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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
BY ANY OTHER NAME...
What’s in a name? Listen in and you’ll find out why Emmett Ellis Jr. became the bluesman Bobby Rush; how folks get names like Topsy (Chapman), Sherman & Wendell (Holmes); and how country singer George Jones became known as “the possum.” Also, we talk to Yale anthropologist David Watts about names of non-human primates.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording, - Five Guys Named Moe Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954 , Bear Family - Well I'll Be John Brown Huey 'Piano' Smith
Having a Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns , Westside - Clip: Holmes Brothers
- He'll Have to Go The Holmes Brothers
Simple Truths , Alligator - Niki Hoeky Aretha Franklin
Lady Soul , Rhino - Mohair Sam Slim Harpo
The Excello Singles Anthology , Hip-O - Instrumental: Jolie Blon Richard Fontenot
Cajun Country Guitar , Folkways - Jolie Catin Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds
Folk Masters , Smithsonian Folkways - Jolie Blonde du Bayou Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
En Bas du Chene Vert , Arhoolie - Clip: Jolie Holland
- Adieu False Heart Jolie Holland
Springtime Can Kill You , Anti - Corinne, Corinna Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatmon
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music , Warner - Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan , Columbia - Corrina, Corrina The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Hot 4 with Duke Dejan , Preservation Hall - Instrumental: Corrine, Corrina Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang
Shame on You , Bloodshot - Clip: Topsy Chapman
- Just a Little While to Stay Here Topsy Chapman and the Pros
My One and My Only Love , GHB - Oh Red Snooks Eaglin & Friends
The Sonet Blues Story , Verve - Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark
Sonny's Crib , Blue Note
HOUR two
- Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins
The Big Butter & Egg Man , Justice - Little Liza Jane Dr. John
Gumbo , Atco - Possum Up a Simmon Tree Merle Travis
Folk Songs of the Hills , Capitol - Clip: George Jones
- Who Shot Sam George Jones
The Definitive Collection: 1955-1962 , Mercury - Katie Dear The Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life , Capitol - Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
All-Time Original Hits , Rhino - Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days , Rhino - Instrumental: Super Soul Beat The Country Soul Revue
Testifying - The Country Soul Revue , Casual - Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
Live at American Routes, - Katie Mae Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology , Rhino - Clip: Bobby Rush
- Nickname Bobby Rush
Rush Hour... Plus , West Side - Instrumental: Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Ramsey Lewis
The In Crowd Anthology , UM3/Island UK - Monkey Talk Hubert Porter with George Moxey & His Calypso Quartet
Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56 , V2 - Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
OOO Baby Baby: The Anthology , Motown - SEGMENT: Yale University anthropologist David Watts
Listen - David Watts The Kinks
Something Else by the Kinks , Reprise - I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) Louis Prima
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Classic Soundtrack Series , Walt Disney - End Bed: Chimpanzees of Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
