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

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