AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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LABOR DAY LIVE FROM NEW ORLEANS

August 28th, 2019

This Labor Day weekend, we’re rockin’ from the French Quarter Festival: a free, homegrown, four-day annual event featuring a vast array of local music presented on stages throughout the city’s oldest neighborhood. We’ll hear from trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, Creole banjo man Don Vappie, zydeco accordionist Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and his Sunspots, the all-female Original Pinettes Brass Band, Latin rockers the Iguanas, and trombonist Corey Henry’s Tremé Funket. Join us for music to chill by for the working women and men of our United States.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open bed: Hey Look Me Over Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Hallelujah I Love Her So Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Skokian Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko) Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Bunny Bread Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Cayenne & Cowain Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Mo t'laime avec tout ma couer Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Zydeco et pas sales Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Royal Garden Blues Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Jolie Fille Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Flying Horses Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • St. James Infirmary Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Eh la bas Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Yellow Fever Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Breakaway The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Amy Winehouse Tribute Medley The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Pinettes Medley The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Noche de Cumbia The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Love Sucker The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Oye Isabelle The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • El Alacran The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Getcho Money Ready Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Only in New Orleans Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Shake Your Money Maker Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Slippin' into Darkness Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

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