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Big Guitars from Texas | Boomerang | Big Guitars from Texas | Rykodisc | This collection of Austin pickers has served as my intro theme since the 1980s; this tune-- which I have played many many times-- was written by Evan Johns (1956-2017) | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
Big Guitars from Texas | Breaker | Big Guitars from Texas | Rykodisc | More twang for ya | 0:02:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
James Cotton | The King Bisquit Time Theme | American Roots Music (4-cd various artists) | Palm Pictures | RIP to another bluesman. | 0:04:22 (Pop-up) | |||||
James Cotton | Northside Cadillac | Mighty Long Time | Antones | This is a great collection of blues hits, with help from Pinetop Perkins, Matt Murphy, Hubert Sumlin, Mel Brown-- and a bunch of Austin's best: Jimmie Vaughn, Mark Kazanoff, Sarah Brown and more. | 0:05:48 (Pop-up) | |||||
Chuck Berry | Untitled Instrumental | Missing Berries/ Rarities Vol. 3 | Chess/MCA | I hope your not sick of hearing Chuck. Here's a couple of cool instrumentals. | 0:09:37 (Pop-up) | |||||
Chuck Berry | Blues for Hawaiians | Berry Is On Top | Chess/MCA | He was a great songwriter but, wow, can he play! | 0:12:26 (Pop-up) | |||||
Johnnie Johnson w/ NRBQ | Johnny Be Bad | Johnnie B. Bad | Elektra Nonesuch | Johnny Johnson was a bandleader in St. Louis who hired a young guitar player named Chuck Berry. He was so good the band became Chuck's band; Johnny was his piano partner for years and years. This tune written by Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson from NRBQ | 0:15:20 (Pop-up) | |||||
Johnnie Johnson w/ NRBQ | Creek Mud | Johnnie B. Bad | Elektra Nonesuch | This one was written by JJ, Al Anderson plays a mean guitar on it. | 0:18:34 (Pop-up) | |||||
Rolling Stones | Down The Road Apiece | Now! | ABKCO | Chuck Berry did a cover of this but it was the Stones version that first turned me on to the tune. | 0:23:38 (Pop-up) | |||||
Music behind DJ: Johnnie Johnson w/ NRBQ |
Fault Line Tremor |
Johnnie B. Bad |
Elektra Nonesuch |
0:31:52 (Pop-up) |
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Will Bradley Trio w/ Freddy Slack | Down The Road Apiece | Juke Joint Jump | Columbia | Oft covered boogie woogie number from 1940. Cool piano & bass. | 0:32:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
Henry Mancini | Baby Elephant Walk | Midnight, Moonlight & Magic: The Very Best of Henry Mancini | RCA/BMG | Mancini once said he got the idea for this tune from "Down The Road Apiece." | 0:35:06 (Pop-up) | |||||
Thai Elephant Orchestra | Baby Elephant Walk | Elephonic Rhapsodies | Mulatta Records | This is Dave Soldier's amazing project, much of it getting elephants to make music. | 0:37:46 (Pop-up) | |||||
Thai Elephant Orchestra | Bamboo Dreams | Elephonic Rhapsodies | Mulatta Records | This one is elephants with humans | 0:40:02 (Pop-up) | |||||
Thai Elephant Orchestra | Ganesha Triumphant | Elephonic Rhapsodies | Mulatta Records | This one is just elephants! | 0:42:59 (Pop-up) | |||||
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar | Lost In the Ozone | Paramount | A hit in the 1940s by the Ray McKinley Trio. The ozone boys do a nice job with it. | 0:45:37 (Pop-up) | |||||
Big Guitars from Texas | Do The Dootz | Big Guitars from Texas | Rykodisc | Written by Evan Johns | 0:55:58 (Pop-up) | |||||
Evan Johns & the H-Bombs | I'm A Little Mixed Up | Bombs Away | Rykodisc | These guys do a great cover of the 1961 Betty James number. Sorry for the glitch at the start: I'm a little mixed up. | 0:58:48 (Pop-up) | |||||
The Freddy Steady 5 | Do the Midnight Howl | Masquerade A Go Go | Fat Pete Records | This is a Freddy Krc project: Freddy is a terrific Austin drummer. On this 4 song CD, he plays lead & rhythm guitars, drums, harmonica and percussion. | 1:01:34 (Pop-up) | |||||
Junior Brown | Rock-A-Hula Baby | Long Walk Back | Curb Records | Another Texas guitar whiz, with a sense of humor. | 1:05:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | Cold Shot | Couldn't Stand the Weather | CBS Records | Texas blues guitar at its best! | 1:07:25 (Pop-up) | |||||
Music behind DJ: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble |
Stang's Swang |
Couldn't Stand the Weather |
CBS Records |
1:15:42 (Pop-up) |
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Mother Earth | You Win Again | Make A Joyful Noise | Mercury | Vocals by Tracy Nelson | 1:15:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
Rosanne Cash | Seven Year Ache | Hits 1979–1987 | Columbia | Written by Rodney Crowell, her ex. Rosanne lives in NYC and plays with her current husband, John Leventhal, an excellent guitar player | 1:20:01 (Pop-up) | |||||
Santo and Johnny | She's A Rainbow | Golden Guitars | Imperial | Not sure if these guys to the Stones justice | 1:23:21 (Pop-up) | |||||
Jeff Beck and the Bigtown Playboys | Race with the Devil | Crazy Legs | Epic | It ain't the Yardbirds but still good | 1:25:25 (Pop-up) | |||||
Johnny Vortex | Surfin' The Love Skin | Garage Justive Vol. 1: Austin Vs. New York City | Deep Eddy Records | 1:28:28 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Don Gardner | My Baby Likes to Boogaloo | Whip It On 'Em | Candy Records | This compilation is subtitled: "sixteen soul stirring stompers" | 1:29:55 (Pop-up) | |||||
Eli Paperboy Reed | Come And Get It | Come And Get It | Capitol | 1:32:16 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Lee Morgan | Filet of Soul (aka Hoppin' John) | Delightfulee | Blue Note | New movie out about this great jazzman; I hope to see it before it leaves the theaters. | 1:35:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
Mississippi Shieks | The World Is Going Wrong | Boss Sounds! | Mojo Magazine | 1:43:48 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Music behind DJ: Ocean Surf |
Ocean Surf |
Ocean Surf |
Unison Music |
1:53:44 (Pop-up) |
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Calexico | Across the Wire | Boss Sounds! | Mojo Magazine | I love this Tex-Mex sound, although these guys are out of Tucson. | 1:53:55 (Pop-up) | |||||
Ron Sexsmith | Comrades Fill No Glass For Me | Boss Sounds! | Mojo Magazine | A salute to Matt Fiveash | 1:57:00 (Pop-up) |
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Steve Krinsky:
Parq:
still b/p:
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fred:
Steve, The sound seems to match the playlist
melinda:
fred:
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doctorjazz:
Sem Chumbo:
Hiya, Steve, and all.
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Parq:
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mark R:
still b/p:
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melinda:
still b/p:
fred:
doctorjazz:
Mostly get out to hear jazz, next up: Dave Douglas in Philadelphia in a week and a half. Some good shows in Manhattan, Greg Cohen doing a few day run at The Stone, Masada String Trio tonight (but I'm working late, won't work. He's leading interesting bands until Sunday night, maybe shlep in (my Brooklyn accent coming out).
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