Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from August 20, 2002
Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from August 20, 2002
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August 20, 2002: Looky Looky Yonder: For Leadbelly
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Ride of the Ruthless
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| Dick Dale |
The Long Ride
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| Medeski Martin and Wood |
Think
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| Slede |
Gingerbread Man
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from "Czech Alternative Music 2000" on Indies Records |
| Pavel Fajt and Pluto |
Kohout
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more Czech Alternative Music 2000 |
| Electric Flag |
Peter's Trip
|
from soundtrack to "The Trip" (1967). Found on Bob Brainen's "Feeding Frenzy" compilation (WFMU) |
| Funkadelic |
Hardcore Follies
|
Recorded in 1976, remastered and reissued in 2002 |
| Country Joe and the Fish |
Porpoise Mouth
|
scratchy but cool |
| Country Joe and the Fish |
Section 43
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| Kaleidoscope |
Egyptian Gardens
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Late 60s California psychedelic band with David Lindley |
| The Celeib People |
Ceyladd Beyta
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On "Everything You Wanted to Know About 60s Mind Expansive Psychedelic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid to Ask" on Arf Arf (1993). From 1968 w/ Ry Cooder on Guitar |
| Vaqueros |
69
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Also from "Everything You Wanted to Know..." |
| Shivas Head Band |
Afrodeez
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One of Austin's premiere psychedelic bands resurfaced in the 1990s. |
| Rossy |
Faraniaina
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Malagasay guitarist. Produced by Henry Kaiser |
| Cornershop |
Sleep on the Left Side
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The All Music Guide calls the band an "innovative hybrid of Indian music, British indie rock, and contemporary dance." |
| Gerry and the Joy Band |
My Name is Earl
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A spin-off Australian rock group "The Loved Ones" |
| Barbarians |
What the New Breed Say
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New England garage pioneers, led by one-handed drummer Moulty |
| Fenwyck |
Mindrocker
|
from the Nuggets box |
| Rotary Connection |
Sursum Mentes
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| Rotary Connection |
Didn't Want to Have to Do It
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Mediocre cover of Lovin' Spoonful tune |
| Don and Dewey |
Farmer John
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50s rock & roll duets from Dewey Terry and Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Released on "Jungle Hop" on Specialty (1991) |
| Lee Perry/Junior Murvin |
I Was Appointed
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| Wayne Wonder |
No Letting Go
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Dead air followed by mediocre Jamaican pop. |
| Raymond Scott Orchestrette |
Powerhouse
|
Fine rendition of Scott classic, produced by WFMU's Irwin Chusid |
| Coasters |
Shopping for Clothes
|
Leiber and Stoller composition |
| Joe Hudson and His Rockin' Dukes |
Baby Give Me A Chance
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| Lightnin' Slim |
Bad Luck Blues
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| Pharoah Sanders |
When the Lights Are Low
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| Big Maybelle |
Rockhouse
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| Junior Kimbrough |
All Night Long
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from the late Mississippi juke joint bluesman |
| Leadbelly |
Looky Looky/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells
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Huddie Ledbetter (1888-1949) brough a huge reportoire of blues songs-- along with his booming voice and 12-string guitar-- to NYC and white audiences. |
| Abba |
Pick A Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special
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Swedes take a stab at American folk songs, including two Leadbelly tunes |
| Standells |
When I Was A Cowboy
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Leadbelly's western classic. Almost half of all cowboys in the 1880s were black or Mexican! |
| Lonnie Donegan |
Rock Island Line
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In 1953, Donegan had a huge hit (sold three million copies in six months) with this Leadbelly tune |
| Stan Freeberg |
Rock Island Line
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Humorists takes his turn with Leadbelly |
| Leadbelly |
Midnight Special
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Leadbelly sang himself out of prison twice! |
| Clifford Jordan |
Dick's Holler
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| Marianne Faithful |
Ain't Gone Down to the Well No More
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more Leadbelly |
| Tailgators |
Keep Your Hands Off Her
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Austin twang band covers Leadbelly |
| Leadbelly |
Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvie
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| Leadbelly |
Julie Ann Johnson
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| Leadbelly |
Line 'Em
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| Leadbelly |
Who Back Buck
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| Nirvana |
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
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Aka "In the Pines" or "Black Girl" |
| James Booker |
Good Night Irene
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New Orleans piano player did a year in Louisiana's Angola Prison-- almost 50 years after Leadbelly did time there. |
| Kelly Joe Phelps |
Good Night Irene
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| Clifford Jordan |
Black Betty
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Wow! |
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