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Taproot Radio News #302

Mar 052012

Rotation #302, March 5, 2012

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Howdy,

Ray Wylie Hubbard has found his way out of the backwoods again bearing his new CD, Grifter’s Hymnal, in one hand and a bunch of chicken bones tied up with guitar strings in the other, muttering something about finally understanding the relationship between the Devil, God, and Man. You want to call this music the blues, just to try to connect it to something earthly. You know that ain’t quite right, but that’s the best you can do. You kinda want to call it rock, but not that kind of rock that makes kids jump around, the kind that makes kids go slack-jaw. You might even want to call it gospel, but it would raise the question of just whose side is Hubbard on, anyway. Stand out tracks for me are “Coricidin Bottle,” “South Of The River,” “New Year’s Eve At The Gates Of Hell,” “Mother Blues,” and “Henhouse.” CD comes out on March 27th but you can hear tracks from it on the Taproot rotation starting March 5.

By popular demand (who knew?) the Taproot Road Song Play List on Spotify will now have all of the songs on it instead of just the most recent week’s song. I’m gonna try to make the play list reverse chronological order so that the most recently added songs are first on the play list.

I’m excited to announce that Michael Rank and Mark Smith formerly of Snatches of Pink and now of Michael Rank and Stag are going to be my guests on the live show this week. They will be playing cuts from the new band’s first CD, Kin, and also playing a live acoustic version of a couple of songs. So tune in Monday night at 9pm eastern. See below for the webcast link.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Taproot Road Song

Going a few years back on this one, “One More Time” by Alejandro Escovedo is one of my all time favorite road songs. The way the lyrics kinda skid around against the beat brings to mind a car careening dangerously near the guard rail, but barely staying between the lines.

Couldn’t find a decent video of the song, but as always you can listen to “One More Time” on Spotify at the Taproot Road Songs play list.

Recent Podcast Episodes

For the full episode list, visit the episode page or follow the Taproot Music Show episodes on Pinterest.

Episode 72, Lee Briante of The Far West talks about the importance of having video and internet media available for today’s audience; how it made him feel to move to Los Angeles; and how recording in an American Legion hall brought their debut self-titled CD to life.

Episode 73 – Lincoln Durham talks about his residency at Gruene Hall, why he can’t write love songs, his long path from playing fiddle to Son House and Fred McDowell, and why he wrote a creepy songs about ne’er-do-well characters playing forty

Episode 74 – Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing from Hymn For Her, how they met and started making music together; their evolution from folk duo to lo-fi rock band; and recording in their airstream trailer.

Episode 75 – Laurie MacAllister, Abbie Gardner, and Molly Venter of Red Molly talk about their music backgrounds, the appeal of female trios, the excitement of playing Merlefest, the appeal their music has for the NYC coffeehouse crowd, and the stories behind three of their songs on the CD Light In The Sky.

Episode 76 – Brandon Sampson from Six Mile Grove and Bob Wootton tell the story of how they met and began their long time musical collaboration, talk about their mission to keep the Johnny Cash sound alive, give us a preview of Six Mile Grove’s upcoming CD Secret Life In A Quiet Town, and explore the existential question of free will and predestination.

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Junker / Brendan Hogan / SilverQuick / 3:26
Money / Loretta Hagen / Mud And Stone / 3:10
My Liver’s Bad – My Life’s A Mess (And I Blame You Sweetheart) / Michael And The Lonesome Playboys / Last Of The Honky Tonks / 3:36
Coricidin Bottle / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 2:00
South of the River / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 4:07
New Year’s Eve at the Gates of Hell / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 3:31
Mother Blues / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 5:57
Henhouse / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 4:30

The Week’s WCOM Play List

The live show is on Monday Nights at 9pm Eastern time on WCOM. Listen to the webcast stream.

New Year’s Eve at the Gates of Hell / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 3:31
On the Verge / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 4:16
Pretty & Cryin’ / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 4:41
How Does A Crow Fly / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:36

*** special interview and in studio performance by Michael Rank and Marc Smith ***

Bird / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 1:47
Cave / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:28
Save My Soul / Thieving Birds / Thieving Birds / 4:45
Halfway House / Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys / Another Lost Highway / 3:55
Better Place To Stop / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 3:20
Bound to Lose / The Far West / The Far West / 2:41
The Prisoner / Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees / Exile On Wilson Street / 3:33
Sunday Never Comes / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 3:36
I’m Gonna Get My Heart Broken / The Great Unknowns / Homefront / 2:59
Sometimes / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:53
One More Time / Alejandro Escovedo / With These Hands (Expanded Edition) / 4:06

This Week’s Rotation

This week’s play list on Spotify

Alphabetically by artist:

One More Time / Alejandro Escovedo / With These Hands (Expanded Edition) / 4:06
Jaw Dropper / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 2:06
Halfway House / Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys / Another Lost Highway / 3:55
On the Verge / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 4:16
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke / Bill Kirchen / King Of Dieselbilly / 3:54
Junker / Brendan Hogan / SilverQuick / 3:26
Everybody’s Up To Somethin’ / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 2:47
Since You Been Gone / Bucktown Kickback / Speakeasy / 5:59
Back To Santa Rosa / Carolann Ames / Laurel Canyon Road / 3:40
Can’t Give It To Me / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 3:26
Bird / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 1:47
Better Place To Stop / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 3:20
Lessons / Drew Nelson / Tilt-A-Whirl / 4:13
The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) / Etta James / Gold / 2:59
Bound to Lose / The Far West / The Far West / 2:41
La Hawaiana / Flaco Jiménez / Tex-Mex Party / 3:13
Hickory Wind / Gram Parsons / Under Your Spell Again [Disc I] / 4:37
I’m Gonna Get My Heart Broken / The Great Unknowns / Homefront / 2:59
Madalyn’s Bones / Gurf Morlix / Diamonds To Dust / 3:33
Cave / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:28
Sunday Never Comes / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 3:36
Green Grow the Lilacs / Johnny Cash / Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2] / 2:47
Oil & Water / Les Sampou / Lonesomeville / 3:47
How Does A Crow Fly / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:36
The Light Gets In The Way / The Long Ryders / The Long Ryders Anthology: Looking for Lewis and Clark [Disc 2] / 3:54
Money / Loretta Hagen / Mud And Stone / 3:10
Sometimes / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:53
Do America / Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia / 4:12
Two Can Play Your Game / Marquise Knox / Here I Am / 4:06
What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One / Mary Wells / The Ultimate collection / 2:53
Downward Road / Mavis Staples / You Are Not Alone / 3:08
Pretty & Cryin’ / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 4:41
My Liver’s Bad – My Life’s A Mess (And I Blame You Sweetheart) / Michael And The Lonesome Playboys / Last Of The Honky Tonks / 3:36
The Prisoner / Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees / Exile On Wilson Street / 3:33
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip (disc 2) / 10:08
Color Of The Blues / Patty Loveless / Sleepless Nights / 3:06
Glory to Glory / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:23
Rollin’ On Again / Planetary Nights / Today Ain’t Too Late / 3:38
Mississippi / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 2:33
You Can Bring Me Flowers / Ray LaMontagne / Till The Sun Turns Black / 4:12
New Year’s Eve at the Gates of Hell / Ray Wylie Hubbard / The Grifter’s Hymnal / 3:31
I Will Walk With You / The Resentments / Switcheroo / 2:49
Bad Reputation / Reverend Horton Heat / Holy Roller / 2:24
Over The Waterfall / Robert Earl Keen / Picnic / 4:33
Texas 1947 / Robert Earl Keen / This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark [Disc 2] / 3:58
Cocaine And Ashes / Son Volt / American Central Dust (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 4:31
Come On & Save Me / Steve Cropper, Dylan Leblanc & Sharon Jones / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:58
Save My Soul / Thieving Birds / Thieving Birds / 4:45
Delta River Line / Westbound / Blackjack Road / 3:42
I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) / The White Stripes / Get Behind Me Satan / 4:20
Good Hearted Woman / Willie Nelson / Willie & Family Live / 2:59

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Taproot Radio News #301

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Feb 262012

Rotation #301, February 27, 2012

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Howdy,

There’s a great moment in the movie The Big Chill when “Nick,” played by William Hurt, is being faux-interviewed by one of his friends in a mock TV interview. His friend is running down a list of half finished projects, abandoned careers, and miscellaneous dodgy dealings. Nick abruptly interrupts and says indignantly, “I was evolving, I’m still evolving.”

That’s kinda how I feel about Taproot Radio and especially the podcast. It’s evolving, still evolving. So yeah, I’m changing the name (again) to The Taproot Music Show. Yes, it will still primarily be delivered as a podcast. So all you podcast fanatics don’t hafta worry. But I wanted to drop Podcast (and Radio) from the name so it wouldn’t be so weird as I explore new ways to deliver the same great interview show. Not sure exactly where that’s going to lead, but I’m actively looking at alternate ways to get the show into more ears. Got an idea? I’d like to hear it.

In a meager attempt at being hip, I’ve joined Pinterest and have created a pin board for the Taproot Music Show episodes. I’ll still be announcing new episodes here, on the blog, on the Facebook, and the twitter. But if you’re into Pinterest you can follow there too. So there’s really no excuse not to listen. heh.

And on to music! Dang! I actually caught up with auditions last week. So if you’re a label rep waiting to hear about a CD you sent in, better drop me a line. I got nothing in the queue right now. Wouldn’t be the first time I lost a CD. Sorry in advance. And weirdly enough, not a single CD showed up in the mail box this week. Can’t remember the last time that happened!

But now, as of this afternoon, I understand why. It was kinda like the Red Seas parting to make way for the arrival of….drum roll please…. THE NEW BETH McKEE CD!!!! Pick your favorite superlative for Next To Nowhere because it will fit. She hits just about every style of southern music on this CD, from torch singer blues, piano bar romps, R&B ballads, southern rock, gospel-inspred anthems, a little cajun/hippie and I don’t know what all else. This CD made my day and I know it will put a little oomph in your day too. Drop what you’re doing and check it out as soon as possible.

On episode 76 of the Taproot Music Show, Brandon Sampson from Six Mile Grove and Bob Wootton tell the story of how they met and began their long time musical collaboration, talk about their mission to keep the Johnny Cash sound alive, give us a preview of Six Mile Grove’s upcoming CD Secret Life In A Quiet Town, and explore the existential question of free will and predestination.

My interview guest on the live show this week is Mike June from Mike June and the Wilson Street Exiles. So tune in to the WCOM web stream at 9pm eastern time to hear him tell the stories behind his music.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Taproot Road Song

Speaking of southern soul, blue-eyed soul, whatever you want to call it. I decided to put George Soulé’s “Take A Ride” up for the Road Song of the week. After last week’s kick ass road song from Lucero, this adds a smoooooooth kinda road song into the mix.

Recent Podcast Episodes

For the full episode list, visit the episode page or follow the Taproot Music Show episodes on Pinterest.

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Next to Nowhere / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 3:04
On the Verge / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 4:16
Shoulda Kept on Walkin’ / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 2:57
New Orleans to Jackson / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 4:44
Same Dog’s Tail / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 3:37

The Week’s WCOM Play List

The Live Show

Monday Nights at 9pm Eastern time on WCOM. Listen to the webcast stream.

Next to Nowhere / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 3:04
Green, Green Grass Of Home / Johnny Cash / Sunday Morning Coming Down / 2:35
On My Way Downtown / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:29
Take A Ride / George Soule / Take A Ride / 3:20

*** Special Interview Guest: Mike June ***

Dirty Water / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 4:21
Knockin’ Over Whiskeys / Hayes Carll / Trouble In Mind / 2:56
Losin’ Boy / Eddy Giles / Deep Soul Treasures 2 / 3:15
Slow Death / Charlie Pickett / Bar Band Americanus / 3:49
Another Story / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 3:33
Into The Mystic / Mike McClure Band / Camelot Falling / 4:46
Just Another Way To Go / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 2:53
Love Letters / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:58
tenderhook / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:26
Ain’t Got No Troubles / Eden Brent / Ain’t Got No Troubles / 5:09

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes

This week’s play list on Spotify

Next to Nowhere / Beth McKee / Next to Nowhere / 3:04
A Bad Way / The Great Unknowns / Homefront / 3:05
On My Way Downtown / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:29
Dirty Water / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 4:21
Hu-matic Man / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 3:13
tenderhook / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:26
Delta River Line / Westbound / Blackjack Road / 3:42
Rock This Little Boat / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 3:13
Hangin On / Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl / Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl / 2:39
Promised Land / Drew Nelson / Tilt-A-Whirl / 3:38
Just Another Way To Go / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 2:53
Another Story / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 3:33
Love Letters / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:58
Stuck In Memphis / Thieving Birds / Thieving Birds / 3:05
Randall Knife / Vince Gill / This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark [Disc 2] / 4:34
I’ll Never Drink Again / The Far West / The Far West / 3:12
Slips / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:41
Dedicated To The One I Love / Steve Cropper, Lucinda Williams & Steve Winwood / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:15
You Better Pray / Marquise Knox / Here I Am / 4:45
Big Drops of Trouble / Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys / Another Lost Highway / 3:49
Mocha Jaydene / Planetary Nights / Today Ain’t Too Late / 4:36
The Train That’s Bound For Glory / Garrison Starr / Amateur / 3:41
Angel Of Death / New Country Rehab / New Country Rehab / 2:52
Blues for Big Bill / Chris Cotton / It’s All Connected / 3:23
Pony Blues / Bluff City Backsliders / It’s All Connected / 4:11
Take A Ride / George Soule / Take A Ride / 3:20
Wild Horses / The Flying Burrito Brothers / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 1) / 6:24
New Shoes / Caleb Klauder / Dangerous Mes And Poisonous Yous / 3:11
You Left The Water Running (Live) / Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham / Moments From This Theatre / 3:24
7 Months, 39 Days / Hank Williams III / Lovesick, Broke And Driftin’ / 3:27
Down To The Wire / Son Volt / American Central Dust (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 4:20
Fooled Around And Fell In Love / Mickey Thomas / The Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas / 4:20
Final Wild Son / The Long Ryders / The Long Ryders Anthology: Looking for Lewis and Clark [Disc 1] / 2:40
Losin’ Boy / Eddy Giles / Deep Soul Treasures 2 / 3:15
Man of Somebody’s Dreams / Los Lobos / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 3:59
I Can’t Turn You Loose / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip / 6:20
Green, Green Grass Of Home / Johnny Cash / Sunday Morning Coming Down / 2:35
Piss & Moan Blues / The Gourds / Dem’s Good Beeble / 3:16
Everything’s Alright / The O’s / Between The Two / 2:21
Tennessee Waltz / Ruth Brown / More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country / 4:15
Money / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / 3:22
The Ballad of Elano DeLeon / Reckless Kelly / Somewhere In Time / 3:26
Lucky Man / Ronnie Wood / Lucky Man / 3:53
Get On The Bus / The Bottle Rockets / Lean Forward / 3:51
Honey Now / Gillian Welch / Hell Among The Yearlings / 1:52
Into The Mystic / Mike McClure Band / Camelot Falling / 4:46
Slow Death / Charlie Pickett / Bar Band Americanus / 3:49
Ain’t Got No Troubles / Eden Brent / Ain’t Got No Troubles / 5:09
Handcuffs / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 3:01
Knockin’ Over Whiskeys / Hayes Carll / Trouble In Mind / 2:56
Angels On A Passing Train / Marah / Angels Of Destruction / 4:06

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Taproot Radio News #300

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Feb 202012

Rotation #300, February 20, 2012

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Howdy,

Lucero leads off the news this week with the announcement of a new upcoming CD, Women & Work. Nobody does twang infused blues rock any better than these guys and Women & Work highlights is their best yet, soulful when it needs to be, bad-ass the rest of the time. “Like Lightening” is going in as the road song this week. My other highlight is the title track, which sounds like the Stones, if they could do southern accents honestly.

Speaking of rock, Snatches of Pink front man Michael Rank has a new band called Michael Rank and the Stag. The guest list on this CD includes a who’s who of Chapel Hill rock and country legends including Rick Miller, Dex Romweber, and John Howie Jr. The first release from the new line up is Kin. These guys have more of a late night jam band feel to them, full of angsty energy and wailing instrumental work.

Also, I gotta mention that the new CD from Andre Williams is out. On Hoods and Shades, the New Orleans hell hound himself has transcended his nefarious past and moved into Gil Scott-Heron territory, giving us a slice of street cred and wisdom with almost a beatnik poet delivery.

My interview guest on the live show this week is Jason Alexander. He and his band, the Stedpsiders are at the top of the FAR charts these days with a very fine CD of straight up honky tonk. As always locals can tune into the live show on WCOM in Chapel Hill/Carrboro and everyone else can tune into the webcast.

A couple of logistical announcements. In an attempt to simplify the madness that is my weekly routine, I have decided to drop the Live365.com station. The weekly rotation will continue to be available for full listening on spotify.com. See the header of this newsletter for the relevant links. I’m kinda sad to be leaving Live365.com. They are good folk. Never had a thing to complain about with them. But it’s not free and it takes time and there are commercials in the stream. On the other hand. Spotify is free for me and listeners don’t have to hear commercials. So the decision was pretty simple.

Likewise, I will no longer be publishing the weekly rotation in iTunes Ping? What’s Ping? Exactly my point. If iTunes was paying affiliate commissions on sales generated from my pay lists, I might consider it. But as it stands now, I’m spending time each week for no return.

And lastly, I’m combining the weekly newsletter with the WCOM play list post. Again, to save a little bit of time each week. But also to keep the web site from being quite so cluttered.

On episode 75 of the Taproot Podcast, Laurie MacAllister, Abbie Gardner, and Molly Venter of Red Molly talk about their music backgrounds, the appeal of female trios, the excitement of playing Merlefest, the appeal their music has for the NYC coffeehouse crowd, and the stories behind three of their songs on the CD Light In The Sky.

I tried to think of something to say to commemorate the 300th Taproot Rotation. Taproot Radio has gone through numerous incarnations starting from my show on WXDU, the Duke student station. Moved to WCOM, added the podcast, added the webcast, added the weekly newsletter. But at the end of the day, it’s all about sharing good music with as many people as I can. The thing I can say about getting up to my 300th rotation is that I’m happy to have done it.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Taproot Road Song

You gotta like a song that starts out with an old-timey acoustic piano riff which leads into power chord driven guitars and blaring trumpets and that’s what you get from Lucero’s “Like Lightening” from their Women & Work CD.

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 71 – John Lilly talks about meeting Bill Kirchen and Bill’s help on his most recent CD, Cold Comfort; how he funded the CD by winning a songwriting contest; working at the Country Music Hall of Fame and getting to visit “the cathedral of Country Music”; his yearly Hank Williams Tribute show; and introduces us to three songs on his Cold Comfort CD.
Episode 72, Lee Briante of The Far West talks about the importance of having video and internet media available for today’s audience; how it made him feel to move to Los Angeles; and how recording in an American Legion hall brought their debut self-titled CD to life.

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tenderhook / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:26
on the bleed / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:52
straw man / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 3:24
Sea Measures / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 2] / 4:25
Gypsy Django / Humming House / Humming House / 2:51
Boy Who Doesn’t Exist / Stephanie Fagan / Heart Thief / 4:52
I Can Tell The World About This / Sankofa / The Uptown Strut / 2:16
Curveball / Duane Eddy / Road Trip / 3:33
Back To Santa Rosa / Carolann Ames / Laurel Canyon Road / 3:40
Dirt / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 3:13
Jaw Dropper / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 2:06
Hu-matic Man / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 3:13
The Train That’s Bound For Glory / Garrison Starr / Amateur / 3:41
Angel Of Death / New Country Rehab / New Country Rehab / 2:52
Bird / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 1:47
Trees Fall Every Day / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 3:10
Dirty Water / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 4:21
On My Way Downtown / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:29
Women & Work / Lucero / Women & Work / 3:07
Juniper / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:44
Sometimes / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:53
Like Lightning / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:15

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes

This week’s play list on Spotify

Women & Work / Lucero / Women & Work / 3:07
Trees Fall Every Day / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 3:10
Dirt / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 3:13
tenderhook / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:26
Makin’ Time / Westbound / Blackjack Road / 2:54
After the Game / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 3:17
Babe I Ain’t Perfect / Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees / Exile On Wilson Street / 3:19
Try / Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl / Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl / 2:35
Lessons / Drew Nelson / Tilt-A-Whirl / 4:13
Come On Back To Me / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 3:08
Fool’s Gold / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 4:15
Reckoning Lament / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 3:11
Home / Thieving Birds / Thieving Birds / 4:43
Songbrd / Randy Thompson / Collected / 4:08
Worry B Gone / Hayes Carll / This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark [Disc 1] / 3:49
Bitter, Drunk & Cold. mp3 / The Far West / The Far West / 2:32
C’mon / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:13
Ode To Misery / Paladino / Paladino / 2:27
You’re Through Fooling Me / Patty Loveless A/ The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:06
Marginalized / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 5:31
Gypsy Django / Humming House / Humming House / 2:51
I Can Tell The World About This / Sankofa / The Uptown Strut / 2:16
Little Elvis & Fat Cat Eddie / Doug Prescott / The Journey & The Deep Blue Sea / 3:15
Boy Who Doesn’t Exist / Stephanie Fagan / Heart Thief / 4:52
Curveball / Duane Eddy / Road Trip / 3:33
Like Lightning / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:15
The Slummer The Slum / Steve Cropper & Buddy Miller / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:12
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long / Otis Redding / ARB 6: 1965-1967 / 3:15
She / Gram Parsons / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 2) / 4:59
Let Me Be A Woman / Brenda Varner / Sweet Sounds Of Muscle Shoals: Vol. 1-Tear Stained Soul / 3:15
Feel Good Again / Charlie Feathers / Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69) [Disc 2] / 8:16
Wildisde / Mark Lennon / Down The Mountain / 4:35
Mama Don’t / Jon Doe with Dave Alvin & Veronica Jane / This Is Americana Volume 2 / 2:48
Walkin On My Dreams / Hacienda Brothers / This Is Americana Volume 2 / 3:39
Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last / The Two Dollar Pistols & Tift Merrit / The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt / 2:43
Sin City / Clive Gregson & Boo Hewerdine / Conmemorativo | A Tribute To Gram Parsons / 5:09
Wayward Son / Adam Klein / Wounded Electric Youth / 4:05
I Don’t Like Half The Folks I Love / Paul Thorn / Pimps & Preachers / 4:21
Hate It Here / Wilco / Sky Blue Sky / 4:34
I’m Just A Nobody / Freddy Love / The Soul Side Of The Street – The Hadley Murrell Story: 1964-1972 / 2:38
My Baby Loves the Secret Agent / The Detroit Cobras / Baby / 2:00
Sugar Bee / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 2:19
Flashback Blues / John Prine / John Prine / 2:32
She Lives Up The Street / The Silos / Cuba / 3:13
Poke Salad Annie / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 4:49
All The Time / Elizabeth Cook / Americana Music Awards Sampler / 2:54
Naked Eye / Luscious Jackson / Fever In Fever Out / 4:41
Watch Yourself / Bucktown Kickback / Speakeasy / 4:08
The Mercenary Song (3:01) / Cory Morrow / The Cory Morrow Band / 3:01
I’m Gone / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:21
Stick On You / Otis Taylor / White African / 3:31

This Week’s WCOM Play List

Interview Guest: Jason Alexander and the Stepsiders

Like Lightning / Lucero / Women & Work / 4:15
tenderhook / Michael Rank and Stag / Kin [Disc 1] / 4:26
Ode To Misery / Paladino / Paladino / 2:27
Bitter, Drunk & Cold. mp3 / The Far West / The Far West / 2:32
Makin’ Time / Westbound / Blackjack Road / 2:54
Come On Back To Me / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 3:08
Dirt / Andre Williams / Hoods and Shades / 3:13
Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last / The Two Dollar Pistols & Tift Merrit / The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt / 2:43
I’m Gone / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:21
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long / Otis Redding / ARB 6: 1965-1967 / 3:15
Babe I Ain’t Perfect / Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees / Exile On Wilson Street / 3:19
Reckoning Lament / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 3:11
Trees Fall Every Day / Chris Castle / Last Bird Home / 3:10
You’re Through Fooling Me / Patty Loveless / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:06
I Don’t Like Half The Folks I Love / Paul Thorn / Pimps & Preachers / 4:21
My Baby Loves the Secret Agent / The Detroit Cobras / Baby / 2:00
After the Game / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 3:17

WCOM Play List for Feb 13, 2012

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Feb 132012

Howdy,

I’m happy to be adding Maynard and the Musties into rotation this week. Reminds me of the Felice Brothers, you know, before they went off the deep end. Also featuring one of my all time favorite and much under appreciated soul singers, Ruby Johnson.

My interview guest this week is Jon Neufeld from Jackstraw. Woo!

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

Cheap Cigar / Maynard and the Musties / Cheap Cigar / 4:00
Sorry Times / Trailer Bride / Trailer Bride / 3:12
When My Love Comes Down / Ruby Johnson / Stax 1959-1968 #6 / 2:48

*** interview guest Jon Neufeld from Jackstraw ***

How Does A Crow Fly / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:36
I Don’t Want To Take A Chance / Mary Wells / The Ultimate collection / 2:48
Nothing / The Far West / The Far West / 2:38
Runnin’ With The Fools / Two Dollar Pistols / Hands Up! / 3:08
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? / Norah Jones / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:32
Blue Eyes / Uncle Tupelo / Conmemorativo | A Tribute To Gram Parsons / 2:59
Say It / Steve Cropper & Bettye LaVette / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:25
The Prisoner / Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees / Exile On Wilson Street / 3:33
Somethin’ in the Water / Westbound / Blackjack Road / 2:48
For All I Know / James McMurtry / It Had To Happen / 3:58
Willie And Laura Mae Jones / Tony Joe White / The Best Of Tony Joe White (Featuring Polk Salad Annie) / 4:57
Dirtfloorcracker / Mofro / Lochloosa / 3:37
The Dirty Boogie / The Brian Setzer Orchestra / The Dirty Boogie / 3:14

WCOM Play List for January 30, 2012

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Jan 302012

This week I’ll be playing new music from The Far West, Lincoln Durham, and Jackstraw. I’ll also be playing some old favorites from Wanda Jackson, Janiva Magness, and the Drive By Truckers.

My interview guest this week is Ace Crayton from the Thieving Birds.

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

“Baby Doll” / Charlie Gracie / “Baby Doll” Single / 3:05
Funnel of Love (with The Cramps) / Wanda Jackson / Heart Trouble / 2:33
Cave / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:28
Messin Up / Steve Cropper & Sharon Jones / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:05

*** Interview with Ace Crayton from The Thieving Birds ***

Sink Hole / Drive-By Truckers / Decoration Day / 3:27
Never Had A Problem / Andre Williams and the New Orleans Hellhounds / Can You Deal With It? / 2:29
You Were Never Mine / Janiva Magness / Do I Move You / 4:36
Got My Mojo Working / Muddy Waters / His Best, 1956 To 1964 / 2:53
Have You Ever Been Lonely / Paladino / Paladino / 2:16
Better Place To Stop / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 3:20
You’ve Been Lonesome, Too / Alan Jackson / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:23
Ashes & Fire / Ryan Adams / Ashes & Fire / 3:49
This Time Around / Randy Rogers / Rollercoaster / 4:34
Just Another Way To Go / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 2:53
Your Benefit / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:15
How Does A Crow Fly / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:36

WCOM Play List for January 23, 2012

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Jan 232012

This week I’ll be playing an Etta James tribute set at the end of the hour and will be playing new music from Jackstraw and the Dan Quails.

My interview guests this week are Lucy and Wayne from Hymn For Her. If you like trailer park rock, they’re the band for you!

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) / Etta James / Gold / 2:59
Fool’s Gold / The Damn Quails / Down the Hatch / 4:15
More Like Them / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 4:06
Love Letters / Lincoln Durham / The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones / 2:58

*** Interview with Hymn for Her ***

My Heart Still Stands With You / Jason And The Scorchers / Still Standing (2002 Reissue) / 3:37
I-95 / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 3:10
Home / Thieving Birds / Thieving Birds / 4:43
Dontcha Lie to Me Baby (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 1:54
Nothing / The Far West / The Far West / 2:38
A Sunday Kind of Love / Etta James / Gold / 3:18
At Last / Etta James / Gold / 3:01
Trust In Me / Etta James / Gold / 3:00
Something’s Got A Hold On Me / Etta James / Gold / 2:50
Almost Persuaded / Etta James / Gold / 3:23
Sunday Never Comes / Jackstraw / Sunday Never Comes / 3:36

WCOM Play List for January 16th, 2012

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Jan 162012

Greetings,

Blues man Lincoln Durham is my interview guest tonight from 9-10pm. Will also be playing new music from The Far West and classic soul from Shelby Lynn

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

Drop What I’m Doing / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:17
Bitter, Drunk & Cold. mp3 / The Far West / The Far West / 2:32
Slips / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:41
Nothing But The Whole Wide World / Jakob Dylan / Women And Country / 3:48

*** Interview Guest: Lincoln Durham ***

Come And Go / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 4:23
How Many Women / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 3:45
Bigtime Blues / Malcolm Holcombe / For The Mission Baby / 4:44
Can A Young Man Play The Blues? / Marquise Knox / Here I Am / 6:10
New River / The New Familiars / Between The Moon And The Morning Light / 3:25
Lonely Mountain / Paladino / Paladino / 4:01
Come On In My Kitchen / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:24
Invisible Riverside / Ryan Adams / Ashes & Fire / 4:49
Willie And Laura Mae Jones / Shelby Lynne / Just A Little Lovin’ / 4:10

WCOM Play List for January 2cd, 2012

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Jan 022012

First show of 2012 has got soul from JC Broks and The Uptown Sound, blues from Marquise Knox, twang from Paladino, and rock from Girls, Guns, and Glory. Not a bad way to start the new year, eh?

9-11pm Eastern. As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

Hour 1
Bound to Lose / The Far West / The Far West / 2:41
Mexicali Rainsong / Paladino / Paladino / 3:44
Snake Skin Belt / Girls Guns And Glory / Sweet Nothings / 3:32
Be With You / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:28
We Don’t Run / Willie Nelson / Songbird / 4:20
The Honeymoon / Langhorne Slim / Langhorne Slim / 2:03
Walt Whitman Bridge / Marah / If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry / 3:06
Plaid Coat / The Gourds / Shinebox / 2:09
Bad Way To Go / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 2:59
Dear Someone / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 2:01
Thirty Second Lover / Steve Cropper & Steve Winwood / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:55
Ashes & Fire / Ryan Adams / Ashes & Fire / 3:49
Everything Will Be Fine / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:30
Just Someone I Used To Know / The Two Dollar Pistols & Tift Merrit / The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt / 2:56
Ain’t Much / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 1:24
Love Me Through The Pain / Marquise Knox / Here I Am / 3:48
You Got the Silver / The Rolling Stones / Let It Bleed / 2:55

Hour 2

Booty City / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Scandalous / 2:41
Rollin’and Tumblin’, Part 1 / Muddy Waters / His Best: 1947 To 1955 / 3:01
Cave / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:28
If I Can’t Trust You With A Quarter (How Can I Trust You With My Heart?) / Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Starlight Hotel / 5:07
Marginalized / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 5:31
Oh, Mama, Come Home / Jakob Dylan / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:26
Hang Your Head and Cry (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 3:48
So Long Baby Goodbye / The Blasters / Trouble Bound / 3:58
Christine’s Tune (Devil In Disguise) / The Flying Burrito Brothers / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 1) / 3:05
So Long Honeybee, Goodbye / Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three / Middle of Everywhere / 3:07
Sugar And Riley / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 3:34
One More Time / Alejandro Escovedo / With These Hands (Expanded Edition) / 4:06
Rain Crow Bill / Grant Dermody / Lay Down My Burden / 2:17
All In The Pack / The Gourds / Noble Creatures / 2:53
Rockabilly Fever (with Dave Alvin) / Wanda Jackson / Heart Trouble / 3:59

WCOM Play List for December 26, 2011

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Dec 262011

Two hour show this week, due to Rick being out sick. No interview guest this week, but I’ve got new music from The Far West, not to mention new music from Paladino, The Gourds, Pieta Brown and much much more.

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM webcast.

Hour 1
Bitter, Drunk & Cold / The Far West / The Far West / 2:32
Your Benefit / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:15
How Many Women / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 3:45
You Got a Man Like Me Loving You / Dave Sutherland / On The Waiting List / 4:16
By the Riverside / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 4:10
Blue Is My Heart / Holly Williams / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:43
Have You Ever Been Lonely / Paladino / Paladino / 2:16
She Baby / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 2:58
Sister Ray Charles / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:25
C’mon / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:13
So Many Miles / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:03
Water Or Gasoline / Kevin Gordon / Down To The Well / 4:16
Fistwhistle Boogie / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Believe / 2:22
This Ain’t Love / Shoestring Strap / Mudgrass / 4:23
I Don’t Like Half The Folks I Love / Paul Thorn / Pimps & Preachers / 4:21

Hour 2

Hold On! I’m Comin’ / Sam & Dave / Stax 1959-1968 #5 / 2:35
Lonely Hearts / Raul Malo / Lucky One / 3:18
Ruby Elizabeth / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:18
Lisa’s Birthday / Drive-By Truckers / Brighter Than Creation’s Dark / 3:20
Let’s Get Shakin’ / Dave Fields / Time’s A Wastin’ / 3:52
Midnight Communion / Delbert McClinton / Cost Of Living / 4:11
Outlaw’s Prayer / Mike McClure / 50 Billion / 3:05
Say It / Steve Cropper & Bettye LaVette / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:25
If I Ever Needed Love(I Sure Do Need It Now) / Ruby Johnson / Stax 1959-1968 #7 / 2:24
Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Model Ford / Brian Setzer And The Nashvillains / Red Hot & Live! / 3:16
Cold Comfort / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 3:00
Angel / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:36
Stop&Go / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:09
Whiskey Town / Biscuit Kings / Hambones & Trombones / 3:56
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:21
Work / Jeff Gates Band / You Make Me / 3:26

WCOM Play List for December 19, 2011 – Best of 2011 Show

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Dec 192011

Howdy,

Tonight I’ll be working my way through as much of the Taproot Best of 2011 as I can given the time limitations, which means I’m going to be talking really really fast. Fortunately you can see the list below:

As usual, local listeners can tune into WCOM 103.5 FM and everyone else can tune into the WCOM netcast.

We won’t have time for these CDs, but I wanted to list them here for completeness.

20. Lie to Me / Bettysoo & Doug Cox / Across the Borderline / Lie to Me / 4:46
19. Stars Fell On Alabama / Tara Nevins / Wood And Stone / 2:57
18. Blackwater Wildlife / Arty Hill And The Long Gone Daddys / Another Lost Highway / 3:30
17. Moonlight In Ojinaga / The Border Blasters / The Sun Session / 2:26

Play List
16. Your Hero? / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:07
15. Don’t Live There Anymore / Eric Hisaw / Ghost Stories / 3:13
14. Welding Burns / Rod Picott / Welding Burns / 3:43
13. Down Here In The County / Grant Peeples / Okra And Ecclesiastes / 3:51
12. Bad Man’s Blood / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 4:20
11. Mississippi Girl / Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three / Middle of Everywhere / 3:32
10. The Librarian / Tokyo Rosenthal / Who Was That Man / 4:44
9. Lonely Mountain / Paladino / Paladino / 4:01
8. Show Me A Sign / Mark Jungers / More Like A Good Dog Than A Bad Cat / 4:34
7. You’ve Gotta Take Steps / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 5:28
6. Dontcha Lie to Me Baby (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 1:54
5. To Drink The Rain / Malcolm Holcombe / To Drink The Rain / 4:22
4. The Love That Faded / Bob Dylan / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:30
3. Johnny Ace Is Dead / Dave Alvin / Eleven Eleven / 4:27
2. Drop What I’m Doing / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:17
1. Queen Of The Minor Key / Eilen Jewell / Queen Of The Minor Key / 2:03

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