Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from February 7, 2003
Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from February 7, 2003
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February 7, 2003: War/Crime
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Boomerang
|
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| 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) |
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