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MCOT: Hispanic Heritage of West Texas

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Weekly Main Feature: This week on the Music Crossroads of Texas, your host, Curtis Peoples, celebrates Hispanic Heritage in West Texas music.

“Cookin” – Tortilla Factory
“La Malaguena” – Tortilla Factory
“Homenaje A Pete Morales” – Pete Morales
“La Patatida” – Pete Morales
“Making What I Make” – Tori & Junior Vasquez
“Sorry” – Junior Vasquez
“Ainda Lembro” – Jerry Serrano
“Panhandle Confessional” – Dave Martinez

  Women of West Texas Music: This week we play music by the band New Variety featuring Agnes Torres.

“Quiero Que me Hagas Menos” – Agnes Torres & the New Variety Band

  West Texas Music Standards: This week’s feature is the popular Tejano group Hometown Boys

“Corazon Silvestre” – The Hometown Boys

  West Texas Live Shots: Music from the duo Outlier recorded live in Berlin, Germany.

“Miles Deep” - Outlier

  From the Archive: A rare 45-rpm recording of Lubbock Chicano music pioneers Los Premiers on the Buena Suerte Label.

“Un Hombre Sin Amor” – Los Premiers

  What’s New in West Texas Music: Bo Garza “You Say You’re Happy” from the 2017 “Lubbock Music Now” CD.

“You Say You’re Happy” – Bo Garza

Curtis Peoples, Ph.D., is the Archivist for the Southwest Music Archive and oversees the Crossroads Recording Studio for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University. He is a musician who has worked in the music business for four decades, numerous recording studios, and has been a production manager for many events. Dr. Peoples teaches regional music history classes and American media studies; his research centers on music and place.