New Blues & Bluegrass: Cedric Burnside & ShadowGrass
We hit the road and visit juke joints, dancehalls and folk festivals to get our fill of hot licks from blues and bluegrass musicians, oldtimers and newcomers alike. We talk shop with Mississippi Hill Country bluesman Cedric Burnside about playing music alongside his grandfather, R.L. Burnside, finding his voice and translating old school sounds for a new generation. Then we head to the Montana Folk Festival to hear the bluegrass bonafides of ShadowGrass and talk with the young Appalachian upstarts about balancing their tour schedule with junior high school. Plus, fife and drum music from Otha Turner & the Afrosippi Allstars, surrealist blues rock a la Captain Beefheart, and old-time and rockabilly picking from Doc Watson.
HOUR ONE
Dog Days of August Cephas and Wiggins Richmond Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
Open Bed: Hard to Stay Cool Cedric Burnside Benton County Relic, Single Lock Records
Me and the Devil Blues Robert Johnson Single, Vocalion
Love in Vain The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed, Decca
Lonesome Train on a Lonesome Track Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio, Coral
Lo Yo Yo Stuff Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Clear Spot, Reprise
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning Aretha Franklin Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, Sony Music
Instrumental: The "In" Crowd Ramsey Lewis The In Crowd, Argo
Young Man's Blues Mose Allison Mose Allison Sings, Prestige
Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
Blues for the Night Owl Ramsey Lewis Trio Blues for the Night Owl/Hello, Cello!, Argo
One for the Highway James Booker Classified, Rounder
Guitar Highway Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Sing, Smithsonian Folkways
Instrumental: Outlaws Bill Frisell Blues Dream, Elektra Nonesuch
Station Blues Otha Turner and the Afrossippi Allstars From Senegal to Senatobia, Birdman
SEGMENT: Cedric Burnside
Amen James Booker Classified, Rounder
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Train 45 ShadowGrass Recorded at the 2018 Montana Folk Festival, Montana Public Radio
Black Mountain Rag Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag, Rounder
Shake, Rattle and Roll Doc Watson Docabilly, Sugar Hill
Little Red Rooster Sam Cooke Night Beat, RCA Victor
Milk Cow Blues Bob Wills Millenium Collection- 20th Century Masters, MCA Nashville
Instrumental: Grey Eagle Presley Barker Just-Ten, CD Baby
SEGMENT: ShadowGrass
White Freightliner Blues ShadowGrass Recorded at the 2018 Montana Folk Festival, Montana Public Radio
Call Me the Breeze ShadowGrass Recorded at the 2018 Montana Folk Festival, Montana Public Radio
Instrumental: Pretty Stars Were Made to Shine Bill Frisell Blues Dream, Elektra Nonesuch
Picture Show John Prine The Missing Years, Oh Boy
Act Naturally Buck Owens The Best of Buck Owens, Capitol
One Time One Night Los Lobos By the Light of the Moon, Warner Brothers
Streets of Baltimore Gram Parsons (and Emmylou Harris) GP, Reprise
Them Dance Hall Girls Fraser & DeBolt Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenter, Fallout
Bright Lights Big City Neil Young Everybody's Rockin', Geffen
Small Town Talk Boz Scaggs A Fool to Care, Columbia
Closing Bed: Walking Home Donald Harrison with Dr. John Indian Blues, Candide