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July 12, 2008: Just Back from Austin
We got in at 5 am Friday morning, from San Antone, after more than a week in Texas. Mostly Austin, visiting old friends, eating mexican food and hearing mucho music. Then a few days in the hill country west of town-- Enchanted Rock, Lost Maples, Rio Frio, with a final stay in Utopia, Texas on the Sabinal River. I brought a lot of this music back with me.
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
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| Big Guitars from Texas | Boomerang | This Texas twang reminds me (and you?) that I'm back on the radio |
| Grupo Fantasma | El Sabio Soy Yo | Latinfunk out of Austin, these guys hit it big over the past few years; check out their newest CD, Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music, 2008) |
| Rick Trevino | Ojitos Traidores | Country crooner returns to his Chicano roots; from Los Super Seven's tribute to border radio: "Heard It Through the X" (Telarc, 2006) |
| Marcos Loya | Yo Te Quiero | Movie music by Robert Rodriquez, from the soundtrack to "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" |
| Del Castillo | Perdoname | These hot guitar brothers are one of Austin's favorite bands these days; from "Brotherhood" (Smilin' Castle Records, 2006) |
| Del Castillo | El Corrido de Don Lulai | We saw them last week at Nutty Browns, an outdoor space in Dripping Springs-- 1/2 hour west of Austin. Great live show, with a Texas sunset, enchiladas y cerveza |
| Juno Reactor | Pistolero | More music from filmmaker Rodriquez, who also plays guitar on these tunes |
| Los Lonely Boys | Love Don't Care About Me | On record, they are a little too pop. But live, these three brothers from San Angelo-- Jo Jo, Henry & Ringo Garza-- sure can rock. |
| Del Castillo w/ Willie Nelson | I Never Cared For You | Beautiful tune; we heard them play an instrumental version of this, no Willie. |
| Grupo Fantasma | Perso Fra / Mesquites | I just love this stuff; hope you do too! |
| Chingon | Cuka Rocka | This is Robert Rodriquez's own band, also from the "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" soundtrack |
| Cuarteto Don Ramon | Pachuco Boogie | On the liner notes, it says this is actually Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys-- recorded in Los Angeles in 1948. |
| Monstas | Chicken Wings | Austin drummer Ernie Durawa-- originally from San Antonio-- is one of the main forces in this fine band; check out their debut album: "Meet the Monstas" |
| Texas Tornados | El Pantalon Blue Jean | Doug Sahm & Freddy Fender are now gone but Flaco Jiminez (playing accordian here) and Augie Meyers play on! Drums by Ernesto Saldana Durawa. |
| Texas Tornados | Adios Mexico | The Tornados recorded two versions of their first album, one in Spanish & one in English. (WB, 1990) |
| Freddy Steady | Narum's Harem | Freddy Steady is Freddy Krc, longtime Austin all around everything. This is from a 4-song soundtrack to a (probably non-existent) movie called "Masquade a Go Go" |
| Los Jazz Vatos | Tres Palabras | One more from Ernie Durawa, this time a cut from his jazz combo. |
| Cachaito | Tumbao No.5 | Cuban bassist Orlando Lopez-- nephew of the late great bass player Cachao (Israel Lopez), who some say invented mambo-- has a superb new album: "Cachaito" (World Circuit, 2008) |
| Sabor Kolombia | El Mix tracks 6&7 excerpt | Not sure about title but great music; from DJ Rupture's 2008 WFMU Marathon CD |
| Chicha Libre | Sonido Amazonico | Title cut to the fine fine album from this Brooklyn psychedelic cumbia band; the CD was put out by Barbes Records this year. And they play there a lot. |
| Mano Negra | Drive Me Crazy | This is the first time I heard of Manu Chao, back when he played with this crazy multiculti combo |
| King Tubby | Who's Dub | King Tubby takes the Heptones tune--"Who's Fooling"-- and mixes it up a bit; from a new CD called "King Tubby On the Mix, Volume 2" |
| Manu Chao | Prince Fatty Remix Instrumental Version | This guy is everywhere! From "Politik Kills" on Nacional |
| Many Chao | Chris Blackwell & Paul "Groucho" Smykle Remix | It's always hard to read ManuChao's covers but that's okay; it's what's inside that counts! |
| King Tubby | The Human Race | King Tubby does the Symbols |
| Orchestra Baobab | Pape Ndiaye | I missed them when they were in NYC recently but this is from a new CD on World Circuit called "Made in Dakar" |
| Harry E. Quashie | Anadwofa | A popular number here at WFMU, this tune is from "Living is Hard: West African Music in Britain, 1927-1929" (Honest Jons Records, 2008) |
| Newham Generals | Tetsuya's Theme | From "Lagos Shake" A Tony Allen Chop Up" (Honest Jons Records, 2008) |
| Leni Stern | Ousmane | So many American musicians have been going to Africa to record & collaborate; jazz guitarist Leni Stern went to Mali to work with some great players and the result is well worth it. |
| Rex Lawson and this Rivers Men | Oko | Vampisoul recently put out a collection of Nigerian and Ghanian highlife from the 60s & 70s |
| Mono Mono | Kenimania | They weren't kidding: "Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria" (Soundway, 2008) |
| The Hygrades | In the Jungle | Wow. More. |
| Tinariwan | Arawan | Rock & roll from the deserts of Mali, from "A Rough Guide to the Music of Mali"-- a collection of the best of the best |
| Steve Turre | African Shuffle | In 1995, Steve Turre put out a fabulous CD called the "Rhythm Within"-- with a great band and his own "sanctified" shells. This number has help from Andy Gonzalez, Stanton Davis, Dimati Dinizulu, Milton Cardona & others. |
| Chucho Valdes | Caravan | The CD is "Briyumba Palo Congo: Religion of the Congo" on Blue Note Records, recorded in Havana in 1998. This is, of course, one of the most recorded songs in the world-- and this version is one of the best! |
| The Coffin Daggers | Caravan | A different take on this classic, recorded in Brooklyn between 2002-2004; bandmember Peter lives across the street from me here in Jersey City! |
| Henry O | Crackin' Up | Henry Ojutkangas, from Finland, has the blues; Texas drummer Ernie Durawa is going to Europe soon to tour with Henry. Check him on the web at musicmobile.fi |
Sat. 7/12/08 6:10pm
ratbone:
ai ai ai
Sat. 7/12/08 6:16pm
Parq:
Got your listserve email - totally psyched for this show. Arriba!
Sat. 7/12/08 7:13pm
alan t.:
Hello from west coast Scotland,I`m enjoying the music and will be listening to more on your archive.
Sat. 7/12/08 7:18pm
alicia renee:
delicious! there is NOTHING like that mingus bass beat. also: great show, thanks!
Sat. 7/12/08 7:31pm
andy waltzer:
Hey, Steve! Great show as always...though I feel as though it is a long ago Friday in East Orange and I am in the record library getting ready to come on next. Anyway, greetings from Minnesota, hope you are well.
Sat. 7/12/08 8:24pm
scott:
Hi Steve, loving the African psych-rock. Any Balkan stuff would be much appreciated!
Sat. 7/12/08 8:28pm
yura from croatia:
play balkan :D
Sat. 7/12/08 8:33pm
steve krinsky:
Hi all: Nice to hear from you; I'm in a groove, with less than a half hour to go. Will try to fit stuff in but, if not, next time. Check out old shows on the archive; write more to stevek@wfmu.org. (Andy: I heard you on the air a while back, when you were in town. Hope all is well.)
Sat. 7/12/08 8:44pm
andy waltzer:
Things are good...sipping a beer with a friend, listening to your show while the sun sets- how bad could that be? Living in the country, nice...but hearing the run down of upcoming live shows makes me yearn a bit for NYC (saw Rachid Taha and Dengue Fever last week- great show). We have a great bluegrass festival once per year, though- it's fantastic. Other than that, married and all, fixing to move to Minneapolis...if ever you are around these parts, let me know!
Sat. 7/12/08 8:48pm
andy waltzer:
p.s. funny- i had a version of caravan cued up during my fill in but ran out of time- it was by 17 Pygmies.
Sat. 7/12/08 8:51pm
Miriam:
Do you have the cd "Smashes" by Zircus? It has a great version of Caravan.
Mon. 7/21/08 4:07pm
Coffin Pete:
Great show. I especially enjoyed the tex-mex tracks. Thanks for including us on the caravan section of your show! We're psyched to have WFMU on our side.
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