This Week in the Shack

This week, the Shack presents a collection of Texas blues, soul, Americana, and country music. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Steve Earle / Townes Van Zandt / Guy Clark - Dublin Blues (Guy Clark) (4:29)
2. Guy Forsyth - Calico Girl (4:19)
3. Kris McKay - Tear-Stained Eye (3:46)
4. The Ugly Americans - Orlando (3:55)
5. Seth Walker - Something Fast (3:39)
6. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Jimmy Reed Highway (4:04)
7. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Screw You, We're from Texas (4:01)
8. Fabulous Thunderbirds - C-Boy's Blues (2:56)
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) (9:11)
10. Malford Milligan Band - Open Your Eyes (5:18)
11. Bob Schneider - 40 Dogs (Like Romeo And Juliet) (4:13)
12. Jon Dee Graham - Great Battle (4:51)
13. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - I Will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cane (7:16)
14. Papa Mali - Keep Happy (4:41)
15. Mingo Fishtrap - Bitta Honey (5:24)
16. Steamheat - Keep Your Eyes On Your Merchandise (3:15)
17. Brownout - Framed by Death (3:28)
18. The Scabs - Tarantula (5:48)
19. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - Sugarfoot (3:17)
20. T Bird and the Breaks - Two Tone Cadillac (4:35)
21. Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music (2:30)
22. E.R. Shorts - Panama City Blues (5:41)
23. W.C. Clark - My Texas Home (4:53)
24. Freddie King - Same Old Blues (3:58)
25. Last Real Texas Blues Band Featuring Doug Sahm - Honky Tonk [Live] (6:44)
26. Gary Clark, Jr - Catfish Blues (4:53)
27. James McMurtry - Bayou Tortous (4:52)
28. Marcia Ball - Down the Road (4:12)
29. Steve Earle / Townes Van Zandt / Guy Clark - Tom Ames' Prayer (Steve Earle) (3:22)
30. Robert Earl Keen - Let The Music Play (5:36)
31. Jackopierce - Texas (4:24)
32. McClinton, Delbert - "B" Movie Boxcar Blues (3:52)
33. Albert Collins - Blue Monday Hangover (5:33)
34. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday (3:02)
35. Asylum Street Spankers - Got My Mojo Workin' (4:26)
36. Ruthie Foster - Walk On (4:10)
37. Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On (3:01)
38. Jud Newcomb - Midnight Hour Blues (5:38)
39. Sue Foley - Positively 4th Street (4:38)
40. porterdavis - Grass Growing Through Concrete (4:17)

(Texas 7)

DJing this Friday

I'll be DJing at Kick Butt Blues (at the Kick Butt Coffee on Airport Blvd) this Friday night.

This Week in the Shack

A new soul & funk set in the Shack this week. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (2:29)
2. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (2:20)
3. Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (2:45)
4. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Crazy About the La La La (2:53)
5. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (3:12)
6. The Isley Brothers - Shout, Pts. 1-2 (4:27)
7. Little Milton - Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) (2:48)
8. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4:26)
9. Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (5:09)
10. Etta James - If You Want Me to Stay (5:20)
11. Marvin Gaye - I Want You [Vocal Version] (4:35)
12. Isaac Hayes - Need To Belong To Someone (5:16)
13. James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street (2:34)
14. Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart (2:25)
15. Joan Osborne - Spooky (4:03)
16. Sly & the Family Stone - Frisky (3:12)
17. Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (3:28)
18. Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement (4:16)
19. Me'Shell Ndegéocello - I'm Diggin' You (Like an Old Soul Record) (4:25)
20. Little Jackie - 28 Butts (3:08)
21. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - What Have You Done For Me Lately? (3:16)
22. Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s - Same Beat, Pts. 1-3 (7:46)
23. Billy Preston - Ferry Across the Mersey (2:49)
24. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman [Alternate Mix][#] (6:10)
25. Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You (3:48)
26. Phoebe Snow - Piece of My Heart (5:14)
27. The Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) (3:12)
28. Raphael Saadiq - Sure Hope You Mean It (3:40)
29. Marvin Gaye - Groovin' (2:57)
30. Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) (2:41)
31. Sam Cooke - Cupid (2:37)
32. James Hunter - Kick It Around (1:58)
33. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances (2:26)
34. Mingo Fishtrap - Without Question (3:58)
35. Aretha Franklin - Respect (4:08)
36. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High (3:56)
37. Bettye Lavette - Down To Zero (3:10)
38. Joss Stone - Dirty Man (2:59)
39. Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping (3:28)
40. Gil Scott-Heron - Winter In America (Live) (8:23)
41. Jon Cleary - When U Get Back (Live) (7:32)
42. Donny Hathaway - Giving Up (6:24)
43. Niamh Kavanagh - Destination: Anywhere (3:09)
44. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tears of a Clown (3:04)
45. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg (2:35)
46. The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (2:45)
47. Van Morrison - Caravan (5:02)

(soul 25)

Bits

- The calendar at the bottom of the page has been updated again. I didn't go looking for the South By Southwest shows, though - if you're attending SXSW, you can look up the show schedules via their materials or websites.

- Black Mondays: The Shangri-La has begun showing filmes noirs at 5 and 7 every Monday.

- 7 Walkers: Papa Mali and Bill Kreutzmann (of Grateful Dead fame) have a new band. 7 Walkers' album will be released this spring/summer, and they'll be playing at a number of festivals this year.

- Speaking of new albums, Guy Forsyth's "Live at Gruene Hall" will be released this spring, too. The release party will be at Gruene Hall on May 2.

- Congratulations to Seth Walker, who is opening for Willie Nelson next month at Whitewater in New Braunfels. That's some prestigious company to be keeping, sir.

This Monday: Benefit for Haiti at Antone's

This Monday, Antone's is hosting a benefit for a sustainable Haiti. Featured artists include Porterdavis, Guy Forsyth, Gary Clark Jr., John & Jay Moeller (Fabulous Thunderbirds), David Boyle (The Scabs), Ephraim Owens, El John (Thievery Corporation), Martin Perna (Antibalas), Barfield, Topaz, and others.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors at 7, show at 8. Check Antone's website for more details.

That is one hell of a lineup; it ought to be a fantastic show.

This Week in the Shack

After a slight hiatus with reruns, new programming returns to the Shack today with a set of blues. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Big Walter Horton - Tell Me Baby (3:15)
2. Weepin' Willie Robinson - Dirty Old Man (4:45)
3. Cowboy Junkies - Townes' Blues (3:13)
4. Carey & Lurrie Bell - Stop Running 'Round (4:24)
5. Last Real Texas Blues Band Featuring Doug Sahm - Reconsider Baby [Live] (4:47)
6. Big Joe Turner - The Chill Is On (2:46)
7. Kurt Elling - Lil' Darlin' (5:40)
8. Lillian "Lil" Green - Why Don't You Do Right (2:57)
9. Ada Brown/Fats Waller - That Ain't Right (3:00)
10. Sidney Bechet - The Mooche (3:10)
11. Asylum Street Spankers - Shave 'Em Dry (2:47)
12. King Perry - Duck's Yas Yas Yas (2:27)
13. Malford Milligan - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:08)
14. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
15. Guy Forsyth - God Moves on the Water (3:37)
16. Andy Mosely And "Hogman" Maxey - I Know I Got Religion (2:29)
17. Patty Griffin Featuring Regina McCrary And Ann McCrary - If I Had My Way (3:24)
18. Finnegan & Wood - Death Letter (5:28)
19. Sugarcane Collins - Got A Mind To Ramble (4:29)
20. Count Basie/Joe Turner - The Honeydripper (6:45)
21. James Cotton - Down at Your Buryin' (4:34)
22. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) (3:20)
23. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Falling Down Blues (4:53)
24. Nina Simone - Be My Husband (3:22)
25. Chris Thomas King - Watermelon Man (6:06)
26. Little Walter - Off the Wall (2:49)
27. Carey Bell/Junior Wells - Second Hand Man (4:01)
28. Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues (2:52)
29. Jazz Gillum - Reefer Head Woman (3:01)
30. Slim Gaillard - Atomic Cocktail (2:43)
31. Chuck Norris & His Guitar - Kinda Sick, Mostly Worried (3:04)
32. Memphis Slim - Otis Spann and Earl Hooker (4:35)
33. Jazz Me Blues Band / Yoko Noge - Hothouse Blues (9:06)
34. Ben Webster - Danny Boy (3:39)
35. Coleman Hawkins - Porgy (3:04)
36. Gene Harris, Jack McDuff, Niki Harris - Down Home Blues (7:00)
37. Tom Waits - Romeo Is Bleeding (4:52)
38. Circus Contraption - Hot Potato (4:54)
39. Scrapomatic - Lotus (4:22)
40. Otis Taylor - Feel Like Lightning (4:52)
41. Big Joe Williams - Sugar On The Bottom (3:23)
42. Ian Siegal - Mary Don't You Weep (Live) (3:55)
43. Keb' Mo' - Perpetual Blues Machine (3:15)
44. Lynne Jordan - Turtle Blues (4:15)
45. Howlin' Wolf - The Natchez Burnin' (2:09)

(blues 30)