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Routes Rock & Cajun Stardom: Boz Scaggs & Jimmy C. Newman

We trace stardom back to its source, traversing the roots and routes that led small town musicians to national fame. Pop icon Boz Scaggs and the late Cajun honky-tonk man Jimmy C. Newman took very different paths to the stage but carried with them the sounds they grew up hearing. Boz Scaggs achieved mainstream success with his own platinum records as well as his work with Steve Miller and Duane Allman. We talk to him about his 6+ years performing on the road and how he came into his own by reconnecting with the blues he heard as a kid in “Nowhere, Texas.” Then, we remember the late Jimmy C. Newman, who took the sounds of French Louisiana to the Grand Ole Opry and put Cajun music and culture on the map. Son Gary Newman, producer Joel Savoy and musician Kelli Jones tell of his legacy and their tribute album, Farewell, Alligator Man. Plus, we trace Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya” back to its Cajun origins, served up with tunes from Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt and Professor Longhair.

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SUMMER'S LAST CHANCE TO DANCE: NEW ORLEANS LIVE

August 28th, 2013

This Labor Day weekend we bring out the best from the clubs in New Orleans. Recorded during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest weekends, this music is sure to get your barbeque hopping and your picnic popping. We’ll visit Preservation Hall for songs and stories by Steve Earle and Tao Seeger, plus a special tribute to late New Orleans trumpeter John Brunious. Then we head over to the Howlin’ Wolf for a late night set by the 2012 Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band.

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HOUR ONE

  • Untitled Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Feelin' Free Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Do Whatcha Wanna Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Instrumental: So Long Blues Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    The Best of the Early Years, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Shake That Thing Mark Braud and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Trombone Cholly Mark Braud and the Preservation Hall Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • If I Had My Life to Live Over Mark Braud and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Instrumental: Sugar Hill Tao Seeger
    American Routes studio performance,
  • Precious Friend Tao Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • La Malanga Tao Seeger & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • CLIP: Tao Seeger

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  • I Don't Want Your Millions Mister Tao Seeger and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live from Preservation Hall 2012,
  • End Bed: Red Wing Preservation Hall Hot 4, with Duke Dejan
    Preservation Hall Hot 4, with Duke Dejan, Preservation Hall Hot 4

HOUR two

  • That's a Plenty Steve Earle
    Live at Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Hometown Blues Steve Earle
    Live at Preservation Hall 2012,
  • South Nashville Blues Steve Earle
    Live at Preservation Hall 2012,
  • T'aint Nobody's Business Steve Earle with Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live at Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Instrumental: The Dilemma Rebirth Brass Band
    Rebirth of New Orleans, Basin Street Records
  • Walking to New Orleans Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • What R You Gonna Do Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Tubaluba Rebirth Brass Band
    Live from the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • End Bed: El Manicero Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1, Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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