EASTER WITH DONALD HARRISON, JR. AND HOLMES BROTHERS
Easter weekend is a time for reflection and family, and our guests certainly fit the bill. Donald Harrison, Jr. is a saxophone player and New Orleans native. Harrison’s ties to New Orleans run deep, musically and culturally. Wendell and Sherman Holmes, plus longtime friend Popsy Dixon made up the Holmes Brothers, a vocal group best known for putting their personal stamp on blues, gospel, country, pop and more. We revisit our conversation with the brothers about the transition from Christ Church, Virginia to New York and back again to home and family.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: I'll Fly Away The Holmes Brothers
Jubilation, Real World
Easter Bunny Boogie Willie Brown
Jumpin' the Blues, ACE
Jesus on the Mainline (Tell Him What You Want) The New Birth Brass Band
D-Boy, NYNO
Old Rugged Cross Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Does Your House Have Lions, Rhino/ Atlantic
Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go Marion Williams
Born to Sing the Gospel , Shanachie
Were You There? Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers
Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers, Specialty
You Gotta Move Sam Cooke
Night Beat, RCA
Instrumental: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Lonnie "Big Ben" Bennett
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie
Life's Railway to Heaven Johnny Cash
Personal File, Columbia/Legacy
Gospel Ship The Carter Family
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family
Christian Automobile Sons of Andros
The Bahamas: Islands of Song, Smithsonian Folkways
Move Along Train Marty Stuart with Mavis Staples
Soul's Chapel, Superlatone
Instrumental: My Last Date King Curtis
The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
SEGMENT: Holmes Brothers
How I Got Over Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Rhino/Atlantic
When the Saints Go Marching In Kings of Harmony
Saints' Paradise: Trombone Shout Bands from the United House of Prayer, Smithsonian Folkways
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes Original Recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Spirits of Congo Square Donald Harrison
Spirits of Congo Square, Candid
Up Jumped Spring Art Blakey
Jazz Profile: Art Blakey , Blue Note
April in My Heart Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933 - 1944, Columbia/Legacy
(I've Got) Spring Fever Little Wille John
All 15 of His Charts Hits, King
Easter Parade Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
Instrumental: Echoes of Spring Tom McDermott
The Crave, STR
SEGMENT: Donald Harrison
I'm Puttin' All My Eggs in One Basket Ella and Louis
The Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve, Verve
San Antonio Rose Willie Nelson & Ray Price
San Antonio Rose, Columbia
Instrumental: Texas Blues Vassar Clements, Doug Jernigan, Michael Melford
Hillbilly Jazz , Flying Fish
Will the Roses Bloom Flatt & Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs: 1948-1959, Bear Family
When the Roses Bloom Again Laura Cantrell
When the Roses Bloom Again, Diesel Only
Dress Blues Drive-By Truckers
Live Performance from Minnesota Public Radio's the Current,
Down By the Riverside Cowboy Roy Brown
Street Singer, Delmark
Down By the Riverside Don Vappie
Pappa Don's New Orleans Jazz Band, Vapielle
End Bed: Amazing Grace Donald Harrison
Nouveau Swing, Impulse