Tonight's show was a feature on the website www.daytrotter.com. It's a website that plays live tracks recorded in the mid-western studio Futureappletree Studio One in downtown Rock Island, Ill. Rock Island is one of the 5 (ironically) Quad Cities -- Illinois cities Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline and Iowa Cities Davenport (my birthplace) and Bettendorf (where I lived the first 7 years of my life). I check the site often and have gotten some great tracks from it.
Starting off the show was Surf Jam by The Beach Boys off of Surfin' USA and then we jumped into the Daytrotter tracks --
1. Surf Jam -- The Beach Boys -- Surfin' USA
2. Another Late Night -- Catfish Haven -- Daytrotter
3. White Winter Hymnal -- Fleet Foxes -- Daytrotter
4. Are You As Excited About Me As I Am -- Jeff Daniels -- Daytrotter
5. Restless -- Langhorne Slim -- Daytrotter
6. Marlboro Man -- The Felice Brothers -- Daytrotter
7. Furr -- Blitzen Trapper -- Daytrotter
8. Biscuits -- Justin Townes Earle -- Daytrotter
9. Dry -- William Elliott Whitmore -- Daytrotter
10. Flume -- Bon Iver -- Daytrotter
11. Alive Among Thieves -- Oakley Hall -- Daytrotter
12. Priest, Poet, and The Pig -- Vietnam -- Daytrotter
13. You Ain't Going Nowhere -- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson -- Daytrotter
14. Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone -- Bonnie "Prince" Billy -- Daytrotter
My favorite song out of all of them is the Jeff Daniels tune. Go download it right now. I was shocked at how good it is and it wasn't what I was expecting it to be at all. Yeah, that's Harry Dunne. Mock, Yeah, Ing, Yeah.
Another great one is the Catfish Haven song Another Late Night. It's a rocker that sounds like it's played at some big town hall and people are dancing up a storm to it. The other songs they've recorded for Daytrotter are great as well, specifially Please Come Back.
William Elliott Whitmore has a voice like a weary, travelled 75 year old man. And plays the banjo like one too. It's front porch music.
The Felice Brothers are complete and unique and can't be lumped into indie rockers trying to play old timey. They're creative and have great voices and control of their instruments. Their set at the Newport Folk Festival, although I only caught the last couple minutes of it, was amazing--the power had gone out, so they jumped down into the crowd with their instruments and voices and had everyone clapping, dancing, and singing. It was one of those shows where the audience would barely let the band leave the stage at the end.
Langhorne Slim is hit and miss in my opinion. This tune is a strong hit. I saw him live at Higher Ground and the show was also hit and miss. He's got his way of playing and singing, but sometimes the songs tend to blend together.
Oakley Hall is a great band out of Brooklyn. Their album Gypsum Strings is a good place to start if you're looking to check them out. The Daytrotter songs is an even better place.
So hopefully that's a good guide to www.daytrotter.com. It's a great blog to support as it's not your run of the mill blog...just talking about music...er...wait...
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