Lucinda Williams and Carol Fran

Join us and cruise the Gulf Coast Highway with Deep South singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams as she talks about her connection with traditional music, her writing style and sense of place. Plus, Lafayette, Louisiana R&B chanteuse and pianist Carol Fran comes by the studio for conversation and a special live set. There’s also great music from, Johnny Cash, Cassandra Wilson and Gatemouth Brown.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Metal Firecracker Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury

Ramblin' on My Mind Lucinda Williams
Ramblin, Smithsonian Folkways

Richland Woman Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues 1963, Rounder

Kokomo Me Baby Mississippi Fred McDowell
I Do Not Play No Rock ‘n’ Roll, Capitol

Rock Island Line Johnny Cash
The Essential 1955-83, Columbia

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia

This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel 1938/1943, Frémeaux & Associés

Instrumental: Jesus Will Fix It For You Sonny Treadway
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie

Mama Tried Merle Haggard
Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb

Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Almost Blue, Rhino

Drunken Angel Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury

INTERVIEW: Lucinda Williams

Instrumental:
20 Fiddle Tunes and Waltz Favorites, Rural Rhythm

Tennessee Blues Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Timeless, Hightone

That's All Right Blind Snooks Eaglin
That's All Right, Bluesville

Everybody's Trying to be My Baby Roy Newman & His Boys
Texas Music Vol. 2: Western Swing & Honky Tonk, Rhino

Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby Carl Perkins
The Classics, Bear Family

Honey Don't The Beatles
Beatles for Sale, Capitol

Passionate Kisses Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams, Koch

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia

Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Bessie Smith
The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia/Legacy

Give me a Red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer Smiley Maxedon
Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia

My Bucket's Got A Hole in It Jim Robinson
Atlantic Jazz: New Orleans, Atlantic

Bourbon Street Blues Louis Prima
He's the Wildest: The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family

Instrumental: I Will Always Be In Love With You Carol Fran
American Routes live recording

INTERVIEW: Carol Fran

Quelque Chose Sur Mon Idee (There'sSomething On My Mind) Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Freddy Fender
The Voice: The Crazy Cajun Recordings, Edsel

Wasted Laura Cantrell
Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson, Bloodshot

Continental Trailways Blues Steve Earle
Early Tracks, Koch

Liza Jane Dale Hawkins
Oh! Susie Q: The Best of Dale Hawkins, MCA

Instrumental: Li'l Liza Jane The New Rebirth Brassband
D-Boy, NYNO

I Hear You Knocking Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family

St. Louis Blues Mose Allison
Gimcracks and Gewgaws, Blue Note

Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
Blue Skies, Polydor

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins, Putumayo

End Bed: Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet
Dear Old Southland, Definitive

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