My Heart Cries Oh: Rare Soul from the 60s and 70s

       In the liner notes to the cd (see my post from several years back)  that accompanied the publication of his sublime book Sweet Soul Music, Gurlanick talks about interviewing a dj named Skippy White who told Guralnick not to overlook all of the less well-know soul acts in his book, as they were an equally important part of the history of soul music.  Now, I realize there are a lot of folks who know are far more knowledgeable about soul music, especially the rare stuff.  But, that's never stopped me before and more importantly, there's so much great overlooked material from the 60s and 70s.   And even if some of the acts were just one hit (well non-hit), there's a lot more folks who were just victims of bad luck, bad deals, historical circumstances like Little Ben of Little Ben and the Cheers (pictured at the left) going to fight in Vietnam.   So here's the first two volumes of my four volume set.

Volume I

Beggar of Love	Little Ben and the Cheers
Too Late to Cry	The Commands
Love Don't Love Nobody	Ella Brown
I Am Controlled By Your Love	Helene Smith
Trying My Best To Find Her	The Notations
Sweatin'	Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
Go Go Train	Eddy G. Giles
Bui Bui	L. Hollis & the Mackadoos
Groove Me Mamma	Eddie Steele
Gotta Find My Man	Linda Mackey
Girls Girls Girls	The Young Disciples Co.
One Heart	The Emanons
A Woman's Love	Joe Valentine
Have Fun	Ann Cole
I've Lived The Life	Marva W. Taylor
Love Game (From A To Z)	The Royal Jokers
Can't See Myself Doing You Wrong	Milt Matthews Inc
I've Got To Cry	Chris Hamilton
Darling Please Do Not Take My Love	Moody Scott
Self Preservation	Bill Brandon

 Volume II

There's Gonna Be Some Crying	Small Paul
Count to Ten	Frankie & The Spindles
Smalltown Girl	Jimmy Tig & The Rounders
My Heart Cries Oh	Fred Hughes
A Lady's Man	The Volcanos
I'm Gone	Eddie Parker
Instrumental #1	Richard Terry & Company
The Funky Judge	Bull & the Matadors
Wait	Bobbie Smith
Caught Making Love	Roger Hatcher
Sam Stone	Swamp Dogg
I Paid For The Party	The Enchanters
Meet Me In Church	Don Varner
Wouldn't It Be A Pleasure	Jay Rhythm
Down In the Country	Tee Fletcher
Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother	Black On White Affair
That Thing Is Green	Bob Smith and the Boo-Koos
Say You Will	Willie Small
When a Boy Loves a Girl	The Vows
Dreamers Hall of Fame	Jeb Stuart

3 Parts Piss, 2 Parts Vinegar: The Mekons and The Pogues

        Seeing the Mekons (they were really awesome, btw) and watching The Wire again (and the several scenes where they play The Pogues' "The Body of an American" following the death of a police officer) last summer, I thought it only appropriate to make a compilation featuring the two legendary bands (and couldn't resist adding a solo track from Shane MacGowan.) 

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Authority	The Mekons
Mountain Dew	The Pogues with The Dubliners
Machine	Mekons
Rake At The Gates Of Hell	Shane MacGowan & The Popes
Boys From The County Hell	The Pogues
Wicked Midnight	Mekons
Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do	The Pogues
Memphis Egypt	Mekons
Sayonara	The Pogues
Space in Your Face	Mekons
Country	Mekons
I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day	The Pogues
Born To Choose	The Mekons
Down All The Days	The Pogues
Spit	The Mekons
The Body of an American	The Pogues

On the Right Side of 2015

     I meant to put this up on Wed night, but my itunes was playing up (after I had to reinstall Windows on my computer). Anyway, I'm still working my way through some of the albums that I got this year, so I can't really name my definitive top ten albums of 2015 yet, but right now, I really like the Father John Misty and Rayland Baxter albums.  Here's to a great 2016, musically and otherwise.

Disc One

Seven Wonders	Holly Golightly
Love Is Where It Is	Robert Forster
The Last Pharaoh	Dave Rawlings Machine
Boys Can Never Tell (feat. J. Roddy Walston)	Shovels & Rope
Something Soon	Car Seat Headrest
With Davey	La Luz
Can't Keep Checking My Phone	Unknown Mortal Orchestra
King Kunta	Kendrick Lamar
Head Over Heels	JD McPherson
Rio Grande	Eilen Jewell
Old Lady	Eleni Mandell
My Heart's Not In It	Yo La Tengo
Don't Make It Easy	Isobel Campbell
A Human Being	Ryan Sambol
what's normal anyway	Miguel
I Love You, Honeybear	Father John Misty

Disc Two

Just Like Blood	Sharon Van Etten
Grace	Patrick Watson
Cheap Extensions	Sonny & The Sunsets
Depreston	Courtney Barnett
Nobody Knows My Trouble	Ryan Bingham
Fond Farewell	Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield
The High Road	Ryley Walker
Lungs	Jessie Baylin
An Incident Off St. Kitt's	Mekons and Robbie Fulks
Malukayi (feat. Konono No. 1)	Mbongwana Star
My Armour	Kathryn Calder
Our Way Free	Mac McCaughan
Shoegaze	Alabama Shakes
Shine	Leon Bridges
Your Love	Rayland Baxter
Let Me Sleep (At The End Of A Dream)	Daniel Romano

On the Right Side of Christmas

   Yes, it's time for another Christmas compilation. I've also reupped all the previous Xmas compilations for the new visitors to the website.  

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Christmas Day	Detroit Junior
Christmas On Riverside Drive	August Darnell
Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects	Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
I Love The Holidays	Office Romance
Blue Christmas	Tristen
Thank You For Christmas	The Bee Gees
O Come, O Come Emmanuel	Belle & Sebastian
Christmas In Jail - Ain't That A Pain	Leroy Carr
White Christmas Makes Me Blue	Randy Travis
Blue Christmas Lights	Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson
The Sound of Christmas	Ramsey Lewis Trio
Louisiana Christmas Day	Aaron Neville
Mary Xmess	Sun 60
White Christmas	Allen Toussaint
Christmas Time and a Half	Paul Burch
Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk	Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
Eggnog	Luna
Purple Snowflakes	Jessie Baylin
The Mistletoe And Me	Isaac Hayes
Silent Night	Odessa
I Believe in Father Christmas	Mark Kozelek
Rebel Jesus	The McGarrigle Family
Christmas Is For Mugs	Graham Parker
Auld Lang Syne	Jimi Hendrix

I Heart Heartland Rock

    I realize that when most Americans think of the American "heartland", they're likely to think of the midwest,  But when it comes to heartland rock, at least to my East Coast mind, it's more about a heart on the sleeve emotionalism associated with the Midwest and East Coast, most notably Bruce Springsteen.  Now I was going to write something else about the music' venerability, but it's late and my old brain just isn't up to the task so you'll just have to make up your own mind.

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Bastards of Young	The Replacements
Stay Lucky	The Gaslight Anthem
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?	The Del-Lords
Big Tornado	Hadacol
Mad Old Lady	The Skeletons
Still Sober (After All These Beers)	Banditos
Firecracker	Marah
Indian Motorcycles	Fred Eaglesmith
Rain On The Scarecrow	John Mellencamp
St Claire Of Cedar Rapids	The Hangdogs
Song for the Walls	Eric Ambel & Roscoe's Gang
They Will Bury You	Tim Easton
She's A Runaway	BoDeans
Don't Run Wild	The Del Fuegos
Teddy Got Rolled	Go to Blazes
Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)	Steve Earle & the Dukes
I Wanna Come Home	The Bottle Rockets
Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen

50,000 Obsessive Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (i.e. more Elvis Costello obscurities)

      I put together a compilation of Elvis Costello obscurities almost three years ago (you can download it here.)  At the time, I said there was a lot of other good stuff that wasn't on the compilation so there might be another volume in the future.  Well, I finally got my nondescript ass in gear and the future is here!  And because Elvis has put out a seemingly endless amount of worthwhile rarities, there's a second and third volume.   

Disc 2 A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety

That's How You Got Killed Before (w The Dirty Dozen Brass Band)

You Gotta Lose (Live at CBGB's)

Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo

I Don't Wanna Go Home

We Oughta Be Ashamed (w/Johnny Cash)

Wave A White Flag

World's Greatest Optimist (Demo)

Love That Burns (live)

Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (with Madness)

Mischievous Ghost (with Mary Coughlan)

My Resistance is Low

Party Party

Night Time

Almost Ideal Eyes

Monsters of the Id (feat. Elvis Costello)

A Town Called Big Nothing

Baby It's You (with Nick Lowe)

Disc 3

Whole Wide World The Great Unknown (Demo) God Only Knows (Live) Danger Zone (BBC Session) Lonely Blue Boy Poisoned Letter Sticks And Stones Really Mystified The End Of The Rainbow My Dark Life (With Brian Eno) Everybody's Crying Mercy Cheap Reward (Honky Tonk Demo) Poor Borrowed Dress The People's Limousine Honky Tonk Girl Out Of Time She Loves The Jerk (Demo) Medley - Alison/Living a Little, Laughing a Little/Tracks of My Tears/Tears of a Clown/No More Tear Stained Make-Up/Clowntime is Over

 

Saluting 70's Singer Songwriters - Volume 2

  I know I promised that I wouldn't do any more Sucking in the 70's comps, but I never promised not do another 70s singer songwriter comp.  And it's just too hard to resist the many great singer songwriters from that wild decade.  I've also re-upped the first 70's singer songwriter comp I made
several years back.


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Which Will	Nick Drake
River Man	Nick Drake
I'll Be Your Lover, Too	Van Morrison
Into The Mystic	Van Morrison
Águas De Março	Antonio Carlos Jobim
Children's Games	Antonio Carlos Jobim
Lullaby	Loudon Wainwright III
Dead Skunk	Loudon Wainwright III
Any Old Wind	Jim Ringer
Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go	Jim Ringer
Simply Beautiful	Al Green
Take Me to the River	Al Green
I Still Can't Believe You're Gone	Willie Nelson
You Left A Long, Long Time Ago	Willie Nelson
Don't You Take it Too Bad	Townes Van Zandt
To Live Is To Fly	Townes Van Zandt
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz	Sandy Denny
It'll Take a Long Time	Sandy Denny

Let's Flat Get On It: West Coast Roots Revivalists

      It's around that time of year when I seem to feel compelled to put together a West Coast themed compilation (or two).  This time, it's a mix of rockabilly and western swing acts from the last 20-25 years.  Deke Dickerson is the central act on the two comps and if you're looking for more Deke (as you should be), this greatest hits is a good start.  And if you live on the West Coast, I'm pretty sure he still holds a pretty big Guitar Geek concert every year.

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Disc One

Let's Flat Get On It	The Dave & Deke Combo
Red Rose	Josie Kreuzer/Hot Rod Lincoln
Mercy	The Paladins
Dancin' With Leela	The Paladins
Don't Push Me Too Far	Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics
Chisel to My Heart	The Lucky Stars
Delaware Drive	Jeremy Wakefield
I've Got My Pride	Susanna & The Golden West Playboys
The Swing	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars
Asphalt Aisle	Deke Dickerson
I'm a Wreck	Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics
(You've Got Me) Dreaming Again	Jeff Bright & The Sunshine Boys
No More Nuthin'	The Lucky Stars
Can't See the Forest for the Trees	Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics
Juiced	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys

Disc Two

You Drive Me Wild	Russell Scott & His Red Hots
Little Innocent	Deke Dickerson
Girlie	Jennifer Quinn
Stay Out Late	Lucky Stars
Someone Used to Love Me	Deke Dickerson
Laurie Ann	Dave & Deke Combo
If You Don't Like My Peached (Don't Shake My Tree)	Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars
He's All Mine	Kim Lenz and the Jaguars
Torture	Deke Dickerson and the Trashmen
Blue And Lonesome	The Loved Ones
Lil' Irene	The Paladins
Ball That Jack	Josie Kreuzer
Hog Tied Over You	Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs.
Whose Honey Are You?	Dave Stuckey & The Rhythm Gang
Where Am I Goin'?	Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics

Austin-tatious in the 90s: Damon Bramblett, The Hollisters and Travis County Pickin'

                           

     I posted several Carol Pierce related cds around this time last year.  My choice of 1990s Austin-centric alt-country cds doesn't have a unifying theme this year, but they'r all out of print (and shouldn't be.)  I'd also add that it's really a shame that Damon Bramblett never made another record, though I'm pretty sure he still plays fairly regularly around Austin. (And he's a dynamite live act.)


Damon Bramblett: Damon Bramblett:

Tear Him Down
Heaven Bound
Falling Apart
Nobody Wants To Go To The Moon Anymore
Waiting For The Mail
1000 Hearts
Today I Started Drinking Again
When I Was Blind
Champaign, IL.
Devil On Your Side
Wouldn´t Have It Any Other Way

The Hollisters: The Land of Rhythm and Pleasure

East Texas Pines
Good For The Blues
Tyler
Better Slow Down
Sun Will Shine
Goldbrick Wheeler
Pike County Blues
Deacon Brown
Heart
Without Love
I Don't Need No Woman
Pink Adobe Hacienda

Various Artists: Travis County Pickin'

Austin-Tatious	Dave Biller
April In Paris, Texas	Jim Stringer
White Corn	Rick "Casper" Rawls
The Creeper	Brian Hofeldt
House of Cards	Sean Mencher
Oreo Swing	Joel Hamilton
Travis County Pickin'	Jim Stringer
Stranger Pickin'	Dave Biller
Danny's Boogie	Joel Hamilton
Liar's Poker	Jim Stringer
Your New Flame (Is Burnin' Me)	Sean Mencher
Ellen	Brian Hofeldt
Special K	Dave Biller
Buckaroo 2002	Rick "Casper" Rawls
The Fifth Set	Scott Wall

I Never Go Out Without My Morning Jacket

     I don't know why, but it took me an overly long time to discover My Morning Jacket.  And I doubt I'll ever see them live - where they really shine - as I don't really go to arena shows any more.  But, as they say, better late than never. And you don't need to see Jim James live to appreciate what a great singer he is.  With that in mind, here's two comps featuring the usual mix of obscurities, live tracks, as well as several cuts from Jim James' various side projects.  

Volume One

You're A Big Girl Now My Morning Jacket Across 110th Street My Morning Jacket Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) Monsters Of Folk The Day Is Coming My Morning Jacket Thank You Too! My Morning Jacket Chills (demo) My Morning Jacket Hot Burrito #1 (Flying Burrito Brothers Cover) My Morning Jacket Wear Your Love Like Heaven My Morning Jacket True Love Ways My Morning Jacket Dream A Lil Dream O' Me My Morning Jacket Carnival Time (feat. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band) My Morning Jacket State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) Jim James Evelyn Is Not Real My Morning Jacket Down On the Bottom Jim James Volume Two My Sweet Lord Yim Yames Lowdown My Morning Jacket It Makes No Difference My Morning Jacket  Golden My Morning Jacket Almost Was Good Enough Jim James, Bro Stephen My Revolutionary Mind New Multitudes Lullabys, Legends & Lies My Morning Jacket Leaving on a Jet Plane My Morning Jacket Like a River My Morning Jacket Knot Comes Loose My Morning Jacket Come Closer My Morning Jacket Sooner My Morning Jacket Behind That Locked Door My Morning Jacket Oh! Sweet Nuthin' [6.14.08] My Morning Jacket

It's Time for Monkeyshines

  As I've mentioned previously, I'm not big on themed mixtapes.   And yet I just couldn't resist
putting together a compilation of songs about monkeys even if some of them really aren't about monkeys.  Nor do I think I have to explain this predilection as all humans (save the villains in Planet of the Apes movies) seem to love apes, gorillas, chimps, etc.  Plus, the theme of monkeys does seem to inspire a lot of songwriters.


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One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	Honey Cone
Can Your Monkey Do The Dog	Rufus Thomas
Monkey To Man	Elvis Costello
Monkey Man	Amy Winehouse
Monkey See, Monkey Do	The New Swing Sextet
Monkey Murders	The English Beat
Ape Woman	Jimmy Smith
What Makes the Monkey Dance	Chuck Prophet
Monkeys	Echo & The Bunnymen
Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head	Gorillaz
Monkey See, Monkey Do	Cliff Crofford
New Monkey	Elliott Smith
Space Monkey	John Prine
Monkey & Cork	The Sadies
Shock The Monkey	Peter Gabriel
Monkey Rag	Asylum Street Spankers
You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey	Hank Penny
Mickey's Monkey	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Green Monkeys	Graham Parker
Monkey Time Shine	L. Hollis & the Mackadoos
Apeman	The Kinks
Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey	Johnny Paycheck

Covered in Beatles

        I fully realize that a compilation of Beatles covers is more than a bit obvious, but I just happened to listen to two truly inspired covers within days of each others a couple of months back: Wendell Stuart and the Downbeaters' "Hey Jude" and Bill Withers "Let it Be".   Hence, I just had to do Brazilian/Reggae and Soul Beatles covers compilations.  There's not quite as many obscurities - especially with respect to the soul covers- as I usually like to include in my cover comps (and I do know that Let 'Em In was not a Beatles song), but, hopefully, folks will like them.

Brazilian and Reggae Covers

Help	Caetano Veloso
Minha Vida (In My Life)	Rita Lee
And I Love Her	Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
Here Comes The Sun	Peter Tosh
With A Little Help From My Friends	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Ob La Di Ob La Da	Ken Lazarus
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (feat. Junior Jazz)	Easy Star All-Stars
Lady Madonna	Rogrio Duprat
You Won't See Me	Ernie Smith
The Fool On The Hill	Gal Costa
Come Together	The Israelites
Isn't It A Pity	Nicky Thomas
Blackbird Singing	Rosalyn Sweat & The Paragons
Norwegian wood	Milton Nascimento
Don't Let Me Down	Charlotte Dada
Jude	Wendell Stuart & The Downbeaters

Soul Covers

I Want To Hold Your Hand	Al Green
We Can Work It Out	Stevie Wonder
Let 'Em In	Billy Paul
Good Day Sunshine	Roy Redmond
Eleanor Rigby	Aretha Franklin
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?	Lowell Fulsom
A Hard Day's Night	The Bar-Kays
I Want You	Eddie Hazel
Drive My Car	Black Heat
Got To Get You Into My Life	Chris Clark
Day Tripper	Otis Redding
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	Fats Domino
Something	Isaac Hayes
My Sweet Lord	Edwin Starr
Yesterday	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Let It Be	Bill Withers

Let's Fall in Love All Over Again With Johnny Hartman and Billy Paul

      I was listening to Billy Paul's great album Ebony Woman and thinking how overlooked he is today (save, of course, Me and Mrs. Jones).  He's 79 and may even still perform once in a while so I'd much rather give him an homage while he's still around.  Naturally, I decided to pair him up with another overlooked balladeer, albeit of the jazz variety, Johnny Hartman.

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I See The Light	Billy Paul
These Foolish Things	Johnny Hartman
Let's Stay Together	Billy Paul
When Your Lover Has Gone	Johnny Hartman
Sleepin' Bee	Johnny Hartman
Love Buddies	Billy Paul
Funny World	Johnny Hartman
Let's Fall In Love All Over Again	Billy Paul
If I'm Lucky	Johnny Hartman
Without You	Billy Paul
How Sweet It Is To Be In Love	Johnny Hartman
Missing You	Billy Paul
Everybody's Breakin' Up	Billy Paul
Lush Life	Johnny Hartman

Still a Patsy for Patsy

      I've never read anything on the phenomenon, but I've always believed that the release of the Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams in 1985 was the driving force behind her late 80's posthumous revival that lasted at least until the mid to late 1990's.  And as with Johnny Cash, legions of folks were heard to say "I don't like country music, but I like Patsy Cline".  I don't hear nearly as much about Patsy these days, so I thought I'd put together a 1) mix of her rarities and also a 2) tribute album of sorts - i.e. artists who would definitely be classified as Patsy followers on allmusic.com.

Still a Patsy for Patsy

Stop The World (And Let Me Off)

Hidin' Out

That's A How Heartache Begins

Love Letters In The Sand

Fingerprints

A Church, A Courtroom, And Then Goodbye

There He Goes

Side By Side

Crazy Dreams

You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)

I Don't Wanta

He Called Me Baby

You Belong to Me

I Can't Forget

Life's Railway To Heaven If You're So Inclined I've Got A Right To Cry Mandy Barnett Once a Day Connie Smith I'm Beginning To Forget Elizabeth Cook Blue LeAnn Rimes Three Chords And The Truth Sara Evans You Got Another Drive-By Truckers I Wish I Didn't Love You So k.d. lang My Second Hand Heart Lay Low Sad Girl Amy Allison Lead Me On Lindi Ortega In Time Kelly Hogan We Met By The Love Lies Bleeding Paula Frazer I Wonder Brenda Lee Look for Me (I'll Be Around) Neko Case Cry Tammy Wynette

On the Right Side of 2014

   As I was putting the finishing touches on my year end, I couldn't help but notice how many veteran acts are on the last half of Disc Two (save Benjamin Booker, Mr. Little Jeans, and even, by comparison, Andrew Bird).  All I'll say is that the old cats still had it this year.  To encourage folks to go out and buy a new artist they're interested in, all the mp3s are tagged with the album they came from.  I've also re-upped all the best of compilations from years past.  Hope everyone has a very happy New Year.


Disc One

Morning	Beck
Life of Doubt	Withered Hand
Long Legged Blonde Memphis	Margot & The Nuclear So & So's
Now Hear In	Cloud Nothings
Cruel City	Augustines
Hard Wired	Shakey Graves
The New SF Bay Blues	Hurray for the Riff Raff
Dogs	Sun Kil Moon
When He's Gone	Drive-By Truckers
Next Time	Curtis Harding
Can You Do This	Aloe Blacc
Alafia	Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics
The Silent Orchestra	Hamilton Leithauser
I Never Learn	Lykke Li
Holding On for Life	Broken Bells
Close My Eyes	Redding Hunter
This Old Heartache	Lucinda Williams
Lights Out	Angel Olsen

Disc Two

Title Of This Song	Moses Sumney
What Love Looks Like	Mirel Wagner
Love Song	Dawn Landes
Lift Me Up	Michaela Anne
Life of Sin	Sturgill Simpson
I Can't Keep The Tears From Falling	Nude Beach
Cult Of Love	Dum Dum Girls
African Man	Tony Allen
Stranger to My Happiness	Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Blue Surf	Dex Romweber Duo
How You Want It Done?	Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Dirt	Chuck Prophet
The Killing Season	Mark Lanegan Band
Rescue Song	Mr. Little Jeans
You Got Me Singing	Leonard Cohen
Slow Coming	Benjamin Booker
Recalling the Truth	Robyn Hitchcock
Cathedral in the Dell	Andrew Bird

On the Right Side of Christmas 2014

  It's that time of year again for my annual Christmas mix.  I've also re-upped all the previous ones (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) for the newcomers to the blog.

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I'll Be Walkin' The Floor This Christmas	Ernest Tubb
Have Yourself A Merry Christmas	Freedy Johnston
Merry Christmas Baby	Ike & Tina Turner
Go Where I Send Thee	Joan Osborne
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Los Straitjackets
Father Christmas	The Kinks
Stay In	Army Navy
Christmas Eve	Teenage Fanclub
The Little Drummer Boy	Johnny Cash
Christmas In Vietnam	Soul Searchers
Christmas Time Blues	Roy Milton
The Christmas Song	Jimmy Smith
I Know What You Want For Christmas	Kay Martin & Her Body Guards
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs	Eels
Holiday Spirit	The dB's
Christmas Night	Dwight Twilley
Hang A String Of Lights	Great Lake Swimmers
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Merle Haggard
Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy	Chocolate Snow
Christmas Thyme	The Olms
So Much Wine	The Handsome Family
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear	The Louvin Brothers
Merry Christmas	Sister Lucille Pope
Auld Lang Syne	The Drifters

I Was on My Way to Nowhere

   I'm fairly cognizant of the belief that songs about being on the road are kinda hackneyed.   But, well, you know...I still like them - especially on my morning ride on the commuter train.  I'm also in the process of re-upping the ones from previous years if you're new to the blog.

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Return of the Grievous Angel	Gram Parsons
Trip To Hyden	Tom T. Hall
Driving Along	Nilsson
Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Charley Pride
Side Of The Road	Foster And Lloyd
Lucky Moon	True Believers
I'm Movin On	Clyde McPhatter
Lonesome Road Blues	Bill Monroe
Milwaukee Here I Come	Jimmy Martin
I Just Wanted To See You So Bad	Joy Lynn White
Travelin' On	Simon Bonney
Coming Home	Roy Orbison
Lonesome Roads	Carla Bozulich
Green, Green Rocky Road	Oscar Isaac
Eight More Miles	Kieran Kane
Yesterday Clyde Virginia	Terry Anderson
Ramblin Man	Jimmie Dale Gilmore
87 Southbound	Wayne Hancock
Stranger In The Mirror	Tarnation
Water In the Fuel	Paul Kelly & Kasey Chambers

Sing a Sad Song with Buck, Merle, and Wynn

    I haven't done any Los Angeles music scene - past or present - mixes this year, so I thought it
was high time for a 1960s Bakersfield Sound comp.  And while there were a bunch of good acts during this time, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Wynn Stewart were in a league of their own.  I tried hard not to use too many of their standards, but sometimes a boy just can't help himself.  

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Volume 1

Sing A Sad Song	Merle Haggard
Don't Let Her Know	Buck Owens
Unfaithful Arms	Wynn Stewart
Judy	Wynn Stewart
Old Fashioned Love	Merle Haggard
All of a Sudden	Wynn Stewart
Honky Tonk Man	Buck Owens
I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can	Merle Haggard
(I Want) No One But You	Buck Owens
Buck's Polka	Buck Owens
I Done Done It	Wynn Stewart
California Cottonfields	Merle Haggard
He Don't Deserve You Anymore	Buck Owens
You Took Her Off My Hand	Wynn Stewart
Gambling Polka Dot Blues	Merle Haggard
Travelin' Blues	Merle Haggard
You Can Always Give Her Back to Me	Wynn Stewart
Down To The River	Buck Owens
Volume 2
Let the Whole World Sing it With Me	Wynn Stewart
If I Had Left It Up To You	Merle Haggard
Where Does The Good Times Go	Buck Owens
I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Buck Owens
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me	Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Slightly Used	Wynn Stewart
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You	Buck Owens
The Girl Turned Ripe	Merle Haggard
I Keep Forgettin' That I Forgot About You	Wynn Stewart
Something To Remember You By	Buck Owens
I'll Break Out Again Tonight	Merle Haggard
Angels Don't Lie	Wynn Stewart
Three Cheers For The Losers	Wynn Stewart
Keys In The Mailbox	Buck Owens
Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart	Merle Haggard & The Strangers
The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane	Buck Owens
Don't Spook Me	Wynn Stewart
Long Black Limousine	Merle Haggard & The Strangers