Steve Krinsky:
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from December 11, 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Boomerang
|
Wild twang intro. |
| Alan Freeman & Frank Beal |
Redwing
|
Woody Guthrie turned this into "Union Maid" ("You Can't Scare Me, I'm Sticking to the Union") |
| Adrian Legg |
Frank the Part Time Clown
|
Brit Guitarist Legg;s 1993 album-- "Mrs. Crowe's Blue Waltz"-- probably has nothing to do with FMU DJ Tom. |
| Lloyd Green |
The Cave
|
Nashville in 1966/67 couldn't deal with this styish guitar player, say the liner note to "The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green" (Koch, 2004). He also played on the Byrds' great "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album. |
| Michael Bloomfield |
I Am A Pilgrim
|
from "If You Love these Blues, Play 'Em as you Please" (Kicking Mule, 2004) |
| June Gardner |
Tennessee Waltz
|
Sweet country classic funked up in New Orleans; Gardner was Sam Cooke's drummer. |
| Dwight Yoakum |
Train in Vain
|
"Under the Covers" is a collection of tunes, some great, some not so, that DY did in 1993. Ralph Stanley sings backup on this Clash song! |
| Tommy Steele |
Singing the Blues
|
British rockabilly cover of great 50s tune, a hit for both Guy Mitchell and Marty Robbins. On CD of songs that influenced the Clash that MOJO Magazine put out. |
| The Clash |
I Fought the Law
|
Written by Sonny Curtis (one of Buddy Holly's Crickets), the song was a hit in 1966 for the Bobby Fuller Four and has been covered by many. And the Clash do a pretty good job with it. |
| Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros |
Yalla Yalla
|
Former Clash Frontman Strummer always had interesting things to day. So sad he is gone. |
| Johnny Cash |
I Never Picked Cotton
|
This country song could have been sung anytime during JC's long career but it's from his 1996 "Unchained" album. |
| John Hartford |
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
|
A bittersweet banjo tune, from the soundtrack to "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" |
| Laura Cantrell |
Little BIt of You
|
From Laura's "Not the Tremblin' Kind" album |
| Courtney & Western |
Hands Off
|
A Diesel Only 45, Courtney Lee Adams and band |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
Creeped Out
|
On his recent CD-- "Spooked" on Yep Roc-- former Soft Boy works with American country folkies Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| Leonard Cohen |
Go No More A-Roving
|
New LC CD-- "Dear Heather" (Columbia, 2004) |
| Wilco |
Hummingbird
|
Grammy-nominated, strong songs, good harmonies. |
| Kenneth Threadgill |
Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
|
Austin legend: Yodeler, restauranteur, Janis Joplin booster. |
| Wilco |
Wishful Thinking
|
This is a nice song-- Beatle-esque-- but it doesn't fit here. Played by mistake, it messed up the set. Apologies to Kenneth Threadgill. |
| Commander Cody & his Lost Planet AIrmen |
Lost in the Ozone
|
Now we're talking. These guys played the Armadillo a lot, always a good time when they did. Thirty years later, some of those bandmembers ended up in some interesting (musical) places. |
| Butch Hancock with Jimmie Gilmore |
Bluebird
|
These guys moved to Austin, from Lubbock, in the early 70s and made a huge impact. This tune is from "Own & Own"-- a great Demon Records collection of Butch tunes. |
| Greezy Wheels |
Country Music and Friends
|
Another Austin hippie band, Armadillo regulars. In 1976, London Records put out an album of their stuff. |
| Greezy Wheels |
Heartburn (I'm a Menace)
|
Fiddler Mary Egan was the band standout. |
| Joe Ely |
Oh Boy
|
Lubbock boys, Joey does Buddy |
| Mark Brine |
New Blue Yodel
|
NY singer-songwriter moved to Nashville after this Diesel Only 45 came out. What ever happened to him? |
| Kenneth Threadgill |
Coming Back to You My Texas
|
This is the tune that Kenneth did in Willie Nelson's "Honeysuckle Rose" movie |
| Yoon Il-Lo |
Guitar Boogie
|
Korean take on C&W tune |
| Ernest Tubb & George Jones |
Half a Mind
|
The first time at the wrong speed; better the second time. Roger Miller wrote this tune, by the way. |
| Little Jimmie Dickens |
Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)
|
Written by Boudleaux Bryant, recorded in 1954. |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliot |
Intro/T for Texas
|
A 1957 live performance at Isle of Wight: "The Lost Topic Tapes" on Hightone |
| Everly Brothers |
So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad
|
1960 hit written by brother Don. |
| Everly Brothers |
Walk Right Back
|
Another song written by Buddy Holly bandmate Sonny Curtis of the Crickets-- who wrote "I Fought the Law" played earlier. |
| Old & In the Way |
Land of the Navajo
|
Peter Rowan wrote this song and plays here with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and others on a rousing bluegrassy album from 1975/ |
| Frankie Laine |
Moonlight Gambler
|
50s pop singer-- one of the biggest in his day-- had a Western flair. Still alive in his 90s. Bob Hilliard, who wrote this song, died in 1971; not recently at all. |
| Louise Massey & the Westerners |
My Adobe Hacienda
|
On Rounder Record's 1997 compilation: "Don't Fence Me In: Western Music's Early Golden Era". The title tune (sung by Roy Rogers) written by that great cowboy songwriter Cole Porter. |
| Dean Martin/Rick Nelson |
My Rifle, My Pony and Me
|
Corny Hollywood, with John Wayne intro |
| Ennio Morricone |
Una Pistola Per Ringo
|
Cowboys from Italy! |
| Juan Gaytan y Frank Cantu |
El Contrabandista
|
Outlaws in 1934. Corridos are those great topical Mexican story songs-- often about controversial subjects. Rounder just did an entire CD of corridos about drugs: "The Roots of the Narcocorrido" includes tunes from the 1800s! |
| Freddy Fender |
Bailando El Rock & Roll
|
Freddy knew how to rock back then; had piles of Tex Mex hits like this. Too bad the CD skipped. |
| Freddy Fender |
Tell It Like It Is
|
A more soulful song, his take on Aaron Neville. Freddy spent some "time" in the New Orleans area, at Angola Prison on a pot charge. Huey Meaux, the Crazy Cajun, produced some of his biggest hits. |
| Freddy Fender |
Corrina Corrina
|
Not rock at all but a cool Tex Mex version of a great old song from the guy born as Baldemar Huerta. |
| Nashville Bluegrass Band |
Garfield's Blackberry Blossom
|
From "Twenty Year Blues" (Sugar Hill, 2004) |
| International Submarine Band |
Knee Deep in the Blues
|
Mediocre music but a great vocal from a young Gram Parsons in 1967. On Sundazed. |
| Flying Burrito Brothers |
Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)
|
Gram cooks, with a great band. This tune first appeared on "Gilded Palace of Sin" |
| Asylum Street Spankers |
Digga Digga Do
|
Contemporary playful Austin band; song cuts off abruptly. |
| LA Brown |
No Hootenanny Tonight
|
From "Just Shuckin' Around 1953-1963 Wild & Crazy LA R&B" on Panic Records |
| The Treniers |
Bald Head
|
Raunchy R&B brothers cover Professor Longhair on the "Hoss Allen Sessions" |
| Professor Longhair |
Tipitina
|
Fess tinkles those New Orleans keys-- no one does it better than him. |
| Professor Longhair |
Mess Around
|
This one rocks too. I saw this guy play at the Village Gate in the late 70s, just a few years before he died. |
| Ernie Hawkins |
Lightnin's Hideaway
|
A Freddy King number, from "Mean Little Poodle" on Say Mo' Music. |
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