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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August 24th, 2011

American Routes joins with two record men this week to study the means of production… in jazz and country. Michael Cuscuna, founder of Mosaic Records, talks about his reissuing of lavish collectors sets of jazz from Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Count Basie and many more. Al Hawkes joins us from the Maine woods, where he’s been making old-time country, bluegrass and rockabilly records since 1955—some of his own, some on his independent Event Records label.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Rockin' on the Range Johnny Houston
    That'll Flat Git It, Vol.20: Rockabilly from the Vaults of Event Records, Bear Family
  • Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry
    The Best of Chuck Berry: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, MCA
  • The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man The Rolling Stones
    Singles Collection: The London Years, Abkco
  • 309 Sonny Boy Williamson
    Clownin' With the World, Alligator
  • Big Ten-Inch Recrord Bull Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra
    Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R & B, Rhino
  • I Can't Hear a Word You Say Ruth Brown
    The Definitive Soul Collection, Atlantic/ Rhino
  • Instrumental: Slinky Link Wray & the Wraymen
    Slinky!, Sundazed
  • Stack-A-Records Tom Tall
    Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly, Rhino
  • Paul Daigle sur le Jukebox Bonsoir, Catin
    Blues a Catin, Bridgetown
  • Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing Carl Perkins
    The Classics, Bear Family
  • She's Got You Patsy Cline
    The Patsy Cline Collection, MCA
  • Baby Let's Play House Elvis Presley
    Sun: The Singles Collection, Volume 1, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Fiddle Twiddle Harold Carter
    Event Records archive,
  • SEGMENT: Al Hawkes

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  • The Brakeman's Blues Jimmie Rodgers
    First Sessions, 1927 - 1928 , Rounder
  • Juke Box Man Dick Curless
    The Drag 'Em Off the Interstate, Sock It To 'Em Hits of Dick Curless, Razor & Tie
  • Salty Dog Blues Morris Brothers
    Bona Fide Bluegrass and Mountain Music, BMG
  • Salty Dog George Lewis
    Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic
  • Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Blues Walk Lou Donaldson
    The Blue Note Years Volume Two: The Jazz Message, Blue Note
  • Who Listen's to the Radio? Sarah Vaughn & Quincy Jones
    Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951 - 1998, Rhino
  • My Blue Heaven Frank Sinatra
    The Complete Capitol Singles Collection, Capitol
  • I.Q. Blues Freddie Roach
    The Blue Notes Years Volume Three: Organ and Soul, Blue Note
  • A Prayer and Juke Box Little Anthony & the Imperials
    The Best of Little Anthony and the Imperials, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Michael Cuscuna

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  • Instrumental: Let 'Em Roll John Patton
    The Blue Notes Years Volume Three: Organ and Soul, Blue Note
  • St. Louis Blues Big Joe Turner
    The Big Boss of the Blues, Atlantic
  • The Big Beat Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • Number One Station Dennis Alcapone
    She-Boom, She-Boom: African-American Influences on Reggae, 1963 - '73, WestSide
  • Phonograph Blues Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Canned Music Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
    Return To Hicksville: The Blue Thumb Years, 1971 - 1973, Hip-O
  • Instrumental: The Big B.N. The AFO Executives & Tammy Lynn
    Compendium, AFO
  • Let the Winds Blow Johnny Adams
    I Won't Cry: From the Vaults of Ric & Ron Records, Rounder
  • Walking in the Rain The Ronnettes
    Phil Spector: Return to Mono 1958 - 1969, Abkco
  • It's Raining Eleni Mandell
    Country for True Lovers, Zedtone
  • Beyond the Horizon Bob Dylan
    Modren Times, Columbia
  • End Bed: Radio Hula Led Kaapana & Friends
    Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection Volume 2, Dancing Cat

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