Allen Toussaint
During this month, American Routes pays tribute to the great pianists of New Orleans. The legendary performer and producer Allen Toussaint starts the month off with a bang.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: I Like It Like That Chris Kenner
The Minit Records Story, EMI
Honey Now Gillian Welch
Hell Among the Yearlings, Almo
Hawaiian Cowboy Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie
Tallacatcha Alvin Youngblood Hart
Territory, Hannibal
Instrumental: Misty Nelson Waikiki
Legends of the Ukelele, Rhino
29 Ways Willie Dixon
Chess Blues Classics 1947 to 1956, Chess/MCA
I Ate Up The Apple Tree The Original Pin Stripe Brass Band
Your Last Chance To Dance, Orleans
Pouring Water on a Drowning Man James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie
There's Another Place I Can't Go Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends: Best of the Sun Years, AVI
Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald
Female Vocal Classics, Rhino
Instrumental: Song for Yette Harold Battiste
Next Generation, AFO
SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint
Happy Times Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
Working in a Coal Mine Devo
Greatest Hits, Warner Brothers
Working in a Coal Mine The Judds
Rockin' With the Rhythm, Curb/MCA
The Banjo, Opus 15 Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American Piano Music played by Amiram Rigai, Smithsonian Folkways
Skoodle Um Skoo Don Vappie
Creole Blues, Vappielle
Shortnin' Bread Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Smithsonian Folkways
Foggy Mountain Special Flatt & Scruggs
The Essential Flatt & Scruggs, Columbia/Legacy
HOUR TWO
Pass the Lord and Praise the Ammunition Firesign Theatre
Shoes for Industry!: The Best of the Firesign Theatre, Columbia/Legacy
The River Kwai March Malcolm Arnold
The Bridge On the River Kwai, Columbia/Legacy
Freedom Road Josh White
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement, Smithsonian Folkways
Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy
Shhhh It's a Military Secret Glenn Miller and Orchestra
Salute to the Vets of WWII, RCA Victor
Lili Marlene Marlene Dietrich
We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection
Femme Fatale Nico & Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground, Polydor
Freulein Bobby Helm
Only Country 1955-1959, Cema/Capitol
Instrumental: South Pacific Overture
South Pacific - Original Soundtrack, RCA
Pearl Harbor Blues Doctor Clayton
Complete Recorded Works 1935-1942, Document
Filipino Baby Ernest Tubb
Retrospective Vol. 1, MCA
Soldier Boy The Shirelles
The Very Best of the Shirelles, Rhino
El padre de un soldado (The Soldier's Father) Flaco Jimenez
Un Mojado Sin Licencia, Arhoolie
Take the Star Out of the Window John Prine
Diamonds In The Rough, Atlantic
Instrumental: Steps Apocalypse Now
The Apocalypse Now Sessions, Rykodisc
This Wheel's On Fire The Byrds
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy
Please Settle In Vietnam Lightnin' Hopkins
Po' Lightnin', Arhoolie
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
The Master 1961-1984, Motown
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note
End Bed: We'll Meet Again Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee
We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection