"You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas"

David Crockett famously said those words to his former colleagues in the Tennessee legislature in 1835. Less than a year later, he died fighting for Texas independence at the Alamo.

I'm told that we're a little different, we Texans. Perhaps it's because we were our own nation before we were part of the United States. Perhaps it's our anomolous geographic position - we're not really part of the South, nor the Southwest, nor the Midwest, although we border all three regions.

Along with that difference comes a musical heritage of incredible depth, from ragtime professor Scott Joplin to electric guitar pioneer Eddie Durham; from living legends like Willie Nelson and Augie Meyers to Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughan, who left us far too soon.

With that in mind, this week's broadcast features solely Texas blues, soul, and gospel musicians - those who grew up here or lived here for some period of their careers. It's by no means a complete list - before I do this theme again, I'll make sure to add some Janis Joplin, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Mance Lipscomb to my collection - but I think it presents a nice diversity of talent.

I hope you dig it.

(And if you've come here looking for the soul music from last week, check back next week; my plan, as much as there is one, is to alternate between soul/funk and blues weekly.)

Set list: 5/31/08

A little bit of Texas music:

1. Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up (2:39)
2. Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music (2:30)
3. Ruthie Foster - Another Rain Song (4:16)
4. Delbert McClinton - I've Got Dreams to Remember (5:18)
5. Guy Forsyth - Needle Gun (5:12)
6. Malford Milligan - I've Never Been to Seminary (4:30)
7. W.C. Clark - My Texas Home (4:53)
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Lenny (4:57)
9. Seth Walker - So Far Gone (3:16)
10. Freddie King - I Don't Know (3:07)
11. Asylum Street Spankers - Got My Mojo Workin' (4:26)
12. Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:08)
13. Johnny Nicholas - John the Revelator (3:42)
14. Papa Mali - Man of Many Words (4:10)
15. Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - People Get Ready (8:54)
16. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:46)
17. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (4:01)
18. Marcia Ball - Down the Road (4:12)
19. Joe Tex - Show Me (Original) (2:59)
20. Bobby Patterson - Keeping It in the Family (2:40)
21. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
22. T-Bone Walker - Street Walking Woman (3:03)
23. Eve Monsees - I Was Lookin' Back to See (2:39)
24. Sue Foley - Me and My Chauffeur Blues (3:06)
25. Storyville - Good Day For The Blues (4:17)
26. Seth Walker and the Differentials - Lay Down (3:26)
27. Asylum Street Spankers - Coffee Grindin' Blues (3:15)
28. Nevada Newman - Don't Ask No Questions (4:52)
29. Marcia Ball - Louella (6:27)
30. Carolyn Wonderland - Judgement Day Blues (4:25)
31. Ruthie Foster - People Grinnin' in Your Face (3:21)
32. Guy Forsyth - Evil Man (8:30)
33. Papa Mali - Cottonfields and Bayous (5:03)
34. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Caress Me Baby (5:09)
35. T-Bone Walker - Blues Is a Woman (2:47)
36. Eastside Band/Texas Trumpets - Rebecca, Rebecca (5:07)
37. Malford Milligan - Blow wind blow (3:08)
38. Delbert McClinton - B-Movie Boxcar Blues (8:46)
39. Freddie King - Same Old Blues (3:58)
40. W.C. Clark - Midnight Hour (3:25)
41. Shorts, E.R. - God's Gonna Make a Way (4:59)
42. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) (9:11)
43. Pinetop Perkins - Blues After Hours (5:01)
44. Lou Ann Barton - One Good Man (5:21)
45. Kashmere Stage Band - Thank You [45 Version] (4:05)

If you enjoy my music...

I'd invite you to come down to the second annual Austin Blues Party on July 4-6. There will be classes during the day by some of the top blues dance instructors in the US, and dancing all night with live music from Jabo and the Old Dogs and somewhere around a dozen deejays from all over the US (including myself) playing blues and soul until almost the break of dawn. You can find more information from the link at the sidebar.

Set list: 5/24/08

Set list for the first broadcast program: (Soul 1)

1. Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair (3:06)
2. War - Get Down (4:28)
3. Kashmere Stage Band - Do Your Thing [Extended Version] (5:23)
4. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4:26)
5. Elijah Kelley - Shining Star (2:52)
6. Brownout - African Battle (3:04)
7. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up (8:54)
8. Willie Hutch - Sunshine Lady (3:56)
9. Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You (3:48)
10. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother (2:43)
11. Darondo - Didn't I (3:29)
12. Isaac Hayes - Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love (7:33)
13. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (3:48)
14. Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (3:38)
15. The Whitefield Brothers - Eji (3:47)
16. The Funk Brothers with Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Cloud Nine (4:41)
17. The New Mastersounds - 102% (3:03)
18. Earth, Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty (3:02)
19. Kashmere Stage Band - $$ Kash Register $$ (4:28)
20. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) (6:15)
21. Isaac Hayes - Good Love (5:18)
22. Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay (3:01)
23. Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (3:28)
24. Etta James - Holding Back the Years (4:18)
25. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is) (3:28)
26. Young-Holt Unlimited - Wack Wack (3:01)
27. Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (2:45)
28. The Jackson 5 - Make Tonight All Mine (3:18)
29. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? (4:03)
30. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (3:12)
31. King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (8:22)
32. Count Basie & Jackie Wilson - Ode to Billie Joe (4:18)
33. Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (2:49)
34. Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? (3:12)
35. Ike & Tina Turner - Use Me (2:33)
36. Sly & the Family Stone - Loose Booty (3:47)
37. Etta James - In the Basement, Pt. 1 (2:23)
38. Al Green - Light My Fire (3:54)
39. War - All Day Music (3:59)
40. King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale (5:38)
41. Otis Redding - Change Is Gonna Come (4:16)
42. The Meters - Sophisticated Cissy (2:56)
43. Funkadelic - Music for My Mother (5:39)
44. Darondo - Let My People Go (3:58)
45. Brownout - You Already Are (5:02)
46. Aretha Franklin - Mr. D.J. (5 For The D.J.) (4:25)
47. The Jackson 5 - Sugar Daddy (2:32)
48. Barbara Acklin - Am I the Same Girl (2:56)
49. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (4:35)
50. Curtis Mayfield - No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) (4:57)
51. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (7:00)

Throwing wide the doors

Welcome to The Shotgun Shack. Come in, make yourselves at home. There's not much to sit on besides the floor, I'm afraid, but we like to keep as much of the space clear for dancing as possible. There's ice water in the cooler out the back door, and plenty of rum on the counter, over by those mason jars.

If you've come here from live365, then you know that this is the blog for my netradio station, also called The Shotgun Shack. If you've come from elsewhere, I'd invite you to check out the station from the link on the sidebar.

I'm your host, the Reverend Shady Glenn. After a little over eight years deejaying in the Austin, Texas, swing and blues dance scene, I decided I wanted another venue to spin my soul, blues, funk, and gospel music, and a platform outside of my regular blog to write about music; so I built this shack. It's not much to look at yet, but I'm hoping that will change over time.