Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel and the Quebe Sisters
We hit up Preservation Hall in the French Quarter for a potent dose of trad jazz, as bandleader and fourth-generation Creole musician Charlie Gabriel tells of his Caribbean roots, jazz funerals, and New Orleans’ hybrid rhythms. Then we head to the Lonestar state to hear the reworking of jazz into Texas swing, as played by the Quebe Sisters. The fiddling siblings tell of their sheltered upbringing outside Ft. Worth and their fiery baptism into western swing. Plus, we spin other pioneering Creoles — Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Fats Domino — and country & western greats from Bob Wills to Willie Nelson.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Yellow Moon Preservation Hall Jazz Band featuring Charlie Gabriel
That's It, Legacy
Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Good Deacon John
Deacon John's Jump Blues, VCC
My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
CLIP: Jelly Roll Morton
Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz King of New Orleans, Bluebird
Dear Old Southland Sidney Bechet w/ Noble Sissle
Sidney Bechet: Ken Burns Jazz, Columbia/Legacy
Instrumental: Bourbon Street Parade Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
Jazz Begins, Atlantic
Les Ognons Baby Dodds Trio
Jazz a la Creole, GHB Records
Frog Legs Lloyd Price
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Ace
Choko Mo Feel No Hey Charlie Gabriel w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1, Preservation Hall Records
I Think I Love You Preservation Hall Jazz Band featuring Charlie Gabriel
That's It!, Legacy
SEGMENT: Charlie Gabriel
Instrumental: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
Tootie Ma Was a Big Fine Thing Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Tom Waits
Preservation, Preservation Hall Records
Ya Ya Lee Dorsey
Ya! Ya!, Fury Records
Tou’ les jours ç’est pas la même Carol Fran
Our New Orleans 2005, Nonesuch
One More 'Fore I Die Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Del McCoury
50th Anniversary Collection, Sony
Closing Bed: Java Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint-- The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: San Antonio Rose Quebe Sisters
Texas Fiddling, Arhoolie
I'm an Old Cowhand Dan Hicks and Mary Ann Price
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks Striking It Rich, MCA
Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
From the Vaults, Vol. 1: The Birth of a Label, Capitol
Milk Cow Blues Johnnie Lee Wills
Hillbilly Blues 1929-1947, ASV
Texas Dance Hall Girl Johnny Bush
Texas Dance Hall Girl, RCA
Be Real Freda and the Fire Dogs
Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm, Vanguard
Sister's Comin' Home/Down at the Corner Beer Joint Willie Nelson
Phases and Stages, Atlantic
Instrumental: Pflugerville Boogie Bill Neely
Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie
Texas Woman Blues Taj Mahal
Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff, Columbia
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Andrews Sisters
The Cream of the Andrews Sisters, Pavillon
Down the Road Apiece Merrill Moore
Swing West! Volume 3 -- Western Swing, Razor & Tie
One, Two Spade Cooley
Shame On You-- Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang, Bloodshot
Steel Guitar Rag Spade Cooley
Shame On You-- Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang, Bloodshot
Intro and Texas Playboy Theme Bob Wills
Bob Wills for the Last Time, Capitol
Instrumental: Taking Off Milton Brown & His Brownies
Texas Music Vol. 2-- Western Swing & Honky Tonk, Rhino
SEGMENT: The Quebe Sisters
Dallas Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Don't Look For a Heartache, Hightone
Abilene George Hamilton IV
The Folk Years- A Singers and Songwriters Collection- Reason to Believe, EMI
Lonestar Norah Jones
Come Away With Me, Capitol
Big Yellow Moon Over Texas Bill Neely
Texas Law & Justice, Arhoolie
Closing Bed: Bandera Willie Nelson
Red-Headed Stranger, Columbia