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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
LABOR DAY: ROOTS ROCK & SOUL, JAZZ & THE WORKING WO/MAN'S BLUES
For Labor Day weekend, we take a break from the grind with a sonic salute to the heroic “Factory Girl” and those all too familiar with the “Workin’ Man Blues.” We explore the pains and joys of labor with tunes about coal miners, undertakers, chain gangs, and paydays. We hear a tribute to Cesar Chavez and the 1969 farm workers strike in Delano, CA. And we time travel with Lord Invader to 1940s Brooklyn to attend the West Indian Labor Day Carnival. Finally, we settle under the neon signs of New Orleans’ famed Chickie Wah Wah club to hear a live set from Telecaster master and rockabilly journeyman, Bill Kirchen.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The Undertaker Man Kermit Ruffins
The Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice - Every Man to His Own Profession Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family - Work, Work, Work Lee Dorsey
Wheelin' and Dealin': The Definitive Collection, Arista - Blue Monday Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - Labor Day Lord Invader
Calypso in New York, Folkways - I'm Not Going to Work Today Clyde McPhatter
A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, Sundazed - Instrumental: Work Song Cannonball Adderley
Sweet and Dangerous Jazz Blues, Disky - Bed: Hammer Ring Henry Scott and Group
Wake Up Dead Man, Rounder - Chain Gang The Persuasions
We Came To Play, Capitol - Work Song Nina Simone
Anthology: The Colpix Years, Rhino - A Hard Day's Night Peggy Lee
Ultra Lounge- On the Rocks Part 1, Capitol - Factory Girl Rolling Stones
Beggar's Banquet, ABCKO - Ain't Nobody Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman, Free Dirt Records - 16 Tons Eugene Church
45 rpm single, King - Instrumental: Moanin' Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey is Jazz, Music Club - Moanin' Sarah Vaughn
Jazz Profile: Sarah Vaughn, Blue Note - When Will We Be Paid The Staple Singers
We'll Get Over, Stax - Corrido de César Chávez Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo
Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways - Quarters Wilco
Schmilco, Anti- - Workin' Man Blues Jerry Lee Lewis
Killer Country , Mercury - Workin' for the Man Roy Orbison
For the Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits, Rhino - I've Been Working Van Morrison
His Band and the Street Choir, Warner - Closing Bed: Work Song Grant Green
2 By 5: Guitar Jazz, 32 Jazz
HOUR two
- Open Bed: The Finger Bill Kirchen
Hot Rod Lincoln Live, Hightone - Hillbilly Truck Driving Man Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, American Routes original recording - Let's Rock Austin Delone
Live at Chickie Wah Wah , American Routes original recording - Think It Over Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, American Routes original recording - Instrumental: Work Song Michael Bloomfield w/ the Butterfield Blues Band
Essential Blues: 1964-1969, Columbia/Legacy - Check Mr. Popeye Austin Delone
Live at Chickie Wah Wah , American Routes original recording - Wine, Wine, Wine Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah , American Routes original recording - Semi Truck Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah , American Routes original recording - SEGMENT: Bill Kirchen
Listen - Hot Rod Lincoln Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah , American Routes original recording - Instrumental: Moanin' Buddy Guy
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, Chess - Somebody's Goin' Home Bill Kirchen and Austin Delone
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, American Routes original recording - The Times They Are a Changing Bill Kirchen
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, American Routes original recording - Closing Bed: Sleepwalk Bill Kirchen and Austin Delone
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, American Routes original recording
