SWINGING WITH THE MOCKINGBIRDS AND MILK COWS: LOS CENZONTLES AND THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN
Deep in the heart of Texas, we visit with western swing trio the Hot Club of Cowtown, who started out in the bright lights of New York City and made a way to becoming a local favorite in Austin, Texas. We talk about hot clubs, 78 record collectors and hear songs about milk cows from some of the band’s favorite musicians. Then the Bay Area’s Los Cenzontles celebrate their Mexican American roots through teaching and performance, and collaborate with artists like Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. It’s milk cows and mockingbirds on American Routes.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield Hot Club of Cowtown
Dev'lish Mary, Craft Recordings
A Big Ball's in Cowtown Hoyle Nix and His West Texas Cowboys
Out There: Wild and Wondrous Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1, Viper
Milk Cow Blues Willie Nelson and Francine Reed
Willie Nelson—Milk Cow Blues, Island
Cow Cow Boogie Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse—Collectors' Series, Capitol
Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues, Milestones
Milk Cow Blues Doc Watson with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III, Capitol Nashville
Instrumental: Milk Cow Blues George Lewis
George Lewis, SVP
I Got Rhythm Lester Young and his Kansas City Six
Lester Young: The Kansas City Sessions, Verve
Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
Shake Rattle and Rock, Rhino
Let's Rock Bob Wills
The Country Music Hall of Fame, MCA Nashville
Milkcow Blues Elvis Presley
A Date with Elvis, Sony
Fan It Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins, Smithsonian Folkways Records
Fan It Milton Brown
Western Swing Classics: Vol. 2, Red Devil Records
Instrumental: Djangology Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli
Djangology: Django Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring Stéphane Grappelli, BMG
Stompin' at Decca Hot Club of France
Parisian Swing, Avid Records
Keep Knockin' But You Can't Come In Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
Kings of Western Swing, Fuel 2000
Take Me Back to Tulsa Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Together Again, Capitol Texas
SEGMENT: Hot Club of Cowtown
End Bed: Faded Love Hot Club of Cowtown
What Makes Bob Holler, Proper
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Josefinita Los Cenzontles, Atilano Lopez
Cuatro Maestros, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
Paloma Nega Chavela Vargas
Homenaje a una Grande, Sony
Across the Border Line Freddy Fender w Ry Cooder
Music by Ry Cooder, Warner
Contrabando Y Traición Los Tigres del Norte
15 Súper Corridos, Discos Amor
Los Laureles Linda Rondstadt
Canciones de mi Padre, Elektra/Asylum Records
Chicas Patas Boogie Lalo Guerrero
Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie
La Bamba Los Lobos
La Bamba, Slash
La Morena Grupo Mono Blanco
¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz, Smithsonian Folkways
Instrumental: Patricia Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbán
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch
Peanut Vendor Billie and DeDe Pierce
Billie and DeDe and their Preservation Hall Band, Preservation Hall
Mi Tesoro Los Cenzontles & Preservation Hall All-Stars
YouTube
You Will Cry Los Cenzontles, Ruben Moreno
Shades of Brown, Los Cenzontles
Instrumental: Migration Los Cenzontles David Hidalgo
Regeneration, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
SEGMENT: Los Cenzontles
End Bed: Caballo Viejo Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbán
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch