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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
SOUTHERN MEN OF SONG: JIMMY MARTIN AND PERCY SLEDGE
Working class, self-styled and always opinionated, the late King of Bluegrass Jimmy Martin talks guitar-picking, hunting dogs and the Opry. And singer of songs Percy Sledge recalls going from hospital orderly to Atlantic Records soul singer with “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Freeborn Man Jimmy Martin
The King of Bluegrass, Universal - Milwaukee Here I Come John Prine w/Melba Montgomery
In Spite of Ourselves, Oh Boy - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) Jerry Lee Lewis
Killer Country, Mercury - In a Moment of Weakness Johnny Adams
Absolutely the Best, Fuel 2000 - Don't Touch Me Bettye Swann
Soulful Divas: Bold Soul Sisters Vol.4, Hip-O - Instrumental: Pallet On The Floor Comer 'Moon' Mullins
The Best Of Comer 'Moon' Mullins, - Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
Red Dog Tracks, Back Porch - I'm Walkin' the Floor Over You Mando and the Chili Peppers
On the Road with Rock n' Roll, Ace - Tennessee Flat Top Box Rosanne Cash
Hits 1979-1989, Columbia - Freeborn Man Junior Brown
12 Shades of Brown, Curb - Instrumental: Misty Morning Tony Rice
58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, Rounder - INTERVIEW: Jimmy Martin
Listen - He Rambled Charlie Poole
You Ain't Talking To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music, Columbia/Legacy - Oh Didn't He Ramble Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
Marie Laveau, GHB
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Put A Little Lovin' On Me Percy Sledge
It Tears Me Up, Rhino - Six Days on the Road Taj Mahal
Giant Step, Columbia - Golden Rocket Alice Stuart and Snake
Believing, Fantasy - Streamline Train Jessie Mae Hemphill
Feelin' Good, High Water/HMG - T-Model Boogie Rosco Gordon
I'm Gonna Shake It!, Varese - Rude Boy Train Desmond Dekker
Rockin' Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker, Rhino - Instrumental: The Sea of Love John Fahey
Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino - Paradise Isle Bill Tapia
Tropical Swing, Moon Room - Sea of Love Phil Phillips w/the Twilights
Hot Rod Rock: Back Seat Movers, Right Stuff - INTERVIEW: Percy Sledge
Listen - Instrumental: Blues Walk Lou Donaldson
Sweet and Dangerous Jazz Blues, Disky - Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues Clark Terry, featuring Paul Gonsalves
Daylight Express, MCA - Baby Won't You Please Come Home Topsy Chapman and the Pros
New Orleans, Putumayo - Just a Little While to Stay Here Dr. Michael White
A Song for George Lewis, Basin Street - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Marion Williams
The New Message, Collectables - End Bed: Just a Closer Walk with Thee Danny Barker & New Orleans Rhythm Kings
American Griot, Boozan
