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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HUGH MASEKELA & JOSHUA ALLEN

May 16th, 2007

Hugh Masekela sets the record straight on “township bop,” playing Satchmo’s horn, and how he ended up with a million-selling hit that made the South African trumpeter and jazzman a rock star. Join Nick as he visits with Virginia-based Joshua Allen, and listen to Allen demonstrate the ox horn flute.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
    Still Grazing, Blue Thumb
  • I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
    The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG
  • Owakho Miram Makeba & the Skylarks
    The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden
  • Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
    All Day Thumbsucker Revisited, Blue Thumb
  • Africa The Meters
    The Meters Anthology, Rhino
  • Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
    Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE
  • Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
    Township Jazz ‘n' Jive, Music Collection International
  • INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. I Hugh Masekela

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  • 4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
    Uhuru Afrika / Highlife, Roulette
  • Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
    Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan
  • Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
    Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975, BBE
  • INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. II Hugh Masekela

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  • Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
    Rebirth Kickin' it Live!, Rounder

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Otha's Piece Otha Turner with the Como Drum Band
    Mississippi Delta Blues Jam, Vol. 1, Arhoolie
  • Fox and the Hounds Henry Thomas
    Before the Blues, Vol. 3, Yazoo
  • Going Up the Country Canned Heat
    Under My Wheels: 12 Road Trippin' Tracks, Hip-O
  • Old Blue The Byrds
    Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy
  • Fox Hunt Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
    Back to New Orleans, Fantasy
  • Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
    Boozoo Chavis, Elektra Nonesuch
  • Instrumental: Tiger Rag Chet Atkins
    RCA Country Legends, Buddha
  • Tiger Rag Kermit Ruffins
    Big Easy, Basin Street
  • Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) Rufus Thomas, Jr
    The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • Shake 'Em on Down R.L. Burnside
    Too Bad Jim, Fat Possum
  • Rollin' and Tumblin' Bob Dylan
    Modern Times, Columbia
  • Coo Coo Bird Rufus Kasey
    Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Folkways
  • Southbound The Doc Watson Family
    The Doc Watson Family, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Candy Man Reverend Gary Davis
    The Bluesville Years Vol. 6: Blues Sweet Carolina Blues, Prestige
  • Richmond Blues John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
    Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Evidence
  • Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River Blind Gary Davis
    Harlem Street Singer, Prestige/Bluesville
  • INTERVIEW: Joshua Allen

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  • End Bed: Black and Blue Louis Armstrong
    Satch Blows the Blues, Columbia

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