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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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ROBBIE FULKS & BETTYE LAVETTE

June 9th, 2010

Join us for the sounds and stories of estranged country singer and songwriter Robbie Fulks. And R&B vixen Bettye LaVette takes us from the Motor City to Muscle Shoals, and Beale Street to Bourbon Street, as she recounts nearly 50 years of singing R&B.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Touch My Heart Lloyd Green
    The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green, Koch
  • Sitting on Top of the World Doc Watson
    Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection, 1964-1998, Sugar Hill
  • Happy Woman Blues Lucinda Williams
    Happy Woman Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Elizabeth Cotten
    Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes, Folkways
  • Lonesome Road Blues Muddy Waters
    The Chess Box, MCA/Chess
  • This Old Road Kris Kristofferson
    This Old Road, New West
  • End of the Road Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Pan Handle Rag Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band
    Heroes of country Music, Vol.1: Legends of Western Swing, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Robbie Fulks

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  • Great Speckled Bird Johnny Cash
    Love, God, Murder, Columbia/American/Legacy
  • Paper Wings Gillian Welch
    Revival, Almo Sounds
  • Wild Side of Life Charlie Feathers
    Get With It: Essential Recordings 1954-69, Revenant
  • Instrumental: Great Speckled Bird Auldridge, Brozman & Grisman
    Tone Poems III, Acoustic Disc
  • It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells
    In the Country of Country, Compass
  • The Wild Side of Life / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Robert 'Bilbo' Walker
    Promised Land, Rooster Blues
  • Stealin', Stealin' Memphis Jug Band
    When the Sun Goes Down: The First Time I Met the Blues, Bluebird
  • I'm a Woman Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band
    Greatest Hits!, Vanguard
  • Country Honk Rolling Stones
    Let it Bleed, ABKCO

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
    Hi Records: The Hi Records R&B Years, Hi
  • Work With Me Annie Hank Ballard
    Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Rhino
  • Roll with Me Henry Etta James
    R&B Dynamite, Flair/ Virgin
  • Brown Eyed Handsome Man Buddy Holly
    The Buddy Holly Collection, MCA
  • I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You Louis Prima and Keely Smith
    Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool and Swingin', Vol. 1, Capitol
  • Someday, You'll Be Sorry Johnny St. Cyr
    Johnny St. Cyr, American Music
  • Instrumental: Bogalusa Strut John Rankin
    Guitar Gumbo, STR
  • Release Me Clifton Chenier
    King of the Bayous, Arhoolie
  • He'll Have To Go Ry Cooder
    Chicken Skin Music, Reprise
  • SEGMENT: Bettye LaVette

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  • Instrumental: Al's Theme Allen Toussaint
    The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
  • All These Things Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
    The River in Reverse, Verve
  • Sea of Love Cookie and the Cupcakes
    King of Swamp Pop, Ace
  • Walking to New Orleans Dr. John
    Sing Me Back Home: The New Orleans Social Club, Burgundy
  • One Step at a Time Fats Domino
    Alive and Kickin', Tipitina's Foundation
  • This Little Light of Mine Sam Cooke
    At the Copa, ABKCO
  • End Bed: Sunday Mornin' Grant Green
    Sunday Morning, Blue Note

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