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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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JAZZ FEST WITH IRMA THOMAS

April 22nd, 1998

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is in full swing over the next two weeks. We’ll have music from the year ‘round jazz fest that is the New Orleans club scene, bring you sounds from the Festival grounds, and talk with musical luminaries of the Crescent City, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Saturday Night Fish Fry Jackie "Moms" Mably and Pearl Bailey
    Stars of the Apollo, Columbia/Legacy
  • Stay All Night Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    For the Last Time, Liberty
  • Dance All Night Boozoo Chavis
    Zydeco Trail Ride, Maison de Soul
  • Right Place Dr. John
    The Very Best of Dr. John, Rhino
  • La Cologiala Rodolfo y su Tipica
    Cumbia Cumbia, World Ciruit
  • Instrumental: Sobbin' Blues King Oliver
    Jazz the World Forgot Vol. 2, Yazoo
  • Roly Poly Asleep At The Wheel
    Western Standard Time, Epic
  • Roll With Me Henry Etta James
    R & B Dynamite, Flair/Virgin
  • The Creole Love Call Rahsaan Roland Kirk
    Atlantic Jazz - Best of the '60s, Vol. 2, Rhino
  • Big Legged Women Are Back in Style Taj Mahal
    Mean Old World - The Blues 1940 to 1994, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
    They Call Me the Fat Man..., Imperial
  • Love Sick Bob Dylan
    Time Out of Mind, Columbia
  • Walk Right In Rooftop Singers
    Folk Song America III, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • Instrumental: Blue Smoke Merle Travis
    Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country Vol. 2, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Ruler of my Heart Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • It's Raining Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
    Time Is One My Side - The Best of Irma Thomas, Minit/EMI
  • Yield Not To Temptation Irma Thomas
    Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson - Sing It!, Rounder
  • St. Louis Blues Henry Butler
    For All Seasons, Atlantic Jazz

HOUR two

  • My Shining Hour Earl Turbinton
    Dominion and Sustenance, Progressive
  • Round Midnight Betty Carter
    Round Midnight, Atlantic/Atco
  • A Hundred and Ten in the Shade John Fogerty
    Blue Moon Swamp, Warner Brothers
  • The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino
  • In the Night Professor Longhair & his Blues Scholars
    The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Bourbon Street Parade Olympia Brass Band
    Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie
  • I Got Loaded Cookie & the Cupcakes
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Aldus Roger
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • Bottle Up and Go Snooks Eaglin
    Rural Blues, Fantasy
  • All That Wine is Gone Big Jay McNeely
    Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol Blues Collection
  • Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O'Dee Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Hits, Mercury
  • Honky-Tonkin' Hank Williams
    The Original Singles Collection, Polydor
  • Soulful Dress Sugar Pie DeSanto
    Chess Soul - A Decade of Chigaco's Finest, MCA/Chess
  • Ants in My Pants James Brown
    Star Time, Polydor
  • Instrumental: Funky Junk Jimmy McGriff
    Electric Funk, Blue Note
  • Two-Way Pocky Way Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • thum nyatiti solo
    Before Benga Volume 1: Kenya Dry, Original Music
  • Boogie Chillen' John Lee Hooker
    The Very Best of John Lee Hooker, Rhino
  • Fundamental Things Bonnie Raitt
    Fundamental, Capitol
  • End Bed: Flying Home Gatemouth Brown
    Gate Swings, Verve

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