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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
AMERICAN GOTHIC: JOLIE HOLLAND & HOMER BAILES
It’s old-time country and folk, as seen from the two very different viewpoints of our guests. Jolie Holland is a young singer-songwriter whose sound incorporates a distinct vision—sometimes dark and somewhat hallucinatory—of blues and country from another era. Homer Bailes is the last remaining member of 1940s country superstar family band the Bailes Brothers. His stern outlook on life, illustrated by songs like “Whiskey is the Devil in Liquid Form,” remains unchanged over half a century later.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
Crescent City Serenade, Antilles - Jesus on the Mainline Ry Cooder
Paradise and Lunch, Reprise - Denomination Blues - part 1 Washington Phillips
I Am Born to Preach the Gospel, Yazoo - Give Me the Roses While I Live The Carter Family
Give Me the Roses While I Live, Rounder - Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers, Virgin - Instrumental: Wildwood Flower David Grisman & Tony Rice
Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc - Since I've Laid My Burden Down Mississippi John Hurt
The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard - Wade in the Water The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy - Family Bible George Jones
The Definitive Collection 1955 - 1962, Mercury - Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming, Columbia - INTERVIEW: Homer Bailes
Listen - Instrumental: Country Gentleman Chet Atkins
The Early Years, 1945-1954, Bear Family - I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) Lefty Frizzell
Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia/Legacy - I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool) Candi Staton
Candi Staton, Honest Jon's - Son of Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis, Rhino - Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner Archives - When the Saints Go Marchin' In Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Old Fashioned Morphine Jolie Holland
Escondida, Anti - Sittin' on Top of the World Willie Nelson
Milk Cow Blues, Island - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Doug Sahm
The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, Mercury - Estare Contigo Cuando Triste Estas (Before the Next Teardrop Falls) Freddy Fender
Exitos en Enpanol, Music Club - Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya' Townes Van Zandt
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, Poppy - Me and Bobby McGee Waylon Jennings
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, RCA - Instrumental: For the Good Times Lloyd Green
And His Steel Guitar, Americana - Sweet Susannah Clint West
J'Étais au Bal, Swallow - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol - Jolie Blonde Clifton Chenier
Zydeco Sont pas Sale, Arhoolie - INTERVIEW: Jolie Holland
Listen - Instrumental: Bird Song Pickin' on the Grateful Dead…A Tribute Pickin' on the Grateful Dead…A Tribute
Pickin' on the Grateful Dead…A Tribute, CMH - The Coo Coo Bird Clarence Ashley
The Rose and the Briar, Columbia/Legacy - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
The Hits Volume Two, Mercury - The Eagle Bird Jessie Mae Hemphill
Feelin' Good, HMG/High Water - Bird Song Jerry Garcia
Garcia, Jerry Garcia