Sunday, February 24, 2008

February 24th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 24th went like this...

1) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Blue Eyed Elaine; Standard Songs for Average People

2) The Whistlepigs String Band; Walking Cane; Fenceline
3) Tom Breiding; The Longest Darkest Day; The Unbroken Circle
4) Iris Dement; I Don't Want to Get Adjusted; Lifeline

5) Eric Hanke; Smoke Through an Old Screen Door; Autumn Blues
6) Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Lucinda Williams); Reunion; Spinning Around the Sun
7) Butch Hancock; If You Were a Bluebird; Eats Away the Night
8) Bruce Springsteen; Broke the Mold; Magic

9) The Whistlepigs String Band; You Can Get There From Here; Fenceline
10) Ol' Yeller; When the Ship Comes In; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
11) Todd Snider; Can't Complain; Viva Satellite

12) Lucy Kaplansky; Ring of Fire; Over the Hills
13) Meg Hutchinson; Ready; Come Up Full
14) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tamborine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

Sunday, February 17, 2008

February 17th, 2008

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 17th featured a bunch of 2008 Grammy Award Winning stuff--mostly the awards given off TV. You can find the exact awards here.; winners are noted below with a "GW."

1) Willie Nelson & Ray Price; Lost Highway; Last of the Breed (GW)

2) The Band; I shall be Released; Greatest Hits
3) James McMurtry; Shining Eyes; Too Long in the Wasteland
4) Keb Mo; Every Morning; Keb Mo

5) Bruce Springsteen; Radio Nowhere; Magic (GW)
6) Steve Earle; Satellite Radio; Washington Square Serenade (GW)
7) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) Raising the Sand (GW)

Todd Snider is at the Fitzgerald Theatre this coming Tuesday night..always a great show. Played a whole set of Snider in anticipation....

8) Todd Snider; The Joker; Viva Satellite
9) Todd Snider; Play a Train Song; East Nashville Sklyline
10) Todd Snider; Just Like Old Times; The Devil You Know

11) Vince Gill; Out of My Mind; These Days (GW)
12) Levon Helm; The Girl I Left Behind; Dirt Farmer (GW)
13) Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Farther Along; Salt of the Earth (GW)

14) Todd Snider (with John Prine); Crooked Piece of Time; New Connection

February 10th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 10th went like this...

1) Lyle Lovett; God Will; Lyle Lovett

2) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Killing the Blues; Raising the Sun
3) Charlie Louvin; Blues Stay Away From Me; Charlie Louvin
4) Tom T. Hall; Me and Jesus; Ultimate Tom T.

5) Nanci Griffith; Boots of Spanish Leather; Dylan Country
6) Bob Dylan; Train of Love; Kindred Spirits
7) Rosie Flores; My Own Kind of Hat; Tulare Dust
8) Jon Langford & Sally Timms; Broken Bottle; Por Vida

9) Levon Helm; Poor Old Dirt Farmer; Dirt Farmer
10) Charlie Louvin; Worried Man Blues; Charlie Louvin
11) Sugar Bayou; Jacob's Well; Dance Hall Incident
12) Mustard's Retreat; Lost My Heart to You; There...and Back Again

13) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson; Raising the Sand
14) Lightnin' Hopkins; Had a Gal Named Sal; 2005 Oxford Music Sampler
15) Dale Hawkins; Number Nine Train; 2005 Oxford Music Sampler

Sunday, February 03, 2008

February 3rd, 2008

Hi All,

The Superbowl Show started with my prediction--Giants 35 and the cheatin' Pats 26. Of course, I know nothing of football and offer this prediction only in the hopes of being correct about a huge upset. I did play one Superbowl-related song in a playlist that went like this...

1) John Prine; Carousel of Love; Fair & Square ep

2) John Hiatt; Wintertime Blues; Master of Disaster
3) Guy Clark; Tornado Time in Texas; Workbench Songs
4) Linda Thompson; Do Your Best for Rock and Roll; Versatile Heart

5) Woodpecker; Mankato; F-Hole
6) Jimmy LaFave; On a Bus to St. Cloud Minnesota; Texoma
7) Cheryl Wheeler; Alice; Defying Gravity

8) John McCutcheon; Boob On Our TV (the Superbowl song!); This Fire
9) John McCutcheon; Dick Cheney; This Fire
10) Levon Helm; The Mountain; Dirt Farmer
11) Levon Helm; Feelin' Good; Dirt Farmer

13) Tom Breiding; The Singing Coal Miner; The Unbroken Circle
14) Tom Breiding; Red Haired Boy; The Unbroken Circle
15) Chris Knight; Spike Drivin' Blues; The Trailer Tapes
16) Robbie Robertson; Soap Box Preacher; Storyville