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Big Guitars from Texas
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Hardy Street
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That twang sure sounded good at 6 am!
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Four Piece Suit
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Roughshod
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Another Link Wray tribute
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Meade Lux Lewis
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Bear Cat Crawl
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from "Masters of the Boogie Piano" as part of Delmark Records 50th Anniversary
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Dave Brubeck
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Maori Blues
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I found an LP copy of Brubeck's 1963 "Time Further Out" (followup to his "Time Out" smash album) and it sat on a shelf for a few years until I realized just how good it was!
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Hot Tuna
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John's Other
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Jorma, Jack and Papa John Creach rock and roll
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Meters
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Zany Mash
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More leftovers from New Orleans best rhythm section, on a new Sundazed collection
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Jefferson Airplane
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Blues from an Airplane
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From their very first album, "Jefferson Airplane Take Off" (1966)
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Jefferson Airplane
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Let Me In
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Jorma's band before Hot Tuna
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Hamilton Loomis
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Get My Blues On
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Nouveau Texas blues
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Gatemouth Brown
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It's Alright
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from a nice collection called "The Blues from Texas"
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Albert Collins
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The Freeze
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More blues from Texas
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Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Brothers
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Train to Skaville
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Jackie was in the Skatalites for a while, then did the Jamaica music scene on his own
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Suba
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Samba do Gringo Paulista
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Suba (Mitar Subotic) arrived in Brazil in 1990 with a UNESCO scholarship and quickly became known as an innovative composer and producer. He died in a fire in 1999. This tune is from a collection called "Brazilian Electronica" which includes more than a dozen contributors
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Baden Powell
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Samba do Veloso
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This song is a tribute to Caetano Veloso; Baden Powell-- named after the founder of the Boys Scouts-- wrote the song with poet/longtime partner Vinicius de Moraes, both now dead.
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R Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders
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Chaisin' Rainbows
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from the "American Splendor" soundtrack
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Margo Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
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Cluck Ol' Hen
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Oy vey, listen to those hillbillies play!
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Danny Barnes
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Ooh La La
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Bad Livers banjo player goes solo
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Del McCoury Band
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Asheville Turnaround
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They still play bluegrass; from "It's Just the Night"
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Beacon Hillbillies
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Dustbowl Shuffle
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Boston rockers try their hand at mountain music
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Beacon Hillbillies
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Goodbye in the Rain
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Another tune from the 1994 "More Songs of Love & Murder"
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Tammy Rogers & Don Heffington
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In the Red
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Great instrumental duo, lots of work as Nashville sidemen
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Tom Rush
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Duncan and Brady
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Harvard University dropout turned Harvard Square folk singer
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Townes Van Zandt
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Colorado Bound
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More old tunes from the now dead Texas songwriter; from "In the Beginning" on Compadre Records
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Butch Hancock & Jimmie Gilmore
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Bluebird
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One of Butch's best!
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Tom T Hall
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Old Five and Dimers
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Cover of Billy Joe Shaver classic about growing old in small town Texas
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Billy Joe Shaver w. Todd Snider
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Deja Blues
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from "Freedom's Child" (2002) on Compadre Records
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Kris Kristofferson
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Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down
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Recorded life in San Franciso, released as "Broken Freedom Song" (2003)-- an album with many new songs and a righteous political vibe
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Steve Earle
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Guitar Town
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from the soundtrack to "Just An American Boy"-- the documentary on Steve Earle that is now playing in a theater near you (or should be)!
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Leo Kottke
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Embryonic Journey
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Hey, isn't that one of Jorma's songs?
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Leo Kottke
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Disguise
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Leo sings!
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Billy Bragg/Wilco w/Natalie Merchant
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I Was Born
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More Woody Guthrie lyrics, from "Mermaid Avenue 2"
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Geoff Muldaur
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KC Moan
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Recent version of old jug/blues classic, from "Password" on Hightone (2000)
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Emmy Lou Harris w/ McGarrigle Sisters
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Green Green Rocky Road
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Rousing live folk tune, with additional assistance from Louden Wainwright III
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Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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Talk to Me of Mendocino
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McGarrigle's 1975 tune, on CD from Hannibal Records
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John Fahey
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Yes! Jesus Loves Me/ Stand up for Jesus/ Lord of Hopefullness/ Oh Come Emmanuel/
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Gospel instrumental medley from late guitar whiz
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Robert Randolph
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Without God
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Sacred Steel gospel music from Orange, NJ
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Rosco Gordon
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Rosco's Boogie
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from "The Road to Memphis" soundtrack to Scorcese series on the blues
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Howlin' Wolf
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How Many More Years
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Another tune from "The Road to Memphis"
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The Cookies
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Don't Say Nothing Bad About My Baby
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Great girl group stuff from Sundazed collection called "Dimension Dolls" (with, among others, Little Eva and Carol King)
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Mongo Santamaria
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Yeh Yeh
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WFMU DJ Bob Brainen put this on his 2003 Marathon Premium, a cool collection he calls "Slim's Jam"
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Carol King
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Oh Neil
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From another WFMU DJ Premium: Dave the Spazz's collection of answer songs; here it's in response to Neil Sedaka's "Hey Carol"
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Jo Ann Campbell
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The Girl from Wolverton Mountain
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Couldn't resist: another Spazzy answer song
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Velvatones w/ Memphis Rhythm Boys
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Real Gone Baby
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1957, from Complete Meteor Rockabilly & Hillbilly recordings on Ace
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Charlie Feathers w/ Jody and Jeremy
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Get With It
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More Memphis Meteor music
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