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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November 28th, 2001

Two hours of music surrounding the forefather of the blues, Robert Johnson. The guitarist and singer is remembered by four other Delta bluesmen: guitarist Johnny Shines rode the rails with Johnson in the 1930s, pianist and guitarist Henry Townsend jammed with him, Robert Junior Lockwood is Johnson’s stepson and the late diddly-bow player Lonnie Pitchford followed in his footsteps. We’ll also hear Johnson tunes in the hands of latter-day artists the Rolling Stones and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Black Ace Black Ace
    I Am The Boss Card in Your Hand, Arhoolie
  • Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Crossroads Cream
    The Very Best of Cream, Polydor
  • Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Dynaflow Blues The Johnny Shines Blues Band
    Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 3, Vanguard
  • INTERVIEW: Johnny Shines

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  • Instrumental: Overall Junction Albert King
    Blues Masters: The Very Best of Albert King, Rhino
  • Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Milk Cow Blues Rose Maddox
    America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol. 1, Arhoolie
  • Milkcow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
    The Essential 50s masters, RCA
  • Dust My Broom Ike & Tina Turner
    Bold Soul Sister, Hip-O
  • I Believe I'll Go Back Home Clifton Chenier
    King of the Bayous, Arhoolie
  • Walking Blues Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
  • Sweet Old Chicago Roosevelt ‘The Honeydripper' Sykes
    Blues By Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Memphis Blues Eubie Blake
    Memories of You - from Rare Piano Rolls, Biograph
  • INTERVIEW: Henry Townsend

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  • Go Ahead Buddy Bill Weldon
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • They're Red Hot Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • They're Red Hot Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMI

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Miles Runs the Hoodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew, Columbia
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note
  • Preachin' Blues Son House
    Mojo Workin' - Blues for the Next Generation, Columbia/Legacy
  • Love In Vain Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Stop Breaking Down Rolling Stones
    Exile On Main Street, Virgin
  • Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder
    Music By Ry Cooder, Warner
  • INTERVIEW: Robert Junior Lockwood

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  • Ramblin' On My Mind Front Range
    Ramblin' On My Mind, Sugar Hill
  • Sitting On Top of the World The Mississippi Sheiks
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Come On In My Kitchen Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Instrumental: Elmer's Blues Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden
    Blues & Ballads, Bluesville
  • INTERVIEW: Lonnie Pitchford

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  • Walkin' Blues Muddy Waters
    Rollin' Stone, MCA
  • Crossroads Cowboy Junkies
    Whites Off Earth Now!, RCA
  • End Bed: Cross Road Blues Marcus Roberts
    Blues For the New Millennium, Columbia

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