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Soul Jazz Records release a 2 volume set of soul songs from New Orleans called "New Orleans Funk - The Original Sound of Funk 1960-75" and I've been wallowing in it the past week. The bass lines are staggering. The horns are at their peak. And the grunts and growls and moans have are delivered like lyrics. I'm gonna be putting these songs into rotation for a long long time. You have been warned!
I finally got aroung to picking up Elvis Costello's latest Momfuku. According to the interwaeb (and you know if it's on the interweb it must be true), Momofuku refers to the name of the inventor of instant nodles ala Ramen Noodels fame. The name is supposedly a reflection of the fact that Elvis Costello has jumped on the quick song writing band wagon. You know writing the songs and arranging the music in sthe studio as you go along. Quick takes, mistakes and all, little to no post production. Momofuku shows what top notch musicians can do on their own without alot of technical asisstance. The only even remotely negative thing I can say about the CD is that maybe some of the songs kinda sound the same after a while. But there's plenty of good music on the CD. "Drum and Bone" is probably my favorite. Anyway, I highly recommend the CD if you're into that jangly roots rock sound that he's famous for.
In the mail this week I received the latest Kimmie Rhodes' CD, Walls Fall Down. She's kind of a fixture of the Austin music scene and has done a lot of work with Willie Nelson. She sounds to me a bit like Tift Merrit crossed with Kasey Chanbers. The best part of the music is her high feminine voice which is always at the center of the music. Whlie she's got some good original songs, notably the title track and "Shining Like A Sun." But by far my favorit track is the cover of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You."
I finally caught up with the rest of the world and picked up the Band Of Heathens CD. I'd always thought of them as an Austin band, but there many references to places in Canada so now I'm not so sure. In any case, the self-titled CD is full of good wide open spaces rock kinda like what you'd hear from The Silos. But the surprise to me was how many of the songs have a bluesy new Orleans base to them. "Second Line" is a good example as well as "Jackson Station," and my favorite, "Cornbread."
I wanted to do something for the Fourth of July but didn't want to fill the week with hours and hours of patriotic music because most of the week would be after the 4th. but I am including in rotation this week Jack Ingram's "Red White and Blues," which I think strikes a perfect balance of being patriotic yet real-world and non-cheesy. Just goes to show you how good a song writer Jack Ingram is, IMHO.
Dig Deep,
Calvin
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"Jaclson Station" by The Band Of HeathensRecent Adds:
Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further / Lee Dorsey / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 3:04Hercules / Aaron Neville / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 4:12
I've Got Reasons / Mary Jane Hooper / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:34
Get Out Of My Life Woman / Allen Toussaint / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 3:04
Tell Me What's On Your Mind / Cyril Neville / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:09
Handa Wanda / Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indian Band / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 3:17
Love Lots Of Lovin' / Lee Dorsey & Betty Harris / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:59
Garden Of Four Trees / The Explosions / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:42
Dap Walk / Ernie & The Top Notes / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 3:09
Just Kissed My Baby / The Meters / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 4:40
Reborn / Marilyn Barbarin / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:26
Mama Roux / Dr. John / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:59
Natural Soul Brother / Danny White / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:20
Hook 'N' Sling, Pt. 2 / Eddie Bo / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:20
Hip-Huggin / Robert Parker / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 2:43
If It's Good For You (It's Good For You) / Eddie Bo / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:29
Right Place, Wrong Time / Ray J / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:55
Show It / Betty Harris / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:55
Four Corners [Part 2] / Lee Dorsey / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:51
You Keep Me Hangin' On / Bonnie & Sheila / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:42
Street Parade / Earl King / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 3:13
Mama Said We Can't Get Married / Warren Lee / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:54
12 Red Roses / Betty Harris / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:31
I'm Mr Big Stuff / Jimmy Hicks / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:33
Funky Bell / Warren Lee / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 3:03
Bo Diddley / Art Neville / New Orleans Funk Vol.2 / 2:42
Walls Fall Down / Kimmie Rhodes / Walls Fall Down / 4:20
If I Needed You / Kimmie Rhodes / Walls Fall Down / 4:21
Sex & Gasoline / Kimmie Rhodes / Walls Fall Down / 4:22
Shining Like A Sun / Kimmie Rhodes / Walls Fall Down / 2:25
We're All In This Together / Jack Ingram / Live At Billy Bob's Texas / 3:46
Flutter / Jack Ingram / Live At Billy Bob's Texas / 3:36
Red, White & Blues / Jack Ingram / Live At Billy Bob's Texas / 2:50
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) / Jack Ingram / Live At Billy Bob's Texas / 4:51
I Won't Go With Her / Jack Ingram / Live At Billy Bob's Texas / 4:01
No Hiding Place / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 4:00
American Gangster Time / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 3:47
Drum And Bone / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 2:36
Flutter And Wow / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 4:24
Stella Hurt / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 4:46
Go Away / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 4:55
Don't Call On Me / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 5:16
Jackson Station / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 3:51
Second Line / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 3:45
Unsleeping Eye / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 4:48
Cornbread / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 4:43
This Week's Focus Tracks:
Don't Call On Me / Band Of Heathens / The Band Of Heathens / 5:16No Hiding Place / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Momofuku / 4:00
Walls Fall Down / Kimmie Rhodes / Walls Fall Down / 4:20
Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further / Lee Dorsey / New Orleans Funk: New Orleans - The Original Sound Of Funk 1960-75 / 3:04
Waitin' For Some Girl / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:49
The Screamin' Hollar Inn / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 5:13
Gold / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 3:32
Six Days On The Road / Mudcrutch / Mudcrutch / 3:28
Love A Little More / Jim Stringer & The AM Band / Triskaidekaphilia / 2:23
Lorena / R.G. Stark / Not Crazy Tonight / 3:19
Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face / Guy Forsyth / Calico Girl / 2:22
Woman On The Interstate / Yarn / Yarn / 3:42
Dirty Things / Mike Zito / Today / 4:06
Runaway Train / Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / 4:21
Love Me Love You / The Loose Acoustic Trio / Sorrow Be Gone / 3:18
Rendezvous For The Bayou / Tab Benoit / Night Train To Nashville / 6:47
Hallowed Ground / I See Hawks In L.A. / Hallowed Ground / 4:25
She's Gone / Langhorne Slim / Langhorne Slim / 3:19
Willie And Laura Mae Jones / Shelby Lynne / Just A Little Lovin' / 4:10
Freeway View / James McMurtry / Just Us Kids / 3:38
Sad Stories / The Mountain Firework Company / Samurai / 6:13
Rockin' Bones / Flat Duo Jets / Two Headed Cow / 2:59
Mississippi Flatland Blues / Eden Brent / Mississippi Number One / 3:14
Hey Little Darlin / The Wilders / Someone's Got To Pay / 3:34
It's A Shame / Hayes Carll / Trouble In Mind / 3:48
Man With No Country / Flogging Molly / Float / 3:04
Success / Kelly Willis / Translated From Love / 3:45
God's Got It / The Black Crowes / Warpaint / 3:22
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand / 3:34
Walking To New Orleans / Neil Young / Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Disc 2) / 3:15
DJ/Promo Tracks:
Lie No Better / JD & The Straight Shot / Right On Time / 3:36
New Twist On An Old Groove / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:49
Unrequited Love / Girls Guns And Glory / Inverted Valentine / 3:46
Sky Blue Sky / Wilco / Sky Blue Sky / 3:24
Don't Hit Me No More / Mable John / Stax 1959-1968 #8 / 2:50
In The Middle of It All / Irma Thomas / After The Rain / 4:46
Cluck Old Hen / Mark Lemhouse / The Great American Yard Sale / 4:39
Joy / Bettye LaVette / I've Got My Own Hell to Raise / 3:56
Cryin' Dime / Malcolm Holcombe / Not Forgotten / 3:38
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Buddy Miller / No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 1 / 3:16
Backfill:
Good Golly Miss Molly / Jerry Lee Lewis / Live At The Star-Club, Hamburg / 2:21One Moment / Jon Dee Graham / New West Records 1 / 3:21
Fake It / Abe Reid & The Spikedrivers / Caution: Falling Boogie / 3:55
Sleepin' on the Job of Love / Robbie Fulks / The Very Best Of Robbie Fulks / 2:10
Dancing With The Women At The Bar / Whiskeytown / Strangers Almanac / 4:39
I Ain't Ready For Love / Joe Swank and the Mule Skinner Band / Cowpunk! / 2:10
Little Talk With Jesus / The Brothers In The Kitchen / Bring It Back Alive / 3:03
Look Out Heart / Rubin Russell / Bullet/Sur-Speed Soul:Music City Blues & Soul 1960's / 1:59
Dissatisfied / Kevin Gordon / Cadillac Jack's #1 Son / 4:55
Mardi Gras Jig / The Bluerunners / Honey Slides / 2:06
Wishbone / Slaid Cleaves / KGSR Broadcasts Volume 12 / 3:35
Marie Laveau / Dr. John / N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda / 6:49
I've Lost My Heart To You / Dexter Romweber / Blues That Defy My Soul / 2:49
Blackberry / The Black Crowes / Three Snakes And One Charm / 3:27
I Flew Over Our House Last Night / Two Dollar Pistols / On Down The Track / 3:54
Poke Salad Annie / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 4:49
Old Five And Dimers Like Me / Billy Joe Shaver / Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973-1987 / 2:45
Stars In My Life / The Flatlanders / More A Legend Than A Band / 3:03
Around And Around / Chuck Berry / From Clarksdale to Cleveland Vol.1 The Roadhouse / 2:33
Last To Know / The Jayhawks / Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo / 5:08
Last Week's Focus Tracks:
Drive Like I Never Been Hurt / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 4:08As I Cry My Broken Heart To Sleep / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 3:21
Broken Man's Lament / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 5:05
Orphan Of The Storm / Mudcrutch / Mudcrutch / 4:07
Come A Little Bit Closer / Jim Stringer & The AM Band / Triskaidekaphilia / 2:49
Narcocorrido Nuevo Laredo / R.G. Stark / Not Crazy Tonight / 3:02
Fire In The Hole / Swampdawamp / Swampdawamp 2.0 / 3:43
Shark Out Of Water / Blind Willies / Everybody's Looking For A Meal / 4:04
Calico Girl / Guy Forsyth / Calico Girl / 4:20
Let It Fall / Birds And Arrows / Debut (Cages And Quivers?) / 4:03
The Contender / Yarn / Yarn / 2:45
Universe / Mike Zito / Today / 7:00
Emerald Street / Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / 3:46
You Are The One / The Loose Acoustic Trio / Sorrow Be Gone / 3:02
Fever For The Bayou / Tab Benoit / Night Train To Nashville / 3:35
Highway Down / I See Hawks In L.A. / Hallowed Ground / 5:14
Sometimes / Langhorne Slim / Langhorne Slim / 3:07
Breakfast In Bed / Shelby Lynne / Just A Little Lovin' / 3:23
Samurai / The Mountain Firework Company / Samurai / 4:14
Itty Bitty Everything / Flat Duo Jets / Two Headed Cow / 2:48
The Man I Love / Eden Brent / Mississippi Number One / 4:10
Drunken Poet's Dream / Hayes Carll / Trouble In Mind / 3:29
Locust Street / The Black Crowes / Warpaint / 4:14
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand / 3:25
Honey Chile / Lucinda Williams / Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Disc 2) / 2:20
Baby Likes A Love Song / Malcolm Holcombe / Gamblin' House / 3:11
I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar / Damon Bramblett / Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash / 2:44
How Will You Shine / The Gourds / KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 15 (Disc 2) / 5:23
Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Model Ford / Brian Setzer And The Nashvillains / Red Hot & Live! / 3:16
Methamphetamine / Son Volt / The Search / 4:03
Archive:
Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans / Neville, Cyril & Tribe 13 / KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 15 (Disc 1) / 3:28Down Home Girl / Old Crow Medicine Show / Old Crow Medicine Show - Big Iron World / 3:48
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
Broken Whiskey Glass / Jason & The Nashville Scorchers / Reckless Country Soul / 2:22
Spanky / The Gourds / Best Of The Boots 2004 #1 / 2:27
Cornershops And Subway Trains / Jon Shain / Army Jacket Winter / 3:08
It Ain't Me, Babe / Bob Dylan / The Essential Bob Dylan / 3:35
Help You Dream / The Blasters / Live: Going Home / 4:49
Standing On The Corner / Michael Liggins / Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg / 2:19
Keeping Score / The Silos / Come On Like The Fast Lane / 4:53
Fare You Well, My Darling / Elizabeth Cotten / Shake Sugaree / 2:03
I Know / Kim Richey / Oxford American 2000 / 3:16
You and Me, Me and You / B.B. King / Love Me Tender / 3:11
Redneck / Swamp Dogg / The Excellent Sides of Swamp Dogg, Vol. 1 / 2:50
Please Just Say So / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 2:26
Things That You Know / The Wailin' Jennys / Our Side Of Town: A Red House Records 25th Year Collection / 3:47
Bad Time / The Jayhawks / Tomorrow The Green Grass / 3:28
El Centro County Line / Hideaway / The Wiskey Tango Sessions / 4:04
We Are The Maurauders / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 2:29
Chaos Streams / Son Volt / Okemah And The Melody Of Riot / 3:53
Standin' In The Rain / Bessie Smith / Members Edition / 2:53
Ghost Of A Bad Idea / Birds And Arrows / Debut (Cages And Quivers?) / 2:38
Little Honey / Dave Alvin / King of California / 5:10
Wildwood In The Pines / Johnny Cash / Personal File / 2:42
I Gotta Get Drunk / Willie Nelson / Willie And Family Live - # 2 / 1:22
I'll Never Let You Go / James Brown / Pure Dynamite! / 2:16
Long Way to Hollywood / Steve Young / Oxford American 2001 / 3:59
Shady Groove / Colby Maddox / Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Volume One / 3:43
Niki Hoeky / Proby, P.J. / Oxford American 2003 (#6) / 2:29
Water Or Gasoline / Kevin Gordon / Down To The Well / 4:16
Bears / Lyle Lovett / Step Inside This House (Disc 1) / 3:05
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution / The Black Crowes / Warpaint / 5:03
Old Time Tickin' Away / Marah / Angels Of Destruction / 2:38
The Part of You / Lou Ford / Carolina Roadkill: NC Alt-Country #2 / 3:34
The Day John Henry Died / Drive-By Truckers / The Dirty South / 3:49
If It Takes All Night / Jake Brennan And The Confidence Men / Love And Bombs / 3:07
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
My Way / Los Lonely Boys / KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 15 (Disc 1) / 4:43
One of These Days / Cross Canadian Ragweed / Highway 377 / 4:02
Manifesto No. 2 / Shooter Jennings / Electric Rodeo / 2:10
Ichabod! / Th' Legendary Shack Shakers / Pandelirium / 3:16
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (10/16/1954 12:00:00 AM) / Elvis Presley / Elvis At the Hayride / 2:31
I Gotta Get Drunk / The Little Willies / The Little Willies / 2:28
Gates Of Hell / David Childers / Known On The Underground / 4:03
If You Want Me To / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 4:33
Something's Got A Hold On Me / Etta James / Gold / 2:50
Single Again / Gary Stewart / Oxford American 2006 Sampler / 3:06
Mother Hubbard's Blues / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Snake Farm / 3:10
Lookin' Out My Back Door / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Chronicle, Vol. 1 / 2:33
Tattered And Torn / Tom Eure / Back Woods / 4:02
Walkin' And Talkin' / Bo Diddley / Royal Blues / 2:41
Life Is A Carnival / The Band / Greatest Hits / 3:58
Money (That's What I Want) / Junior Walker & The All Stars / Ultimate Collection / 4:34
The Nickel / Mike Reno Harrell / Known On The Underground / 5:24
Good, Good, Good / Beaver Nelson / Motion / 4:08
It's Worth Anything / Earl Gaines / Nashville's Got The Beat / 2:37
Turn This Car Around / Tom Petty / Highway Companion / 3:59
Cash Me In / Choosy Beggars / Choosy Beggars / 4:12
Maybellene / Chuck Berry / The Definitive Collection / 2:22
Poison / Grayson Capps / Wail & Ride / 3:22
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