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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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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,
  • Five Guys Named Moe Louis Jordan
    Let the Good Times Roll: 1983-1954, Bear Family
  • Well I'll Be John Brown Huey 'Piano' Smith
    Having a Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns, Westside
  • CLIP: Holmes Brothers
  • He'll Have to Go The Holmes Brothers
    Simple Truths, Alligator
  • Niki Hoeky Aretha Franklin
    Lady Soul, Rhino
  • Mohair Slim Slim Harpo
    The Excello Singles Anthology, Hip-O
  • Instrumental: Jolie Blon Richard Fontenot
    Cajun Country Guitar, Folkways
  • Jolie Catin Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds
    Folk Masters, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Jolie Blonde du Bayou Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
    En Bas du Chene Vert, Arhoolie
  • CLIP: Jolie Holland
  • Adieu False Heart Jolie Holland
    Springtime Can Kill You, Anti
  • Corinne, Corinna Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatmon
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner
  • Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Corrina, Corrina The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Hot 4 with Duke Dejan, Preservation
  • Instrumental: Corrine, Corrina Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang
    Shame on You, Bloodshot
  • CLIP: Topsy Chapman
  • Just a Little While to Stay Here Topsy Chapman and the Pros
    My One and My Only Love, GHB
  • Oh Red Snooks Eaglin & Friends
    The Sonet Blues Story, Verve
  • Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark
    Sonny's Crib, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins
    The Big Better & Egg Man, Justice
  • Little Liza Jane Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • Possum Up a Simmon Tree Merle Travis
    Folk Songs of the Hills, Capitol
  • CLIP: George Jones
  • Who Shot Sam George Jones
    The Definitive Collection: 1955-1962, Mercury
  • Katie Dear The Louvin Brothers
    Tragic Songs of Life, Capitol
  • Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
    All-Time Original Hits, Rhino
  • Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine
    The John Prine Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Super Soul Beat The Country Soul Revue
    Testifying - The Country Soul Revue, Casual
  • Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
    Live at American Routes,
  • Katie Mae Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
    Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology, Rhino
  • CLIP: Bobby Rush
  • Nickname Bobby Rush
    Rush Hour... Plus, West Side
  • Instrumental: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Ramsey Lewis
    The In Crowd Anthology, UM3/ Island UK
  • Monkey Talk Hubert Porter with George Moxey & His Calypso Quartet
    Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56, V2
  • Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
    OOO Baby Baby: The Anthology, Motown
  • SEGMENT: Yale University anthropologist David Watts

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  • David Watts The Kinks
    Something Else By the Kinks, Reprise
  • I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monky Song) Louis Prima
    Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Classic Soundtrack Series, Walt Disney
  • End Bed: Chimpanzees of Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

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