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August 20, 2002: Looky Looky Yonder: For Leadbelly
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Ride of the Ruthless | |
| Dick Dale | The Long Ride | |
| Medeski Martin and Wood | Think | |
| Slede | Gingerbread Man | from "Czech Alternative Music 2000" on Indies Records |
| Pavel Fajt and Pluto | Kohout | more Czech Alternative Music 2000 |
| Electric Flag | Peter's Trip | from soundtrack to "The Trip" (1967). Found on Bob Brainen's "Feeding Frenzy" compilation (WFMU) |
| Funkadelic | Hardcore Follies | Recorded in 1976, remastered and reissued in 2002 |
| Country Joe and the Fish | Porpoise Mouth | scratchy but cool |
| Country Joe and the Fish | Section 43 | |
| Kaleidoscope | Egyptian Gardens | Late 60s California psychedelic band with David Lindley |
| The Celeib People | Ceyladd Beyta | On "Everything You Wanted to Know About 60s Mind Expansive Psychedelic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid to Ask" on Arf Arf (1993). From 1968 w/ Ry Cooder on Guitar |
| Vaqueros | 69 | Also from "Everything You Wanted to Know..." |
| Shivas Head Band | Afrodeez | One of Austin's premiere psychedelic bands resurfaced in the 1990s. |
| Rossy | Faraniaina | Malagasay guitarist. Produced by Henry Kaiser |
| Cornershop | Sleep on the Left Side | The All Music Guide calls the band an "innovative hybrid of Indian music, British indie rock, and contemporary dance." |
| Gerry and the Joy Band | My Name is Earl | A spin-off Australian rock group "The Loved Ones" |
| Barbarians | What the New Breed Say | New England garage pioneers, led by one-handed drummer Moulty |
| Fenwyck | Mindrocker | from the Nuggets box |
| Rotary Connection | Sursum Mentes | |
| Rotary Connection | Didn't Want to Have to Do It | Mediocre cover of Lovin' Spoonful tune |
| Don and Dewey | Farmer John | 50s rock & roll duets from Dewey Terry and Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Released on "Jungle Hop" on Specialty (1991) |
| Lee Perry/Junior Murvin | I Was Appointed | |
| Wayne Wonder | No Letting Go | Dead air followed by mediocre Jamaican pop. |
| Raymond Scott Orchestrette | Powerhouse | Fine rendition of Scott classic, produced by WFMU's Irwin Chusid |
| Coasters | Shopping for Clothes | Leiber and Stoller composition |
| Joe Hudson and His Rockin' Dukes | Baby Give Me A Chance | |
| Lightnin' Slim | Bad Luck Blues | |
| Pharoah Sanders | When the Lights Are Low | |
| Big Maybelle | Rockhouse | |
| Junior Kimbrough | All Night Long | from the late Mississippi juke joint bluesman |
| Leadbelly | Looky Looky/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells | Huddie Ledbetter (1888-1949) brough a huge reportoire of blues songs-- along with his booming voice and 12-string guitar-- to NYC and white audiences. |
| Abba | Pick A Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special | Swedes take a stab at American folk songs, including two Leadbelly tunes |
| Standells | When I Was A Cowboy | Leadbelly's western classic. Almost half of all cowboys in the 1880s were black or Mexican! |
| Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line | In 1953, Donegan had a huge hit (sold three million copies in six months) with this Leadbelly tune |
| Stan Freeberg | Rock Island Line | Humorists takes his turn with Leadbelly |
| Leadbelly | Midnight Special | Leadbelly sang himself out of prison twice! |
| Clifford Jordan | Dick's Holler | |
| Marianne Faithful | Ain't Gone Down to the Well No More | more Leadbelly |
| Tailgators | Keep Your Hands Off Her | Austin twang band covers Leadbelly |
| Leadbelly | Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvie | |
| Leadbelly | Julie Ann Johnson | |
| Leadbelly | Line 'Em | |
| Leadbelly | Who Back Buck | |
| Nirvana | Where Did You Sleep Last Night? | Aka "In the Pines" or "Black Girl" |
| James Booker | Good Night Irene | New Orleans piano player did a year in Louisiana's Angola Prison-- almost 50 years after Leadbelly did time there. |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | Good Night Irene | |
| Clifford Jordan | Black Betty | Wow! |
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