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American Routes at the Movies 2019 American Routes at the Movies 2019 February 20th, 2019 (Hour 1)
American Routes at the Movies 2019

We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

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THE NEXT ELVIS: MYSTERIES OF ROCK AND SOUL

October 28th, 2015

Classic interviews and music from Memphis’ Sun Records late founder Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley sidemen DJ Fontana and Scotty Moore, and Jerry Lee Lewis on the mysteries of rock n roll royalty. Sun Records memoirist Barbara Sims is our palace guide. The late Rufus Thomas talks funky and fried chicken. Then it’s on to a Muscle Shoals conversation with the downhome, soul siren Candi Staton.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: "Don't Be Cruel" Bill Black's Combo
    The Best of Bill Black's Combo: The Hi Records Years, Hi
  • "That's All Right" Arthur Crudup
    That's All Right Mama, RCA
  • "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Elvis Presley
    'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO
  • SEGMENT: Sam Phillips

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  • Instrumental: "Heartbreak Hotel" Ace Cannon
    The Best of Ace Cannon: The Hi Records Years, Hi
  • "Matchbox" Carl Perkins
    The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • "Get Rhythm" Johnny Cash
    The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • "It'll Be Me" Jerry Lee Lewis
    Sun Classics, Charly
  • SEGMENT: Barbara Sims

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  • "Stranger in My Hometown" Elvis Presley
    The Essential 70s Masters, RCA
  • "Lonely Weekends" Charlie Rich
    Lonely Weekends, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: "Raunchy" Bill Justis and His Orchestra
    The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana

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  • "Milky White Way" Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley-- His Hand in Mine, RCA
  • End Bed: "Hound Dog Twist" Whispering Smith
    House Rockin' and Hip Shakin' Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: "Smokie Part II" Bill Black Combo
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
  • "That's How I Got to Memphis" Solomon Burke
    Nashville , Shout
  • "Take that Night Train to Memphis" Jerry Lee Lewis
    Sun Classics, Charly
  • "You Win Again" Jerry Lee Lewis
    Sun Classics, Charly
  • SEGMENT: Jerry Lee Lewis

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  • "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Big Maybelle
    The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-'55, Epic/Okeh
  • "Shake" Otis Redding
    Otis Blue, Volt/Atco
  • Instrumental: "The Crawl" Willie Mitchell
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
  • SEGMENT: Rufus Thomas

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  • "Dark End of the Street" James Carr
    The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie
  • "Let's Stay Together" Al Green
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
  • Instrumental: "Teenie's Dream" Willie Mitchell
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B, Hi
  • "Slip Away" Clarence Carter
    The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Candi Staton

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  • "Hey Jude" Wilson Picket
    The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
  • End Bed: "Soul Serenade" Willie Mitchell
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi

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    BLUES JUKES & JAZZ STREETS WITH BILL FERRIS AND DOREEN KETCHENS

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