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Big Guitars from Texas
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Ride of the Ruthless
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Nice to be back in the Friday morning seat
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Dick Dale & his Deltones
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Jungle Fever
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Another great DD surf collection on Sundazed; this tune is from 1962
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Tele Ranch
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Walk Don't Run
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Steve Barker is the guy behind all this. Check out his website: teleranch.com
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Tele Ranch
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Four on Six
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Sure it's twang. The CD's "Surf, Turf and Twang" but it's jazz too. A Wes Montgomery tune.
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Junior Wells
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Junior's Nuts
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Chicago blues from class harmonica player, still belting out those great tunes
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Magic Sam
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Backstroke
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This guy was one of the best blues pickers around; this tune-- recorded live at Sylvio's in Chicago in 1966-- doesn't sound as good as he does
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Ray Charles
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Sidewinder
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Ray covered this Lee Morgan number in 1971; it turns up on a 1997 Rhino CD called "Genius + Soul = Jazz" (which combines two albums)
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Lee Morgan
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Dee Lawd
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With help from John Hicks, George Benson, Reggie Workman, Billy Higgins and others
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Bo Diddley
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Mumblin' Guitar
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A 1959 instrumental, found on Bo's Chess Box
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Bo Diddley
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Untitled Instrumental
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This 1961 number began as bed (talkover) music but we just let it finish out on its own
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Little Buster & his Soul Brothers
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Whatever It Takes
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Long Island's best bluesman died in May, 2006; this tune is from his 1998 Bullseye Blues CD
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H-Bomb Ferguson
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Rock H-Bomb Rock
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Great blues shouter died this past year; Rev-Ola put out a collection of his best stuff called "Big City Blues: 1951-1954"
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Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra
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Pompton Turnpike
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Tribute to NJ, on "Heavy Juice: 1950-1955" (Rev-Ola)
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[Noir Movie Soundtracks]
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"The Killing"
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Music from great Kubrick 1956 flick, smart thiefs rob the racetrack
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[Noir Movie Soundtracks]
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White Heat
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Max Steiner composition, from 1949 Cagney flick; from "Crime Scene USA: Clasic Film Noir Themes & Jazz Tracks" on Giant Steps
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[Noir Movie Soundtracks]
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Key Largo
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Bogart et al, in Florida, 1948
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Mongo Santamaria
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Last Tango in Paris
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Soundtrack to Bertolucci film, 1972
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Mongo Santamaria
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Fingers
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Both Mongo tracks from "Fuego" (Fania, 2006)
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Benjamin Escoriza
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Carambola (Moroccan Mix)
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From a wonderful collection of world music on Riverboat Records: "Rhythm of the River"
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Efran Finatawa
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Lledeman
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Killer guitar from the Tuareg people of North Africa, also on "Rhythm of the River"
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MC Sabrinha
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Eu Solto O Som A Voz
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Brazil is hot: "Rio Baile Funk: More Favela Booty Beats"
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MC Cula
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E So Senta
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Another Favela Funk Fave
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Freddy Fender
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Ya No
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Freddy-- who died of cancer in October-- began as a Tex-Mex rock & roller. Arhoolie put out a collection of his early stuff in 2003:
Freddy Fender Interpreta El Rock"
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Freddy Fender
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Juegos (Tell It Like It Is)
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Demon Records, out of England, put out "Exitos en Espanol: The Spanish Side of Freddy Fender"
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Freddy Fender
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Tell It Like It Is
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It's not Aaron Neville but Freddy does okay on this sweet sad song
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Stoney Edwards
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She's My Rock
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George Jones had a hit with this but I think Stoney did it first; from "Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country" (Trikont, 2006)
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Bobby Womack
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Bouquet of Roses
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Eddie Arnold did this in 1955, Faron Young in 59. Bobby Womack covered it 40 years later; also on "Dirty Laundry"
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Ned Sublette
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Cheater's Motel
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C&W goes to Cuba: Ned's incredible "Cowboy Rhumba" album mixes it up and makes it work. Great stuff
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Uncle Bunt Stephens
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Sail Away Lady
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From the soundtrack to "Desperate Man Blues"-- the documentary about Joe Bussard, record collector extraordinaire
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Mike Seeger
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Hudson Valley Breakdown
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Dick Rosmini
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Red Apple Juice
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Professor Louie & the Crowmatix
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Frosty
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Hot instrumental from this Hudson Valley folk group. Find out more at woodstockrecords.com
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Ian & Sylvia
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Tomorrow is a Long time
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Dylan song
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Geoff Muldaur
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Poor Boy Blues
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Former member of Jim Kweskin Jug Band knows the blues; from "Harry Smith Project, Revisited" (Disc 2)
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Bill Neely
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Black Land Farm
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Bill used to show up around Austin in the early 70s, guitar in hand, ready to play; this tune if from Arhoolie's "16 Down Home Country Classics"
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Tony Gilkyson
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Old Cracked Looking Glass
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Most of the tunes on "Good Guitar" are originals but I couldn't resist Tony's cover of this obscure Woody Guthrie song
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Kelly Willis
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He Don't Care About Me
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Written by Bruce Robison, now husband/partner with KW; from "Fading Fast" (A&M, 1996)
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South Austin Jug Band
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Lady Be Good
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Not sure why I love this Gershwin tune so much but here's yet another great version, with a country flavor
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South Austin Jug Band
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Overdrivin' the Mic
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An instrumental original from these boys, on their 2005 "Dark & Weary World" CD
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Austin Lounge Lizards w/ Kelly Willis
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We Always Fight When We Drink Gin
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The band is clever but, with Kelly Willis helping on vocals, they sure do swing. Produced by the ubiquitous Lloyd Maines
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Butch Hancock
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When the Good & the Bad Get Ugly
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New CD--"War & Peace"-- is very political. Butch now lives in the Big Bend area; write him (to buy CD or whatever) at Box 468, Terlingua, Texas 79852 or check out angelfire.com/mi/jeffmiller/ or email me at stevek@wfmu.org
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Melancholy Ramblers
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Wayfaring Stranger
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Check out melancholyramblers.com to find out more about these Austin folks or buy their new CD:
"Goin' to the Mountain"
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The Freddy Steady 5
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I Can Beat Your Drum
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Longtime Austin drummer fronts this group and-- on "Freddy Steady Go!-- covers "timeless Texas rock & roll"
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Dale Hawkins
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
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Recorded in 1969, this album-- "L.A., Memphis & Tyler, Texas (Rev-Ola, 2006)-- has help from James Burton, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and others
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Bobby Bare
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What Color (Is a Man)
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Great songwriter and country music character; this tune can be found on a CD that combines two of his clever 60s albums: "A Bird Named Yesterday" & "Talk Me Some Sense"
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Bobby Bare, Jr's Young Criminals Starvation League
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Uh Wuh Oh
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The son. Also clever. From "The Longest Meow" (Bloodshot, 2006)
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Willie Nelson
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Rainy Day Blues
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One of Willie's great old songs, redone on "Songbird" (Lost Highway, 2006)
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The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band
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Intro
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Last January, a bunch of Austin musicians and lots of friends recorded a concert out in Luckenbach, a semi-abandoned town up in the Hill Country. Much of the music is from Jerry Jeff Walker's 1973 "Viva Terlingua" album
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The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band
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Gettin' By
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The current CD-- "Viva! Terlingua! Songs of Luckenbach, Texas"-- is available at villagerecords.com (along with lots of other Texas music)
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Melancholy Ramblers
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Back Door Man
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This charming rap by Brady Coleman serves as our outro
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