AMERICAN ROUTES
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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THE EMPEROR AND THE PROFESSOR OF NEW ORLEANS MUSIC: ERNIE K-DOE & PROFESSOR LONGHAIR

March 9th, 2016

We recall two grand figures of New Orleans music beginning with Ernie K-Doe, the surreal soul man of catchy songs, and flamboyant antics in New Orleans R&B. Ben Sandmel who wrote Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans joins the carnivalesque conversation. Then a piano tribute to Professor Longhair by Dr. John, Jon Cleary and George Porter, live from the legendary New Orleans club Tipitina’s, named after Longhair’s most famous song. We also play the original recordings with commentary from Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, producer Jerry Wexler, and studio recordist Cosimo Matassa.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mother-in-Law Ernie K-Doe
    Here Come the Girls: A History 1960-1970, Charly UK
  • Make You Love Me Ernie K-Doe
    Here Come the Girls: A History 1960-1970, Charly UK
  • I Love to Rock and Roll Eddie Bo
    Kings of New Orleans Rock and Roll, Music Club
  • Heebie Jeebies Ernie K-Doe
    Here Come the Girls: A History 1960-1970, Charly UK
  • Zydeco Paradise Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    L'Espirit Creole, Valcour Records
  • Tighten Up Archie Bell and the Drells
    Tightening It Up: The Best of Archie Bell and the Drells, Rhino
  • Jam Up Tommy Ridgely
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Beale Street Popeye James Booker
    An Introduction To: Night Train Keyboard Kings, Night Train
  • SEGMENT: Ben Sandmel on Ernie K-Doe Pt. 1

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  • I Done Got Over It Irma Thomas
    The Soul Queen of New Orleans, Razor and Tie
  • Hello My Lover Ernie K-Doe
    Absolutely the Best, Fuel
  • Instrumental: Last Night Mar-Keys
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • SEGMENT: Ben Sandmel on Ernie K-Doe Pt. 2

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  • Fortune Teller Benny Spellman
    The Instant & Minit Story, Charly
  • Fortune Teller Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
    Raising Sand, Rounder
  • White Boy/Black Boy Ernie K-Doe
    45 Single , Self-Released
  • Instrumental: Mudd Roy Montrell
    The Instant & Minit Story, Charly

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,
  • Tipitina Professor Longhair
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Vol. 2, Atlantic
  • CLIP: Jerry Wexler
  • Ball the Wall Fred Anderson With George Porter
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • In the Night Ed Volker
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • Hey Now Baby Jon Cleary
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • Instrumental: Up Right Allen Toussaint
    The Complete Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Allen Toussaint
  • Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair
    The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Hadacol Bounce Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Vol. 2, Atlantic
  • No Buts - No Maybes Professor Longhair
    The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • CLIP: Dr. John
  • Junco Partner Dr. John
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • Instrumental: Cabbage Alley The Meters
    The Meters Anthology: Funkify Your Life, Rhino
  • Big Chief Dr. JOhn
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • CLIP: Cosimo Matassa
  • Tipitina Dr. John
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,
  • End Bed: Over in the Gloryland Ellis Marsalis
    Live at Tipitina's Fess Night 2012,

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    NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BANJO/GUITARIST DANNY BARKER & AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE WITH DETROIT BROOKS AND HIS SYNCOPATED PERCOLATORS

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    SAN ANTONIO SOUNDS

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    NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLARINET, MANDE SONGS & LOUISIANA ZYDECO LIVE

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