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August 14, 2009: Willy Les Frank Uke Ike
It's a drag, since I am only on the air once in a while, that I have to do so many tributes to the recently deceased all at once. I played them while they were alive-- well, maybe not Cliff Edwards-- but had to do something for Willy Deville, Les Paul and Frank McCourt. Ukelele Ike/Cliff Edwards is another story: an icon from vaudeville and beyond, who still sounds good today. Hope you like it. Email me with comments: stevek@wfmu.org
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| Big Guitars from Texas | Hardy Street | I've been playing cuts off this great collection of Texas twangsters for about 20 years and it amazes me how good they can be-- even when the CD skips |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Travis Walk | Another pretty good Texas guitar player |
| Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Thank You Mr. Poohbah | Just stumbled on to a CD copy of the first album by PBBB and this number jumped out! |
| Sarah Brown | Bad Boy's Pride | Austin bass player steps out on her own-- a 45 from a while back. Sarah is one of the Big Guitars from Texas and, more recently, plays with Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women. |
| Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women | River Under the Road | Dave is at his best, fronting this band of top notch country blues women, Sarah Brown among them (Yep Roc, 2009) |
| Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros | Sandpaper Blues | Former Clash frontman from "Rock Art and the X-Ray Style" (Hellcat Records, 1999) |
| Mink DeVille | Teardrops Must Fall | Willy Deville died last week at the age of 58. Sad story but he left behind lotsa great music! Fall teardrops. |
| Mink DeVille | Cadillac Walk | Punk. Soul. Lower East Side Blues. Call it what you want. It's good. |
| Willy Deville | Voodoo Charm | Willy left NYC in the 90s and went to New Orleans, where he seemed to pull it all together and . put out a few good albums. My fave is "Victory Mixture" (with Eddie Bo & Dr. John); this one is from "Backstreets of Desire" (FNAC Music, 1992) |
| Allen Toussaint | On Your Way Down | With the best New Orleans players, this 1972 session is rich with soul. On CD as "Life, Love & Faith" (Water Music, 2008) |
| Allen Toussaint | Louie | In 1970, Allen Toussaint put out his first CD, with a bunch of his best 60s hit singles plus this cool instrumental. The album was reissued on Kent as "What is Success: The Scepter & Bell Recordings" |
| Pinetop Perkins | 3-Finger Boogie | Recorded live at the old FMU studios in East Orange in 1993; it can be found on "Upsalapalooza"-- a bunch of tunes recorded live at the station |
| Art Tatum | How High the Moon | Wow. This guy can play. |
| Art Tatum | Tatum-Pole Boogie | Mostly bed music but let's let Art tinkle away on those keys |
| Les Paul | Hawaiian Paradise | Here's where the old "what-more-can-you-say" about someone really applies. |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | I'm A Fool to Care | These guys did radio and, in the early days of the medium, TV. He played, she sang, they made jokes-- and it still sounds pretty good today! |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | This doesn't sound like the way Howlin' Wolf did it! |
| Tony Schwartz | Translations | Tony went out into the streets of NY and recorded what he heard; from "New York 19" (Folkways) |
| The Village Stompers | Washington Square | |
| Bobby Sanabria & Ascension | Delirio | From "New York City Ache" (Flying Fish, 1993) |
| Bobby Sanabria & Ascension | La Cumbiamba | A Joe Henderson tune, done Puerto Rican style |
| Renata Lu | Faz Tanto Tempo | Samba Soul from the 70s, on "Black Rio 2" (Strut, 2009) |
| Guimaraes E O Grupo Som Sagrado | Our Sound | More soul stuff from Brazil. |
| Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards | California | |
| R Crumb & his Cheap Suit Serenaders | Alabamy Bound | A Uke Ike number, done by some of his biggest fans. Crumb did the cover for one of his albums, a re-issue of old stuff from 1974 |
| Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies | Somebody Stole My Gal | A western swing take |
| Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell | Insufficient Sweetie | "That when a rabbi becomes kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan" |
| John Martyn | Singin' in the Rain | |
| Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards | If You Knew Susie | Listener Adam wondered if the voice in "Betty Boop MD" was Uke Ike. If you look on YouTube, you can see it-- great scary animation-- and much more, including other Cliff Edwards stuff |
| Alberta Hunter | Darktown Strutters Ball | Alberta Hunter is one of the amazing stories of the recent past: a successful blues/jazz singer from the early part of the 20th century, she turned up in the 70s and sang as well as ever. I never saw her but this a great album: "Amtrak Blues" (Columbia 1980) |
| Jeff Beck | Cause We've Ended As Lovers | |
| Slim Gaillard | African Jive | Lotsa Slim on YouTube too, including a 1988 TV show where an older Slim does "Take the A-Train" w/ David Sanborn. Even better: a clip from a 1986 movie "Absolute Beginners" with David Bowie. Surreal segment, hot Slim music |
| Steve Martin | Pitkin County Turnaround | Yes, the comic Steve Martin. A good banjo player. He has help on "The Crow" from Early Scruggs, Tony Trischka, Dolly Parton and others. On Rounder. |
| The Creole Belles | Domino/Will Bolfa Medley | Nice new Cajun music on Arhoolie Records |
| Lucinda Williams | Out of Touch | From "Essence" (Lost Highway, 2002) |
| Dwight Yoakam | Fast As You | Dwight rocks |
| Willie Nelson w/ Carlos Santana | They All Went to Mexico | From an album of duets with the clever name: "Half Nelson" (Columbia, 1985) |
| Doug Gillard | The Temperament Twist | |
| Jayhawks | Waiting for the Sun | |
| Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem | Irish Rover | Just finished reading Frank McCourt's great memoir, "Angela's Ashes." |
| Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem | October Winds | |
| The Pogues | Once Upon a Time | |
| Phil Ochs | The Highwayman | Frankie McCourt was a poor Irish kid who heard this classic English outlaw poem and was inspired to become a writer. It's a common tale: the outlaw falls in love as "the redcoat troops come marching marching..." |
| Coffin Daggers | Cat's Eyes | Check them out at Maxwells on August 23, along with Los Straitjackets |
| Los Straitjackets | Chica Alborotada aka Tallahassee Lassie | |
| Los Straitjackets | Squid |
Fri. 8/14/09 3:12pm
jamesie:
About time I said hello, and with good intentions
Fri. 8/14/09 3:57pm
Annie:
Great show! I am really digging the flow of genre! Thank you! I'm 37 weeks pregnant and the baby and I are relaxing to your tunes.....
Morristown, NJ
Fri. 8/14/09 3:59pm
ao:
Sigh - will miss Les. It felt good just knowing he was around.
Fri. 8/14/09 3:59pm
Chris:
Really enjoying this playlist so far. Between this and the recent tribute to DeVille, I've been turned onto some amazing albums.
Fri. 8/14/09 4:04pm
bryce:
very very tiny les paul!
Fri. 8/14/09 4:27pm
steve krinsky:
Bryce: Who says size matters?
Fri. 8/14/09 4:30pm
kid brody:
can you repeat or write down in the "comments" section what you said about the Texas Tornados? Thanks a bunch! Enjoying your show today.
Fri. 8/14/09 4:31pm
Adam / Ladyfingers:
Wow...I hate that I tuned in this late...awesome playlist!!
Fri. 8/14/09 4:36pm
steve krinsky:
Lincoln Center Out of Doors:
-- 8/22, 2 pm: Ramblin Jack Elliot, Holmes Bros, etc.
-- 8/22, 7 pm: Allen Toussaint, Lizz Wright
-- 8/23, 4 pm: Texas Tornados, etc.
Fri. 8/14/09 4:39pm
kid brody:
Thanks Steve! Have a great weekend!
Fri. 8/14/09 4:44pm
taylor:
first time listening to your show, been listening for the last couple of hours during my late breakfast. great stuff! thanks and hello from the breezy bay area!
Fri. 8/14/09 5:32pm
LizGig:
Go freeform radio!
Fri. 8/21/09 2:12pm
Lou Russo:
Steve, great show, and cool guitar stuff. I've always LOVED the Mescaleros, and my last song "Instigator troublemaker" was totally influenced by their "Johnny Appleseed" track.
Do you have a copy of my song?--- Lou
Thu. 3/11/10 4:14pm
LOU RUSSO:
Greetings from Mandolin Brothers:
Hi Steve I just played this Aug 14 (my anniversary) archive. Great stuff as usual. Great to hear that Joe Strummer track on the radio. And where else could I hear my art hero R. Crumb do his music "dang". thanks Steve, see you soon, Lou Russo
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