Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson
Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the late sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits, and lots of others.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Stealin' Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin
From Downey to Lubbock, Yep Roc Records
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Doc and Merle Watson
Elementary Doctor Watson, Poppy
Me and Paul Willie Nelson
Yesterday's Wine, RCA
SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
SEGMENT: The Flatlanders
Instrumental: Florence Avenue Lullaby Dave Alvin
Museum of Heart, HighTone
SEGMENT: Dave Alvin
Dry River Dave Alvin
Blue Blvd, HighTone
Didn't It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
Didn't It Rain/Stretch Out, Decca
Diggin' My Potatoes Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam, Chess
Sweet Little Angel BB King
Singing the Blues, Crown
Sweet Thang Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn Singin' Again, Decca
Instrumental: El Fantasma Del Toro Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
Way Out West, Superlatone
SEGMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Dave Alvin
End Bed: Highway 1 Bill Frisell
Big Sur, Okeh
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: My Sweet Potato Booker T & the MGs
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic
The Beat Goes On Sonny and Cher
In Case You're in Love, ATCO
Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Louis Prima and Keely Smith
Wild, Cool and Swingin', Capitol
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis Sing Gershwin, Verve
You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
My Little Lady/You and My Old Guitar, Victor
All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers
All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette, Cadence
You Were On My Mind Ian and Sylvia
Ian and Sylvia: The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Vanguard
Instrumental: Frankie and Johnny Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
Frankie and Johnnie Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
Tramp Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
King & Queen, Stax
Zydeco et pas Salé Clifton & Cleveland Chenier
Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
Brother John Wild Tchoupitoulas
Wild Tchoupitoulas, Antilles
Cain and Abel Marsalis Family
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration, Marsalis Music
Instrumental: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
1984, Impulse
SEGMENT: Syl & Jimmy Johnson
Come Together Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black, Twinight
Yes We Can Can Pointer Sisters
Yes We Can Can, Blue Thumb
Closing Bed: Up Right Allen Toussaint
The Wild Sound of New Orleans: The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family