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Big Guitars from Texas
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Neanderthal
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How did I overlook this one? Austin bass player Sarah Brown-- one of the Big Guitarists-- wrote it
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Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake
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Planet E
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This was my outro last week; got cut off before completion. So here's it is again, in its entirety.
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Jazz Mandolin Project
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Hang Ten
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From a 2000 Blue Note album: "Xenoblast"
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Mickey Hart/Rolling Thunder
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Deep, Wide and Frequent
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Tower of Power horns and Jerry Garcia on guitar make this a killer number; MH left the Dead for a few years and this 1972 "solo" album in the result
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David Grisman
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Fish Scale
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He calls it dawg music: this 1976 take on an Artie Traum tune has Tony Rice and Darol Anger accompanying mandolin master Grisman
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Bob Weir
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Heaven Help the Fool
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Slick production on this title cut to Dead vocalist Weir's 2nd solo effort
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John Hartford
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No Expectations
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When he died in 2001, his obits painted a picture of a man of incredible talent, charm and humor. This Stones cover shows just one side of John Hartford
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John Hartford
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Oasis
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This sweet instrumental ws recorded for his "Aero-Plane" album but released only recently on a collection of out-takes from that 1971 session
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John Hartford
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Turn Your Radio On
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This short number-- a Carter Family classic-- made it on the 1971 "Aero-Plane" album
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John Hartford
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Boogie
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"Hey, Babe, You Wanna Boogie?" Also from 1971. What a nut!
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Dillard Hartford Dillard
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Boogie on Reggae Woman
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John Hartford, like the Dillard brothers, grew up in Missouri-- and early on played great Ozark Mountain bluegrass
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The Dillards
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Banjo in the Hollow
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Doug & Rodney Dillard played straight ahead bluegrass when they wanted; from "Back Porch Bluegrass"-- the band's first album-- on Elektra (1963)
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The Dillards
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Dooley
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Hot vocal number, also from "Back Porch Bluegrass"
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Gene Clark
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She Don't Care About Time
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Another Ozark musician, Gene Clark-- who made two amazing albums with Doug Dillard-- was a member of the Byrds and, for a short time, the Flying Burrito Brothers. This tune, recorded in the 70s, is on the great "Roadmaster" CD (Demon, 1986). Gene Clark died in 1991
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Kelly Willis
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Don't Know Why
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Nice new album on Rykodisc: "Translated from Love"
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John Prine & Mac Wiseman
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Just the Other Side of Nowhere
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New duet album-- "Standard Songs for Average People"-- from great wiseass singer/songwriter Prine and bluegrass master Wiseman
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Billy Joe Shaver
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Kneeling Drunkard's Prayer
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From "Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash" (Dualtone, 2007)
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King Louie and the Loose Diamonds
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Memphis Treet
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Title cut-- that's how it's spelled-- to a nice album
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Philip Glass & Fodoy Mosa Suso
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The Gambia
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From "Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation"-- recorded at Lincoln Center in NYC in 2003-- with the Dalai Lama, Gyoto Monks, Tom Waits and others
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Nency Sedibe
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Holotelani
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Township jive from the piioneering album called "Indestructible Beat of Soweto" (Shanachie, 1986)
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Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)
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Capetown Fringe
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He worked with Hugh Masekela in his native South Africa, moved to Europe in the 60s, worked with Duke Ellington, moved back to S.A. as Apartheid was collapsing, then to NYC. A fine fine pianist, a beautiful tune
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OV Wright
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Let's Straighten It OUt
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This guy is one of the best soul singers ever! This 1978 recording was produced by Willie Mitchell for Hi Records. It's on a new CD: "Soul Sides, Vol. Two: The Covers" (Zealous Records)
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Los Mozambiques
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Viva Tirado
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The band is from Panama, the song is a mix of three tunes: El Chicano's "Viva Tirado" plus "Summertime" & "I Think I'm Going Out of My Head"
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Willie Colon & Mon Rivera
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Ya Llego
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Was this too spicy for early morning music? A swinging number from "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Fania, 1978)
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Kenny Dorham
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Afrodisia
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Great jazz combo, from 1955, doing a KD original. Listen to Carlos "Patato" Valdez playing conga!
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
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Once Again
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Produced by Jim Dickinson, "Start with the Soul" is on Rykodisc, from 2000
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
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Porch Monkey's Theme
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Hot instrumental from same CD
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Chuck Berry
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Oh Baby Doll
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A song for summer, from the guy who started it all
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Cream
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Mother's Lament
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I don't know if I ever played "Disraeli Gears" (ATCO, 1967) on the radio before
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Ted Hawkins
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Long As I Can See the Light
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Cool cover of John Fogerty tune; boy, this guy (Ted Hawkins) was good
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Bob Brozman & Djeli Moussa Diawara
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Maloyan Devil
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These guys did an album together ("Ocean Blues") in 2000; this tune is on a new Rough Guide to African Blues compilation
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Etran Finatawa
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Iriarer
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The band is from Niger, at the crossroads where (Arab) North Africa meets Sub-Saharan Africa; their name means "Stars of Tradition"
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Ricky Allen
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Going or Coming
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Ricky Allen cut this tune for USA Records in Chicago in 1964; I have it on "The USA Records Blues Story" (2002)
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John Hammond
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No Money Down
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More Chuck Berry. Recorded live at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
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Yusel Lateef
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Road Runner
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"The Golden Flute" on Impulse, 1966, was one of the first jazz albums I ever bought. I didn't realize I had such good taste
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