AMERICAN ROUTES
Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live November 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live

Blues…it’s a universal solvent in music. There’s blues in jazz, R & B, roots rock and soul, country, Cajun, Latin, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop… It’s everywhere! We’ll hear from all corners of the musical map including Bessie Smith, Buddy Guy, Freddy Fender and Clifton Chenier and more. Then an hour with Octogenarian electric country blues man Little Freddie King live from Marigny Studios in New Orleans.

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THE NEW YEAR

December 30th, 1998

Start your year out right with American Routes as we get a millennial crash course for Ninety-Nine.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Hello Mr. New Year The Coolbreezers
    Hipsters' Holiday, Rhino
  • Happy New Year Lightning Hopkins
    Lightning Hopkins, Arhoolie
  • Happy New Year To You Sun Ra & The Qualities
    The Singles, Evidence
  • Bon Ton Roulet Clifton Chenier
    Kwanzaa Music, Rounder
  • This Year Loudon Wainwright
    Therapy, Silvertone
  • It Was a Very Good Year Frank Sinatra
    The Very Good Years, Reprise
  • It Was a Very Good Beer Homer J. Simpson
    Songs in the Key of Springfield, Rhino
  • Instrumental: One Mint Julep Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • No More Alcohol Joe Liggins
    Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol Blues
  • Firewater Butch Hancock
    Own & Own, Sugar Hill
  • Hangover Blues Rose Maddox
    Maddox Brothers and Rose: Vol. 1, 1946-51, Arhoolie
  • Here Comes a Regular The Replacements
    Tim, Sire
  • Freedom is in the Trying Jon Hendricks/Wynton Marsalis
    Blood on the Fields, Columbia
  • Old Jim Crow Nina Simone
    Nina Simone Sings Nina, Verve
  • Instrumental: Joyce No. 2 Johnson Mkhalali
    Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Shanachie
  • Anonymous hoddu player from Senegal
  • Rambin By Myself John Lee Hooker
    The Complete '50s Chess Recordings, Chess
  • Sitting On Top of the World Moses Williams
    live on Folkmasters,
  • Sitting On Top of the World Hubert Sumlin
    Heart & Soul, Blind Pig
  • Ai Du Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder
    Talking Timbuktu, Hannibal

HOUR two

  • Happy Days Are Here Again Casa Loma Orchestra
    The Great Depression: American Music in the '30s, Columbia/Legacy
  • Happy New Year Spike Jones & his City Slickers
    Spike Jones Anthology, Rhino
  • New Year's Resolution Otis & Carla
    Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding, Rhino
  • New Year's Resolution Lil' Son Jackson
    The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol
  • Barroom Girls Gillian Welch
    Revival, Almo
  • I Saw the Light Hank Williams
    The Original Singles Collection, Polygram
  • The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise Les Paul & Mary Ford
    All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Meet Mr. Callaghan Les Paul
    All Time Greatest Hits, Capitol
  • Passion Dance McCoy Tyner
    The Best of McCoy Tyner, Blue Note
  • Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
    Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic/Rhino
  • The Rivers of Babylon The Melodians
    By The Rivers of Babylon: Timeless Hymns of Rastafari, Shanachie
  • Meet the Boys on the Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas
    New Orleans Party Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: 4th of July U2
    Unforgettable Fire, Island
  • Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan
    Nashville Skyline, Columbia
  • Tomorrow is a Long Time Sandy Denny
    Sandy, A & M
  • O Day Georgia Sea Island Singers
    Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection, Rounder
  • Auld Lang Syne Olympia Brass Band
    New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder
  • End Bed: Blackeyed Peas and Rice Hubert Laws
    The Laws of Jazz/Flute By-Law, Rhino

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