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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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FIRE AND WATER: HERBIE HANCOCK & THE NEVILLE BROTHERS

March 4th, 2009

Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock joins us to talk about keeping his hardcore jazz credentials while breaking the pop barrier with “Watermelon Man.” Hancock recalls famous associations with Miles and more, including those on his recent Record of the Year, River: the Joni Letters, a collection of Joni Mitchell tunes. Plus the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R & B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation with Ivan and Ian Neville.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville
    Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison Jr.
    Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP
  • Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchopitoulas
    The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango
  • Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Voo Doo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • My Blood The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Shaffer orchestra
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
    Maiden Voyage, Blue Note
  • Watermelon Man Johnnie Taylor
    Wanted: One Soul Singer, Atlantic
  • Cantaloupe Island Hugh Masekela
    The Lasting Impression of Ooga Booga, Verve
  • Born to Be Blue George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson
    The Swinging's Mutual, Capitol Jazz
  • Blue Cat Power
    Jukebox, Matador
  • Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Joni Mitchell
    Mingus, Asylum
  • Instrumental: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat Pentangle
    Light Flight: The Anthology, Castle
  • A Sailboat in the Moonlight Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944, Columbia
  • How Deep is the Ocean Lonnie Johnson
    The Complete Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea George Harrison
    Brainwashed, Capitol
  • I'll Sail My Ship Alone Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Both Sides Now Herbie Hancock
    River: The Joni Letters, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Herbie Hancock

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  • Lay Lady Lay Cassandra Wilson
    Glamoured, Blue Note
  • Big Yellow Taxi Bob Dylan
    Dylan, Columbia
  • End Bed: Both Sides Now Randy Scruggs
    Crown Of Jewels, Reprise

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