Creole Eyes and Classical Ears: Van Dyke Parks & Tom McDermott, 1/7/2015

Conversation with and music from Van Dyke Parks, an eclectic, popular classicist known as a composer and keyboardist, arranger and producer, with a great love of calypso and Hawaiian cowboy music. The man behind the curtain for so many artists, the Hollywood-based Parks is well-regarded for writing and studio work with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, Ry Cooder, Lowell George and Randy Newman, among many. He recently became a fan of pianist Tom McDermott, a St. Louis-born, New Orleans-dwelling and Brazilian-influenced vernacular virtuoso. Parks thought enough of McDermott’s recorded repertoire to collect and reissue some of it as Bamboula–so named for the composition by the mutually-admired New Orleans 19th century pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Tom McDermott, also a fan of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair and James Booker, plays in his parlor for us.

 

00:00 Open Hour 1
segment A: INCUE: “(music) This is AR from New Orleans I’m NS…”
“America” Van Dyke Parks
“Sailin’ Shoes” Little Feat
“Sail On Sailor” The Beach Boys
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“Jack Palance” Mighty Sparrow
“F.D.R. in Trinidad” Ry Cooder
“Wah She Go Do” Bonnie Raitt
OUTCUE: “…musical curiosities when AR returns.”
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20:09
cutaway 1: “Simple Calypso” Esso Trinidad Steel Band
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21:10
segment B: INCUE: “This is AR I’m NS (music start)…”
Van Dyke Parks interview
OUTCUE: “…coming up on AR.”
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37:00
cutaway 2: “Available Space” Ry Cooder
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38:01
segment C: INCUE: “This is AR where we’ve been visiting…”
CLIP: Van Dyke Parks on Randy Newman
excerpt: “Vine Street” Van Dyke Parks
“Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad” Randy Newman
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“Cheek to Cheek” Lowell George
“De Camino a la Vereda” Buena Vista Social Club feat. Ibrahim Ferrer
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“Hawaiian Roughrider” Leabert Lindsay
“Cowboy” Van Dyke Parks
“Heroes and Villains” The Beach Boys
OUTCUE: “…I’m NS and this is AR from PRX.”
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58:59
cutaway 3: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” Tom McDermott and Matt Perrine
1:00:00 “The Stars and Stripes Forever” end
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00:00 Open Hour 2
segment D: INCUE: “(music) This is AR from New Orleans…”
“The Banjo, Opus 15 (Fantasie Grotesque)” Gottschalk
played by Amiram Rigai
“East St. Louis Baby” Professor Longhair
“Java” Allen Toussaint
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“Tricks Ain’t Walkin’ No More” Jelly Roll Morton and Tom McDermott
“Sunny Side of the Street” James Booker
OUTCUE: “…Tom McDermott when AR returns.”
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17:29
cutaway 4: “So Swell When You’re Well” James Booker
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18:30
segment E: INCUE: “This is AR I’m NS in New Orleans…”
Tom McDermott interview
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“The Peanut Vendor” Billie & De De Pierce
“Bamboula” Tom McDermott
OUTCUE: “…Jerry Lee Lewis when AR returns.”
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40:16
cutaway 5: “Boll Weevil Blues” Eubie Blake
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41:17
segment F: INCUE: “This is AR our guest this hour Tom McDermott…”
“Have You Seen My Baby” Ringo Starr
“Hey Good Lookin’” Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott
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“Lewis Boogie” Jerry Lee Lewis
“Eh, Petite Fille” Clifton Chenier
“Early In the Morning” Irma Thomas with Tom McDermott
FINAL CREDITS
OUTCUE: “…for AR from PRX. (music fade out)”
59:00 end


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