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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME: WITH EARL PALMER, JM VAN EATON, ADONIS ROSE & THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
It’s time to give the drummer some, with late New Orleans native Earl Palmer talking about his creative percussion for Fats Domino and Little Richard sessions; and conversation with Memphis rockabilly JM Van Eaton about backing Jerry Lee Lewis; plus rhythm and time-keeping in music from Elvis and Johnny Cash to Smokey Johnson and Slim Gaillard. Then a live set dedicated to the soul, funk and jazz of New Orleans drummer James Black with Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
Fats Domino Swings, Capitol - Feet Don't Fail Me Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Feet Don't Fail Me Now, Jazz - Doin' the New Low Down Bill Robinson
Stars of the Apollo, Columbia - Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Legend of Johnny Cash, Columbia - Hound Dog Elvis Presley
Elvis: The King of Rock 'N' Roll, RCA - Laughin' in Rhythm Slim Galliard
Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years, Polygram - Instrumental: Raunchy Bill Justis
Sun Records Collection, Rhino - SEGMENT: JM Van Eaton
Listen - Whole Lotta Shakin' Jerry Lee Lewis
The Very Best of Sun Rockabilly, Charly - Down Yonder We Go Ballin' Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family - Instrumental: Funky Banjo Don Vappie
Banjo A La Creole, Vapielle Records - My Indian Red Boby Dodds Trio ft. Danny Barker
Jaz A'La Creole, GHB - It Ain't My Fault Smokey Johnson
It Ain't My Fault, Tuff City - SEGMENT: Earl Palmer
Listen - I'm Walkin' Rebirth Brass Band
Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder - End Bed: Drum Village (Part 1) Earl Palmer & His Ten-Piece Rockin' Band
Backbeat: The World's Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Drummer, Ace
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
1984, Impulse - Riverboat Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can Can, UMG - The Hook And Sling, Part 1 Eddie Bo and the Soul Finder
Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders: The Hook And Sling, Funky Delicacies - There's a Break In The Road Betty Harris
There's a Break In The Road-Betty Harris, International Records - There's A Storm In The Gulf James Black, Sister Mary
I Need Altitude-James Black, Tuff City Records - Hip Drop The Explosions
"Hip Drop" The Explosions, Gold Cup Records - Sissy Walk (Part 1 & 2) Sonny Jones
45 rpm, Scram Records - Instrumental: The Popeye Nat Adderly Sextet
In The Bag, Fantasy - Old Wyne Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
American Routes Live at Artisound Studios, - SEGMENT: Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Listen - Pretty One Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
American Routes Live at Artisound Studios, - Instrumental: The Gospel Truth Nat Adderly Sextet
In the Bag, Fantasy - Magnolia Triangle Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
American Routes Live at Artisound Studios, - End Bed: Swinging at the Haven Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
American Routes Live at Artisound Studios,