Friday
May172013
This week in the Roadhouse: 05/15/13
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:04PM Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)
| Time | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| 6:01 | Bobby Mitchell | I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday | The Rock 'n' Roll Era: The New Orleans Sound | |
| 6:03 | Willie Nix | Baker Shop Boogie | The Complete Sun Singles, Volume 1 (disc 1) | Bear Family Records |
| DJ Comments: 1953 Sun single ; http://www.wirz.de/music/nixfrm.htm | ||||
| 6:06 | Washboard Sam | Bucket's Got a Hole in It | When the Sun Goes Down, Volume 3: That's Chicago's South Side | |
| 6:09 | Muddy Waters | Corrina Corrina | Live Sessions | |
| 6:12 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Shaggy Dad | Mojo Hand: The Anthology | Rhino |
| DJ Comments: Originally released on 1967 self-titled album on Verve-Folkways | ||||
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| 6:16 | Pokey LaFarge | Central Time | Live @ KEXP 2013-05-15 | KEXP |
| DJ Comments: Right here in The Roadhouse! See 'em Fri 5/17 @ Tractor! http://www.pokeylafarge.net/ | ||||
| 6:20 | Pokey LaFarge | What the Rain Will Bring | Live @ KEXP 2013-05-15 | KEXP |
| DJ Comments: All new songs, from their upcoming album on Third Man Records! Video of this song (in the rain): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrD-VujFprY | ||||
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| 6:30 | Pokey LaFarge | Close the Door | Live @ KEXP 2013-05-15 | KEXP |
| DJ Comments: On NPR (including a Tiny Desk Concert): http://www.npr.org/artists/128958878/pokey-lafarge-and-the-south-city-three ; http://www.pokeylafarge.net/ | ||||
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| 6:39 | Pokey LaFarge | Day After Day | Live @ KEXP 2013-05-15 | KEXP |
| DJ Comments: Thanks to Pokey LaFarge for stopping by The Roadhouse! Catch them Fri in Seattle @ Tractor ; Sat in Spokane @ Bing Crosby Theater ; here's video from their 2011 appearance in The Roadhouse: http://blog.kexp.org/2011/08/10/live-video-pokey-lafarge-and-the-south-city-three/ | ||||
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| 6:44 | The Howlin' Brothers | Gone | Howl | Readymade |
| DJ Comments: Thu 6/13 @ Sunset ; formed the band in college in Ithaca, now based in Nashville ; http://thehowlinbrothers.com/ | ||||
| 6:47 | Old Crow Medicine Show | We Don't Grow Tobacco | Carry Me Back | ATO |
| DJ Comments: Sun 6/30 @ Woodland Park Zoo ; http://www.crowmedicine.com ; http://www.zoo.org/zootunes | ||||
| 6:52 | Inkwell Rhythm Makers | Baby It Ain't No Lie | En-Ragophonic | |
| DJ Comments: Former band of Kit Stovepipe, the leader of Crow Quill Night Owls, and CQNO are playing the American Standard Time stage at Folklife on Memorial Day! http://www.peacenotprofit.org/inkwell/ ; http://thecrowquillnightowls.bandcamp.com/ | ||||
| 6:57 | Baby Gramps | I Had An Old Cow and It Slobbered and How. What Did I Do for It | Live: Pickathon 2002 | Mountain Lab |
| DJ Comments: Local legend, still going strong, lots of upcoming shows: Sat 5/18 @ Blue Heron Arts on Vashon, Sun 5/19 @ Cafe Allegro (Seattle), then Folklife 5/25 and 5/26, then the Rendezvous later on the 26th. Wow! http://www.babygramps.com/ | ||||
| 7:00 | The Holy Modal Rounders | Bound to Lose | Holy Modal Rounders, Vols. 1 and 2 | Fantasy |
| DJ Comments: Documentary about the band by the same name: http://www.boundtolose.com/ ; some live footage filmed in Portland OR (upstairs from the original site of this video McMenamins made a Holy Modal Rounders-themed hotel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZQzvYOWRQ | ||||
| 7:04 | Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones | Driving Wheel | Have Moicy! | |
| DJ Comments: Recorded in three days in 1975, with Holy Modal Rounders founder Peter Stampfel, Michael Hurley and Jeff Fredrick ; http://www.rounder.com/2011/03/albums/have-moicy | ||||
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| 7:13 | The Sojourners | Death Don't Have No Mercy | The Sojourners | Black Hen Music |
| DJ Comments: Mon 5/27 @ Folklife, on the American Standard Time stage! http://www.thesojourners.ca ; www.americanstandardtime.com | ||||
| 7:17 | The Slide Brothers | Wade In The Water | Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers | Concord |
| DJ Comments: Mon 5/27 @ Folklife on the American Standard Time stage ; http://www.slidebrothers.com/ ; check them out on Conan last night: http://teamcoco.com/video/the-slide-brothers-featuring-shemekia-copeland-05-14-13 | ||||
| 7:22 | The Chambers Brothers | Wade in the Water | Love, Peace and Happiness | Columbia Records |
| DJ Comments: 1969 Double album, half studio and half live. This song from the second half, Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore East | ||||
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| 7:34 | Gary Clark, Jr. | When My Train Pulls In | Blak and Blu | Warner Bros |
| DJ Comments: Supporting Eric Clapton 7 nights at Royal Albert Hall starting this weekend ; http://www.garyclarkjr.com/ | ||||
| 7:42 | The Black Keys | I Got Mine | Attack & Release | Nonesuch |
| DJ Comments: Check out their 2004 KEXP in-studio: http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=14251 ; http://www.theblackkeys.com/ | ||||
| 7:46 | Jimi Hendrix | Little Wing | ||
| 7:49 | Bob Log III | Wigglin' Room | Log Bomb | Fat Possum Records |
| DJ Comments: Sun 7/7 @ Crocodile ; http://www.boblog111.com/ | ||||
| 7:52 | Daddy Long Legs | Sittin' Shotgun | Evil Eye On You | Norton |
| DJ Comments: "I Feel So Electric" live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1B42IGO3I ; http://www.daddylonglegs.ca | ||||
| 7:55 | The White Stripes | Ball and Biscuit | Elephant | XL Recordings |
| DJ Comments: This song live in 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YUgHAshSo | ||||
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| 8:05 | Son House | Death Letter Blues | Mojo 2010.09: Good Times, Bad Times | Mojo Magazine |
| DJ Comments: Live video of this song from 1967: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9JLJ2Te7io | ||||
| 8:10 | Josh White | Southern Exposure | Protest Songs: House I Live In | |
| DJ Comments: Recorded in 1941; included on that year's album (set of three 78s) "Southern Exposure - An Album Of Jim Crow Blues sung by Joshua White" on Keynote Recordings | ||||
| 8:13 | J.B. Lenoir | Eisenhower Blues | Eisenhower Blues | Chess Records |
| DJ Comments: Recorded in 1954 ; Live video of John Mayall doing "I'm Gonna Fight For You J.B.", one of a couple songs he wrote in tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxJtb-kL64 | ||||
| 8:16 | Big Joe Turner | TV Mama | Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology (disc 2) | Rhino |
| DJ Comments: 1954 single | ||||
| 8:18 | Blind Willie McTell | Statesboro Blues | The Definitive Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935 (disc 1) | Shanachie |
| 8:21 | K.C. Douglas | Hear Me Howling | Hear Me Howling: Blues, Ballads, and Beyond | Arhoolie |
| DJ Comments: Excellent comp; won a Grammy for best album notes: http://www.arhoolie.com/hear-me-howling/hear-me-howling-various-artists.html?sl=EN | ||||
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| 8:24 | Fred Eaglesmith | Cumberland County | Falling Stars and Broken Hearts | A Major Label |
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| 8:31 | Nina Simone | Blues for Mama | Nina Simone Sings the Blues | RCA Victor |
| DJ Comments: The High Priestess of Soul. This song live in 1967 in Berlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcikD_DX15A | ||||
| 8:34 | Joy of Cooking | Midnight Blues | Hear Me Howling! Blues, Ballads | Arhoolie |
| DJ Comments: Previously unreleased version; this was one of the first songs they sang for Strachwitz in 1967 | ||||
| 8:38 | Fairport Convention | Reno, Nevada | Heyday: The BBC Sessions 1968-1969 Extended | Island Remasters |
| 8:41 | Mimi & Richard Fariña | Sell-Out Agitation Waltz | Reflections in a Crystal Wind | Vanguard |
| 8:44 | Bob Dylan | Outlaw Blues | Bringing It All Back Home | Columbia |
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| 8:50 | Spirit Family Reunion | I'll Find A Way | No Separation | self-released |
| DJ Comments: Thu 5/16 KEXP in-studio @ 7:30pm (tomorrow on Swingin' Doors!) http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/ | ||||
| 8:54 | Vetiver | Roll on Babe | A Thing of the Past | FatCat Records |
| DJ Comments: Earlier this month played a show in honor of Robyn Hitchcock's 60th birthday, with the likes of Colin Meloy, The Young Fresh Fellows, and Robyn Hitchcock himself, with the Venus 3 (featuring Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck) ; http://vetiverse.com/ | ||||
| 8:58 | Sam Doores | Little Black Train | Heavenly Highway | |
| DJ Comments: http://www.samdoores.com/ | ||||