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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SACRED STEEL BROTHERS AND A JAZZ MASTER: ROBERT RANDOLPH, CALVIN COOKE AND YUSEF LATEEF

October 29th, 2014

Sacred steel guitarist Robert Randolph has gathered together the leading players of the genre for a recent recording, paying tribute to the past, and covering tunes outside the cannon. We’ll speak with him and one of his fellow Slide Brothers, Calvin Cooke. Then a conversation with jazz adventurist Yusef Lateef about his musical mentors and inspirations.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Wade In the Water The Slide Brothers
    Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers, Concord
  • Don't Let the Devil Ride Sonny Treadway
    Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida, Arhoolie
  • The Devil and Jesus Eric Burdon
    'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO
  • Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the Skids
    Dirt Track Date, Geffen
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Big Maybelle
    The Comple Okeh Sessions, Epic/ Okeh/ Legacy
  • I'm Shakin' Jack White
    Blunderbuss, Third Man/ Columbia
  • Who Do You Love Bo Diddley
    His Best, Chess/ MCA
  • Instrumental: Bluebonnet Rag Speedy West
    Stratosphere Boogie, Razor and Tie
  • Sitting on Top of the World Moses Williams
    Southern Street Musicians, NCTA/ unreleased
  • Steel Guitar Stomp Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
    Legends of Country Music, Columbia/ Legacy
  • Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner
  • Mother's Children Have a Hard Time Blind Willie Johnson
    The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Roots & Blues
  • Motherless Child Eric Clapton
    From the Cradle, Reprise
  • Instrumental: Jewel Praise Calvin Cooke
    Heaven, Darecords
  • SEGMENT: Robert Randolph and Calvin Cooke

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  • Wade in the Water The Blind Boys of Alabama with Ben Harper
    Higher Ground, Real World
  • Blue Sky The Allman Brothers Band
    Eat a Peach, Capricorn
  • Instrumental: Steelin' the Blues Tom Morrell
    No Peddlers Allowed, WR

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Six Miles Next Door Yusef Lateef
    The Blue Yusef Lateef, Atlantic
  • Jumpin' with Symphony Sid King Pleasure
    King Pleasure Sings/ Annie Ross Songs, Original Jazz Classics
  • Down 'n' Adam Lester Young
    The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, Verve
  • Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Swing Catherine Russell
    Strictly Romancin', World Village
  • (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone Roy Montrell
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Othelia Yusef Lateef
    The Blue Yusef Lateef, Atlantic
  • Johnny Can't Dance Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Instrumental: The Plum Blossom Yusef Lateef
    Eastern Sounds, Prestige
  • Mean Old World Sam Cooke
    Night Beat/ Sam Cooke, RCA
  • That Old Feeling Lena Horne
    Lena Horne: The Best of the RCA Years, BMG
  • My True Story Aaron Neville
    My True Story, Blue Note
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Tell It Like It Is Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert Randolph
    Medicated Magic, Ropeadope
  • Instrumental: Afternoon in Paris (Take 2) Sonny Stitt
    Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson, Prestige
  • SEGMENT: Yusef Lateef

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  • Down by the Riverside The Blind Boys of Alabama with Allen Toussaint & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Down in New Orleans, Time Life
  • End Bed: Just Us Blues Elvin Jones
    Illumination!, Impulse

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