Rotation #132 – October 29, 2007
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Howdy,
It’s been another good week for me on the music front. I got my hands on the latest Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings CD. This third CD from Sharon seems to be just a touch mellower than her previous two and it shows that she can tug at your heart strings as well as blow you away with the sheer power of her voice and charisma. So it’s a good rounding out of her previous efforts and there’s still plenty of music the move too. I think my favorite is “Let Them Knock” For a nice slow burn check out “Nobody’s Baby”. And for a a great gospel tune, check out “Answer Me.”
If you were a PR flack inventing fictitious character backgrounds for the perfect Americana Star, you couldn’t write a narrative any better than Ryan Bingham’s. According to his press kit, he grew up in rural Texas doing ranch work in the wilds. Basically lived on his own from an early age. Did the rodeo circuit for a while, often sleeping in the bed of his pickup. Learned to play guitar from a neighbor who played mariachi. Influenced by Dylan, Marshal Tucker, and Bob Wills. Eventualy got a gig in a bar and then hit the big time. The result is his debut on Lost Highway records called Mescalito and the thing that impesses me the most about this music is that it’s basically a rock CD. Not a single honky tonk or Texas swing tune on the entire CD as far as I can tell. There’s all the trappings of a country band there. Mandolin, slide guitar, some occasional harmonica. But even so, I wouldn’t even call this CD a “country rock” CD. I’d just call it a rock CD set in Texas. Maybe the production help from Marc Ford had something to do with it. I really got into the opening track, “Southside of Heaven” because the band actually had the nerve to pause and change tempos in a song. I also really liked “Bread and Water” and “Borracho Station.” But the stand out track that’s gonna make the heavy rotation lists has got to be “Travelin Jones.”
I recently heard of a Danish band called Powersolo because they are touring with Heavy Trash whose latest CD I’ve been playing over and over. These guys have a similar sound, perhaps even rawer and definitely raunchier than Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray’s show. I’m a sucker for this stuff. I just wish I could figure out what to call it. psychobilly-meltdown?
As always, the full rotation is online at the web site.
Dig Deep,
Calvin
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Ryan Bingham live in Austin.
Calendar:
Oct 29: Bobby Bare Jr. w/ Lucero @ The Cat’s Cradle
Oct 31: Dexter Romweber @ The Local 506
Nov 2: Lour Ford @ Sadlacks
Nov 4: Jeffrey Dean Foster @ The Pour House
For more upcoming shows, visit the Taproot Music Calendar.
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100 Days, 100 Nights / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 3:46
Nobody’s Baby / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 2:28
Be Easy / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 3:04
Let Them Knock / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 4:30
Something’s Changed / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 2:57
Keep On Looking / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 2:50
Answer Me / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 4:08
Southside Of Heaven / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 6:19
The Other Side / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 2:11
Bread And Water / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 4:09
Borracho Station / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 2:03
Sunshine / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 4:21
Ghost Of Travelin’ Jones / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 4:09
Hard Times / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 4:38
Take It Easy Mama / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 3:03
Baby, You Ain’t Looking Right / Powersolo / It’s Raceday / 2:01
Oak Tree Girl / Powersolo / It’s Raceday / 2:22
Nascar / Powersolo / It’s Raceday / 1:34
Sweet Wyoming Home / Bill Staines / Old Dogs / 4:21
Uncle Sam / Bill Staines / Old Dogs / 3:05
Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Robin & Linda Williams / Radio Songs / 2:52
By The Touch Of Her Hand / Robin & Linda Williams / Radio Songs / 3:29
We’ll Meet Again / Robin & Linda Williams / Radio Songs / 2:44
So Long, See You Tomorrow / Robin & Linda Williams / Radio Songs / 3:40
This Week’s Focus Tracks:
Southside Of Heaven / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 6:19
100 Days, 100 Nights / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 3:46
Heavy Load / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 3:29
Gotta Have Rain / Sol / Volume: Blue / 4:39
Sex, Lies and Money / Will Hoge / Draw The Curtains / 3:14
High Rollin’ Gambler / Malcolm Holcombe / Wager / 2:43
I Don’t Know You (But I Don’t Like You) / Two Dollar Pistols / Here Tomorrow Gone Today / 3:02
They Call It Love / Bettye LaVette / The Scene Of The Crime / 3:58
Say You Will / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Lifeline / 2:58
That Ain’t Right / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:21
Take A Chance On Love / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 4:02
Somebrightmorninblues / Peter Case / Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John / 3:44
Up In Indiana [Acoustic] / Lyle Lovett & His Large Band / It’s Not Big It’s Large / 4:35
Where They Never Say Your Name / Eilen Jewell / Letters From Sinners & Strangers / 2:32
Rocket From The Crypt / Dead Rock West / Honey And Salt / 2:29
As Long As I Have You / The Detroit Cobras / Tied & True / 2:58
Hotel Ghost / John Doe / A Year In The Wilderness / 2:27
The Weight Of Lies / The Avett Brothers / Emotionalism / 4:30
No Time To Waste / Hacienda Brothers / Music For Ranch & Town / 4:40
Hard And It’s Hard (Hard, Ain’t It Hard) / Katherine Hall / Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Volume Two & Three (Disc 2) / 3:48
Mama, Nobody’s Here But The Baby / Elizabeth Cotten / Shake Sugaree / 0:53
Blues Hangover / Slim Harpo / From Clarksdale to Cleveland Vol.1 The Roadhouse / 3:04
Rip Off / Ryan Adams / Easy Tiger / 3:13
Cranky Mulatto / The Gourds / Noble Creatures / 3:13
Not The Crying Kind / The Bourbon Dynasty / The Bourbon Dynasty / 4:11
Jesus Is On The Main Line / Mavis Staples / We’ll Never Turn Back / 6:32
Goin’ Away Party / Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price / Last Of The Breed [Disc 2] / 3:26
Circles / Mofro / Country Ghetto / 4:05
To The Angry Evangelist / Po’ Girl / Home To You / 2:21
Soul Meets Body / Death Cab For Cutie / Broadcasts Vol. 14 (Disc 1) / 3:37
Last 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
DJ/Promo Tracks:
California Sky / Kenny Harlan / Waiting For You / 3:24
Friday, Sunday’s Coming / John Lilly / Haunted Honky Tonk / 3:00
Sunset / Benji Cossa / Between The Blue And The Green / 3:05
Twenty Fingers / Louie Zagoras / Twenty Fingers / 6:04
Cold, Cold War / James Power / Real, Real Man / 2:36
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
Baby, You Ain’t Looking Right / Powersolo / It’s Raceday …And Your Pussy Is GUT!!! / 2:01
Sweet Wyoming Home / Bill Staines / Old Dogs / 4:21
So Long, See You Tomorrow / Robin & Linda Williams / Radio Songs / 3:40
Paper Wings / Gillian Welch / Revival / 3:58
Backfill:
By Eleven / Alejandro Escovedo / Gravity (1) / 4:04
Drivin’ Wheel / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Delirium Tremolos / 6:45
Blues Before Sunrise / McHouston Baker / Mississippi Delta Dues / 3:44
Old Man With Young Ideas / Ann Peebles / Handwriting Is On The Wall / 3:09
Headman / Tony Borders / Sweet Sounds Of Muscle Shoa : Vol. 4-More Power To Ya! / 2:31
Queen of Hearts / Dave Edmunds / Repeat When Necessary / 3:22
Wave / Calexico / Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo / 4:05
Dangerous Man / Omar and The Howlers / Muddy Springs Road / 3:11
Kink In The Chain / Mark Selby / More Storms Comin’ / 3:35
All God’s Children / Elton Noble / 1st Annual Sacred Steel Convention / 8:59
Round Eye Blues / Marah / Kids in Philly / 4:11
Don’T Let Go / Bill Borders / Sweet Sounds Of Muscle Shoa : Vol. 4-More Power To Ya! / 2:17
If You’re Looking For A Fool / Big John Hamilton / How Much Can A Man Take / 2:20
Oh What A Mistake / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 2:10
Where I’m from / Shelby Lynne / Definitive Collection / 3:51
Waiter / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 3:37
You Don’t Know What I Know / The Cogburns / Pay Up Sucker / 4:08
Evening Blues / Dave Alvin / Blackjack David / 5:33
If I Left You / Kelly Willis / Easy / 3:09
Nebakanezer / The Black Crowes / Three Snakes And One Charm / 4:09
Archive:
No Bad News / Patty Griffin / Children Running Through / 4:03
Lonely In The City / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 2:55
La Chanson D’une Fille de Quinze Ans (Song of a Fifteen Year Old Girl) / Ann Savoy / Oxford American 2003 (#6) / 2:23
Long Way Home / The Youngers / Output / 4:36
Lovin’ Machine / Rodge Martin / Nashville’s Got The Beat / 2:57
Across The River / Alejandro Escovedo / A Man Under The Influence / 5:21
The Mountain / Lucero / Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers / 4:43
First Glimmer / Paul Westerberg / 14 Songs / 4:58
Ventura / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 1] / 5:06
Ride / Robert Earl Keen / What I Really Mean / 3:43
By The Mark / Gillian Welch / Revival / 3:40
Watching The Detectives / Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Best Of / 3:47
Big Legged Mommas Are Back In Style / Taj Mahal / Like Never Before / 4:21
Neighbor Girl / Lee Wallin / Dark Holler: Old Love Songs And Ballads / 2:15
Voodoo Train / The Javelinas / Dirtbath / 2:11
Complicated Games / Moonshine Willy / Making Singles Drinking Doubles / 2:20
Still Want To Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am) / Bettye LaVette / The Scene Of The Crime / 3:46
Good Ol’ U.S.A. / Billy Joe Shaver / Freedom’s Child / 3:04
I Can’t and I Won’t / Riptones / Cowboy’s Inn / 3:02
Dry County Blues / Honky Tonk Disciples / Kickin’ Up Dust / 3:24
Funky Nightclub / Soulsations / Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg / 3:02
South Texas Girl / Lyle Lovett & His Large Band / It’s Not Big It’s Large / 6:51
Singing In My Soul / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Gospel Of The Blues / 2:56
Maybe In Mexico / Tommy Alverson / Heroes And Friends / 3:42
Banks Of The Ohio / Preston Fulp / Songs From The Roots Of America II / 3:33
Lonesome Teardrops / The Backsliders / Throwin’ Rocks At The Moon / 3:01
Rock Around the Clock / Bill Haley & His Comets / 20th Century Masters: The Best of Bill Haley & His Comets: The Millennium Collection / 2:12
Push It Off That Hill / Hobex / Enlightened Soul / 5:07
The Warm Red Wine / Willie Nelson / You Don’t Know Me – Songs Of Cindy Walker / 2:51
Big Red Rocket Of Love / Reverend Horton Heat / Holy Roller / 3:04
50 Years Too Late / Joey Allcorn / 50 Years Too Late / 2:53
Into The Dark / Ben Lee / New Music From New West / 2:47
Ramble On / Dennis Caplinger, Kenny Blackwell, Earl Palmer / Pickin’ On Zeppelin – A Tribute (Disc 1) / 3:33
Love Loss Hope Repeat / Carbon Leaf / Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat / 4:19
Buddha Buddha / Sledge, Maxwell & Mosher / Songs For Sixty Five Roses / 3:34
I’ll Sing A Love Song To You / Candi Staton / His Hands / 4:42
King of California / Dave Alvin / King of California / 4:52
Silver Dagger / Dolly Parton / Oxford American 2000 / 3:47
Hole in the Ground / Iggy Yoakam And His Famous Pogo Ponies / For a Life of Sin: A Compilation of Insurgent Chicago Country / 4:14
Feeling Down / The Bottle Rockets / Zoysia / 2:52
Iris / Otis Gibbs / One Day Our Whispers / 2:09
Runaway Boys / Brian Setzer And The Nashvillains / Red Hot & Live! / 4:16
Shakin’ The Blues (With Waylon Jennings) / Tony Joe White / Uncovered / 5:19
Let Me Be Your Fool / Two Dollar Pistols / On Down The Track / 3:22
It’s The Shame / Tift Merritt / Songs For Sixty Five Roses / 3:13
Just Like A Woman / Bob Dylan / The Essential Bob Dylan / 4:52
The Junkies Are Jumpin’ / Sam Baylor / Life On Trouble Street / 3:12
Pauline / Kevin Gordon / Cadillac Jack’s #1 Son / 4:40
Sit Down Servant / Precious Bryant / The Truth / 2:17
Pawn Shop Ain’t No Place for a Wedding / Whiskeytown / Rural Free Delivery / 4:33
Windfall / Son Volt / Trace / 2:58
Born Fighter / Nick Lowe / Basher -The Best of Nick Lowe / 3:09
In State / Kathleen Edwards / Back To Me / 3:56
The Weight Of Lies / The Avett Brothers / Emotionalism / 4:30
Black Water Child / Fionn Regan / The End Of History / 3:00
High Class Champagne Woman / Highway Robbers / Robbers & Swills / 3:03
Ain’t Got You / Solomon Burke / Nashville / 4:09
Movin’ / The Turnstiles / Step Right Up / 3:34
Ootischenia / The Be Good Tanyas / Hello Love / 3:20
Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You / Wilson Pickett / The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett / 3:07
And If It’s True / Langhorne Slim / When The Sun’s Gone Down / 2:05
