Everybody Hollerin' Goat, Birdman
Instrumental: America The Beautiful Happyland Band
Saints' Paradise, Smithsonian Folkways
US Blues Grateful Dead
Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead
Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
His Best, Volume 1, MCA
Living in the USA Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Offshore Blues & Zydeco, Chubby Dragon
Take Me Home, Country Roads Toots & the Maytals
Time Tough, Island
Instrumental: One Mint Julep Ray Charles
Genuis & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Ray Charles
Hallelujah, I Love Her So Ray Charles
Ray Charles, Atlantic
Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles
The Genius Hits the Road, ABC-Paramount
Swanee River Rock Ray Charles
The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years, Atlantic
What'd I Say? Pt. 1 Ray Charles
What'd I Say?, Atlantic
HOUR TWO
Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
The Complete Country and Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
Open Bed: Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia
Bugle Call Rag George Lewis
Jazz In the Classic New Orleans Tradition, Fantasy
Bugle Call Rag Mills Brothers
Their Original & Greatest Hits, Jasmine
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Elton Britt
The RCA Years, Collectors Choice
One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
El Cancionero Mas Y Mas, Rhino
Viva Seguin Flaco Jimenez
Arriba El Norte, Rounder
Madre Rumba Celia Cruz
La Reina de Cuba, La Mejor Musica
INTERVIEW: Celia Cruz
Instrumental: Pajaro Campana Edwin Colon
El Cuatro…Mas Alla De Lo Imaginable, EC
America John Fahey
America, Takoma
4th of July Aimee Mann
Whatever, DGC
INTERVIEW: David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet
Instrumental: The Star Spangled Banner Robert McDuffie
Music & The Arts Vol.1, No. 3, Connell
The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin', Sony
This Land Is Your Land Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Live 1975-85, Sony
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note
Blowing in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Looking Back, Motown
End bed: Hallelujah I Love Her So Davell Crawford
The B-3 and Me, Rounder