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ROCK 'N' ROUTES
The sound of rock continues to dominate the musical spirit of America. Loud and anthemic, many artists eventually come to and pass through rock ‘n’ roll from country, folk, R&B, even gospel. American Routes takes a look at three roots musicians who rock: Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna veteran Jorma Kaukonen talks about his recent acoustic work; Texas trio The Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock and Joe Ely) strum a few tunes in the studio; and New Orleans’ own Lloyd Price shows how his R&B roots helped give birth to rock ‘n’ roll.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Guitar Slim Guitar Slim
Sufferin' Mind, Specialty - Rock & Roll Music Chuck Berry
His Best, MCA - Promised Land The Band
Moondog Matinee, Capitol - Rockin' Chair Daddy Harmonia Frank
The Great Original Recordings of Harmonica Frank, Puritan LP - So Lets Rock Bob Wills
Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Bob Wills, MCA - Instrumental: Tall Cool One The Wailers
Hot Rod Rock: Big Boss Instrumentals, Right Stuff - Rock My Soul Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
The Very Best of The Golden Gate Quartet, World Pacific - Rock With It Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
RCA Victor Blues and Rhythm Review, RCA - In the Night Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic - Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll box, Bear Family - INTERVIEW: Lloyd Price
Listen - Instrumental: Greedy G Brentford All Stars
100% Dynamite!, Soul Jazz - Rock Steady The Marvels
100% Dynamite!, Soul Jazz - Funky Mama Lou Donaldson
Blue 45s, Blue Note - None of Us are Free Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up on Me, Epitaph - I Never Picked Cotton Johnny Cash
Unchained, American
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Wavin' My Heart Goodbye The Flatlanders
Live on American Routes, - Wild Wild Young Men Ruth Brown
Blues Masters Vol 14: More Jump Blues, Rhino - Rub Me Baby Cedell Davis & Friends
When Lightnin' Struck the Pine, fasthorse - New, New Minglewood Blues Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner - If I Had My Way Blind Willie Johnson
Roots of Rap, Yazoo - Hear My Train a Comin' Jimi Hendrix
Blues, MCA - Smokestack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf
His Best 1955-1962, MCA - Jimi Hendrix
Electric Ladyland, MCA - SEGMENT: Jorma Kaukonen
Listen - I Wanna Sing That Rock n Roll Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator), Acony - Honky-Tonk Man Johnny Horton
The Essential, Sony - Instrumental: Grinding Gears Biller & Wakefield
The Hot Guitars of Biller & Wakefield, HMG - SEGMENT: The Flatlanders
Listen - Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Woody Guthrie
This Land is Your Land Vol.1, Folkways - Hesitating Beauty Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Elektra - End Bed: Radar Link Wray & the Wraymen
Walkin' With Link, Epic