AMERICAN ROUTES
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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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LUCINDA WILLIAMS & CAROL FRAN

February 29th, 2012

Join us and cruise the Gulf Coast Highway with Deep South singer, songwriter Lucinda Williams as she talks about her connection with traditional music, her writing style and sense of place. Plus, Lafayette, Louisiana R&B chanteuse and pianist Carol Fran comes by the studio for conversation and a special live set. There’s also great music from Johnny Cash, Cassandra Wilson, and Gatemouth Brown.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Metal Firecracker Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Ramblin' on My Mind Lucinda Williams
    Ramblin', Smithsonian Folkways
  • Richland Woman Blues Mississippi John Hurt
    Avalon Blues 1963, Rounder
  • Kokomo Me Baby Mississippi Fred McDowell
    I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll, Capitol
  • Rock Island Line Johnny Cash
    The Essential 1955-83, Columbia
  • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Bob Dylan
    Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia
  • This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Gospel 1938/1943, Fremeaux & Associes
  • Instrumental: Jesus Will Fix It For You Sonny Treadway
    Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie
  • Mama Tried Merle Haggard
    Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb
  • Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down Elvis Costello and the Attractions
    Almost Blue, Rhino
  • Drunken Angel Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • SEGMENT: Lucinda Williams

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  • Gulf Coast Waltz Vassar Clements
    20 Fiddle Tunes and Waltz Favorites, Rural Rhythm
  • Tennessee Blues Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
    Timeless, Hightone
  • That's All Right Blind Snooks Eaglin
    That's All Right, Bluesville
  • Everybody's Trying to be My Baby Roy Newman & His Boys
    Texas Music Vol. 2: Western Swing & Honky Tonk, Rhino
  • Everybody's Trying to be My Baby Carl Perkins
    The Classics, Bear Family
  • Honey Don't The Beatles
    Beatles For Sale, Capitol
  • Passionate Kisses Lucinda Williams
    Lucinda Williams, Koch

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Bessie Smith
    The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia/Legacy
  • Give me a Red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer Smiley Maxedon
    Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia
  • My Bucket's Got A Hole in It Jim Robinson
    Atlantic Jazz: New Orleans, Atlantic
  • Bourbon Street Blues Louis Prima
    He's the Wildest: The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: I Will Always Be In Love With You Carol Fran
    American Routes Live Recording,
  • SEGMENT: Carol Fran

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  • Quelque Chose Sur Mon Idee (There's Something On My Mind) Clifton Chenier
    Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie
  • Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Freddy Fender
    The Voice: The Crazy Cajun Recordings, Edsel
  • Wasted Laura Cantrell
    Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson, Bloodshot
  • Continental Trailways Blues Steve Earle
    Early Tracks, Koch
  • Liza Jane Dale Hawkins
    Oh! Susie Q: The Best of Dale Hawkins, MCA
  • Instrumental: Li'l Liza Jane The New Rebirth Brass Band
    D-Boyy, NYNO
  • I Hear You Knocking Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • St. Louis Blues Mose Allison
    Gimcracks and Gewgaws, Blue Note
  • Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Skies, Polydor
  • Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Kermit Ruffins
    Kermit Ruffins, Putomayo
  • End Bed: Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet
    Dear Old Southland, Definitive

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