Gimme More Hope: Resilience and Improvisation in Music, Food & Drink 

We’re seeking out hope in a cold, dark season with warm conversation and music. We check in on the places in New Orleans that keep us connected, even in these isolating times, from Li’l Dizzy’s Cafe in Treme to Pete’s Out in the Cold Lounge in the Irish Channel to see how they’re faring. Then a round with Joe Krown at the 88s…on wheels, the Piano on a Truck. Plus songs by Bob Dylan, Bessie Smith, Otis Redding, and Dolly Parton.

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LISTEN TO HOUR 2

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Gonna Be All Right Robert Randolph & the Family Band Got Soul, Dare Records

Everything's Gonna Be Alright PJ Morton PJ Morton Gumbo, Morton Records

If I Had Wings Dolly Parton lue Smoke, Masterworks

Grandma's Hands Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples Willie Nelson—To All the Girls, Legacy Recordings

Quarantine Together Drive-by Truckers YouTube,

Stand By Me Otis Redding Pain in My Heart, Atlantic

Instrumental: Blue Monk Hank Jones Bop Redux / Groovin' High, Savoy Jazz

Segment: Pete's Out in the Cold Bartender Kevin Lee

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Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon A-Z: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Sunday Best

Instrumental: Sleepwalk Ann Farina, John S. Farina, Santo A. Farina, Santo & Johnny Hearts in Atlantis - Motion Picture Soundtrack, Universal Classics Group

Lake Charles Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury

Mathilda Cookie and the Cupcakes Legends of Swamp Pop—By Request—Cookie & the Cupcakes, Jin Records

When I was Young Eric Burden and the Animals The Animals Retrospective, ABKCO Records

My Back Pages Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia

Turn Turn Turn Nina Simone To Love Somebody, RCA

End Bed: Turn, Turn, Turn Bruce Cockburn Where Have All the Flowers Gone—The Songs of Pete Seeger, Appleseed

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Tipitina Dr. John Going Back to New Orleans: Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter

Goin Back to New Orleans Deacon John Going Back to New Orleans: Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter

Red Beans Professor Longhair Crawfish Fiesta, Alligator

Shortnin' Bread Lee Dorsey Lee Dorsey — Ride Your Pony, Arista

Big Butter and Egg Man Kermit Ruffins The Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice Records

Shrimp and Gumbo Rebirth Rebirth of New Orleans, Basin Street

Jambalaya Fats Domino The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them, Capitol

Instrumental: Struttin' With Some Barbecue Kermit Ruffins The Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice Records

Segment: Wayne Baquet, Sr. and Arkesha Baquet of Li'l Dizzy's Cafe

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Blues with Bechet George Baquet and Sidney Bechet The John Reid Collection from the Arkansas Arts Center, GHB Jazz Foundation

New Orleans Bump Jelly Roll Morton & Red Hot Peppers Jelly-Roll Morton: Orignial Recordings 1926-1929, Van Up

Instrumental: Blue Drag Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch

Segment: Joe Krown: Piano on a Truck

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End Bed: Mess Around Joe Krown American Routes Live Recording,

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