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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RANDY NEWMAN

April 12th, 2000

The world of Randy Newman — from Beethoven to Gershwin, rednecks and short people, L.A. to La. Music from Newman plus Cassandra Wilson, Buck Owens, Slim Harpo, and Art Blakey.

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HOUR ONE

  • Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis
    Original Golden Hits - Volume 1, Sun
  • Eh, 'Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Grey Eagle Allison Krauss
    Live at Carnegie Hall for the Folk Masters series,
  • Rag Mama Rag The Band
    Across the Great Divide, Capitol
  • Prelude #2 Gil Shaham & Andre Previn
    American Scenes, Deutsche Grammophone
  • How Long Has This Been Going On? Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, Decca
  • Instrumental: Prelude in C# Minor Herbie Hancock
    Gershwin's World, Verve
  • INTERVIEW: Randy Newman #1
  • Liza Jimmie Noone and his Orchestra
    I Got Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection
  • Mr. 9 O'Clock New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
    Fresh Out The Past, Shanachie
  • Something's Wrong With This Picture Galactic
    Ain't No Funk Like N.O. Funk, Bullseye
  • Instrumental: Sunny Jimmy Smith
    Talkin' Verve Groovy!, Verve
  • Instrumental Randy Newman (# 2)
  • My Country Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dreamworks
  • You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis
    Greatest Hits, Finest Performances, Sun
  • I'll Keep Sittin' On It Georgia White
    Men Are Like Street Cars...Women Blues Singers 1928-1969, MCA

HOUR two

  • Cleve Van Valen Alfred Newman
    How the West Was Won Soundtrack, Rhino
  • Let's Go Get Stoned Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan
    Greatest Hits, Columbia
  • Save The Last Dance for Me Buck Owens
    Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat, Sundazed
  • Shake Your Hips Slim Harpo
    The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O
  • Love Struck Baby Stevie Ray Vaughan
    The Real Deal: Hits Vol.2, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey
    Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino
  • I Been 'Buked from Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" chorus conducted by Joseph Joubert
    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, V2
  • Moanin' Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
    The Blue Note Years Vol. 2: The Jazz Message, Blue Note
  • Hang On To Your Pride Family Tree
    Explorations, Ubiquity
  • Young, Gifted and Black The Heptones
    Sea of Love, Heartbeat
  • Instrumental: Moanin' Buddy Guy
    The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, Chess/MCA
  • Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
    Cheek to Cheek: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Randy Newman (#3)
  • Ragtime Randy Newman
    30 Years: Guilty, Rhino

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