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JULY 4TH
It’s American Routes‘ July 4th extravaganza, and who better to bring you sounds for this all-American holiday? Take a break from the barbecue and join us for visits with artists who’ve changed the face of American music, including Ray Charles, Celia Cruz and David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, and songs from James Brown, Sonny Rollins and Charles Ives.
HOUR ONE
- End Bed: Midnight in Amarillo Cindy Cashdollar and Herb Remington
More Songs of Route 66: Roadside Attractions, Lazy SOB - America the Beautiful Ray Charles
Genius & Soul, Rhino - My Country Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks - The House I Live In Josh White
Free & Equal Blues, Folkways - INTERVIEW: Othar Turner
- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Othar Turner
Everybody Hollerin Goat , - Instrumental: America The Beautiful Happyland Band
Saints' Paradise, Smithsonian Folkways - US Blues Grateful Dead
Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead - Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
His Best, Volume 1, MCA - Living in the USA Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Offshore Blues & Zydeco, Chubby Dragon - Take Me Home, Country Roads Toots & the Maytals
Time Tough, Island - Instrumental: One Mint Julep Ray Charles
Genuis & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Ray Charles
Listen - Hallelujah, I Lover her So Ray Charles
- Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles
- Swanee River Rock Ray Charles
- What'd I Say? Ray Charles
HOUR two
- Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
- Open Bed: Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia - Bugle Call Rag George Lewis
Jazz In the Classic New Orleans Tradition, Fantasy - Bugle Call Rag Mills Brothers
Their Original & Greatest Hits, Jasmine - There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Elton Britt
The RCA Years, Collectors Choice - One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
El Cancionero Mas Y Mas, Rhino - Viva Seguin Flaco Jimenez
Arriba El Norte, Rounder - Madre Rumba Celia Cruz
La Reina de Cuba, La Mejor Musica - INTERVIEW: Celia Cruz
Listen - Instrumental: Pajaro Campana Edwin Colon
El Cuatro…Mas Alla De Lo Imaginable, EC - America John Fahey
America, Takoma - 4th of July Aimee Mann
Whatever, DGC - INTERVIEW: David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet
Listen - Instrumental: The Star Spangled Banner Robert McDuffie
Music & The Arts Vol.1, No. 3, - The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin', Sony - This Land Is Your Land Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Live 1975-85, Sony - When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note - Blowing in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Looking Back, Motown - End bed: Hallelujah I Love Her So Davell Crawford
The B-3 and Me, Rounder
