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New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators September 27th, 2023 (Hour 1)
New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators

New Orleans musician and raconteur Danny Barker was a banjo and guitar hero—a major player in New York jazz who never forgot his French Creole roots in song and style. We look back on Danny’s career, his life with wife and collaborator, the singer Blue Lu Barker, and his influence sustaining culture in the Crescent City. Then, current day guitar and banjo man, Detroit Brooks pays tribute to the Barker legacy with his band the Syncopated Percolators live at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

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VALENTINE'S DAY

February 11th, 2004

In this Valentine’s special we explore the various types of love expressed in song—from puppy love to animal attraction, part-time love to enduring love, breaking up and making up and everything in between. We’re joined on our quest by three performers well acquainted with the genre: Randy Newman, author of love songs both ironic and authentic; Rev. Al Green, a man who has addressed love both sacred and secular throughout his career; and Joan Baez, who talks about her favorite love songs—some written for her. Plus, an irresistible mix of love songs including Fats Domino, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and more that you can’t help but fall for.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Let Me Call You Sweetheart Coolbone Brass Band
    The Coolbone Swing Troop, Sound of New Orleans
  • Love and Happiness Al Green
    I'm Still in Love With You, Hi
  • Whole Lotta Lovin' Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • It's My Delight The Melodians
    Never Grow Old, Heartbeat
  • Magia De Amor (The Magic of Love) Freddy Fender
    Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie
  • Reconsider Me Maggie Lewis
    Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records, Vol. 1, Ace
  • We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds George Jones and Melba Montgomery
    Vintage Collections, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Sweet Lorraine Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Top Hands
    Wolf Tracks, Shanachie
  • Crazy Cassandra Wilson
    Glamoured, Blue Note
  • Take These Chains From My Heart King Curtis
    Blow Man, Blow!, Bear Family
  • I Need Your Love So Bad Irma Thomas
    Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection, Razor and Tie
  • Childhood Sweet Heart Chuck Berry
    The Chess Box, MCA
  • Instrumental: Moody Al Perkins with Hi Rhythm Section
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years, Hi
  • INTERVIEW: Al Green

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  • My Funny Valentine Milt Jackson
    Milt Jackson Quartet, Prestige
  • Blue Valentines Tom Waits
    Blue Valentine, Elektra
  • Seems I'm Never Tired of Loving You Nina Simone
    How It Feels to Be Free, Hear Music

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tea For Two Lester Young
    The Complete Aladdin Recordings, Blue Note
  • Born to Love Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944, Columbia/Legacy
  • (Nothing's Too Good) for My Baby Louis Prima and Keely Smith
    Got Nothing But Song, Hear Music
  • You Are My First Love Charles Brown
    Blues And Other Love Songs, 32 Jazz
  • The Girls in My Life (Part I.) Randy Newman
    Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Randy Newman

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  • If You And I Could Be Sweethearts The Varieteers
    Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970, Country Music Hall of Fame
  • Honeysuckle Rose Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
    Blues Highway, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Dew Drop Sam McGee
    Country Guitar, Arhoolie
  • Gold Watch and Chain Carter Family
    In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family
  • Paquet d'Epingles (Packet of Pins) Beausoleil
    Parlez-Nous รก Boire & More, Arhoolie
  • I Walk the Line Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia
  • INTERVIEW: Joan Baez

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  • All I Really Want To Do Bob Dylan
    Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • I Love You A Thousand Ways Lefty Frizell
    Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia/Legacy
  • End Bed: Stardust Django Reinhardt with Coleman Hawkins
    Django with His American Friends, DRG

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