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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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NEW ORLEANS MUSIC: R&B, ROOTS ROCK AND SOUL, GOSPEL AND FUNK

November 28th, 2007

Jazz may have been born here, but by the 1950s the music of choice in New Orleans was rhythm & blues. Local talent topped the charts with songs like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “The Fat Man” and “Working in the Coalmine”. We’ll talk to many key figures in New Orleans R&B, from hitmakers like Lloyd Price, Dr. John, and Aaron Neville and producers Allen Toussaint and Harold Battiste, to bandleader Dave Bartholomew and musicians like drummer Earl Palmer. Plus music recorded in New Orleans’ legendary J&M Studios by Little Richard, Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, and funk, jazz, pop and soul along the way.

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HOUR ONE

  • Intro Bed: It Ain't My Fault Smokey Johnson
    It Ain't My Fault, Night Train
  • Good Rockin' Tonight Roy Brown
    Mean Old World: The Blues From 1940 To 1994, MCA
  • The Fat Man Fats Domino
    Out Of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Lloyd Price on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
  • Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
    Greatest Hits, Curb
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy Elvis Presley
    The King Of Rock ‘N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters, RCA
  • Insrumental: Alberta Lloyd Glenn
    Honky Tonk Train, Night Train
  • CLIP: Earl Palmer on Little Richard
  • Lucille Little Richard
    The Specialty Story, Specialty
  • I Didn't Want to Do it The Spiders
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
  • SEGMENT: Sal Doucette, Ernest McLean, Cosimo Matassa and Dave Bartholomew

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  • I Hear You Knockin' Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • Trick Bag Earl King
    Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings, Okra-Tone
  • Instrumental: Big Wheel Clifton Chenier
    Chess New Orleans, Chess
  • CLIP: Allen Toussaint
  • CLIP: Cosimo Matassa on Toussaint
  • CLIP: Toussaint on "Working in the Coal Mine
  • Working in the Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
    Wheelin' and' Dealin': The Definitive Collection, Arista
  • A Certain Girl Ernie K-Doe
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
  • CLIP: Irma Thomas
  • It's Raining Irma Thomas
    Sweet Soul Queen Of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection, Razor & Tie
  • I Know Barbara George
    Gumbo Stew, Ace
  • CLIP: Harold Battiste on AFO
  • Olde Wine AFO Executives
    Gumbo Stew, Ace
  • CLIP: Aaron Neville on the Neville Brothers
  • Voodoo Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M

HOUR two

  • Intro Bed: When The Saints Go Marching In Tuts Washington
    New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
  • Country Boy Down in New Orleans Snooks Eaglin
    Country Boy Down in New Orleans, Arhoolie
  • Going Back To New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Creole Blues Albert Nicholas, Danny Barker, et al
    Jazz a la Creole, GHB
  • Corrine Died on the Battlefield Danny Barker
    Jazz a la Creole, GHB
  • Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • CLIP: Dixie Cups on "Iko Iko"
  • Iko, Iko Dixie Cups
    Mardi Gras In New Orleans, Volume 2, Mardi Gras
  • Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison
    Indian Blue, Candid
  • Instrumental: Cissy Strut The Meters
    Funkify Your Life, Rhino
  • I Been Hoodooed Dr. John
    In The Right Place, ATCO
  • CLIP: Dr. John on piano
  • Mamie's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. III: New York, Washington And The Rediscovery, Smithsonian
  • Junco Partner James Booker
    Junco Partner, Hannibal/Rykodisc
  • Instrumental: Big Chief Forgotten Souls Brass Band
    Don't Forget 'Em, N.O. Music Online
  • CLIP: Allen Toussaint on piano professors
  • CLIP: Quint Davis on Professor Longhair

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  • SEGMENT: Sal Doucette, Harold Battiste on New Orleans R&B
  • I'm Walkin Rebirth Brass Band
    Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder
  • Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • End Bed: Walkin Home Donald Harrison with Dr. John
    Indian Blue, Candid

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