Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from June 30, 2003
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| Big Guitars from Texas |
Bulldoggin' Boogie
|
Theme intro |
| Popa Chubby |
Take Off-- A!
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Bluesy instrumental from "Popa Chubby: The Hungry Years, 1991-1996" on Blind Pig (2003) |
| Elliot Sharp's Terraplane |
Lost Souls
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Hot downtown blues, on "Do the Don't" (2003); longtime Howlin' Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin plays on a few cuts. |
| Roy Head |
(You're) Almost Tuff Enough
|
Roy Head's 1965 smash "Treat Her Right" is still one of the great rockers; this song comes from the "Psychedelic States: Texas" collection (Gear Fab, 2003) |
| True Believers |
Train Round the Bend
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Alejandro Escovedo's hot band from the 80s |
| Hayseed Dixie |
You Shook Me All Night Long
|
Clever country cover of AC/DC tune |
| Jerry Jeff Walker |
Mr. Bojangles
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Not a bad song, even if it's been played too much. Even Jacky Jack sounds bored with it! From "Texas Folks" on K-Tel (1996) |
| Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys |
Crazy Little Mama (At My Front Door)
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This is the song I meant to play, from "Texas Folks" |
| Damal & Rasheed |
Twistin' in the Tub
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| Frankie Avalon |
Dee Dee Dinah
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Polyester pop from the early 60s |
| The New Dimensions |
Bongo Shutdown
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Now we're talking rock & roll, from "Lost Legends of Surf Guitar" (Sundazed, 2003) |
| Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy |
Oh, What A Night
|
Wry jazz cover, with smart-ass horns. This is a Ladies Choice. Girls, select your partners! |
| Bob Wills & Texas Playboys |
Bubbles in my Beer
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Merle Haggard pulled the Playboys together ("For the Last Time") for a 1973 reunion; Bob Wills, with an occasional whoop from his wheel chair, died a year or so later |
| John Anderson & Marty Stuart |
Mama Tried
|
from Nashville tribute to Merle Haggard |
| Gillian Welch |
Wayside/Back in Time
|
from "Soul Journey" |
| Mary Gauthier |
The Ledge
|
from "Filth & FIre" (Signature Sounds, 2002) |
| Drive-By Truckers |
Sink Hole
|
Depressing lyrics with a rocking country beat; from "Decoration Day" (New West, 2003) |
| Eric Anderson w/Phoebe Snow |
Ain't No Time to Bleed
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Powerful new tune, from Anderson's intense new album: "Beat Avenue" (Appleseed Recordings, 2003) |
| Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies |
Brownie's Stomp
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Let's take a break from all the singer-songwriter bummer songs! |
| Freres Michot |
La Mazurka de Eugene Michon
|
These Cajun boys know how to play |
| Zachary Richard |
Invitation des Mardi Gras
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| Zachary Richard |
High Time
|
Cajun rocker tries his hand at country music |
| The Hillmen |
Copper Kettle
|
Fine version of mountain classic, by Chris Hillman, pre-Byrds/Burrito Bros, and band |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliot |
More Pretty Girls Than One
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| Ramblin' Jack Elliot |
Me & BIlly the Kid
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Joe Ely wrote this song, Jack sings it along with pal Peter Rowan, on "Friends of Mine" (Hightone, 1998) |
| Guy Clark |
Ramblin' Jack and Mahan
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Two wild cowboys, folk singer Jack Elliot and rodeo star Larry Mahan |
| Guy Clark |
She Loves to Ride Horses
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Guy Clark can still write great songs. This one, written with Keith Sykes, is from "The Dark" (Sugar Hill, 2002) |
| John Hammond |
No Chance
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A rockin' number, with David Hidalgo, Augie Myers and others. |
| Hamilton Loomis |
Take A Number (Stand in Line)
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Young blues rocker out of Austin, TX |
| Robert Belfour |
Crazy Ways
|
on Fat Possum, 2003 |
| Butterbeans and Susie |
Get Yourself A Monkey Man, Make Him Strut
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Blues with a vaudeville flavor, from "Butterbeans and Susie Complete Recorded Works, 1924-1925" (Document, 1999) |
| Cab Calloway |
Chant of the Jungle
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The Hi-De-Ho man, from 1942 |
| Albert Collins |
Collins Mix
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| Fred Koller |
Bluesman
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Wise-ass Nashville songwriter |
| Chuck E. Weiss |
Congo Square at Midnight
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L.A. hipster goes to New Orleans |
| Coctails |
Monkeys and Seals
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Not your run-of-the-milll lounge music, from "Long Sound" (1992) |
| Morning 40 Federation |
Stinky
|
New Orleans funky party band, from "You My Brother" (2000) |
| Bembeya Jazz |
Leta
|
After a long absence, these musicians from Guinea are back, on World Village Music (2002) |
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