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July 1, 2006: Java Jive
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Holiday for Hoss | I like this track but I mostly play it when I need an extra minute to get ready for my show-- like at 6 o'clock in the morning! |
| Merle Jagger | Trash Tornado | Playful names-- for band & song-- but a fine twang instrumental; from "Rancho Los Angeles" (LPJ, 2006) |
| Chatham County Line | Savoy Special | Mix in a little bluegrass...from "Speed of the Whipporwill" on Yep Roc |
| M Shanghai String Band | June Apple | Traditional Appalachian instrumental by this Brooklyn band; from "Up from Ground Below (Mossback Records, 2004) |
| Ryck Kaiser & Friends | Cherokee Shuffle | "A collection of traditional Appalachian and Celtic fiiddle tunes" is the blurb on this nice instrumental album. For more info, write ryck_kaiser@juno.com. Thanks to Willy for bringing this back from Pennsylvania for me |
| Lonesome Sisters w/ Rayna Gellert | 3rd of June | From "Follow Me Down" (Tin Halo Music) |
| Tele Ranch | All Blues | Twang guitar covers of tunes by Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Coltrane, Monk-- and Fred Rose ("Roly Poly" done by Hank Williams) |
| Charlie Christian | Lady Be Good | Great jazz guitarist plays one of my favorite tunes, although he can get lost in this 1939 jam-- with Lester Young, Count Basie, Sweets Edison, Fletcher Henderson, Meed Lux Lewis & Albert Ammons. Listen for the guitar solo |
| Meed Lux Lewis & Albert Ammons | Two & Fews | Boogie woogie piano duet by two of the best |
| Lonesome Sisters w/ Rayna Gellert | Like This | |
| BBQ Bob | We Sure Got Hard Times | In 1978, Rounder put out "Hard Times"--an album of (mostly blues) songs about the difficulties facing blacks in America in the early part of the 20th Century. Powerful songs about work, racism and more |
| BBQ Bob & the Spareribs | 1 More Mile | Bob Pomeray, NJ blues guitar player, from "Burning Sensation" (Dada Records). Check out Bob's website: bbq-bob.com |
| Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon | Stewball | Smithsonian-Folkways just released a nice collection: "Classic African-American Ballads" |
| Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint | Pick Me Up on Your Way Down | This new album includes some originals, written by these two; this tune is an Allen Toussaint classic, sung by Elvis Costello |
| Irma Thomas | Hold on to God's Changing Hand | Even an atheist like me is moved by the passion of gospel music-- and the Soul Queen of New Orleans sings with passsion as well as anyone |
| Ink Spots | Java Jive | This 1940 vocal smash was written by Milt Drake (Druckman); his family emigrated from Transylvania. Borther Ervin put lyrics to "Tico Tico" & "Perdido", brother Arnold wrote text for "Batman" & "Superman" |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers | Missing Link | Latin tinged instrumental from the fine Chapel Hill band |
| Los Lobos | Mas y Mas | What a great rock & roll band!! I saw them a few weeks ago at Liberty State Park, where they played for a few hundred people on the shores of the Hudson River |
| Los Lobos w/ Ry Cooder | Quatro Vicios | A little more traditional Norteno style |
| John Hiatt | I'm Not That Kat Anymore | Los Super Seven started out as a South Austin jam session; this tune is from their 3rd album-- "I Heard It Through the X"-- a tribute to border radio |
| Jeff Daniels | Daddy-O-Rock | Three from a new 4-CD set of rockabilly stuff, on Rhino |
| Big Al Downing | Down on the Farm | "Rooster won't crow/Chicken won't cluck/Walkin' round the barnyard/Doin' the Hucklebuck" Go Big Al! |
| Buddy Holly | Rockin' with Ollie Vee | Isn't this the best rock & roll song ever? |
| Rodney Crowell | Old Pipeliner | Hot cover of Moon Mullican classic, with Albert Lee helping out on killer guitar |
| Hackberry Ramblers | Grand Texas | This may be the longest American band in existance, old time Cajuns who know how to mix it up |
| Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys | Zarico est pas sale | Speaking of mixing it up, these Cajun youngsters rock on Clifton Chenier's zydeco original |
| Emmy Lou Harris | Born to Run | Albert Lee, again, on guitar. Not the Springsteen tune; country songwriter Paul Kennerly wrote it |
| Jennifer Warnes & Rob Wasserman | Ballad of the Runaway Horse | Nice cover of Leonard Cohen tune, on Wasserman's second CD of duets |
| Leonard Cohen | I'm Your Man | Title cut to his wonderful 1988 album |
| Tim Buckley | The River | I just loved this guys lyrics when I first heard him in 1968. While they don't quite hold up over the years, this is a nice song |
| Langston Hughes | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | The Harlem Renaissance poet knew how to say a lot in a few words; check out "Weary Blues"-- his recordings with Mingus |
| Johnny Cash | Four Strong Winds | Recorded just before he died (and it sounds like it), this is a powerful rendition of the Ian & Sylvia classic; from "American V: A Hundred Highways" |
| The Byrds | Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) | Woody Guthrie humanizes the migrant workers from Mexico, who pick the food we eat. Power to the immigrants! |
| Woody Guthrie | Do Re Mi | California looked like the Garden of Eden, Woody says. But life was hard for Dust Bowl migrants like Woody and his Okie neighbors |
| Woody Guthrie | Jarama | Woody's salute to the anti-fascist International Brigades fighting in the Spanish Civil War. |
| Grateful Dead | Estimated Prophet | The Dead sing of California. "No, no, no. Don't worry about me" |
| Randy Scruggs | Smile At Me Again | Nice instrumental from new tribute to Kris Kristofferson |
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