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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

AUSTIN

We’ll visit one of the great American cities of music, Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World.” We’ll hear Western swing, Tejano tunes, and talk with local singer-songwriters Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely.

HOUR ONE

  • Miles & Miles of Texas Asleep at the Wheel
    Wheelin' & Dealin', Capitol
  • I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
    The Best Of, MCA
  • Rock and Roll Baby Bill Neely
    recorded at KUT Austin,
  • Aint it Hard Mance Lipscomb
    Texas Blues Guitar, Arhoolie
  • I've Got Bad News Baby (Erbie's Blow Top Blues) TD Bell & Erbie Bowser
    It's About Time, Spindletop
  • Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Texas Flood, Sony
  • Instrumental: He'll Have To Go Ry Cooder
    Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros
  • Si Acaso Vuelves (In Case You Return) Chelo Silva
    Tejano Roots: The Women, Arhoolie
  • Paloma Chicana Conjunto Atzlan
    Atzlan, Conjunto Atzlan
  • INTERVIEW: Joe Ely

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  • Instrumental: Street Scene In A Frontier Town Bill Frisell
    Have A Little Faith, Elektra
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    The Best of Austin City Limits, Sony
  • That's Enough of That Stuff Marcia Ball
    Hot Tamale Baby, Rounder
  • Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings
    Honky Tonk Heroes, Buddha

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Armadillo Stomp Commander Cody
    Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas, MCA
  • Stay All Night Willie Nelson
    Revolutions in Time… The Journey, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Willie Nelson
  • Shiner Song (Farewell to Prague) Adolf Hofner
    The Texas-Czech, Bohemian, & Moravian Bands, Arhoolie
  • Shave ‘em Dry Asylum Street Spankers
    Spanks for the Memories, Watermelon
  • Done What the Doctor Could Not Do Bells of Joy
    Second Time Around, Dialtone
  • I'm Tore Down Freddie King
    Hide Away, Rhino
  • She's About a Move Sir Douglas Quintet
    The Prime Of, Music Club
  • Instrumental: All You Know Acetone
    Acetone, Vapor
  • Weather Report The American Analog Set
    The Golden Band, EJ28CD
  • Words of Love Buddy Holly
    The Buddy Holly Collection, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
  • Instrumental: Tickle Toe Lee Konitz
    The Lee Konitz Duets, Milestone
  • Broad Way Blues Ornette Coleman and Dewey Redman
    The Best Of Ornette Coleman, Blue Note
  • Driftin' Blues Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
    Cocktail Combos, Capitol
  • Ballad of Spider John Willis Alan Ramsey
    Willis Alan Ramsey, Koch
  • Bye, Bye Baby Janis Joplin
    18 Essential Songs,

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