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Big Guitars from Texas
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Boomerang
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Let's start this last minute new year's day fill-in with a little Texas twang!
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North Mississippi All-Stars
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Eyes
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Sons of Jim Dickinson & RL Burnside make some rockin' blues, on "Instores & Outtakes" (Tone-Cool, 2004)
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Particle
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Launchpad
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Thanks to Howard Tarplin for turning me on to this tune, via his annual 3-CD holiday compilation.
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Duke Robillaird
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Stratisfied
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It's been a while since Duke left Roomful of Blues; on his own, he still plays a mean guitar-- as on his 2002 album "Living with the Blues"
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Los Lonely Boys
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Onda
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These three Tex-Mex brothers are hot these days-- and it's nice to see some real talent in the pop charts instead of all the pretty boys (& girls)
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Eddie Hinton
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You Left the Water Running
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What a soulful tune, from a white guy with lots of soul; Hinton died in the 90s-- but he left us some great music
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Delbert McClinton
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The Rub
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Delbert wrote this one, for his 2002 "Room to Breathe" album on New West.
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Doug Sahm
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La Cacahuata (The Peanut)
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Tex-Mex instrumental on Doug's "Groovers Paradise" album
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Roy Head
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Get Back
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In 1988, Bear Family Records out of Germany issued a vinyl collection of Roy Head tunes called "Treat Me Right"
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South Austin Jug Band
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My Baby in the Sunshine
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Found on "Live from the Devil's Barnyard" from KFJC radio, Los Altos Hills, California
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Johnny Nicholas
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Foggy Bottom
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"Livin' with the Blues" is a nice new album from multi-instrumentalist Nicholas, with help from some of Austin's best.
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Johnny Nicholas
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Hill Top
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Instrumental tribute to the Hill Top Cafe, near Fredericksburg , Texas-- which Nicholas and wife run. Check them out at hilltopcafe.com
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Johnny Nicholas
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Down in the Alley
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Ernie Durawa-- longtime Doug Sahm/Texas Tornado percussionist-- plays drums on most of this album. This tune is a tribute to Sir Doug
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Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff
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Frim Fram Sauce
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Recorded in 1986, this song has Mel Lewis on drums & George Benson on guitar-- and Crawford & McGriff on sax & organ
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Chris Kenner
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Will You Be Mine?
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"New Orleans Rarities" has great songs but lousy fidelity!
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Cecil Payne
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Block Buster Boogie
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Rev-Ola just put out an incredibly hot collection of 50s R&B called "Zoot Suit Riot"
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Earl Bostic
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Flamingo
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These Rev-Ola Brits put out some amazing music; check them out at www.revola.co.uk/
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Three Dots & A Dash w/ Big Jay McNeeley
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Let's Do It (The Deacon's Hop)
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Big Jay was a wild sax honker out of L.A. & Three Dots were a vocal group (with Jesse Belvin and others) he put together. Read Jay's amazing tale: "Nervous Man Nervous" by Jim Dawson
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Paul Williams
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Juice Bug Boogie
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The great Hucklebucker was hot stuff in the late 40s & early 50s; check out the 3-CD set of his music on Blue Moon out of Barcelona
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Rolling Stones
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If You Need Me
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Fine cover of Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew tune; those Stones sure had good taste
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Wardell Quezergue Orchestra w/Donald Harrison
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What A Wonderful World
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On "Our New Orleans"-- a terrific CD to benefit Habitat for Humanity efforts to rebuild N.O. Go out and buy a copy!
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Gilberto Gil
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Bat Macumba
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Soul Jazz just put out a great collection of Brazilian music called "Tropicalia"; here are two versions of one cool tune
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Os Mutantes
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Bat Macumba
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These Brazilian psychedelicists do strange things with the Gilberto Gil/Caetano Veloso's tune
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Matamo Juma
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Risala
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From "Zanzibara 2" on Buda Musique out of Paris
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Jethro Tull
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Dharma for One
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From their 1968 "This Was" album. The song ends a bit early; sorry.
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Jethro Tull
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Round
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A short filler to make up for it!
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Bobby Rambo
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C'mon Everybody
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Good cover of the Eddie Cochrane hit-- on "Kicksville, Volume 4" on Norton
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Phil Baugh
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Dry Camel
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Hot guitar instrumental from "Live Wire" on Sundazed by this longtime Nashville session player
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Phil Baugh
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No Deposit, No Return
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Nice vocal. These songs were recorded in 1964 & 1965 in Nashville
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James Intveld
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Stringin' Me On
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Another from "Devil's Barnyard" CD, recorded live on KFJC. The album also has Laura Cantrell, James Talley, Gillian Welch and others-- plus a great "Hucklebuck" by Lloyd Tripp
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