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CESAR ROSAS OF LOS LOBOS
A visit in Los Angeles with Los Lobos guitarist and composer Cesar Rosas, talking about his Mexican musical heritage and his new solo release. Plus music from Nina Simone, Jimmy Martin, Slim Gaillard and Combustible Edison.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Promised Land Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry: The Chess Box, Chess/MCA - California Blues Merle Haggard
Same Train, A Different Time, Capitol - Mexico Americano Los Pinguinos Del Norte
Music of La Raza Vol. 1, Arhoolie - Tin Marin de do Pingue Lalo Guerrero
Recuerdos/Memories, Lalo Guerrero - Instrumental: Cancion Mixteca Ry Cooder
Music by Ry Cooder, Warner Brothers - Landed In the Mud Beaver Nelson
The Last Hurrah, Freedom - Deep River Jimmy Martin
Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, Bear Family - Goin' to the River Bill and Will
Chess Rhythm & Roll, MCA/Chess - Dirty Water Standells
Wild Thing, Warner Brothers - Down by the Riverside Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery
Best of the 50's, Atlantic - Instrumental: Wrong Man Theme Los Lobos
Just Another Band From East L.A., Slash/Warner Brothers - INTERVIEW: Cesar Rosas
Listen - So Rare Esquivel
Infinity in Sound Volumes 1 and 2, Bar/None - Pink Victim Combustible Edison
The Impossible World, SubPop - Laughing in Rhythm Slim Gaillard & his Peruvians
Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years, Verve - Happy-Go-Lucky-Me Paul Evans
Pecker Soundtrack, RCA Victor
HOUR two
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - Keep A-Knockin' But You Can't Come In Louie Jordan & his Tympany Five
Let The Good Times Roll, 1938-1954, Bear Family - Tu peux cogner Balfa Brothers
Les haricots sont pas salés, Expression spontanée - Lulu's Back in Town Leon Redbone
On The Track, Warner Brothers - You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark Alberta Hunter
Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women, Rhino - Singles Party Greyboy
Freestylin', Ubiquity - Bon Ton Roulet Clarence Garlow
Zydeco - The Early Years, Arhoolie - Same Thing On ReBirth Brass Band
Take It To The Street, Rounder - Instrumental: When the Saints Go Marching In Rebirth Marching Jazz Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder - Texas Eagle Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
The Mountain, E-Squared - Two Trains Running James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker & Charlie Haden
Deep In The Blues, Verve - Daybreak Express Duke Ellington
Daybreak Express, RCA Victor - Instrumental: Night Train Bill Doggett
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 3, Rounder - Pop's Dilemma James Booker
Junco Partner, Hannibal - I Got It Bad Nina Simone
Masters of Jazz Vol. 5: Female Vocal Classics, Rhino - Wallflower Doug Sahm and Band
Doug Sahm and Band, Atlantic - Goodnight Irene Red Foley & Ernest Tubb
Only Country 1950-1954, MCA - End Bed: Seventh & Union Hank Garland
Legends of Guitar Vol.2, Rhino