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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
SISTERS, BROTHERS, LOVERS & OTHERS: JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, DAVE ALVIN AND SYL & JIMMY JOHNSON
Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits and lots others.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Stealin' Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin
From Downey to Lubbock, Yep Roc Records - Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Doc and Merle Watson
Elementary Doctor Watson, Poppy - Me and Paul Willie Nelson
Yesterday's Wine, RCA - SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Listen - SEGMENT: The Flatlanders
Listen - Instrumental: Florence Avenue Lullaby Dave Alvin
Museum of Heart, HighTone - SEGMENT: Dave Alvin
Listen - Dry River Dave Alvin
Blue Blvd, HighTone - Didn't It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
Didn't It Rain/Stretch Out, Decca - Diggin' My Potatoes Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam, Chess - Sweet Little Angel BB King
Singing the Blues , Crown - Sweet Thang Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn Singin' Again, Decca - Instrumental: El Fantasma Del Toro Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
Way Out West, Superlatone - SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Dave Alvin
Listen - End Bed: Highway 1 Bill Frisell
Big Sur, Okeh
HOUR two
- Open Bed: My Sweet Potato Booker T & the MGs
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic - The Beat Goes On Sonny and Cher
In Case You're in Love, ATCO - Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Louis Prima and Keely Smith
Wild, Cool and Swingin', Capitol - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis Sing Gershwin, Verve - You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
My Little Lady/You and My Old Guitar, Victor - All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers
All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette, Cadence - You Were On My Mind Ian and Sylvia
Ian and Sylvia: The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Vanguard - Instrumental: Frankie and Johnny Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder - Frankie and Johnnie Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA - Tramp Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
King & Queen, Stax - Zydeco et pas Salé Clifton & Cleveland Chenier
Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie - Brother John Wild Tchoupitoulas
Wild Tchoupitoulas , Antilles - Cain and Abel Marsalis Family
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration, Marsalis Music - Instrumental: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
1984, Impulse - SEGMENT: Syl & Jimmy Johnson
Listen - Come Together Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black, Twinight - Yes We Can Can Pointer Sisters
Yes We Can Can, Blue Thumb - Closing Bed: Up Right Allen Toussaint
The Wild Sound of New Orleans: The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
