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April 3, 2003: Bring the Boys Home
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | Guitar Army | Twang theme attack |
| Edwin Starr | Time | Soul singer Starr (1942-2003) offer another call for peace |
| Freda Payne | Bring the Boys Home | Great soulful cry against Vietnam war. Support the soldiers, stop the war. |
| Tony Allen | Don't Fight Your Wars | Fela drummer, from his own "Home Cooking" (2003) |
| Manu Chao | Mentira | Righteous internationalism, punky worldbeat. From "Clandestino" |
| Ennio Morricone | Guns Don't Argue | A Western soundtrack for our cowboy/gunslinger president |
| Jim Hightower | Wave Our Flag! | Texas populist speaks of patriotism and protest, with Morricone's "Overture" from "Fistful of Dollars" as backing track |
| Larry Verne | Mr. Custer | I hope the GI's still love this 1960 novelty tune! |
| Steve Earle | What's A Simple Man to Do | This Texas songwriter's not afraid to speak out! |
| Asian Dub Foundation | Change A Gonna Come | from "Frontline" (2002) |
| Hasidic New Wave & Yakar Rhythms | Frydginator | American jazz with Senegalese drums, Jews and Muslims collaborate |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers | Simmer Down | from 1964 on "Studio One: Greatest Hits" CD |
| Bruce Longstreet | Jah Ray | former WFMU Station Manager sings in memory of the late Ray Franks, former WFMU DJ and all-around nice guy |
| Willie Bryant | Amateur Night in Harlem | Bryant, aka the Mayor of Harlem, played/hosted at the Apollo for decades. In 1995, Delmark issued a CD of his music from the 40s. |
| Bob Range | I Found Out | Willie Bryant only performs on half the songs on the Delmark album; the rest were R&B vocals by the likes of Doc Pomus (yes, the songwriter) and Bob Range |
| Doc Sausage | Sausage Rock | from "Honkers & Bar Walkers,Volume 1" on Delmark |
| Oscar Brown, Jr. | Somebody Buy Me a Drink | from the superb jazz songwriter of the 60s |
| Porky Cohen | Jim Dog | Retired Roomful of Blues trombonist does his own thing |
| Joe Bataan | Chickie's Trombone | 1967 Fania boogaloo, from "Latin Funk Brother" compilation of Joe Bataan's best |
| Joe Bataan | Chili Beans | More Fania funk, from 1971 |
| Los Super Seven | Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo | Raul Malo and friends cover Benny More |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | Guaguanco Callejero | more great Cuban music from Buena Vista Social Club vocalist, from "Buenos Hermanos" (2003) |
| Howard Armstrong w/Ikey Robinson & Ted Bogan | My Four Reasons | from "Louie Bluie" soundtrack, a documentary film about fiddler Armstrong by Terry Zwigoff |
| Varttina | Hopeat | from "Iki" (2003) |
| Bill Frisell | The Tractor | from "Blues Dreams" on Nonesuch (2001) |
| Bill Frisell | Fifty Years | also from "Blues Dreams" |
| Fred Neil | The Other Side of This Life | Live version from songwriter extraordinaire Neil, who left Greenwich Village in the 60s to return to Florida, where he lived until he died of cancer in 2001 |
| Jefferson Airplane | The Other Side of This Life | A rousing cover of Neil's song, from 1969 live album "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" |
| BF Shelton | Pretty Polly | Recorded by Ralph Peer in 1927 in Bristol, TN |
| Carter Family | The Storms Are On the Ocean | Two of the artists recorded at the Bristol Sessions-- the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers-- went on to major careers as country music pioneers |
| Penny Lang | How You WInds | from "Gather Honey" (2001), a superb collection of Lang's work from the 60s on. |
| Derailers | Uncool | More twang from Austin |
| Townes Van Zandt | Snowing on Raton | Recorded live at McCabes in Santa Monica, with a few good jokes thrown in |
| Kelly Jo Phelps | No So Far to Go | from "Slingshot Professionals" on Ryko (2003), with Bill Frisell on guitar |
| Petty Booka | Sophticated Hula | Japanese duo do clever covers. Say that three times fast. |
| David Lindley & El Rayo X | Tiki Torches at Twilight | Great tune from multi-instrumentalist Lindley and band |
| Outback | Buenaventura | Didgeridoo, from "Baka" (1990) |
| Xavier Quija Yxayotl | Mazata (To The Deer) | from "Aztec Dances" on Canyon Records (2002) |
| Amadou & Mariam | Barika | Couple from Mali, from "Wati" on Circular Moves (2002) |
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