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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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SINGING OF THE DELTAS AND BAYOUS: IRIS DEMENT AND THE LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS

September 30th, 2015

Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent returns to the landscape and soundscape of her youth, the Arkansas Delta. We’ll speak with Iris about her musical homecoming, and listen in on an exclusive solo piano performance of her most recent songs. Then we catch up with the Lafayette punk and rockabilly-inflected Cajun band, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, fronted by brothers Andre and Louis Michot, who can count Gordon Gano (of the Violent Femmes) as a collaborator and fan.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: "La Jolie Fillie N'en Veut Plus de Moi" Lost Bayou Ramblers
    Mammoth Waltz, Bayou Perdu Records
  • "Bon Ton Roulet" Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
    Zydeco: The Early Years 1961-1962, Arhoolie
  • "Bijou Creole" Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    L'Esprit Creole, Valcour
  • "Oh Catin" Bonsoir Catin
    En Français: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll , Bayou Teche Brewing
  • "My Babe" Rod Bernard
    Swamp Rock N Roller, ACE
  • "Lucille" Mike and the Soul Accordion Band
    Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: "Acadian Two-Step" Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Lost Bayou Ramblers

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  • "Pine Grove Blues" Nathan Abshire
    The Best of Nathan Abshire, Swallow
  • "Wooly Bully" Malfacteurs
    En Français: Cajun and Creole Rock and Roll , Bayou Teche Brewing
  • "The Wobble" Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
    Buddy and Jim, New West
  • "Grand Texas" Hackberry Ramblers
    Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish
  • "Jambalaya" Michael White
    Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 2, Basin Street
  • Instrumental: "Steel Guitar Rag" Mello Joy Boys
    Une Tasse Café, Swallow
  • "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" Aldus Roger
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • "Getting Late in the Evening" Raful Neal
    Lafayette Soul Show, Ace
  • "I Got Loaded" Lil Bob and the Lollipops
    Lafayette Soul Show, Ace
  • "Je vas revenir (I'm Coming Home)" Queen Ida and Al Lewis
    Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band: Zydeco, GNP Crescendo
  • Instrumental: "Renee Stomp" Lost Bayou Ramblers
    Vermilionaire, Bayou Perdu Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: "If That Ain't Love" Iris DeMent
    Sing the Delta, Flariella Records
  • "State of Arkansas" The Almanac Singers
    State of Arkansas, 21 Vision Ltd.
  • "Pinebluff, Arkansas" Bukka White
    The Complete Bukka White, Sony
  • "Been a Walkin'" Bobby Lee Trammell
    Vaden Rock 'n Roll Story, Ramco
  • "My Arkansas Bazooka Gal" Bob Skyles and the Skyrockets
    single, Bluebird
  • "Jemima Surrender" The Band
    The Band, Capitol
  • "Corine Corina" Sleepy LaBeef
    The Human Jukebox, Sun
  • Instrumental: "Arkansas Traveler" Bela Fleck
    New Visions: The New Acoustic, Rhino
  • "Cottonfields" Rose Maddox
    Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass, Capitol
  • "California Cottonfields" Merle Haggard
    Hag: Someday We'll Look Back, Capitol
  • "Big City" Iris DeMent
    Tulare Dust: A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard, Hightone
  • SEGMENT: Iris DeMent

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  • Instrumental: "That's All Right Mama" Bill Frisell
    Disfarmer, Nonesuch
  • "My Home's in the Delta" Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
    Alone and Acoustic, Alligator
  • "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Al Green
    Country Meets Soul, Cream/Hi
  • "Darkness on the Delta" Eden Brent
    Mississippi Number One, Yellow Dog
  • "Feel Like Going Home" Charlie Rich
    Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich , (Epic)
  • "I Never Picked Cotton" Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash Unchained, American
  • "Cotton Picker" Eddie Cochran
    Legendary Masters Series #4, United Artists
  • End Bed: "Arkansas Blues" Tuts Washington
    Essential Blues Piano , HOB

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