Leon Redbone and the Mamou Playboys

A visit with the mysterious man of antique popular music Leon Redbone in which he discusses his taste in clothes, preferred travel modes, and song styles.  And from closer to home, Steve Riley and David Greely of the Mamou Playboys play new Cajun music live in our studios.  All augmented by our usual eclectic focus on an array of related genres and styles in American music, and life.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Marie Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner

My Walking Stick Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner

My Man Stands Out Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Risque Rhythm, Rhino

Mr. Five By Five Ella Mae Morse
The Very Best Of, Collectables

Three Hundred Pounds of Joy Howlin' Wolf
His Best, MCA

Lady Be Good Howard Armstrong
Louie Bluie, Blue Suit

Doin' Things Joe Venuti with Eddie Lang
Jazz Violin 1926/1942, Jazz Archives

Sweet Mama Hurry Home Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family

INTERVIEW: Leon Redbone

Lovesick Blues Emmett Miller
The Minstrel Man from Georgia, Columbia

Time Changes Everything Bob Wills
The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol.2, Rhino

Lazy River Merrill Moore
Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family

You Win Again Charlie Rich
Country Meets Soul, Hi Records

I'll Be Standing By Al Green
Country Meets Soul, Hi Records

I've Been Lonely for So Long Lambchop
What Another Man Spills, Merge

I've Been Lonely for So Long Frederick Knight
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3, Stax

Bed: A Night With Daddy G The Church Street Five
If You Wanna Be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound, Varese

Quarter to Three Gary ‘US' Bonds
If You Wanna be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound, Varese

Spiritual Conversation Clouds of Heaven
Saints Paradise, Smithsonian Folkways

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Creole Stomp Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Happytown, Rounder

Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy & the Rockets
Swamp Gold Vol. 1, Jin

Allons a Lafayette Joe Falcon
French Music and Folk Songs of Le Sud De La Louisianne, La Louisianne

Ti Jeanne Sam Castendet et Son Orchestre Creole
Biguine a la Canne a Sucre 1946-1949, Fremeaux

Eh La Bas Billie and DeDe Pierce
New Orleans Jazz, Arhoolie

Instrumental: Poche Bridge Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Happytown, Rounder

INTERVIEW: Steve Riley, David Greely and Sam Broussard of the Mamou Playboys

Cajun Moon JJ Cale
Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology, Mercury

Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
18 Greatest Hits, Motown

I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water The Cats and the Fiddle
Jive is Jumpin, West Side

Muddy Water Aretha Franklin
Aretha Sings The Blues, Columbia

Instrumental: Since I've Laid My Burden Down Mississippi John Hurt
The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard

Avalon Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings, Okeh

Beaulah Land Gillian Welch
Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt, Vanguard

SEGMENT: John Hartford remembered

Gentle on My Mind John Hartford
Me Oh My, How the Time Does Fly: Anthology, Flying Fish

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