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The Current Presents - Born Here Chicano Rock

Posted at 3:10 PM on September 26, 2010 by The Current
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Jacquie Fuller
Jacquie Fuller

This week on The Current Presents, Teenage Kicks host Jacquie Fuller chats with Miguel Vargas, musichead and host of KFAI's Radio Pocho. From Richie Valens to Los Lobos and beyond, we'll listen to some really cool tunes, get a mini-history lesson from Miguel, and explore the Mexican-American experience through the lens of popular music.

Listen

Beto Villa - "Rio Grande (segment)"
Narciso Martinez - "Silencio de la Noche" (segment)
Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys - "Pachuco Boogie" (segment)
Lalo Guerrero - "Muy Sabroso Blues" (segment)
The Champs - "Tequila"
Richie Valens - "Donna" (segment)
Richie Valens - "La Bamba"
Patti Page - "Conquest" (segment)
Peggy Lee - "Mañana" (segment)
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - "Mexican Shuffle" (segment)
Cannibal and the Headhunters - "Land of a Thousand Dances"
Sam Sham and the Pharaohs - "Wooly Bully" (segment)
? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears"
The Sir Douglas Quintet - "She's About a Mover" (segment)
The Sir Douglas Quintet - "Mendocino"
Santana - "Oye Como Va" (segment)
Santana - "Samba Pa Ti" (segment)
Malo - "Suavecito" (segment)
Alejandro Escovedo - "Always a Friend" (segment)
Los Lobos - "El Cuchipe" (segment)
Los Lobos - "Come On, Let's Go"
Sheila E. - "The Glamorous Life" (segment)
Kid Frost - "La Raza"
Ozomatli - "Cut Chemist Suite" (segment)
Ozomatli - "Aqui No Sera"
Rage Against the Machine - "People of the Sun" (segment)
Girl in a Coma - "Static Mind"

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