Steve Krinsky: Playlist from July 5, 2003

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Artist	Track	Comments
Big Guitars from Texas	Bulldoggin' Boogie
Moby Grape	Boysenberry Jam
Dorothy Ashby	Soul Vibration	from "Afro Harping" (1968)
Claude Williams	Smooth Sailing	Fiddler Williams played with Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy in the 1920s and 30s; this tune is more recent, from the 1990s, when he played on "Masters of Folk Violin" (Arhoolie, 1995)
Leizime Brusoe	French Four (Soldier's Joy)	Recorded in 1937 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and available on CD on "American Fiddle Tunes" on Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song/Rounder (2000 )
Leizime Brusoe	Quadrille
Leizime Brusoe	Two-Step Schottische
Leizime Brusoe	Highland Fling
Eddie Miller	Freight Train Blues	from "Down on the Levee: The Piano Blues of St. Louis, Vol. 2" (Yazoo, 2003)
[Soundtrack to "Talk to Her"]	Sabana Santa	from Pedro Almodovar's brilliant film, score by Alberto Iglesias
[Soundtrack to "Talk to Her"]	Jordania
Eliane Elias	September	with Michael Brecker on trumpet
Herbie Mann	One Note Samba	Jazz flutist Herbie Mann died on July 1, 2003. A pioneer of world music, in 1965 he went to Brazil to record with Jobim, Gilberto and Baden Powell
Herbie Mann	Draw Your Brakes	This 1976 cover of the reggae classic swings, with a great rhythm section and Herbie Mann's flute lead
Herbie Mann	Memphis Underground	Title cut to the fine 1969 album, with Sonny Sharrock and Larry Coryell on guitar and Roy Ayers on vibes. A fusion album that rocks.
David Fathead Newman	Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool	Herbie Mann moved from NYC to Santa Fe and started Kokopelli Records-- recording people like David Newman, Cornell Dupree and lots of Brazilians
Hilton Ruiz	Michael's Mambo	Solo piano from Latin jazz master
Irakere/Chucho Valdes	Solo te Echaron un Medio	Irakere began playing Cuban music in 1973; Chucho Valdes, a brilliant jazz pianist, has been its musical director all those years
Laurel Aitken	Perfidia	Cuban-Jamaican mix, from "100% Latin Ska, Vol. 1" (Moon, 1995)
Ernest Ranglin	E.B. @ Noon	The title cut to another fine album by this Jamaican guitar master
Non Pareil Trio	Yellow Dog Blues	From 1929, on "Black Secular Vocal Groups, Vol. 3" on Document Records
Paul Geremia	Midnight Hour Blues	With fiddle master Howard Armstrong, aka Louie Bluie
Howard Tate	Mama Was Right	The great R&B singer was recently found living in Camden, NJ-- and his voice was a soulful as ever. On "Rediscovered" (BMG, 2003)
Lonnie Mack	Mt. Healthy Blues	Rocking blues guitar, from 1969; reissued on Sundazed, 2003
Sean Ardoin and Zydekool	The Call	Fine zydeco player with famous Creole ancestors Amadie and Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot sings soul music on his new album. "Home Brew"
Sean Ardoin and Zydekool	Back Porch	He also plays fine zydeco accordian!
Orchestra Baobob w/ Ibrahim Ferrer	Hommage A Ton Ton Ferrer	Cuban music goes back to Africa! First album in 15 years from this great Senegalese band, from "Specialist in All Styles" (Nonesuch, 2002), produced by Youssou N'Dour
Jimmy Dale Gilmore	Red Chevrolet	Jimmy sings yet another Butch Hancock song
George Jones	Color of the Blues	John Hammond does a cover of this on his newest album but no one does it better than the guy who wrote it
Damn Lovelys	Sparks Fly	NY area country band, fronted by WFMU's own Meredith Ochs; from "Trouble Creek" (2003). For more info, go to damnlovelys.com
Kevin Fowler	Senorita Mas Fina	Another cool country tune from "Cow Hear This! Vol. 2" (Compendia, 2003)
Jose Gutierrez y Los Hermano Ochoa	El Pajaro Cu (Coo Bird)	Mexican coo coo cool song
Chris Mills w/ Dean Schlabowske & Dave Alvin	Horses	Another tune from John Langford's Anti-Death Penalty series: "Pine Valley Cosmonauts: The Executioner's Last Song, Vol. 2"
Norman Blake	Bonaparte's Grand March	from "Flower from the Fields of Alabama" (Shanachie, 2001)
Snuffy Jenkins & Ira Dimmery	Going to Lay Down My Old Guitar	from "Close to Home: Old TIme Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967" on Smithsonian/Folkway
Arthur Smith and Kirk McGee	Black Mountain Rag	Old time guitar and banjo instrumental classic, also from "Close to Home"
Dock Boggs	Sugar Baby	Boggs was an Appalachian banjo player who played/recorded in the 1920s, then (after a long lapse) again in the 60s for Mike Seeger.
Odetta	All the Pretty Little Horses	Beautiful rendition of folk ballad, from Vanguard Folk Sampler
Rooftop Singers	Walk RIght In	This folk song-- originally by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers in late 1920s-- was a pop hit in 1963; also from Vanguard Folk Sampler
Bill Keith, Tony Trishka, Eric Weissberg & others	Footprints in the Snow	Fine instrumental version of Bill Monroe classic, from "Man of Constant Sorrow: American Roots Collection" (Shanachie, 2002)
Spike Jones	By the Beautiful Sea	Recorded in Chicago for RCA in 1947, this is one of the great novelty songs of all time. A summertime favorite.
Aaron Neville	Change Is Gonna Come	Striking gospel version of Sam Cooke's righteous 1964 song