Not steel but pretty good guitar to get us started!
Debashish Bhattacharya
Gat in Teentala
Brilliant Indian guitar from "Trinity of Guitars" on P&M Records, Kolkata (2003)-- with brother Subhasis on tablas. Debashish makes hybrid guitars, adds Hawaiian rhythms and often plays (and records) with American musicians, like Kenny Wessel and Bob Brozman.
Ken Wessel, Badal Roy, Stomu Takeishi
Testimony
Kenny & Badal played together in Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band. This trio-- with Stomu on bass-- mixes Indian rhythms with jazz. From "Daybreak" on Igmod (1998).
Don Tyack & Chuck Campbell
"Amazing Grace"
Recorded at the Sacred Steel Convention in March 2001, at Sanford (FL) Civic Center. On Arhoolie Records.
Johnny Bellar w/ Linda & David Lay
Aloha Oe
Lap steel plus rhythm and bass; from "Masters of the Steel String Guitar" (Arhoolie, 2000)
Isn't this a killer tune? From "Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics: 1927-1938" on Arhoolie (2002).
Sol Hoopii Trio
Palolo
The All Music Guide describes Sol Hoopii as "the most celebrated steel guitarist of the Hawaiian golden age." He first came to the mainland as a stowaway in 1919, recorded hundreds of tune in Los Angeles and was a huge influence on country & western music.
The Pahinui Brothers w/ Ry Cooder
Jealous Guy
Listen to this mix: 3 Hawaiian brothers with Ry, David Lindley on steel, Dwight Yoakam on vocals-- doing a John Lennon tune. Check out their 1992 self-titled album on Private Music.
Ry Cooder
Sountrack to Johnny Handsome
Cool movie music as talkover bed.
Herb Pederson
Can't You Hear Me Calling
Title cut for 4 CD bluegrass collection on Columbia/Legacy (2004).
Don Reno, Bill Harrell & the Tennessee Strings
Choking the Strings
Bluegrass instrumental from same CD collection, subtitled "80 Years of American Music"
Byrds
Bristol Steam Convention Blues
These Byrds were the Gene Parsons & Clarence White Byrds-- and they sure could pick. More bluegass, I guess.
Dixie Chicks
Tortured, Tangled Hearts
The last of four tunes from the "Can't You Hear Me Calling" collection, from these righteous country gals.
Bill Monroe
Summertime is Past and Gone
Something from the "father" of modern bluegrass, with Lester Flatt on lead guitar and vocals; recorded in 1946.
Tony Joe White
Gabriella
Fine new album from country singer-songwriter ("Polk Salad Annie" "Rainy Night in Georgia") White.
Tony Joe White w/ Shelby Lynn
Can't Go Back Home
The new CD-- "The Heroines" on Sanctuary (2004)-- has nice duets with Jessi Colter, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams plus Shelby Lynn and White's daughter Michelle.
Nora O'Connor
My Backyard
Is this a great song? From "til the dawn" on Bloodshot (2004)
Buddy Miller
Don't Wait
This guy should be our next rock & roll hero! He writes great songs and plays as well as anyone. What are we waiting for?
Madeleine Peyroux
Lonesome Road
Eight years after we first heard of her, Madeleine Peyroux puts out a new CD on Rounder-- "Careless Love"-- filled with cool smokey covers.
Elizabeth Cotton
Fox Chase
Cotton won a Grammy at age 90. A great guitar picker until she died in 1987, this tune is from the "Shake Sugaree" collection from 1965-66 on Smithsonian Folkways.
Bill Morrissey
Coffee Blues
Cover of Mississippi John Hurt song, aka the Maxwell House coffee song, from an album of John Hurt covers by NH singer-songwriter Morrissey.
Mississippi John Hurt
Farther Along
When he was re-discovered in the 1960s, he could sing and play as well as he ever did. This tune is from "Last Sessions" on Vanguard (1966), produced by Patrick Sky.
Lttle Axe
The Way I See It
Short instrumental from "Champaigne & Grits" on Real World (2000).
Little Axe
Walk on Water
Little Axe-- Skip McDonald, working with pals Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc and producer Adrian Sherwood-- combine real blues with audio bits. Listen for Howlin' Wolf and Leadbelly in the mix.
Moms Mabley & the Orioles
Yes, Indeed
Moms Mabley was a Harlem fixture from the 30s to the 60s, mostly doing standup. But she sang too! Check out "Step It Up & Go! Tearing Up the Roots of Rock n Roll"
Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten
One Sweet Letter from You
Classy New Orleans R&B, also from "Step It Up & Go!" (President Records, 2004)
Ted Hawkins
Long As I Can See the Light
Hawkins was a street musician in Venice, California, for years, until he was discovered in the 1980s. He recorded a couple of strong albums, then he died.
Eddie Hinton
Too Much Monkey Business
White soulster covers Chuck Berry, from "Playing Around: The Songwriting Sessions, Vol.2" (2004)
James Cotton w/ Dave Alvin
Stealin' Stealin'
One of the last of the great Chicago blues greats recently put out a nice album of duets; here he plays with Dave Alvin and guitar pal Chris Gaffney.
Kris Kristofferson
The Law is For Protection of the People
Early clever Kristofferson, when he was still pushing a broom in Nashville.
Bushspeak
On the Environment
Well, it looks like we can use this CD-- "Bushspeak: The Curious Wit and WIsdom"-- for years to come. So sad.
Carol Lester
Shine (Feed the Love)
Jersey City singer-songwriter. For more info, email her at SongFull@aol.com
Leon Rosselson
Harry's Gone Fishing
Great tune about fighting the power, from fine British songwriter. Title cut to his 2000 CD, available on Gadfly Records in Burlington, VT
Big City Orchestra
Welkevil
"Smirky" is the CD title. More cutups, Bush and Welk and others.
Beach Boys
Old Man River
No comment
Chandler Travis
I Threw Some Meat into the Pond
Singer/Songwriter/Poet?? You can see home every Sunday in the summer at the Beachcomber on Cape Cod
Chandler Travis
With My Feet Planted Firmly in the Air
To hear this witty fellow rock & roll, check out his "Writer-Songsinger" CD on Sonic Trout" (1992) or his more recent stuff.
Michael Fracasso
When I Lived in the Wild
NYC singer-songwriter moved to Austin, put out some fine work. This tune is the title cut to his 1995 album on Bohemia Beat Records.
Big City Orchestra
Hidden2
More "Smirky"
Phil Ochs
Power & the Glory
A tune that fights back!
Joe Val
Long Lonesome Road
A one-time member of the Charles River Valley Boys, Joe Val was the best of the Boston bluegrass guys in the 60s. Listen to the great compilation album on Rounder Records called "Diamond Joe."
Woody Guthrie
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Ending a show with a Woody Guthrie song is always a positive move! "I ain't gonna be treated this a way."
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