John Sebastian & Bonsoir Catin
This week on American Routes, we travel from the Village to the dancehall. John Sebastian talks about his childhood in Greenwich Village, encounters with blues greats Mississippi John Hurt and Lighting Hopkins, and the musical stew he created with his band The Lovin' Spoonful. Then, a conversation with Kristi Guillory and Christine Balfa of the Cajun band Bonsoir Catin about carrying on their musical heritage for the next generation.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Night Owl Blues The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra
Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Anthology, Rhino
Boodle Am Shake The Dixieland Jug Blowers
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. II, Yazoo
Bleeker and MacDougal Fred Neil
Bleeker and MacDougal, Elektra
Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA
Coffee Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Today!, Vanguard
Wild About My Lovin' The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra
Instrumental: Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Daydream: The Lovin' Spoonful, Buddha Records/ BMG
SEGMENT: John Sebastian
Elmira St. Boogie Danny Gatton
Hot Rod Guitar: THe Danny Gatton Anthology, Rhino
Roadhouse Blues The Doors
Morrison Hotel, Elektra
Instrumental: Stealin' Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
Jug Band Music Lucinda Williams
Ramblin', Smithsonian Folkways
Walk Right In Cannon's Jug Stompers
Complete Works 1927-1930, Yazoo
Walk Right In The Rooftop Singers
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Folkways
New , New Minglewood Blues Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers
Nashville Cats Del McCoury Band
The Family, Ceili Music
Darlin' Companion The Lovin' Spoonful
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins The Memphis Jug Band
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. I, Yazoo
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Longue Pointe Two-Step Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records
Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy and the Rockets
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, Mississippi
Evangeline Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner Bros.
Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
Big Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, Rhino
Madeleine The Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Volume 1 and 2, Swallow
Let Me Talk to Your Heart Belton Richard
The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow
Please Mr. Sandman Warren Storm and the Little Band of Gold
American Roots Songbook: Louisiana, Shanachie
Instrumental: Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
Crescent City Songbook, Rounder
SEGMENT: Bonsoir Catin
Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, Bear Family
Creole de Lake Charles Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band
Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band Play the Zydeco, GNP/ Crescendo
Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable
Sound of the Swamp: Best of Excello, Vol. 1, Rhino
My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
Farmer John Don & Dewey
Don & Dewey, Specialty
Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol
Sweet Susannah Clint West
J'Etais au Bal, Swallow
Got You on My Mind Cookie and the Cupcakes
By Request: Cookie and the Cupcakes, Jin
You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
Genius & Soul, Rhino
End Bed: That's It Bill Frisell
Things About Comin' My Way, Black Hen Music