Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from July 3, 2007
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|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Neanderthal
|
How did I overlook this one? Austin bass player Sarah Brown-- one of the Big Guitarists-- wrote it |
| Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake |
Planet E
|
This was my outro last week; got cut off before completion. So here's it is again, in its entirety. |
| Jazz Mandolin Project |
Hang Ten
|
From a 2000 Blue Note album: "Xenoblast" |
| Mickey Hart/Rolling Thunder |
Deep, Wide and Frequent
|
Tower of Power horns and Jerry Garcia on guitar make this a killer number; MH left the Dead for a few years and this 1972 "solo" album in the result |
| David Grisman |
Fish Scale
|
He calls it dawg music: this 1976 take on an Artie Traum tune has Tony Rice and Darol Anger accompanying mandolin master Grisman |
| Bob Weir |
Heaven Help the Fool
|
Slick production on this title cut to Dead vocalist Weir's 2nd solo effort |
| John Hartford |
No Expectations
|
When he died in 2001, his obits painted a picture of a man of incredible talent, charm and humor. This Stones cover shows just one side of John Hartford |
| John Hartford |
Oasis
|
This sweet instrumental ws recorded for his "Aero-Plane" album but released only recently on a collection of out-takes from that 1971 session |
| John Hartford |
Turn Your Radio On
|
This short number-- a Carter Family classic-- made it on the 1971 "Aero-Plane" album |
| John Hartford |
Boogie
|
"Hey, Babe, You Wanna Boogie?" Also from 1971. What a nut! |
| Dillard Hartford Dillard |
Boogie on Reggae Woman
|
John Hartford, like the Dillard brothers, grew up in Missouri-- and early on played great Ozark Mountain bluegrass |
| The Dillards |
Banjo in the Hollow
|
Doug & Rodney Dillard played straight ahead bluegrass when they wanted; from "Back Porch Bluegrass"-- the band's first album-- on Elektra (1963) |
| The Dillards |
Dooley
|
Hot vocal number, also from "Back Porch Bluegrass" |
| Gene Clark |
She Don't Care About Time
|
Another Ozark musician, Gene Clark-- who made two amazing albums with Doug Dillard-- was a member of the Byrds and, for a short time, the Flying Burrito Brothers. This tune, recorded in the 70s, is on the great "Roadmaster" CD (Demon, 1986). Gene Clark died in 1991 |
| Kelly Willis |
Don't Know Why
|
Nice new album on Rykodisc: "Translated from Love" |
| John Prine & Mac Wiseman |
Just the Other Side of Nowhere
|
New duet album-- "Standard Songs for Average People"-- from great wiseass singer/songwriter Prine and bluegrass master Wiseman |
| Billy Joe Shaver |
Kneeling Drunkard's Prayer
|
From "Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash" (Dualtone, 2007) |
| King Louie and the Loose Diamonds |
Memphis Treet
|
Title cut-- that's how it's spelled-- to a nice album |
| Philip Glass & Fodoy Mosa Suso |
The Gambia
|
From "Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation"-- recorded at Lincoln Center in NYC in 2003-- with the Dalai Lama, Gyoto Monks, Tom Waits and others |
| Nency Sedibe |
Holotelani
|
Township jive from the piioneering album called "Indestructible Beat of Soweto" (Shanachie, 1986) |
| Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) |
Capetown Fringe
|
He worked with Hugh Masekela in his native South Africa, moved to Europe in the 60s, worked with Duke Ellington, moved back to S.A. as Apartheid was collapsing, then to NYC. A fine fine pianist, a beautiful tune |
| OV Wright |
Let's Straighten It OUt
|
This guy is one of the best soul singers ever! This 1978 recording was produced by Willie Mitchell for Hi Records. It's on a new CD: "Soul Sides, Vol. Two: The Covers" (Zealous Records) |
| Los Mozambiques |
Viva Tirado
|
The band is from Panama, the song is a mix of three tunes: El Chicano's "Viva Tirado" plus "Summertime" & "I Think I'm Going Out of My Head" |
| Willie Colon & Mon Rivera |
Ya Llego
|
Was this too spicy for early morning music? A swinging number from "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Fania, 1978) |
| Kenny Dorham |
Afrodisia
|
Great jazz combo, from 1955, doing a KD original. Listen to Carlos "Patato" Valdez playing conga! |
| Alvin Youngblood Hart |
Once Again
|
Produced by Jim Dickinson, "Start with the Soul" is on Rykodisc, from 2000 |
| Alvin Youngblood Hart |
Porch Monkey's Theme
|
Hot instrumental from same CD |
| Chuck Berry |
Oh Baby Doll
|
A song for summer, from the guy who started it all |
| Cream |
Mother's Lament
|
I don't know if I ever played "Disraeli Gears" (ATCO, 1967) on the radio before |
| Ted Hawkins |
Long As I Can See the Light
|
Cool cover of John Fogerty tune; boy, this guy (Ted Hawkins) was good |
| Bob Brozman & Djeli Moussa Diawara |
Maloyan Devil
|
These guys did an album together ("Ocean Blues") in 2000; this tune is on a new Rough Guide to African Blues compilation |
| Etran Finatawa |
Iriarer
|
The band is from Niger, at the crossroads where (Arab) North Africa meets Sub-Saharan Africa; their name means "Stars of Tradition" |
| Ricky Allen |
Going or Coming
|
Ricky Allen cut this tune for USA Records in Chicago in 1964; I have it on "The USA Records Blues Story" (2002) |
| John Hammond |
No Money Down
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More Chuck Berry. Recorded live at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland |
| Yusel Lateef |
Road Runner
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"The Golden Flute" on Impulse, 1966, was one of the first jazz albums I ever bought. I didn't realize I had such good taste |
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