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February 7, 2003: War/Crime
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Boomerang | |
| Oscar Sulley & the Uhuru Dance Band | Bukom Mashie | from "Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion in 70s Ghana" (Soundway, 2002) |
| Antibalas | War is Crime | Afrobeat from this hot NY/NJ band |
| Frank London & Shekina Big Band | Fela | from "Scientist at Work" on Tzadik, 2002 |
| Dead Air | Dead Air | 90 seconds of awkward silence! Don't worry: we'll be back. |
| Paul Cebar & the Milwaukians | You Make Me Feel So | The second half of the song. Sorry. |
| Jazz Epistles | Vary-Oo-Vum | South African jazz from Dollar Brand (aka Abdullah Ibrahim), Hugh Masakela, Jonas Gwangwa, Kippie Moeketsi, from the late 1950s. By the 60s, most were in exile from apartheid |
| Ry Cooder/Manuel Galban | Drume Negrita | Ry duets with Cuban guitarist on "Mambo Sinuendo" (2002) |
| Jorge Ben | Moca | Brazilian guitarist |
| Mongo Santamaria | Cold Sweat | Funky Latin version of JB classic, done by the late Cuban conguero. From "Skin on Skin" anthology (2002) |
| Greyboy Allstars w/ Fred Wesley | Fried Grease | JB trombonist plays with west coast funk band in 1995 |
| Chuck Willis | Let's Jump Tonight | from "Chuck Willis Wails!" on Sundazed (2003) |
| Harry the Hipster Gibson | They Call Him Harry the Hipster | Over-the-hill Harry, recorded in SF in 1989. Gibson died two years later. |
| Wynonie Harris | Somebody Changed the Lock | Singing with Jack McVea and band in 1945 |
| Rev. Norb | Satan Sounds Like Zodiac Mindwarp | from Green Bay, WI, he calls himself EGR (Earth's Greatest Rocker) |
| Rev. Norb | The Hucklebuck | Sloppy but fun rockin' version |
| Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams | Hasting Street Bounce | PW's first hit, recorded in Detroit in 1947 |
| Rev. Norb | Don't Do the Hucklebuck | He doesn't mean it |
| Paul Williams w/ Joan Shaw | He Knows How to Hucklebuck | 1949 followup |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Cissy Strut | Robert Randolph helps out on steel on this funky cover of Meters hit. From "Medicated Magic" (2002) |
| Huey Piano Smith w/ Geri Hall | Little Chickee Wah Wah | Bobby Marchan tune from 1959. Marchas was the wild songwriter/singer with HPS and Clowns |
| Willy Deville | Bamboo Road | Willy in New Orleans, with Zachary Richard on accordian |
| Clifton Chenier | Bogalusa Boogie | Roy (Raul) Breaux turned me on to Clifton in the early 70s. Check out his blues show Fridays, 9-noon (CST) on krvs.org |
| Angela Strehli | Stranger Blues | Killer tune from (then) Austin-based blues diva |
| Elvin Bishop | Stomp | Recently re-issued on CD |
| Rank and File | Coyote | Early 80s country/punk band that included Alejandro Escovedo |
| Jon Dee Graham | Airplane | Talented Austin guitarist/songwriter, former member of True Believers (with Alejandro E) |
| Michael Fracasso | Words as Weapons | Songwriter with a beautiful voice, moved from NYC to Austin in 90s |
| Bob Evans | Jersey City Spring Water | Lots of NJ/JC references in the music of this group, on Electra/Asylum |
| Rockfour | Song from the Sea | from "Pull Up the Paisley Cover"-- recent collection of psychedelia from the 60s & 70s |
| Richard & Mimi Farina | Hamish | Sweet instrumental from Vanguard 3-CD box that includes all three of their albums |
| Calexico | Dub Latina | Charming instrumental from next CD, "Feast of Wire" |
| Calexico | Guero Canelo | Ditto |
| Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats | Bustin' Up | San Francisco's JC plays great guitar instrumentals-- blues, jazz, country-- often with Joe Goldmark on steel |
| Doc Watson | Freight Train Boogie | from 1972, w/ Merle Watson, Norman Blake and Vassar Clements |
| Rosanne Cash | My Baby Thinks He's a Train | This hot 1981 country rocker sounds as fresh as it did twenty something years ago. |
| Rodney Crowell | Rock of My Soul | from Sugar Hill songwriter collection, "No Song, No Supper" (2003) |
| Lonnie Pitchford | Elvira | from "All Around Man" on Rooster Blues (1994) |
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