ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS WITH BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND

The legendary Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland talks about his life in the blues and his approach to singing. And we visit summer roadside attractions, from an old candy store in Maine to a bait shop on the Florida Gulf Coast. Summertime music by Les Paul & Mary Ford, Burning Spear, Sidney Bechet and Mississippi John Hurt.

HOUR ONE

In the Good Old Summertime Les Paul & Mary Ford
All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol

Summer Teeth Wilco
Summer Teeth, Reprise

Rosa Maria Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie

Summer Samba (So Nice) Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto, Verve

The Sun Burning Spear
Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology, Island

Instrumental: 20.75 Roland Alphonso

Fishin' Blues Taj Majal
The Real Thing, Columbia

Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation Santana
Caravanserai, Columbia

INTERVIEW: Maria's Dixie Nut House bait shop

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When you Wish Upon a Star Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket
And the Winner Is...A Collection of Honored Disney Classic Songs, Walt Disney

When you Wish Upon a Star Sonny Rollins
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA Victor

Instrumental: Lulu's Back In Town Lyle Ritz

INTERVIEW: Bobby 'Blue' Bland

Stormy Monday Bobby 'Blue' Bland

Summertime Sidney Bechet
Masters of Jazz Vol. 1: Traditional Jazz Classics, Rhino

Summertime Doc Watson
Elementary Doctor Watson!, Poppy

Was a Sunny Day Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Warner Brothers

HOUR TWO

Let's Go Trippin' Dick Dale & the Del Tones
Revenge of the Surf Instrumentals, MCA

Roamin-itus Eddie Bo
Check Mr. Popeye, Rounder

Salt Pork, West Virginia Louie Jordan & his Tympany Five
Let The Good Times Roll, 1938-1954, Bear Family

Coney Island Dizzy Gillespie
The Cool World, Phillips

Coney Island The Barry Sisters
Kosher Classics, RCA

Seaside Bar Song Bruce Springsteen
Tracks, Columbia

Palisades Park Freddy Cannon
Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1962, Rhino

Instrumental: Candy Man Etta Baker

Candy Man John Hurt
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings, Columbia/Legacy

Candyman Grateful Dead
American Beauty, Warner Brothers

On the Good Ship Lollipop Shirley Temple
Remember Shirley, 20th Century Records

SEGMENT: At the Way-Way candy store

Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Hip-O

Candy Man Cibo Matto
Viva! La Woman, Warner Brothers

Instrumental: Hot and Bothered
Combustible Edison

Watermelon Hangin' On A Vine Snuffy Jenkins
Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo, Arhoolie

In the Summertime Mungo Jerry
Super Hits of the '70s: Have A Nice Day Vol. 3, Rhino

The Sun is Shining Hound Dog Taylor
Genuine Houserocking Music, Alligator

When the Sun Goes Down Part 2 Memphis Minnie
Four Women Blues, RCA/Bluebird

Summer Wind Frank Sinatra
Billboard Top Pop Hits 1960, Rhino

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SUMMER SURF WITH DICK DALE