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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RADIO DAYS REVISITED

July 21st, 2004

We celebrate our chosen medium, scanning the dial in search of great voices, characters and shows that grace the airwaves locally and nationwide, today and yesterday. Included are Ann Arbor/New Orleans legend John Sinclair, an old-time country station based in a Mt. Airy, North Carolina log cabin, and Rev. Izeer’s “Spiritual Workshop” from Jackson, MS.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Accentuate the Positive Harold Arlen
    Over The Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen, Capitol
  • Junco Partner Louis Jordan
    Let The Good Times Roll, Bear Family
  • Doxy Sonny Rollins
    Airegin, Giants of Jazz
  • Sunny Bobby Hebb
    Beg, Scream & Shout, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Sunny The John Schoeder Orchestra
    Space Age Soul, Sequel
  • SEGMENT: Reverend Izeer's Spiritual Workshop, WMPR-AM, Jackson, MS
  • I Want A Little Sugar in my Bowl Nina Simone
    Essential Women in Blues, HoB
  • Crowing Rooster Blues Lonnie Johnson
    He's a Jelly Roll Baker, BMG
  • Jump Back Rufus Thomas
    The Best Of, Rhino
  • Indian Love Call Slim Whitman
    Vintage Collections, Capitol
  • White Line Fever The Flying Burrito Brothers
    The Flying Burrito Brothers, A&M
  • New River Train The Monroe Brothers
    Volume 1, Rounder
  • Midnight Blues Leftover Salmon
    The Nashville Sessions, Universal
  • Instrumental: Eh La Bas Paul Barbarin
    New Orleans Jazz, Atlantic
  • INTERVIEW: John Sinclair

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  • Sunny side of the Street Sidney Bechet
    At Storyville, 1201 music
  • Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now Van Halen
    Diver Down, Warner

HOUR two

  • Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone
    Anthology, Epic
  • Ball Peen Hammer Chris Whitley
    Night on the Delta, Starbucks
  • Blues on The Ceiling Fred Neil
    Bleecker & MacDougal,
  • Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Kinky Freidman & the Texas Jewboys
    Texas Song Writers, Silverwolf
  • Somewhere Listening (for My Name) John Fogerty
    The Blue Ridge Rangers, Fantasy
  • Instrumental: OGD Wes Montgomery
    Ultimate, Verve
  • She's No Trouble Benny Moten
    Kansas City Breakdown, Frog
  • Give Me a Kiss to Build a Dream Louis Armstrong
    Hello, Dolly, MCA
  • I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday Bobby Mitchell
    The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI
  • Evangeline Special Eddie LeJeune
    Cajun Spirit, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Deux Valses a Wayne Perry Steve Riley
    La Toussaint, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Ralph Efferson of WPAQ, Mt. Airy, North Carolina
  • Wabash Cannonball The Carter Family
    In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family
  • Orphan Girl Gillian Welch
    Revival, Almo
  • Anji Davy Graham
    Fire In The Soul, Topic
  • Over The Rainbow Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
    Meet Joe Black soundtrack, Universal
  • End Bed: With a Song in My Heart Ella Fitzgerald
    Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook, Verve

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