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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
LONE STAR STATEMENT
Rockabilly, Western Swing, jazz, blues, Tejano, Cajun, Czech — the big sounds of Texas are incredibly diverse. American Routes explores that vast terrain, visiting with Bandera, TX singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen; Tejano accordion master Mingo Saldivar; and the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills, who is remembered by his fiddler Johnny Gimble, daughter Rosetta Wills, Bill Malone, Ray Price and Marle Haggard. Other musical Texans on tap include Illinois Jacquet, Townes van Zandt, and T-Bone Walker.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: San Antonio Rose Bob Wills
Country Music hall of fame, MCA - (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Doug Sahm
The Best of Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, Mercury - INTERVIEW: Mingo Saldivar
Listen - He is a Tejano Texas Tornadoes
Zone of Our Own, Reprise - Zydeco State Jabo
Texas Prince of Zydeco, Maison de Soul - Yes, Baby Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings, MCA - Instrumental: Deep in the Heart of Texas Boogie Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings
Blues, Boogie, & Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions Box, - Blues Come To Texas Lil' Son Jackson
Blues Come To Texas, Arhoolie - Deep Elm Blues The Lone Star Cowboys
Hillbilly Blues, ASV - INTERVIEW: On Bob Wills: with Johnny Gimble, Rosetta Wills, Bill Malone, Ray Price and Merle Haggard
Listen - Instrumental: Seventh and Union Hank Garland
Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country Vol.2, Rhino - Lean Baby Illinois Jacquet
Flying Home: Best of the Verve Years, Verve - Gonna Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat Johnny Copeland
Gulf Coast Guitars, Music Club - Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) Janis Joplin
Love, Janis, Columbia/Legacy - Texas Flood Larry Davis & His Band
Blues Masters Vol.6: Blues Originals, Rhino
HOUR two
- Broke Down South of Dallas Junior Brown
12 Shades of Brown, Curb - Midnight Shift Buddy Holly
The Collecion, MCA - Slow Rollin' Low Waylon Jennings
This Time, RCA - Jole Blon Waylon Jennings
The Journey; Destiny's Child, Bear Family - Austin Special Harry Choates
Louisiana Cajun Music, Vol. 4, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Happy Trails
The Warner Western Instrumental Series Vol.1, Warner - Barbara Polka Adolph Hofner
The Texas-Czech, Bohemian & Moravian Bands, Arhoolie - Aunque Me Odies Lydia Mendoza
Borderlands: Conjunto to Chicken Scratch, Folkways - Can I Sleep in Your Arms Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - INTERVIEW: Robert Earl Keen
Listen - Instrumental: Bandera Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - No Lonesome Tune Townes van Zandt
The Late, Great, Townes van Zandt, Tomato - Blue Wind Blew The Flatlanders
Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Pedernales - Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues, Rhino - T-Bone Blues T-Bone Walker
Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker, Rhino - Lone Star Norah Jones
Come Away With Me, Blue Note - End Bed: Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb
Retrospective, Vol. 2, MCA