Steve Krinsky: Playlist from February 7, 2003

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Artist	Track	Comments
Big Guitars from Texas	Boomerang
Oscar Sulley & the Uhuru Dance Band	Bukom Mashie	from "Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion in 70s Ghana" (Soundway, 2002)
Antibalas	War is Crime	Afrobeat from this hot NY/NJ band
Frank London & Shekina Big Band	Fela	from "Scientist at Work" on Tzadik, 2002
Dead Air	Dead Air	90 seconds of awkward silence! Don't worry: we'll be back.
Paul Cebar & the Milwaukians	You Make Me Feel So	The second half of the song. Sorry.
Jazz Epistles	Vary-Oo-Vum	South African jazz from Dollar Brand (aka Abdullah Ibrahim), Hugh Masakela, Jonas Gwangwa, Kippie Moeketsi, from the late 1950s. By the 60s, most were in exile from apartheid
Ry Cooder/Manuel Galban	Drume Negrita	Ry duets with Cuban guitarist on "Mambo Sinuendo" (2002)
Jorge Ben	Moca	Brazilian guitarist
Mongo Santamaria	Cold Sweat	Funky Latin version of JB classic, done by the late Cuban conguero. From "Skin on Skin" anthology (2002)
Greyboy Allstars w/ Fred Wesley	Fried Grease	JB trombonist plays with west coast funk band in 1995
Chuck Willis	Let's Jump Tonight	from "Chuck Willis Wails!" on Sundazed (2003)
Harry the Hipster Gibson	They Call Him Harry the Hipster	Over-the-hill Harry, recorded in SF in 1989. Gibson died two years later.
Wynonie Harris	Somebody Changed the Lock	Singing with Jack McVea and band in 1945
Rev. Norb	Satan Sounds Like Zodiac Mindwarp	from Green Bay, WI, he calls himself EGR (Earth's Greatest Rocker)
Rev. Norb	The Hucklebuck	Sloppy but fun rockin' version
Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams	Hasting Street Bounce	PW's first hit, recorded in Detroit in 1947
Rev. Norb	Don't Do the Hucklebuck	He doesn't mean it
Paul Williams w/ Joan Shaw	He Knows How to Hucklebuck	1949 followup
Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Cissy Strut	Robert Randolph helps out on steel on this funky cover of Meters hit. From "Medicated Magic" (2002)
Huey Piano Smith w/ Geri Hall	Little Chickee Wah Wah	Bobby Marchan tune from 1959. Marchas was the wild songwriter/singer with HPS and Clowns
Willy Deville	Bamboo Road	Willy in New Orleans, with Zachary Richard on accordian
Clifton Chenier	Bogalusa Boogie	Roy (Raul) Breaux turned me on to Clifton in the early 70s. Check out his blues show Fridays, 9-noon (CST) on krvs.org
Angela Strehli	Stranger Blues	Killer tune from (then) Austin-based blues diva
Elvin Bishop	Stomp	Recently re-issued on CD
Rank and File	Coyote	Early 80s country/punk band that included Alejandro Escovedo
Jon Dee Graham	Airplane	Talented Austin guitarist/songwriter, former member of True Believers (with Alejandro E)
Michael Fracasso	Words as Weapons	Songwriter with a beautiful voice, moved from NYC to Austin in 90s
Bob Evans	Jersey City Spring Water	Lots of NJ/JC references in the music of this group, on Electra/Asylum
Rockfour	Song from the Sea	from "Pull Up the Paisley Cover"-- recent collection of psychedelia from the 60s & 70s
Richard & Mimi Farina	Hamish	Sweet instrumental from Vanguard 3-CD box that includes all three of their albums
Calexico	Dub Latina	Charming instrumental from next CD, "Feast of Wire"
Calexico	Guero Canelo	Ditto
Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats	Bustin' Up	San Francisco's JC plays great guitar instrumentals-- blues, jazz, country-- often with Joe Goldmark on steel
Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	from 1972, w/ Merle Watson, Norman Blake and Vassar Clements
Rosanne Cash	My Baby Thinks He's a Train	This hot 1981 country rocker sounds as fresh as it did twenty something years ago.
Rodney Crowell	Rock of My Soul	from Sugar Hill songwriter collection, "No Song, No Supper" (2003)
Lonnie Pitchford	Elvira	from "All Around Man" on Rooster Blues (1994)