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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
AMERICA'S HIPPIE HERITAGE
Tune in and turn on to our nation’s fringe heritage. Along with their spiritual forefathers, the beatniks and folkies, our hippie generation latched on to great music before them—from old-time country and bluegrass, bebop, blues and more—and created their own versions. We’re joined by Maria Muldaur, who recalls making jug-band music in the West Village in the ’60s. Also, we speak with bass player Jack Casady, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Mandolin King Rag Even Dozen Jug Band
The Even Dozen Jug Band, Elektra - Way Back in the 1960s The Incredible String Band
The 5000 Spirits or Layers of the Onion, Hannibal - CLIP: Bo Diddley
- Hey Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
His Best, MCA/Chess - South Street The Orlons
Cameo Parkway, 1957-1961, ABKCO - Yes We Can - Part I Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can / Night People, Raven - Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone
The Essential Sly & the Family Stone, Epic/Legacy - Instrumental: Humpin' The Bar-Kays
Black Rock / Gotta Groove, Stax - Love the One You're With Aretha Franklin
Live at Fillmore West, Atlantic/Rhino - Statesboro Blues The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East, Capricorn - Bosco / Mosco Stomp Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - I Got Loaded Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive?, Slash/Warner Bros. - Instrumental: Okie from Muskogee Lloyd Green
Lloyd Green And His Steel Guitar, Americana - Okie from Muskogee (live) Merle Haggard & the Strangers
Okie from Muskogee, Capitol - Hippie from Olema No. 5 The Youngbloods
Good and Dusty, Warner Bros. - Take a Whiff on Me Woody Guthrie
Muleskinner Blues, Smithsonian Folkways - CLIP: Arlo Guthrie
- Coming Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie
The Best of Arlo Guthrie, Warner Bros. - INTERVIEW: Maria Muldaur
Listen - Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Embryonic Journey Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow, RCA - That's the Bag I'm In Fred Neil
Everybody's Talkin', REV-OLA - I'm Satisfied Mississippi John Hurt
The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Cat Power
The Covers Record, Matador - Evening Gown Mick Jagger
Wandering Spirit, Atlantic - Instrumental: Truckin' Pickin' on the Grateful Dead
Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, CMH - Back in the Goodle Days John Hartford
Aereo-Plain, Rounder - John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding, Columbia - CLIP: Jerry Garcia
- New Speedway Boogie Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead, Warner Bros. - Instrumental: Know Your Rider Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna Live, RCA - INTERVIEW: Jack Casady
Listen - Duppy Conqueror Bob Marley and the Wailers
Trenchtown Rock: Anthology 1969 - '78, Trojan - May This Be Love Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced?, MCA - Shhh / Peaceful Miles Davis
In a Silent Way, Columbia