I'm Gonna Make You Love The Jayhawks - Side B

      As promised, here is Side B (I listened to the Jayhawks on my car cassette player a lot back in the 90s so it seemed apropos to label the comps as Side A and Side B).  For those of you new to The Jayhawks, I'd recommend Tomorrow the Green Grass and Hollywood Town Hall (Louris and Olson harmonizing at their finest) followed by Rainy Day Music (definitely their best post-Olson album). 

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The Trap's Been Set	Mark Olson & Gary Louris
My Own Jo Ellen	Mark Olson And The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Fools On Parade	The Jayhawks
Tailspin	The Jayhawks
Do You Know How it Feels to be Lonesome	Golden Smog
Tiny Arrows	The Jayhawks
Martin's Song	The Jayhawks
Get The Load Out	The Jayhawks
I´m Gonna Make You Love Me	The Jayhawks
Last to Know	The Jayhawks
Desperate Serenade	The Jayhawks
Up Above The River	The Jayhawks
Sing Me Back Home	The Jayhawks

I'm Gonna Make You Love The Jayhawks - Side A

           As I've mentioned a couple of times on the blog, I tend to listen to a lot of twang in the fall, especially on my morning (and afternoon) commutes.  As I practically wore out the cassette tapes I had of them back in the 1990s when I had a car, I thought an homage to the alternative country superstars The Jayhawks including solo releases from Mark Olson and Gary Louris (and, also, material from The Jayhawks albums that Olson wasn't on) was overdue.  I'll post Side B next week.

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Blue	The Jayhawks
Up Above My Head	The Jayhawks
Sioux City	The Jayhawks
Break My Mind	The Jayhawks
If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go	The Jayhawks
Precious Time	The Jayhawks
Lights	The Jayhawks
December's child	Mark Olson And The Creekdippers
It's Up to You	The Jayhawks
Keith And Quentin	The Jayhawks
Good Long Time	The Jayhawks
Black Grass	Gary Louris
It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines	Mark Olson With Victoria Williams

A King Sunny Ade's Ransom

         I don't really know why it took me so long, but I didn't become a King Sunny Ade fan until about 8 years ago when I bought Best of the Classic Years, a collection of material culled from his 1967-1974 recordings.  Once smitten, I, of course, couldn't believe that he had never become an international star, especially since there was a real push in the early 1980s - when he was with Island Records - to expand his audience.  As for tonight's mix, I tried to incorporate material from various stages of his career.  I also owe the website http://globalgroovers.blogspot.com/ thanks for posting several of his out of print albums.

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Sunny Ti De

Ma Jaiye Oni

Ja Fun Mi [Instrumental]

John Ali

Egbe board

Ogunja

Solution

Maajo

Afojudi

A kunle a tewo adura

S.K. Dada

Baba orun a mbe o

We Need an Answer: A Collection of Answer Songs

      I usually don't go in for the themed mixtape (not that there's anything wrong with them), but I was listening to Camera Obscura's "Hey Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" and I couldn't help but start making an answer song mixtape.   I know that I already included the song (as well as the Lloyd Cole and the Commotions song which the Camera Obscura song answers) on the Dear Heartbroken in Glasgow comps.  But I really love both songs and I also had a hard time finding any other contemporary answer songs that I liked (and everything else on the mix was either country or soul/old r&b).  In the spirit of full disclosure, I should mention that I used a couple of the ones featured on a WFMU blog.  There's a bunch of other ones there too, if you're so inclined.

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I'm Sorry	Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)	Ben Vaughn
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)	Loretta Lynn
I Come Home A-Drinkin	Jay Lee Webb
High Heel Sneakers	Tommy Tucker
Slip In Mules	Sugar Pie DeSanto
Hit The Road Jack	Ray Charles
Well, I Told You	The Chantels
King Of The Road	Roger Miller
Queen Of The House	Jody Miller
Mama Didn't Lie	Jan Bradley
Mama Didn't Know	Major Lance
Bring It on Home to Me	Sam Cooke
I'll Bring It On Home To You	Carla Thomas
The Wild Side Of Life	Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Kitty Wells
It's A Man's World	James Brown
It's A Man's Woman's World (Pt. 1)	Irma Thomas
Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?	Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken	Camera Obscura