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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WORDS - STEVE EARLE

October 21st, 1998

Sounds of the South in words and music: The Tennessee Williams Festival… add your voice to the Stella-calling contest (friends and family of Marlon Brando are prohibited from participating). Also, a talk with country singer Steve Earle with his life and the writer’s craft.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
    Our Love is Here to Stay: Ella and Louis Sing Gershwin, Verve
  • Why Baby Why George Jones
    Super Hits, Epic
  • Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues Skip James
    Complete Early Recordings, Yazoo
  • People Are Strange The Doors
    Strange Days, Elektra
  • Cotton Eyed Joe Adolph Hofner
    South Texas Swing, Arhoolie
  • Uncle Bud Boozoo Chavis
    Zydeco Trail Ride, Maison de Soul
  • Big Bad John Jimmy Dean
    Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • John Henry The Johnson Mountain Boys
    At the Old Schoolhouse, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Stella By Starlight Illinois Jacquet
    Illinois Jacquet, Columbia/Legacy
  • I Could Write A Book Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington, Mercury
  • Write Me a Few Lines Fred McDowell
    Delta Blues, Arhoolie
  • The Letter Box Tops
    Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits - 1967, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Steve Earle
  • Guitar Town Steve Earle
    Ain't Ever Satisfied - The Steve Earle Collection, Hip-O
  • Hometown Blues Steve Earle
    Train a Comin', Winter Harvest
  • You Know the Rest Steve Earle
    El Corazon, E-Squared/Warner Brothers
  • Taney Town Steve Earle
    El Corazon, E-Squared/Warner Brothers
  • Telephone Road Steve Earle
    El Corazon, E-Squared/Warner Brothers
  • Instrumental: Pepper Returns Art Pepper
    Jazz Profile: Art Pepper, Blue Note
  • San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation) Jack Kerouac
    Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, Verve
  • Dot's Groovy Chet Baker
    Jazz Profile: Chet Baker, Blue Note
  • Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles
    The Genius Hits the Road, Rhino
  • Words of Advice Material & William S. Burroughs
    Hallucination Engine, Axiom
  • End Bed: Guitar Boogie Shuffle The Ventures
    Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Rock: The ‘50s, Vol. 1, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Stella By Starlight Johnny Hartman
    All Of Me, Bethlehem
  • Ooo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson
    The Best of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Motown
  • Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
    Various Positions, Columbia
  • I Want a Lavender Cadillac The Wolverines with Bea Baker
    OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957, Epic/OKeh/Legacy
  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia
  • Pass You By Gillian Welch
    Revival, Almo
  • Instrumental: Chicago Stomp Pinetop Perkins
    Portrait of a Delta Bluesman, Omega
  • Buddy Bolden's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    Last Sessions - The Complete General Recordings, Commodore
  • Birmingham Randy Newman
    Good Old Boys, Reprise
  • Alabama Song Marianne Faithful
    20th Century Blues, RCA
  • 912 Greens Ramblin' Jack Elliot
    Me & Bobby McGee, Rounder
  • Johnny Be Good Chuck Berry
    The Chess Box, MCA/Chess
  • Instrumental: Hydroplane Ben Vaughan
    Instrumental Stylings, Bar/None
  • (don't go back to) Rockville REM
    Reckoning, I.R.S.
  • Tangled Up In Blue Bob Dylan
    Blood On the Tracks, Columbia
  • End Bed: Vaseline Machine Gun Leo Kottke
    Standing In My Shoes, Private Music

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