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MOTHER'S DAY
American Routes celebrates Mother’s Day with Marty Stuart and his mom, Hilda. We’ll talk about their shared love of photography and a certain girl singer, Connie Smith. Then we’ll hear stories about mothers from Fontella Bass, Sonny Rollins, Bo Diddley, and Geno Delafose, among others. Plus songs from blues to bluegrass about and for dear old mom.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Happy Times Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family - O, Mother of Mine The Temptations
Meet the Temptations: The Motown Sessions, 1962-1964, Motown - My Mother Buddy Guy
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, Chess/MCA - True Fine Mama Little Richard
The Specialty Story, Specialty - All Mama's Children Carl Perkins
The Definitive Collection, Charly Records - CLIP: Bo Diddley
- You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley: The Chess Box-2, Chess - Don't Talk Back Big Mama Thornton
The Big Geddins Blues Legacy, JSP - Instrumental: Stompin' At Mother Blues J.B. Hutto
Stompin' At Mother Blues, Delmark - Momma Don't Allow It Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends
Kansas City's First Lady of the Blues, JSP - Momma Don't Allow Milt Hinton
Old Man Time, Chiaroscuro - Pistol Packin' Mama Willie Nelson
Country Music, Rounder - SEGMENT: Marty and Hilda Stuart
Listen - Instrumental: Blue, Blue City Marty Stuart
Country Music: The Masters, Sourcebooks - Motherless Children Blind Willie Johnson
The Gospel Sound, Legacy - Motherless Child O.V. Wright
The Soul of O.V. Wright, MCA - CLIP: Fontella Bass
- Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Rescued- The Best of Fontella Bass, Chess - Nobody Loves Me But My Mother B.B. King
B.B. King: King of the Blues 1969-1975, MCA - A Mother's Love The Meters
Kickback , Sundazed - I'm Coming Here (To See My Mother) Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier- King of the Bayous, Arhoolie - End Bed: Madre Mia Chote Southern Scratch
Borderlands: From Conjunto to Chicken Scratch, Smithsonian Folkways
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Keepin' Out of Mischief Now James P. Johnson
King of Stride Piano, 1918-1944, Giants of Jazz - I'm Gonna Tell My Mama Amos Milburn
The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn, Mosaic - I Don't Want No Mama's Boy Erma Franklin
Piece of Her Heart: The Epix and Shout Years, Sony - Mama Told Me Not to Come Randy Newman
12 Songs , Reprise - My Mammy Al Jolson
A Portrait of Al Jolson, Gallerie - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family - CLIP: Lieber & Stoller
- I'm a Woman Peggy Lee
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol - One's On the Way Loretta Lynn
The Best of Loretta Lynn, MCA - Instrumental: Stephen Foster Medley Chet Atkins
Galloping Guitar: The Early Years, Bear Family - Shortnin' Bread Lee Dorsey
Ride Your Pony, Sundazed - CLIP: Geno Delafose
- Le Bluerunner Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Everybody's Dancin, Times Square - Everyday Is Mother's Day Wayne Toups
ZyDeCajun- Johnnie Can't Dance, Mercury - Cuando Se Pierde La Madre Lydia Mendoza
15 Tex-Mex Conjunto Classics, Arhoolie - Send a Picture of Mother Johnny Cash
The Man in Black 1959-'62, Bear Family - Mama Tried Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner Bros. - Instrumental: My Mother's Eyes Lonnie Johnson
Stompin' At the Penny, Columbia - Mother Told Me Not To Go Earl King
Earl's Pearls, West Side - Honour Your Mother and Your Father Desmond Dekker
Rockin' Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker, Rhino - CLIP: Sonny Rollins
- In A Sentimental Mood Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins: "Airegin" 1951-1956, Giants of Jazz - God Bless the Child Billie Holiday
Ken Burns Jazz, Verve - Mother Earth Tracy Nelson
Fish Tree Water Blues, Bullseye Blues & Jazz - End Bed: Save It Pretty Mama Sidney Bechet
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