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 home base 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
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, Reprise
Instrumental: Farewell To Cheyenne Ennio Morricone
A Fistful of Film Music: The Anthology, Rhino
Willin' Linda Ronstadt
Heart Like a Wheel, Capitol
La Mariquita Linda Ronstadt
Boxset, Elekrtra
INTERVIEW: Mariachi Luz de Luna's Ruben Moreno, and Calexico's Joey Burns
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, Folkways
INTERVIEW: Jack Loeffler