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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
SOUTHWEST
Head West out of New Orleans and through Texas to the great Southwest. Hear music from the arid desert landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico, and listen to conversations with musicians from the area. Guitarist Duane Eddy helped invent surf music from his homebase of Phoenix — hundreds of miles from any beach — and the Tucson band Calexico mold indie-rock styles with Mariachi music. Also writer and musicologist Jack Loeffler describes the sound of the Southwest from his home in Santa Fe.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Hasta La Vista Flaco Jimenez
Local 45s from Ed the Head Sevedra, - Rebel Rouser Duane Eddy
The Best of Duane Eddy, Summit - My Dear Old Arizona Home Rex Allen
The Last Of The Great Singing Cowboys, Soundies - Cow-Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
From the vaults Vol.1, Capitol - Rose of The Rio Grande Sidney Bechet
The Best of Sidney Bechet, Blue Note - Cherokee Maiden Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 2, Rhino - Instrumental: Across the Rio Grande Alex North
Best of the West, Ryko - Mis Amigos del Norte Blue Ventures
KANW-FM The Best of New Mexico Music Vol. 2, - Funky Broadway Dyke & The Blazers
The Funky Broadway: The Very Best of, Collectables - Senorita Dizy Lizzy Los Silver Rockets
Local 45s from Ed the Head Sevedra, - The Fool Sanford Clark
The History of Dot Records Vol.2, Varese Sarabande - INTERVIEW: Duane Eddy
Listen - Instrumental: Wagonwheel The Sadies
Precious Moments, Bloodshot - Big Iron Marty Robbins
Gun Fighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Sony - Saddle Up! Bill Frisell
Music For The Films of Buster Keaton - Go West, Nonesuch - Django Modern Jazz Quartet
Atlantic jazz: Best of the 50s, Atlantic - By The Time I Get To Phoenix Johnny Hartman
Today / I've Been There, Collectables
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Las Gaviotes Polka Southern Scratch
Southern Scratch: Waila of the Tohono O'odham, Canyon Records - El Picador Calexico
Hot Rail, Quarterstick - New Mexico Freddie Brown
KANW-FM The Best of New Mexico Music Vol. 4, - O'oodham's Special Chote Southern Scratch
Southern Scratch: Waila of the Tohono O'odham, Canyon Records - Out in New Mexico Johnny Horton
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960, Columbia - Albuquerque Neil Young
Tonight's The Night LP, Reprise - Instrumental: Farewell To Cheyenne Ennio Morricone
A Fistful of Film Music: The Anthology, Rhino - Willin' Linda Ronstadt
Heart Like a Wheel LP, Capitol - La Mariquita Linda Ronstadt
Boxset, Elektra - INTERVIEW: Mariachi Luz de Luna's Ruben Moreno, and Calexico's Joey Burns
Listen - Ysabel's table Dance Charles Mingus
Tijuana Moods, Bluebird - Route 66 Buddy Rich and His Orchestra
Blues, Boogie, & Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions, PolyGram - Instrumental: Los Mariachis Charles Mingus
Tijuana Moods, BMG - Pancho & Lefty Townes Van Zandt
Live at The Old Quarter, Tomato - Sangre de Indio Johnny Whelan
Original Recording from Folkmasters 1993, - Trail of Life Sharon Burch
Heartbeat 2: More Voices of First Nations Women album, Folkways - INTERVIEW: Jack Loeffler
Listen - End Bed: Midnight in Amarillo Cindy Cashdollar and Herb Remington
More Songs of Route 66: Roadside Attractions, Lazy SOB
