June 16th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 16th went like this...

1) Merle Travis; Nine Pound Hammer; Folks Songs of the Hills

2) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth & Nail
3) Chris Smither; Open Up; Leave the Light On
4) Tom Waits; Ol' 55; Closing Time

Three from Springsteen's release of Magic Tour Highlights

5) Aways a Friend (with Alejandro Escovedo)
6) Turn, Turn, Turn (with Roger McGuinn)
7) The Ghost of Tom Joad (with Tom Morello)

**On the show I mentioned the outstanding book Journey to Nowhere--really worth a read (though perhaps from the library given it's a bit expensive these days).

8) Richard Thompson; Stuck on the Treadmill; Electric
9) Richard & Linda Thompson; I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight; Live in 1975
9) Richard Thompson; Bad Things Happen to Good People; Electric

**Here's an excellent BBC documentary on Richard Thompson 

10) Loudon Wainwright III; The Here and the Now; Older Than My Old Man Now
11) Warren Zevon; Keep Disorder in the House; The Wind

Happy Father's Day...