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