Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from August 19, 2004
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| Big Guitars from Texas |
Guitar Army
|
Texas music for a change! |
| Bobby Previte & Charlie Hunter |
40th Parallel
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With help from Greg Osby on sax, from "Groundtruther Latitude" (Thirsty Ear, 2004) |
| Ernest Ranglin |
Surfin'
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With Jamaican jazz great Monty Alexander-- on piano and as producer-- from "Below the Bassline" (1996) |
| Shawn Pittman |
East Side Groove
|
Oklahoma-born, now another Austin blues guy; from "Somethings Gotta Give" Pardon the sloppy segue! |
| Greyboy/The Messengers |
Hancoks Hideway
|
DJ Mix from "Shades of Grey" |
| Greyboy/Hank Carbo |
Back Luck
|
This 60s soul song just snuck up on us |
| Greyboy/Saundra Philips |
Ms. Fatback
|
More of the mix, with a nice bluesy vocal |
| Greyboy/Vernon Garret |
U Blew My Mind
|
Greyboy found some obscure soul on vinyl and it goes on and on... |
| Ray McKinstry |
Dinah
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Smooth 50s R&B sax on "The United Records Story" on Delmark; with Junior Wells, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, TIny Grimes and more |
| Los Hombres Calientes |
New Bus Stop
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These New Orleans guys-- led by Bill Summer & Irvin Mayfield-- play jazz, funk, Latin, ska and more. With Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez on drums, replacing Jason Marsalis. |
| Duke & the Drivers |
Come A Little Closer
|
Pals & contemporaries of the J Geils Band, these Boston-area guys started touring last year and put out a hot live album called "Check Your Bucket" (Dukedom, 2003). These last two are for Len! |
| Slim Harpo |
Got Love If You Want It
|
Blues with a rhumba beat, from one of the best |
| Angela Strehli |
You Don't Love Me
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This Texas blues gal sure can belt out a tune! From "Blonde and Blue" (Rounder, 1993) |
| Corey Harris |
Njarka
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With Ali Farka Toure, from "Mississippi to Mali" (Rounder, 2003) |
| Corey Harris |
Tamalah
|
More Ali Farka Toure here |
| Mother Earth |
I'll be Moving On
|
Tracy Nelson fronted this 60s band along with RP St. John-- and a bunch of great players. Does anyone know what happened to RP SJ? |
| Delbert McClinton (not) |
Lord Knows I've Tried
|
"Don't Let Go: The Collection" has 15 songs attributed to early Delbert. But this one doesn't sound like Delbert. |
| Delbert McClinton (not) |
Lost in a Dream
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That's Delbert on harmonica but the vocal sounds more like Glen Clark, Delbert's partner in the 70s. |
| Delbert McClinton |
Mr. Pitiful
|
That gravelly voice is the real Delbert, doing a nice cover of an Otis Redding tune. |
| Los Lonely Boys |
Onda
|
Hot Tex-Mex guitars from the Garza brothers; despite technical difficulties, the tune rocks |
| Tony Furtado |
Oh, Berta, Berta
|
Billy Pope turned me on to this stuff-- and lots more. From his 2002 "American Gypsy" CD. This is not bluegrass! |
| Kelly Willis |
Heaven Bound
|
KGSR: Radio Austin puts out a series of CDs of music recorded live at the station. This tune is from Volume 8. |
| Warren Zevon |
Lawyers, Guns and Money
|
Also from KGSR, Volune 8, recorded in 1999. |
| Del Castillo |
Para Mi Sobrina
|
Another great Tex-Mex brother guitar duo, from "Vida" (2004). Keep an eye/ear open for these guys. |
| Elliot Goldenthat |
The Floating Bed
|
From the soundtrack to "Frida" |
| Alejandro Escovedo w/ Rosie Flores |
Ballad of the Sun & Moon
|
Some say he is the best songwriter in Austin; although he's been ill (Hepatitis C) and broke (no health insurance), he still can play! From KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 10. |
| Son Volt |
Sometimes
|
"Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo" is a new 30 song CD with singers like Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and many more. |
| Melancholy Ramblers |
What About You
|
Trio out of Austin includes Brady Coleman (fiddle, guitar), Frances Barton (accordian), Marco Parella (hummel-- a cousin to the dulcimer) |
| Melancholy Ramblers |
Total Yodel
|
Brady Coleman does a short yodel here, just what we need! |
| Melancholy Ramblers |
Ballad of the Killer D's
|
Original tune about the heroic Texas legislators who avoided the clutches of the evil Republicans! |
| Melancholy Ramblers |
Total Yodel (again)
|
We need to hear Brady's yodel one more time. |
| Joan Baez |
Christmas in Washington
|
"Come Back, Woody Guthrie" wrote Steve Earle om this timely song; Joan Baez sang it in March 2003 for KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 11. |
| Mavis Staples |
Hard Times
|
A terrific new album-- "Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster"-- makes these old old songs sound so new. |
| Butch Hancock & Marce Lacouture |
So I'll Run
|
Al Strehli tune, from "Yella Rose" (Rainlight Records, 1985). This album, now on CD, is highly recommended. |
| Duhks |
Camptown Races
|
More Stephen Foster. From American Roots Publishing, 2004. |
| Henry Kaiser |
Autumn Waltz
|
Stephen Foster wrote instrumentals too and Henry Kaiser knows how to keep a 150 year old song fresh |
| Raul Malo |
I See You
|
Former lead singer of the Mavericks, Malo wrote this song and does a great job with it. From KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 11. |
| Mumbo Gumbo |
All Along
|
A single from 1990 on Diesel Only Records out of Brooklyn |
| Roane County Ramblers |
Green River March
|
Music from 1928-29, on Country Records in Charlottesville, VA |
| Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps |
The Minstrel Boy
|
New CD from these NYC folkies |
| Steve Earle |
The Seeker
|
Brand new very political CD from Texas rocker: "The Revolution Starts Now" (Artemis, 2004) |
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