Blog: Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog

Today's mix: 1) The Golliwogs: "Fight Fire" 2) Jimi Hendrix: "Fire" 3) Roky Erickson: "Stand for the Fire Demon" 4) Jack-O and the Tennessee Tearjerkers: "Fire" 5) Mike Watt: "Fireman Hurley" 6) Grant McLennan: "Lighting Fires" 7) The Silos: "Tennessee Fire" 8) Rosanne Cash: "Roses in the Fire" 9) Bobby Lord: "The Fire of Love" [...]

I never dreamed I'd own the whole Tex Skerball collection without illegally downloading the videos from YouTube. And to tell you the truth, I was afraid to do that because, frankly, Tex scares me a little. But I plopped "Five Loose Screws," the new five-song EP of Graham Parker outtakes, into my computer and there [...]

Today's mix: 1) Bettye Swann: "Make Me Yours" 2) Garland Green: "Angel Baby" 3) Barbara & The Browns: "There's a Look on Your Face" 4) Jackie Moore: "Darling Baby" 5) Shuggie Otis: "Aht Uh Mi Hed" 6) Al Green: "Loving You" 7) Dobie Gray: "Got My Heart Set on You" 8) Jimmy Ruffin: "As Long [...]

Wiretree's "Make Up" just might be the best new pop album I've I've heard all year. The group's leader, Kevin Peroni, has a voice that's naturally sweet, contemplative. His pals in the Austin-based band rarely let him linger on a note for long, though. They push hard with a jangly blend of alt-country and rock. [...]

Today's mix: 1) Billy Ward & The Dominoes: "Three Coins in the Fountain" 2) Clarence "Frogman" Henry: "Your Picture" 3) Jackie Wilson: "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" 4) The Apollas: "Lock Me in Your Heart" 5) Ruth Brown: "It's Just a Matter of Time" 6) Lou Rawls: "My Babe" 7) Earl King: "Come Along With [...]

Friday morning jazz: 1) Fred Anderson: "Birdhouse" 2) Jimmy McGriff: "The Bird" 3) Sam Jones: "Blue Bird" 4) Dave Valentin: "Blackbird" 5) Keith Jarrett Trio: "Blackbird, Bye Bye" 6) Charles Mingus: "Reincarnation of a Lovebird" 7) David Murray: "Lazy Bird" 8) Hampton Hawes: "Bird Song" 9) Charles McPherson: "Chasing the Bird" 10) Gene Krupa: "Birds [...]

Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon's 1994 album, "See There," is worth picking up just to hear Fran burn through "Keep Your Hand on Your Heart." Fran also torches "I Don't Want to Do Wrong." The tenderness in her voice is replaced by a gritty impishness on the rollicking blues tunes "You Got Me Dizzy" and [...]

Today's mix: 1) John Prine: "It's a Big Old Goofy World" 2) The Kinks: "Funny Face" 3) The Easybeats: "I'll Make You Happy (Just Like Your Mama Wants)" 4) Mott the Hoople: "Laugh at Me" 5) Graham Parker: "Silly Thing" 6) Chuck Prophet: "I Couldn't Be Happier" 7) Blake Babies: "When I See Her Face" [...]

Today's mix: 1) Carmen McRae: "Little Butterfly" 2) Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington: "Poor Butterfly" 3) Buster Williams: "The Triumphant Dance of the Butterfly" 4) Funky Butt: "The Giant Butterfly" 5) Johnny Hodges: "Madam Butterfly" 6) Tiny Bradshaw: "Butterfly" 7) Johnny Horton: "Birds and Butterflies" 8) Lucinda Williams: "Broken Butterflies" 9) Blue Mountain: "Butterfly" 10) [...]

I almost cried Saturday when Saturday when Booker T. Jones caressed Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" with his organ, guitar and voice. I did cry when Mavis Staples sang "I'll Take You There for" 15 minutes at the Hideout Block Party, 2011. I've wanted to see Mavis Staples perform live since I [...]

Today's mix: 1) Morrissey: "Reader Meet Author" 2) Teddy Thompson: "Jonathan's Book" 3) Richard Thompson: "Read About Love" 4) Fairport Convention: "Book Song" 5) Rain Perry: "Cinderblock Bookshelves" 6) Suzanne Vega: "Book of Dreams" 7) St. Thomas: "Bookstore" 8) The Byrds: "My Back Pages" 9) Rockpile: "When I Write the Book" 10) Graham Parker: "A [...]

Today's mix: 1) Belmont Playboys: "Hillbilly Doll" 2) Clint Miller: "Bertha Lou" 3) Edwin Bruce: "Rock Boppin' Baby" 4) Mink DeVille: "Venus of Avenue D" 5) The Spiders: "Baby Doll" 6) Dale Watson: "Good Luck 'n' Truckin' Tonite" 7) Fred Eaglesmith: "I Wanna Buy Your Truck" 8) Jay Farrar: "Out on the Road" 9) Todd [...]

1) Boz Scaggs: "Early in the Morning" 2) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: "One O'Clock Humph" 3) Alabama Slim: "Two O'Clock in the Morning" 4) B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland: "Three O'Clock Blues" 5) Tyrone Davis: Turn Back the Hands of Time" 6) Al Green: "Right on Time" 7) Homer Banks: "Round the Clock Lover Man" [...]

Today's mix: 1) Mandy Marie and The Cool Hand Lukes: "$600 Boots" 2) Jack-O & The Tennessee Tearjerkers: "Black Boots" 3) Langhorne Slim: "Boots Boy" 4) Bob Dylan: "Boots of Spanish Leather" 5) Don Edwards: "Boots and Saddle" 6) Eels: "To Lick Your Boots" 7) The Brian Jonestown Massacre: "Vacuum Boots" 8) Drive-By Truckers: "Go-Go [...]

The Galileo 7 take the term "power pop" seriously on their debut album, "Are We Having Fun Yet?" The band uses supercharged '60s-style psychedelic garage rock as a base — what else would you expect from Allan Crockford, a member of The Prisoners, The Solarflares and The Stabilisers? In that respect, the music shares similarities [...]

Tuesday morning blues: 1) Archie Edwards: "I Called My Baby Long Distance" 2) Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee: "Telephone Blues" 3) Dave Hole: "Phone Line" 4) James Harman: "Phone Bill Blues" 5) Johnny "Guitar" Watson: "Telephone Bill" 6) Son Seals: "Telephone Angel" 7) Magic Sam: "Call Me if You Need Me" 8) Hubert Sumlin: "Long [...]

My shaky video of Melvin Rhyne performing at the Indianapolis Jazz Fest, 2011.

As much as I like Joe Simon's version of "Nine Pounds of Steel," I prefer Austin bluesman Hosea Hargrove's rendition on "Tex Golden Nugget." Hope and heartache intertwine as Hargrove pleads for his baby to wait for him to get out of prison. She'd be crazy if she doesn't, especially if she waits around to [...]

Today's mix: 1) Bo Ramsey: "Living in a Cornfield" 2) Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Old Corn Liquor" 3) Cootie Stark: "Shuckin' Corn" 4) The Derailers: "Corn Pickin'" 5) Eddie C. Campbell: "Makin' Popcorn" 6) Herschel Brown: "Corn Shuckin' Party in Georgia" 7) The Band: "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" 8) Neil Young: "Harvest" 9) Bill Hayden: [...]

Sunday night jazz: 1) Benn Goodman: "Runnin' Wild" 2) Anita O'Day: "The Getaway and the Chase" 3) Dirty Dozen Brass Band: "Run Joe" 4) Alvin Batiste: "Salty Dogs" 5) Gerald Wilson: "Sax Chase" 6) Byard Lancaster: "Dogtown" 7) Ponch Sanchez: "Short Dog" 8) Don Byron: "I'm a Roadrunner" 9) Vanessa Rodrigues: "Runnin' & Rippin' & [...]