AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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ALL SAINTS

October 29th, 2003

Tune into music dealing with death and rebirth, loss and resolution, for All Saints and All Souls Days, November 1 and 2. Music transcends the world of the living, as we listen to a jazz funeral for sax player Harold Dejan in the streets of New Orleans. Plus preacher, mortician, and amazing soul singer Solomon Burke tells his tale, and a visit to a local cemetery to see how the dead are honored this time of year. Includes music in the spirit from Pops Staples, King Oliver, Bob Dylan and Ralph Stanley.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Episcopal Hymn John Fahey
    Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, Takoma
  • In My Time of Dying Josh White
    Free and Equal Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • In My Hour Of Darkness Gram Parsons
    Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology, Rhino
  • I Wouldn't Mind Dying Dorothy Love Coates
    Get On Board, Specialty
  • Death Letter Cassandra Wilson
    Visions of Jazz: The First Century, Blue Note
  • Glory Glory Pops Staples
    Father Father, Virgin
  • Instrumental: The Saints Boogie Sammy Price
    Rib Joint, Savoy Jazz
  • INTERVIEW: Solomon Burke

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  • Jump for Joy The Campbell Brothers
    None But The Righteous: The Masters of Sacred Steel, Ropeadope
  • (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) Elvis Presley
    The Complete 50s Masters, RCA
  • Instrumental: Down In The Valley To Pray / Jesus, Make Up My Dyin' Bed Paul Asbell
    Steel String Americana, Busy Hands
  • Fixin' To Die Dave Van Ronk
    The Bluesville Years Vol.7: Blues Blue, Blues While, Prestige
  • Twelve Gates To The City Reverend Gary Davis
    Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson: Gospel, Blues and Street Songs, Riverside
  • I'm A Man of Constant Sorrow The Stanley Brothers
    Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys: 1949-1952, Bear Family
  • Gates of Eden Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: When The Saints Go Marching In Nicholas Payton
    Gumbo Nouveau, Verve
  • Dead Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    Birth of the Hot, Bluebird
  • St. James Infirmary King Oliver
    King Oliver and his Orchestra 1929-1930, JSP
  • SEGMENT: All Saints @ St. Louis Cemetery

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  • La Toussaint Steve Riley and Mamou Playboys
    La Toussaint, Rounder
  • Saint Behind the Glass Los Lobos
    El Cancionero: Mas Y Mas, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Streets of Laredo Duane Eddy
    The Twang's The Thang /Songs of our Heritage, Bear Family
  • Rivers of Babylon Steve Earle
    Train A Comin', Winter Harvest
  • Many Rivers To Cross The Blind Boys of Alabama
    Higher Ground, RealWorld
  • God Bless The Children The Heptones
    The Heptones & Friends, Vol. 1 & 2, Trojan
  • Instrumental: The Cat Jimmy Smith
    The Master, Blue Note
  • When the Saints Go Marching In Napoleon Strickland
    Negro Fife and Drum Bands: Traveling Through the Jungle, Testament
  • When the Saints Go Marching In Golden Gate Quartet
    The Kings of Gospel, PMF
  • SEGMENT: Harold Dejan Jazz Funeral

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  • Resolution John Coltrane
    Love Supreme, Impulse
  • End Bed: It's Easy To Remember John Coltrane
    Ballads, Impulse

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    SHADES OF THE BLUES

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