East Texas / West Louisiana
Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It’s a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit “Suzy Q”; and 90-year-old jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA – Los Angeles.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Houston Boogie Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
Allons a Grand Coteau (Let's Go To Grand Coteau) Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie
Spoon Bread Lil Band of Gold
The Promised Land - A Swamp Pop Journey!, Room 609
Northeast Texas Women Willis Allen Ramsey
Willis Allen Ramsey, Koch
Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
Cripple Creek The Band
The Band, Capitol
Instrumental: Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton
Blues Masters Vol.3: Texas Blues, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Nellie Lutcher
All Star Strut Charlie Christian
The Genius of the Electric Guitar, Sony
Gulf Coast Special Adolph Hofner and His Orchestra
OKeh Western Swing, Epic
Instrumental: Blues De Port Arthur Le Trio Cadien
Le Trio Cadien, Rounder
Blues de Texas Dennis McGee
The Complete Early Recordings 1929-1930, Yazoo
Texas Blues Robert Pete Williams
I'm Blue As A Man Can Be, Vol.1, Arhoolie
Mean Ol' Lonesome Train Lightnin' Slim
The Excello Story, Vol.2: 1955-1957, Hip-O
Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
Greatest Hits, Columbia/Legacy
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Draggin' The Bow Harry Choates
Freddie King of Cajun Swing, Arhoolie
Last Town I Painted George Jones
Cup of Loneliness: The Mercury Years, Mercury
Little Liza Jane Hot Club of Cowtown
Dev'lish Mary, Hightone
I Got Loaded Lil' Bob & The Lollipops
Lafayette Soul Show, Kent
Groovin' Illinois Jacquet
Flying Home The Best of the Verve Years, Verve
Going Back to Louisiana Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
Back to Bogalousa, Blue Thumb
INTERVIEW: Nathan & Zydeco Cha Cha's
Instrumental: Ponderosa Stomp Lazy Lester
House Rockin' & Hip Shakin' Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
My Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo Sings Raining in My Heart, Hip-O
Lonesome Cabin Blues Mercy Dee Walton
One Room Country Shack, Specialty
Pipeliner Blues Moon Mullican
Sings His All Time Greatest, King
INTERVIEW: Dale Hawkins
Instrumental: Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Texas Flood, Epic/Legacy
Storm in Texas (AKA Texas Flood) Whispering Smith
House Rockin' & Hip Shakin', Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker: Blues Masters, Rhino
Long Telephone Port Arthur Cleveland Crochet
Cleveland Crochet & All The Sugar Bees, Goldband
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol
End Bed: Beaumont Rag The Hackberry Ramblers
Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish