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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
ROUTE 66
Get your kicks on an aural trip across a legendary American path: Route 66, including a Navajo perspective on the “Mother Road.” Also music by Buck Ramsey, Billie Holiday, Billy Bragg and Wilco, The Texas Tornados, and of course Bobby Troup who gave this road it’s theme song.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Route 66 Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, London - What's Left of 66 Jason Eklund
Lost Causeway, Flying Fish - Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol - Take Me Back to Tulsa Hazel & Alice
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass, Smithsonian Folkways - Old Man Rooster The Molinas
Borderlands - from Conjunto to Chicken Scratch, Smithsonian Folkways - Tu Sentencia Las Hermanas Mendoza
Las Hermanas Mendoza, Arhoolie - She Never Spoke Spanish to Me Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados, Reprise - Instrumental: Chotiz 'El Paseadito' Los Reyes de Albuquerque
Music of New Mexico - Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways - SEGMENT: Rt. 66 historian, Sally Knau
- Chicago Stomp Pinetop Perkins
Portrait of a Delta Bluesman, Omega - Goodnight-Loving Trail Buck Ramsey
Rolling Uphill From Texas, Fiel - Willin' Little Feat
Sailin' Shoes, Warner Brothers - Truck Stop Girl Kelly Willis
Rig Rock Deluxe, Upstart - Keep On Truckin' Eddie Kendricks
Bell Bottom Rock, EMI/Capitol - Instrumental: 40 miles of Bad Road Bill Black's Combo
Rev it Up, The Right Stuff - SEGMENT: Hal Canon from the Roadkill Cafe
- Roadkill Horseflies
Gravity Dance, MCA - Speedo Cadillacs
Alphabet Rock, Warner - 105 Fred Eaglesmith
Lipstick Lies & Gasoline, Razor & Tie - One More For the Road Billie Holiday
The Essential Billie Holiday: Songs of Lost Love, Verve - When You Leave Amarillo, Turn Out the Light Bob Wills
For the Last Time, United Artists - Amarillo Emmylou Harris
Songs of the West, Warner Western
HOUR two
- The Route Chet Baker
Jazz Profile: Chet Baker, Blue Note - Route 66 Bobby Troup
The Songs of Route 66, Lazy S.O.B. - Space Buggy Asleep At the Wheel
Comin' Right At Ya, United Artists - Rocket 69 Todd Rhodes & Orchestra w/ vocal by Connie Allen
Risqué Rhythm: Nasty '50s R & B, Rhino - Marfa Lights Long John Hunter
Border Town Legend, Alligator - Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Space, Apple - Instrumental: Velociraptor Rag Tom Morrell & the Time-Warp Tophands
Tom Morrell & the Time-Warp Tophands Go Uptown, WR - SEGMENT: Navajo perspective of Rt. 66
Blackfoot Singers recorded live on Folk Masters, - Will Rogers Highway Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings, Rounder - California Stars Billy Bragg and Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Elektra - Instrumental: Radiator Cap Blues Craig Ventresco
Crumb Soundtrack, Ryko - Slow Down Gatemouth Brown
Pressure Cooker, Alligator - Mustang Sally Sir Mack Rice
The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino - Go West Liz Phair
Whip-Smart, Matador - I Been Everywhere Johnny Cash
Unchained, American - Waiting at the End of the Road Frankie Laine
The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve - End Bed: Theme from Route 66 Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Hot Rod Rock: Big boss Instrumentals Vol. 3, The Right Stuff
