Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, remembering jazz banjo hero and oral historian Danny Barker--who played with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis--in his own words.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Abraham, Martin & John Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers At The Ryman, Reprise
Where Have All the Flowers Gone Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964-1977, Rhino
The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash American Recordings, American
On the Dark Road Crying Moses ‘Whispering' Smith
Louisiana Blues, Arhoolie
Instrumental: In memory of Mississippi John Hurt John Fahey
Of Rivers and Religion, Warner Brothers
J'ai passé devant ta porte (I Passed By Your Door) Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Swallow
Where the Soul Never Dies Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice
Way Down Deep in my Soul, Sugar Hill
Father Death Blues Allen Ginsberg
Utopia Americana, New Tone
Lake of Fire Nirvana
Unplugged in New York, Geffen
Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') Curtis Mayfield
The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield, Rhino
Instrumental: My Man's Gone Now Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess, Columbia Legacy
INTERVIEW: Danny Barker
Don't You Make Me High Danny Barker Blue Lu Barker 1938-1939, Classics
Save the Bones Danny Barker Live
Whinin' Boy Danny Barker Live
Oh, But On the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) Wynton Marsalis
The Majesty of the Blues, Columbia
HOUR TWO
Hot Barbeque Brother Jack McDuff
Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration!, Rhino
Everything on the Hog Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Steady Rock, Rounder
Barbeque Robert Earl Keen
Gringo Honeymoon, Sugar Hill
Frim Fram Sauce Louis Armstrong & Ella
Ella - The Legendary Decca Recordings, Decca
Bar-B-Q Wendy Rene
Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration!, Rhino
Instrumental: Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat Charles Mingus
This is Jazz 6, Columbia/Legacy
Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat Joni Mitchell
Mingus, Asylum
New Lester Leaps In Lester Young
The Complete Aladdin Sessions, Blue Note
Ode to Billy Joe Tammy Wynette
Take Me To Your World - I Don't Wanna Play House, Koch
Remember Me Otis Redding
Remember Me, Stax
Instrumental: Miles Davis' Funeral Morphine
Cure for Pain, Ryko
From the Housatanic at Stockbridge Charles Ives
Three Places in New England/Baltimore Symphony/Zinman, Argo
St. James Hospital Doc Watson
Folk Song America, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
Dying Crapshooter Blues Blind Willie McTell
Atlanta Twelve String, Atlantic
Remember Me Beaufort NC Sea Chanteymen
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall for Folkmasters
Blowin' in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, Columbia
End Bed: I'll Be Seeing You James Booker
Junco Partner, Hannibal/Ryco