Bobby Womack and Sam Cooke

   I've been enjoying Bobby Womack's new album "The Bravest Man in the Universe" for several weeks now (and was planning to go see him perform in Brooklyn, but the show was cancelled), so I thought it was high time to put together a Bobby Womack - Sam Cooke compilation.  I'm not going to get into their personal relationship (you can check wikipedia for all the details), as I paired them together because they're two of my very favorite soul men - in particular, both have an amazing talent to take pop dross (well, maybe not dross, but maybe pop fluff) and turn it into a soul-pop delight.  I tried to stay away from their most popular stuff, but there were a few cuts I just couldn't resist.  Disc two is next week.

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The Bravest Man In The Universe	Bobby Womack
The Last Mile Of The Way	Sam Cooke
Somewhere There's A Girl	Sam Cooke
Arkansas State Prison	Bobby Womack
You Gotta Move	Sam Cooke
I Wish It Would Rain	Bobby Womack
Baby I Can't Stand It	Bobby Womack
Somebody's Gonna Miss Me	Sam Cooke
Somewhere There's A God	The Womack Brothers
Lonely Island	Sam Cooke
Little Girl	Sam Cooke
Take Me	Bobby Womack
I Got A Right To Sing The Blues	Sam Cooke
(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It	Bobby Womack
Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out	Bobby Womack
Little Red Rooster	Sam Cooke

M. Ward and Upward: Disc Two

     As promised, here's another disc of the great M. Ward.  I got back from England a few days ago and I'm still a little out of it so I'm not sure how well the songs are sequenced....but it ends with To Go Home, so how bad can it be? ;)

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Howlin' For My Baby

Bean Vine Blues, No. 2

Helicopter

Let My Love Open The Door

Blue Bayou

Were You There?

Story of an Artist

Fearless

Goodway

Headed For A Fall

Roll Over Beethoven

To Go Home

M. Ward and Upward

      First off, I apologize for the title of this compilation - it did seem fairly clever for about 23 minutes.  At any rate, I'm excited to go see M. Ward in August so I thought I'd put together a nice mixtape which ultimately ended up being a 2 disc compilation (the guy has a lot of b-sides, appearances on soundtracks, compilations, other people's albums, his side projects, etc.)   For the M. Wardniks, hopefully there's a few cuts you haven't heard before.  And for the newbies to M. Ward who want more, I'd start with Post-War, and then go on to Transfiguration of Vincent, End of Amnesia, Hold Time, and his more recent one, Wasteland Companion.

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For Beginners

The Twist

Green River

Way It Goes

John King's Watercolor Bicycle

Ridin' In My Car

I Get Ideas

Cosmopolitan Pap

Crooked Lines

Color Of Water

One More Goodbye

Sweethearts On Parade

Let's Take the Day Off: The New Girl Group Sounds

      Since I tend to feature a lot of "older" music (i.e. Gen Xer nostalgia stuff) on the show, I thought I'd put on my hipster fedora and put together a compilation of new girl groups - ya know, a variety of lo-fi, garage rock, indie pop, etc. The perfect soundtrack for driving to the beach or sitting in a kiddie pool drinking a Corona. :)  (And btw, I'm aware that some of these bands have boys in them.)

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Let's Take the Day Off	Denise James
The Box	Veronica Falls
Girlfriend Island	Frankie Rose and The Outs
Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday	The Girls At Dawn
Yours Alone	Dum Dum Girls
I'm Not Asleep	Vivian Girls
This Is Real	Best Coast
Each And Every Day	Best Coast
Where Evil Grows	Gore Gore Girls
Hip Check!	The Come Ons
Vanishing of Time	Vivian Girls
Break My Heart	La Sera
Love Has Got Me Crying Again	Denise James
Know Me	Frankie Rose
Hang Around	Grass Widow
Wild Eyes	Vivian Girls
In My Head	Dum Dum Girls
Let's Go Home	Best Coast

Nobody's Baby Now - Volume Two

           As summer is now clearly upon us, one's mind inevitably turns to pop music.   And even though Mad Men's fifth season is over, I thought another volume of 60s female singers pop and soul nuggets was in store. (The first volume can also still be downloaded, btw.)  And even though it's mostly lesser known artists, I couldn't resist including Francoise Hardy's Le Temps de L'Amour after watching Moonrise Kingdom.   (For those of you with an emusic subscription, several of the tracks came from a ridiculously cheap compilation entitled Cool 60s Girls (never mind the title).

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What a Lonely Way to Start the Summertime	Bitter Sweet
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Sandpaper
Are You Getting Tired Of Your Little Toy	Darlene Paul
My Kind Of Boy	Mary Saenz
Weak Spot	Ruby Johnson
A Whole New Plan	Jo Ann Garrett
Babe I'm Leaving You	The Levee Breakers
Hullabaloo	Joey Heatherton
You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Billie Davis
It's So Fine	Dee King
Come On Baby	Kim D
Nobody But Me	Ann Cole
Le Temps de l'Amour	Francoise Hardy
Train song	Vashti
Hey Mama you've been on my mind	Caravelles
I Can`t Let Go	Evie Sands
Splendour in the Grass	Gullivers People
Then Only Then	Julie Grant
Try Love	The Sparkles
Going Back Where I Belong	Sugar Pie DeSanto
If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)	Roddy Joy
My Heart Cries	Tawny Reed

More Chris Gaffney: Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts/Mid Vida Loca

              After putting together the Chris Gaffney - Dave Alvin comp last week, I noticed that his first two releases were completely out of print.  Hopefully, they'll be reissued soon, but in the meantime, here they are in all their digital glory.  (Oh, and don't forget that Gaffney's Loser's Paradise is available as an mp3 download as is Gaffney's Live and Then Some.)

Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts

Lift Your Leg

King O' the Blues

The Gardens

Frank's Tavern

Glasshouse

I Was Just Feeling Good

Fight (Tonight's the Night)

Room 208

Accordiana

As Far as I'm Concerned

If I Had a Dream

Lonely Mile

Daddy's Little Girl

Mi Vida Loca Silent Partner

Artesia

Get Off My Back Lucy

Six Nights A Week

'68

Waltz For Minnie

They Made A Mistake

Quiet Desperation

Psychotic Girlfriend

Mi Vida Loca

So Tired To Be Me

I Never Grew Up

Dave Alvin & Chris Gaffney: Two Kings of California

   Chris Gaffney's 1995 album Loser's Paradise is one of those albums that you just find yourself playing over and over - first rate songwriting, nice sequencing of songs, solid backing musicians, and a great weathered honky-tonk voice.  It was also produced by Dave Alvin in the days when he seemed to be producing one out of every four alternative country albums.  Gaffney put out a fine live album "Live and Then Some" a few years later and then joined forces with Dave Gonzalez in the Hacienda Brothers who also released some excellent cds (I'm partial to their self-titled release).  Unfortunately, he passed away in 2008 after a bout with cancer.  I paired him with Dave Alvin for this comp given their long friendship, their fondness for songs about California, and well, because I thought they'd sound good together.

     Now, about the final song on the compilation.  It's the last thing Gaffney ever recorded.  He went in and sang the song which was to appear on a couple of friends' album (the guys who wrote the song) even though he was quite sick at the time (he died 3 weeks later).  A year later, when the friends found out that a Gaffney tribute album was being put together, they told Dave Alvin out about the song and ultimately it ended up on the tribute album - The Man of Somebody's Dreams.  (You can read the full story here.)  Anyway, I understand if you think it's kind of morbid, but it is really moving and a truly sublime performance.

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King of California	Dave Alvin
Artesia	Chris Gaffney
Alchoholidays	Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts
Johnny Ace Is Dead	Dave Alvin
Look Into The Future	Hacienda Brothers
These Times We're Living In	Dave Alvin
Ashgrove	Dave Alvin
She's Gone	Hacienda Brothers
La Frontera I	Dave Alvin & Steve Berlin
Two Lucky Bums	Dave Alvin
My Baby's Got A Dead Man's Number	Chris Gaffney
Fade To Grey	Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts
Laurel Lynn	Dave Alvin
The Last Time	Hacienda Brothers
Don't Talk About Her	Dave Alvin
California's Burning	Dave Alvin
Guitars Of My Dead Friends	Chris Gaffney

Another Taste of Caetano

         I posted a Caetano Veloso mixtape about a year ago (which you can still download).  A couple of weeks ago, I started reading his book The Tropical Truth - which is half autobiography, half history of Brazilian music - so I thought it was high time to make another mixtape especially since his 2004 concert at Carnegie Hall with David Byrne was finally released a few months ago.  (Btw, the leadoff track is a cut from that album.)

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Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses

Anunciacao

A Tua Presença Morena

Coqueiro De Itapoã

Love For Sale

Onde eu Nasci Passa um Rio

Os Outros Romanticos

It's a Long Road

Escapulario

Torno A Repetir

Let's Face the Music and Dance

Rita / Esse Cara

Desde Que O Samba à Samba

Lindeza

Nega Maluca

Trilhos Urbanos

Coração Materno

Let It Bleed

80s Soundtracks: Back to the Beach and Tapeheads

    A couple of months ago, Robbie Fulks decided to test his hypothesis that "80s Popular Music is the most godawful music of all popular musics in recorded history" by playing a bunch of 80s songs for his 14 year old son who, of course, confirmed Robbie's suspicions.  Now, I would never argue with Robbie about music (btw, Doc Watson fans should check out his tribute to Doc) and it's true that even the good stuff of that period was often plagued by certain unfortunate excesses.  And the two late 1980s soundtracks I've posted tonight are no exception to those tendencies.  But there's a bunch of interesting curios on both (no, I'm not putting Pee-Wee Herman's Surfin Bird in that category) and they're both long out of print. (Btw, the Swanky Modes are Sam Moore and Junior Walker.)


Back to the Beach

Catch A Ride	Eddie Money
Pipeline	Dick Dale, Stevie RayVaughan
Sign Of Love	Aimee Mann
Absolute Perfection	Private Domain
Surfin Bird	Pee-Wee Herman
Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun	Marti Jones
Jamaica Ska	Annette Funicello & Fishbone
Wipe Out	Herbie Hancock
California Sun	Frankie Avalon
Wooly Bully	Dave Edmunds

Tapeheads

Ordinary Man	Swanky Modes
Roscoe's Rap	King Cotton
Surfer's Love Chant	Bo Diddley
You Hooked Me Baby	Swanky Modes
Betcher Bottom Dollar	Swanky Modes
Baby Doll (Sung In Swedish)	Devo
Slow Bus A-Movin' (Howard's Beach Party)	Fishbone
Audience For My Pain	Swanky Modes
Language Of Love	Swanky Modes
Ordinary Man (Can't Keep A Good Man Down Mix)	Swanky Modes

Another Detour to Fist City

     It's really humid out in the northeast today. so I'm a little more addled than usual.  Alas, I don't have too much to say about Volume 2 of Detour to Fist City.  I will, however, say that if you like the Sunny Sweeney cut on here, you should definitely get her entire first album - Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame.  It's one of my fave alt-country releases of the last 5 years.  I just checked and the mp3 album is only $3.61 on Amazon now.

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The Day We Met	Sarah Borges & Broken Singles
Every Little Thing	Carlene Carter
Walk of Shame	Nikki Lane
Honky Tonk Hiccups	Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
His Rockin' Little Angel	Rosie Flores
Crazy Mixed Emotions	Rosie Flores
Love Me To Pieces	Janis Martin
I'm Head Over Heels In Love	Eilen Jewell
Loose Talk-(w Carl Smith)	Carlene Carter
Playin' Every Honky Tonk In Town	Heather Myles
Don't Be A Lemming Polka	k.d. lang
Baby Loves Him	Wanda Jackson
Baby Ride Easy	Carlene Carter
Tulsa Love Affair	Molly & the Heymakers
Please Be San Antone	Sunny Sweeney
Dent In My Heart	Rosie Flores

Detour to Fist City

    Back in the late 1970s, Carlene Carter famously (or infamously) introduced a song off her debut album with the claim that it would put the cu-- back in country.   (According to wikipedia, her mom and stepdad were, unbeknownst to Carlene, in the audience and she spent a decade trying to live the quote down.)   I invoke this story only because I put together a compilation which features a bunch of cuts from Ms. Carter and other female country artists with a similar style and because I couldn't think of good way of characterizing the music - brassy, spunky, scrappy, etc. just don't work.  But since this is a family blog, I thought I'd just go with the only slightly banal Detour to Fist City since I kinda see Loretta Lynn as the godmother/high priestess to this kind of music.  Oh well, it's about the music, right? :)

Volume Two comes next week.

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I Fell in Love	Carlene Carter
Girl Haggard	Rosie Flores
Fist City	Loretta Lynn
Lies	Nikki Lane
That's Where I'm Going	Eilen Jewell
Rock-A-Bye Boogie	Rosie Flores
Cry	Carlene Carter
Too Bad About Sandy	Carlene Carter
Who Says God Is Dead	Eilen Jewell
Let's Elope Baby	Janis Martin
Drink Myself Single	Sunny Sweeney
Jesus Was A Wino	Lydia Loveless
Daniel Lee	Sarah Borges
The Bitter End	Carlene Carter
Blue Side Of Town	Rosie Flores
Next Big Nothing	Sunny Sweeney

Tales of the Drummer - A Tony Allen Sampler

      I was really glad to see Fela Kuti get a little more recognition a couple of years ago when the play Fela made it to Broadway.  Now, I don't expect to see a play about his life, but Tony Allen also deserves more a lot more appreciation.  Not only was he Fela's drummer and musical director, but he put out  a number of great solo albums in the 1970s.  He didn't record much in the 1980s or 1990s, but he's been very prolific over the last 15 years as both a solo artist and as a collaborator with various acts.  The Wrasse record label did put out a greatest hits collection (Eager Hands and Restless Feet) in 2002, but it's only available as an import for us North Americans and I also thought a broader career retrospective was necessary.  (Most of his great 1970s albums have been reissued are easily available as both cds and mp3 downloads.)  

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The Same Blood	Tony Allen
Crazy Afrobeat	Tony Allen
Secret Agent	Tony Allen
Against The Wall	Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen
Nepa	Tony Allen
Ako	Fela Kuti
Don't Fight	Tony Allen
Afropusherman	Psyco On Da Bus
Gbedu	Tony Allen
Nature Springs	The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Sankofa	Hypnotic Brass Ensemble featuring Tony Allen
Progress	Tony Allen

Sucking in the 70's - Volume 4

   Yes, it's time again for another volume of 70's music.  This one's heavier on the popular soul music of the 70's.  There's still a few of them durn guilty pleasures, but I defy you to say anything bad about The Jackson 5's take on Clifton Davis' (who, of course, was on the short lived 70s sitcom That's My Mama) Never Can Say Goodbye.  (The first three volumes are still available, btw.)

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Livin' Thing ELO Strawberry Letter 23 The Brothers Johnson Everlasting Love Carl Carlton #9 Dream John Lennon You're Only Lonely J.D. Souther If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes Never Can Say Goodbye The Jackson 5 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Bob Dylan Dueling Banjos Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Jeepster T.Rex I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles Band of Gold Freda Payne Suavecito Malo Without You Nilsson Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong B.J. Thomas Show and Tell Al Wilson Grandma's Hands Bill Withers The Air That I Breathe The Hollies Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics

Tabu Ley and Franco - Volume Two

    I know it's several days later than I usually post my comps, so I hope the total awesomeness of Tabu Ley Rochereau and Franco overcomes any disappointment resulting from the delay.  I should also note that the first Tabu Ley-Franco comp is still up.

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Na Likuanga Na Seli	Franco
Makfe	Tabu Ley Rochereau
Chérie Bondowe 2	Franco
Tabalissimo	Tabu Ley Rochereau
Mama Ida	Tabu Ley Rochereau
Monzo	Franco
Omona Wapi	Franco And Rochereau
Majolina	Tabu Ley Rochereau
Marceline	Franco
Ekeseni	Tabu Ley Rochereau
Kamikaze	Franco
Tokoma ba camarade pamba	Franco
Londende	Tabu Ley Rochereau

More Jim Lauderdale

      Here's Disc Two of my Jim Lauderdale compilation.  As I mentioned last week, Disc Two features more of his bluegrass material.   I like this stuff quite a bit, but I must confess I like his honky-tonk stuff just a little more (ymmv).  Unfortunately, most of his earlier albums are out of print - though some of them are available cheaply as used cds (like Whisper, Every Second Counts, and Pretty Close to the Truth).  However, you can get his dynamite debut Planet of Love new (though not as an mp3 download).

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I Feel Like Singing Today

I'm Kind Of Learning As I Go

I Like to Feel Pretty Inside

Paint And Glass

Wowowo

Diesel, Diesel, Diesel

Life By Numbers

We're Gone

Tiger & The Monkey

Quit That

If I Lose

Can We Find Forgiveness

Mighty Lonesome

I'm On Your Side

Why Do I Love You?

Jim Lauderdale - Country Strongman

    When I was younger, I never understood why it took some artists/bands so long between records.  I'm a little (I said little :) wiser now and recognize some of the things that can get in their way.  Still, I maintain my admiration for the artists who consistently put out quality albums.  Case in point - the prolific Mr. Jim Lauderdale, who has put out 19 albums since 1991.  And if that wasn't enough, he's a highly respected Nashville songwriter who also tours pretty frequently.  Disc one is mostly his honky-tonk stuff while next week's disc two focuses more on his bluegrass recordings.

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What Am I Waiting For

Don't Build Your World Around It

Please Pardon Me

Calico

Sweet Rosie Jones

She Used To Say That To Me

I Want You To Know

Honky Tonk Haze

My Lips are Sealed

Playing On My Heart Strings

Glass House

Run Like You

It's Worth Looking Up

Hittin' It Hard

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Give More Power Pop to the People - Volume Two

        So is it just me or is Bill Lloyd's Set to Pop the perfect song to start a power pop comp (it's off the album of the same name, btw)? Volume Two of Give More Power Pop to the People is now available, so I'll let you decide.

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I Went Electric	Bill Lloyd
You Were So Warm	Dwight Twilley Band
She Loves You Too	The Patriots
Underwater	The Three O'Clock
Before You Were Born	Richard Barone
Congratulations My Darling	Eugene Edwards
I Found A Love	Phil Seymour
Cynical Girl	Marshall Crenshaw
Bad Indication	Off Broadway
What I Know	The Sneetches
Stacy's Mom	Fountains Of Wayne
Goodbye Princess	Cheepskates
Every Night Is A Holiday	The Spongetones
Discolite	Teenage Fanclub
Farewell Song	Flying Color
The Mayor Of Simpleton	XTC

Give More Power Pop to the People

       The really warm spell we had here in the northeast is over, but spring will be back soon so I thought it was time for some power pop.  I've mostly resisted power pop mixtapes on this blog (with the exception of this 90s power pop compilation) in part because there's so many other great power pop blogs on the web.  One of the most prominent one is http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/ and about 4-5 years ago, they put together a huge, 8-9 part compilation from the best 200 power pop albums of all time.  Now, I don't know if this violates some ethical boundary, but I took 32 of my faves from that 200 and created a much smaller 2 volume compilation (I'll post volume 2 next week).

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Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)	Raspberries
The Company of Light	Chris Stamey
The One	Cloud Eleven
Gold Town	Tommy Keene
Sally Works Nights	Liverpool Echo
Couldn't Help Myself	Bobby Sutliff
I Want You To Want Me	Cheap Trick
With My Face On The Floor	Emitt Rhodes
We Love Girls	Buster
Remember The Lightning	20-20
Tiger Nights	The Bongos
The Popular	Splitsville
A Girl (La La La)	Artful Dodger
Faith	Sex Clark Five
A Different Sunday	Beagle
You've Got No Time	The Cowsills

All Hail the New Traditionalists - Sharon Jones and the Detroit Cobras

           I thought of putting together a Sharon Jones and Detroit Cobras compilation a while back, but I was waiting for a new Cobras release.  That was about 18 months ago, and since there doesn't seem to be one forthcoming in the near future.... well, now's as good time as any (especially with summer on its way - if, I may be so bold, I think it would make a nice bbq soundtrack).   And I know traditionalist is kind of a silly term, but, hey, it seemed a bit better than revivalist. :)

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100 Days, 100 Nights	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Hey Sailor	The Detroit Cobras
Ain't Hittin' on Nothin'	The Detroit Cobras
My Man Is A Mean Man	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
(I Wanna Know) What's Going on	The Detroit Cobras
Give It Back	Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Wild About That Thing	Sharon Jones, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Teenie Hodges
I'll Be Home Someday	Detroit Cobras
I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
I'll Keep Holding On	The Detroit Cobras
Pick It Up, Lay It In The Cut	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Ya Ya Ya (looking For My Baby)	The Detroit Cobras
Heartbeat	The Detroit Cobras
She Ain't a Child No More	Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Last Nite	The Detroit Cobras
What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?	Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
The Dap Dip	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
As Long As I Have You	The Detroit Cobras

The Damnations - Where it lands

   I know I posted some Texas country two weeks ago, but since SXSW is going on as I type, I figured I'd post the second album, 2002's Where it lands, from the great Austin band The Damnations.  Their 1998 self-titled first album (which they had to release under the name Damnations, TX for legal reasons) is still available as an mp3 album.  It's a little better, imho, but Where it lands  is still an alternative country gem, too.

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All Night Special

Quarter in the Couch

Root On

Steeple Full of Swallows

Wanna Be Your Mama

Animal Children

Bloodhound

New Hope Cemetery

Corona

Tora Tora Tora

Time To Go Home

I'm Living in the 80's! (Disc Four)

     It's really no use try to defend/rationalize/excuse one's musical nostalgia especially since (imho) it's the rare person who doesn't indulge their music nostalgia jones at least occasionally.  In that spirit, here's another 80s (mostly postpunk) mixtape (You can also still download Discs 1-3.

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Dissidents	Thomas Dolby
Appetite	Prefab Sprout
Death at One's Elbow	The Smiths
Landslide	Cabaret Voltaire
Producer	Gang of Four
Motorcrash	Sugarcubes
88 Seconds In Greensboro	OMD
Saint Julian	Julian Cope
The Sinking Feeling	The The
Mandinka	Sinead O'Connor
Clay	Echo & The Bunnymen
Under The Milky Way	The Church
Head Over Heels / Broken	Tears For Fears
Boss Toyota Trouble	Biting Tongues
The Telephone Always Rings	Fun Boy Three
Swirling	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Sugar Hiccup	Cocteau Twins
The Three Sunrises	U2

3 Legends of Texas Country: James Hand, Justin Trevino, and Don Walser

     The annual South by Southwest music conference is fast approaching and even though it's been ten years since I attended one, I thought a little homage to Texas artists was in store for this week.  Don Walser passed away back in 2006, but Justin Trevino and James Hand are still going strong and I would hope they're both playing at SXSW this year (even if it's unofficial events).

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In The Corner, At The Table, By the Jukebox	James Hand
Texas Honky Tonk	Justin Trevino
One More Drink	Don Walser
Cowpoke	Don Walser
I Heard Mama Callin	James Hand
Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye	Justin Trevino
Don't Want Me Too	James Hand
(The Party Don't Start) 'Til The Playboys Get Here	Don Walser
Brand New Sister Me	Justin Trevino
She Knows My Weaknesses	Justin Trevino
Chime Bells	Don Walser
When You Stopped Loving Me, So Did I	James Hand
Leave The Lonely Alone	James Hand
Chalk One Up for You	Justin Trevino
A String Boogie	Don Walser
Little Bitty Slip	James Hand
Cattle Call	Don Walser
Don't Leave the Leaving Up to Me	Justin Trevino

More Gillian!!

     Tonight, I'm posting the second volume of my Gillian Welch compilation.  First, I'd like to thank the site spontaneous wednesday for their comprehensive collection of Gillian Welch live shows. Indeed, there are so many good live Gillian tracks that I probably could have made a 3 volume collection.  But for now, you'll just have to make do with two discs of Gillian's genius.  (I was actually going to call the compilation The Genius of Gillian or Gillian's Genius, but it seemed, I dunno, a tad obvious.)

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Appalachacola Bound

Billy

Unfinished Business

Company Grave Blues

Wichita

In Tall Buildings

My Morphine

Everything Is Free

Miners Prayer

Jesus on the Mainline

Why He Needs Me

Dark As A Dungeon

Leaving Train

Hickory Wind

Only One And Only

The Only One and Only Gillian Welch

      Well, it's that time of year when I tend to feature a a female alt-country star (Neko Case), Kelly Willis, Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent), so this year I thought it was high time for a Gillian Welch compilation.  There's one cut from each of her formal releases and the rest is contributions to tribute albums and soundtracks, duets, and a lot of live tracks.  Disc Two  arrives next week.

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Beulah Land

Pocahontas

Pretty Flowers

Summer Evening

Lua

Silver Dagger

I've Been Down Before

Gold Watch And Chain

I'll Fly Away

Wind And Rain

Barstow

One Monkey

Black Star

Tonight I'll Be Stayin' Here with You

White Rabbit