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DOWN HOME IN THE BIG CITY: ANDY STATMAN & NORAH JONES
In an archival classic, we spend time with two eclectic NYC-based musicians who mix country with jazz and other traditions. Multi-instrumentalist Andy Statman comes from a family steeped in Jewish musical traditions, but got the bluegrass bug playing with David Grisman and Tony Trischka. We’ll talk about his explorations of bluegrass, klezmer, free jazz and duets with tea kettles. Then singer and pianist Norah Jones, known for her own personal stamp on jazz, shares the Texas native’s country side of life in her work with The Little Willies. Plus lots of “citified” country songs and downhome urban tunes.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Tommy Rockwood The Little Willies
For the Good Times, Milking Bull - Dixie Fried Carl Perkins
Sun: The Singles Collection, Vol. 2, Bear Family - Dixie Chicken Little Feat
Dixie Chicken, Warner Bros. - Goin' Back to the City Onie Wheeler
Ain't I'm a Dog: 25 More Rockabilly Rave-Ups, Columbia/Epic/Legacy - First City The Little Willies
For the Good Times, Milking Bull - She Ain't for Nobody Roosevelt Sykes
The Honeydripper, Prestige - Instrumental: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You) Waylon Jennings
The Essential Waylon Jennings, BMG/RCA - Night Life The Little Willies
The Little Willies, Milking Bull - Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - Segment: Norah Jones
Listen - Instrumental: Cold, Cold Heart Bill Frisell
The Willies, Nonesuch - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Al Green
Country Meets Soul, Cream/Hi - I Can't Get You Off of My Mind Bob Dylan
Hank Williams: Timeless, Lost Highway - I'm a Long Gone Daddy Hank III
Hank Williams: Timeless, Lost Highway - Forget Me Not The Civil Wars
Baron Hollow, Sensibility - Lonestar Norah Jones
Come Away With Me, Blue Note - End Bed: Bandera Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Ocean Parkway After Dark Andy Statman
Old Brooklyn, Shefa - Silkene Pajamas (Take #3) Dave Tarras
TANZ! With Dave Tarras and the Musiker Brothers, Epic/Legacy - Rag Mama Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Greatest Hits!, Vanguard - Sunny Side of the Mountain Jimmy Martin
The King of Bluegrass, Country Music Foundation, Inc. - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Vassar Clements
Living With the Blues, Acoustic Disc - New York Town Rambin' Elliott
Hard Travelin': Songs by Woody Guthrie and Others, Fantasy - I Was Young When I Left Home Jenny Scheinman
Jenny Scheinman, Koch - Instrumental: I Want to Go Home Bill Frisell
The Willies, Nonesuch - 116th and Lennox Jackie McLean
Swing, Swang, Swingin', Blue Note - Segment: Andy Statman
Listen - Instrumental: The Sudbury Nickel John Doe & the Sadies
Country Club, Yep Roc - The Devil Never Sleeps Iron & Wine
The Shepherd's Dog, Sub Pop - Promised Land Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, Chess/MCA - Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
GP/Grievous Angel, Reprise - I Dreamed of a Hill-billy Heaven Cowboy Copas
Mister Country Music, Starday - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Louis Armstrong
Highlights From His Decca Years, Decca - End Bed: Like It Is Erroll Garner
That's My Kick & Gemini, TelArchive
