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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SWINGING WITH MOCKINGBIRDS AND MILK COWS: LOS CENZONTLES & THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN

September 30th, 2020

Deep in the heart of Texas, we visit with western swing trio The Hot Club of Cowtown, who started out in the bright lights of New York City and made a way to becoming a local favorite in Austin, Texas. We talk about hot clubs, 78 record collectors and hear songs about milk cows from some of the band’s favorite musicians. Then, from the Bay Area, Los Cenzontles celebrate their Mexican American roots through teaching and performance, and collaborate with artists like Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. It’s milk cows and mockingbirds on American Routes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield Hot Club of Cowtown
    Dev'lish Mary , Craft Recordings
  • A Big Ball's in Cowtown Hoyle Nix and His West Texas Cowboys
    Out There: Wild and Wondrous Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 , Viper
  • Milk Cow Blues Willie Nelson and Francine Reed
    Willie Nelson, Milk Cow Blues , Island
  • Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
    Ella Mae Morse: Collectors' Series , Capitol
  • Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
    Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 1930-1935 , Document
  • Milk Cow Blues Doc Watson with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III , Capitol Nashville
  • Instrumental: Milk Cow Blues George Lewis
    George Lewis, SVP
  • I Got Rhythm Lester Young and his Kansas City Six
    Lester Young: The Kansas City Sessions , Verve
  • Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
    Shake Rattle and Rock , Rhino
  • Let's Rock Bob Wills
    The Country Music Hall of Fame , MCA Nashville
  • Milkcow Blues Elvis Presley
    A Date with Elvis , Sony
  • Fan It Lightnin' Hopkins
    Lightnin' Hopkins , Smithsonian Folkways Records
  • Fan It Milton Brown
    Western Swing Classics: Vol. 2 , Red Devil Records
  • Instrumental: Djangology Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli
    Djangology: Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli , BMG
  • Stompin' at Decca Hot Club of France
    Parisian Swing , Avid Records
  • Keep Knockin' But You Can't Come In Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
    Kings of Western Swing , Fuel 2000
  • Take Me Back to Tulsa Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
    Together Again , Capitol Texas
  • SEGMENT: Hot Club of Cowtown

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  • Closing Bed: Faded Love Hot Club of Cowtown
    What Makes Bob Holler , Proper

HOUR two

  • Open bed: Josefinita Los Cenzontles, Atilano Lopez
    Cuatro Maestros, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
  • Across the Border Line Freddy Fender with Ry Cooder
    Music by Ry Cooder, Warner
  • Paloma Negra Chavela Vargas
    Homenaje a una Grande , Sony
  • Contrabando Y Traición Los Tigres del Norte
    15 Súper Corridos , Discos Amor
  • Los Laureles Linda Rondstadt
    Canciones de mi Padre , Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Chicas Patas Boogie Lalo Guerrero
    Pachuco Boogie , Arhoolie
  • La Bamba Los Lobos
    La Bamba , Slash
  • La Morena Grupo Mono Blanco
    ¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz , Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Patricia Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbán
    Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch
  • Peanut Vendor Billie and DeDe Pierce
    Billie and DeDe and their Preservation Hall Band , Preservation Hall
  • Mi Tesoro Los Cenzontles & Preservation Hall All-Stars
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  • You Will Cry Los Cenzontles, Ruben Moreno
    Shades of Brown , Los Cenzontles
  • Instrumental: Migration Los Cenzontles, David Hidalgo
    Regeneration , Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
  • SEGMENT: Los Cenzontles

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  • Closing Bed: Caballo Viejo Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbon
    Mambo Sinuendo , Nonesuch

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