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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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I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: HALLOWEEN '19

October 23rd, 2019

To usher in the season of the witch, we invoke the power of hoodoo charms and haunted melodies, blood moons and black magic. And we hang with the Bay Area’s artsy punk rockers Shannon & the Clams as they tell of ghostly encounters, animal spirits and memories from Halloweens past. Plus, spooky chills and thrills from Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie and Hank Williams.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Twilight Zone The Ventures
    The Ventures in Space, Dolton
  • I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone
    The Best of Nina Simone, Verve
  • Season of the Witch Lou Rawls
    The Way It Was: The Way It Is, Capitol
  • Witchcraft The Spiders
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, Capitol
  • Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937), Columbia
  • Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells
    Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
  • Instrumental: House of Mirrors David McCallum
    Music: It's Happening Now!, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Shannon & the Clams

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  • Instrumental: On the Prowl Walter "Wolfman" Washington
    Out of the Dark, Rounder
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Ozma)
  • Ozma Shannon & the Clams
    Dreams in the Rat House, Hardly Art
  • Li'l Red Riding Hood Sham the Sham and the Pharaohs
    Li'l Red Riding Hood/Love Me Like Before, MGM
  • Howlin' at the Moon Hank Williams
    Howlin' at the Moon/I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You), MGM
  • Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Brothers
  • Evil (Is Goin' On) Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA/Chess
  • Howlin' For You Black Keys
    Brothers, Nonesuch
  • Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Green River, Fantasy
  • Felt Like Sin Trailer Bride
    Whine de Lune, Bloodshot
  • End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
    Space, Apple

HOUR two

  • Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew, Columbia
  • Stones in My Passway Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues Singers, Columbia
  • Haunted House Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner Brothers
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Trick-or-Treating)
  • Bo Meets the Monster Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley, Chess
  • Instrumental: Ghost Riders in the Sky Wayne Henderson
    Made & Played, Tucker Road
  • La Llorona Chavela Vargas
    Lo Mejor de Chavela Vargas Vol. 2, Ok Records
  • Long Black Veil Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy
    The List, Manhattan
  • Long Chain On The Knitters
    The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Rounder
  • Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
    Silver, Columbia
  • Phantom 309 Red Sovine
    Phantom 309, Starday
  • Instrumental: Theme from "Rosemary's Baby" Duke Pearson
    Halloween's Gravest Hits, Capitol
  • Last Night I Had a Dream Randy Newman
    Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch
  • Touro Infirmary Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 2, Clean Cuts Music
  • In the Night Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
  • Closing Bed: Saints Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 1, Clean Cuts Music

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