Roadside Attractions and Wilderness Trails

It’s summertime and the living’s easy. Jump in as we hit the road in search of new faces and places. Head north out of New Orleans, across Lake Pontchartrain, to the Abita Mystery House at UCM Museum in Abita Springs. And a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted. Finally, we remember the late Secretary of the Interior and noted conservationist Stewart Udall as Routes digs into the archives for a raft run on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin', Blue Note

Roamin' Blues Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family

Motorhead Baby Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
Gangster of Love, King Masters

Looking at the World Thru a Windshield Del Reeves
On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits, Deluxe

Oooh Las Vegas Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris
The Complete Reprise Sessions, Rhino

CC Rider (Undubbed) Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends: The Best of the Sun Years, AVI

Old Black Mattie Junior Kimbrough
Sad Days, Lonely Nights, Fat Possum

Instrumental: Wilson Rag Elizabeth Cotton
Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes, Folkways

Key to Highway Warner Williams w/Jay Summerour
Blues Highway, Smithsonian Folkways

Motorpsycho Nitemare Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia

May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister? Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, Bear Family

Can I Sleep in Your Arms Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia

Tomorrow is a Long Time Nickel Creek
Why Should the Fire Die?, Sugar Hill

SEGMENT: Grand Canyon with Stuart Udall

Summer Song Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong
Vocal Encounters, Columbia/ Legacy

Instrumental: Lullaby of Birdland Tito Puente
50 Years of Swing, RMM

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: In The Good Old Summertime George Lewis
Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol.1, Biograph

Down the Road a Piece Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946-1956, Capitol

House of Blue Lights Merrill Moore
Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family

Across the Alley from the Alamo The Mills Brothers
The Best of the Decca Years, MCA

Across the Alley from the Alamo Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 4, Edsel

Home in San Antone Johnny Bush
Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country, Vol. 2, Rhino

Travelin' Blues Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae
Vocal Encounters, Columbia/Legacy

Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin', Blue Note

Instrumental: Promised Land Mose Allison
Back Country Suite, Prestige

SEGMENT: UCM Museum in Louisiana

Gotta Travel On Jerry Lee Lewis w/Linda Gail Lewis
The Locust Years and the Return to the Promised Land, Bear Family

Born to Be Wild Wilson Pickett
Blues & Soul Power, Warner UK

Route 90 Clarence Garlow
Texas Rhythm and Blues, Ace

Instrumental: High Society George Lewis
Ice Cream, Delmark

SEGMENT: Hansen's Sno-Bliz in New Orleans

I Scream, You Scream Mahogany Brass Band
Best of the Brass Bands, Sound of New Orleans

Summertime Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA/Legacy

Basin Street Blues Peggy Lee
Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz

End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
American Routes original recording

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