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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GIMME MORE HOPE: RESILIENCE AND IMPROVISATION IN MUSIC, FOOD & DRINK

February 17th, 2021

We’re seeking out hope in a cold, dark season with warm conversation and music. We check in on the places in New Orleans that keep us connected, even in these isolating times, from Li’l Dizzy’s Cafe in Treme to Pete’s Out in the Cold Lounge in the Irish Channel to see how they’re faring. Then a round with Joe Krown at the 88s…on wheels, the Piano on a Truck. Plus songs by Bob Dylan, Bessie Smith, Otis Redding, and Dolly Parton.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Gonna Be All Right Robert Randolph & the Family Band
    Got Soul, Dare Records
  • Everything's Gonna Be Alright PJ Morton
    PJ Morton Gumbo, Morton Records
  • If I Had Wings Dolly Parton
    Blue Smoke, Masterworks
  • Grandma's Hands Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples
    Willie Nelson—To All the Girls, Legacy Recordings
  • Quarantine Together Drive-by Truckers
    YouTube,
  • Stand By Me Otis Redding
    Pain in My Heart, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Blue Monk Hank Jones
    Bop Redux / Groovin' High, Savoy Jazz
  • Segment: Pete's Out in the Cold Bartender Kevin Lee

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  • Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon
    A-Z: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Sunday Best
  • Instrumental: Sleepwalk Ann Farina, John S. Farina, Santo A. Farina, Santo & Johnny
    Hearts in Atlantis - Motion Picture Soundtrack, Universal Classics Group
  • Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Mathilda Cookie and the Cupcakes
    Legends of Swamp Pop—By Request—Cookie & the Cupcakes, Jin Records
  • When I was Young Eric Burden and the Animals
    The Animals Retrospective, ABKCO Records
  • My Back Pages Bob Dylan
    Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Turn Turn Turn Nina Simone
    To Love Somebody, RCA
  • End Bed: Turn, Turn, Turn Bruce Cockburn
    Where Have All the Flowers Gone—The Songs of Pete Seeger, Appleseed

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Dr. John
    Going Back to New Orleans: Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter
  • Goin Back to New Orleans Deacon John
    Going Back to New Orleans: Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter
  • Red Beans Professor Longhair
    Crawfish Fiesta, Alligator
  • Shortnin' Bread Lee Dorsey
    Lee Dorsey — Ride Your Pony, Arista
  • Big Butter and Egg Man Kermit Ruffins
    The Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice Records
  • Shrimp and Gumbo Rebirth
    Rebirth of New Orleans, Basin Street
  • Jambalaya Fats Domino
    The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Struttin' With Some Barbecue Kermit Ruffins
    The Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice Records
  • Segment: Wayne Baquet, Sr. and Arkesha Baquet of Li'l Dizzy's Cafe

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  • Blues with Bechet George Baquet and Sidney Bechet
    The John Reid Collection from the Arkansas Arts Center, GHB Jazz Foundation
  • New Orleans Bump Jelly Roll Morton & Red Hot Peppers
    Jelly-Roll Morton: Orignial Recordings 1926-1929, Van Up
  • Instrumental: Blue Drag Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
  • Segment: Joe Krown: Piano on a Truck

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  • End Bed: Mess Around Joe Krown
    American Routes Live Recording,

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