Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from November 5, 2005
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| Big Guitars from Texas |
Holiday for Hoss
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The usual twangy intro stuff |
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Strained
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More usual twangy intro stuff; can't get enough of these pickers |
| Karl Bryan |
LK Strut
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Clement "Coxsone" Dodd did wonders with stuff like this Jamaican ska instrumental from Studio One, on Soul Jazz |
| Count Ozzie & the Zion All Stars |
Holy Mount Zion
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More Studio One |
| Alton Ellis |
Alton's Groove
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From "Alton is a Legend" on Heartbeat, released 1995 |
| Big Chief Ellis |
Chief's E (flat) Blues"
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1974 recording with Tarheel Slim on guitar-- and Brownie McGhee helping out on other cuts |
| Dexter Gordon |
Confirmation
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Dexter plays Bird on "Daddy Plays the Horn"-- recorded in 1955, released on CD by Shout Factory, 2005) |
| Mance Lipscomb |
Going Down Slow
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That sweet East Texas blues sound, recorded in Mance's hometown of Navasota in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz. This became one of the first releases of Arhoolie Records |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell |
Someday
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This guy could play! From "Bues Guitar Heroes" on Fuel, 2003 |
| Johnny Copeland w/ Dr. John |
Ghetto Child
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Clyde Copeland plays the blues on "Strike a Deep Chord: Blues Guitars for the Homeless" (Justice Records, 1992) |
| Zora Neal Hurston |
Shove It Over
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A work song, done by one of the gems of the Harlem Renaissance; from "Music from the Florida Folklife Collection" (See floridamemory.com) |
| Crap Eye |
One Morning at the Break of Day (Wake Up Song)
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Part of the Alan Lomax archives: "Mississippi Saints & Sinners"-- from the "Deep River of Song" documentary |
| Frank Evans |
French Song
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More Lomax |
| Fernest & the Thunders |
Since You've Been Gone
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Zydeco from St. Martin's Parish in the swamps of Louisiana |
| Los Bomboras |
Run & Hide
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A listener called during this set-- it was only 7 am, Saturday-- to complain that she didn't want to be jarred awake. Sorry. |
| Joe King Carrasco |
Bandido Rock
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Title cut from Joe's very political Tex-Mex party album |
| Los Straitjackets w/ El Vez |
Rey Criollo (aka King Creole)
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| Los Straitjackets w/ Dave Alvin |
Caifornia Sun
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| Nick Lowe |
Poor Side of Town
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Nick Lowe does a great job on this cover of the 1960s Johnny RIvers hit; from "The Convincer" (Yep Roc, 2001) |
| Sue Foley |
Oh Baby, We Got a Good Thing Going
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| Cliffie Stone Orchestra |
Barracuda
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Not much rockin' here-- even though the CD is called "Country Goes Rock N Roll, Vol. 1: The Old Guard" (Rev Ola 2005) |
| Shorty Long |
Who Said I Said That
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Another "Country Goes Rock" tune: Shorty has a little more rock & roll growl than Cliffie |
| Joe Ely |
Rock Me My Baby
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Joe Ely knows how to take this great Shorty Long song and make it rock! |
| Doug Sahm |
Is Anybody Going to San Antone?
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"This is a song about my hometown," he says. Doug died a few years ago, still in his 50s. A real loss |
| Doug Sahm |
Groover's Paradise
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This one is about Austin. I knew the Guacamole Queen but I can't remember her name. Her brother was a pretty good session drummer |
| Doug Sahm |
Whirlaway
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Nice instrumental you a young Doug Sahm; can be found-- with lots of other good stuff-- on "San Antonio Rocks: The Harlem Recordings, 1957-1961" |
| Sir Douglas Quintet |
Song of Everything
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Doug moved his band to San Francisco in the late 60s |
| Los Jazz Vatos |
Sho Nuff Did
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Led by Doug's longtime drummer and San Antonio pal Ernie Durawa, this contemporary Austin jazz combo covers Thad Jones here. |
| Los Jazz Vatos |
Bluellespie
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A Paquito D'Rivera composition |
| Rich Minus |
Woke Up This Morning
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My old pal Rich grew up in San Antonio, near Doug and Ernie. He has a bunch of albums out of Last Call records out of Paris |
| Texas Tornados |
Bonita Es El Espanol
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Doug teamed up with Flaco Jimenez, Freddy Frender and Augie Myers in the late 80s. They did a Spanish language version of their first album, here covering Butch Hancock's "She Never Spoke Spanish To Me" |
| Flaco Jimenez |
Swiss Waltz
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Flaco plays accordian-- in every style. Here is an instrumental that mixes Tex-Mex with European sounds, a common South Texas amalgam |
| Flaco Jimenez |
Ay Te Dijo En San Antonio
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Flaco comes from a musical family from San Antonio. This classic tune was written by his dad, Santiago Jimenez, Sr. |
| Flaco Jimenez w/ Radney Foster |
Jealous Heart
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| Gamble Rogers w/ Will McLean |
Orange Blossom Special
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Florida folkies duet |
| Tommy Jarrell |
Let Me Fall
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Tommy (on banjo) with Oscar Jenkins & Fred Cockerham, from "Down at the Cidar Mill" (Country Records, 2004) |
| Seldom Scene |
Philadelphia Lawyer
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DC-bluegrass band does Woody Guthrie |
| Ramblin Jack Elliot |
Rex's Blues
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With help from Emmy Lou Harris & Nanci Griffith, Jack covers Townes Van Zandt |
| Townes Van Zandt |
Dollar Bill Blues
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| Dave Alvin |
Engine 143
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| Doc Watson Family |
Georgie
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| Doc Watson Family |
Reuben's Train
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| Joel Plaskett Emergency |
What Do You Wnat Me To Do
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| Joel Plaskett Emergency |
Light of the Moon
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