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Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White August 17th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White

On this archive summertime edition of American Routes, we treat you to two very cool guests. Mississippi-born and Chicago-bred legend Bo Diddley talks about his songs “I’m a Man,” “Who Do You Love,” and that signature Bo Diddley beat. Tony Joe White comes up from the swamps to play an acoustic version of “Polk Salad Annie,” among other tunes. Plus, a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted.

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JAZZ FEST WITH IRMA THOMAS

April 22nd, 1998

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is in full swing over the next two weeks. We’ll have music from the year ‘round jazz fest that is the New Orleans club scene, bring you sounds from the Festival grounds, and talk with musical luminaries of the Crescent City, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Saturday Night Fish Fry Jackie "Moms" Mably and Pearl Bailey
    Stars of the Apollo, Columbia/Legacy
  • Stay All Night Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    For the Last Time, Liberty
  • Dance All Night Boozoo Chavis
    Zydeco Trail Ride, Maison de Soul
  • Right Place Dr. John
    The Very Best of Dr. John, Rhino
  • La Cologiala Rodolfo y su Tipica
    Cumbia Cumbia, World Ciruit
  • Instrumental: Sobbin' Blues King Oliver
    Jazz the World Forgot Vol. 2, Yazoo
  • Roly Poly Asleep At The Wheel
    Western Standard Time, Epic
  • Roll With Me Henry Etta James
    R & B Dynamite, Flair/Virgin
  • The Creole Love Call Rahsaan Roland Kirk
    Atlantic Jazz - Best of the '60s, Vol. 2, Rhino
  • Big Legged Women Are Back in Style Taj Mahal
    Mean Old World - The Blues 1940 to 1994, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
    They Call Me the Fat Man..., Imperial
  • Love Sick Bob Dylan
    Time Out of Mind, Columbia
  • Walk Right In Rooftop Singers
    Folk Song America III, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • Instrumental: Blue Smoke Merle Travis
    Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country Vol. 2, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Ruler of my Heart Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • It's Raining Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Yield Not To Temptation Irma Thomas
    Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson - Sing It!, Rounder
  • St. Louis Blues Henry Butler
    For All Seasons, Atlantic Jazz

HOUR two

  • My Shining Hour Earl Turbinton
    Dominion and Sustenance, Progressive
  • Round Midnight Betty Carter
    Round Midnight, Atlantic/Atco
  • A Hundred and Ten in the Shade John Fogerty
    Blue Moon Swamp, Warner Brothers
  • The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino
  • In the Night Professor Longhair & his Blues Scholars
    The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Bourbon Street Parade Olympia Brass Band
    Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie
  • I Got Loaded Cookie & the Cupcakes
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Aldus Roger
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • Bottle Up and Go Snooks Eaglin
    Rural Blues, Fantasy
  • All That Wine is Gone Big Jay McNeely
    Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol Blues Collection
  • Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O'Dee Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Hits, Mercury
  • Honky-Tonkin' Hank Williams
    The Original Singles Collection, Polydor
  • Soulful Dress Sugar Pie DeSanto
    Chess Soul - A Decade of Chigaco's Finest, MCA/Chess
  • Ants in My Pants James Brown
    Star Time, Polydor
  • Instrumental: Funky Junk Jimmy McGriff
    Electric Funk, Blue Note
  • Two-Way Pocky Way Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • thum nyatiti solo
    Before Benga Volume 1: Kenya Dry, Original Music
  • Boogie Chillen' John Lee Hooker
    The Very Best of John Lee Hooker, Rhino
  • Fundamental Things Bonnie Raitt
    Fundamental, Capitol
  • End Bed: Flying Home Gatemouth Brown
    Gate Swings, Verve

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