Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from April 17, 2003
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Pop-up player!| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
High Tide in Hub City
|
Another twang theme tune |
| The Impacts |
Wipe Out
|
Merrell Fankhauser's 1962 original version. It was a huge hit for the Surfari's in 1963, with no credit given to its source. |
| Biller and Wakefield |
Good Enough
|
Hot guitar twang |
| Django Reinhardt |
Viper's Dream
|
Breathtaking Gypsy guitar, Paris 1937, Stephane Grapelli on violin. |
| Django Reinhardt |
Swingin' with Django
|
Starts out as bed (talkover music), then Django takes over |
| Biller & Wakefield |
Night in Topeka
|
These guys snuck back in here without permission. Good though. |
| Eddie Harris |
Abstraction
|
Soulful jazz from 1975 |
| Wallias Band |
Muziqawi Silt
|
from Ethipiques 13: Ethiopian Grooves |
| Remmy Ongala |
One World
|
Tanzanian guitarist sings and chants about international harmony |
| Remmy Ongala |
I Want to Go Home
|
More African rhythms |
| Jackie Mittoo |
Soul & Inspiration
|
As bed. Great Jamaican songster. |
| Tommy McCook |
Harvest in the East
|
Ska instrumental from the late great Skatalites tenor saxophonist |
| Huayucaltia |
Caminos y Puentes (Roads & Bridges)
|
Their name means "unity & brotherhood" in Nahuatl (Aztec) and the band-- based in Los Angeles-- includes musicians from Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Peru and the U.S. |
| Greene String Quartet |
Big Alice
|
Former folk fiddler Greene here covers jazz organist Don Pullen |
| Johnny Johnson |
Rockinitis
|
Chuck Berry's piano player, from 1990 CD |
| Cecil Gant |
Loose As A Goose
|
WWII R&B crooner plays piano too |
| Chris Kenner |
Come See About Me
|
New Orleans songwriter sings, with help from Allen Toussaint (on piano) and others. What a cool groove! |
| Meters |
Easy (Trip)
|
from their "Kickback" album of 70s New Orleans soul and funk |
| Meters |
Sehorn's Farm
|
That rolling Meter's instrumental sound. Song named for Marshall Sehorn, partner(with Allen Toussaint) in famed SeaSaint Studios, where the Meters were the house band |
| Los Munequitos de Matanzas |
El Tocoloro
|
This Cuban rumba band has been making great music for 50 years; they tour in the USA every few years. |
| Afro Cuban All Stars |
Fiesta de la Rumba
|
Con Don Ruben Gonzalez y Ibrahim Ferrer |
| Ry Cooder |
The Pearls/Tia Juana
|
A taste of Jelly Roll Morton from Ry's 1978 "Jazz" album |
| Horace Silver |
Red Beans and Rice
|
Jazz tribute to Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans scene |
| Youngbloods |
Prelude
|
Noodlin' intro, from their 1970 live "Rock Concert" album |
| Youngbloods |
On Beautiful Lake Spenard
|
Guitarist known as (Electric) Banana takes the lead on this loping instrumental, also from the live album |
| Youngbloods |
Fiddler A Dram
|
"Rock Concert" featured a stoned version of this mountain classic |
| Seldom Scene |
Tulsa Chili Bop
|
from "Dream Scene" on Sugar Hill, 1996 |
| Roxy Gordon |
Smaller Circles
|
The late West Texas songwriter left a legacy as a storyteller and Native American activist. Quite the character; check him out |
| Gurf Morlix |
Let the Rhythm Rule
|
Producer and guitar whiz Morlix worked with Lucinda Williams in Los Angeles for years; now based in Austin |
| Lucinda Williams |
People Talkin'
|
from "World Without Tears" (2003) |
| Ola Belle Reed |
High On A Mountain
|
from "The Art of Old-Time Mountain Music" on Rounder |
| Johnny Cash |
Time of the Preacher
|
from "Twisted Willie"-- a tribute to WIllie Nelson |
| Willie Nelson |
Till I Gain Control Again
|
Willie and Family's live cover of the great Rodney Crowell tune |
| Rodney Crowell |
Shame on the Moon
|
Like his Houston pals (Townes Van Zandt &, Guy Clark), RC went to Nashville to write songs. This is one of his best |
| Ralph Carney |
Cow Lap
|
Recent work from multi talented instrumentalist |
| Jerry Jeff Walker |
Trying to Hold the Wind Up with a Sail
|
from "Contrary to Ordinary" (1978) |
| Stars of Bethlehem |
Above My Head
|
Contemporary gospel on Savoy |
| Ray Barretto |
Manos Duras
|
The great conguero and bandleader has been playing versions of this song-- aka Hard Hands-- for decades |
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