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Remember the Alamo

This week on the Music Crossroads of Texas, I am playing songs about the Texas icon, the Alamo. You will hear songs by Asleep at the Wheel, Willie Nelson, Hank Thompson, George strait, and music from two movies about the battle of the Alamo. Please join me, Curtis Peoples, for another hour of Music.

Tracks

  1. Remember the Alamo - Johnny Cash
  2. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills
  3. Take Me to Texas - George Strait
  4. Beautiful Texas - Willie Nelson
  5. Midnight Moonlight - Old & In the Way
  6. San Antone - Randy Rogers Band
  7. On the Alamo - Bing Crosby
  8. Across the Alley from the Alamo - Hank Thompson
  9. Stout and High - The Wagoneers
  10. Don't Go There - Asleep at the Wheel
  11. Ballad of Davy Crockett - Fess Parker
  12. El Alamo (Overture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
  13. Travis Letter - Willie Nelson
  14. Deguello - Asleep at the Wheel
  15. The Battle of the Alamo, Part - Carter Burwell
  16. The Death of Crockett - Carter Burwell
  17. Finale - Dimitri Tiomkin
  18. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins
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.