Rotation #131 – October 22, 2007
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Howdy,
Talk about firing on all cylinders, the Deadstring Brothers (and sister) flat out rawk half a dozen different ways on their new CD, Silver Mountain. Naysayers shake their hands and label them Rolling Stones rip-offs. But if they are derivative it’s from the entire southern music arcana including the blues, soul, and swamp rock traditions. So I’d rather think of them as distilling all that is good and righteous in southern music, which is amusing given the fact that they are (I think) based Detroit. Go figure.
Good Lord it’s a banner week for local music here in Raleigh, NC, where Barney Fife goes to party. The Hideaway scores a double hitter with Malcolm Holcombe and The Hacienda Brothers on Two consecutive nights. And Bobby Bare Jr. and Lucero are visiting us right here in the Paris of the Piedmont with a show at The Cat’s Cradle on the 29th.
This week’s happy surprise in the mail was Sol Creech’s latest effort Volume: Blues. Reminds me a lot of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with more emphasis on the Urban attitude mixed in with the old school blues riffs. A very good CD for, uh, what’s the word? Chillin’?
Dig Deep,
Calvin
Video
“Sacred Heart” by The Deadstring Brothers
Calendar:
Thu Oct 25: Malcolm Holcombe @ The Hideaway!!!!!!
Fri Oct 26: Hacienda Brothers @ The Hideaway!!!!
Fri Oct 26: Steep Canyon Rangers @ The Hideaway
Mon Oct 29: Bobby Bare Jr. w/ Lucero @ The Cat’s Cradle
For more upcoming shows, visit the Taproot Music Calendar.
Recent Adds
(Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone To Kill / T.Tex Edwards & Out On Parole / Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill / 2:40
You Ain’t Never Gonna’ Live To Love Saturday Again / T.Tex Edwards & Out On Parole / Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill / 2:18
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life / T.Tex Edwards & Out On Parole / Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill / 3:08
Silver or Gold / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 4:27
Sex, Lies and Money / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 3:14
Midnight Parade / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 3:38
Washed by the Water / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 5:08
Ain’t No Hidin’ Love / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:10
Heavy Load / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 3:29
If You Want Me To / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:33
Silver Mountain / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 5:09
Some Kind Of User / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:18
You Look Like The Devil / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 3:33
Slow Down / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:23
Rollin’ Blues / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 3:43
Prison Blues / Sol / Volume: Blue / 3:23
Gotta Have Rain / Sol / Volume: Blue / 4:39
Off The Blues / Sol / Volume: Blue / 3:16
This Week’s Focus Tracks:
Ain’t No Hidin’ Love / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:10
Prison Blues / Sol / Volume: Blue / 3:23
Silver or Gold / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 4:27
Back To Hell In A Greyhound / Malcolm Holcombe / Wager / 2:43
Stranger Things Have Happened / Two Dollar Pistols / Here Tomorrow Gone Today / 2:56
Favorite Part / Chris Rosser / Hidden Everywhere / 3:46
New Shoes / Paolo Nutini / These Streets / 3:22
The End Of History / Fionn Regan / The End Of History / 4:39
You Dont Know Me At All / Bettye LaVette / The Scene Of The Crime / 3:58
Needed You Tonight / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Lifeline / 2:46
Kissy Baby / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:23
Drugs & Alcohol (Bullet Holes) / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 4:57
I’m Gonna Change My Ways / Peter Case / Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John / 3:25
The Alley Song / Lyle Lovett & His Large Band / It’s Not Big It’s Large / 3:12
Heartache Boulevard / Eilen Jewell / Letters From Sinners & Strangers / 2:41
Burning House Of Love / Dead Rock West / Honey And Salt / 4:01
Life Is Just A Circle / Omar and The Howlers / Muddy Springs Road / 3:27
Pretty Girl From Chile / The Avett Brothers / Emotionalism / 5:43
Gone / Hacienda Brothers / Music For Ranch & Town / 7:09
Rolling In My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms) / Steve Levitt / Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Volume Two & Three (Disc 2) / 3:25
Last Fair Deal Gone Down / Crooked Still / Hop High / 4:29
Mama, Nobody’s Here But The Baby / Elizabeth Cotten / Shake Sugaree / 1:37
Wang Dang Doodle / Howlin’ Wolf / From Clarksdale to Cleveland Vol.1 The Roadhouse / 2:19
Pearls On A String / Ryan Adams / Easy Tiger / 2:26
Dr. Spivey / The Gourds / Noble Creatures / 3:51
I Don’t Ever Give Up / Patty Griffin / Children Running Through / 4:01
What Light / Wilco / Sky Blue Sky / 3:36
River Rouge / The Javelinas / Dirtbath / 2:52
Tobacco Road / Southern Culture On The Skids / Countrypolitan Favorites / 3:49
Stay On The Ride / Patty Griffin / Children Running Through / 5:18
Last Week’s Focus Tracks:
When It Was Over / Two Dollar Pistols / Here Tomorrow Gone Today / 3:28
Broken Wing / Chris Rosser / Hidden Everywhere / 4:24
Loving You / Paolo Nutini / These Streets / 4:01
Black Water Child / Fionn Regan / The End Of History / 3:00
Jealousy / Bettye LaVette / The Scene Of The Crime / 5:36
Double Line / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:03
Fool For A Lonesome Train / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Lifeline / 3:30
Get Away Blues / Peter Case / Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John / 2:50
Up In Indiana / Lyle Lovett & His Large Band / It’s Not Big It’s Large / 4:36
Thanks A Lot / Eilen Jewell / Letters From Sinners & Strangers / 2:49
Pretty Disaster / Dead Rock West / Honey And Salt / 3:39
No More Love-Liz Melendez / King Mojo Allstars / Allstars, Vol. 3 / 3:26
Gypsy / Jim Armstrong / Mudtown / 3:28
Block Of Wood / Carbon Leaf / Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat / 4:04
Lean Out Yr Window / John Doe / A Year In The Wilderness / 2:31
Runaway Boys / Brian Setzer And The Nashvillains / Red Hot & Live! / 4:16
Pretty Girl From Chile / The Avett Brothers / Emotionalism / 5:43
Home Of The Blues / Hacienda Brothers / Music For Ranch & Town / 2:50
Come On And Gettit / Marion Black / Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label / 2:16
Nine Pound Hammer / Scott Beson / Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Volume Two & Three (Disc 2) / 1:45
Untitled / Georgie Buck / Elizabeth Cotten / Shake Sugaree / 3:01
Don’t Think I Love You Anymore / Shoestring Strap / Mudgrass / 5:20
The Sun Also Sets / Ryan Adams / Easy Tiger / 4:12
Flavor Of The Tongue / The Gourds / Noble Creatures / 4:14
Look Out Dog, Slow Down Train / The Hackensaw Boys / Look Out / 3:16
There’s A Whisper / The Bourbon Dynasty / The Bourbon Dynasty / 3:12
You’ll Remember / Patty Griffin / Children Running Through / 2:08
War / Mofro / Country Ghetto / 3:28
Green Apples / Po’ Girl / Home To You / 5:16
Days Gone By / The Silos / Come On Like The Fast Lane / 3:26
I Feel Like A Train / Malcolm Holcombe / Wager / 3:11
DJ/Promo Tracks:
(Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone To Kill / T.Tex Edwards & Out On Parole / Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill / 2:40
Pave My Grave / John Lilly / Haunted Honky Tonk / 2:55
Play The Bay / Benji Cossa / Between The Blue And The Green / 2:32
Coming Home / Louie Zagoras / Twenty Fingers / 4:10
Goin’ Goin’ Gone / Old 97′s / Wreck Your Life / 3:54
I Got You (Radio Edit) / The Bluerunners / Honey Slides / 4:58
Heartaches, Heartaches / O.V. Wright / The Soul Of O.V. Wright / 2:56
Jesus Tambourne / Keny Roby / Carolina Roadkill: NC Alt-Country #2 / 2:46
Rabbit / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Snake Farm / 3:14
Down Home Girl / Nic Armstrong & The Thieves / New Music From New West / 4:03
Backfill:
Acony Bell / Gillian Welch / Revival / 3:06
I Got What I Wanted / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 4:23
Hankerin’ / The Yayhoos / Fear Not The Obvious / 3:48
Son Of A Preacher Man / Dusty Springfield / Dusty In Memphis / 2:29
You’ve Got Your Good Thing Down / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 1:32
It Ain’t Me Babe / Johnny Cash / Bob Dylan The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration / 3:50
Love’s Gone Bad / Chris Clark / Girl Group Sounds Lost And Found (One Kiss Can Lead To Another) / 2:24
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 / Jessi Colter / Out Of The Ashes / 4:28
Mannequin Shop / Paul Westerberg / 14 Songs / 3:13
My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin’ / Old 97′s / Wreck Your Life / 2:15
Winterwood / Don McLean / The Best Of Don McLean / 3:12
The Hurt’s All Gone / The Detroit Cobras / Tied & True / 2:24
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Buddy Miller / No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 1 / 3:16
The Life We’ll Fake / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 3:39
Last To Know / The Jayhawks / Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo / 5:08
105 / Guy Forsyth / Love Songs: For And Against / 3:43
Depending On You / Tom Petty / Full Moon Fever / 2:51
Ichabod! / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Pandelirium / 3:16
Wave / Calexico / Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo / 4:05
Gentle On My Mind / Tony Borders / Sweet Sounds Of Muscle Shoa : Vol. 4-More Power To Ya! / 4:13
Archive:
Down Home Girl / Nic Armstrong & The Thieves / New Music From New West / 4:03
San Francisco / Lucero / Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers / 4:01
Pick It Up, Lay It in The Cut / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Dap-Dippin’ With… / 4:08
The Devil’s Train / David Childers / A Good Way To Die / 2:58
Just Out Of Reach / Solomon Burke / If You Need Me – Rock ‘n’ Soul / 2:51
Forever, Now And Then / Clem Snide / Soft Spot / 3:16
Long Way Home / The Youngers / Output / 4:36
Castles In The Air / Don McLean / The Best Of Don McLean / 3:43
I’m So Glad / Chris Cotton / I Watched The Devil Die / 3:43
Getting Ready / Patty Griffin / Children Running Through / 3:16
Treat Her Right / Riptones / Buckshot / 3:31
Captain America / Jimmy Buffett / Before The Beach / 3:19
The Change Is In The City / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 3:07
Monkey To Man / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / The Delivery Man / 4:29
One On The House / Allison Moorer / The Duel / 4:21
Helping Man / Jean Knight / Stax 1972-1975 #02 / 2:54
Drunk All Around This Town / Scott Miller & The Commonwealth / Reconstruction / 2:35
Waterhole Branch / Grayson Capps / Wail & Ride / 4:45
Cornershops And Subway Trains / Jon Shain / Army Jacket Winter / 3:08
Wave / Calexico / Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo / 4:05
Nelly Was a Lady / The Golden Gate Quartet / Oxford American 2001 / 1:55
Oh Atlanta / Little Feat / KGSR Broadcasts Volume 12 / 4:50
Make a Book / Drams / Jubilee Dive / 5:09
Goodbye Johnnty B. Goode / Macavine Hayes / Drinkhouse / 3:49
Family Man / Buffalo Nickel / Noise And Conversation / 2:40
Can You Dig It / Blue Plate Special / Can You Dig It / 4:08
Six Pack Town / Pete Berwick / Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville / 4:42
New Madrid / Uncle Tupelo / Anodyne / 3:32
Iron Out The Rough Spots / Don Covay / Mercy/See-Saw / 2:57
Sit In With The Band / Hayes Carll / Little Rock / 2:32
I’m Talking About You / Chuck Berry / The Definitive Collection / 1:51
Hollywood Bed / The Blasters / Trouble Bound / 4:14
Hey Hey / The Brass Uncle Band / Three Mobtown Gallons / 5:33
Don’t Want Forever / The Greencards / Broadcasts Vol. 14 (Disc 1) / 2:58
Jealous of the Moon / Nickel Creek / Broadcasts Vol. 14 (Disc 1) / 4:47
Little Hitler / Nick Lowe / Basher -The Best of Nick Lowe / 3:00
The Unreliable Taxi / Chuck Brodsky / Tulips For Lunch / 4:04
Paper Sack / Mark Lemhouse / The Great American Yard Sale / 4:07
Silk Hope Road / Trailer Bride / Hope Is A Thing With Feathers / 3:04
Marina Takes Her Aim / Kevin Gordon / Down To The Well / 4:31
My Heart Is Broken / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / Jacksonville City Nights / 2:14
Luck In My Eyes / k.d. lang / Reintarnation / 4:03
Sweet Jane / The Nerve / www.the-nerve.com / 6:49
Rainy Night In Georgia / Tony Joe White / Uncovered / 5:49
Heap Of People / Dee Brown / Nashville’s Got The Beat / 4:34
Sometimes / Alejandro Escovedo / With These Hands (Deluxe Edition) / 6:29
Midnight Dream / Hacienda Brothers / What’s Wrong With Right / 4:09
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – Pt. 1 / James Brown / The Best Of James Brown / 2:09
Only A Rose / Geraint Watkins / Dial ‘w’ For Watkins / 3:45
Marry Me / Drive-By Truckers / Decoration Day / 5:40
Outside Chance / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:02
Land Of A 1000 Dances / Wilson Pickett / ARB 6: 1965-1967 / 2:26
You Must Be Stopped / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 3:01
Bright Blue Eyes / Jeff Jones / Biscuits And Gravy / 2:45
One Night Stand / Lucinda Williams / Happy Woman Blues / 2:56
Barstool / Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos / Ignoring All The Warning Signs / 4:38
All The Roadrunning / Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning / 4:49
Minglewood Blues / Old Crow Medicine Show / Old Crow Medicine Show – Big Iron World / 2:51
Let’s Be Mad / John Doe / Meet John Doe / 3:44
Long Day / Arlington Priest / The Memory Of Your Company / 3:35
Plaid Coat / The Gourds / Stadium Blitzer / 2:14
Down On The Riverbed / Dave Alvin / West Of The West / 4:12