Steve Krinsky: Playlist from October 18, 2003

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Artist	Track	Comments
Big Guitars from Texas	Hardy Street	That twang sure sounded good at 6 am!
Four Piece Suit	Roughshod	Another Link Wray tribute
Meade Lux Lewis	Bear Cat Crawl	from "Masters of the Boogie Piano" as part of Delmark Records 50th Anniversary
Dave Brubeck	Maori Blues	I found an LP copy of Brubeck's 1963 "Time Further Out" (followup to his "Time Out" smash album) and it sat on a shelf for a few years until I realized just how good it was!
Hot Tuna	John's Other	Jorma, Jack and Papa John Creach rock and roll
Meters	Zany Mash	More leftovers from New Orleans best rhythm section, on a new Sundazed collection
Jefferson Airplane	Blues from an Airplane	From their very first album, "Jefferson Airplane Take Off" (1966)
Jefferson Airplane	Let Me In	Jorma's band before Hot Tuna
Hamilton Loomis	Get My Blues On	Nouveau Texas blues
Gatemouth Brown	It's Alright	from a nice collection called "The Blues from Texas"
Albert Collins	The Freeze	More blues from Texas
Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Brothers	Train to Skaville	Jackie was in the Skatalites for a while, then did the Jamaica music scene on his own
Suba	Samba do Gringo Paulista	Suba (Mitar Subotic) arrived in Brazil in 1990 with a UNESCO scholarship and quickly became known as an innovative composer and producer. He died in a fire in 1999. This tune is from a collection called "Brazilian Electronica" which includes more than a dozen contributors
Baden Powell	Samba do Veloso	This song is a tribute to Caetano Veloso; Baden Powell-- named after the founder of the Boys Scouts-- wrote the song with poet/longtime partner Vinicius de Moraes, both now dead.
R Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders	Chaisin' Rainbows	from the "American Splendor" soundtrack
Margo Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys	Cluck Ol' Hen	Oy vey, listen to those hillbillies play!
Danny Barnes	Ooh La La	Bad Livers banjo player goes solo
Del McCoury Band	Asheville Turnaround	They still play bluegrass; from "It's Just the Night"
Beacon Hillbillies	Dustbowl Shuffle	Boston rockers try their hand at mountain music
Beacon Hillbillies	Goodbye in the Rain	Another tune from the 1994 "More Songs of Love & Murder"
Tammy Rogers & Don Heffington	In the Red	Great instrumental duo, lots of work as Nashville sidemen
Tom Rush	Duncan and Brady	Harvard University dropout turned Harvard Square folk singer
Townes Van Zandt	Colorado Bound	More old tunes from the now dead Texas songwriter; from "In the Beginning" on Compadre Records
Butch Hancock & Jimmie Gilmore	Bluebird	One of Butch's best!
Tom T Hall	Old Five and Dimers	Cover of Billy Joe Shaver classic about growing old in small town Texas
Billy Joe Shaver w. Todd Snider	Deja Blues	from "Freedom's Child" (2002) on Compadre Records
Kris Kristofferson	Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down	Recorded life in San Franciso, released as "Broken Freedom Song" (2003)-- an album with many new songs and a righteous political vibe
Steve Earle	Guitar Town	from the soundtrack to "Just An American Boy"-- the documentary on Steve Earle that is now playing in a theater near you (or should be)!
Leo Kottke	Embryonic Journey	Hey, isn't that one of Jorma's songs?
Leo Kottke	Disguise	Leo sings!
Billy Bragg/Wilco w/Natalie Merchant	I Was Born	More Woody Guthrie lyrics, from "Mermaid Avenue 2"
Geoff Muldaur	KC Moan	Recent version of old jug/blues classic, from "Password" on Hightone (2000)
Emmy Lou Harris w/ McGarrigle Sisters	Green Green Rocky Road	Rousing live folk tune, with additional assistance from Louden Wainwright III
Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Talk to Me of Mendocino	McGarrigle's 1975 tune, on CD from Hannibal Records
John Fahey	Yes! Jesus Loves Me/ Stand up for Jesus/ Lord of Hopefullness/ Oh Come Emmanuel/	Gospel instrumental medley from late guitar whiz
Robert Randolph	Without God	Sacred Steel gospel music from Orange, NJ
Rosco Gordon	Rosco's Boogie	from "The Road to Memphis" soundtrack to Scorcese series on the blues
Howlin' Wolf	How Many More Years	Another tune from "The Road to Memphis"
The Cookies	Don't Say Nothing Bad About My Baby	Great girl group stuff from Sundazed collection called "Dimension Dolls" (with, among others, Little Eva and Carol King)
Mongo Santamaria	Yeh Yeh	WFMU DJ Bob Brainen put this on his 2003 Marathon Premium, a cool collection he calls "Slim's Jam"
Carol King	Oh Neil	From another WFMU DJ Premium: Dave the Spazz's collection of answer songs; here it's in response to Neil Sedaka's "Hey Carol"
Jo Ann Campbell	The Girl from Wolverton Mountain	Couldn't resist: another Spazzy answer song
Velvatones w/ Memphis Rhythm Boys	Real Gone Baby	1957, from Complete Meteor Rockabilly & Hillbilly recordings on Ace
Charlie Feathers w/ Jody and Jeremy	Get With It	More Memphis Meteor music