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Big Guitars from Texas
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Sunburn
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Good tune to start a show on a winter's day
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Deke Dickerson
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Switchblade Stomp
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Deke plays a hot style of of country & midwestern; from "Mr. Entertainment" on Rock & Roll Inc (2003)
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Deke Dickerson
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Wiggle Wobble
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Another one, recorded live with horns
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Hank Penny
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Progressive Country Music for a Hollywood Flapper
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Late 40s (and beyond) Western swing guitar player does the California thing
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Geoff Muldaur
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Davenport Blues
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GM put together a strong group of musicians and singers, including Loudin and Martha Wainwright, on this nostalgic but charming tribute to jazzman Bix Beiderbecke
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Geoff Muldaur
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Futuristic Rhythm
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The album-- "Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke" on Edge (2003)-- is a mix of covers and originals, instrumentals and vocals
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Oscar Peterson/Itzhak Perlman
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Stormy Weather
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Classical violinist Perlman fiddles along with jazz pianist Peterson on their 1994 duet album, "Side by Side"
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Louis Jordan with Ella Fitzgerald
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Baby, It's Cold Outside
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Recorded in NYC in August 1948 or 1949
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Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies
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Sheik of Araby
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In the 1930s, Texan bandleader Brown, like his friend Bob Wills, created a mix of country music and jazz that could really swing
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Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies
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Brownie's Stomp
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This Milton Brown original is one of the best in western swing
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Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
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Catalina
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A sweet tune from these Southern California rockabilly boys
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Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
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(You Mean) Too Much for Me
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Modern country tune-- pedal steel, honky tonk piano and clever drums-- from new live album
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Paul Burch
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Lovesick Blues Boy
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One of the best young alt country songwriters pays his dues with this tune
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Buddy Miller
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When It Comes to You
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He continues to sizzle, great tunes and fine playing from band-- including wife Julie (vocals), Tammy Rogers (fiddle), Fats Kaplin (accordion). Buddy plays the optigon on this one.
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Buddy Miller
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Water When the Well is Dry
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Both tunes from Buddy's most recent album, "Midnight and Lonesome" on Hightone (2002)
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Billy Lee Riley
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Hillbilly Rockin' Man
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Billy Lee Riley has been playing terrific rockabilly, with a serious dose of rockin' blues, for 50 years. Seriously under appreciated, this country gem is the title cut from his newest album. Check him out on billyleeriley.com
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Wanda Jackson
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Heart Trouble
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She was something way back when-- and she still can sing. Another rockabilly relic with a new CD and help from some fine young players
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Don Walser
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Rolling Stone from Texas
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A contemporary yodeler, now living in Austin and still playing the clubs
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Dave Dudley
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Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
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Dave Dudley will be spending more than 6 days on the road now that he has passed on to the big truck stop in the sky. Born: 5/3/28, Died: 12/22/03
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Gary Stewart
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Whiskey Trip
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More sad news: Honkytonker Gary Stewart-- who sang drinking songs with the best of them-- died last week at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Gary Stewart
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One Night
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Stewart sang many great tunes, some originals, many covers. Here's his version of the New Orleans r&b classic, written by Dave Bartholomew
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Gary Stewart & Dean Dillon
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Suburban Life
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In 1987, GS did a great duet album with Dillon that is a mix of boozy melancholy and macho swagger
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Gary Stewart
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Okeechobee Purple
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A stoned anthem to Florida: "Head on outta Manhattan, past the Statue of Liberty. Head on down to old Key West, where the sun sinks into the sea."
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Cowboy Envy
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Cowboy Blues
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Sweet western harmonies, from a charming band out of Atlanta. Check them out at cowboyenvy.com
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Neil Morris & Charlie Everidge
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Turkey in the Straw
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from "I'm on My Journey Home" collection of folk music, recently reissued on CD by New World Records
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Delmore Brothers
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Hey Hey I'm Memphis Bound
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1930s country music brother duo, also on "I'm on My Journey Home"
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Red River Dave McHenry
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Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
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Red River Dave, who began writing and singing cowboy songs in the 1930s, performed his best-known song live at the 1981 Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival
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Randy Van Horne Singers
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Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie
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Corny vocal ensemble. But it works here, no?
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Jimmie Riddle
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Eephing
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Amazing vocal piece, from the "I'm on My Journey Home" album
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Mamou
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Les Flammes D'En Fer
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Cajun rock & roll from 1988, on Jungle Records (distributed by MCA)
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Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
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Beau Jocque Boogie
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This guy died way too soon
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Tribalistas
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Carnavalia
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Terrific new album from Brazilian trio of Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown, Arnaldo Antunes
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Airto Moreira
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Mulata and Futebol
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Tribute to soccer, from Brazilian percussionist and friends
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Corey Harris with Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
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Back Atcha
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Contemporary blues-- from some of the younger players featured in the Scorcese PBS blues series-- with a nod to Africa, aka "Sitting on Top of the World"
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James Black
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Mr. Gris Gris Man
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1970s New Orleans jazz drummer, from Night Train Records "Bosses of the Big Easy Beat" series
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JB Hutto
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Slidewinder
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Great Chicago blues instrumental, from "South Side Chicago Blues"-- part of the Delmark 50th Anniversary Collection
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Chris Smither
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Ninety Nine Year Blues
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Bues classic from contemporary folk guitarist
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Marvin Rainwater
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Don't Tell My Boy
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Marvin Rainwater was an charming and versatilie musician in the 50s and 60s, playing great rockabilly and C&W alongside mediocre ballads. This song is somewhere in between
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Johnny Cash
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Down the Line
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from "Unearthed"-- the new 5-CD collection of Cash material
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June Carter with Johnny Cash
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Ballad of a Teenage Queen
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from early Louisiana Hayride material
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Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, Steve Wariner
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Working Man Blues
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Nashville heavies tribute to Merle Haggard
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Flying Burrito Brothers
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White Line Fever
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Another great Merle Haggard tune, nicely done by post-Gram Burritos
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kd lang
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Turn Me Round
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Jump up and twirl to this rocking country number
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Del McCoury Band
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1952 Vincent Black Lightening
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Tasty bluegrass cover of Richard Thompson tune
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Jack White
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Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over
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from the soundtrack to "Cold Mountain"
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Dilly & his Dill Pickles
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Bust Down Stomp
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from "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music from the 20s & 30s" (Volume 7) on Yazoo Records
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