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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
Travel to roadside attractions along America’s musical highways, visit the annual Wally Byam Airstream Convention in Boise Idaho, and chat with nouveau rockabillies Southern Culture on the Skids. Plus music from Charles Mingus, Flaco Jimenez, The Breeders and The Dixie Hummingbirds.
HOUR ONE
- Traveling Mood Dr. John
Mos Scocious, Rhino - Sentimental Journey Ray Charles
The Genius Hits the Road, Rhino - Sentimental Journey Doris Day
Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol 1, Rhino - Detour Spade Cooley
Trucker's Jukebox, Vol. 3, Legacy - Annie Mae's Café Little Milton
Malaco Records: The Last Soul Company, Malaco - Diner Martin Sexton
Black Sheep, Eastern Front - Instrumental: Treat Santana
Santana, Columbia/Legacy - Southern Exposure Fred Jackson
Organ & Soul, Blue Note - Rainy Night in Georgia Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner Brothers - Blue Motel Room Joni Mitchell
Hejira, Asylum - Instrumental: Skullbucket Southern Culture on the Skids
Dirt Track Date, DGC - INTERVIEW: Southern Culture on the Skids
- Carve That Possum Southern Culture on the Skids
Plastic Seat Sweat, DGC - Shotgun Southern Culture on the Skids
Plastic Seat Sweat, DGC - Nitty Gritty Southern Culture on the Skids
Dirt Track Date, DGC - Travelin' Man Ricky Nelson
16 Magazine - Who's Your Fave Rave?, Rhino - Traveling Man Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam, Document - Traveling Man The Techniques
Treasure Isle Mood, Heartbeat
HOUR two
- The Last Race Jack Nitzsche
Hot Rod Rock: Big Boss Instrumentals, The Right Stuff - Is Anybody Going to San Antone Charley Pride
Super Hits, RCA - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie - Low Rider War
Coleccion Latina, Avenue - Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino - Little Honda Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, Matador - Instrumental: Great Five Lakes Buffalo Daughter
New Rock, Grand Royal - A Foggy Day Charles Mingus
Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961, Atlantic - SEGMENT: Wally Byam Airstream Convention
- See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet Dinah Shore
Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino - Grand Canyon Song Steve Goodman
Affordable Art, Red Pajamas - Postcard sound of the Colorado River
- On the Trail London Festival Orchestra
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, etc./London Festival Orchestra, London - Instrumental: It's Bad You Know R.L. Burnside
Come On In, Fat Possum - Drivin' On 9 The Breeders
Last Splash, 4AD/Elektra - Allons à Lafayette Joe Falcon & Doc Guidry
French Music and Folk songs of Le Sud de la Louisianne, La Louisianne - Car Song Woody Guthrie
Nursery Days, Smithsonian Folkways - Christian's Automobile The Dixie Hummingbirds
Great Gospel Groups: Over In Glory, MCA/Peacock - Let's Get Away From it All Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra
All Time Greatest Hits Vol. 1, RCA - I Been Everywhere Hank Snow
The Essential Hank Snow, RCA - Sting Ray The Routers
Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino