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!

  • Info
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • UPCOMING
  • ARCHIVE
  • SUPPORT
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • MEDIA KIT
  • INDEX
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
BROWSE BY DATE
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998

SUPPORT GREAT STORYTELLING

We rely on your support to remain on air and online. Your contribution helps us bring you interviews with great American artists and the carefully curated music mix that you’ve enjoyed over the years.

Donate

 

AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

SONG MAKERS AND SONG TAKERS: WILLIAM BELL AND CHRIS SMITHER

January 18th, 2017

This week on American Routes, we hear from great songwriters and performers and those who emulate them. Original songs can take on new form and meaning when interpreted by different voices, and we’ll hear some of those renditions and transformations this week. We’ll hear the rocking Southern sound of the Drive-By Truckers covering Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles doing Hank Williams. Our guest William Bell, from Memphis, will tell us all about his music being played by the Byrds, and bluesman Albert King. And we’ll go live on stage in Northampton Massachusetts with folk-blues guitarist Chris Smither for songs and stories.

  • Listen to Hour One
  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Rent Party Booker T. Jones
    The Road From Memphis, Anti-
  • I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles
    Ann Peebles - St. Louis Woman/Memphis Soul, HiBook Records
  • You Don't Miss Your Water William Bell
    The Complete Stax / Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • SEGMENT: William Bell

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Willow Weep for Me Book T. Jones
    Soul Limbo, Stax
  • Cold Cold Heart Dinah Washington
    Jazz Masters 19, Verve
  • Half as Much Ray Charles
    The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
  • Worried Man Blues George Jones
    Winding Stream: The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, Omnivore Records
  • Ain't Nobody Dori Freeman
    Dori Freeman, Dirt Free Records
  • 16 Tons Eugene Church
    16 Tons 45 rpm single, King
  • Instrumental: Slim Jenkins' Place Booker T. Jones
    The Complete Stax / Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • Like a Rolling Stone Drive-By Truckers
    The Fine Print 2003-2008, New West
  • Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You Esther Phillips
    How Many Roads: Black American Sings Bob Dylan, ACE Records
  • It Ain't Me Babe Johnny Cash
    Orange Blossom Special, Columbia
  • Stuck Inside of Mobile with the (Memphis Blues Again) Bob Dylan
    Blonde on Blonde, Columbia
  • Closing Bed: I Can't Stand the Rain Booker T. Jones
    That's the Way it Should Be, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Statesboro Blues Chris Smithers
    Don't Drag it On, Poppy
  • My Creole Belle Mississippi John Hurt
    Avalon blues, Origin Records
  • Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
    The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol 2, Nonesuch
  • Old Jim Crow Nina Simone
    Nina Simone in Concert, Philips Records
  • Okra Olu Dara
    In The World: From Natchez to New York, Atlantic
  • Les Ognons Albert Nicholas And His Creole Serenaders
    Jazz a la Creole, G.H.B. Records
  • Instrumental: Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock
    Takin' Off, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Chris Smithers

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Instrumental, No. 2 Carl Perkins and Scotty Moore
    The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family
  • Match Box Carl Perkins
    The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family
  • Honey Don't Carl Perkins
    The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family
  • Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby The Beatles
    Beatles for Sale, Parlophone
  • Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
    Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Columbia
  • American Tune Allen Toussaint
    American Tunes, Nonesuch
  • Closing Bed: St. Charles Street Parade Wardell Quezergue
    After the Math, Jazz Foundation

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • September 20th, 2023

    SAN ANTONIO SOUNDS

    Listen
  • September 13th, 2023

    NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLARINET, MANDE SONGS & LOUISIANA ZYDECO LIVE

    Listen
  • September 6th, 2023

    FROM GOSPEL TO GIGGING: GLADYS KNIGHT AND IRIS DEMENT

    Listen
A|R

  • Donate
A|R AMERICAN ROUTES
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • ARCHIVE
  • UPCOMING
  • SUPPORT US
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
  • Tulane University
  • NEA
  • PRX
  • New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund
  • Jim Hart