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Rocks in Socks

I am sure of it this yEAR…but this portion of the show miGht make your nauGhty nice:

No Such Thing- John Mayer (live MMM Studio)
Give- Widespread Panic (live MMM Studio)
Road a Plenty- Sonny Landreth (live MMM Studio)
Party Tonight-Westside Andy/Glenn Davis (live MMM Studio)
Bejing- Melissa Ferrick (live Studio 2a KXCI)
Busting up a Starbucks-Mike Doughty (live Studio 2a KXCI)
All I Gotta Say-Donna Jean & the Tricksters
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the Best Part- the Madmo
Here we go Again- Ray Charles ft. Norah Jones
You’ve got the Love I need-Al Green ft Anthony Hamilton
Bright Lights- Gary Clark Jr.
Drown in my Own Tears-the Derek Trucks Band ft Gregg Allman
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New Orleans- Herbie Mann
Memphis Underground- Herbie Mann
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop- Lionel Hampton
A Day in the Life- Wes Montgomery
John McLaughlin- Miles Davis
Where’s Sly?- Medeski Martin & Wood
Chapel Perilous- Club d’Elf (live)
Get Up, Get into it, Get Involved- James Brown (live)
Soul Power- James Brown (live)
Word of Soul- Chantells (live)
I Want it all- Leela James
Don’t Destroy the Funk- Phat Phunktion
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Ain’t no Chimney’s in the Projects-Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
Go Santa- the Soul of John Black
Away in the Manger-the Blind Boys of Alabama ft George Clinton

Ho Ho hEAR

Well, once a yEAR is enouGh to Ho Ho hEAr these tunes…But luckily I took a good portion of time to unwrap some different used to sounds for the season…..Thanks to those who know how to make a good Holiday song and put this under your tree and smoke it..I mean….err…open it:

Carol of the Bells- Cantus
Winter Wonderland- Deana Carter
Joy to the World- Jared Mees & the Grown Children
On Holiday- the Hush Now
Yule that’s Cool- Maria Muldaur (live)
Here Comes Santa Claus- the Ramsey Lewis Trio
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Holly Jolly Christmas- Harry Connick Jr.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Billy Ray
Winter Wonderland- Peggy Lee
White Christmas- John Boutté
Santa Claus is Coming to Town/White Christmas-Jimmy McGriff
Merry Christmas Baby- Elvis Presley
Spending Christmas w/ the Blues-Floyd Miles Ft. Gregg Allman
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Double O Santa- Seks Bomba
Egg Nog- Rory McBrides
Santa Claus- the Waistcoats
Silent Night- the Weisstronauts
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Gringo Starr
Hit er Miss Christmas- Mother Mother
it’s Christmas Time- Drunken Prayer

Too Much Too long

It just seems like even with the radio world I float on and in, there are too often too many “too much, too long” moments that are difficult to have the music pull you throuGh. This final show of the proGram this week is one that is meant to help you be taken away from those kinds of things. I hope this helps:

Monkeys Eating Fruit-Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Congo Beat- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Tree Drum and Gano-Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe

We free Again-Groundation ft Don Carlos/Apple Gabriel
Use to Laugh-Groundation ft Pablo Moses/Ijahman Levi
Captive Bird- Prince Alla
Mini Skirt- Kronos Quartet
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Mazinka- 11 Acorn Lane
Exotic on the Speaker- Soulico ft Rye Rye
Queen of Hearts- Soulico ft MC Zulu
Benga Beating- Gipsy.cz
Following Dub- Phenomenal Handclap Band
Lights, Camera, Action- Madwhal3$
It’s on Fire-J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science ft Lateef the Truthspeaker

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The Cat Stole the Moon- Leni Stern
An Saba- Leni Stern
Hora din Mahala- Mahala Rai Band
Lesley Metal- MarchFourth Marching Band


eh la Bas- Corey Harris
Red Shack Zydeco- CJ Chenier
Sun of Tut- Dr. Didg

Inserting a “WooooAhh”

The beGinning of this show, portion of the program really set off with a screaming “Woooooahhhhh”. I am sure the jams were spilling out of the sound sandwich all into your laps….a napkin to wipe this up?:

Black Satin- Fusion for Miles ft. Jimmy Herring
Simple Man-Gov’t Mule w/D. Schools/A. Pyle/A. Freed/M. Barnes/R. Barraco (live)
Brown Eyed Women- Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Live)
Baby Baby-Steve Kimock & Friends (live 11/05/2011)

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Funky So & So- the Sugerman Three
You’re the Kind of Girl- Lee Fields & the Expressions
I Can See Everything- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

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Santa Claus Needs Some Lovin’-the Soul of John Black
Winter Wonderland- Jose Conde
Alegria-Maria de Barros
Zat you Santa Claus?- Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
Frosty the Snowman-Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers w/Big Al Carson
Holiday Time in New Orleans- Dukes of Dixieland
Post Apocalypse Christmas- Gruff Rhys
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Sweet Dreams- Dr. Lonnie Smith
Come Together- Dr. Lonnie Smith
Miss Madison- Phat Phunktion
Shooby Shooby Do Yah!-Mocean Worker w/Steven Bernstein
Sistas & Bruthas-Mocean Worker w/Mindi Abair

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Boss Très Bien- Quartette Très Bien
Ritmo Uni- Cal Tjaden & Eddie Palmieri
La Descarga del Bobo- Willie Bobo
So, Para Usted- Grupo Monumental
Tambo Iya- Ricardo Eddy Martinez
Pistis Sophia- Rita Lee

Because he said So

Is the reason why I play any sort of Xmas music on my show….My co-host for so many yEARS back in my air-romping days back at WHUS, Mustapha wanted it to be at least a small portion during thr holiday times..So that’s the reason…..I like to diGg deep in to find some different ones and I believe that was achieved during the first two of three shows todays time will be represented in…here is the start, you’ll see:

Carol & the Kings- Alison Brown Quartet & Joe Craven
Holly Jolly Christmas- Martin Sexton
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus-the Christmas Jug Band FT Angela Strehli/Maria Muldaur
What will Santa Claus say- Maria Muldaur (live)
Let it Snow- Leon Redbone
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Ray Charles
Xmas baby- Riff Ruffin
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Nobody’s Fault but Mine- Alvin Youngblood Hart
Bip Bop- Matt GUITAR Murphy
I’m Mad- Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Stealin’ the Wood Brothers (live)
I Wish you Would- Stringbean & the Stalkers (live)
Restraint- Keller Williams
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Ribs & Hot Sauce- Lionel Hampton & His Sextet
Limehouse Blues- Lionel Hampton Quartet
Three Minutes on 52nd Street- Lionel Hampton & his Hamptonians Ft Charles Mingus
Walter L-Burton/Methany/Swallow/Sanchez (live)
Lonnie’s Lament- Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian
Zuha- Čankišou

Up the tree

The final of the three shows inside the proGram is one that I saw the bEAR climb up a tree for, maybe to stop the sounds…but as I see it, it was simply to get a better listen to so many new tunes and get a feel for the true “freeforming” nature of greenarrowradio. Climb up with:

Damentag- Tosca
A Cidade-DJ Dolores/Eugene Hutz/Otto/Fred 04/Isaar
Ogodo, Ano 2000-Javelin & Tom Ze
Makaan(Nickodemus & the Spy From Cairo Remix)-Natasha Atlas
Heart Attack- Asteroids Galaxy Tour

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No Dub No Entry- Striplight
Look Ma, I’m Drunk (and crying)- Drunken Prayer
St. Stephen- Dark Star Orchestra (live)
It’s me- Adrian Young Sound Orchestra

Beautiful- G Love & Special Sauce w/Tristian Prettyman
Toxic People- Chris Joss
So Long- the Beekeepers
Play (Josh one Remix)- Goapele

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Break the Spell- Gods Robot
Music- Hindi Zahra
Blamah Blamah- Sia Tolno
No Means No- KG Omulo
Kinetsa- Bela Fleck FT. D’Gary
Throw Down your Heart-Bela Fleck FT. Basekou Kouyate

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Change Your Ways- Horace Andy
Discipline- Lutan Fyah

Phairly Phunky Phella

This second show within the proGram has all the intentions of funking you up, while ending with some easy guitar treats that pick up the pace and scoff at the relaxed with a wild combo and a (live) Zappa track -> Dr. Didg ending that had to have some heads spinning. After the spinning ended this is what was left:

It’s a Double Mazinka!- 11 Acorn Lane
Valhalla- Mad Juana
A Luta Continua- MarchFourth Marching Band
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Freddy the Freeloader- Liquid Soul
Steady Freddy- Mike Clark & Paul Jackson
You don’t Know Nothing-the Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Everything will be Fine- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
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Manic- Doug Johns
Thermal Bad- the New Mastersounds (live)
Ringasd el Magnad No. 2- Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser
Szevasz Haver- Skoprio
Junkyard- Medeski Martin Wood
You Want it All- Phat Phunktion
Moog Marmalade- Galactic (live)
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Ornette Medley- TriBeCaStan
Smoketree Serenade- Ben Vaughn
Caravan- Duane Andrews
Lost Book- Viktor Krauss
I Like Birds- Eels
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Man’s Best Friend- Chris McDermott’s Wild Combo
After Dinner Smoker- Frank Zappa (live)
Retro Rocket- Dr. Didg

The First Brrrrrrrr

It was cold this morning getting to the studio around 7:30am….opening the door and finally having a winterish greeting was an easy way to wake it up. The proGram once again will be divided up into three shows, this first show definitely was meant to get some warmth underneath your feet, errr ears. Check out what the cold brought in:

About you and me- Lin McEwan
a Couple More Years- Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings
Wild West- Corey Harris
Green River- Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Lima-the Codetalkers FT COL Bruce Hampton
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Healing Feeling- Hubert Sumlin
Peace to the World-BB King w/Gene Harris & the Phillip Super band (live)
Homeless Child- Charlie Musselwhite ft Ben Harper
Gentlemen, Start your Engines- Grateful Dead
Some Satisfied Funk- Matt “Guitar” Murphy
Boogie Thing-Stringbean & the Stalkers (live)
Ain’t Gonna do it- Tab Benoit (live)
Shake your Hips-Robert Randolph Family Band w/Warren Haynes/Danny Louis (live)
Crazy Fingers- Umphree’s McGee (live)
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You don’t Know what you Mean to me-Eddie Floyd
Full Moon Tonight-Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
I Can Feel it- the Soul of John Black
Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects (Inst)-the Dapkings ft Binky Griptite
Don’t make me Kill you-Angela Alexander/JD Sandler
Suzy Q- the Sugerman Three

Tyrone- Dr Lonnie Smith

Think Thank Thunk

This final portion of the proGram was desiGned (yeah riGht) to make you use your noggin. Maybe grab an earful of sentiment or globalization? Altho at times the beats got heavy, it was never to much for one’s ears to lift. I especially enjoyed sharing the new Rekha track!! Thanks for remembering to leash up your mind and take it for a stroll:

The Players- Inner Circle
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti- the Daktaris

Freetime- Akashic Record
I Want More- JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
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Pyjama- Tosca
Soy Loco Por Ti, America- Los Van Van & Carlinhos Brown
Um Canto de Afoxe Para O Bloco do Ile-Superhuman Happiness & Cults
Turn Around- Sola Rosa ft Iva Lamkum
Bailando (INSTR)- Empresarios
Pyar Baile (Full Mix)- DJ Rekha & Dave Sharma

Sunshine & Ecstacy- Tom Tom Club
The Real Deal-Bootsy Collins w/Shelia E/CandiSweetz/Mike Phillips
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Government Lies- Freestyle Fellowship
Sonic Controller- Tall Black Guy
I’m Chill- Illuminati Congo
Back to Front (circular logic)- DJ Shadow
Uber Glue- the Disco Biscuits
That Storm- Lagos
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Dark into Light- AM & Shawn Lee
A Treatease Dedicated to the Avian Airess from North East Nubis- Shabazz Palaces

Dark corner w/Bukowski

I tried to keep this portion of the show in the opposite corner from this shadow I remember who sat still with Bukowski. This setlist gets downright groove-a-licious and Old Charlie Boy would never have been interested in hanging out in a room filled with these sounds….altho, there is a portion (starting with Mr. Lynch where he does turn and look over his shoulder:

Monkey Hips and Yice-Little Anthony Mitchell & the Modern Detergents
My Mind is Hazy- Galactic (live)
Selling Out-the Brooklyn Funk Essential
Schizophrenia- Liquid Soul (live)
Tang the Hump- Stanton Moore
Spider Man- Mike Clark & Paul Jackson
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Bourbon Street Parade- James & Troy Andrews
Blow, Blow Tenor- the Yockamo All Stars
Saints (Street Beat)- Dukes of Dixieland
Greater Lagos Wed. Night Talmud Meeting-4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra
Rose City Strut- MarchFourth Marching Band
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Avanti- Ben Vaughn
Number 9 Dream- Bill Frisell
It’s Your Baby- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
Learn how to Love- Tedeschi Trucks Band
Vultures- Justin Robinson & the MAry Annettes

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So Glad- David Lynch
Beneath the Reach of Light- Yellowbirds
Getting Lucky- Paul White

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Winter Rose- the Bees (Dan the Automater Mix)
Cay’s Crays- Fat Freddys Drop
Dubbing at Dawn- Circuits
My Superstar- 11 Acorn Lane
Speed O Sound- Chris Joss

Don’t look at me

in this first portion of the three shows in one…I am hiding my face in the corner and not looking back…No need to look at me, just notice the moments in this setlist that open the door and let the weather in, the gray of today has walked off the sky and has painted my skin, and there is music to follow into the pores……here’s what soaked in the beGinning:

El Paso- Danielle ate the Sandwich
Children of the Revolution- Bono
Everyday People- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Pole Tricks- Japancakes
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Polka Dot Rose- Oysterhead
VTT- Vital Tech Tones
Squirrels in Paris- Jim Weider’s Project Percolator
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I’m the Face- the High Numbers
The Last Time- the Who
Bag O’ Nails- the Who
Satisfaction- Devo (live)
She’s Trippin’ Out-Chris McDerrmott & his Wild Combo
Ramblin’ Man/theme from Ramblin’ Man- Steve Martin
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If She’s Gonna Shake it- Mark Croft
Deal- The String Cheese Incident (live)
Opium- Moe. w/Warren Haynes (live)

Punitive Damages- the Jerky Boys
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That’s all I am to you- Ray Charles
Make a Joyful Noise- Juanita Ellis
Longer & Stronger- Sharon Jones & the Dapkings

Me & Mr Jones- Amy Winehouse
Into the Spin- Dessa

The LiGhts go out

After the time in the studio yesterday, it was just time to close the liGhts on the path and otherwise…….follow the sounds where they miGht lead you:

Cheeba- Shafiq Husayn FT Bilal (Nottz Remix)
Ghetto: Misfortunes Wealth- 25 Carat Black
This is the Lost generation- the Lost Generation
Why (it’s a Shame)- Corinthian Singers
Dreamer girl- Da Cruz

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Boom Boom Boom- Asa (Thomas Blondet/Jimi Wes Moombahton Mix)
He got the Shakes- Chris Joss
Sweetback- Deep Street Soul
Magik-J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science (Inst) ft. Raashan Ahmad/Aima the Dreamer/Cait La De
Medicated- Lagos
Nightspot- 33Hz
Baby- Spank Rock
Check the Frequency- MC Zulu

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Moon on the Rise- Thunderball FT Rootz
Youb for Mali- Afrolicious
Transport- Zun Zun Equi
Quick Minute- Excentrik
Wontanara- Farafina Massaya FT Nils Bultman

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Mali Ba- Labi Traore
Ayiboh- Sia Tolno
Balkan Reggae- Mahala Rai Banda
Jokoriste Czarno- Dikanda

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Sin Camiseta- MarchFourth Marching Band
Take a Little Trip- James Andrews
The Cold Sweat Variations- Burnt Sugar
Flint Stoned- Skeebo Knight
I know What Girls Like-Joel Forrester/Phillip Johnston (live)
Winter- Led Bib

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No Escape- Lola Danza
Hado- Amina Alaoui

Upside is Down

Sometimes you’ve felt like riGht is left or wrong and up is well….down. It isn’t really opposite, just diFFerent sames. This portion of the show has moments where I know I was sitting in the drivers seat anxiously waiting to find uot where this thing will go next..and then I remembered that I was somewhat in charge…..

Inside out- Imelda May
Uncontrollable Urge- Devo (live)
Down- Summercamp
111- Sons of Ralph (live)
Climb to Safety-Jerry Joseph w/R. Randolph/D. Schools & M. Apts (live)
Memphis in the Meantime- John Hiatt & the Gorners FT Warren Haynes (live)
the Honest Ocean- Yellowbirds
Shakedown Street- Bob Weir & Friends (live)
Fruit of Telum- Moksha

I’m so Glad-the Codetalkers Ft. COL. Bruce Hampton
(S)cream- Saidah Baba Talibah
You and I- the Disco Biscuits

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Boa Reza- Vanessa Da Mata/Seu Jorge & Almaz
Ela (Ticklah Remix)- Curumin
Baby (Old Dirty Baby Dub Version)-Aloe Blacc/Alice Smith
Freak Le Boom Boom- Marina Gasolina & Secousse
Slinky Dub- Zook
Captive Dub- Mr Savona

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Piperkovo Oro- Raya Brass Band
Trece Vremea Omului- Zdib si Zdub
Let it all Hang out- 11 Acorn Lane
Del Ray- Sola Rosa
Haterz 24 7- See I (Fort Knox Five Remix)
Munghana Wamina (Tsonga)- Jose Conde

I’ll turn this Radio around

Phew if only. I did a big fat five hours today and it was all over the musical map. The first seven tracks are like a bonus track…..Then it sure did get soulllllfullllly funky….Lots of new miXed in with the old, like the youngsta learning themselves from the elder….Here is the first show of three:

Nice and Easy- Frank Sinatra
Spring (Allegro)- Chinese Baroque Players
Music for a Found Harmonium-Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Nine Pound Hammer- Garcia/Grisman
Walk to the Water- John Smith
Let Go- J J
Jatil Granthi- Ravi Shankar
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Sylvia’s Mother-Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
The Taker- Kris Kristofferson
I got Stoned and I missed it-Shel Silverstein
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The Gas is on- Mark Croft
It ain’t Necessarily So- Mary Lou Williams
Busted- Ray Charles
Hard Work- Smooth & Turrell
Oh Baby-A.C. Jones & the Atomic Aces
Soul Feeling- Frankie Pighee & the Soulettes

Get Down Tonite- Melvin Sparks
Strawberry Lake- the Original 7ven
Concrete Waves- Kendra Morris
Trouble in my Way- the Como Mamas
Baaadnews- JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
More Mess on my Thing- the Poets of Rhythm
Chicken Half- the Sugarman Three
Darlene- Harvey & the Phenomenals
Chrystal Illusion- Creations Unlimited

Ear Pie

The second portion of the show turned the twanG into more jams as the time went on. An eleven minute alternate take of “Desolation Row” made for an interesting path to follow…but here is what the dessert table had to offer:

Don’t Think Twice- Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (live)
Songbird- Willie Nelson
Buffalo Springfield Again- Neil Young
Tearin’ up the Country- CCR
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Mighty River- Railroad Earth (live)
Redeye- Barefoot Manner (live)
Stand Up- Cornmeal
Let’s Give a Party- Leftover Salmon (live)
Maggie’s Farm- Bob Dylan (live)
Desolation Row (ALT TAKE)- Bob Dylan
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I am the Light of this World- Jorma Kaukonen’s Trio (live)
Gangster of Love- the Steve Miller Band
You’re so Fine- the Steve Miller Band
Beggin’ the Codetalker’s FT Col Bruce Hampton
Body in the Lake-the Codetalkers w/Col Bruce Hampton
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What’s Going on- Los Lobos (live)
Thank you Baby- Delbert McClinton (live)
Wooden Ship- Crosby/Nash (live)
Bridge- the Heavy Pets
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Watson Allman- Sam Bush
New Delhi Duo- David Grisman/Zakir Hussain

Gravy Boats 1st Stop

Just threw some twanG tunes toGether the niGht before and decided to get into the studio EARly to help work in the kitchen with you. I am gonna break up the three hour show into two shows with the first being much more twanG taking out, “Put that thinG away”……

Barefoot Nellie- Old and in the Gray
Panhandle Country-Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza
Memphis- Grisman/Hartford/Seeger
Hot Corn,Cold Corn-Grisman/Gill/Pedersen/Buchanan/Gordy Jr.
Why Don’t you go Back to the Woods-J. Douglas/R. Barenberg/E. Meyer
Rain Please go Away- Alison Krause & Union Station
Ol’ Cook Pot- the Duhks
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Stingray- Sam Bush
Making Music Macon Georgia Style- Vassar Clements
I ain’t Never- Jerry Garcia/David Grisman
Foggy Mountain Rock/Foggy Mountain Special-Earl Scruggs w/Marty Stuart
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues- Earl Scruggs with John Fogerty
Wagonmaster #1- Porter Wagoner
Eleven Cent Cotton- Porter Wagoner
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat- Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Because- Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Dawg’s Bull- Quartet San Francisco
the Fifth Recruit Deserted- Radim Zenkl
Welcome to the Moon- Radim Zenkl
In Time- Soldier String Quartet
Sweet Georgia Brown-Stephane Grappalli/David Grisman(live)
Walk, Don’t Run- the Vultures

MSO Youth Concert

I was fortunate again this year to go with my class to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Fall Youth Concert and again it was a pleasure to see an entire hall filled with young people enjoying the sights and sounds. The 2011 Fall Youth Concerts highlight the intersection between great classical music and the visual arts. Vivaldi’s Autumn Violin Concerto, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Copland’s El Salon Mexico will be accompanied by works by Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and other masters. The pieces were selected and played with great care while the visual art certainly made for a great collaborative spirit, as some of the students art was featured on the big screen as well as the above listed masters. The audience was attentive and the musicians were magnificent. Before we went to the show I played music that we would hear for the students and we water~colored to the sounds to inspire…..the spirit of togetherness was alive and the idea that art(s) can work together truly was achieved. A big thank you to the MSO for again providing us with a wonderful learning experience.

Girl in a Coma in Madison

I have been a big fan of GIAC since I started doing radio and the combination of their sound and their placement on the Blackheart Records roster made me swoon with excitement many years ago. Since then I have interviewed Drummer Phanie Diaz and aired numerous worthy tracks on several new albums to promote shows here in Madison. This time at the High Noon Saloon was so rawwkkkin’ as this trio put forth a solid end of the tour effort, which combined their hooks and catches with that style they have all to themselves….better than the albums is the sound of a live show and Girl in a Coma sees to that, I guarantee. Lead guitarist and vocalist, Nina Diaz has apparently been referred to as “the female version of Morrissey” but in my opinion she is biGGer than that but doesn’t even know it. She is a star and the cool flows right off of her onto the stage. Jenn Alva and Phanie Diaz add to the cool that flows off the band, but theirs has rhythm and beat attached to it as they songs not only rock but resonate within. After meeting and hanging out with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna, I would have loved to have been there when they first saw these girls back in In 2006 when the Girls played f at New York’s Knitting Factory as part of a cable TV show featuring unknown bands. Jett and Laguna were so impressed with the band that they signed GIAC to their label, Blackheart Records, on the spot. And I am ever thankful they come to Madison regularly, so lets support them on their journey through better next time, Madison rockers.

Before GIAC hit the stage, Atlanta was represented properly by The Coathangers. This band rocks in so many undefined ways that it is hard to describe. If I was there for GIAC, I would have been so satified with the way this band rocked me in such a badass way. From avant punk jams to catchy weirdness of non conformity, I would go see them anytime again. Please do yourself a favor and try to define them on your own as words do do it after just one introduction.

Opening the night was Black Box Revelation a duo from Belgium whos fuzzy guitar work and booming drums were a perfect way to get ready for the night to come. They had a soulful touch that kept the rockNroll fresh and new with each lick and crash.

Occupy Ear-Holes

The final set of the proGram banged out a bunch of new tunes that I hope will occupy your ear-holes and take away any thirst therewithin. Here is what I am talkin’ about:

Imagine- Desdamona
Life’s Gone Down Low- the Lijadu Sisters
Cowboy- Zun Zun Egui
The Holy Fuel- Zdob si Zdub
Dub One- Bud Bongo
Polli Polli- Sia Tolno

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Dirty World- MeShell Ndegeocelo
Come on in it’s Time to get up- Chris Joss
Conmigo (Greenwood Rhythm Coalition Remix)-Nickodemus FT Sammy Ayala
Daydreams- Olivia Broadfield
Homegrown- See I
At the Party- Ray Lugo & the BooGaloo Destroyers
City Boy- AM & Shawn Lee (Captain Planet Remix)
Stephanie All Night- 33Hz
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Radius 123- Lagos
Spot on Phunk- Basement Freaks
Damp Sky 1- Beaten by Them
Damp Sky 2- Beaten by Them

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Blue South- Afterlife
Stand Up- Hindi Zahra
Coragem Imon- Cesaria Evora FT James Carter
Golden Isle Groove II (New Mix)- Skeebo Knight
Chant for the Poor- Anthony B

Undertoes Tappin

Don’t let the second set~list fool you, there is more happ’nin’ than the ebb and flow of the under~toe, there is plenty of “tappin'” to be done with these selections as well…just feel the songs as they went into your canals this way:

Quake, Mountain Quake- The Dø
Hope- Girl in a Coma
Go where you Wanna go- the Bees
the Dink- the Bees

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Dumaine St.- Trombone Shorty
Some Iko- Henry Butler (live)
Mr Boss Man- James Andrews
White Wedding- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
if you don’t get it the First Time, back up and try it again, Party-Fred Wesley & the JB’s
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Funky Turkey- the Jive Turkeys
Tell me Something Good- Deep Blue Organ Trio
What the Hell (instrumental)- Lack of Afro
The Ace of Space- Sola Rosa

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Zebra Questions- Shel Silverstein
All Good- Arnold McCuller
Good Thang- the Soul of John Black
Condensate- the Original 7ven
Nasty- Spank ft. Big Freedia

Call the Law- Outkast ft Janelle Monae
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From Everyone Above- Banjo or Freakout
A Dark Tunnel- Phantogram

Undenied-Portishead
Getting Squinty- Club d’Elf
Upside- Directions In Groove