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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SUMMER SURF

July 8th, 2009

Back to the beach with “beach music” from both coasts. We’ll talk with California surf guitarist Dick Dale, go lobstering in Maine, and visit Sea Breeze, a historically African-American beach in North Carolina. With music by Charles Mingus, James Brown and Astrud Gilberto.

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HOUR ONE

  • Summertime James Brown & Martha High
    Duets , Polydor
  • Too Hot The Specials
    The Specials , Chsalis
  • Beach Boy Blues Elvis Presley
    Blue Hawaii , RCA
  • Coconut Island Junior Brown
    12 Shades of Brown , Curb
  • King of the Surf Guitar Dick Dale
    Cowabunga! Box , Rhino
  • Instrumental: Bustin' Thru Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
    Stratosphere Boogie , Razor & Tie
  • INTERVIEW: Dick Dale

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  • "Miserlou" and "The Wedge" Dick Dale
    Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology , Rhino
  • Like Swimming Morphine
    Like Swimming , Dreamworks
  • Fisherman's Wharf Peggy Lee
    Blues Cross Country , Capitol Jazz
  • INTERVIEW: Carl Schwab & Bruce McVane on Lobstering in Maine
  • Instrumental: The Fish Vender Tom McDermott
    Louisianthology , STR
  • Love Letters in the Sand Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic , Bear Family
  • Pouring Water on a Drowning Man James Carr
    The Essential , Razor & Tie
  • I'm Gonna Sail Like a Ship on the Ocean Henry Morrison
    Sound of the South: Negro Church Music , Atlantic
  • Jonah & the Whale Louis Armstrong
    Louis & the Good Book , MCA
  • Blue Tide Charles Mingus
    Complete Debut Recordings,
  • Shadows on the Sand Frank Sinatra
    The Popular Sinatra Vol.3 , BMG

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Over the Waves George Lewis
    Hot Jazz on Blue Note ,
  • Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald
    The Very Best Of Ella , Decca
  • Barnacle Bill the Sailor Louis Jordan
    The Anthology 1938-1953 , MCA/Decca
  • Les Bons Temps Rouler David Doucet
    Quand J'ai Parti , Rounder
  • Red Sails In the Sunset Bobby Jay
    The Best of Excello Vol.1 , Rhino
  • Instrumental: Hand Clappin' Red Prysock
    Blues Masters Vol.5: Jump Blues Classics , Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Brenda Freeman, Alfred Mitchell, Chicken Hicks on Sea Breeze

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  • Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Solomon Burke
    The Best Of Solomon Burke , Rhino/Atlantic
  • Better Luck in the Summertime Robert Parker
    Golden Classics ,
  • Don't Rock My Boat Bob Marley & The Wailers
    Selassie Is The Chapel , JAD
  • Instrumental: Wave Antonio Carlos Jobim
    The Man From Ipanema , Polygram
  • Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) Getz/Gilberto
    Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto,
  • La Playa Los Lobos
    This Time , Hollywood
  • Moon, Turn The Tides... gently gently away Jimi Hendrix
    Electric Ladyland , MCA
  • The Dolphins Fred Neil
    Everybody's Talkin': Theme From "Midnight Cowboy", Rev-Ola

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