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		January 9th, 2002 ~ From creation to criticism, American Routes explores the relationship between language and sounds, words and music. Rock and roll originator Chuck Berry, alt country traditionalist Gillian Welch, and New Yorker music writer and novelist Nick Hornby (High Fidelity) give a variety of perspectives on the subject. With a mix of celebrated songwriters, storytellers, and literary heroes in American music. Listen To Hour 1 Listen To Hour 2 Share This

Hour One		Hour Two		Helpful Links
Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry His Best Vol. 1, MCA Write Me A Few Lines Mississippi Fred McDowell Blues Masters, Vol.7: Blues Revival, Rhino Cold Dog Soup Guy Clark Cold Dog Soup, Sugar Hill When I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou Harris Portrait, Reprise She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home, Sony Instrumental: Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz The Black Crowes Amorica, American INTERVIEW: Chuck Berry Listen CLIP: from film "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll" Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen The River, Sony CLIP: from film "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll" Carol Rolling Stones England's Newest Hit Makers, ABCKO Instrumental: Under My Thumb Pickin' On The Rolling Stones Pickin' On The Rolling Stones, CMH Tongue Tied Jill Charlie Feathers Get With It, Revenant My Mumblin' Baby Rudy Green The Excello Story, Vol.2, Hip-O Mumbles Clark Terry with Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry, Mercury SEGMENT: Jack Kerouac Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Verve Listen		I Could Write a Book Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones You're Mine You, Capitol It Ain't Necessarily So Eddie ‘Cleanhead' Vinson Cleanhead's Back In Town, Rhino Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding The Complete Stax/Volt 1959-67, Stax Moses Smote The Water Golden Gate Quartet Swing Down, Chariot, Sony Six And Seven Books of Moses Toots and the Maytals Time Tough: The Anthology, Island Forgive Them Father Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sony Instrumental: The Sidewinder The Lee Morgan Quintet Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, Blue Note INTERVIEW: Nick Hornby Listen The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash American Recordings, American Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue, Elektra Instrumental: Just Another Sucker On The Vine Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones, Island INTERVIEW: Gillian Welch Listen Your Cheatin' Heart Patsy Cline The Patsy Cline Collection, MCA The Song is Ended but the Melody Lingers On Dinah Washington Great American Songwriters Vol.4: Irving Berlin, Rhino

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