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Monday, August 31, 2009

Keith Carradine - Lost And Found (1978)

Keith Carradine - Lost And Found (1978)
After a nominal success with the album I'm Easy (1975) — which contained a remake of his Oscar-winning title track — Keith Carradine (guitar/vocals) was tapped for a follow-up. That effort, Lost & Found (1978), is notably more organic and has less of a slick and overly produced feel. Another prominent difference is the infusion of cover material, such as the affective reading of Tom Waits' "San Diego Serenade" and a mid-tempo folksy version of the Beatles' "Rain." The latter truly stands out for its distinct, free-flowing acoustic guitar lead. Of lesser appeal is the opening remake of the Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue," as it somewhat labors under Brooks Arthur's plodding arrangement. Among Carradine's originals of note are the introspective and whimsically nostalgic "Smile Again, Laugh Again," or the thoroughly funky and freewheelin' "Chance Blues," which is marked by some loose and limber contributions from Jim Horn (saxophone). Arguably the best is the earthy ballad "Homeless Eyes," which was inspired by E. L. Doctorow's novel The Book of Daniel — according to James Ritz's liner notes essay in the CD release of Lost & Found and I'm Easy onto a single CD. Once again, the top-shelf musicians who accompany Carradine provide ample support under the direction of the aforementioned Brooks Arthur, whose work with Janis Ian, Tim Hardin, and Van Morrison yielded some of the best engineered recordings of the 1970s. Other featured instrumentalists are Jim Keltner (drums), Ray Neapolitan (bass), and Steve Porcaro (synthesizer). Upon release, Lost & Found quickly disappeared into relative obscurity and Carradine returned to acting; however, his vocal prowess was assuredly beneficial in garnering him a Tony nomination for his landmark title role in the Will Rogers Follies during the 1990s. As alluded to above, Collectors' Choice Music has reissued both of Carradine's mid-'70s long-players, Lost & Found and I'm Easy, onto a single compact disc, making them available after several decades out of print.
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Tracks
1. Mr. Blue
2. Love Conquers Nothing
3. Smile Again, Laugh Again
4. San Diego Serenade
5. Homeless Eyes
6. Joy
7. Rise And Shine
8. Love Of The Blues
9. Rain
10. Chance Blues
11. Neutron Bomb

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Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (1976)

Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (1976)
After garnering an Oscar for the Best Original Song in 1976 for "I'm Easy," which had been featured in the Robert Altman film Nashville (1975), then-actor Keith Carradine was signed to a two-record deal on Asylum Records. Encouraged by the Top 20 success of the single, Carradine recut the track with strings and it became the title track to the album I'm Easy (1976). While horror stories of actors-turn-musicians exist, Carradine is an exception. Rather than simply cash in on his name or image, the artist took full advantage of the situation to record some of his own MOR compositions. The results are undeniably solid with Carradine exhibiting a wide spectrum of moods and styles. The general vibe of the effort fits nicely with the singer/songwriter genre that was prominent during the 1970s. Among the decidedly introspective highlights are the opener "Honey Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend," the stark "Spellbound," and the jazzy and slightly R&B-tinged "It's Been So Long." On the other side of the pop music spectrum is the funky shuffle and brash brass section on "Been Gone So Long" or the smooth blue-eyed soul of "I'll Be There." Without a doubt the arrangements by Dave Grusin (synthesizer/piano/keyboards) as well as the cast of all-star studio instrumentalists, such as Harvey Mason (drums), Earl Palmer (drums), Dean Parks (guitar), and Lee Ritenour (guitar) are key elements in the somewhat soulless and slick production. However, this doesn't diminish the strength of Carradine's well-crafted tunes. Although the Nashville (1975) version of "I'm Easy" made a significant showing, this long-player failed to place within the Top 40. In 2004, Collectors' Choice Music paired I'm Easy with Carradine's follow-up, Lost & Found (1978), onto CD, making both available for the first time on CD.
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Tracks
1. Honey, Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend
2. High Sierra
3. Been Gone So Long
4. I'm Easy
5. The Soul Is Strong
6. I Will Never Forget Your Face
7. It's Been So Long
8. Raining In The City
9. I'll Be There
10. Spellbound

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN Demos (2009)

Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN Demos (2009)
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Tracks
1. David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash - Marrakesh Express (1969 Demo)
2. David Crosby - Almost Cut My Hair (1969 Demo)
3. Stephen Stills - You Don't Have To Cry (1968 Demo)
4. David Crosby - Déjà Vu (1969 Demo)
5. Graham Nash - Sleep Song (1969 Demo)
6. Graham Nash - My Love Is A Gentle Thing (1968 Demo)
7. Graham Nash - Be Yourself (1971 Demo)
8. David Crosby, Neil Young & Graham Nash - Music Is Love (1970 Demo)
9. Stephen Stills - Singing Call (1970 Demo)
10. David Crosby & Stephen Stills - Long Time Gone (1968 Demo)
11. Graham Nash - Chicago (1970 Demo)
12. Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (1970 Demo)

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Ned Doheny - Ned Doheny (1973)

Ned Doheny - Ned Doheny (1973)
Biography
A native of Beverly Hills, Doheny took his first musical strides as a songwriter. His tune "On and On" was recorded by Dave Mason and Mama Cass Elliot in 1971, while the Average White Band included "A Love of Your Own", written with their lead vocalist Hamish Stuart, on their 1976 album, Soul Searching. Another tune, "Whatcha Gonna Do for Me, written with Stuart, was covered by Chaka Kahn in 1981.

The first artist signed by Arista, Doheny released his eponymous titled debut album in 1973. His second album, Hard Candy, released three years later, was produced by Steve Cropper and featured such guests as Tower of Power, Tom Scott, Jim Horn, Glenn Frey, don Henley, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther. Although it included Doheny's version of "A Love of Your Own, the album failed to sell and Arista dropped his contract. Doheny's third album, Prone, was limited to a Japan-only release in 1979.

Although he was unable to break through commercially in the United States, Ned Doheny later found a welcoming audience after turning his focus to Japan in the late '80s. The host of a popular radio show, Postcards from Hollywood, on FM Yokohama, from April 1990 until September 1993, Doheny gained speed upon releasing Life After Romance, his first album in nearly a decade, in late 1988. An album of classic tunes performed on solo guitar, named after Doheny's radio show, released three years later, was followed by the equally impressive, Love Like Ours, later that year, and Between Two Worlds in 1993. A "best of" collection was released in 1995. Doheny also performed in Japan, in February 1996, as a member of the Jay Graydon Super Band. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide

Credits
Graham Nash (Vocals), Graham Nash (Harmony Vocals), Don Menza (Arranger), Don Menza (Sax (Tenor)), Don Menza (Horn Arrangements), Ned Doheny (Guitar), Ned Doheny (Vocals), Ned Doheny (Producer), Ned Doheny (Harmony Vocals), Ned Doheny (Main Performer), Gary Burden (Art Direction), Gary Burden (Design), Jimmy Caleri (Organ), Jimmy Caleri (Synthesizer), Jimmy Caleri (Piano), Jimmy Caleri (Moog Synthesizer), Henry Diltz (Photography), Bob Fisher (Mastering), Bryan Garofalo (Bass), Bryan Garofalo (Guitar (Bass)), John Haeny (Producer), John Haeny (Engineer), Richard Hyde (Trombone), Richard Hyde (Trombone (Bass)), Richard Kermode (Piano), Richard Kermode (Cabasa), Dave Parlato (Guitar (Bass)), Mike Utley (Organ), Slyde Hyde (Trombone), Slyde Hyde (Trombone (Bass)), Gary Mallaber (Drums), Gary Mallaber (Vibraphone), Richie Unterberger (Liner Notes), Gordon Anderson (Executive Producer), David Parlatta (Bass), David Parlatta (Bass (Acoustic)), Enrico "Ric" Tarantini (Assistant Engineer)
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Tracks
1. Fineline
2. I Know Sorrow
3. Trust Me
4. On And On
5. Lashambeaux
6. I Can Dream
7. Postcards From Hollywood
8. Take Me Faraway
9. It Calls For You
10. Standfast

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Seasick Steve & The Level Devils - Cheap (2007)

Seasick Steve & The Level Devils - Cheap (2007)
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Tracks
1. Cheap
2. Rockin' Chair
3. Hobo Blues
4. Story #1
5. Sorry Mr. Jesus
6. Love Thang
7. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
8. Story #2
9. 8 Ball
10. Xmas Prison Blues
11. Levi Song
12. Rooster Blues

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Seasick Steve - It's All Good (2007) Single EP

Seasick Steve - It's All Good (2007) Single EP
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Tracks
1. It's All Good
2. Thunderbird
3. The Jungle
4. Last Po' Man (Stylus Rex Remix)

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Jerry Jeff Walker - Night After Night (1995)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Night After Night (1995)
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Tracks
1. Contrary To Ordinary
2. Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother
3. London Homesick Blues
4. Mr. Bojangles
5. Sangria Wire
6. Got Lucky Last Night
7. Trashy Women
8. The First Showboat
9. Stoney
10. L.A. Freeway
11. Jaded Lover
12. Desperados Waiting For A Train
13. Ro-Deo-Deo Cowboy
14. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance
15. Takin' It As It Comes

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Luckenbach! (1994)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Luckenbach! (1994)
If you like sappy songs, honky tonk humor and a Texas twang, this is the album for you. Far too regional to have ever reached a popular audience, this 1994 Rykodisc CD captures live a band having a good time. If you can get past the overdone sentimentalism of songs like "Keep Texas Beautiful," you should have no problem listening to the fun tracks on the CD, like "Movin' On."
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Tracks
1. Gettin' By
2. Viva Luckenbach
3. What I Like About Texas
4. Learning To P'like And Luckenbach Women's Lib
5. Some Phone Numbers
6. I'll Be Here In Ther Morning
7. I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)
8. Keep Texas Beautiful
9. The Gift
10. Little Man
11. Gonzo Compadres
12. Movin' On

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Doug Kershaw - The Cajun Way (1969)

Doug Kershaw - The Cajun Way (1969)
Born Douglas James Kershaw in Tiel Ridge, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in an area known as Cajun country, he traces his ancestry to Acadians who were part of the Great Expulsion by the British authorities from their homeland in eastern Canada in 1755. He grew up surrounded by Cajun fiddle and accordion music, and as a 19-year-old, in 1955, he performed with his brother Rusty Kershaw on the Louisiana Hayride radio broadcast. The two were so popular that they were invited to perform at the Wheeling Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia and in 1957 appeared at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

After fulfilling his military obligation, Doug Kershaw returned to the music business scoring with an autobiographical song he wrote called "Louisiana Man". The song not only sold millions of copies but over the years has become the symbol of Cajun music. In June of 1969, Kershaw made his first network television appearance on the debut of the Johnny Cash Show. He capped the year with a much-publicized, week-long engagement at the New York City's Fillmore East as opening act for Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos. While it seemed to many rock and pop fans that Kershaw had appeared out of nowhere, he had already sold more than 18 million copies of the records he had made in the early '60s with his brother, Rusty. "Louisiana Man" had been a Top 10 country hit in 1961 and its follow-up, "Diggy Diggy Lo", had done almost as well. His dynamic performance in front of a national audience led to Warner Bros. Records signing him to a long-term contract. In November of that year, "Louisiana Man" was broadcast back to earth by the crew of the Apollo 12 moon mission. Beyond the southern venues, Kershaw's popularity soon extended to mainstream urban America as he played for packed audiences at major concert halls.

Singing in both French and English, Kershaw's stage performance is marked by his abundant energy. Simultaneously playing fiddle, singing, and dancing, it is not unusual for him to wear out several bows, sometimes during just one song. With more than 25 albums to his credit and a five-decade-long career, Doug Kershaw has a loyal following and continues to tour worldwide.

The son of an alligator hunter, Kershaw was the seventh child born to a family that eventually included five boys and four girls. Raised in a home where Cajun French was spoken, he didn't learn English until the age of eight. By that time, he had mastered the fiddle, which he played from the age of five, and was on his way to teaching himself to play an amazing 28 instruments. His first gig was at a local bar, the Bucket of Blood, where he was accompanied by his mother on guitar. After teaching his brother, Rusty (born Russell; February 2, 1938), to play guitar, he formed a band, the Continental Playboys, with Rusty and older brother, Peewee, in 1948.

Doug got started fiddling on the family's houseboat in Louisiana when he was very young. While his bothers and dad were out fishing and his mom was doing house work, he would get his dad's fiddle off the shelf and play it. One day he dropped the instrument. When his dad saw it was cracked, he took Doug into the other room and said "if you can play this then I won't have to whip you." So Doug played two songs he knew and then one that he made up on the spot. He refers to it as his first experience with improvisation.

He became interested in Cajun music specifically during the parties his parents would hold on the houseboat, when he would stay up and watch the band play and wish that he could play the way they did.

Although the brothers initially sang in French, J.D. Miller, owner of the Feature record label, persuaded them to incorporate songs in English into their repertoire. With the departure of Peewee from the group, in the early '50s, Doug and Rusty continued to perform as a duo. The brothers quickly built a solid reputation for their high-energy performances of Cajun two-steps and country ballads. In 1955, they recorded their first single, "So Lovely, Baby." Released on the Hickory label, the tune became a Top 5 country hit in August 1955. Shortly afterward, they were invited to become cast members of the Louisiana Hayride, a popular radio show broadcast from Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1957, they recorded a Top 40 country hit, "Love Me to Pieces". They became members of the Grand Ole Opry the following year.

Despite the demands of his music career, Doug enrolled in McNeese State University, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he earned an degree in Mathematics. At the peak of their early career, in 1958, Doug and Rusty decided to simultaneously enlist in the United States Army. They devoted their attention to the military until their discharge three years later.

Picking up where they left off, in February 1961, the two brothers recorded "Louisiana Man", a song Doug had written while in the Army. The song was eventually covered by more than 800 artists. By the time their debut album, Rusty and Doug, was released in July 1964, however, the Kershaw brothers had elected to go their separate ways. It took another three years before Kershaw signed a songwriters' contract with BMI, in 1967.

Despite the success of his solo career, Kershaw was plagued by depression and sorrow. His father had committed suicide when he was only seven. Until 1984, Kershaw battled drug and alcohol abuse, and he became known for erratic behavior.

Marrying his wife, Pam, at the Houston Astrodome on June 21, 1975, Kershaw began raising his own family that included five sons - Douglas, Victor, Zachary, Tyler, and Elijah - and two grandsons. His son, Tyler, plays drums in his band. Although he continued to perform and record, his albums of the 1970s failed to duplicate the commercial successes of "Louisiana Man" and "Diggy Diggy Lo" .

In 1981, Kershaw rebounded with his biggest selling hit, "Hello Woman", which reached the country music Top 40. In 1988, he recorded a duet, "Cajun Baby", with Hank Williams, Jr., that became a Top 50 country hit. Kershaw released a French-language album, Two Step Fever, in 1999. Michael Doucet of Beausoleil is featured on the duet "Fievre De Deux Etapes". Hot Diggity Doug was released in mid-2000 and Still Cajun After All These Years followed in early 2001.

Doug currently owns and operates Doug Kershaw's Bayou House, a restaurant in Lucerne, Colorado, where he still plays at least twice a month.
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Tracks
1. Diggy Diggy Lo
2. If We Don't Stop Rushing (We'll Never Get There)
3. Bayou Teche
4. Come Kiss Your Man
5. Papa Died Old
6. Feed It To The Fish
7. You Fight Your Fight And I'll Fight Mine
8. Papa And Mama Had Love
9. When I'm Full Grown
10. Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On
11. Sweet Jole Blon'
12. Louisiana Man

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George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (Remastered 2005)

George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (Remastered 2005)
Hands down, this epochal concert at New York's Madison Square Garden — first issued on three LPs in a handsome orange-colored box — was the crowning event of George Harrison's public life, a gesture of great goodwill that captured the moment in history and, not incidentally, produced some rousing music as a permanent legacy. Having been moved by his friend Ravi Shankar's appeal to help the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Harrison leaped into action, organizing on short notice what became a bellwether for the spectacular rock & roll benefits of the 1980s and beyond. The large, almost unwieldy band was loaded with rock luminaries — including Beatles alumnus Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, and two who became stars as a result of their electric performances here, Leon Russell (the medley of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Young Blood") and Billy Preston ("That's the Way God Planned It"). Yet Harrison is in confident command, running through highlights from his recent triumphant All Things Must Pass album in fine voice, secure enough to revisit his Beatles legacy from Abbey Road and the White Album. Though overlooked at the time by impatient rock fans eager to hear the hits, Shankar's opening raga, "Bangla Dhun," is a masterwork on its own terms; the sitar virtuoso is in dazzling form even by his standards and, in retrospect, Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, and Alla Rakha amount to an Indian supergroup themselves. The high point of the concert is the surprise appearance of Bob Dylan — at this reclusive time in his life, every Dylan sighting made headlines — and he read the tea leaves perfectly by performing five of his most powerful, meaningful songs from the '60s. Controversy swirled when the record was released; then-manager Alan Klein imposed a no-discount policy on this expensive set and there were questions as to whether all of the intended receipts reached the refugees. Also, in a deal to allow Dylan's participation, the set was released by Capitol on LP while Dylan's label, Columbia, handled the tape versions. Yet, in hindsight, the avarice pales beside the concert's magnanimous intentions, at a time when rock musicians truly thought they could help save the world. [The Concert for Bangladesh was reissued as a deluxe edition in 2005. It was packaged in a small, CD-sized box bearing different artwork (a photograph of George from the concert) and containing an expanded booklet, good remastered sound, and a bonus track of Dylan performing "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" tacked onto the end.]
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Tracks
101. Introduction By George Harrison And Ravi Shankar
102. Bangla Dhun
103. Wah-Wah
104. My Sweet Lord
105. Awaiting On You All
106. That's The Way God Planned It
107. It Don't Come Easy
108. Beware Of Darkness
109. Band Introduction
110. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
201. Medley Jumpin' Jack Flash Young Blood
202. Here Comes The Sun
203. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
204. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
205. Blowin' In The Wind
206. Mr. Tambourine Man
207. Just Like A Woman
208. Something
209. Bangla Desh
210. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bonus Track)

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

David Blue - These 23 Days In September (1968)

David Blue - These 23 Days In September (1968)
Born in Providence, RI, as S. David Cohen (a name he returned to for one of his albums), David Blue was a member of the folk singer/songwriter community of Greenwich Village in the '60s and a close friend of Bob Dylan's (he recounts this period of his life in Dylan's movie Renaldo & Clara). Blue made several albums for Elektra, Reprise, and Asylum in the '60s and '70s, and is best remembered for his songs "I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning" and "Wanted Man" (recorded by the Eagles).

If Blue's second album was not nearly as much of a cultural artifact as his 1966 Elektra debut, which went to embarrassing extremes in its Bob Dylan imitation, it was of greater artistic merit. Most importantly, Blue sang far better, though he still wasn't a great singer, with far fewer of the glaringly off-key notes that had bedeviled his first LP. As both a singer and songwriter, he was still Dylanesque, but was becoming far more his own man, as a world-weary commentator with a growing country influence. Certainly the title song far outstrips anything on David Blue, sounding something like a combination of Dylan and early Leonard Cohen, its haunting minor melody enhanced by judicious touches of accordion and sitar. Nothing else on the record is as affecting, and some of it's rather pedestrian, minor Dylanesque stuff, in fact. But it's not obnoxious, and sometimes the music's rather good, as in "Ambitious Anna," which like some of the other tracks have a border feel. On such tunes, Blue seems like a peer or even slight antecedent to somber cowboys like Townes Van Zandt. The remake of "The Grand Hotel," a highlight of his first album, is sung better here, but has a sparer, less interesting arrangement.
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Tracks
1. These 23 Days In September
2. Ambitious Anna
3. You Need A Change
4. The Grand Hotel
5. The Sailor's Lament
6. You Will Come Back Again
7. Scales For A Window Thief
8. Slow And Easy
9. The Fifth One

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John Beland - The Flying Burrito Brothers Years, 1980-2001 (2008)

John Beland - The Flying Burrito Brothers Years, 1980-2001 (2008)
John\'s long awaited retrospective CD is finally available here. With a stellar line up of country rock giants, John takes you on a musical journey through his years with legendary pioneering country rock band, The Flying Burrito Brothers.

All 15 \"original\" recordings, featuring such famous guest artists as BUCK OWENS, RICKY SKAGGS, ALISON KRAUSS, SAM BUSH & SONNY LANDRETH.
Also featured are performances by past FBB alumni, SNEAKY PETE KLEINOW, CHRIS ETHRIDGE, GIB GUILBEAU, AL PERKINS, BRIAN CADD & LARRY PATTON.
If you\'re a fan of the west coast country rock era, you won\'t want to pass up
JOHN BELAND-THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS YEARS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JOHN BELAND
by Frank Retford

John Beland is one of the true pioneers of the southern California country rock era, an era which gave us such landmark bands as the Eagles, Byrds, Poco and, the Flying Burrito Brothers. In fact, it was with the Flying Burrito Brothers that John Beland\'s role as chief writer and producer came to be.
Coming into the band fresh from helping rock icon Rick Nelson score his last hit record, \"Dream Lover\" ( a Beland arrangement), John\'s creative direction led the once legendary Flying Burrito Brothers to a resurgence in the early 80\'s with 9 top country hits for Curb Records, earning the Burritos Billboard Magazine\'s \"Crossover\" Award (from pop to country) in 1981, and Record World Magazine\'s \"Best New Vocal Group\" of 1981.

Although Beland joined the band 10 years after is formation by Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman, John was no stranger to the tight knit circle of the country rock scene going down in Hollywood in the 1960\'s and 70\'s. His previous work as one LA\'s top session guitarists, and hit songwriters, established his credibility in Hollywood long before he was asked to join the Burritos in 1980.
Throughout the 1970\'s, Beland had already recorded with the likes of Eagles Bernie Leadon and JD Souther, as well as playing along side of such high profile country rock musicians as Herb Pederson, James Burton, Buddy Emmons, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Jim Keltner, Glenn D Hardin, Byron Berline, Clarence White, Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Don Everly and many others.

John brought with him credentials that read like a \"who\'s-who\" of California country rock history, having already recorded and toured with such legendary artists as LINDA RONSTADT, ARLO GUTHRIE, GLEN FREY & JD SOUTHER, KIM CARNES, THE BELLAMY BROTHERS, MAC DAVIS, DOLLY PARTON and RICK NELSON, before he ever stepped onstage with the FBB.

Beland\'s busy session schedule shuttled him back and forth from Nashville to Hollywood throughout the 1970\'s, where he recorded with such trail blazing acts as KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, EARL SCRUGGS, JOHNNY DARRELL, ODETTA, PETER YARROW, JOHNNY TILLOTSON, PETE DRAKE,SCOTTY MOORE, JOAN BAEZ and many many more. Beland was one of the very few Hollywood session aces who was successful both in LA as well as Nashville as a top session ace.

After a decade of astounding success in the studio and on tour, John was asked to join the Flying Burrito Brothers, then consisting of players he had already worked with in the studio many years prior, such as Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Gib Guilbeau.
However, the band had seen better glory days by the time Beland joined in 1980, fresh from being band leader for none other than Rick Nelson\'s Stone Canyon Band. The FBB had lost their record deal, and were now working small honky tonks and occasional overseas festivals at low money and low visibility. The Flying Burrito Brothers had crash landed hard.

Beland, who had a writer\'s deal with Criterion Music in Hollywood, took the band into the studio, and recorded a series of songs he had written with fellow bandmate Gib Guilbeau. At the time, Beland was still playing for Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band. The demos of those sessions made their way to Curb Records A&R head Dick Whitehouse, who instantly signed the band.

From the groups very first debut outing \"HEARTS ON THE LINE\", for Curb, the act scored three top 20 singles, the first chart showing in the band\'s entire 10 year prior history..and two of the three songs were co-penned by John.
More hits followed, and soon the Burritos were now a certified country hit act, touring the planet with Emmylou Harris, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more.

Beland stuck with the band for nearly 2 decades, recording some of the most commercially successful albums of their career. Never copying, nor choosing to follow in the footsteps of the band\'s legendary founder, the late Gram Parsons, but riding on the power of all new original material, still reflecting the true spirit of the west coast country rock sound, a sound that Beland helped play a part in it\'s creation many years prior.

This CD reflects Beland\'s production, vocal, songwriting and guitar playing work with the band in the 90\'s, focusing primarily on the bands final three albums, and their most critically acclaimed in years.
Guests include Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Buck Owens, Sonny Landreth and a few more friends who stopped by to pick & grin with the Burritos.

It\'s a great testament to John\'s creative input that gave this band new life, new integrity and an international popularity which still remains to this day.
Included in this great package of FBB tunes is a brand new bonus track,recently recorded in Texas by Beland titled, \"TENDER HEART.\" From the very first power guitar chord off his famous Telecaster BBender, you can tell that John Beland hasn\'t lost the creative spirit and the commercial talent he brought to the FBB more than two decades earlier.
The legend continues...
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Tracks
1. Area 51
2. World Without You
3. Down At The Palomino
4. Back To Bayou Teche
5. Rosetta Knows
6. Buckaroo
7. Sons Of The Golden West
8. San Fernando Road
9. Pioneer Zephyr Train
10. (Calling Me Back To) The Wild Wild West
11. Pull This
12. Anyone Else But You
13. Up On Sycamore
14. Locked Away
15. Tender Heart

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Jock Bartley - Blindside (2006)

Jock Bartley - Blindside (2006)
Known as the fiery and melodic lead guitarist of Firefall, this is Jock's first-ever solo CD, featuring thirteen songs of passion and clarity. Jock is joined by Richie Furay (of Poco and Buffalo Springfield), Rusty Young (Poco), John McEuen & Jimmie Fadden (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), Mark Andes (Heart, Firefall, Spirit), John Magne (the Subdudes), and members of both Big Head Todd & The Monsters as well as The String Cheese Incident.
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Tracks
1. Blindside
2. It's So Hard
3. Veronica So Fair
4. You Need Love
5. Call On Me
6. Goodhearted Man
7. I Used To Say
8. Baby I Will
9. Economy
10. Insatiable
11. Dysfunctional Bop
12. Pretty Please
13. Just Let Go

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Hill Country Rain (1992)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Hill Country Rain (1992)
After Too Old to Change, Jerry Jeff Walker went into a creative slide — albums like Cowjazz and Reunion were embarrassing for an artist of his stature — that existed until he signed with Rykodisc, and even then on Gypsy Songman, and this set has Walker playing some of his older tunes redone with modern production. But on both records, particularly here, Walker is clearly in the midst of a creative renaissance. Hill Country Rain kicks off with a stunning freewheeling anthem in "Rock & Roll My Baby" in which he restates his claim to the outlaw throne. Walker's obsession with fusing his brand of country with his adopted home in the Caribbean drenches "So Bad Last Night," but it works better than anything Jimmy Buffet has written in the same vein for over two decades. The plaintive cover of Steven Fromholz's "Singin' the Dinosaur Blues" blows away the original and could have been written by Walker himself. In any case, Fromholz should never play it again after this. The place of pan pipes feels a bit strange but adds immeasurably. But it's Walker's own songs that ring the truest. Accompanied by the Lost Gonzo Compadres — Gary P. Nunn is missing, but Lloyd Maines is present — plainly put, Walker writes his ass off here, from "Time to Stay Home," with its moving account of wisdom gained from a lifetime of being a gypsy songman, to the moving and tender "Last Night I Fell in Love Again" and on into "To the Artist." Walker's decades of war stories have evolved into a bittersweet wisdom. Even the recordings of "Curly and Lil" and the title track are fresh and new, wringing new truths from the old words. This is a record about songs, not about Walker's myth; here is a place where art and the truth converge, and listeners are lucky to encounter them both in his work once again.
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Tracks
1. Rock & Roll My Baby
2. So Bad Last Night
3. Singin' The Dinosaur Blues
4. Time To Stay Home
5. Last Night I Fell In Love Again
6. The Man He Used To Be
7. Curly And Lil
8. The Dutchman
9. To The Artist
10. Hill Country Rain

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Contrary To Ordinary (1978)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Contrary To Ordinary (1978)
1978's Contrary to Ordinary was the beginning of a shift in Jerry Jeff Walker's music that would forever take him away from the simple songwriting and production style that had created such a magical run of albums from 1970-1977. It would also be his last album for MCA. Does that mean this isn't a fine recording? Hardly. In fact, it might be the last of his consistent records, but it brings huge production into his material as well as his deep love of the Caribbean, as evidenced by the opener, "Tryin' to Hold the Wind up With a Sail," with its faux-calypso rhythms and synthed steel-drum sounds. "Saturday Night Special" has Walker working with a fretless bass player and covering the Lee Clayton tune with a full horn section and funky backbeat. But it works like a mother; the Jerry Lee Lewis-meets-Albert Ammons boogie-woogie of "Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin" doesn't. But there is a true classic here — Walker's reading of Rodney Crowell's "Til I Gain Control Again" closes side one, and it's one of the finest versions of the song ever cut. Walker is totally believable as a character who is just barely hanging on to life by a thread because of his brokenness and being ravaged by love. The title cut is a Walker anthem and here it comes off purely and without artifice. Ultimately, this is a fine album, but it feels unsure of itself and very self-conscious. The songs don't feel linked thematically as they did on previous records. But it holds up well over time, unlike a lot of other albums from the period.
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1. Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail
2. Saturday Night Special
3. Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin
4. What Are We Doing
5. Till I Gain Control Again
6. Contrary To Ordinary
7. We Were Kinda Crazy Then
8. Deeper Than Love
9. I Spent All My Money Lovin' You
10. Carry Me Away

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

VA - Blind Boy Fuller, Vol. 2 (2006)

VA - Blind Boy Fuller, Vol. 2 (2006)
Blind Boy Fuller Biography
Born Fulton Allen, 1908, in Wadesboro, North Carolina, died February 13, 1941, in Durham, North Carolina; son of Calvin Allen and Jane Walker; married Cora Mae Martin, 1926.

One of the most popular exponents of the Piedmont blues style, guitarist and singer Blind Boy Fuller recorded, between 1935 and 1940, 135 sides that found their way into the repertoires of a great number of bluesmen of the pre-World War II era. An understudy of guitarist Blind Gary Davis, Fuller created a personal style which brought an individual stamp to the large body of his work. Fuller's musical repertoire included ragtime-influenced "hokum" songs (double entendre numbers) and down home blues, several of which he displayed an exceptional talent on slide guitar. Though much of his material was culled from traditional folk and blues numbers, Fuller possessed a formidable finger-picking guitar style - one that influenced musicians such as Brownie McGhee who, during the first years of his career, performed under the name of Blind Boy Fuller No. 2.

Blind Boy Fuller was born Fulton Allen in 1908 in the small country market town of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Despite his later musical sobriquet, Fuller was born sighted, and attended school in Wadesboro until the fourth grade. After his mother's death, his father, Calvin Allen, moved the family to Rockingham, North Carolina, where Fulton eventually learned to play the guitar.

In 1926 Allen married fourteen year-old Cora Mae Martin and moved to Rockingham, North Carolina. The following year, he began to lose his eyesight. As blues scholar Bruce Bastin explained in Red River Blues, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness." In search of work, Allen took his young wife to live in Winston Salem, where for short time he found employment in a coal yard. Not long after, Allen became blind and, without means of employment, turned to music as a permanent vocation. Studying the records of country bluesmen like Blind Blake, Allen became a formidable musician in the use of finger picks and the playing of slide guitar.

In 1928 Allen briefly played the tobacco warehouses in Winston- Salem and Danville, Virginia, and then moved to Durham. In Looking up at Down, William Barlow, described how "Fuller soon became a familiar figure, playing along [Durham's] Pettigrew Street and around the nearby tobacco warehouses." Through a permit requested on behalf the Welfare Department, Allen played the "Black Bottom" section of Durham, and not long after, developed a small local following. Allen gathered around him musicians such as guitar and washboard player George Washington, and a blind South Carolina-born guitarist, Gary Davis (Reverend "Blind" Gary Davis). A brilliant finger-style guitarist, Davis served as Allen's guitar instructor. Allen's musical circle also included a young blind harmonica player, Sonny Terry, who would eventually make his recording debut with Allen.

In 1935 Allen came to the notice of young white record store manager and talent scout, James Baxter Long. While managing Durham's United Dollar Store, Long encountered Allen, and brought him to the attention of the American Recording Company. In July 1935, Long took Allen, Gary Davis, and George Washington to New York City where the musicians cut sides for the ARC label group-- sessions featuring solo pieces like "I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy" and numbers such as the traditional "Rag, Mama, Rag," on which Allen is accompanied by guitarist Gary Davis and Washington on washboard. To promote the material, as Bruce Bastin explained in the liner notes to Blind Boy Fuller: East Coast Piedmont Style, "Long decided that the name Fulton Allen would not sell 78s, and as Fulton would always be elided in speech, Blind Boy was coined. Washington, a light-skinned near albino, was the ubiquitous 'Red' from Bull City, so became Bull City Red."

In April 1936, Long organized another New York session for Fuller - now known as Blind Boy Fuller--during which the guitarist recorded ten solo performances. Fuller's February 1937 session included the accompaniment of Bull City Red and guitarist Floyd Council. In July 1937, Fuller, after auditioning for talent scout Mayo "Ink" Williams, recorded for the Decca label (he had never signed a contract with J.B. Long). Following the session with Decca, Fuller agreed to sign a contract with Long that placed him under his permanent management. During December 1937, Fuller performed in the studio with harmonica stylist Sonny Terry, cutting such sides as "Bye Bye Baby Blues."

In 1938 Fuller was incarcerated for shooting a pistol at his wife. In Looking up at Down, William Barlow described Fuller as "a diminutive man with an attractive face and pleasant smile, but [he] also had a fiery temper. He was a smart dresser, and he usually carried a thirty-eight pistol, which on one occasion he threatened to use on his agent J.B. Long. On another he did use it to shoot his wife, wounding her in the leg." Because of his connections with Long, and the unwillingness of his wife to testify against him despite her leg wound, Fuller was released from jail.

Fuller recorded with Sonny Terry in April 1938 and, in October of the same year, attended another session in Columbia, South Carolina--a date that produced the autobiographical number "Big House Bound," dedicated to his time spent in Durham's jailhouse. At a 1939 session held in Memphis, Fuller--accompanied by Washington and Sonny Terry--yielded such numbers as "You've Got Something There" with a unknown guitarist (possibly Sonny Jones). He also recorded with Terry and Washington (now billed as Oh Red) on the suggestive number "I Want Some of Your Pie." In the liner notes to the album Story of the Blues, English blues historian Paul Oliver observed that the "I Want a Piece of Your Pie" exhibits "a rag flavor and the ambiguities that are often found in Fuller's blues."

Fuller's last two recording sessions took place in New York City during 1940. One of these sessions produced the hit, "Step it and Go," modeled after "Bottle up and Go," a number popularized by Mississippi singer and guitarist Tommy McClennan. Though he emerged the last of the pre-World War II top-selling bluesmen, Fuller saw little monetary reward for his music. Suffering from a kidney aliment brought on by excessive drinking, he received intermittent hospital treatment and care at home from a family doctor. Eventually, Fuller refused admission to the hospital and remained under the supervision of his wife, Cora Mae. He died in Durham, North Carolina, on February 13, 1941. That same year, Brownie McGhee, in honor of his former mentor, recorded "The Death of Blind Boy Fuller" for the Okeh label.

Fuller was often criticized by blues critics and historians as a derivative musician--as opposed to a composer of one's unique own material. Fuller's ability to fuse together elements of other traditional and contemporary songs and reformulate them into his own performances, attracted a broad audience who were drawn to his facile guitar work and able voice. In a music rooted in a long history of borrowing and redefining melodies, themes and lyric lines, Fuller represented, in his performances, a sense of identity enabling him to become, as John Cowley noted in The Blackwell Guide, "one of the most successful street singer-guitarists on gramophone records during the New Deal period.

Blind Boy Fuller's Career
Worked as a laborer in a coal yard; by 1928 performed as a street musician and learned guitar from Gary Davis; 1935 recorded for the American Recording Company; first recorded with Sonny Terry in 1937; in July 1937 recorded sides for Decca label; throughout late 1930s performed in the North Carolina cities of Raleigh, Greensboro, and Chapel Hill, and Memphis, Tennessee; October 1938 attended recording session in Columbia, South Carolina; recorded in Memphis 1939; last sessions for ARC took place in New York City 1940.

On August 25, 2001, in the Hayti district of Durham, North Carolina, a historical marker was set up on the corner of Fayetteville and Simmons Streets, outside a branch of the Durham Public Library, where the American Tobacco Trail wends its way for those interested. The marker's heading, 'Bull City Blues', paid tribute to a group of long-dead musicians, led by Blind Boy Fuller and Blind Gary Davis, who more than 60 years previously would play for factory workers gathered around a barbecue stand set up across the street. Back in the summer of 1939, J.B. Long drove Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry and George (Oh Red) Washington to Memphis for a July 12 recording session. Fuller went first, cutting twelve titles, three solo, five with Terry's harmonica, five with Oh Red's washboard (only 'I Want Some Of Your Pie' had both Terry and Red present). Two, 'You've Got Something There' and 'Red's Got The Piccolo Blues', featured a second guitar probably played by Sonny Jones, who cut three titles of his own at the end of the session. There was a recording trip to New York in the middle of June 1940 for the Fuller/ Terry/Washington trio. Although the latter didn't have a session to himself, four of the twelve masters allocated to Blind Boy Fuller were in fact released as by Brother George And His Sanctified Singers.

Bull City Blues
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101. Blind Boy Fuller - I Don't Care How Long
102. Blind Boy Fuller - You've Got Something There
103. Blind Boy Fuller - Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [Take 1]
104. Blind Boy Fuller - Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [Take 2]
105. Blind Boy Fuller - It Doesn't Matter Baby
106. Blind Boy Fuller - Black Bottom Blues
107. Blind Boy Fuller - I Crave My Pigmeat
108. Blind Boy Fuller - Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay
109. Blind Boy Fuller - I'm A Stranger Here
110. Blind Boy Fuller - Red's Got The Piccolo Blues
111. Blind Boy Fuller - I Want Some Of Your Pie
112. Blind Boy Fuller - Jivin' Big Bill Blues
113. Blind Boy Fuller - Woman You Better Wake Up
114. Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up And Go
115. Blind Boy Fuller - Worn Out Engine Blues
116. Blind Boy Fuller - Blue And Worried Man
117. Blind Boy Fuller - Passenger Train Woman
118. Blind Boy Fuller - Shake It Baby
119. Blind Boy Fuller - Somebody's Been Talkin'
120. Blind Boy Fuller - Three Ball Blues
121. Blind Boy Fuller - Little Woman You're So Sweet
122. Blind Boy Fuller - Good Feeling Blues
123. Blind Boy Fuller - You Can't Hide From The Lord
124. Blind Boy Fuller - Twelve Gates To The City
125. Blind Boy Fuller - Crooked Woman Blues
201. Blind Boy Fuller - I Don't Want No Skinny Woman
202. Blind Boy Fuller - Bus Rider Blues
203. Blind Boy Fuller - You Got To Have Your Dollar
204. Blind Boy Fuller - Lost Lover Blues
205. Blind Boy Fuller - Thosand Woman Blues
206. Blind Boy Fuller - Bye Bye Baby
207. Blind Boy Fuller - When You Are Gone
208. Blind Boy Fuller - No Stranger Now
209. Blind Boy Fuller - Must Have Been My Jesus
210. Blind Boy Fuller - Jesus Is A Holy Man
211. Blind Boy Fuller - Precious Lord
212. Blind Boy Fuller - Night Rambling Woman
213. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Now I'm Talking About You
214. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - I Saw The Light
215. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Richmond Blues
216. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - I Won't Be Dogged Around
217. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Pick And Shovel Blues
218. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Black Woman And Poison Blues
219. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Mississippi River
220. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Have You Decided (Which Way To Go)
221. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - I See The Sign Of Judgement
222. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Everybody Wants To Know How I Die
223. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - I Feel Like Shoutin'
224. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Jesus Touched Me
225. Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red - Talkin' With Jesus
301. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Ford V-8
302. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Watch The Fords Go By
303. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Mary Had A Little Lamb
304. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - She's Totin' Something Good
305. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - What A Pity
306. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - I Believe Somebody's Been Ridin' My Mule
307. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Don't Use That Stuff
308. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Buy It From A Poultry Man
309. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Don't Credit My Stuff
310. Blind Boy Fuller, Cedar Creek Sheik - Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
311. Blind Boy Fuller, Roosevelt Antrim - No Use Of Worryin'
312. Blind Boy Fuller, Roosevelt Antrim - Complaint To Make
313. Blind Boy Fuller, Roosevelt Antrim - I Guess You're Satisfied
314. Blind Boy Fuller, Roosevelt Antrim - Station Boy Blues
315. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Dago Blues
316. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Red River Blues
317. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Who's That Knockin' At My Door
318. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Somebody Stole My Jane
319. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Travelin' Man
320. Blind Boy Fuller, Virgil Childers - Preacher And The Bear
321. Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Jones - Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind
322. Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Jones - I'm Pretty Good At It
323. Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Jones - Love Me With A Feeling
324. Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Jones - Dough Roller
401. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - Runaway Man Blues
402. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - I'm Grievin' And I'm Worryin'
403. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - Don't Want No Hungry Woman
404. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - Working Man Blues
405. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime
406. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council - Lookin' For My Baby
407. Blind Boy Fuller, Welly Trice - Come On In Here Mama
408. Blind Boy Fuller, Welly Trice - Let Her Go God Bless Her
409. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Come On Baby
410. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Trembling Bed Springs
411. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Shake Your Stuff
412. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Lazy Bug Blues
413. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Bed Spring Blues
414. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Pack It Up And Go
415. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Blood Red River Blues
416. Blind Boy Fuller, Little Boy Fuller - Down-Hearted Man
417. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - Sweet Man Blues
418. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - Three Women Blues
419. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - Terraplane Blues
420. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
421. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - Love My Baby
422. Blind Boy Fuller, Frank Edwards - Gotta Get Together
423. Blind Boy Fuller, Dennis McMillon - Woke Up One Morning
424. Blind Boy Fuller, Dennis McMillon - Poor Little Angel Girl
425. Blind Boy Fuller, Dennis McMillon - Paper Wooden Daddy
426. Blind Boy Fuller, Dennis McMillon - Goin' Back Home

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Nils Lofgren - Favorites 1990-2005 (2005)

Nils Lofgren - Favorites 1990-2005 (2005)
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Tracks
1. New Kind Of Freedom
2. Valentine
3. Tears On Ice
4. A Child Could Tell
5. Gun & Run (Live)
6. Little Bit O' Time
7. Bein' Angry
8. Slippery Fingers (Live)
9. Misery (Demo)
10. Trouble's Back
11. Walkin' Nerve
12. Shot At You
13. Open Road
14. You
15. Girl In Motion
16. Black Books (Live)

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The Flying Burrito Brothers - Relix Records Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers (1995)

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Relix Records Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers (1995)
Compilation of tracks taken from Flying Burritos Brothers Relix albums. Musicians involved include: Skip Battin (guitars, bass, piano, vocals) Gib Guilbeau (guitars, fiddle, vocals) Joel Scott Hill (guitars, vocals) Sneeky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar) Gene Parsons (drums, guitars, banjo, harmonica, vocals)
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Tracks
1. Big Bayou
2. Wheels
3. Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise)
4. White Line Fever
5. Mr. Spaceman
6. Faded Love
7. Hot Burrito #2
8. Citizen Kane
9. Truck Drivin' Man
10. Sin City
11. Rocky Top
12. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
13. Close Up The Honky Tonks

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Canned Heat - The Boogie House Tapes Vol. 2 1969-1999 (2004)

Canned Heat - The Boogie House Tapes Vol. 2 1969-1999 (2004)
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Tracks
101. Struttin' That Stuff
102. Go To Utah
103. Hell's On Down The Road
104. You Tease Me
105. Something's Gotta Go
106. Please Don't Brother Me
107. Get Off My Back
108. Saturday Blues
109. Blind Melon
110. Sloppy Drunk
111. Death Bad Blues
112. Sneakin' Around
113. Get On My Airplane
114. Wolfman's Blues
115. Seven Up. Boogie (Commercial)
116. Seven Up. Blues (Commercial)
117. Schlitz Beer (Commercial)
118. Levi's (Commercial)
119. Music City (Commercial)
120. Smokey The Bear (Commercial)
121. Living The Blues (Spot)
122. Boogie With Canned Heat (Spot)
123. Hallellujah (Spot)
201. Red Headed Woman
202. 24 Hours
203. Turpentine Moan
204. Kid Man Blues
205. Oh Baby
206. JJ Jump
207. Sunnyland
208. Built For Comfort
209. Looking For A Party
210. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
211. Worried Life Blues
212. Nitwit
213. Gamblin' Woman
214. Manbo Tango
215. Quiet Woman
216. Creole Queen
217. A Little Time With Me

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Jerry Jeff Walker - Live At Gruene Hall (1989)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Live At Gruene Hall (1989)
Live from Gruene Hall is an excellent return to form from Jerry Jeff Walker. Running through a selection of new songs, Walker is accompanied by a tight version of the Lost Gonzo Band, who help turn these performances into little gems. The hit singles "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight," "The Pickup Song" and "Trashy Women" only are the tip of the iceberg. It's may be a live album, but Live from Gruene Hall is arguably one of the best records Walker ever made. Of special note is a brief vocal cameo by Willie Nelson.
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Tracks
1. Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile
2. Pickup Truck Song
3. Long, Long Time
4. I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
5. Man With The Big Hat
6. Quiet Faith Of Man
7. Little Bird
8. Woman In Texas
9. Rodeo Wind
10. Trashy Women

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Gypsy Songman (1987)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Gypsy Songman (1987)
While these are mostly older songs of Jerry Jeff's, they are all new recordings. As Walker explains in the liner notes, sometime around 1985 he decided to bring his music up to date, and he put together a series of (mostly) acoustic sessions where he mixed old songs and new. There difference here is the benefit of state-of-the-art sonics which result in a crystal clear view of Walker's low key folkie side.
In hindsight, the album seems like a classic Unplugged session just slightly ahead its time. Highpoints include a version of "Mr. Bojangles" in which Walker, miraculously, does not sound even a bit jaded (plus there's a jaw-dropping electric guitar solo by longtime band mate John Inmon) and a fun take on the considerably less iconic "I Got Lucky Last Night". Contributing artists: Bob Livingstone, Bobby Rambo, Charles Cochran, Jim Rooney, John Inmon, Lloyd Green, Mark Howard, Stuart Duncan
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Tracks
1. Gypsy Songman
2. Pass It On
3. Got Lucky Last Night
4. Railroad Lady
5. Jaded Lover
6. Long Afternoons
7. Night Rider's Lament
8. Cadillac Cowboy
9. Charlie Dunn
10. Driftin' Way Of Life
11. David & Me
12. Mr. Bojangles
13. Layin' My Life On The Line
14. Hands On The Wheel
15. Borderline
16. My Old Man
17. Then Came The Children
18. Django's Lullaby
19. She Knows Her Daddy Sings
20. Hill Country Rain

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The Flying Burrito Brothers - Live From Europe (1986)

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Live From Europe (1986)
Live from Europe is a live album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1986. It contains songs recorded live for a Dutch radio broadcast and features the same lineup as Cabin Fever. Skip Battin would leave the band at the end of 1986 and be replaced with David Vaught for some shows in 1987 before the band would go on an extended hiatus.
After the conclusion of touring commitments in 1987, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow and Gib Guilbeau reunited and recorded some songs for a new Flying Burrito Brothers album with Ray Tabia and Guilbeau's son Ronnie. These recordings remain unreleased. Nothing was heard from the Burritos in 1988, however Kleinow and Guilbeau reunited with John Beland and former colleagues Thad Maxwell and Jim Goodall for a few Burritos shows in Las Vegas and southern California.
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Tracks
1. Streets Of Baltimore
2. Cash On The Barrelhead
3. Mystery Train
4. Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise)
5. Take A City Bride
6. Come A Little Closer
7. Blue Eyes
8. Citizen Kane
9. Don't Go Down The Drain
10. Help Is On The Way

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Too Old To Change (1979)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Too Old To Change (1979)
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Tracks
1. Too Old To Change
2. I Ain't Living Long Like This
3. I'll Be Your San Antone Rose
4. Old Nashville Cowboy
5. Hands On The Wheel
6. Cross The Borderline
7. Mountains Of Mexico
8. Then Came The Children
9. Northeast Texas Women
10. Me And Bobby McGee

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Jerry Jeff (1978)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Jerry Jeff (1978)
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Tracks
1. Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues
2. Lone Wolf
3. Bad News
4. Boogie Mama
5. I'm Not Strange
6. Comfort And Crazy
7. Her Good Lovin' Grace
8. Follow
9. Banks Of The Old Bandera

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Ricky Nelson - Intakes (1977)

Ricky Nelson - Intakes (1977)
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Tracks
1. You Can't Dance
2. One X One
3. I Wanna Move With You
4. It's Another Day
5. Wings
6. Five Minutes More
7. Change Your Mind
8. Something You Can't Buy
9. Gimme A Little Sign
10. Stay Young

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VA - A Tribute To Nicolette Larson [Lotta Love Concert - 1998] (2006)

VA - A Tribute To Nicolette Larson [Lotta Love Concert - 1998] (2006)
Released eight years after the actual event, Rhino's A Tribute to Nicolette Larson: Lotta Love Concert compiles highlights from two concerts at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in February 1998. Larson passed away in December 1997, and a group of her friends and colleagues in the California soft rock and singer/songwriter scene gathered together to pay tribute. So, the concert featured such heavyweights as Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett, Carole King, Dan Fogelberg, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Little Feat, and, of course, Crosby, Stills & Nash. Many of these artists, but not all, had Larson sing on their records and the songs here do not necessarily reflect songs that featured Nicolette on backing vocals. Instead, this is an all-star concert where the stars sing their all-star songs: Walsh does "Rocky Mountain Way," Browne does "Running on Empty," Ronstadt does "Blue Bayou," CSN do "Southern Cross," and Buffett does "Margaritaville." In other words, no real surprises, other than that the performances are infused with a genuine sense of warmth and love that's rare on superstar concerts like these. Perhaps that's because these two concerts functioned as a public wake for a singer who was an integral part of the Californian scene in the '70s, and her friends are celebrating her life and music while re-creating that '70s spirit for a brief time. Whatever the case, there's a real feeling of love and affection on this tribute, which makes it not only a fitting tribute, but a record worth hearing for anybody who's had deep and lasting fondness for the sound of Southern California in the '70s.
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Tracks
1. Ensemble - Lotta Love
2. Dan Fogelberg - Part Of The Plan
3. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
4. Little Feat & Bonnie Raitt - Cold Cold Cold
5. Bonnie Raitt - Love Has No Pride
6. Michael Ruff - Wonderful Life
7. Carole King - Up On The Roof
8. Jackson Browne - For A Dancer
9. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
10. Emmylou Harris - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
11. Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou
12. Crosby Stills & Nash - In My Life
13. Crosby Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
14. Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
15. Ensemble - You've Got A Friend

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Lee Clayton - Another Night (1989)

Lee Clayton - Another Night (1989)
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Tracks
1. I Ride Alone
2. Draggin' Them Chains
3. A Little Cocaine
4. Like A Diamond
5. Tequilla Is Addictive
6. Money
7. Industry
8. The Dream Goes On

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Jerry Jeff Walker - A Man Must Carry On (1977)

Jerry Jeff Walker - A Man Must Carry On Volume 1 (1977)Jerry Jeff Walker - A Man Must Carry On Volume 2 (1977)
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Tracks
101. Stereo Chickens
102. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?
103. Roll On Down The Road
104. Song For The Life
105. Leavin' Texas
106. Honky Tonk Music
107. Railroad Lady
108. Ro-Deo-Deo Cowboy
109. Derby Day
110. Long Afternoons
201. His Heart Was So Full Of Mischief
202. The Stranger (He Was The Kind)
203. Rockin' Chair
204. It Shall Be A Midnight Music
205. Luckenbach Moon
206. Like Some Song You Can't Unlearn
207. My Buddy
208. The Stranger (He Was The Kind) (Reprise)
209. Mr. Bojangles
210. L.A. Freeway
211. Sea Cruise Medley: Sea Cruise/ Johnny B. Goode/ Peggy Sue/ Sea Cruise
212. One Too Many Mornings
213. Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother
214. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

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David Paton - Fellow Man (2007)

David Paton - Fellow Man (2007)
David Paton (born 29 October 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist.
In the eighties, David was well-known for his work with Elton John in studio albums and touring around the world. Other credits include bass and backing vocals for several records by Fish, and, in the late 1990s, numerous albums by Rick Wakeman.
Paton was a member of an early version of the Bay City Rollers.
In 1984, he was a member of Keats.
Paton also appeared solo in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia, between August and September 2007, as a performer and musical director. He sang on Pilot's two big hits: "January" and "Magic".
His hobbies include deep sea fishing, and meditation.
www.davidpatonsongs.com
128kbps
Tracks
1. Fellow Man [Instrumental]
2. I Want
3. I've Been Here Before
4. You And I
5. You
6. Give Me A Sign
7. Fellow Man
8. Crazy (Tell It Like It Is)
9. Heaven
10. I'm Gonna Make You Happy
11. Across the Oceans

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The Cleanliness And Godliness Skiffle Bands Greatest Hits (1968)

The Cleanliness And Godliness Skiffle Bands Greatest Hits (1968)
192kbps
Tracks
1. Goofus
2. Where Do We Go From Here
3. Dr. Jazz
4. Chinese New Year Waltz
5. Lotus Blossom
6. Altitudinous Youthful Deviant Number
7. Who Will Buy The Wine
8. Love's A Game
9. Carol's Song
10. Stop My Heart With Joy
11. Let Me Loose
12. Tonight You Belong To Me

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Bein' Free (1970)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Bein' Free (1970)
256kbps
Tracks
1. I'm Gonna Tell On You
2. Stoney
3. Where Is The D.A.R. When You Really Need Them
4. A Secret
5. Nobody's
6. Some Go Home
7. But For The Time
8. Vince Triple-O Martin
9. Harmonica Talk
10. Please Let Me Be
11. More Often Than Not

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Steve Young - Look Homeward Angel (1986)

Steve Young - Songlines Revisited, Vol. 1 (2006)
256kbps
Tracks
1. Lonely Boy
2. Riding Down The Highway
3. If My Eyes Were Blind
4. A True Hard Rollin' Stone
5. Tell Me The Truth
6. Rockin' Chair Money
7. Love Will Find Another Way
8. Once I Had A Sweetheart
9. Look Homeward Angel

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Steve Young - Songlines Revisited, Vol. 1 (2006)

Steve Young - Songlines Revisited, Vol. 1 (2006)
128kbps
Tracks
1. The White Trash Song
2. Long Way To Hollywood
3. Montgomery In The Rain
4. Ragtime Blue Guitar
5. Rocksalt & Nails
6. Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
7. Alabama Highway
8. Lonesome, On'ry & Mean
9. Seven Bridges Road
10. My Oklahoma

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Boxcar (2007)

Boxcar (2007)
128kbps
Tracks
Boxcar - Whiskey And Caffeine

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Nils Lofgren - Damaged Goods (1995)

Nils Lofgren - Damaged Goods (1995)
128kbps
Tracks
1. Damaged Goods
2. Only Five Minutes
3. Alone
4. Trip To Mars
5. Here For You
6. Black Books
7. Setting Sun
8. Life
9. Heavy Hats
10. In The Room
11. Nothin's Fallin'
12. Don't Be Late For Yesterday

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Sunshine Skiffle Band - Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It! (1992)

Sunshine Skiffle Band - Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It! (1992)
One of a bare few bands of the '90s creating skiffle or jug band music, Sunshine Skiffle Band formed in Washington around a group of old-timey and classic jazz enthusiasts including Gil Carter (rhumba box), Henry Stinson (harmonica/kazoo), Don Rouse (clarinet), Tom Layton (washboard), Dan Cassidy (fiddle), and Wes Butts (gutbucket). The group played around the region during the 1980s and early '90s, making their only widely released record (Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It!) for Rounder in 1992.
128kbps
Tracks
1. It's Tight Like That
2. Careless Love
3. Hello Lola
4. Sweet Sue
5. Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
6. Breeze
7. Boodle Am Shake
8. My Blue Heaven
9. Walkin' With The King
10. Orange Blossom Special
11. Diggin' My Potatoes
12. Jambalaya
13. Jug Band Stomp

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Quiver - Gone In The Morning (1972)

Quiver - Gone In The Morning (1972)
320kbps
Tracks
1. Dorset
2. I Know You So Well
3. Green Tree
4. Love/ No Boundaries
5. I Might Stumble
6. Gone In The Morning
7. Fung-Kee Laundry
8. She's A Lady
9. Don't Let Go

Full Album Repost

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The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Trouble Train (2009) Single

The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Trouble Train (2009) Single
128kbps
Tracks
Trouble Train

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Nicolette Larson - Radioland (1980)

Nicolette Larson - Radioland (1980)
256kbps
Tracks
1. Radioland
2. Ooo-Eee
3. How Can We Go On
4. When You Come Around
5. Tears, Tears, And More Tears
6. Straight From The Heart
7. Been Gone Too Long
8. Fool For Love
9. Long Distance Love

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Monday, August 17, 2009

RPM - RPM (2001)

RPM - RPM (2001)
128kbps
Tracks
1. No Mel Olvides
2. 112
3. Give Me What I Want
4. Sabor A Mi
5. Use Me
6. Reasons Why
7. Drowning Myself
8. It's L.A.

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Jamie Hartford - Part Of Your History [The Songs Of John Hartford] (2005)

Jamie Hartford - Part Of Your History [The Songs Of John Hartford] (2005)
128kbps
Tracks
1. Back In The Goodle Days
2. Holdin'
3. Natural To Be Gone
4. Today
5. Presbyterian Guitar
6. First Girl I Ever Loved
7. In Tall Buildings
8. Part Of Your History
9. Don't Put Him Down For It Now
10. Wish We Had Our Time Again
11. Old Time River Man
12. Gentle On My Mind

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VA - A Tribute To John Hartford [Live From Mountain Stage] (2001)

VA - A Tribute To John Hartford [Live From Mountain Stage] (2001)
Recorded live in Nashville, Tennessee on September 24, 2000
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Tracks
1. Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien - Gentle On My Mind
2. Riders In The Sky - Billy The Kid
3. Norman Blake - Savannah Rag
4. John Cowan - Dark As A Dungeon
5. The Jamie Hartford Band - Who Cut Your Heart Out?
6. Gillian Welch - In Tall Buildings
7. Tim O'Brien - More Love
8. Bela Fleck - On The Road
9. John Hartford - In The Heart Of The Cross Eyed Child
10. John Hartford - Me And My Fiddle
11. John Hartford - The Boys From North Carolina
12. John Hartford - Watching The River Go By
13. John Hartford - Give Me The Flowers While I'm Living

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

John Hartford - Steam Powered Aereo-Takes (2002)

John Hartford - Steam Powered Aereo-Takes (2002)
Steam Powered Aereo-Takes is a collection of outtakes, demos and jam-sessions from John Hartford's groundbreaking 1971 album Aereo-Plain, released in 2002. The music is a blend of traditional bluegrass musicianship, and the hippie spirit of the 70's. The other members of the Aereo-Plain Band were Norman Blake, Vassar Clements, Tut Taylor, and Randy Scruggs
160kbps
Tracks
1. Where The Old Red River Flows
2. Ruff And Ready
3. Blame It On Joann
4. The Vamp From Back In The Goodle Days
5. Emanuel Cant
6. Bad Music (Is Better Than No Music At All)
7. Dig A Hole
8. Presbyterian Guitar
9. Strange Old Man
10. Lady Jane
11. Oasis
12. Because Of You
13. Morning Bugle
14. John Henry
15. Doin' My Time
16. Keep On Truckin'
17. Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off The Game, Babe
18. Howard Hughes Blues

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John Hartford - Hamilton Ironworks (2001)

John Hartford - Hamilton Ironworks (2001)
Hamilton Ironworks is last studio recording by John Hartford.
Recorded August 2000
Released September 11, 2001
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Tracks
1. Intro
2. Knockin' At Your Door
3. Politie
4. Woodchopper's Breakdown
5. Hamilton Ironworks
6. Jawbone
7. Wooliver's Money Musk
8. Ragtime Dream
9. Quail Is A Pretty Bird
10. Emminence Breakdown
11. Ragged Bill
12. Hi Dad In The Morning
13. Black River
14. Green Corn
15. Devil's Hornpipe
16. Wolves A Howlin
17. Fiddler's Hornpipe
18. White River
19. Greenback Dollar
20. Comin' Down From Denver On A Trip To Galway Here And There
21. Chicken Oh Chicken
22. Goforth's Dusty Miller
23. Turkey Buzzard

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John Hartford - Gum Tree Canoe (2001) Expanded Reissue

John Hartford - Gum Tree Canoe (2001) Expanded Reissue
128kbps
Tracks
1. I'm Still Here
2. Way Down The River Road
3. Gum Tree Canoe
4. Your Long Journey
5. Jug Harris
6. Little Piece Of My Heart
7. Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home
8. Lorena
9. Wrong Road Again
10. No Expectations
11. You Asked Me To
12. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

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John Hartford - Live From Mountain Stage (2000)

John Hartford - Live From Mountain Stage (2000)
Recorded March 17, 1994, May 19, 1996
128kbps
Tracks
1. I Wish We Had Our Time Again
2. Lorena
3. More Big Bull Fiddle Fun
4. Fiddle Tune
5. Bring Your Clothes Back Home And Try Me One More Time
6. Gum Tree Canoe
7. Gentle On My Mind
8. Yellow Barber
9. My Tears Don't Show
10. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
11. Where Does An Old Time River Man Go
12. Catletsburg
13. The Annual Waltz

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John Hartford - Good Old Boys (1999)

John Hartford - Good Old Boys (1999)
128kbps
Tracks
1. Good Old Boys
2. On The Radio
3. The Cross-Eyed Child
4. Watching The River Go By
5. The Waltz Of The Mississippi
6. Mike & John In The Wilderness
7. Owl Feather
8. Billy The Kid
9. Dixie Trucker's Home
10. The Waltz Of The Golden Rule
11. Keep On Truckin'

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