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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
SUMMER WITH BOBBY BLUE BLAND
The legendary Bobby “Blue” Bland talks about his life in the blues and his approach to singing. And we visit summer roadside attractions, from an old candy store in Maine to a bait shop on the Florida Gulf Coast. Summertime music by Les Paul & Mary Ford, Burning Spear, Sidney Bechet and Mississippi John Hurt.
HOUR ONE
- In the Good Old Summertime Les Paul & Mary Ford
All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol - Summer Teeth Wilco
Summer Teeth, Reprise - Rosa Maria Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie - Summer Samba (So Nice) Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto, Verve - The Sun Burning Spear
Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology, Island - Instrumental: 20.75 Roland Alphonso
Ska Bonanza, Heart Beat - Fishin' Blues Taj Majal
The Real Thing, Columbia - Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation Santana
Caravanserai, Columbia - SEGMENT: Maria's Dixie Nut House bait shop
Listen - When you Wish Upon a Star Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket
And the Winner Is...A Collection of Honored Disney Classic Songs, Walt Disney - When you Wish Upon a Star Sonny Rollins
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA Victor - Instrumental: Body & Soul Bill Tapia
Tropical Swing, Moon Room - INTERVIEW: Bobby Blue Bland
Listen - Stormy Monday Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Legends of Guitar-Electric Blues Vol. 1, Rhino - Summertime Sidney Bechet
Masters of Jazz Vol. 1: Traditional Jazz Classics, Rhino - Summertime Doc Watson
Elementary Doctor Watson!, Poppy - Was a Sunny Day Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Warner Brothers
HOUR two
- Let's Go Trippin' Dick Dale & the Del Tones
Revenge of the Surf Instrumentals, MCA - Roamin-itus Eddie Bo
Check Mr. Popeye, Rounder - Salt Pork, West Virginia Louie Jordan & his Tympany Five
Let The Good Times Roll, 1938-1954, Bear Family - Coney Island Dizzy Gillespie
The Cool World, Phillips - Coney Island The Barry Sisters
Kosher Classics, RCA - Seaside Bar Song Bruce Springsteen
Tracks, Columbia - Palisades Park Freddy Cannon
Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1962, Rhino - Instrumental: Candy Man Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Sire - Candy Man John Hurt
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings, Columbia/Legacy - Candyman Grateful Dead
American Beauty, Warner Brothers - SEGMENT: At the Way-Way candy store
- Candy Man Cibo Matto
Viva! La Woman, Warner Brothers - Instrumental: Watermelon Man Davy Graham
Fire In The Soul, Topic - Watermelon Hangin' On A Vine Snuffy Jenkins
Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo, Arhoolie - In the Summertime Mungo Jerry
Super Hits of the '70s: Have A Nice Day Vol. 3, Rhino - The Sun is Shining Hound Dog Taylor
Genuine Houserocking Music, Alligator - When the Sun Goes Down Part 2 Memphis Minnie
Four Women Blues, RCA/Bluebird - Summer Wind Frank Sinatra
The Very Best of Frank Sinatra, Reprise - Theme from 'A Summer Place' Percy Faith & his Orchestra
Billboard Top Pop Hits 1960, Rhino
