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April 17, 2003: One World
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | High Tide in Hub City | Another twang theme tune |
| The Impacts | Wipe Out | Merrell Fankhauser's 1962 original version. It was a huge hit for the Surfari's in 1963, with no credit given to its source. |
| Biller and Wakefield | Good Enough | Hot guitar twang |
| Django Reinhardt | Viper's Dream | Breathtaking Gypsy guitar, Paris 1937, Stephane Grapelli on violin. |
| Django Reinhardt | Swingin' with Django | Starts out as bed (talkover music), then Django takes over |
| Biller & Wakefield | Night in Topeka | These guys snuck back in here without permission. Good though. |
| Eddie Harris | Abstraction | Soulful jazz from 1975 |
| Wallias Band | Muziqawi Silt | from Ethipiques 13: Ethiopian Grooves |
| Remmy Ongala | One World | Tanzanian guitarist sings and chants about international harmony |
| Remmy Ongala | I Want to Go Home | More African rhythms |
| Jackie Mittoo | Soul & Inspiration | As bed. Great Jamaican songster. |
| Tommy McCook | Harvest in the East | Ska instrumental from the late great Skatalites tenor saxophonist |
| Huayucaltia | Caminos y Puentes (Roads & Bridges) | Their name means "unity & brotherhood" in Nahuatl (Aztec) and the band-- based in Los Angeles-- includes musicians from Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Peru and the U.S. |
| Greene String Quartet | Big Alice | Former folk fiddler Greene here covers jazz organist Don Pullen |
| Johnny Johnson | Rockinitis | Chuck Berry's piano player, from 1990 CD |
| Cecil Gant | Loose As A Goose | WWII R&B crooner plays piano too |
| Chris Kenner | Come See About Me | New Orleans songwriter sings, with help from Allen Toussaint (on piano) and others. What a cool groove! |
| Meters | Easy (Trip) | from their "Kickback" album of 70s New Orleans soul and funk |
| Meters | Sehorn's Farm | That rolling Meter's instrumental sound. Song named for Marshall Sehorn, partner(with Allen Toussaint) in famed SeaSaint Studios, where the Meters were the house band |
| Los Munequitos de Matanzas | El Tocoloro | This Cuban rumba band has been making great music for 50 years; they tour in the USA every few years. |
| Afro Cuban All Stars | Fiesta de la Rumba | Con Don Ruben Gonzalez y Ibrahim Ferrer |
| Ry Cooder | The Pearls/Tia Juana | A taste of Jelly Roll Morton from Ry's 1978 "Jazz" album |
| Horace Silver | Red Beans and Rice | Jazz tribute to Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans scene |
| Youngbloods | Prelude | Noodlin' intro, from their 1970 live "Rock Concert" album |
| Youngbloods | On Beautiful Lake Spenard | Guitarist known as (Electric) Banana takes the lead on this loping instrumental, also from the live album |
| Youngbloods | Fiddler A Dram | "Rock Concert" featured a stoned version of this mountain classic |
| Seldom Scene | Tulsa Chili Bop | from "Dream Scene" on Sugar Hill, 1996 |
| Roxy Gordon | Smaller Circles | The late West Texas songwriter left a legacy as a storyteller and Native American activist. Quite the character; check him out |
| Gurf Morlix | Let the Rhythm Rule | Producer and guitar whiz Morlix worked with Lucinda Williams in Los Angeles for years; now based in Austin |
| Lucinda Williams | People Talkin' | from "World Without Tears" (2003) |
| Ola Belle Reed | High On A Mountain | from "The Art of Old-Time Mountain Music" on Rounder |
| Johnny Cash | Time of the Preacher | from "Twisted Willie"-- a tribute to WIllie Nelson |
| Willie Nelson | Till I Gain Control Again | Willie and Family's live cover of the great Rodney Crowell tune |
| Rodney Crowell | Shame on the Moon | Like his Houston pals (Townes Van Zandt &, Guy Clark), RC went to Nashville to write songs. This is one of his best |
| Ralph Carney | Cow Lap | Recent work from multi talented instrumentalist |
| Jerry Jeff Walker | Trying to Hold the Wind Up with a Sail | from "Contrary to Ordinary" (1978) |
| Stars of Bethlehem | Above My Head | Contemporary gospel on Savoy |
| Ray Barretto | Manos Duras | The great conguero and bandleader has been playing versions of this song-- aka Hard Hands-- for decades |
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