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October 4, 2005: Me & Tom DeLay
*****DeLay-- known as the Hammer, for his not-too-subtle approach to politics-- was recently indicted by Travis County DA Ronnie Earle. I got "indicted" by the same Ronnie Earle, back in 1973 or so, when I was living in Austin. He was Justice of the Peace back then and I got busted (along with a bunch of others) for attacking an ROTC Parade with squirt guns. I paid my debt to society-- and now I am a law abiding citizen, give or take.
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Groovus | Another Rick Rawls tune |
| Cornell Dupree | Bag's Groove | Dupree does Milt Jackson's vibes a la guitar on "Dupree's Bop 'n Blues" on Kokopelli (1995); that was the label that Herbie Mann-- who died last year-- started in Santa Fe, NM, in the 90s |
| Yerba Buena | Wassamatter Baby | from "President Alien" (Razor & Tie, 2003) |
| Tribalistas | Tribalistas | This Brazilian trio-- Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown, Arnaldo Antunes-- made a great self-titled album in 2003. This is the title cut |
| Flora y Fauna | What's Up Samba | A nice early morning electronica groove, from Swiss DJ Sasha Crnobrnja & Fa Ventilato; on the "Latin Travels 2" compilation |
| Jimmy Yancey | Lean Bacon | Yancey worked as a groundkeeper for the White Sox but in Chicago they knew he was one of the best boogie woogie pianists ever; from "Master of Boogie" on Milan Jazz/BMG France |
| Roy Smeck | Guitarese | From around the same time; on Yazoo Records, "Roy Smeck Plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele and Guitar" (1992) |
| Roy Smeck | Nifty Pickin' | I thought it was a banjo but maybe it's a uke. Either way, good pickin' |
| Link Wray | Shawnee Tribe | This guy can play guitar too. Acadia put out a CD with 3 Liink Wray albums from the 70s |
| Norman Blake | Down at Mylow's House | Rounder put out this compilation album last year: "Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Mordern Times" with a stellar lineup of contemporary players |
| Putnam String County Band | Perilous Journey | Jay Ungar and friends on the "Come to the Mountain" CD |
| Henri Rene and his orchestra | Oh, Lady Be Good | This George & Ira Gershwin tune has over 1000 versions, according to allmusic.com. Henri Rene gives it a fresh feel |
| Sly & Robbie w/ Neville Hinds | Good, Bad and the Ugly | These Jamaican dubsters can do something with anything; on "Mambo Taxi" (Island, 1997) |
| Bettye Lavette | Only TIme Will Tell | Bettye had some minor soul hits in the 60s; here she covers a bunch of modern women songwriters, on "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise" (Epitaph, 2005). This tune written by Toni Brown, formerly with Joy of Cooking, now a San Francisco regular |
| Baby Washington | I'm On the Outside (Looking In) | Baby Washington began in the 50s and, like Bettye Lavette, can still belt 'em out. This song written by Teddy Randazzo. From "I've Got a Feeling...The Best of Baby Washington" (EMI/Stateside, 2005) |
| Barbara Dane w/ The Chambers Brothers | It Isn't Nice | Left wing folkie with friends, now out on Smithsonian Folkways (2005). A Malvina Reynolds tune |
| Nina Simone | Backlash Blues | Righteous anger from one of the best. Recorded in 1967, released on a killer compilation: "Defiance Blues" with Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Leadbelly, Billie Holiday and more (House of Blues, 1998) |
| Bob Dylan | It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | "I wanna be your lover, baby; I don't wanna be your boss" |
| Don Cherry | Trumpet | Don Cherry's 1988 "Multikulti" album on A&M is a breathtaking mix of jazz and spoken word, rich and clever in sound and substance. |
| Don Cherry | MultiKulti Soothsayer | Cherry died in 1995, not yet 60. In his 20s, he started out with Ornette Coleman and, for the next four decades, made some of the most interesting music around |
| Ornette Coleman & Prime Time | Badal | Prime Time tabla player Badal Roy played with Don Cherry too. Badal and Prime Time guitarist Kenny Wessel are just two of the musicians paying tribute to Cherry in NYC in October |
| D'Gary | Zazo Somondrara | Fine guitar from the "Rough Guide to the Music of Madagascar" (2005) |
| Ali Farka Toure & Tourmani Diabate | Monsieur Le Maire De Niafunke | Niafunke, indeed. These guys sure can play; on "In the Heart of the Moon" (Nonesuch, 2005) |
| Mickey & Sylvia | Soulin' with Mickey & Sylvia | Mickey Baker played blues guitar as good as anyone; Sylvia Robinson has class and vocal skills. This 1969 instrumental is from the Willow Sessions. |
| Dave Soldier & the Kropotkins | The Nasadiya | Always interesting, Soldier put this band together more than a decade ago and they have done some amazing work. |
| Calexico/Iron & Wine | Red Dust | A nice mix of southwestern melody and Sam Beam's sophisticated lyrics. On Overcoat Recordings out of Chicago, 2005 |
| Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Jimmie Brown the Newsboy | A tribute to his dad's favorites, Jimmie cover the country classics this time around on "Come On Back" (Rounder, 2005) |
| Jet Weston | WFMU #1 | Engineer, producer, guitarist. Weston sent WFMU a nice CD of jingles and instrumentals. |
| Willie Nelson | Healing Hands of Time | Willie wrote and recorded dozens of great songs in the 60s, before he abandoned Nashville for Austin. This is one of them |
| Ronnie Earl | Drowning in My Own Tears | Sax by David Fathead Newman, guitar by former Roomful of Blues Ronnie Earl-- not the Austin DA who nabbed Tom DeLay |
| Steve Earle | My Old Friend the Blues | No relation, I assume, to the DA-- although Steve Earle grew up in San Antonio |
| Ry Cooder & Lalo Guerrero | Los Chucos Suaves | Remake of Lalo's 1949 hit for Imperial, on "Chavez Ravine" (Nonesuch, 2005). Lalo Guerrero died shortly after recording this muy caliente tune |
| Ry Cooder w/ Juliette & Carla Commgere | Chinito Chinito | "Chavez Ravine" tells the story of the Chicano neighborhood in LA that was bulldozed to build a baseball stadium for the Dodgers |
| Cubanismo | Meta y Guaguanco | This 1996 Rykodisk CD was called "Jesus Alemany's Cubanismo" although later albums were simply called Cubanismo |
| Los Hombres Calientes | Corcovado/Nocturnal Low Moan | Here's this versatile New Orleans band playing Jobim-- from their "New Congo Square" album (Basin Street, 2001) |
| Ferrante & Teicher | Oye Negra | Irwin Chusid snuck this into the Ernie Kovacs Record Collection CD (Varese Sarabande, 1997)-- and, although it ain't Ernie, it works |
| Devotchka | The Enemy Guns | From "How It Ends" (Cicero, 2004). Erika Gaeta turned me on to this |
| Frank Stokes | I Got Mine | Poor fidelity doesn't obscure the fact that this is a great song! From "Good for What Ails You" (Old Hat, 2005) |
| Hobart Smith | What Did the Buzzard Say to the Crow? | Old time mountain music, recorded in 1963; recently released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways |
| Hobart Smith | Soldier's Joy | Banjo classic |
| Clint Eastwood | I Talk to the Trees | Okay, the song is lousy. But it's Clint. And Doug Shulkind put it on his marathon premium-- all songs about being crazy. I had to play it |
| Dinah Washington | Teach Me Tonight | A lot of people covered this Sammy Kahn tune but Dinah does it as good as any |
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