Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from August 14, 2006
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Pop-up player!| Artist | Track | Comments |
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| Big Guitars from Texas |
Bulldoggin' Boogie
|
I shoulda played "High Tide in Hub City" |
| Ronnie Earl |
Churchin'
|
Forner Roomful of Blues guitarist, working here with Jimmy McGriff; from "Healing Time" (Telarc, 2000) |
| Charlie Hunter Quintet |
Mestre Tata
|
Recorded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2002; released on "Right Now Move" (Rope@Dope Records, 2003) |
| Bounty Hunters |
Echo Express
|
Garage twang from "Strummin' Mental, Vol.2"-- a cool collection of bands |
| Martin Denny |
Goony Birds
|
Recorded in 1958, released on CD by RevOla in 2006: "Forbidden Planet" |
| Eric Johnson |
Tribute to Jerry Reed
|
Austin guitar tribute to Nashville picker Reed; recorded in 1999 but released on the amazing 3-CD box put out by KGSR radio |
| Dick Dale |
Let's Go Trippin'
|
Surf guitar from 1961 |
| Dick Dale |
Hava Nagila
|
Middle Eastern surf guitar from 1994 |
| Hamell on Trial |
The Seven Seas
|
A clever fellow, that Ed Hamell |
| Melancholy Ramblers |
Amelia Earhardt's Last Ride
|
Austin acoustic combo |
| Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
|
"They asked me for some collateral & I pulled down my pants" |
| Stuart Frank |
Blood Red Roses
|
The first version of this sea shanty that I heard was when Richard Farina did a solo a capella version in the 1960s |
| Ewen McColl & A.L.Lloyd |
Blow Boys Blow
|
"When everyone else was listening to Cream, I was listening to A.L. Lloyd and Ewan McColl. These were two old guys who used to record together, trying to replicate the original instrumentation of sea shanties...Some of the words were absolutely unbelievable...I loaned the LP to Beefheart and he probably still has it." - FRANK ZAPPA |
| Taj Mahal |
When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul
|
Beautiful instrumental from Taj's excellent 1975 Caribbean flavored album: "Music Keeps Me Together" |
| Joseph Spence |
Out on the Rolling Sea
|
Bahamian guitarist sings of god and the ocean |
| (Orchestra) Baobab |
Cheri Takama
|
New album: "N'Wolof: Dakar Sound, Volume 7) |
| Ali Farka Toure |
Erdi
|
The final album from the great Malian guitarist: "Savane" (World Circuit, 2006) |
| John Holt |
Soolaiman
|
Early reggae, from "I Can't Get You Off My Mind" (Heartbeat, 20060 |
| Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra |
Boy In A Boat
|
Hot new jazz on Sunnyside. This band really swings! |
| NRBQ |
Jump Man Jump
|
These guys can swing too; from "You Gotta Be Loose" (Rounder, 1998) |
| NRBQ |
A Little Bit of Bad
|
Great Al Anderson composition; from "Message from the Mess Age" (Rhino, 1994) |
| Chandler Travis |
I Threw Some Meat Into the Pond
|
Leader of the Incredible Casuals-- who play every Sunday in the summer at the Beachcomber in Wellfleet-- recites a poem |
| Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra | ??? | Another hot Millenial Territory Orchestra tune: first as talkover music, then the last 30 seconds or so |
| Roomful of Blues |
I Left My Baby
|
A soulful cover of an Andy Gibson tune-- written for Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing-- on Roombul's 1995 "Turn It On! Turn It Up!" CD. Gibson is the guy who wrote "D'Natural Blues" which later became the "Hucklebuck" |
| Roomful of Blues |
Two Bones & A Pick
|
T-Bone Walker instrumental, from their 1981 Hot Little Mama" album; Ronnie Earl plays a mean guitar, trombonist Porky Cohen was in the horn section |
| T-Bone Walker |
Done Got Over It
|
In 1974, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller brought a group of music heavies-- Dizzy Gillespie, James Booker, Zoot Sims, etc-- to record with guitar whiz Walker |
| Roomful of Blues |
Walking Slow Behind You
|
I tried to find the Basie/Rushing version of this one but no luck |
| Count Basie w/ Jimmy Rushing |
Brand New Wagon
|
Few contemporary bands cover Basie/Rushing better than Roomful; here's one of their best originals |
| Count Basie w/ Big Joe Turner |
Flip, Flop & Fly
|
In 1983, Turner recorded an album ("Blues Train") with Roomful; Big Joe died two years later |
| Roomful of Blues |
Slam Jam
|
Another from "Turn It On! Turn It Up!" |
| Joe Liggins |
Honeydripper (Part 1)
|
I was about to play a Joe Turner tune, a great Johnny Otis collection, when I noticed this tune and I just had to play it |
| Big Joe Turner |
Nother From Nothin' Blues
|
Big Joe wrote this with Johnny Otis; from an excellent 1996 British compilation ("Blues Brothers") with Otis and band backing many of the best R&B guys |
| Roomful of Blues |
Albi's Boogie
|
Swinging finale to our Roomful tribute |
| Lou Ann Barton |
Shake Your Hips
|
Lou Ann-- one of the best of the modern Texas blues women-- sang with Roomful form 1979--80; this Slim Harpo cover is from her 1989 "Read My Lips" album on Antones |
| Buddy Holly |
I Wanna Play House
|
Rev-Ola just released "Gotta Roll: The Early Recordings, 1949-1955" |
| Sonny Curtis |
One in a Million
|
Curtis was from Lubbock and worked with Buddy Holly; after Holly's death, he became leader of the Crickets |
| Old 97s |
Stoned
|
Rhino just released "Hit By a Train"-- a best of... collection |
| Jule Brown |
Rhythm & Booze
|
Out of Chapel Hill comes "Smoke & Mirrors" (Enabler, 2006) |
| Rod Bernard |
Teach Me To Forget
|
Cajun crooner from Opelousas, Louisiana does a nice job on "Swamp Gold Country, Volume 1" on Jin |
| Stone Poneys |
Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water
|
Linda Ronstadt and band cover the Greenbriar Boys tune |
| Gram Parsons & Emmy Lou Harris |
Love Hurts
|
Gram was so excited to find someone to sing harmony with him! Rhino just put out a box set of Gram's "Complete Reprise Sessions"-- same great music, nice new package |
| Alejandro Escovedo |
Arizona
|
Produced by John Cale, here's another terrific album from Alejandro, his first in years: "Boxing Mirror" (Back Porch, 2006) |
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