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From BUDDY to RUDY……..

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First Cool Hive, Moby
Back on a Roll, Super Furry Animals
We are the Dead, David Bowie
Chant of the ever Circling Skeletal Family, David Bowie
Funky Lil’ Song, Beck
Jelly Dancers, Eels
Long Hair, Little Barrie
La La La, ZZZ
House of Sin, ZZZ
Pussycat Meow, Deeelite
Barracuda, Rasputina
R-N-R, Rasputina
Sweet Georgia Brown, Grapelli/Grisman
Funky Good Times, Melvin Sparks
Hard Knock, Fabulous T-Birds
Got to Get out, Fabulous T-Birds
Rock Candy, Fabulous T-Birds
Blues is in the House, Reggie Wayne Morris
Boogie Man, Omar+the Howlers
I don’t Stutter, John McVey

September 14th …Same Time, Same Day

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Feelin’ Free, Sukia
Actionist Respoke, Mouse on Mars
Do it, Mouse on Mars
Catching Butterflies w/my hands, MoM
Girl Faces, Gert Wilden
Dirty Boy, Gert Wilden
Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, MMW
Whatever Happened to Gus, MMW
Bio-Tech, Tabla Beat Science
Genesis Sitar, Ravi Shankar
Untamed, Del McCoury Band
Po’ Black Maddie, North Missi. All Stars
Skinny Woman, RL Burnside
Bad Luck & Trouble, RL Burnside
I’m Ready, Magic Slim & the Teardrops
River Hop Mama, Charlie Musselwhite
Lotsa Poppa, Charlie Musselwhite
Good Time Baby, Gov. Davis & blues Ambassadors
Cold Strings, Gatemouth Brown
When you got a good Friend, Eric Clapton
Hell Hounds on my trail, Eric Clapton
Leaving Trunk, Derek Trucks
Organ Colossus, Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom

SKY SAW

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With over a decade’s worth of projects to his credit, Sky Saw is the latest of many eclectic endeavors for guitarist/composer/electric zither ace Core Redonnett. For close to ten years, he has held the principal zither position in the Boston production of Blue Man Group, giving him the opportunity to master a new and unusual instrument as well as the motivation to custom build one and write a new repertoire for it. A jazz composition degree from Berklee College of Music provided Core a springboard from which to explore a vast number of creative outlets. Experimental large ensemble works, jazz combos, guitar quartets, electronica, a full scale rock opera, and his long standing work with prog rockers Xixxo are among the projects for which he has written, produced, arranged, recorded, and performed. It was in fact through their four years together in Xixxo that Core’s musical relationship with Yuri Zbitnoff was formed. Since leaving that band, Yuri has pursued his interest in improvised jazz and rock through Lithiq’s celebrated jazz/electronica duo, Enuma Elish, as well as a constantly burgeoning set of other outlets that has included, among others, Raqib Hassan’s Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, the free improv outfit Leap of Faith, and ambient dub metal scientists Teledubgnosis.

Lithiq 2005 release…Worth checking out….over and over……a Mr.G reccomended Album *****

GATEMOUTH BROWN

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Following His Own Road

Brown is content to live out his days performing and spending time at home near the alligator-filled swamps outside Slidell, La. When he isn’t watching the History Channel, Animal Planet or cartoon oldies such as Tom & Jerry, he’s cruising in one of six beloved mint-condition vintage cars, including a 1976 Buick Riviera and a 1964 Lincoln Continental.

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, perhaps the most versatile of all blues-based musicians, died Saturday at age eighty-one of complications from lung cancer and heart disease. A longtime resident of Slidell, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, the Blues Foundation Hall of Famer recently lost his home to Hurricane Katrina and had been preparing to relocate to Austin.
A multi-instrumentalist who played fiddle, mandolin, viola, drums, piano and harmonica in addition to guitar, Brown was a master of many genres: big-band blues, bop, country, Cajun, even calypso — what he called “American Music, Texas Style.” A youthful disciple of T-Bone Walker, Brown’s own ferocious, exceedingly confident style would inspire a wide cross-section of followers, from Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland to Stevie Ray Vaughn and Frank Zappa. “I’m so unorthodox,” he once said, “a lot of people can’t handle it.”
Brown was born April 18, 1924, in Vinton, Louisiana, and raised from infancy in Orange, Texas. He learned to play fiddle and guitar through his father, a railroad man and moonlighting musician who specialized in country and Cajun music. Brown earned his nickname in high school when a teacher accused him of having a “voice like a gate”; a brother, James “Widemouth” Brown, later had a brief recording career of his own. Brown played drums in a touring band before joining the Army. After the service, he found work as a guitar player in San Antonio and was soon brought to Houston by the nightclub owner Don Robey. As blues legend has it, Brown made $600 in tips in one night in 1947 at Robey’s club, the Peacock, while filling in for an ailing Walker.
During his long career, Brown was awarded several W.C. Handy honors as an instrumentalist, and he was a recipient of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation’s Pioneer Award and NARAS’ Heroes Award. In 1982 he won a Grammy for Alright Again!, a Rounder recording that featured covers of songs by T-Bone Walker and Albert Collins. A stint with Alligator Records yielded a duet with Michelle Shocked in 1992, and Verve paired Brown with a procession of admirers, including Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder and Leon Russell, for the 1996 duets album A Long Way Home. Brown’s last album, Timeless, was released a year ago on the Hightone label.

Gatemouth Brown Dies
Influential blues instrumentalist was eighty-one source:Rolling Stone Sept. 12,2005

Sept. 07…Mediocre at best

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Kettle Whistle, Jane’s Addiction
Ringodom or Proctor, Head of Femur
Easy Street, Head of Femur
Domesticada, Mosquitos
Army’s on Extasy, Oysterhead
No War for Oil, Sam Kiniger
Dance the Devil Away, Outback
Dance for Impeachment, Taarka
Fresh Paint, Taarka
13.5, J.A. Granelli/Mr. Lucky
Queen Bee, Taj Mahal
Back to Family, Jethro Tull
Dead Shrimp Blues, Peter Green + the Splinter Group
They’re Red Hot, Peter Green + the Splinter Group
Rockin’ Boogie, Fleetwood Mac
Hungry Country Girl, Fleetwood Mac
Roots Woman, Corey Harris
The Things I used to do, S.R.V+ Double Trouble
Way We Met, Orchestra Morphine
Tormenta Blvd, Latin Playboys
Maki Madni, Derek Trucks Band
That’s the Way, Plant/Page

Sept. 3rd. Fillin’ in for Frank…

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Crathadh ‘t’Aodaich, Mouth Music
Loyin’ Loyin’, Babatunde Olatunji
Dance of the Hunter’s Fire, Mickey Hart
Colonel Fraser, Jerry O’ Sullivan
Ti Citron, 3 Mustaphas 3
Spirit of the Forest, Baka Beyond
I go Ka, Ali Farka Toure/Taj Mahal
Water Drums 1, Baka Forest People
Ami Koita, Tounya Tigui
Passion, Ravi Shankar
Mbolo, Baba Maal
Modern Crusades, Enigma
BulletProof, Morcheeba
Doc Hannas Blues, Ned Evett/Franck Vigroux
Zona Mona, Bela Fleck/Flecktones
The Door, Keb Mo’
Loola Loo, Keb Mo’
Stand Up & be Strong, Keb Mo’
Big Mama’s Door, Alvin Youngblood Hart
My World is Round, Alvin Youngblood Hart
Nobody’s Fault but Mine, A. Y. Hart
Shootout on I-55, A.Y. Hart

AUG 31st : Songs For Anne Show.

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Todays show is dedicated to Anne Caro.

Nickel Bag of Funk, Digable Planets
Touch Me, Supreme Beings of Leisure
Firefly, The Ebb & Flow
Cactus, David Bowie
…Gemini Spaceship, David Bowie
Pussywalk, Iggy Pop
Whole Lotta Love, Perry Farrell
Summertime Rolls, Perry Farrell
Tore up Over You,, Jerry Garcia Band
Magic Bus, The Who (live)
When I hold you in my Arms, Neil Young
Come Back, Treat her Right
11 0’Clock, Morphine
When the Levee Breaks, Leftover Salmon
Every Morning, Keb Mo’
Tell Everybody I know, Keb Mo’
Am I Wrong, Keb Mo’
Tell Mama, Janis Joplin
That’s All Right, Elvis Presley
Mystery Train, Elvis Presley
Shelter from the Storm, Bob Dylan

AUG. 24th. We know you’re LISTENING…

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You Sexy Thing, Tom Tom Club
*Bees, Caribu
*Apache Chicken, Darediablo
*Batten Down the Hatches, Darediablo
Dance to the Music, the Clinton Administration
*Pills, Cat-A-Tac
Lenny, Soulive
*Day Number Two, The Sterns
*Just a Stain, The Sterns
*TK-421 Y RNT U AT Your Post, Herbalnation
*Is this the Real Thing, DJ Madsen/David Byrne
*Anyway You Work it, Digitata
Mule, Gov’t Mule
Going Down to Baghdad Blues, Walker T. Ryan
Corrinna, Walker T Ryan
Take a Walk W/Me, Jimmy Rogers
Whiskey Headed Woaman, Brewer Phillips
I Need Lovin’ Now, Terry Robb
Sugar Sweet, Terry Robb
Samson & Delilah, Blind Gary Davis
Let us get Together, Blind Gary Davis
There ain’t no Good Chaingang, Johnny Cash/Waylon Jennings
How Sweet it is?, Al Copley

August 18th….THE Why are they out there? Show.

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Porch, Tiki Obmar *
The Path, Big Ass Truck
Theme From, Big Ass Truck
Long Hair, Little Barrie*
Move on so Easy, Little Barrie*
Something 4 the Weekend, Super Furry Animals*
Play it Cool, Super Furry Animals*
Kill City, Iggy Pop&John Williamson R
Consolation Prizes, Iggy Pop& John Williamson R
Crunchy, Blues Explosion*
Help These Blues, Blues Explosion*
Agni, Tom Rossi*
Matchless Man, Adrian Belew*
Air, Mofro
Strange Train, Cosmic Farm*
Weirdo Dub, Soul Coughing
Reno, Bruce Springsteen
Waiting for the Man, Velvet Underground R
The Neighborhood, Los Lobos*
Psychotic Reaction, Michael Powers*
Mr. Coolberg, David Grisman
Bad Reputation, Joan Jett
Light of Day, Joan Jett

R= Request *=new release

Nick Moss & the Flip Tops: Sadie Mae

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Sadie Mae – the new album of Nick Moss & the Flip Tops – is certainly one of the finest Blues events of this summer. 75 minutes of open-mouthed listening. With more evidence than ever Nick Moss demonstrates how contemporary may sound the tradition-based Chicago Blues. More than that – though, in the liner note, he affirms not to be “trying to take blues to the next level”, – he does take the real, authentic Blues up to the level of classical music, where the words “old” and “new”, “now” and “then” loose their sense in the face of an everlasting beauty. A not to miss album for all Blues lovers. Even more for those who aren’t – these 75 minutes will make them change their mind. Don’t miss out. Flip the top down and let the wind blow there blues through your hair.

Blue Bella 2005 ****

Little Barrie: We are Little Barrie

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Well, from top to bottom this is an elastic blues bouncing into a jazzy funky and then reverberating back into a fuzzy distortion that is almost as soothing as a running warm bath. This CD should keep you tuned and and wating from track to track. PLEASE TELL ME is one that just keeps wanting to play, it send positive vibes right in your earhole and travels down to your soul. This band has to be a fun time live as their album makes me want to keep checking the tour dates to see if I will get lucky this time around.

Artemis 2005 *****

The Mrs. of the G. Fill In Extravaganza

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Todays show feature an interview w/ a local guy who has created an innovative hip hop game called: PLAYAS & HATAS. For more info on his gig and what the game is about head to :www.broodmoor.com

SET LIST #=Mrs. G’s choice R=Request *=new release

AUG. 13th

Once Upon a time, Cirque du Solei
Night Fever, Dread Zeppelin R(navy man)
Love don’t care, Lab Partner *
Illusion, Soulstice
I Will, Al & the Transamericans
Guitar (demo) Al+ the Transamericans R
Not that Funny, EELS #
Lovers Rock, The Clash #
Down Home Spohistacate, Corey Harris, #
Long Hot Summer Night, Jimi Hendrix Experience #
PLay the Blues 4 u, Ladell Mclin *
Geddim, The Herbalizer *
Sonofanothamutha, The Herbilizer *
Well & Truly Done, Little Barrie *
got my MOJO workin’, Paul Butterfield R
I’m Afraid of Americans, David Bowie, R
Mabo Sinuendo, Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban #
Night Marchers, MMW #
Lovin’ in my Baby’s Eyes, Taj Mahal/Leftover Salmon
Are you Sure Hank…., Jennings, Bush, Leftover Salmon
Same Kind of Crazy, Delbert McClinton
John the Revalator, Johnny Nichalos *
The Money I Make, Nick Moss & the Flip Tops

Set List Aug. 10 the LET ME OUT OF MY SKIN set

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Gov’t Magic, Antibalas
Wakafricka, Manu Dibango
Soweto Funk, Aiyb Dieng
Vibin’ & Balain’, Ma Deng
Skin, Horace X
Flashback, Chemical Bros.
Leave Home, Chemical Bros.
Tightly Wound, The Capes
Low Rider, Maria Nicgorski w/Ty Cobb
If you Gotta Go, Thee Shams
Boo Boo, Leftover Salmon: by request
Wash in the Rain, A Band of Bees
No Atmosphere, A Band of Bees
Static Fuzz, Cubby Creatures
Maggie’s Farm, Richie Havens: by request
Spinner, Twinemen
Watch You Fall, Twinemen
Don’t Worry About Tomorrow, Van Morrison
Sadie Mae, Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Mandolin Boogie, Johnny Nicholas

Peter Wolf: SLEEPLESS

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With Sleepless, Peter Wolf strips away any pretense to fashion and warmly embraces the R&B, soul, and country blues that inspired his legend in the first place. Not that Wolf has strayed very far from those roots, either when fronting the J. Geils Band or in his rewarding solo career, but Sleepless presents the singer’s ethos at its most naked and warmly Dylanesque. Whether revisiting Otis Rush’s “Homework,” seasoning William Bell’s Stax track “Never Like This Before” with a dash of Muscle Shoals, palling around with the Glimmer Twins (Jagger on “Nothing but the Wheel”; Richards, along with Geils’s Magic Dick, on Sonny Boy Williamson’s feisty “Too Close Together”), or matching Steve Earle pick by pick on “Some Things You Don’t Want to Know,” it’s an album filled with a spirit of warm, fond remembrance. But more than mere love letters to his roots and heroes past, Wolf’s performances on collaborations with Will Jennings and other writers have a timeless, bittersweet edge that undercut his previous instinct for blues caricature to great effect. Some times it is hard to let go. This is a compelling testament why–and one of Wolf’s most memorable solo creations.
Artemis 2002

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SET LIST AUG. 3rd the M is for Mustapha Show…

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Mine is in Yours, Mouse on Mars
Wipe that Sound, Mouse on Mars
Blood Comes, Mouse on Mars
1st Wave Intact, Street Machines
Eyeball Skeleton, Eyeball Skeleton
Put it in your Pocket, Joshus Redman Elastic Band
Do the Cavern, Head of Femur
Electric Africa, Manu DiBango
In the Red, Ulver
*Cocaine, J.J. Cale
Let’s go Dancin’, Jimmy Cliff & Kool & the Gang
Blood Secrets, Bernie Worell Feat: Maceo Parker/G. Clinton/Bootsy Collins
Adventures of Pee+Poo, Drums & Tuba
The Butcher, Drums & Tuba
Crathadn’t Aodaich + Zbadba, Mouth Music
Get Down Moses, Joe Strummer& the Mescaleros
Never Find Another Lover, the Jolly Boys
*Here to Stay, New Order
We are all made of Stars, Moby
Highway 69, The Inner Marks
Look at that Cadillac, Mr. Nick’s Blues Mafia

FILL IN/HELP OUT

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Mr. G and the Green Arrow will be helping out Madame Angel Fall on Saturday Aug. 13th from 12-2pm…The Green Arrow will be bringing the direction unknown approach to the weekend…Tune IN to 91.7 WHUS.

There may be a speacial guest as the one and only Mustapha will be out on assignment once again, this time we have sent him out to the woods to uncover the native music of the trees.

Set List 7/27

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Tonight the bottle let me down: Throw Rag
*Noise Brigade: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
*The Harder the come: Rancid
*Root Down: Beastie Boys
*Fake Plastic Trees: Radiohead
*Meija: Porno for Pyros
Hometown Unicorn: Super Furry Animals
Wrong kid of love: Jim White
God was Drunk when he made me: Jim White
Seperate States: Get Him Eat Him
More Bass Vicar: The Sons of Silence
Giant Steps: Greg Howe
My Favorite Things: Mike Stern
Roper Golf Pro: Unagi
Funkytown: Eldissa
Rock w/You: Eldissa
Little Sadie: Bob Dylan
Ragged and Dirty: Bob Dylan
Raga-Hem-Bihig: Ravi Shankar
The Night: Morphine
Rope on Fire: Morphine
Take me w/You: Morphine
*She Caught the Katy: Taj Mahal/John Popper
Nice and Warm: Kid Johnny Lang & the big band

* from the Tibetian Freedom Concert

Morphine: The Night

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From the opening notes- sliding bass, subtle sax and spare (yet funky) drums, this CD grabs your hand, slips into your head, and takes hold of your soul. The opening title track- the first time I heard it- it’s one of my favorite songs by any group. When I heard Sandman had collapsed on stage, but not until he had handed in material for a full studio album, I was curious what his final musical accomplishment had been. From the moment I heard the titlesong “The Night”, it just struck me: this was some of the best Morphine had produced. Integrating the jazz-like sound of their first album with the catchy choruslines of Cure for Pain and topped with the experimental flavor of YES Morphine had proven to advance. “Top floor, Bottom buzzer” reminded me again of the some of the cure for pain songs. “Souvenir” struck me as a very jazzy song (especially the drumming), more like the songs on “Good”, but then with the improvement I have already been talking about. Then again, The Night also contains unique material like “Rope on Fire”. Never in my life I have heard a saxophone play this catchy eastern tune. Marvellous! In “Take me with You”, minimalism has been reduced with even backing vocals; but, I have to say, the combination of Sandman’s intriguing monotonic sound combined with more instruments (even orchestrated) and backing vocals is very nice to the ear.

To me, “the Night” is a Morphine classic with overall quality rising to the level of “Cure for Pain”, but with a sound which has evolved and grown. Sandman left us where he was best, in the sound of the Night. And to me, he saved the best for last.

ciao

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Banco de Gaia: 10 years

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Banco de Gaia has created a fantastic body of work, successfully blending world-beat sounds and styles with cutting edge technology. When you listen, you hear. There’s something in his music that can satisfy any taste. Whether you’re into rock, dance, prog, electronica, world, ambient, you’ll find something to dig here. You’ll groove to complex, intricate melodies over superbly crafted beats, crossing a variety of genres, to create sublime music, which most importantly, has emotion and soul. Disc 1 is more uptempo, Disc 2 more of the reflective, ambient dubby work…yet both put me in a place I want to be. This music is truly good for your ears as well as your soul.

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