Funk and Fireworks: July 4th with The Neville Brothers
Celebrate the onset of summer and the anniversary of American independence with the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R&B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation with Ivan and Ian Neville. Plus we’re off on a summer road trip to sample Ted Drewes’ Frozen Custard Stand on Route 66 in St. Louis and play Drown the Clown at a Massachusetts county fair. All that and a set of summer music from across the great American soundscape that’ll make you stand and salute.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty
Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison Jr. Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP
Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchopitoulas The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango
Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
Voo Doo The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
My Blood The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer orchestra From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia
Christopher Columbus Fats Waller If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It, Bluebird/Legacy
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
I'd Rather Have America Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys 1954 - 1974, Bear Family
U.S. Blues Grateful Dead Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead
Instrumental: Grand Old Flag Beer Barrel Barry Beer Barrel Piano, Crown
SEGMENT: Drewes' Custard Stand
Summertime The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy Jazz
Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone
The Essential Sly & the Family Stone, Epic/Legacy
Instrumental: Stars and Stripes Forever The Kalima Brothers featuring Jesse Kalima
Legends of Ukulele, Rhino
Down Home Summertime Blues Norman Blake
Old Ties, Rounder
County Fair Brownie Ford
Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish
SEGMENT: Drown the Clown
Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery
At Home, Earwig
My Country Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks
End Bed: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note