This Week in the Shack

If you've seen the station page on Live365 in the last week, you might have noticed that the station is now also listed under Americana. I've been kicking around expanding the range of music I play for a while, and right now listener numbers are down quite a lot, so the number of people I'll potentially alienate is at a minimum. The Irregular Eighties Fridays will continue, and I'll still be playing blues, classic soul, funk, and gospel, but I'll be adding in a lot more Americana, new bluegrass, and jazz for the foreseeable future. Maybe other things, too - it all depends on what strikes my fancy at the time.

This week's program is all Americana, folk, and modern bluegrass. It's not a huge change, I think, from the direction some of my blues and local music sets have been wandering into.

As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Lucinda Williams - Positively 4th Street (4:49)
2. Bob Dylan - You're a Big Girl Now (4:34)
3. The Felice Brothers - Wonderful Life (4:02)
4. Old Crow Medicine Show - James River Blues (3:06)
5. The Duhks - Love Is The Seventh Wave (3:25)
6. The Be Good Tanyas - Light Enough To Travel (4:58)
7. Dave Rawlings Machine - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) (3:48)
8. Son Volt - Medicine Hat (4:13)
9. Jon Dee Graham - The Restraining Order Song (4:05)
10. Guy Forsyth - Children of Jack (5:33)
11. John Prine - Angel From Montgomery (4:57)
12. Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel (4:52)
13. Dave Rawlings Machine - Method Acting / Cortez The Killer (10:20)
14. James McMurtry - Fire Line Road (5:32)
15. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Whoop and Hollar (2:50)
16. Ollabelle - Ain't No More Cane (3:35)
17. Bruce Springsteen - Old Dan Tucker (2:31)
18. Uncle Earl, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Duhks, Crooked Still & The New Generation Jam - Starry Crown (3:52)
19. Old Crow Medicine Show - Hard to Tell (3:15)
20. Crooked Still - Oxford Town / Cumberland Gap (2:20)
21. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Trouble In Your Mind (2:55)
22. Sarah Jarosz - Mansinneedof (2:51)
23. Uncle Earl - Bony on the Isle of St. Helena (4:09)
24. The Felice Brothers - Frankie's Gun! (4:06)
25. Bob Dylan - One Too Many Mornings (3:47)
26. The Duhks - It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding (5:49)
27. Sara Watkins - The Late John Garfield Blues (4:06)
28. Levon Helm - Anna Lee (3:42)
29. Crooked Still - Captain, Captain (2:42)
30. Guy Forsyth - Heart of Sawdust (5:22)
31. Deer Tick feat. Liz Isenberg - Unwed Fathers (3:39)
32. Sarah Jarosz - Shankill Butchers (4:22)
33. The Lovell Sisters - Ichetucknee Chutney (3:41)
34. Clandestine - Cannonball (5:13)
35. The Felice Brothers - Don't Wake the Scarecrow (4:56)
36. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver - Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) (4:01)
37. The Lovell Sisters - The Door In The Wall (2:53)
38. Nickel Creek - Seven Wonders (4:09)
39. Jon Dee Graham - Tamale House No. 1 (3:49)
40. John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves (4:41)
41. Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (4:29)
42. Robinella and the CC Stringband - Man Over (3:58)
43. The Be Good Tanyas - It's Not Happening (2:41)
44. the Greencards - Long Way Down (5:11)

(Americana 1)

This Week in the Shack

This week's set is more blues, a portion of which is from my sets at Kick Butt Blues last Friday night.

I'm thinking about tinkering with the content of the station soon, but will write more about that later this week.

1. Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (4:56)
2. Wynton Marsalis - New Orleans Bump (4:32)
3. White Ghost Shivers - Weed Smoker's Dream (5:06)
4. Chris Thomas King - Watermelon Man (6:06)
5. Willie Mabon - Baby, Why Don't You Write To Me (3:53)
6. Jeannie And Jimmy Cheatham And The Sweet Baby Blues Band - A Few Good Men (6:17)
7. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' (3:09)
8. Little Walter - My Babe (2:43)
9. Guy Forsyth - Hometown Boy (8:19)
10. Seth Walker - 2' Left to the Ceiling (3:43)
11. Cowboy Junkies - Townes' Blues (3:13)
12. Teresa James And The Rhythm Tramps - Eieio (3:53)
13. Willie Mabon - Guilty Blues (4:01)
14. Eric Bibb/Maria Muldaur/Rory Block - Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (3:26)
15. Nina Simone - Backlash Blues (2:31)
16. Tom Waits - Wrong Side of the Road (5:14)
17. Teresa James And The Rhythm Tramps - If Momma Don't Dig It (4:29)
18. Dr. John - Bring Your Love (6:01)
19. Original Broadway Cast Recording - Santa Fe (3:12)
20. John Lee Hooker; T-Bone,Walker; Willi Dixon; Jump Jackson - The Right Time (6:18)
21. Asylum Street Spankers - Summertime (6:20)
22. Etta James - Ball and Chain (6:37)
23. Preservation Hall Jazz Band;Del McCoury - Careless Love (4:31)
24. Dinah Washington - Long John Blues (3:14)
25. Asylum Street Spankers - Shave 'Em Dry (2:47)
26. Johnnie Bassett - Nice Guys Finish Last (5:43)
27. Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love (3:47)
28. Eric Clapton - Third Degree (5:08)
29. Jeff Healey - How Blue Can You Get (8:55)
30. Big Joe Turner/Jimmy Witherspoon - Blues Lament (12:09)
31. Jazz Me Blues Band / Yoko Noge - Don't You Feel My Leg (8:17)
32. Jeannie And Jimmy Cheatham And The Sweet Baby Blues Band - Raunchy Rita (6:05)
33. Di Anne Price - Knocking Myself Out (4:02)
34. Satan and Adam - Ain't Nobody Better Than Nobody (5:17)
35. Asylum Street Spankers - High as You Can Be (5:12)
36. Cephas & Wiggins - Illinois Blues (3:39)

(blues 34)

This Week in the Shack

A new soul set for your listening pleasure. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (3:53)
2. Tower of Power - Soul With a Capital "S" (5:04)
3. Earth, Wind & Fire/The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (4:48)
4. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up (8:53)
5. Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music (3:00)
6. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady [Alternate Mix - Outtake] (4:29)
7. Marvin Gaye - Funk Me, Funk Me, Funk Me [The Love Man Sessions] (5:49)
8. Cameo - We're Goin' out Tonight (4:42)
9. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging (4:39)
10. Earth, Wind & Fire - In the Stone (4:24)
11. Mingo Fishtrap - People Person (4:56)
12. The Spinners - The Rubberband Man (3:34)
13. The O'Jays - Love Train (2:58)
14. Diana Ross & the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together (3:31)
15. Willie Hutch - Slick (3:37)
16. Curtis Mayfield - Junkie Chase [Full Length Version][#][Instrumental] (4:17)
17. Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye (5:10)
18. Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind (3:51)
19. Otis Redding - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay (2:50)
20. Kevin Mahogany - Tears of a Clown (3:33)
21. Anthony David - Cold Turkey (4:38)
22. War - Summer (4:03)
23. Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement (4:16)
24. Darondo - Didn't I (3:29)
25. Willie Hutch - Love Power (4:20)
26. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is) (3:28)
27. Joss Stone - Don't Cha Wanna Ride (3:31)
28. Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No (2:59)
29. Edwin Starr - Twenty-Five Miles (3:21)
30. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances (2:26)
31. Sam & Dave - Soul Man (2:40)
32. Ryan Shaw - It Gets Better (3:29)
33. The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' (2:56)
34. Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) (3:19)
35. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (4:46)
36. Carl Carlton - Look At Mary Wonder (How I Got Over) (2:05)
37. Allen Toussaint - Fingers And Toes (4:07)
38. Aretha Franklin - Make It with You (4:52)
39. King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale (5:38)
40. Stephen Bishop - Animal House (4:08)
41. John Belushi, The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie (3:06)
42. Joan Osborne - Spooky (4:03)
43. James Hunter - Riot in My Heart (4:16)
44. Ray Charles - What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (6:29)

(soul 28)

Bride of Irregular Eighties Fridays

I'm back from a short vacation on the Texas coast, with new sets - a new eighties set today, and a new soul set to start this weekend.

1. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - The Wheel (3:54)
2. The Church - Under The Milky Way (4:59)
3. Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart (5:11)
4. R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend (4:19)
5. Book of Love - I Touch Roses (3:21)
6. Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (1999 Digital Remaster) (4:57)
7. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (3:55)
8. The Police - Murder by Numbers (4:36)
9. Oleta Adams/Tears for Fears - Woman in Chains (6:27)
10. Peter Murphy - My Last Two Weeks (6:37)
11. Cyndi Lauper - Who Let In The Rain (4:37)
12. Simply Red - Jericho (6:03)
13. Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (4:04)
14. Madonna - Open Your Heart (3:49)
15. Scritti Politti - Small Talk (3:39)
16. Prince - When You Were Mine (LP Version) (3:47)
17. Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) (3:44)
18. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (4:24)
19. Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (4:19)
20. ABC - When Smokey Sings (4:18)
21. Duran Duran - Ordinary World (4:42)
22. The Outfield - Say It Isn't So (3:47)
23. Echo And The Bunnymen - Seven Seas (3:01)
24. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Accidents Will Happen (3:02)
25. Squeeze - Last Time Forever (4:13)
26. George Michael - Father Figure (5:36)
27. Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board (4:25)
28. Erasure - Waiting For The Day (3:50)
29. Deee-Lite - Good Beat (LP Version) (4:38)
30. The B-52S - Roam (4:57)
31. Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (4:01)
32. Tracy Chapman - She's Got Her Ticket (3:56)
33. UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (3:59)
34. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (4:48)
35. Haircut 100 - Love Plus One (3:31)
36. Phil Collins - I Don't Wanna Know (4:14)
37. INXS - The One Thing (3:25)
38. Duran Duran - All She Wants Is (45 Mix) (4:26)
39. The Art Of Noise - Kiss (Aon Mix) (8:11)
40. Yello - Oh Yeah (3:04)
41. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (LP Version) (3:52)

(eighties 5)