Love is Strange with Judy Collins and Jim Lauderdale
The dead of winter has us planning ahead for Valentine’s Day and life itself with songs of love—lost and found. Whether it’s from swooning crooners or heartbroken honky-tonkers, love has wedged itself prominently in the American songbook. We talk to two songwriters who specialize in matters of the heart: ’60s folk chanteuse Judy Collins and Americana songmaker Jim Lauderdale, a.k.a. “The King of Broken Hearts.” Plus we hear soulful sweet songs from the Pointer Sisters and the Four Tops, ballads of love on the rocks from George Jones and Tracy Chapman, and love confessions for “My Girl, Josephine” by Fats Domino and “Ophelia” by The Band. Join us for songs of love sad and happy, sexy and silly, careless and calculated on American Routes.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Both Sides Now Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle be Unbroken, Capitol
Love is Strange Mickey & Sylvia Dirty Dancing (Soundtrack), RCA
You Were on My Mind Ian & Silvia Long Long Time, Vanguard
Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman New Beginning, Elektra
Still Doing Time George Jones The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2, Legacy
Love Me Do The Beatles The Beatles 1962-1966, Capitol
Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley His Best, MCA
Instrumental: When She Loved Me Randy Newman Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1, Nonesuch
SEGMENT: Judy Collins
Instrumental: Body and Soul Nat King Cole The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, Capitol
My Man Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday, Columbia/Legacy
My Guy Mary Wells The Best of Mary Wells: The Millennium Collection, Motown
Finest Lovin' Man Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
Time is On My Side Irma Thomas I Wish Someone Would Care, Imperial
It's All Over Now Rebirth Brass Band The Main Event: Live at the Maple Leaf, Louisiana Red Hot
Careless Love Wild Bill Davison and band with Bertha "Chippie" Hill This is Jazz, the Historic Broadcasts Vol. 6, Jazzology Records
End Bed: Wonderful World Treme Brass Band Sound of New Orleans: Best of the Brass Bands, Sound of New Orleans
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Careless Love Blues Danny Barker The Fabulous Band of Danny Barker, Gramercy Jazz
You're the Cream in my Coffee Nat King Cole The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, Capitol
Sugar The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters, Blue Thumb
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) The Four Tops The Ultimate Collection, Motown
Sugar Bee Cleveland Crochet and All the Sugar Bees Cleveland Crochet and All the Sugar Bees, Goldband
Sugar Magnolia Grateful Dead American Beauty, Warner Brothers
Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Jelly Roll Kings Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, Earwig
He Was a Friend of Mine Willie Nelson Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Verve
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia/Legacy
Marina Los Texmaniacs Borders y Bailes, Smithsonian Folkways
My Girl Josephine Fats Domino Antoine "Fats" Domino: The Legendary Imperial Recordings, Imperial
Ophelia The Band Northern Lights, Southern Cross, Capitol
SEGMENT: Jim Lauderdale
Instrumental: Turn, Turn, Turn Bill Frisell Guitar in the Space Age, Nonesuch
Touching the Ground Brandi Carlisle Give Up the Ghost, Columbia
She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
Tomorrow is a Long Time Sandy Denny Sandy, A&M
End Bed: It's All Over Now Baby Blue Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Volume 9: The Grateful Dead Live at Madison Square Garden, Grateful Dead