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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
GUITAR HEROES: PAT MARTINO & BEN HALL
Join us this week for an exploration of the guitar in jazz, blues and country music. We’ll visit with modern jazz guitarist Pat Martino at his home in Philadelphia and find out more about his formulas for playing jazz solos. Then it’s a conversation with up and coming thumbpicking guitarist Ben Hall, who walks us through the Merle Travis songbook.
HOUR ONE
- Sugarfoot Rag Junior Brown
Junior High, MCG/ Curb - Okie Dokie Stomp Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Real Life, Rounder - Walkin' the Strings Merle Travis
Walkin' the Strings, Capitol - Railroad Bill John Jackson
Country Blues & Ditties, Arhoolie - CLIP: John Jackson
- You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
The Early Years, 1928-1929, Rounder - Sit Down Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel 1938-1943, Rounder - CLIP: Jerry Garcia
- Morning Dew Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead, Rhino - Instrumental: Windy and Warm Doc Watson
Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998, Sugar Hill - Wildwood Flower Carter Family
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family - CLIP: Maybelle Carter
- Wildwood Flower Chet Atkins
Galloping Guitar: The Early Years 1945 - 1954, Bear Family - SEGMENT: Ben Hall
Listen - Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Music Maker - Me and the Devil Blues Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings, Columbia - Hellhound on My Trail Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note - CLIP: Little Freddie King
- Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley
The Best of Bo Diddley: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection, MCA - CLIP: Duane Eddy
- Moovin' N' Groovin' Duane Eddy
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, Rhino - End Bed: Trambone Duane Eddy
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, Rhino
HOUR two
- Open Bed: O.G.D. (aka Road Song) Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery
Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo, Verve - If I Could Snooks Eaglin
The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol - Salee Dame Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker, Albert Nicholas et al
Jazz A 'La Creole, GHB - I Never Told a Lie Memphis Minnie
The Essential, Classic - Somebody's Been Fooling #1 Big Joe Williams
Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine-String Guitar , Smithsonian Folkways - CLIP: Bill Frisell
- Chain of Fools Bill Frisell
Is That You?, Elektra Nonesuch - Who You Gonna Hoo-Doo Now Tony Joe White
Testifying: The Country Soul Revue, Casual - Instrumental: Makin' Whoopee Charlie Byrd
The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd, Riverside - Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner Brothers - Somethin' Like Bags Wes Montgomery
So Much Guitar, Riverside - SEGMENT: Pat Martino
Listen - Instrumental: Jitterbug Waltz Joe Pass
My Song, Telarc - In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down Charles Brown
The Cocktail Combos, Capitol - Six Appeal Charlie Christian
The Genius of Electric Guitar, Columbia - CLIP: Les Paul
- Wabash Blues Les Paul and Mary Ford
Les Paul and Mary Ford, Collectables - Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar The Louvin Brothers
When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers, Razoe & Tie - End Bed: I Can't Stop Loving You Grant Green
Retrospective 1961-66, Blue Note
