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San Antonio Sounds

The great Texas river city is a mix of Mexican, German, Anglo and African American cultures, among others. Home to the Texas Conjunto Festival and the International Accordion Festival, San Antonio is best known for Tex-Mex or Tejano music played by squeeze box masters like Flaco Jimenez, Narciso Martinez and Mingo Saldivar among many. We’ll speak with Flaco, who in collaborations with Doug Sahm, Ry Cooder, and Los Super Seven, has carried the music worldwide. “Chicano brown-eyed soul” performers like Sunny and the Sunliners and other groups describe music that connected New Orleans and Louisiana Swamp Pop with San Antonio and East Los Angeles. We’ll also talk with Vox organ legend Augie Meyers who worked in the high hippie era with Doug Sahm as part of the Sir Douglas Quintet and later in the Texas Tornadoes. The conversation comes full circle with Max Baca, the leader and bajo sexto player of Los Texmaniacs who was influenced by both Flaco and Doug Sahm. The Grammy-winning family band sticks with tradition, but finds ways to include country, blues and rock. Plus music from Sam the Sham, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Freddy Fender and Willie Nelson. ¡Vamos!

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HOLIDAY SOUL AND SPIRIT: LIVE FROM PRESERVATION HALL WITH IRMA THOMAS & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA

December 20th, 2017

For this special holiday edition of American Routes, we get into the spirit of the season with live performances by Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, and gospel greats the Blind Boys of Alabama at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. Blind Boys’ founding member Jimmy Carter tells of his long life on the road through the Jim Crow South and around the world, and Irma Thomas describes her gospel roots and soul music’s role in protest and healing. Plus, we keep the holiday festivities going with a joyous jukebox of blues and jazz, Cajun and country, solstice and seasonal tunes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Bourbon Street Parade Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Hindustan Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Just a Little While to Stay Here Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • SEGMENT: Jimmy Carter

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  • Instrumental: Brother Soul Lou Donaldson
    Say It Loud, Blue Note
  • Amazing Grace Blind Boys of Alabama
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Uncloudy Day The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • I'll Fly Away Blind Boys of Alabama
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Instrumental: Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson
    Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Irma Thomas

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  • Love Don't Change Irma Thomas
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • You Can Have My Husband But Please Don't Mess With My Man Irma Thomas
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • If I Had a Hammer Irma Thomas and the Blind Boys of Alabama
    Live recording from Preservation Hall,
  • Closing Bed: Wade in the Water Hank Jones and Charlie Hayden
    Steal Away, Verve

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Christmas Blues Ramsey Lewis
    The Joy of Christmas Past, GNP
  • Faraway Christmas Blues Johnny Otis
    The Johnny Otis R&B Caravan Savoy Recordings, Savoy
  • Baltimore Oriole Bob Dorough
    Devil May Care, Bethlehem Archives
  • CLIP: Bob Dorough

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  • Blue Christmas Lumineers
    Blue Christmas- Single, Lumineers
  • Merry Christmas Baby Charles Brown
    Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Greensleeves Jimmy Smith
    Christmas Cookin' , Verve
  • Christmas in Vietnam Johnny & Jon
    Merry Christmas Baby, Ronn
  • SEGMENT: Chuck Siler

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  • Santa Claus is Skaing to Town Granville Williams Orchestra
    Natty and Nice, A Reggae Christmas, Rhino
  • Christmas Is A Coming Leadbelly
    Leadbelly Sings for Children, Smithsonian Folkways
  • J'ai Vu le Loup, Le Renard et la Belette Balfa Brothers
    Balfa Brothers Play More Traditional Music, Swallow
  • Bachata en Navidad La Sonora Matancera featuring Celia Cruz
    Celebremos Nochebuena con Sonora Matancera, Codigo Music
  • Feliz Navidad Los Straightjackets
    'Tis the Season for Los Straightjackets, Yep Roc
  • Instrumental: Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Duke Ellington
    Three Suites, Columbia
  • Sherburne (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night) Sacred Harp Singers
    Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection, Rounder
  • Cherry Tree Carol Pentangle
    Solomon's Seal, Reprise
  • Greensleeves John Coltrane
    The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2, Impulse
  • O Day Bessie Jones/ Georgia Sea Island Singers
    Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection, Rounder
  • End Bed: Auld Lang Syne John Fahey
    John Fahey Christmas Soli, Fantasy

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