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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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GUITAR HEROES: PAT MARTINO & BEN HALL

July 31st, 2013

Join us this week for an exploration of the guitar in jazz, blues and country music. We’ll visit with modern jazz guitarist Pat Martino at his home in Philadelphia and find out more about his formulas for playing jazz solos. Then it’s a conversation with up and coming thumbpicking guitarist Ben Hall, who walks us through the Merle Travis songbook.

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HOUR ONE

  • Sugarfoot Rag Junior Brown
    Junior High, MCG/ Curb
  • Okie Dokie Stomp Clarence Gatemouth Brown
    Real Life, Rounder
  • Walkin' the Strings Merle Travis
    Walkin' the Strings, Capitol
  • Railroad Bill John Jackson
    Country Blues & Ditties, Arhoolie
  • CLIP: John Jackson
  • You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
    The Early Years, 1928-1929, Rounder
  • Sit Down Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Gospel 1938-1943, Rounder
  • CLIP: Jerry Garcia
  • Morning Dew Grateful Dead
    The Grateful Dead, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Windy and Warm Doc Watson
    Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998, Sugar Hill
  • Wildwood Flower Carter Family
    In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Maybelle Carter
  • Wildwood Flower Chet Atkins
    Galloping Guitar: The Early Years 1945 - 1954, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: Ben Hall

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  • Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
    Railroad Bill, Music Maker
  • Me and the Devil Blues Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Hellhound on My Trail Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note
  • CLIP: Little Freddie King
  • Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley
    The Best of Bo Diddley: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection, MCA
  • CLIP: Duane Eddy
  • Moovin' N' Groovin' Duane Eddy
    Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, Rhino
  • End Bed: Trambone Duane Eddy
    Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: O.G.D. (aka Road Song) Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery
    Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo, Verve
  • If I Could Snooks Eaglin
    The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol
  • Salee Dame Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker, Albert Nicholas et al
    Jazz A 'La Creole, GHB
  • I Never Told a Lie Memphis Minnie
    The Essential, Classic
  • Somebody's Been Fooling #1 Big Joe Williams
    Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine-String Guitar , Smithsonian Folkways
  • CLIP: Bill Frisell
  • Chain of Fools Bill Frisell
    Is That You?, Elektra Nonesuch
  • Who You Gonna Hoo-Doo Now Tony Joe White
    Testifying: The Country Soul Revue, Casual
  • Instrumental: Makin' Whoopee Charlie Byrd
    The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd, Riverside
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner Brothers
  • Somethin' Like Bags Wes Montgomery
    So Much Guitar, Riverside
  • SEGMENT: Pat Martino

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  • Instrumental: Jitterbug Waltz Joe Pass
    My Song, Telarc
  • In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down Charles Brown
    The Cocktail Combos, Capitol
  • Six Appeal Charlie Christian
    The Genius of Electric Guitar, Columbia
  • CLIP: Les Paul
  • Wabash Blues Les Paul and Mary Ford
    Les Paul and Mary Ford, Collectables
  • Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar The Louvin Brothers
    When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers, Razoe & Tie
  • End Bed: I Can't Stop Loving You Grant Green
    Retrospective 1961-66, Blue Note

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