Favoriting Someday Matinee with Gina Bacon: Playlist from October 2, 2021 Favoriting

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Live from Nashville! Hear performances and interviews with local and visiting bands, musicians and characters. Grade A Americana and beyond—music deserving wider attention—mostly made and recorded on small labels and in home studios. NYC native turned Nashvillian Gina Bacon hosts! (You can also hear Gina co-hosting Big Planet Noise with Bob Irwin on Mondays at 9pm/8c.)

Saturday 5 - 7pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio
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Favoriting October 2, 2021: Show #116, live from Nashville!

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers  The Throwaway Age   Favoriting The Throwaway Age OST  Sundazed Music  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Buick Audra  All My Failures   Favoriting   Self Released - Buick Audra  0:02:17 (Pop-up)
Molly Tuttle  How Can I Tell You   Favoriting …but I’d rather be with you  Compass Records  0:05:51 (Pop-up)
Tom Mason  Nothing But Love   Favoriting What You Will: Songs From And Inspired By William Shakespeare  Self Released - Tom Mason  0:10:02 (Pop-up)
Nicki Bluhm  Remember Love Wins   Favoriting   Self Released - Nicki Bluhm  0:13:51 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers 

The Throwaway Age   Favoriting

The Throwaway Age OST 

Sundazed Music 

0:17:40 (Pop-up)
Molly Martin  Only One Kiss   Favoriting Love, Molly  Self Released - Molly Martin  0:20:46 (Pop-up)
Brandy Zdan  Falcon’s Wing   Favoriting Falcon  Self Released - Brandy Zdan  0:24:55 (Pop-up)
Creamer  Peace & Understanding   Favoriting   Self Released - Creamer  0:28:05 (Pop-up)
Tommy Scifres  Evolution   Favoriting Last Legs  Self Released - Tommy Scifres  0:32:10 (Pop-up)
Ryan Brewer  The Ministry Of Love or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Algorithm   Favoriting Tender  Self Released - Ryan Brewer  0:34:48 (Pop-up)
Lilly Hiatt  Lately   Favoriting Lately  New West Records  0:41:04 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers 

The Throwaway Age   Favoriting

The Throwaway Age OST 

Sundazed Music 

0:43:56 (Pop-up)
Punch Brothers  Church Street Blues   Favoriting Hell On Church Street
  Nonesuch Records  0:51:04 (Pop-up)
Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz  I Surely Will Be Singing   Favoriting   Mountain Fever Records  0:53:32 (Pop-up)
Wild Ponies  Jackknife   Favoriting Galax  Self Released - Wild Ponies  0:56:40 (Pop-up)
Sturgill Simpson  Juanita (feat. Willie Nelson)   Favoriting The Ballad of Dood & Juanita  High Top Mountain Records
  1:00:52 (Pop-up)
Sierra Ferrell  Far Away Across The Sea   Favoriting Long Time Coming  Rounder Records  1:04:42 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers 

The Throwaway Age   Favoriting

The Throwaway Age OST 

Sundazed Music 

1:07:41 (Pop-up)
Kelsey Waldon  The Law is for Protection of the People   Favoriting They’ll Never Keep Us Down  Oh Boy Records  1:13:14 (Pop-up)
Ben de la Cour  Harmless Indian Medicine Blues   Favoriting They’ll Never Keep Us Down  Flour Sack Cape Records  1:17:41 (Pop-up)
Adia Victoria  South For The Winter (feat. Matt Berninger)   Favoriting A Southern Gothic  Oh Boy Records  1:21:11 (Pop-up)
Pam Tillis  Better Friends   Favoriting Looking For A Feeling  Stellar Cat Records  1:24:22 (Pop-up)
Waylon Payne  7:28   Favoriting Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me  Carnival Recordings  1:28:55 (Pop-up)
Shannon McNally  Help Me Make It Through The Night   Favoriting The Waylon Sessions  Compass Records  1:32:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers 

The Throwaway Age   Favoriting

The Throwaway Age OST 

Sundazed Music 

1:37:38 (Pop-up)
Tré Burt  Moth’s Crossing   Favoriting Caught it from the Rye  Oh Boy Records  1:40:40 (Pop-up)
Jim Lauderdale  The Brighter Side Of Lonely   Favoriting Hope  Yep Rock Records  1:43:16 (Pop-up)
Tim Easton  River Where Time Was Born   Favoriting You Don’t Really Know Me  Black Mesa Records  1:46:30 (Pop-up)
Buddy Miller  Wide River To Cross   Favoriting Universal United House Of Prayer  New West Records  1:49:28 (Pop-up)
Jon Byrd  George Jones (Has Never Sung About My Girl)   Favoriting Route 41  Longleaf Pine Records  1:52:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers 

The Throwaway Age   Favoriting

The Throwaway Age OST 

Sundazed Music 

1:55:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Gina Bacon:

Happy Saturday, and welcome to the Matinee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Gina and all other listeners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi Andrew!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Gina Bacon:

I hope you're having a fine day up there!
  5:02pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hey hey hey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
Andrew in Toronto:

We sure are!
It feels like summer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey, bigplanetnoise!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Gina Bacon:

Nice...I'm still getting used to autumn in the south. Warmer than I'm used to. But I suppose everything's different, everywhere!
  5:05pm
bigplanetnoise:

Dork socks a must!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
Gina Bacon:

Hahaha! Always, bigplanetnoise!
  🥁 5:06pm
Eargasm!:

Happy Saturday, Gina!! Hey! Hey! Hey, right back at you, Bigplanetnoise!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey, Eargasm!
  5:07pm
bigplanetnoise:

Howdy, Eargasm!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Gina Bacon:

Yard stuff today, Eargasm?
  5:10pm
bigplanetnoise:

Apparently so!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
Gina Bacon:

Only when I'm out for exercise...never with sandals!
  5:12pm
bigplanetnoise:

It’s a perfect night for a pizza and a dad-beer, I think.
  🥁 5:12pm
Eargasm!:

Not so much today!! Moving some stuff around to get the rooms ready for the flooring crew!
  🥁 5:12pm
Eargasm!:

I agree,BPN!!!
  5:12pm
bigplanetnoise:

The Flooring Crew. I like it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
Gina Bacon:

Sounds nice, bigplanetnoise!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
Gina Bacon:

Sounds like a bunch of sudio ringers.
  🥁 5:14pm
Eargasm!:

Hahahah. You could share a bill with The Wrecking Crew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
Gina Bacon:

Hahaha! Exactly!
  🥁 5:16pm
Eargasm!:

Right now with just sub flooring you could get some great echo on a recording!
  5:16pm
bigplanetnoise:

I always wanted a band with a pneumatic nailer guy in the lineup.
  🥁 5:17pm
Eargasm!:

Pneumatic Nailer!
  5:17pm
bigplanetnoise:

clack-clack-clack
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
Gina Bacon:

They do have a great rhythm section!
  5:26pm
bigplanetnoise:

In the past hour - literally - it feels like Fall to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
Gina Bacon:

It was kind of sudden here, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
Gina Bacon:

It's subtle until it's not, or something.
  5:28pm
bigplanetnoise:

Something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:29pm
Gina Bacon:

Definitely something.
  5:33pm
bigplanetnoise:

It still amazes me that there’s ever-changing, but certain music that you have to hear when the seasons change. Not the obvious “surf music for summer” stuff, but just things that only really make sense to you personally that you suddenly must hear when you feel the change of season. Or something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
Gina Bacon:

I understand that. Like that Coltrane.
  5:35pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yep.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
Gina Bacon:

Maybe it's sense memory stuff.
  5:36pm
bigplanetnoise:

It really makes no sense on the outside. Inside, even.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
Gina Bacon:

It's deep, I think.
  🥁 5:39pm
Eargasm!:

I agree, BPN. Music elicits responses for nearly every personal experience. I love there is music I wouldn’t even think of purchasing or playing, but it resonates deeply in a sense of memory or as you said even a seasonal change
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
Gina Bacon:

When my Dad had really faded away, I played him some of his barbershop stuff....his right hand started strumming along, and he remembered the songs. It was pretty incredible...it goes so deep down!
  5:40pm
bigplanetnoise:

For example, on Easter I usually need to hear “Rat Salad”. Not really. Maybe. No.
  🥁 5:41pm
Eargasm!:

Are you sure it’s not ‘Rat’s Revenge’??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:41pm
Gina Bacon:

Hahaha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
Gina Bacon:

I'm pretty sure it's not that!
  5:47pm
zoelpw:

Hey Gina!!
  5:49pm
bigplanetnoise:

ZoeZoe!!
  5:50pm
zoelpw:

Hey Bob!!!
  5:51pm
bigplanetnoise:

Great show last night, Zoe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:51pm
Gina Bacon:

Make a pledge to WFMU’s Hellraiser here! 
pledge.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey, Zoe!
  5:53pm
zoelpw:

Thank you Bob!!! Hope you’re doing well Gina!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:53pm
Julie P.:

Hello all, and Happy Fall!
  5:53pm
bigplanetnoise:

Joooooooooools.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
prguitar:

Hi Gina, and fellow Matineers, Had to be out for a while this afternoon, and so glad to be with y'all now! Hope everyone is having a sweet Saturday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi, Julie P!
  5:54pm
bigplanetnoise:

Is that a banjo?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Gina Bacon:

It sure is, bigplanetnoise!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Gina Bacon:

Welcome, prguitar!
  5:55pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hey Phil!!! Amazing - I count everyone in this chat as some of my most favorite humans!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Gina Bacon:

It's a beautiful thing, bpn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
Gina Bacon:

And...likewise!
  5:58pm
zoelpw:

❤️❤️❤️
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Julie P.:

That was a lovely song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Gina Bacon:

This is your pal Fats Kaplin on fiddle, bpn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Gina Bacon:

I love them, Julie. Glad you liked it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Julie P.:

Sturgill Simpson is no slouch either! Gorgeous classic country vocal style.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Gina Bacon:

This album is really great! He's gotten so versatile!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Julie P.:

Puts me a bit in mind of Marty Robbins. Maybe Frankie Laine.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
prguitar:

Certain music can become a time marker which brings very deep recollections in this life.. sorry to have missed nearly an entire hour of music and chat with everyone here.. I agree Bob and Gina! You're all so close to my heart!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Gina Bacon:

Poor Sturgill ruptured his vocal cords, and won't be able to sing for awhile.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Gina Bacon:

❤️
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Julie P.:

That's a shame, Gina! I hope he recovers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Gina Bacon:

It sounds pretty serious! But I think he will.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Julie P.:

Phil - we've all got a life soundtrack, and certain songs pinpoint certain moments and times. There's music playing in my head most of the time.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
prguitar:

How awful for Sturgil.. I think with rest and time he'll be ok.. having patience in the healing process is key.. I agree Julie.. same with me.. it's been there as long as I can remember.. what is often surprising is what song.. or musical phrase will come along!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
marpay:

HI Gina and Everyone!!!♥♥♥ sounding so GOOD!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi marpay!! Thank you!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
Julie P.:

Phil - oh, with lyrics I can usually give you a pertinent phrase for most any situation. I've always loved how songs can speak to the human condition. It's one of the reasons I listen so closely to the words.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
Gina Bacon:

Me too, Julie! Lots of connections there, sometimes.
  🥁 6:17pm
Eargasm!:

Julieeeee!! Marpay!! Zoe!! Prguitar!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
marpay:

HI Eargasm! !
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Julie P.:

Yo Eargasm!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:20pm
prguitar:

With all due respect Mr. Simpson I misspelled your first name in the previous comment. Double L.. Hey there marpay and Eargasm!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Gina Bacon:

I'll bet he gets that a lot, prguitar!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Julie P.:

Okay, who let Tom Waits in here?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
Gina Bacon:

Hahaha! I hear that!
  6:23pm
zoelpw:

Hey Eargasm!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
Julie P.:

This is wonderful, though I can't help but hear a touch of Wayne Newton in his voice.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
doctorjazz:

Been listening since the beginning, driving home, enjoying the tunes!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
Julie P.:

doctor!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
doctorjazz:

Joooools!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Gina Bacon:

Interesting, Julie! His mom was Sammi Smith.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Gina Bacon:

But I can hear that, now that you mention it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey doctorjazz! Thank you!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
doctorjazz:

Had stuff to say about sing tracks, not too good to post and drive, however...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
prguitar:

Julie and Gina - I agree!! It is amazing with lyrics! So often there is nothing more appropriate to write or say than a song phrase.. what song I might be singing in my head usually mirrors my state of mind at that moment.. Speaking of Mr. Waits, I really have to pay attention if I'm compelled for whatever reason, to be singing "Cemetery Polka" from Rain Dogs, instead of "River Man" by Nick Drake..
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Julie P.:

Pedal steel for the feelz!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Gina Bacon:

I'm glad you chose the safe route, doctorjazz...but I always love to hear your thoughts!
  6:35pm
Doug Schulkind:

Hi there, Gina fans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Gina Bacon:

Oh, yeah!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
Julie P.:

Hi Doug!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
Julie P.:

I remember Sammi Smith!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
marpay:

HI Doctorjazz and Phil and everyone♥ doing house stuff, sit, repeat -- love the Kristofferson-lyric songs♥
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
prguitar:

Agreed again Gina.. have the same issue with my first name.. 'Phillip' with two L's or one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi, Doug!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
prguitar:

Hey there doctorjazz!, and Sir Doug!!,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
Gina Bacon:

You can make a pledge to WFMU’s Hellraiser here! 
pledge.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Gina Bacon:

That was Fred Newell on pedal steel. I see Kenny Vaughan played on that album, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
Gina Bacon:

Stay tuned for The Knave and Five Miles to Midnight, live from Melbourne Australia! His special Hellraiser theme for today is The Ocean!
Listen here: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
marpay:

Jim Lauderdale has a little Glen Campbell in his voice♥
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
Julie P.:

I hear that, marpay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
marpay:

  6:46pm
zoelpw:

I love this! Love his voice ❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
marpay:

He's really good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
Gina Bacon:

I hear that, too! Especially on this one. I love his too, Zoe! He's a sweetheart, too.
  6:47pm
KWilde:

Hi Gina, Matineers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
marpay:

omg this song is so fine! hi KWilde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey, KWilde!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
doctorjazz:

Love this Tim Easton (sucker for ragtime guitar picking)
  6:48pm
KWilde:

Hi Marpay!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
doctorjazz:

Hey Marpay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Gina Bacon:

He's good at it, doctorjazz! This is a really nice album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
marpay:

♥♥♥
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
vanhooserd:

Hello, everybody. I want to mention a seasonal song/memory: East Main Street, Gallatin, fall 1964, She's Not There by The Zombies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
marpay:

Hi Van!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
Gina Bacon:

Nice one, vanhooserd! I love that it's specific like that.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
prguitar:

Agreed again Gina! Jim Lauderdale really is a sweetheart! A favorite show was a number of years ago at Bowery Ballroom.. The Buddy and Jim Show a really special evening!! Hey there KWilde!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
vanhooserd:

One more: Sumner County Fair, 4-H exhibit, August 1965, Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire.
  6:53pm
bigplanetnoise:

Still here!!! Sounding great!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Gina Bacon:

Thank you, bigplanetnoise! ❤️
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
prguitar:

Hey there vanhooserd!!
  🥁 6:54pm
Eargasm!:

Same here!! Almost finished with chores, haha.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Gina Bacon:

Another good one, vanhooserd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
marpay:

Oh Van, i was 12 when i heard that song - made me so sad! But always loved Barry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
marpay:

I agree with BPN - Gina you are magickal today♥
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Gina Bacon:

Thank you, Marpay! ❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Gina Bacon:

Thanks, Eargasm!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
doctorjazz:

Googled the Buddy Miller-that's a Julie Miller song (his wife). Not sure if she's singing (there are Youtube posts of him singing it with Emmylou Harris).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
vanhooserd:

Sad is hearing Willie Nelson on the car radio singing Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain for the first time. If that don't make you shed a tear...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
doctorjazz:

(Always a fan of the All-Gina shows...!)
  🥁 6:58pm
Eargasm!:

Fantastic show, Gina!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
solo mon:

Hi Gina been listening for a while ! Great show :-)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Julie P.:

Great show, Gina! Have a safe weekend, all!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Snayle:

Hi Gina & MatineersA!!!! - tried posting as i got outa work but the connection apparently didn't.... started the commute with Sturgill & just walked in the door... Loved, loved all the commu-tunes !!! the tunes & Sad I missed the chat fun so will have to ketchup... in the archives ! Great Show as always ! <3 Have a great week! See ya Monday & stay safe !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi solo mon! Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
marpay:

Thank you Gina! see you all soon♥
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Gina Bacon:

That sounded like Julie, maybe, doctorjazz. Maybe!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks,Gina!
Great rest of the weekend, alli!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Gina Bacon:

Snayle!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
prguitar:

Gina - I agree with Bob and marpay too! Your show this evening has such a lovely vibe!! Thank you Gina!! Take care ..see you Monday! 🌹♥️🌹
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Gina Bacon:

Thank you all for tuning in and hanging out here today!! Many many thanks to everyone that pledged to WFMU’s Hellraiser!! Please keep yourselves safe out there, check in with your people, and I hope to see you right back here next week!! XOXOXO
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