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June 26, 2007: Honeydripper
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Groovus | The intro theme tune to this web-only show started midway through; hope you didn't mind |
| Tinariwen | Matadjem Yinmixan | These Tuareg nomads from North Africa sure can plug in and play; from a great new album-- "Water is Life"-- on World Village, 2007 |
| Sedo Um Ehl Aida | Ya Moulana | Recorded in Mali as part of Le Festival Au Desert in 2003, this group from Mauritania was one of dozens that performed at this amazing event |
| Vieux Farka Toure | Sangare | Son of Ali Farka Toure-- also on World Village |
| Ralph Alessi | Soy Ink | Trumpeter Alessi has help here from Don Byron (clarinet), David Gilmore (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and others |
| Don Byron | I'll Follow the Sun | Bill Frisell plays guitar on this Lennon/McCartney tune, from DB's 1999 "Romance with the Unseen" on Blue Note |
| Traffic | Walking in the Wind | Originally on "When the Eagle Flies" (1974), now part of a double-CD of Traffic tunes called "Smiling Phases" on Island |
| Ibiza Sound | Ad Lib (Parte 2) | The CD is "Andergraun Vibrations-- Spanish Hard Psych & Beyond, 1970-1978" on Hundergum |
| Modificacion | Across the Time | Despite the title, this is more psychedelic rock from Spain |
| Spam All Stars | El Ultimo | This Miami-based group likes to mix it up; from their 2000 CD "Pigs in Space" |
| Balkan Beat Box | Balcasio | Not sure where Spam All Stars ends and Balkan Beat Box begins but it sounds good to me! |
| Rabbits & Carrots | Hip City | And how about this 1969 Mexican music, from "Soul Latino" on Vampisoul |
| Lauren Hooker | You Needn't Call Me | Lauren will be around-- check out upcoming gigs in NY & NJ at laurenhooker.com |
| Damn Glad | Lighten the Load | Jersey City band with a nice sound; see their website: damnglad.com |
| Paul Iorio | Pretty Women at the Funeral | Paul's debut album is called "About Myself" and was recorded in L.A. in 2005 |
| Lou Russo | Better Off Dead | Longtime friend of the station. I used to see Lou and band decades ago play the bars of Hudson County. |
| Greg Englesson | That Last Phone Call | aka Mr. E. Lots of nice tunes on his "Demystified" CD; you can email Greg in Woodstock: GE@netstep.net |
| Bazza | Savage Season | I like this stuff: interesting lyrics, good band, cool album covers. Out of Portland. Oregon. Website: vachss.com |
| Wilco | Either Way | Nice new CD on Nonesuch: "Sky Blue Sky" |
| The Special Pillow | Goodnight Morning, Hello Moon | Local band makes good |
| Nick Lowe | The Man in Love | I didn't realize this was a Charlie Feathers' tune; NL knows how to make that old rockabilly stuff sound fresh |
| The Walkabouts | Satisfied Mind | From a reissue of their 1993 CD |
| Sheb Wooley | Blue Guitar | Of "Purple People Eater" fame, from the "Roots of Elvis" CD on Rev-Ola |
| Ivory Joe Hunter | I Almost Lost My Mind | Elvis listened to this one too |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Lovin' Blues | Deep South BBB, on "The Earls of Duke" (Rev-Ola, 2007) |
| Joe Liggins | Honeydripper | A 2-for-1 Honeydripper, Parts 1 & 2 combined. This was a huge hit, sold a million records in 1945-46-- and it still sounds great |
| Eddie Shaw | Chicago Man | Shaw heads the house band for the new John Sayles movie--"Honeydripper"-- and he still blows a mean sax, as this cool instrumental shows |
| Eddie Shaw | Blues at the Crossroads | In 1992, he recorded "In the Land of the Crossroads" for Rooster Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi |
| Little Willie John | I Need Your Love So Bad | What a voice! Although he died in prison in 1968-- he killed a man in a bar fight-- his music lives on. His older sister Mabel is in the Honeydripper band |
| Wynonie Harris | Good Rockin' Tonight | This was a smash R&B hit in 1948, with Hal Cornbread Singer playing sax. A hot number |
| Joe Ely | Good Rockin' Tonight | Joe Ely's version is even hotter, a rock & rock powerhouse-- from "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta" (SouthCoast Records, 1981) |
| Mahalia Jackson | Move On Up A LIttle Higher | Can a gospel tune be a hit? This 1963 song sure has all the makings! |
| Six Pack | There Was A Time | From "Good God! James Brown Covers from the 60s & 70s" |
| The Dave Pike Set | I Got the Feelin' | More JB style funk |
| OFS Unlimited | Mr. Kidneys | Mr. Kidneys?! I guess that's why they call it "Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label" |
| Mardigras.bb | Junge Telegraph | Great stuff out of Frankfurt, Germany; the CD is "Alligatorsoup" (Hazlewood Music) |
| Jose Roberto | Crioula Multicolorida | From "Brazilian Beats Brooklyn" on Mr. Bongo |
| Erasmo Carlos | Jeep | More Brooklyn Brazilian Beats |
| Rockin' Dopsie | My Baby She's Gone` | My favorite Dopsie album is "Hold On!" on Sonet Records out of London in 1979 |
| [from "Gypsy Caravan"] | Smoking Bass | Super soundtrack on World Village from new movie |
| Esma's Ensemble Teodosievski | Romano Horo | According to the Liner Notes, Esma Redzepova, from Macedonia, has been performing for more than 40 years and is the musical "Queen of the Gypsies." |
| [from "Gypsy Caravan"] | Spoons | Food and music go hand in hand |
| Taraf de Hajouks | Carolina | This group from Macedonia is the best known of the Gypsy bands |
| Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake | Planet E | These two Chicago guys have been playing together for decades; Allmusic says their new CD-- "From the River to the Ocean"-- "is not only among Anderson's finest albums to date, it has to be among the top jazz albums of 2007." |
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