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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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RADIO DAYS

November 10th, 1999

Music from as many great radio formats as we can find. Plus a visit with gospel host Sister Pearlie Tolliver, Monroe, Louisiana’s “Queen of the Dial.” Followed by New Orleans’ DJ Billy Delle, the man who loves scratchy 45s to death on his show called “Records from the Crypt.”

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HOUR ONE

  • Turn Your Radio On John Hartford
    Aero-Plain, Rounder
  • You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
    Hits, Reprise
  • Ain't Misbehavin Leon Redbone
    On The Track, Warner Bros
  • Ain't Misbehavin Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi, Columbia
  • INTERVIEW: Dewey Phillips
  • Strange Things Happening Every Day Sister Rosetta Tharp
    The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis, Stash
  • Instrumental: Go Tell it On The Mountain Marcus Roberts
    The Collected Marcus Roberts, RCA Victor
  • INTERVIEW: Sister Pearlee Tolliver
  • Rough & Rocky Road The Mello-Tones
    There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Sony
  • Panama All-Star Stompers
    This is Jazz, Jazzology
  • SEGMENT: Tom Waits as DJ from the film "Down by Law"
  • Trick Bag Earl King
    The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI
  • Sugar Craft Yuka Honda & Sean Lennon
    Combustication Remix, Blue Note
  • Radio Radio Elvis Costello
    This Year's Model,
  • Instrumental: Hackensack Jimmy Smith
    Softly As A Summer Breeze, Blue Note
  • INTERVIEW: Paul Burlison
  • Bluebird Blues Howlin Wolf
    Memphis Days Vol.2, Bear Family
  • Lost Highway Hank Williams
    Health & Happiness Shows, Mercury

HOUR two

  • San Antonio Rose Les Paul
    Swing West, vol. 2, Razor & Tie
  • Long Walk Back to San Antone Junior Brown
    Long Walk Back, Curb
  • Memo from Turner Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder
    Performance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner
  • I'm Going to Detroit John Wrencher
    Testament Records Sampler, Testament
  • Detroit City Arthur Alexander
    From Where I Stand, Warner Bros.
  • Grain Belt Blues Peggy Lee w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra
    Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz
  • Rock Island Line Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
    Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, vol. 3, Rounder
  • Kentucky Everly Brothers
    Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
    The Genius Hits The Road, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Slow Train Through Arkansas Elmon "Driftin Slim" Mickle
    Down Home Harp, Testament
  • Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Nevada) Rose Maddox
    The One Rose, Bear Family box
  • Big Hat No Cattle Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dreamworks
  • I'm a Happy Cowboy Herb Jeffries
    The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), Warner Western
  • Instrumental: Doin' It Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Billie Delle
  • Tipitina Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge, Rhino
  • Java Allen Toussaint
    The Complete "Tousan" Sessions, Bear Family
  • Roberta Frankie Ford
    Sea Cruise-The Very Best Of, Music Club
  • Lou-easy-an-i-a George Lewis
    Jazz Funeral In New Orleans, Tradition
  • Indiana Art Tatum
    The Complete Capitol Recordings, Capitol Jazz

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