Peter Rowan was americana before it was even a thing. Around 1970, he played with jazz-influenced roots rock band Seatrain, followed that with Old and in the Way with Jerry Garcia and Dave Grisman and has subsequently released albums that circled around bluegrass, adding elements of other roots music as the mood and the collaborators demanded. Tales of the Free Mexican Air Force pulls on many of the strings of his career but focuses on his musical relationship with Flaco Jimenez and Max Baca. The liner notes talk about how Rowan came to know them and their influence on his music.
The accordion played by Josh Baca is the dominant instrumental voice on the first song, ‘Mississippi California,’ a tale of the hope that…

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