WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND

We’re going “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” as the 1920s Tin Pan Alley pop song had it. It’s one of many songs written about our home place. We’ll hear some of those and go beyond to blues and jazz, roots rock and soul, gospel and country, Tejano, zydeco and swamp pop. We offer a diverse mix with Charlie Pride, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Adia Victoria, Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong, with sounds ranging from critique to guilty pleasures.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Going Going, Gone, The New Orleans Jazz Vipers

I'm a Country Boy Snooks Eaglin
That’s Alright, Fantasy Inc.

Down Yonder We Go Ballin Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis: New Orleans Rhythm, Shami Media Group

Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia

Streets of Baltimore Charley Pride
In Person, Sony

Dancehall Girls Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenther
Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenther, Columbia

Instrumental: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony

Bright Lights Big City Sonny James
Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol Records

Outskirts of Town Josh White
Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

You Was Born to Die Adia Victoria, Kyshona, Margo Price & Jason Isbell
A Southern Gothic, Atlantic

Gimme that Old Time Religion Dr. John and Willie Nelson
Things Happen That Way, Rounder

Samson and Delilah Rev. Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer, Fantasy Inc.

We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
GP, Reprise

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You, Atlantic

Instrumental: Misty Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder

New Orleans Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Sings Carmichael, Blue Note

Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong
New Orleans, Facebook

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans-Live in Lewisohm Stadium Louis Armstrong
The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings Vol. 3, Sony

Closing Bed: Down Yonder in New Orleans Nicholas Payton
Gumbo Nouveau, Verve

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Mambo Van Alexander and his Orchestra
Ultra-Lounge / Mambo Fever Volume Two, Capitol

Down in New Orleans John Fred and the Playboys
Down In New Orleans / I Love You, Montel

King Creole Elvis Presley
King Creole, Sony

Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, and Then Some, UMG

Yes We Can Part 1 Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, and Then Some , UMG

Natty Take Over Justin Hines and the Dominos
Jezebel, Island

Oye Cómo Va Tito Puente
El Rey Bravo, Tico

Instrumental: Honky Tonk Gatemouth Brown
The Man, Verve

Louisiana Twist June Bug Bailey
Rockin’ Days in Shreveport Louisiana, Jo-Records

Hippy Ti Yo Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs
Early Rockabilly R&B Blues Boogie Woogie, Ram

Oh Bye Bye Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys
La La Louisiana Black French Music, Maison de Soul

La Mujer Santiago Jiménez Jr.
Familia y Tradicion, Rounder

She's About a Mover Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet
Walking the Streets, Demon Music Group

Around and Around Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Is On Top, UMG

Rip It Up Little Richard
The Cosimo Matassa Story, Proper

Instrumental: Pauvre Hobo Beausoleil
Allons a Lafayette & More, Smithsonian Folkways

Sweet Dreams Roy Buchanon
Roy Buchanon, UMG

Dream Lover Ben E. King
Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers, Atlantic

I Need Your Love So Bad Irma Thomas
Wish Someone Would Care, Capitol

Before I Grow Too Old Fats Domino
The Complete Imperial Singles, Capitol

Too Old to Cut the Mustard Ernest Tubb and Red Foley
Retrospective (Volume 2), UMG

Fun and Free Loudon Wainwright the III
Lifetime Achievement, StorySound

Closing Bed: Coconut Shake Don Vappie
Banjo a la Creole, Vappielle

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