Kings of the Road: From Ramblin' Jack to Kerouac
Get your key to the highway… this American Routes looks at “the road” as destination, inspiration and home away from home in blues, country, jazz and more. Folkie and fellow traveler Ramblin’ Jack Elliot recalls the allure of the road in music and life. Plus, historian and author Douglas Brinkley joins us to speak on travel as muse for beat author Jack Kerouac and others.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: 912 Greens Ramblin Jack Elliott
Me & Bobby McGee, Rounder
King of the Road James Booker
Classified, Rounder
I've Got a Mind to Ramble Alberta Hunter
Amtrak Blues, Columbia
Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG
Railroadin' Some Henry 'Ragtime Texas' Thomas
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3, Rounder
Train Whistle Blues Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
Travelin in My Shoes Cindy Walker
Country Girl: The Complete Transcription Recordings of Cindy Walker, Vol.2, Soundies
Instrumental: A Mansion On The Hill Original Drifting Cowboy Band
Hank Williams Instrumentals, Landmark
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
Blue Train Johnny Cash
The Man in Black: 1954 - 1958, Bear Family
Wayside / Back In Time Gillian Welch
Soul Journey, Acony
SEGMENT: Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Instrumental: Bound For Canaan (Sieber & Davis) Ry Cooder
Music By Ry Cooder, Warner Bros
Ramblin' Fever Merle Haggard
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Merle Haggard, MCA
Six Days on the Road The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Definitive Collection, Hip-O
All I Want Joni Mitchell
Blue, Reprise
Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show
O.C.M.S., Nettwerk
Boxcar Neil Young
Chrome Dreams II, Reprise
End Bed: King of the Road Wes Montgomery
Ultimate Wes Montgomery, Verve
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Travelin' (Breakdown Take) Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith
Blue Bash!, Blue Note
Packin' Up Marion Williams
Born To Sing The Gospel, Shanachie
Hard Road to Travel Jimmy Cliff
Anthology, Hip-O
Travelin Man Stevie Wonder
Greatest Hits, Vol.2, Motown
Travelin' Blues T-Bone Walker
The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954, EMI
Roamin-itis Eddie Bo
Check Mr. Popeye, Rounder
Como un Errante (Like a Wanderer) Freddie Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio: The Roots of Tejano Rock, Arhoolie
Instrumental: In Shades Tom Waits
Heartattack And Vine, Elektra
History of Bop Jack Kerouac
Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Verve
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lionel Hampton
Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie
SEGMENT: Douglas Brinkley
Matchbox Sonny Burgess & Bobby Crafford and The Pacers
The Razorback Rock and Roll Tapes, Collector/IODA
Flight 505 The Rolling Stones
Aftermath, ABKCO
Instrumental: 501 Boogie Professor Longhair
Rum and Coke, Tomato
Key to the Highway Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.
Rockin' Zydeco Party, Mardi Gras
Another Travelin' Song Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Saddle Creek
This Land is Your Land Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Naturally, Daptone
End Bed: Travelin' Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith
Blue Bash!, Blue Note