Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Country Strings and Jazz Vibes
We'll re-visit the moment when the "California long-hairs" took over a Nashville studio to pay tribute to aging country heroes. American Routes look back at the 1972 LP Will The Circle Be Unbroken with John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and his memories of those historic sessions. Then, a conversation with another musician familiar with Nashville - jazz vibraphone master Gary Burton. Plus a visit with Jake Shimabukuro, for whom any genre is a fine match for the ukelele.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Wabash Cannonball Bashful Brother Oswald, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Junior Husky and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
Grand Ol' Opry Song Jimmy Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
Tennessee Stud Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
9 Pound Hammer Merle Travis and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
Green, Green Grass of Home Joan Baez David's Album, Vanguard
Keep On the Sunny Side Moher Maybelle Carter and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
Instrumental: Down Yonder Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Columbia
You Ain't Going Nowhere The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Columbia
Teach Your Children The Country Gentlemen 35 Years of the Best Bluegrass, Rebel
Honky-Tonk Blues The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
To Be Alone With You Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline, Columbia
Instrumental: Cannonball Rag Merle Travis and Junior Husky Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
SEGMENT: John McEuen
Grayson County Blues No Speed Limit Bluegrass Lullaby, Virginia Humanities Foundation
Georgie Buck Carolina Chocolate Drops Carolina Chocolate Drops: Heritage, Music Maker
I Saw the Light Roy Acuff and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
Will the Circle Be Unbroken The Staple Singers Freedom Highway, Columbia
End Bed: The End of the World The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Move Gary Burton For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal, Concord
Flying Home Lionel Hampton with Benny Goodman The Essential Benny Goodman, Columbia/ Bluebird
Velociraptor Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands Go Uptown: How the West was Swung Vol. V, WR Records
Muskrat Candlelight Willis Alan Ramsey Willis Alan Ramsey, Koch
Our Day Will Come Ruby and the Romantics Our Day Will Come: The Very Best of Ruby and the Romantics, RPM
Windshield Wipers Ken Nordine Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's Wink, Asphodel
Blues in B Flat Modern Jazz Quartet Aristocrates du Swing, Warner/ Rhino
Instrumental: Green Mountains - Arise, Her Eyes (Live at Montreaux) Gary Burton Alone at Last, Rhino Atlantic
SEGMENT: Gary Burton
Happy Time Tim Buckley Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology, Elektra
Ill Bill Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet In the World of Mallets, Basin Street
Instrumental: Wear a Lei Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands No Peddlers Allowed: How the West Was Swung Vol. VII, Warner/Reprise
SEGMENT: Jake Shimabukuro
Cowboy Hula (Na Cowboy) Nani Lim Yap & Friends Songs of the Hawaiian Cowboy, Warner Western
Over the Rainbow/ It's a Wonderful World Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Meet Joe Black soundtrack, Universal
End Bed: Sailin' on to Hawaii Bashful Brother Oswald, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Jr. Huskey Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol