This week in the Shack

Halloween being this week, I've put together a set mostly about death, ghosts, voodoo, and other holiday-appropriate things, suitable for listening to while you await the Great Pumpkin.

Have a happy Halloween, and be wary of making deals with people you meet at the crossroads.

1. Tom Waits - Wrong Side of the Road (5:13)
2. Sweetman with his South Side Groove Kings - Jest Smoochin' (5:01)
3. The Atomic Fireballs - Lover Lies (3:19)
4. Dr. John - Party Hellfire (4:40)
5. Ian Siegal - Revelator (John The Apostle) (6:04)
6. Cedric Burnside/Kenny Brown/Luther Dickinson/Samuel L. Jackson - Stackolee (3:30)
7. Papa Mali - Walk on Guilded Splinters (9:49)
8. Chris Randall - Automatic Jack (3:44)
9. Mick Jagger/The Chieftains - The Long Black Veil (3:37)
10. White Ghost Shivers - The Ghost Song (4:46)
11. Lightnin' Hopkins - Shotgun Blues (2:41)
12. Peter Green with Nigel Watson - Me And The Devil Blues (3:02)
13. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (2:40)
14. Otis Taylor - It's Done Happened Again (2:05)
15. Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309 (6:29)
16. Dr. John - John Gris (5:20)
17. Chris Randall - Baron Samedi (4:00)
18. Ozomatli - Cumbia De Los Muertos (3:32)
19. Guy Forsyth - Tattletale (3:56)
20. Jason Freeman/Samuel L. Jackson - Black Snake Moan (4:04)
21. Otis Taylor - Black Witch (5:02)
22. Albert Castiglia - Ghosts Of Mississippi (4:19)
23. Cowboy Junkies - Hunted (4:02)
24. Guy Forsyth - Evil Man (8:30)
25. Koko Taylor - Insane Asylum (4:22)
26. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (3:30)
27. Boxcar Preachers - Jessie's Bones (3:05)
28. Greg Szlapczynski - Who's Gonna Take My Damn' Soul (feat. Ian Siegal) (4:00)
29. Guy Forsyth - Teeth (4:43)
30. John Hammond, Jr. - 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six (4:37)
31. Otis Taylor - Be My Frankenstein (4:46)
32. The Derek Trucks Band - Crow Jane (3:53)
33. Ray Wylie Hubbard - The Way of the Fallen (4:25)
34. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - St. James Infirmary (3:19)
35. Dr. John; Lower 911 - Dream Warrior (4:57)
36. Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard (3:16)
37. Cowboy Junkies - Floorboard Blues (2:04)
38. Chris Thomas King - Red Mud (4:13)
39. Popa Chubby - Preacher Man (3:55)
40. Los Super Seven - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (2:48)
41. Buddy Guy - Hard Time Killing Floor (2:49)
42. Toledo - Talkin' To The Devil (Dark Streets Album Version) (3:10)
43. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Murder in the 1st Degree (5:57)

(Halloween 2)

Passing along the word

If you're a fan of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, they've got a free download of the title track from "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" up on their website, http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com

This week in the Shack

This week's program is a wide variety of Texas music - blues, soul, funk, a little bit of Americana, a little gospel, and a bit of western swing and jazz.

As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Purgatory Road (5:07)
2. Iguanaman & Friends - Work, Dog, Work (4:29)
3. Ruthie Foster - Heal Yourself (4:31)
4. Lyle Lovett - M-O-N-E-Y (3:29)
5. The Scabs - Man of the Year (4:27)
6. The Seth Walker Band - Meet Me In The Middle (3:53)
7. Marcia Ball - The Right Tool for the Job (5:12)
8. Pinetop Perkins - Big Fat Mama (4:39)
9. James McMurtry - Where'd You Hide The Body (3:40)
10. LZ Love & Lightning Red - Wang Dang Doodle (5:05)
11. Guy Forsyth - Midnight Train (4:59)
12. Steve Earle / Townes Van Zandt / Guy Clark - Tom Ames' Prayer (Steve Earle) (3:22)
13. Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down (3:09)
14. The Hopkins Brothers - I Got A Brother In Waxahachie (3:48)
15. W.C. Clark - Real Live Livin' Hurtin' Man (3:34)
16. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Lenny (4:57)
17. Albert Collins - Things That I Used To Do (Talking Slim Blues) (3:28)
18. Gary Clark, Jr - Whole Lotta Lovin' (4:25)
19. Freddie King - Same Old Blues (3:59)
20. Malford Milligan - These arms of mine (3:37)
21. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - Sugarfoot (3:17)
22. Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up (2:39)
23. T Bird and the Breaks - Two Tone Cadillac (4:35)
24. Brownout - African Battle (3:04)
25. Steamheat - Radiator (3:53)
26. The Ugly Americans - Chilly at the Crib (5:41)
27. Mingo Fishtrap - 4 Sho' (4:18)
28. Sweetman with his South Side Groove Kings - Night Train (3:35)
29. Eastside Band/Texas Trumpets - One Night Stand (4:09)
30. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday (3:02)
31. Delbert McClinton & Dick50 - Starting A Rumor (3:40)
32. Jon Dee Graham - Tamale House No. 1 (3:49)
33. Seth Walker - Sun Down (4:00)
34. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - You Made Me Laugh (3:49)
35. Stephen Bruton - Put Me Out of Your Misery (4:15)
36. Papa Mali - Man of Many Words (4:10)
37. E.R. Shorts - Down But Not Out (7:25)
38. Kashmere Stage Band - Ain't No Sunshine (4:32)
39. Asylum Street Spankers - Summertime (6:20)
40. White Ghost Shivers - Weed Smoker's Dream (5:06)
41. Hot Club of Cowtown - It Stops with Me (4:20)
42. Jazz Pharaohs - Trouble in Mind (4:51)
43. Steve Earle - Colorado Girl (3:35)

(Texas 5)

This week in the Shack

Last week and weekend were extremely busy, and I didn't have time to create a new show, so this week is a rerun of the show from April 13 of this year. The playlist is here. With some luck, I'll get the woefully-out-of-date calendar updated this week, and new shows will resume next weekend, with a set of all Texas music.

This week in the Shack

Brass bands, Indian chants, Nevilles, The Night Tripper, and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen...this week the Shack returns to New Orleans.

1. Dr. John - Didn't He Ramble (3:28)
2. Kermit Ruffins/ReBirth Brass Band - I Got a Woman (6:13)
3. The Neville Brothers - Hey Pocky Way (4:13)
4. Aaron Neville - Life On The Layaway Plan (Dark Streets Album Version) (4:11)
5. ReBirth Brass Band - Let's Get It On (3:54)
6. Ivan Neville/The New Orleans Social Club - Fortunate Son (5:13)
7. Jon Cleary - Port Street Blues (Live) (6:14)
8. Cyril Neville - Tipitina (5:16)
9. The Wild Magnolias - Two-Way-Pak-E-Way (7:52)
10. The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (4:06)
11. Galactic - Witch Doctor (4:13)
12. Coolbone - Spread da Funk (4:36)
13. Dr. John - Why Come (3:42)
14. Art Neville - House on the Hill (Rock 'N' Roll Hootenanny) (2:33)
15. Leigh Harris - Dog Days (5:49)
16. Anders Osborne With Monk Boudreaux - Meet The Boyz On The Battlefront (4:36)
17. The Wild Magnolias - (My Big Chief Has A) Golden Crown (6:23)
18. The Neville Brothers - Brother John/Iko Iko (5:36)
19. Jon Cleary - Groove Me (Live) (6:35)
20. The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (3:19)
21. Coolbone - Phat City (3:33)
22. Rebirth Brass Band - Rebirth Melody/Casanova (11:19)
23. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) (5:06)
24. John Bell; The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Walk on Gilded Splinters (5:27)
25. B.B. King/Ivan Neville DumpstaPhunk - Goin' Home (2:17)
26. Cyril Neville/Dr. John - Marie Laveau (6:49)
27. Anders Osborne With Monk Boudreaux - Junko Partner (4:23)
28. Galactic - Tighten Your Wig (3:10)
29. Coolbone - Gotta Sweat (When Ya Black) (3:29)
30. Dr. John - Television (4:39)
31. Lil' Queenie & The Percolators - My Darlin' New Orleans (4:01)
32. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (4:04)
33. The Meters - Cabbage Alley (3:02)
34. The Wild Magnolias - Handa Wanda (4:43)
35. Jon Cleary - More Hipper (5:27)
36. Anders Osborne With Monk Boudreaux - I'm The Big, Big Chief (4:09)
37. Galactic/Robbie Robertson - Going to the River (4:48)
38. Dr. John - Ki Ya Gris Gris (4:03)
39. Bluesiana Triangle - Life's a One Way Ticket (5:34)

(NOLA 3)

Slight....technical....um....thing

The station's down at the moment. Something went screwy when I removed old files from live365 to make room for the new set, and some of the mp3s for the currently-playing program went with them. The new show is uploading, and I should be back online within the hour.