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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
CHUCK LEAVELL & JON CLEARY
Meet two piano professors from the South with two differing styles. First up, from Macon, GA, Chuck Leavell has played in a few of Rock’s most iconic bands, from the Allman Brothers to the Rolling Stones. And while piano might be his day job, he’s also a keeper of a Georgia forest and an honorary forest ranger! We talk to Chuck about his love of the keys and the trees. Then, it’s a lesson in New Orleans funk a la keyboard with Jon Cleary, who breaks down the elements and reveals the Latin tinge to New Orleans piano favorites.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Jessica Allman Brothers Band
Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn - Alabama Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life, Capitol - I'm Movin' On Ray Charles
Genius and Soul, Rhino - Instrumental: Old Time Shuffle Lloyd Green
Honky Tonk Train, Night Train - Up Tight, Good Man Laura Lee
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - She's All I Got Freddie North
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970, Vol. 2, Lost Highway - SEGMENT: Chuck Leavell
Listen - Instrumental: Brotherhood Royal Southern Brotherhood
Royal Southern Brotherhood, Ruf Records - Lost Highway Hank Williams
The Original Singles Collection, Polygram - Far Away Eyes The Rolling Stones
Some Girls, Virgin - Where I'm From Shelby Lynne
I Am Shelby Lynne, The Island Def Jam Music - That's How Strong My Love Is Steve Young
Rock Salt and Nails, A&M Records - Everybody Needs Love Drive By Truckers
Go-Go Boots, ATO Records - Pony Boy Allman Brothers Band
Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn - End Bed: Deep South Mose Whispering Smith
Swamp Blues, Ace
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Fortune Teller Jon Cleary
Occapella, FHQ - Port Street Blues Jon Cleary
Moonburn, Pointblank - Ninth Ward Blues Irvin Mayfield
Irvin Mayfield, Basin Street - Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Huey Piano Smith
Kings of New Orleans Rock and Roll, Ace - Misery Professor Longhair
Creole Kings Vol. 2, Specialty - Fool's Game Bonnie Raitt
Silver Lining, Capitol - Instrumental: Beale Street Popeye James Booker
Night Train Keyboard Kings, Night Train - SEGMENT: Jon Cleary
Listen - Gone Irma Thomas
Time is On My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, vol. 1, EMI - St. James Infirmary Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch - Instrumental: Cow Cow Blues Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Touassan' Sessions, Bear Family - Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters, Blue Thumb - Uncloudy Day Blind Boys of Alabama
Down in New Orleans, Time Life - Sea of Love Cookie and the Cupcakes
Kings of Swamp Pop, Ace - Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage, Blue Note - End Bed: Upright Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
