Steve Krinsky: Playlist from December 29, 2006

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Artist	Track	Comments
Big Guitars from Texas	Ride of the Ruthless	Nice to be back in the Friday morning seat
Dick Dale & his Deltones	Jungle Fever	Another great DD surf collection on Sundazed; this tune is from 1962
Tele Ranch	Walk Don't Run	Steve Barker is the guy behind all this. Check out his website: teleranch.com
Tele Ranch	Four on Six	Sure it's twang. The CD's "Surf, Turf and Twang" but it's jazz too. A Wes Montgomery tune.
Junior Wells	Junior's Nuts	Chicago blues from class harmonica player, still belting out those great tunes
Magic Sam	Backstroke	This guy was one of the best blues pickers around; this tune-- recorded live at Sylvio's in Chicago in 1966-- doesn't sound as good as he does
Ray Charles	Sidewinder	Ray covered this Lee Morgan number in 1971; it turns up on a 1997 Rhino CD called "Genius + Soul = Jazz" (which combines two albums)
Lee Morgan	Dee Lawd	With help from John Hicks, George Benson, Reggie Workman, Billy Higgins and others
Bo Diddley	Mumblin' Guitar	A 1959 instrumental, found on Bo's Chess Box
Bo Diddley	Untitled Instrumental	This 1961 number began as bed (talkover) music but we just let it finish out on its own
Little Buster & his Soul Brothers	Whatever It Takes	Long Island's best bluesman died in May, 2006; this tune is from his 1998 Bullseye Blues CD
H-Bomb Ferguson	Rock H-Bomb Rock	Great blues shouter died this past year; Rev-Ola put out a collection of his best stuff called "Big City Blues: 1951-1954"
Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra	Pompton Turnpike	Tribute to NJ, on "Heavy Juice: 1950-1955" (Rev-Ola)
[Noir Movie Soundtracks]	"The Killing"	Music from great Kubrick 1956 flick, smart thiefs rob the racetrack
[Noir Movie Soundtracks]	White Heat	Max Steiner composition, from 1949 Cagney flick; from "Crime Scene USA: Clasic Film Noir Themes & Jazz Tracks" on Giant Steps
[Noir Movie Soundtracks]	Key Largo	Bogart et al, in Florida, 1948
Mongo Santamaria	Last Tango in Paris	Soundtrack to Bertolucci film, 1972
Mongo Santamaria	Fingers	Both Mongo tracks from "Fuego" (Fania, 2006)
Benjamin Escoriza	Carambola (Moroccan Mix)	From a wonderful collection of world music on Riverboat Records: "Rhythm of the River"
Efran Finatawa	Lledeman	Killer guitar from the Tuareg people of North Africa, also on "Rhythm of the River"
MC Sabrinha	Eu Solto O Som A Voz	Brazil is hot: "Rio Baile Funk: More Favela Booty Beats"
MC Cula	E So Senta	Another Favela Funk Fave
Freddy Fender	Ya No	Freddy-- who died of cancer in October-- began as a Tex-Mex rock & roller. Arhoolie put out a collection of his early stuff in 2003: Freddy Fender Interpreta El Rock"
Freddy Fender	Juegos (Tell It Like It Is)	Demon Records, out of England, put out "Exitos en Espanol: The Spanish Side of Freddy Fender"
Freddy Fender	Tell It Like It Is	It's not Aaron Neville but Freddy does okay on this sweet sad song
Stoney Edwards	She's My Rock	George Jones had a hit with this but I think Stoney did it first; from "Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country" (Trikont, 2006)
Bobby Womack	Bouquet of Roses	Eddie Arnold did this in 1955, Faron Young in 59. Bobby Womack covered it 40 years later; also on "Dirty Laundry"
Ned Sublette	Cheater's Motel	C&W goes to Cuba: Ned's incredible "Cowboy Rhumba" album mixes it up and makes it work. Great stuff
Uncle Bunt Stephens	Sail Away Lady	From the soundtrack to "Desperate Man Blues"-- the documentary about Joe Bussard, record collector extraordinaire
Mike Seeger	Hudson Valley Breakdown
Dick Rosmini	Red Apple Juice
Professor Louie & the Crowmatix	Frosty	Hot instrumental from this Hudson Valley folk group. Find out more at woodstockrecords.com
Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow is a Long time	Dylan song
Geoff Muldaur	Poor Boy Blues	Former member of Jim Kweskin Jug Band knows the blues; from "Harry Smith Project, Revisited" (Disc 2)
Bill Neely	Black Land Farm	Bill used to show up around Austin in the early 70s, guitar in hand, ready to play; this tune if from Arhoolie's "16 Down Home Country Classics"
Tony Gilkyson	Old Cracked Looking Glass	Most of the tunes on "Good Guitar" are originals but I couldn't resist Tony's cover of this obscure Woody Guthrie song
Kelly Willis	He Don't Care About Me	Written by Bruce Robison, now husband/partner with KW; from "Fading Fast" (A&M, 1996)
South Austin Jug Band	Lady Be Good	Not sure why I love this Gershwin tune so much but here's yet another great version, with a country flavor
South Austin Jug Band	Overdrivin' the Mic	An instrumental original from these boys, on their 2005 "Dark & Weary World" CD
Austin Lounge Lizards w/ Kelly Willis	We Always Fight When We Drink Gin	The band is clever but, with Kelly Willis helping on vocals, they sure do swing. Produced by the ubiquitous Lloyd Maines
Butch Hancock	When the Good & the Bad Get Ugly	New CD--"War & Peace"-- is very political. Butch now lives in the Big Bend area; write him (to buy CD or whatever) at Box 468, Terlingua, Texas 79852 or check out angelfire.com/mi/jeffmiller/ or email me at stevek@wfmu.org
Melancholy Ramblers	Wayfaring Stranger	Check out melancholyramblers.com to find out more about these Austin folks or buy their new CD: "Goin' to the Mountain"
The Freddy Steady 5	I Can Beat Your Drum	Longtime Austin drummer fronts this group and-- on "Freddy Steady Go!-- covers "timeless Texas rock & roll"
Dale Hawkins	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town	Recorded in 1969, this album-- "L.A., Memphis & Tyler, Texas (Rev-Ola, 2006)-- has help from James Burton, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and others
Bobby Bare	What Color (Is a Man)	Great songwriter and country music character; this tune can be found on a CD that combines two of his clever 60s albums: "A Bird Named Yesterday" & "Talk Me Some Sense"
Bobby Bare, Jr's Young Criminals Starvation League	Uh Wuh Oh	The son. Also clever. From "The Longest Meow" (Bloodshot, 2006)
Willie Nelson	Rainy Day Blues	One of Willie's great old songs, redone on "Songbird" (Lost Highway, 2006)
The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band	Intro	Last January, a bunch of Austin musicians and lots of friends recorded a concert out in Luckenbach, a semi-abandoned town up in the Hill Country. Much of the music is from Jerry Jeff Walker's 1973 "Viva Terlingua" album
The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band	Gettin' By	The current CD-- "Viva! Terlingua! Songs of Luckenbach, Texas"-- is available at villagerecords.com (along with lots of other Texas music)
Melancholy Ramblers	Back Door Man	This charming rap by Brady Coleman serves as our outro