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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
JJ CALE AND CEDRIC WATSON
This episode of American Routes was first broadcast in March, 2010. J.J. Cale passed away on July 26, 2013 at 74 years old.
J.J. Cale came up in the clubs of Tulsa, Oklahoma playing everything from Western Swing to Rock ‘n’ Roll. He even wrote songs that became hits for his friend Eric Clapton. But it was in the recording studio where he found his true calling. We’ll talk with J.J. about his career as a guitar man, songwriter and studio wizard. Then we visit with up and coming Creole fiddler and accordionist Cedric Watson and learn about his journey within the world of French and Caribbean music.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Call Me the Breeze JJ Cale
Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology, Mercury - All Aboard for Oklahoma Spade Cooley
Swingin' the Devil's Dream, Proper - Okie Boogie Jack Guthrie
Swing West! Vol.3: Western Swing, Razor & Tie - Okie Dokie Stomp Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
The Original Peacock Recordings, Rounder - Squabblin' Walter Page's Blue Devils
Count Basie, vol. 3: 1929-1937, Masters of Jazz - Oklahoma Blues Patti Page
Greetings From Oklahoma, Bear Family - Tulsa Straight Ahead Leon McAuliffe
Leon McAuliffe: Tulsa Straight Ahead, Bear Family - Instrumental: Tulsa Twist Dickie McBride & the Village Boys
Heroes of Country Music: Legends of Western Swing, Rhino - One Evening Jimmy Rushing
Rushing Lullabies, Columbia - How Many More Years Freddie King
Texas Cannonball, Shelter - In the Jailhouse Now Leon Russell
Hank Wilson's Back, Capitol - Rock and Roll Records JJ Cale
Anyway the Wind Blows, Mercury - Instrumental: Low Society Lowell Fulson
Complete Chess Masters, MCA - SEGMENT: JJ Cale
Listen - Tulsa Telephone Book Calexico
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project, Sire - I Ain't Got No Home Bruce Springsteen
Folkways: A Vision Shared, Columbia - Dust Bowl Blues Woody Guthrie
Dust Bowl Ballads, Buddha - Oklahoma Hills Johnny Bond
Country and Western: Johnny Bond, Bloodshot - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Walking Through the Streets of the City Paul Barbarin
Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Atlantic - What's Wrong James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
The Chronological "Sugar Boy" Crawford: 1953-1954, Classics - Right Place, Wrong Time Dr. John
The Very Best of Dr. John, Rhino - Used 'ta Could Christian McBride & Straight Insight
Kind of Brown, Mack Avenue - Get Behind the Mule John Hammond
Wicked Grin, Virgin - Je Suis En Recolteur (I'm a Farmer) Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Ooh Wee Sugar Davell Crawford
The B-3 and Me, Bullseye - There Must Be A Way Uncle Lionel Batiste
Lars Edegran Presents Uncle Lionel, GHB - One With the Sun Shelby Lynne
Identity Crisis, Capitol - Sunny Bobby Hebb
Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970, CMF - At Sundown The New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings
The New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, self-published - Blu-Lu-Lup Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra
Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-1956, V2 Music - Zydeco Paradise Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole
L'Esprit Creole, Valcour - Instrumental: TexaCreole Twostep Cedric Watson
Cedric Watson, Valcour - SEGMENT: Cedric Watson
Listen - Walking to New Orleans Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - That Lucky Old Sun Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic, Bear Family - End Bed: Tee Nah Nah Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
