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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
SWINGING WITH MOCKINGBIRDS AND MILK COWS: LOS CENZONTLES & THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN
Deep in the heart of Texas, we visit with western swing trio The Hot Club of Cowtown, who started out in the bright lights of New York City and made a way to becoming a local favorite in Austin, Texas. We talk about hot clubs, 78 record collectors and hear songs about milk cows from some of the band’s favorite musicians. Then, from the Bay Area, Los Cenzontles celebrate their Mexican American roots through teaching and performance, and collaborate with artists like Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. It’s milk cows and mockingbirds on American Routes.
HOUR ONE
- Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield Hot Club of Cowtown
Dev'lish Mary , Craft Recordings - A Big Ball's in Cowtown Hoyle Nix and His West Texas Cowboys
Out There: Wild and Wondrous Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 , Viper - Milk Cow Blues Willie Nelson and Francine Reed
Willie Nelson, Milk Cow Blues , Island - Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse: Collectors' Series , Capitol - Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 1930-1935 , Document - Milk Cow Blues Doc Watson with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III , Capitol Nashville - Instrumental: Milk Cow Blues George Lewis
George Lewis, SVP - I Got Rhythm Lester Young and his Kansas City Six
Lester Young: The Kansas City Sessions , Verve - Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
Shake Rattle and Rock , Rhino - Let's Rock Bob Wills
The Country Music Hall of Fame , MCA Nashville - Milkcow Blues Elvis Presley
A Date with Elvis , Sony - Fan It Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins , Smithsonian Folkways Records - Fan It Milton Brown
Western Swing Classics: Vol. 2 , Red Devil Records - Instrumental: Djangology Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli
Djangology: Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli , BMG - Stompin' at Decca Hot Club of France
Parisian Swing , Avid Records - Keep Knockin' But You Can't Come In Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
Kings of Western Swing , Fuel 2000 - Take Me Back to Tulsa Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Together Again , Capitol Texas - SEGMENT: Hot Club of Cowtown
Listen - Closing Bed: Faded Love Hot Club of Cowtown
What Makes Bob Holler , Proper
HOUR two
- Open bed: Josefinita Los Cenzontles, Atilano Lopez
Cuatro Maestros, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center - Across the Border Line Freddy Fender with Ry Cooder
Music by Ry Cooder, Warner - Paloma Negra Chavela Vargas
Homenaje a una Grande , Sony - Contrabando Y Traición Los Tigres del Norte
15 Súper Corridos , Discos Amor - Los Laureles Linda Rondstadt
Canciones de mi Padre , Elektra/Asylum Records - Chicas Patas Boogie Lalo Guerrero
Pachuco Boogie , Arhoolie - La Bamba Los Lobos
La Bamba , Slash - La Morena Grupo Mono Blanco
¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz , Smithsonian Folkways - Instrumental: Patricia Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbán
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch - Peanut Vendor Billie and DeDe Pierce
Billie and DeDe and their Preservation Hall Band , Preservation Hall - Mi Tesoro Los Cenzontles & Preservation Hall All-Stars
Youtube, - You Will Cry Los Cenzontles, Ruben Moreno
Shades of Brown , Los Cenzontles - Instrumental: Migration Los Cenzontles, David Hidalgo
Regeneration , Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center - SEGMENT: Los Cenzontles
Listen - Closing Bed: Caballo Viejo Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbon
Mambo Sinuendo , Nonesuch
