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SINGING OF THE DELTAS AND BAYOUS: IRIS DEMENT AND THE LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS
Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent returns to the landscape and soundscape of her youth, the Arkansas Delta. We’ll speak with Iris about her musical homecoming, and listen in on an exclusive solo piano performance of her most recent songs. Then we catch up with the Lafayette punk and rockabilly-inflected Cajun band, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, fronted by brothers Andre and Louis Michot, who can count Gordon Gano (of the Violent Femmes) as a collaborator and fan.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: "La Jolie Fillie N'en Veut Plus de Moi" Lost Bayou Ramblers
Mammoth Waltz, Bayou Perdu Records - "Bon Ton Roulet" Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
Zydeco: The Early Years 1961-1962, Arhoolie - "Bijou Creole" Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
L'Esprit Creole, Valcour - "Oh Catin" Bonsoir Catin
En Français: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll , Bayou Teche Brewing - "My Babe" Rod Bernard
Swamp Rock N Roller, ACE - "Lucille" Mike and the Soul Accordion Band
Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder - Instrumental: "Acadian Two-Step" Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - SEGMENT: Lost Bayou Ramblers
Listen - "Pine Grove Blues" Nathan Abshire
The Best of Nathan Abshire, Swallow - "Wooly Bully" Malfacteurs
En Français: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll , Bayou Teche Brewing - "The Wobble" Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
Buddy and Jim, New West - "Grand Texas" Hackberry Ramblers
Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish - "Jambalaya" Michael White
Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 2, Basin Street - Instrumental: "Steel Guitar Rag" Mello Joy Boys
Une Tasse Café, Swallow - "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" Aldus Roger
Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace - "Getting Late in the Evening" Raful Neal
Lafayette Soul Show, Ace - "I Got Loaded" Lil Bob and the Lollipops
Lafayette Soul Show, Ace - "Je vas revenir (I'm Coming Home)" Queen Ida and Al Lewis
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band: Zydeco, GNP Crescendo - Instrumental: "Renee Stomp" Lost Bayou Ramblers
Vermilionaire, Bayou Perdu Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: "If That Ain't Love" Iris DeMent
Sing the Delta, Flariella Records - "State of Arkansas" The Almanac Singers
State of Arkansas, 21 Vision Ltd. - "Pinebluff, Arkansas" Bukka White
The Complete Bukka White, Sony - "Been a Walkin'" Bobby Lee Trammell
Vaden Rock 'n Roll Story, Ramco - "My Arkansas Bazooka Gal" Bob Skyles and the Skyrockets
single, Bluebird - "Jemima Surrender" The Band
The Band, Capitol - "Corine Corina" Sleepy LaBeef
The Human Jukebox, Sun - Instrumental: "Arkansas Traveler" Bela Fleck
New Visions: The New Acoustic, Rhino - "Cottonfields" Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass, Capitol - "California Cottonfields" Merle Haggard
Hag: Someday We'll Look Back, Capitol - "Big City" Iris DeMent
Tulare Dust: A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard, Hightone - SEGMENT: Iris DeMent
Listen - Instrumental: "That's All Right Mama" Bill Frisell
Disfarmer, Nonesuch - "My Home's in the Delta" Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Alone and Acoustic, Alligator - "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Al Green
Country Meets Soul, Cream/Hi - "Darkness on the Delta" Eden Brent
Mississippi Number One, Yellow Dog - "Feel Like Going Home" Charlie Rich
Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich , (Epic) - "I Never Picked Cotton" Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Unchained, American - "Cotton Picker" Eddie Cochran
Legendary Masters Series #4, United Artists - End Bed: "Arkansas Blues" Tuts Washington
Essential Blues Piano , HOB
