Lone Star Statement
Rockabilly, Western Swing, jazz, blues, Tejano, Cajun, Czech – the big sounds of Texas are incredibly diverse. American Routes explores that vast terrain visiting with Bandera, TX singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, Tejano accordion master Mingo Saldivar, and the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills, who is remembered by his fiddler Johnny Gimble, daughter Rosetta Wills, Bill Malone, Ray Price and Marle Haggard. Other musical Texans on tap include Illinois Jacquet, Townes van Zandt and T-Bone Walker.
HOUR ONE
San Antonio Rose Bob Wills
Country Music Hall of Fame, MCA
(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Doug Sahm
The Best of Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, Mercury
INTERVIEW: Mingo Saldivar
He is a Tejano Texas Tornadoes
Zone of Our Own, Reprise
Zydeco State Jabo
Texas Prince of Zydeco, Maison de Soul
Yes, Baby Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings, MCA
Instrumental: Deep in the Heart of Texas Boogie Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings
Blues, Boogie, & Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions Box
Blues Come To Texas Lil' Son Jackson
Blues Come To Texas, Arhoolie
Deep Elm Blues The Lone Star Cowboys
Hillbilly Blues, ASV
SEGMENT: Bob Wills
Instrumental: Seventh and Union Hank Garland
Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country Vol.2, Rhino
Lean Baby Illinois Jacquet
Flying Home: Best of the Verve Years, Verve
Gonna Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat Johnny Copeland
Gulf Coast Guitars, Music Club
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) Janis Joplin
Love, Janis, Columbia/Legacy
Texas Flood Larry Davis & His Band
Blues Masters Vol.6: Blues Originals, Rhino
HOUR TWO
Broke Down South of Dallas Junior Brown
12 Shades of Brown, Curb
Midnight Shift Buddy Holly
The Collection, MCA
Slow Rollin' Low Waylon Jennings
This Time, RCA
Jole Blon Waylon Jennings
The Journey; Destiny's Child, Bear Family
Austin Special Harry Choates
Louisiana Cajun Music, Vol. 4, Arhoolie
Instrumental: Happy Trails
The Warner Western Instrumental Series Vol.1, Warner
Barbara Polka Adolph Hofner
The Texas-Czech, Bohemian & Moravian Bands, Arhoolie
Aunque Me Odies Lydia Mendoza
Borderlands: Conjunto to Chicken Scratch, Folkways
Can I Sleep In Your Arms Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
INTERVIEW: Robert Earl Keen
Bandera Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
No Lonesome Tune Townes Van Zandt
The Late, Great, Townes Van Zandt, Tomato
Blue Wind Blew The Flatlanders
Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Pedernales
Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues, Rhino
T -Bone Blues T-Bone Walker
Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker, Rhino
Lone Star Norah Jones
Come Away With Me, Blue Note
Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb
Retrospective, Vol. 2, MCA