AMERICAN ROUTES
San Antonio Sounds San Antonio Sounds September 20th, 2023 (Hour 1)
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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SOUTH TO LOUISIANA WITH ROD BERNARD

May 12th, 2021

American Routes digs into the archives for a classic program on the previous musical generation that defined cultural continuity and renaissance in Southwestern French Louisiana. The interviews include swamp popper Rod Bernard about his breakout hit “This Could Go On Forever.” The late guitarist Lil’ Buck Sinegal recalls the heyday of Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Band. There’s an historic interview with Dewey Balfa, the late fiddler who helped bring Cajun music to worldwide attention. Plus an in-studio set with the memorable Creole accordion player Zydeco Joe.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Le Sud de la Louisianne Alex Broussard
    Le Sud de la Louisianne, La Louisianne
  • Zydeco et Pas Sale Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Grand Texas Wallace 'Cheese' Reed
    Cajun House Party, Arhoolie
  • Jambalaya (on the Bayou) Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
  • Instrumental: Jambalaya Original Drifting Cowboys Band
    Hank Williams Instrumentals, Landmark
  • Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Grand Mamou Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Dewey Balfa from NPR's All Things Considered 1991

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  • Instrumental: Burghers Beat John Hart with Lil' Bob & the Lollipops
    Lafayette Soul Show, La Louisianne
  • I Got Loaded Lil' Bob & the Lollipops
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • Bon Ton Roulet Clarence Garlow
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, 1947 - 1974, EMI
  • SEGMENT: Zydeco Joe live at KRVS

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  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Mon Papa Buckwheat Zydeco
    Classics, Rounder
  • South to Louisiana (North to Alaska) Johnnie Allan
    Swamp Pop Legend, Johnnie Allan: The Essential Collection, Swallow
  • Always Late (With Your Kisses) Jo-El Sonnier
    The Complete Mercury Sessions, Mercury
  • La Porte Dan Arriere (The Back Door) Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, D. L. Menard
    En Bas du Chene Vert, Arhoolie
  • Long Telephone Port Arthur Cleveland Crochet
    Cleveland Crochet & All the Sugar Bees, Goldband
  • Mo Coeur Casses Sampy and the Bad Habits
    Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable & the Musical Kings
    Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excello Records, Vol. 1, Rhino
  • Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher
    The Best of Nellie Lutcher, Capitol Jazz
  • Opelousas Sostan Rufus Jagneaux
    Swamp Gold, Volume 1, Jin
  • SEGMENT: Rod Bernard

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  • Mathilda Cookie & the Cupcakes
    Swamp Gold, Volume 1, Jin
  • Paper in My Shoe Boozoo Chavis
    Alligator Stomp: Cajun and Zydeco Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Line Dancer Lil' Buck Sinegal
    The Buck Starts Here, NYNO
  • SEGMENT: Lil' Buck Sinegal

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  • Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo
    Sings Raining in My Heart, Hip-O
  • Je Vas Revenir Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band
    Play the Zydeco, GNP/Crescendo
  • Chez Moreau Pine Leaf Boys
    La Musique, Arhoolie
  • End Bed: Les Blues Des Routes David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder

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