FLYING WITH THE BYRDS & THE BURRITOS ON AMERICAN ROUTES AIRLINES

The Byrds

Chris Hillman

We get sonically aloft with musical memories of the Byrds and the Flying Burritos Brothers. The Byrds, the fabled folk-rock band known for their vocal harmonies and jangly guitar sound, gained huge fame between 1965-1968. We’ll hear music that influenced the Byrds from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Plus conversation with Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers co-founder Chris Hillman about his bluegrass roots, the Byrds’ shift toward country music on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and forming country rock band the Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram Parsons. We’ll also find out about songs in the land of love lost and found from Dr. John, Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline and Irma Thomas.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) The Byrds
Turn, Turn, Turn, Columbia

Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Sony

Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man, Sony

Turn Turn Turn Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Smithsonian Folkways

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) The Byrds
Turn Turn, Turn, Columbia

My Back Pages The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia

Instrumental: Blue Grass Chopper The Hillmen
The Hillmen, Sugar Hill Records

Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues The Hillmen
The Hillmen, Sugar Hill Records

Blue Canadian Rockies The Byrds
Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Columbia

Segment: Chris Hillman

Instrumental: Nashville Skyline Rag Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline, Columbia

Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Grievous Angel, Grievous Angel

Ashes of Love Desert Rose Band
Desert Rose, Sugar Hill

Time Between The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia

So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia

End Bed: Flying The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour, Apple

• HOUR TWO

  Open Bed: New Orleans Blues Tom McDerrmott and Lucia Micarelli
  Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series, Season 1, Geffen

  Funny How Time Slips Away Dr. John
  Things Happen that Way, Rounder

  Nothing Takes the Place of You Toussaint McCall
  Nothing Takes the Place of You, Ronn Records

  She's Got You Patsy Cline
  Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Studio Masters 1960-1963, Decca

  One Night Smiley Lewis
  The Big Beat of Dave Bartholomew, Capitol

  Other Side of Town Sam Doores and Alynda Segarra
  Sam Doores, New West

  Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke
  Ain’t That Good News, ABKCO

  Instrumental: It's All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  This is Jazz 30: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sony

  I Done Got Over Irma Thomas
  The Irma Thomas Collection: 1961-1966, Capitol

  Well I Done Got Over It Guitar Slim
  Guitar Slim, Specialty

  It's All Over Now The Valentinos
  Lookin' for a Love, SAR Records

  Travelling Mood Snooks Eaglin
  The Sonet Blues Story/Snooks Eaglin with His New Orleans Friends, Universal

  Dream a Little Dream of Me Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
  Love Ella, Verve

  Dream Baby Roy Orbison
  Roy Orbison, Monument

  Instrumental: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Etta Baker
  Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians, Tradition

  On the Road Again Willie Nelson
  Honeysuckle Rose, Columbia

  Long Journey Home Miko Marks, The Resurrectors
  Race Records, Redtone

  Out on the Road North Mississippi Allstars with Cedric Burnside
  Up and Rolling–North Mississippi Allstars, New West Records

  I Can't Help from Cryin' Sometime The Staple Singers
  The Staple Singers-Faith and Grace, A Family Journey 1953-1976, Concord Music Group

  Friendship Norah Jones and Mavis Staples
  Norah Jones is Playing Along, Blue Note

  Closing Bed: Blues Back McCoy Tyner
  Reaching Forth, Impulse