Words and Music
From creation to criticism, this archive edition of American Routes explores the relationship between language and sounds, words and music. Rock and roll originator Chuck Berry, alt country traditionalist Gillian Welch, and music writer and novelist Nick Hornby give a variety of perspectives on the subject. With a mix of celebrated songwriters, storytellers, and literary heroes in American music.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry
His Best Vol. 1, MCA
Write Me A Few Lines Mississippi Fred McDowell
Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival, Rhino
Cold Dog Soup Guy Clark
Cold Dog Soup, Sugar Hill
When I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou Harris
Portrait, Reprise
She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Sony
Instrumental: Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz The Black Crowes
Amorica, American
Segment: Chuck Berry
CLIP: Springsteen backs Chuck Berry, from "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll"
Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen The River, Sony
CLIP: Springsteen on Rolling Stones cover from "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll"
Carol Rolling Stones England's Newest Hit Makers, ABCKO
Instrumental: Under My Thumb Pickin' On The Rolling Stones Pickin' On The Rolling Stones, CMH
Tongue Tied Jill Charlie Feathers Get With It, Revenant
My Mumblin' Baby Rudy Green The Excello Story, Vol.2, Hip-O
Mumbles Clark Terry with Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry, Mercury
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Fats Waller
The Essential Fats Waller, Sony
I Could Write a Book Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones
You're Mine You, Capitol
It Ain't Necessarily So Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
Cleanhead's Back In Town, Rhino
Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding
The Complete Stax/Volt 1959-67, Stax
Moses Smote The Water Golden Gate Quartet
Swing Down, Chariot, Sony
Six And Seven Books of Moses Toots and the Maytals
Time Tough: The Anthology, Island
Forgive Them Father Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sony
Instrumental: The Sidewinder The Lee Morgan Quintet
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, Blue Note
Segment: Nick Hornby
The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash
American Recordings, American
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Elektra
Instrumental: Just Another Sucker On The Vine Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones, Island
Segment: Gillian Welch
You Cheatin' Heart Patsy Cline
The Patsy Cline Collection, MCA
The Song is Ended but the Melody Lingers On Dinah Washington
Great American Songwriters Vol. 4: Irving Berlin, Rhino
End Bed: The Song is Ended Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Song Book, UMG