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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March 13th, 2002

We got the beat. From second line rhythms and tap dance in the street, to funk in the studio and the cowbell on concert stage, rhythm’s something we all have. This week, check out the beats of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Cuban bandleader Cachao and tap-dancer Savoin Glover. Plus drummer Earl Palmer tells us about playing with Little Richard and Fats Domino. We’ll dig into the clave rhythm with Tom McDermott, and Elvis’ man in the pocket DJ Fontana keeps the beat with American Routes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Big Noise from Winnetka Bob Crosby & The Bob Cats
    South Rampart Street Parade, Conifer
  • The Big Beat Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • My Feet Can't Fail Me Now The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie
  • Doin' the New Low Down Bill Bojangles Robinson
    Stars of the Apollo Theater, Columbia
  • Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Drum Village (Part 1) Earl Palmer & His Ten-Piece Rockin' Band
    Backbeat: the World's Greatest Rock ‘N' Roll Drummer, Ace
  • INTERVIEW: Earl Palmer

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  • I'm Walkin' Rebirth Brass Band
    Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder
  • Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
    Songs in The Key of Life, Motown
  • Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog Carl Stalling
    The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner Brothers
  • Laughin in Rhythm Slim Gaillard
    Best of the Verve Years, Verve
  • Rockin' In Rhythm Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Polygram
  • Instrumental: Trompeta Y Bongo Jack Costanzo
    Back From Havana, Cubop
  • Pulse Henry Cowell
    Kroumata Percussion Ensemble - Cage, Cowell, etc., Grammofon
  • Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
    Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol. 4, Soul, Rhino
  • Yayabo Orquesta Riverside
    Cuba Classics 2 - Dancing With the Enemy, Luaka Bop/Warner Brothers
  • Evil Ways Santana
    Viva Santana!, Columbia
  • The Wedge Dick Dale
    Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Mumblin' Guitar Bo Diddley
    The Chess Box, MCA
  • Postcard: Domenic Joseph "DJ" Fontana
  • Hound Dog Elvis Presley
    Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters Box, RCA
  • Gotta Lot Of Rhythm Patsy Cline
    The Essential Patsy Cline, RCA
  • Stay a Little Longer Bob Wills
    San Antonio Rose Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Bear Family
  • Forever Blue Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
    The Mountain, E squared
  • Not Fade Away Buddy Holly
    Greatest Hits, MCA
  • Instrumental: Untitled Instrumental Bo Diddley
    The Chess Box, MCA
  • SEGMENT: Clave Rhythm

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  • Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
    The Chess Box, MCA
  • El Premio Gordo Orquesta Babuco
    The Cuban Danzon: Before There Was Jazz, Arhoolie
  • La Conga En Nueva York Desi Arnaz. Y Su Orquesta
    The Music Of Cuba 1909-1951, Columbia/Legacy
  • America Leonard Bernstein
    West Side Story,
  • Willie and the Hand Jive Johnny Otis
    Land of 1000 Dances, Ace
  • Magic Bus The Who
    My Generation: The Very Best of the Who, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Tom McDermott
  • Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic Jazz
  • Descarga Cachao Cachao
    Cachao Vol 1: Master Sessions, Cine Son
  • Taxi Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk
    Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk Original Broadway Cast, RCA
  • Soul Power James Brown & the JB's
    Star Time, Polydor
  • Reggae Hit the Town The Ethiopians
    Reggae Hit the Town, Trojan
  • Instrumental: Soul Style Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
    Roots of Reggae Vol.2: Rock Steady, Rhino
  • Berta Big Louisiana, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles
    Prison Worksongs, Arhoolie
  • Chain Gang Otis Redding
    The Definitive, Rhino
  • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson
    Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson, Fantasy
  • I Got Rhythm Fats Waller
    Valentine Stomp, RCA Victor
  • Limehouse Blues Buddy Rich & Max Roach
    Rich Versus Roach, Mercury

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