Wednesday Breakfast Blend presents:

This is my United States.

Taking a hard pass on Lee Greenwood. Let’s celebrate levees, coal mines, fried chicken, trains and prison.

Playlist:

Time: July 5 - 2:00:00 am

• Quincy Jones, “Hikky Burr”

  from Smackwater Jack

  A&M - 1971

Time: July 5 - 2:04:00 am

• Alberta Hunter, “Amtrak Blues”

  from Amtrak Blues

  Columbia - 1978

Time: July 5 - 2:07:00 am

• Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe, “When the Levee Breaks”

  from Queen of the Blues

  Legacy Recordings

Time: July 5 - 2:10:00 am

• Odetta, “Ain't No Grave”

  from One Grain of Sand

Time: July 5 - 2:13:00 am

• Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues (Live)”

  from At Folsom Prison (Live)

  Columbia - 1968

Time: July 5 - 2:16:00 am

• Simon & Garfunkel, “America”

  from The Best of Simon & Garfunkel

Time: July 5 - 2:19:00 am

• Odetta, “Sail Away Ladies, Sail Away”

  from Odetta at the Gate of Horn

  Tradition

Time: July 5 - 2:24:00 am

• Frank Ocean, “Forrest Gump”

  from Channel ORANGE

  Island Def Jam - 2012

Time: July 5 - 2:28:00 am

• Roy Ayers Ubiquity, “We Live in Brooklyn, Baby”

  from The Best of Roy Ayers (The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy)

Time: July 5 - 2:32:00 am

• The Capitols, “Working In the Coal Mine (LP Version)”

  from We Got a Thing That's In the Groove

Time: July 5 - 2:35:00 am

• Billie Holiday, “I Cover the Waterfront (1944 Single)”

  from The Complete Commodore Recordings

  Commodore

Time: July 5 - 2:38:00 am

• Bob & Earl, “Harlem Shuffle”

  from Sweet Soul Music

Time: July 5 - 2:41:00 am

• Donna Loren, “Beach Blanket Bingo”

  from The Best Sounds of Summer Pop Classics & Surf Hits

Time: July 5 - 2:43:00 am

• Bill Thomas, “Southern Fried Chicken, Pt. 1 & 2”

  from Movements, Vol. 2

  Perfect Toy Records

Time: July 5 - 2:50:00 am

• Trombone Shorty, “Get the Picture”

  from Say That to Say This

  Verve Records - 2013

Time: July 5 - 2:53:00 am

• Beyoncé, “Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)”

  from Lemonade

  Parkwood Entertainment / Sony - 2016

Time: July 5 - 2:58:00 am

• The Dixie Cups, “Iko Iko”

  from Chapel of Love

  Red Bird - 1964

Time: July 5 - 3:00:00 am

• Capri, “Car Chase On Phoenix Avenue”

  from Boogie Man

Time: July 5 - 3:05:00 am

• KRS-One, “Sound of da Police”

  from A Retrospective

  1990

Time: July 5 - 3:09:00 am

• Tabi Bonney, “Nuthin But a Hero”

  from Fresh

Time: July 5 - 3:13:00 am

• Queen Latifah, “U.N.I.T.Y.”

  from Black Reign

  Motown - 1993

Time: July 5 - 3:17:00 am

• Sylvester And The Hot Band, “Southern Man”

  from The Blue Thumb Collection

Time: July 5 - 3:26:00 am

• John Lee Hooker, “The Motor City Is Burning”

  from The Definitive Collection: John Lee Hooker

Time: July 5 - 3:29:00 am

• Les McCann, “Burnin' Coal”

  from Much Les

  Rhino Atlantic - 1969

Time: July 5 - 3:35:00 am

• Nina Simone, “Gin House Blues (Remastered)”

  from 'Nuff Said

  RCA - 1968

Time: July 5 - 3:39:00 am

• Lee Dorsey, “When the Bill Gets Paid”

  from Freedom for the Funk

  Charly Records

Time: July 5 - 3:41:00 am

• Duke Ellington, “Portrait of Louis Armstrong”

  from New Orleans Suite

  Atlantic - 1971

Time: July 5 - 3:47:00 am

• Curtis Mayfield, “Freddie's Dead”

  from Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition]

  Rhino Records - 1972

Time: July 5 - 3:52:00 am

• Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”

  from Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron

  BMG Classics ‎/ RCA Victor - 1999

Time: July 5 - 3:55:00 am

• Chicago Gangsters, “Gangster Boogie”

  from I Choose You (Originally Released As "Blind Over You")

  Amherst Records, Inc.

dj ginger    Wednesday Breakfast Blend    July 5th, 2017

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