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American Routes
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical. Now in our 15th year on the air, American Routes explores the shared musical and cultural threads in these American styles and genres of music — and how they are distinguished.
Featuring Béla Fleck and Jason Marsalis
00:00 Open Hour 1
segment A: INCUE: “(music start) I’m NS this is AR where…”
“Prickly Pear” Béla Fleck
“Eh, La Bas” Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Don Vappie
“Just Because” Jorma Kaukonen with Béla Fleck
“Whitewater” Béla Fleck
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“John Henry” Joe and Odell Thompson
“Blue Tail Fly” Abner Jay
“Polly Wolly Doodle” Leon Redbone
OUTCUE: “…Béla Fleck when AR returns.”
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22:35
cutaway 1: “Funky Banjo” Don Vappie
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23:36
segment B: INCUE: “I’m NS coming up our interview…”
“Glendale Train” New Riders of the Purple Sage
CLIP: Gerry Garcia
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” Flatt & Scruggs
CLIP: Earl Scruggs
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Béla Fleck interview
OUTCUE: “…Steve Martin when AR returns.”
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41:43
cutaway 2: “Sugar Baby” Bill Frisell
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42:45
segment C: INCUE: “I’m NS we’re about to come full circle…”
“Cluck Old Hen” Noam Pikelny & Steve Martin
“No One Knows My Name” Gillian Welch
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“21st Century Chicken Shack Back Blues” Andy Statman
“Soul of a Man” Carter Brothers
OUTCUE: “…I’m NS this is AR from PRX.”
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58:59
cutaway 3: “Waterbound” Dirk Powell
1:00:00 “Waterbound” end
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00:00 Open Hour 2
segment D: INCUE: “If you’d like to directly support AR…”
“Rhythm Is Our Business” Jimmie Lunceford
“Bourbon Street Parade” The Young Tuxedo Brass Band
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“I Got Rhythm” Felix Mendelssohn & the Hawaiian Serenaders
“Till Tom Special” Charlie Christian with Benny Goodman Sextet
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“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing)”
The Modern Jazz Quartet
“Blues for the 29%ers (down to 19)” Jason Marsalis
OUTCUE: “…in the studio when AR returns.”
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23:13
cutaway 4: “Mamblues” Cal Tjader
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24:14
segment E: INCUE: “Jason are you alright?…”
Jason Marsalis interview
OUTCUE: “…laughing in rhythm when AR returns.”
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38:03
cutaway 5: “Rhythm-A-Ning” Thelonious Monk
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39:04
segment F: INCUE: “I’m NS you know Jason Marsalis…”
“Laughing in Rhythm” Slim Gaillard
“My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now” The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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“Doin’ the New Low Down” Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
“Get Rhythm” Johnny Cash
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“Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul” Patsy Cline
“You are My Sunshine” Smiley Lewis
FINAL CREDITS
OUTCUE: “…for AR from PRX (music fade out)”
59:00 end
