WFMU: Inner Ear Detour with David: Playlist from August 21, 2009

Inner Ear Detour with David: Playlist from August 21, 2009

Sounds from the archive of the future, sonic drilling into the past, dissonant rumbling, lyrical melodies, noises (human, animal, mechanical, digital) inscrutable yet honest, desultory but consistent.

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August 21, 2009: A Tribute to Jim Dickinson

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
	a song
James Luther Dickinson	O How She Dances	Dixie Fried	A great Jim Dickinson discography on this Finnish website	0:03:29 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson	Out on the Rolling Sea	v/a: A tribute to the music of Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family		0:06:53 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson with Chuck Prophet and the Creatures of Habit	Down in Mississippi	A Thousand Footprints in the Sand: Live at Slims, June 14th 1992	Chuck Prophet remembers Jim: read it here	0:17:40 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson	Those Sounds "Those Sounds" by "Jim Dickinson"	v/a: Fishing with Charlie	text by Memphis writer and Dickinson friend Stanley Booth	0:21:52 (Pop-up)
James Luther Dickinson	Bound to Lose	Free Beer Tomorrow		0:22:39 (Pop-up)
Mud Boy and the Neutrons	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again	They Walk Among Us	Originally released on the Known Felons in Drag LP (1986)	0:29:05 (Pop-up)
Tav Falco & Panther Burns	Cuban Rebel Girl	Shake Rag E.P.	Prod. Jim Dickinson	0:34:16 (Pop-up)
Big Star	You Can't Have Me "You Can't Have Me" by "Big Star"	Third/Sister Lovers	Prod. Jim Dickinson	0:38:13 (Pop-up)
Chris Bell	Fight At The Table "Fight At The Table" by "Chris Bell"	I Am the Cosmos	Dickinson on piano	0:42:11 (Pop-up)
Giant Sand	(well) DUSTED (for the millennium)	Chore of Enchantment	Recorded by Dickinson, who also plays Mellotron	0:48:25 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson and Duff Dorrough	I'll Remember You	Just One More: A Tribute To Larry Brown		0:52:46 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	Spirit in the Dark	Spirit in the Dark	Backed up by Memphis Flyers	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Phineas Newborn, Jr.	Lorraine's Walk	Solo Piano	Recorded by Jim Dickinson	1:01:41 (Pop-up)
Live conversation with Robert Gordon, author of It Came From Memphis
Mud Boy and the Neutrons	Money Talks	They Walk Among Us	Orig. on the Negro Streets at Dawn LP (1993)	1:11:26 (Pop-up)
Furry Lewis	Furry's Blues "Furry's Blues" by "Furry Lewis"	V/A: Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project vol. 3	Recorded by Jim Dickinson.	1:22:47 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Kanga Roo "Kanga Roo" by "Big Star"	Third/Sister Lovers	Prod. Jim Dickinson	1:34:56 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson and the Cramps	Red Headed Woman			1:46:51 (Pop-up)
Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis	The Lonesome Death Of Johnny Ace	Indian Giver	Collaboration between Dickinson and Sonic Boom	2:02:01 (Pop-up)
Mudhoney	Try to Be Kind "Try to Be Kind" by "Mudhoney"	Tomorrow HIt Today	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:09:44 (Pop-up)
The Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait	Pleased to Meet Me	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:12:51 (Pop-up)
Sid Selvidge	Every Natural Thing "Every Natural Thing" by "Sid Selvidge"	A Little Bit of Rain	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:16:13 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	Wild Horses "Wild Horses" by "The Rolling Stones"	Sticky Fingers	Dickinson on piano	2:18:44 (Pop-up)
Lulu + the Memphis Flyers	Hum A Song (From Your Heart)	The Best of Lulu: From Crayons to Perfume		2:23:57 (Pop-up)
The Jesters + Jim Dickinson	Cadillac Man		A Sun Records 45, fea. Jerry Phillips, Sam Phillips's son, on gtr; prod. by Knox Phillips, another of Sam's sons	2:27:32 (Pop-up)
Tarbox Ramblers	Already Gone "Already Gone" by "Tarbox Ramblers"	A Fix Back East	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:30:12 (Pop-up)
Harmonica Frank Floyd	Deep Elum Blues	The Missing Link	Recorded by Jim Dickinson, 1979	2:36:53 (Pop-up)
Ry Cooder	FDR in Trinidad "FDR in Trinidad" by "Ry Cooder"	Into the Purple Valley	Prod. Jim Dickinson, Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker	2:38:35 (Pop-up)
Flash and the Casuals	Uptight Tonight	v/a: A History of Grage and Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975	Written by Dickinson, who plays (killer) guitar	2:41:18 (Pop-up)
Green on Red	Keith Can't Read "Keith Can't Read" by "Green on Red"	Here Come the Snakes	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:43:30 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton	My Rival "My Rival" by "Alex Chilton"	Like Flies On Sherbert	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:46:54 (Pop-up)
Terry Manning	Rocks "Rocks" by "Terry Manning"	v/a: Thank You, Friends: The Ardent Records Story	Prod. Jim Dickinson - unreleased 45	2:49:20 (Pop-up)
T-Model Ford	Bad Man "Bad Man" by "T-Model Ford"	Bad Man	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:55:16 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	3:06pm seang: Can't wait for this! cigar is lit, the gin is in the glass. Mr. Gordon, your book rocks!
	3:10pm marc: who does that theme song? "My name is david
	3:12pm annie: marc, i think it's a sesame street song..
	3:15pm marc: oh okay, its good...lol.
	3:15pm north guinea hills: no gin at hand, but irish whiskey in my belly (during my lunch break)
	3:16pm annie: just finishing up the absinthe.. wine to follow and chicken on the grill!
	3:17pm north guinea hills: (still at work)
	3:20pm seang: A shout out to the Buccaneer lounge! greatest bartender resides there
	3:20pm Cecile: I am drinking coffee and pretending it is sambuca mmmm. sounds like some good eats, Annie.
	3:22pm annie: yup, cecile.. 'tis... have found some half-way decent onions and made cookies.. comfort food day, been raining almost all day and humid..
	3:31pm C: sounds interesting. what kinds of cookies have onions in them?
	3:31pm Cecile: it finally cleared up. Wed and Thurs it rained like crazy and on Weds a tornade touched down in DT Minneapolis. Took off part of the Electric Fetus record store's roof.
	3:33pm Cecile: sorry, blew out the windows. The roof on the convention center got messed up
	3:34pm annie: i didn't read about that in secrets of the city.. and i so miss dude weather..
	3:45pm BSI: so much talk of booze on a friday afternoon... and the Bowmore scotch is waiting for its master, obediently, at home...
	3:48pm pseu: Wonderful, thoughtful tribute to Dickinson, David -- Weather: it's hot as hell in NJ, Lunch: half a sammich. God Bless America.
	4:06pm Carmichael: My payday flagon of ale awaits me at the fortress. But it's only 1:00 PM here ...
	4:18pm Joe: It just so happens I was in the middle of reading It Came From Memphis when Jim Dickinson's death was announced.
	4:51pm Carmichael: When playing guitar leads, it's not important to understand music theory. I love the Cramps. This whole interview is totally cool, David!
	5:02pm north guinea hills: weird, sonic boom is one of the nicest guys i've had the pleasure to hang out w/, but maybe b/c he was superbly baked all the time.
	5:07pm Cecile: what's this about sonic boom? I missed that part.
	5:11pm muhrvis: wow, that Johnny Ace piece was an awesome song.
	5:13pm Carmichael: I came this close to requesting Johnny Ace earlier. I have no idea why I was thinking of him.
	5:16pm Matt Stintson: Great, great set!!! A much needed tribute!
	5:50pm Chris: this is one of the sickest sets I've ever heard on WFMU
	5:57pm Joe: David this was a wonderful tribute.
	6:00pm mb: Thank-you David. Excellent show. Jim Lives!!!
	12:16pm Paul: Great, great show, and a fine tribute to a man who will be much missed. I was DJing at a festival and had just played The Lonesome Death of Johnny Ace when I was told of Jim's death. Terrible news, still shocked.
	10:22am Mary Lindsay Dickinson: David, you have absolutely fabulous taste regarding Jim's best work. I say this because it is so much like mine. :-) There were many artists/songs I had forgotten that were wonderful to hear again. I especially liked re-visiting Green on Red, the Cramps, Giant Sand, Tav, and Furry. The cold the day that cut was recorded in the dusty, abandoned theater was brutal but Furry was always the showman and great musician/singer. The record that cut comes from that Jim made to promote the refurbishing of the Orpheum Theater was actually called Beale Street Saturday Night. The record was successful in that the Orpheum proudly stands to this day, hosting great theatrical events. There is one other small problem I'll point out. I'he Atlantic house band that Jim formed to move to Miami was called the Dixie Flyers. Every other comment and your choice of records and Robert Gordon to help narrate them was spot on. Having only two tiny mistakes in a show this long talking about a career that spanned forty years is amazing! Great job. I would have commented sooner but a friend just sent me this show. I passed the link on to Luther and Cody and I know they will enjoy it. You are doing great work. Keep it up!

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
	a song
James Luther Dickinson	O How She Dances	Dixie Fried	A great Jim Dickinson discography on this Finnish website	0:03:29 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson	Out on the Rolling Sea	v/a: A tribute to the music of Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family		0:06:53 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson with Chuck Prophet and the Creatures of Habit	Down in Mississippi	A Thousand Footprints in the Sand: Live at Slims, June 14th 1992	Chuck Prophet remembers Jim: read it here	0:17:40 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson	Those Sounds "Those Sounds" by "Jim Dickinson"	v/a: Fishing with Charlie	text by Memphis writer and Dickinson friend Stanley Booth	0:21:52 (Pop-up)
James Luther Dickinson	Bound to Lose	Free Beer Tomorrow		0:22:39 (Pop-up)
Mud Boy and the Neutrons	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again	They Walk Among Us	Originally released on the Known Felons in Drag LP (1986)	0:29:05 (Pop-up)
Tav Falco & Panther Burns	Cuban Rebel Girl	Shake Rag E.P.	Prod. Jim Dickinson	0:34:16 (Pop-up)
Big Star	You Can't Have Me "You Can't Have Me" by "Big Star"	Third/Sister Lovers	Prod. Jim Dickinson	0:38:13 (Pop-up)
Chris Bell	Fight At The Table "Fight At The Table" by "Chris Bell"	I Am the Cosmos	Dickinson on piano	0:42:11 (Pop-up)
Giant Sand	(well) DUSTED (for the millennium)	Chore of Enchantment	Recorded by Dickinson, who also plays Mellotron	0:48:25 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson and Duff Dorrough	I'll Remember You	Just One More: A Tribute To Larry Brown		0:52:46 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	Spirit in the Dark	Spirit in the Dark	Backed up by Memphis Flyers	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Phineas Newborn, Jr.	Lorraine's Walk	Solo Piano	Recorded by Jim Dickinson	1:01:41 (Pop-up)
Live conversation with Robert Gordon, author of It Came From Memphis
Mud Boy and the Neutrons	Money Talks	They Walk Among Us	Orig. on the Negro Streets at Dawn LP (1993)	1:11:26 (Pop-up)
Furry Lewis	Furry's Blues "Furry's Blues" by "Furry Lewis"	V/A: Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project vol. 3	Recorded by Jim Dickinson.	1:22:47 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Kanga Roo "Kanga Roo" by "Big Star"	Third/Sister Lovers	Prod. Jim Dickinson	1:34:56 (Pop-up)
Jim Dickinson and the Cramps	Red Headed Woman			1:46:51 (Pop-up)
Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis	The Lonesome Death Of Johnny Ace	Indian Giver	Collaboration between Dickinson and Sonic Boom	2:02:01 (Pop-up)
Mudhoney	Try to Be Kind "Try to Be Kind" by "Mudhoney"	Tomorrow HIt Today	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:09:44 (Pop-up)
The Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait	Pleased to Meet Me	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:12:51 (Pop-up)
Sid Selvidge	Every Natural Thing "Every Natural Thing" by "Sid Selvidge"	A Little Bit of Rain	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:16:13 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	Wild Horses "Wild Horses" by "The Rolling Stones"	Sticky Fingers	Dickinson on piano	2:18:44 (Pop-up)
Lulu + the Memphis Flyers	Hum A Song (From Your Heart)	The Best of Lulu: From Crayons to Perfume		2:23:57 (Pop-up)
The Jesters + Jim Dickinson	Cadillac Man		A Sun Records 45, fea. Jerry Phillips, Sam Phillips's son, on gtr; prod. by Knox Phillips, another of Sam's sons	2:27:32 (Pop-up)
Tarbox Ramblers	Already Gone "Already Gone" by "Tarbox Ramblers"	A Fix Back East	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:30:12 (Pop-up)
Harmonica Frank Floyd	Deep Elum Blues	The Missing Link	Recorded by Jim Dickinson, 1979	2:36:53 (Pop-up)
Ry Cooder	FDR in Trinidad "FDR in Trinidad" by "Ry Cooder"	Into the Purple Valley	Prod. Jim Dickinson, Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker	2:38:35 (Pop-up)
Flash and the Casuals	Uptight Tonight	v/a: A History of Grage and Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975	Written by Dickinson, who plays (killer) guitar	2:41:18 (Pop-up)
Green on Red	Keith Can't Read "Keith Can't Read" by "Green on Red"	Here Come the Snakes	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:43:30 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton	My Rival "My Rival" by "Alex Chilton"	Like Flies On Sherbert	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:46:54 (Pop-up)
Terry Manning	Rocks "Rocks" by "Terry Manning"	v/a: Thank You, Friends: The Ardent Records Story	Prod. Jim Dickinson - unreleased 45	2:49:20 (Pop-up)
T-Model Ford	Bad Man "Bad Man" by "T-Model Ford"	Bad Man	Prod. Jim Dickinson	2:55:16 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:06pm seang: Can't wait for this! cigar is lit, the gin is in the glass. Mr. Gordon, your book rocks!
	3:10pm marc: who does that theme song? "My name is david
	3:12pm annie: marc, i think it's a sesame street song..
	3:15pm marc: oh okay, its good...lol.
	3:15pm north guinea hills: no gin at hand, but irish whiskey in my belly (during my lunch break)
	3:16pm annie: just finishing up the absinthe.. wine to follow and chicken on the grill!
	3:17pm north guinea hills: (still at work)
	3:20pm seang: A shout out to the Buccaneer lounge! greatest bartender resides there
	3:20pm Cecile: I am drinking coffee and pretending it is sambuca mmmm. sounds like some good eats, Annie.
	3:22pm annie: yup, cecile.. 'tis... have found some half-way decent onions and made cookies.. comfort food day, been raining almost all day and humid..
	3:31pm C: sounds interesting. what kinds of cookies have onions in them?
	3:31pm Cecile: it finally cleared up. Wed and Thurs it rained like crazy and on Weds a tornade touched down in DT Minneapolis. Took off part of the Electric Fetus record store's roof.
	3:33pm Cecile: sorry, blew out the windows. The roof on the convention center got messed up
	3:34pm annie: i didn't read about that in secrets of the city.. and i so miss dude weather..
	3:45pm BSI: so much talk of booze on a friday afternoon... and the Bowmore scotch is waiting for its master, obediently, at home...
	3:48pm pseu: Wonderful, thoughtful tribute to Dickinson, David -- Weather: it's hot as hell in NJ, Lunch: half a sammich. God Bless America.
	4:06pm Carmichael: My payday flagon of ale awaits me at the fortress. But it's only 1:00 PM here ...
	4:18pm Joe: It just so happens I was in the middle of reading It Came From Memphis when Jim Dickinson's death was announced.
	4:51pm Carmichael: When playing guitar leads, it's not important to understand music theory. I love the Cramps. This whole interview is totally cool, David!
	5:02pm north guinea hills: weird, sonic boom is one of the nicest guys i've had the pleasure to hang out w/, but maybe b/c he was superbly baked all the time.
	5:07pm Cecile: what's this about sonic boom? I missed that part.
	5:11pm muhrvis: wow, that Johnny Ace piece was an awesome song.
	5:13pm Carmichael: I came this close to requesting Johnny Ace earlier. I have no idea why I was thinking of him.
	5:16pm Matt Stintson: Great, great set!!! A much needed tribute!
	5:50pm Chris: this is one of the sickest sets I've ever heard on WFMU
	5:57pm Joe: David this was a wonderful tribute.
	6:00pm mb: Thank-you David. Excellent show. Jim Lives!!!
	12:16pm Paul: Great, great show, and a fine tribute to a man who will be much missed. I was DJing at a festival and had just played The Lonesome Death of Johnny Ace when I was told of Jim's death. Terrible news, still shocked.
	10:22am Mary Lindsay Dickinson: David, you have absolutely fabulous taste regarding Jim's best work. I say this because it is so much like mine. :-) There were many artists/songs I had forgotten that were wonderful to hear again. I especially liked re-visiting Green on Red, the Cramps, Giant Sand, Tav, and Furry. The cold the day that cut was recorded in the dusty, abandoned theater was brutal but Furry was always the showman and great musician/singer. The record that cut comes from that Jim made to promote the refurbishing of the Orpheum Theater was actually called Beale Street Saturday Night. The record was successful in that the Orpheum proudly stands to this day, hosting great theatrical events. There is one other small problem I'll point out. I'he Atlantic house band that Jim formed to move to Miami was called the Dixie Flyers. Every other comment and your choice of records and Robert Gordon to help narrate them was spot on. Having only two tiny mistakes in a show this long talking about a career that spanned forty years is amazing! Great job. I would have commented sooner but a friend just sent me this show. I passed the link on to Luther and Cody and I know they will enjoy it. You are doing great work. Keep it up!

Inner Ear Detour with David: Playlist from August 21, 2009

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