Swinging with Mockingbirds and Milk Cows: Los Cenzontles & 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, from the Bay Area, 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

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

Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 1930-1935 , Document

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

Closing 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

Across the Border Line Freddy Fender with Ry Cooder

Music by Ry Cooder, Warner

Paloma Negra Chavela Vargas

Homenaje a una Grande , Sony

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

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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

Closing Bed: Caballo Viejo Ry Cooder y Manuel Galbon

Mambo Sinuendo , Nonesuch

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