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Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White August 17th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White

On this archive summertime edition of American Routes, we treat you to two very cool guests. Mississippi-born and Chicago-bred legend Bo Diddley talks about his songs “I’m a Man,” “Who Do You Love,” and that signature Bo Diddley beat. Tony Joe White comes up from the swamps to play an acoustic version of “Polk Salad Annie,” among other tunes. Plus, a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted.

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AUTUMN EQUINOX & REMEMBERING ARETHA FRANKLIN

September 18th, 2019

As temperatures begin to dip and the leaves turn color, we celebrate the Autumnal Equinox with a soundtrack for the changing season. We hope for crisp air in Fall with Nina Simone’s plea, “Chilly Winds Don’t Blow,” and Sarah Vaughan’s take on Kurt Weill’s “September Song.” For the harvest, we spin Johnny Cash’s “Pickin’ Time.” And with shorter days and longer nights, it’s Ahmad Jamal playing “Old Devil Moon” and Van Morrison with “Moondance.” Plus, we pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin, whose spirit prevails for all seasons, with memories from her Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, studio musicians from Muscle Shoals, and her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin.

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HOUR ONE

  • Opening Bed: September Song Django Reinhardt
    The Great Blue Star Sessions 1947-1953, Peche a la Mode
  • First Air of Autumn Drive-By Truckers
    English Oceans, ATO
  • Seasons of My Heart George Jones
    Cup of Loneliness, Mercury
  • I Cried My Last Tear Walter "Wolfman" Washington
    My Future is My Past, Anti-
  • Chilly Winds Don't Blow Nina Simone
    Pastel Blues, Philips
  • Sittin' On Top of the World Howlin' Wolf
    Twentieth Century Masters: Millennium Collection, Chess
  • Instrumental: Old Devil Moon Mickey Baker
    The Wildest Guitar, Atlantic
  • Old Devil Moon Ahmad Jamal
    Poinciana, Sony BMG
  • Moondance Van Morrison
    Moondance, Warner Brothers
  • Harvest Moon Neil Young
    Harvest Moon, Reprise
  • Pickin' Time Johnny Cash
    The Fabulous Johnny Cash, Columbia
  • Shady Grove Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice
    The Pizza Tapes, Acoustic Disc
  • Instrumental: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Etta Baker
    Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians, Tradition Records
  • Hard Times Gillian Welch
    The Harrow and the Harvest, Acony
  • King Harvest The Band
    Stage Fright, Capitol
  • Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan and Armstrong
    Barnyard Dance, Rounder
  • Gotta Travel On Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    Gotta Travel On/ No One But My Darlin', Decca
  • Closing Bed: Gotta Travel On Ray Bryant
    The History of Chess Jazz, Chess

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Organ Intro by Kenneth Lupper Aretha Franklin
    Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Atlantic
  • September Song Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
    Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, EmArcy
  • Autumn Leaves Stan Getz
    The Complete Roost Recordings, Parlophone Records
  • Autumn in New York Billie Holiday
    Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years, Verve Records
  • Baby It's Cold Outside Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Jordan
    Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Respect Ramsey Lewis
    Up Pops Ramsey Lewis, Cadet
  • Today I Sing the Blues Aretha Franklin
    Soul '69, Atlantic
  • Don't Play that Song Aretha Franklin
    Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic
  • Respect Otis Redding
    Otis Blue, Atco
  • CLIP: Aretha Franklin on Sam Cooke
  • Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
    Bring It On Home to Me, RCA Victor
  • A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
    Ain't That Good News, RCA Victor
  • Instrumental: A Change is Gonna Come The Campbell Brothers feat. John Medeski
    Can You Feel It?, Ropeadope
  • CLIP: Muscle Shoals studio musicians
  • CLIP: Jerry Wexler
  • Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings
    Rhino,
  • Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
    Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic
  • End Bed: My Sweet Lord Aretha Franklin
    Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings , Atlantic

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