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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AMERICAN ROUTES AT THE MOVIES 2019

August 14th, 2019

We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mo' Better Blues Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis
    Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
  • Pop Top 40 Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis Quartet
    Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
  • Let's Stay Together Al Green
    Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction, MCA
  • Last Night Little Walter
    Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
  • I'd Rather Go Blind Beyoncé
    Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
  • Instrumental: Don't Run Terence Blanchard
    Magnetic, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Terence Blanchard

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  • Instrumental: Angular Dissent Gary DeMichele
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • Stornelli Amorosi Claudio Villa
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • Buona Sera Louis Prima
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • King Creole Elvis Presley
    King Creole, RCA
  • Hey Hey Indian's Comin The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Ma 'Tit Fille Buckwheat Zydeco
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Colinda Zachary Richard
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Sweet and Dandy Toots and the Maytals
    The Harder They Come, Island
  • Closing Bed: The Russians Are Coming Val Bennet
    The Best of Instrumental Reggae, Justice

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Lujon Henry Mancini
    The Big Lebowski Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mercury
  • Blues for Basses Don Shirley
    Piano Artistry, Vintage Music Inc.
  • A Letter from My Baby Timmy Shaw
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • Blue Skies Kris Bowers
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • Cookin' Al Casey Combo
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • The Lonesome Road Don Shirley
    The Don Shirley Trio, Cadence
  • Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis
    The Best of King Curtis, Capital Jazz
  • Act Naturally Buck Owens
    Very Best of Buck Owens, Rhino
  • Picture Show John Prine
    The Missing Years, Oh Boy Records
  • SEGMENT: The Coen Brothers

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  • Green Rocky Road Dave Van Ronk
    Inside Llewyn Davis, Warner Music Group
  • When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
    When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings, Acony Records
  • Instrumental: The Thang Lou Donaldson
    Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
  • B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas
    Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
  • When Something is Wrong with my Baby Sam and Dave
    Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
  • La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
    La Vie en Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), EMI
  • La Vie En Rose Lady Gaga
    A Star is Born, Interscope
  • Closing Bed: One for My Baby Don Shirley
    Don Shirley's Best, Cadence

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