I'm listening to an excellent Ted Hawkins album as I type this. My little bro sent this on to me today and it's great thus far. It's a crazy blend of 50's rock, honky tonk, rock 'n' roll, motown, R&B, etc. I can't really place this guy. It's great and it's an album like I've never heard before.
I think that going forward I'm going to have my show from 8-9pm and then Frank will come in for his show from 9-10pm. He's not quite ready to run his own show yet, although I'd argue his dj skills are much better than mine, he's still learning all the controls. I have fun with him in there and I get to learn a bunch of tunes from him, so I see no problem in this set up. I'll be director-slash-choreographer of his talent show.
So during my hour I set it off in the usual surf-rock style with a tune by Los Straitjackets. It was a tune that I'm sure everyone knows and loves and it's one we really only play around this time of year--Jingle Bell Rock. The past few months have been on hyper speed. I can't believe it's already December 2nd.
After that tune I jumped into a set featuring Calexico's 2nd album, The Black Light. I've been a huge Calexico fan for many years and it was the sound of this album that originally attracted me to them. I was living down in Southern California and the mix of having both the desert and Mexico close by made the sounds of Calexico sound so great to me. I'm always attracted to music that is relevant to the area in which I'm living. After reading about then somewhere, either the internet or the OC Weekly, I drove up to Spaceland in LA to check them out. The show was phenomenal and I've been a fan ever since. That first show was more their rock 'n' roll side, but if you go see them now they have tons over other instruments -- blaring mexican trumpets, slide guitar, etc, etc and it's a much more eclectic show. Over the years they've put out tons of albums since 1996, but The Black Light was their 2nd and really the one that put them on the mariachi/spaghetti western/surf/twang/50's jazz map and it's the one that has the sound that attracted me so I did a short feature on this album tonight.
After the Calexico set I played a song by Emiliana Torrini, whom I found out about by seeing her album in the studio and being "drawn" to her picture on the cover. I'm not usually that much of a pushover based on an album cover, but this is a good one. I took a chance on it and it turns out that it's great and very creative. Last week I played the title track to the album and tonight I played the song called Jungle Drum. Both are great into songs to her music.
After her, we heard Marah's Angels on a Passing Train off of their latest album, Angels of Destruction! I did a feature set on them back on 7/22, so check out that write up for more info on them. Great Boss-esque rock'n'roll from Philly.
The set was wrapped up with a Richmond, VA, guy by the name of David Shultz. The song was Apples and it's off his album Sinner's Gold.
Next we jumped into a set by Session Americana fronted by Rose Polenzani. A couple months ago my buddy JJ and I rolled down to Montpelier to check out Army of Fun's Langdon St Block Party outside of Langdon St. Cafe, which is the 2nd best coffee shop (2nd to Radio Bean, of course) in VT. Potentially, 2nd best I've been to in my life. It's a shop run by an artist collective and it's very comfortable inside, with mis-matched furniture/lights, a nice wooden bar, great coffee, great music, great art, and great beers. This summer they had the 2nd annual (I think) block party and it was totally awesome. There were a bunch of great bands playing all day outside--Prodigal String Band, Amapola, Rusty Belle, Rose Polenzanie w/ Session Americana, and a few others. I had heard of Session Americana before, but had never seen them. They were fronted that night by Rose Polenzani who is usually a solo act, but recently put out an album with them as her backing band. A live show by them consists of them sitting around a small cafe table, with beers and mics on top, and lot's of acoustic instruments ranging from guitars, banjos, mandolins, to harmonicas, small organs, and a suitcase drum kit. It's a very comforting set-up and they're damn good at the music they play. I played three tunes off of the album she recently released with them. I'd like to get one of their albums as well.
After that set we jumped into a set beginning with a song that has meant a lot to me right now called "See The World" by Gomez. The words are great and very pertinent to my life right now. Next up was a tune by a band called Two Cow Garage that I read about on No Depression magazine's new website. Song was called "Swingset Assassin" and it's a solid song with some good lyrics. Finishing up the set was a tune off of the latest Josh Ritter album called Good Man. Another fitting jam right now.
I finished my portion of the show before Frank got there with a Ted Hawkins tune called "Sorry You're Sick", which I just got today from my little brother, then an Old Crow Medicine Show tune from their new album, Tennessee Pusher, called Methamphetamine, and finally my favorite Beatles song, Don't Let Me Down, that I dedicated to Frank as he chose some songs to play.
Frank took to the controls next and played his latin jams. Thanks for listening. See you next week.
Sully
1. Los Straitjackets -- Jingle Bell Rock -- Tis' the Season For Los Straitjackets
2. Calexico -- Gypsy's Curse -- The Black Light
3. Calexico -- Frontera -- The Black Light
4. Calexico -- Stray -- The Black Light
5. Calexico -- Trigger -- The Black Light
6. Emiliana Torrini -- Jungle Drum -- Me and Armini
7. Marah -- Angels on a Passing Train -- Angels of Destruction!
8. David Shultz -- Apples -- Sinner's Gold
9. Rose Polenzani W/ Session Americana -- If I Could Hit You -- When The River Meets The Sea
10. Rose Polenzani W/ Session Americana -- You Were Drunk -- When The River Meets The Sea
11. Rose Polenzani W/ Session Americana -- The Soft Parts -- When The River Meets The Sea
12. Gomez -- See The World -- How We Operate
13. Two Cow Garage -- Swingset Assassin -- Speaking in Cursive
14. Josh Ritter -- Good Man -- The Animal Years
15. Ted Hawkins -- Sorry You're Sick -- Watch Your Step
16. Old Crow Medicine Show -- Methamphetamine -- Tennessee Pusher
17. The Beatles -- Don't Let Me Down -- Let It Be...Naked
Frank
1. La Jente Del Pais -- Cantares de Navidad
2. Luis Vargas -- El Envidioso
3. Frank Reyes -- Quien Eres Tu
4. Carlos Vives -- Fruta Tresca
5. Frankie Ruiz -- Te Estoy Estudiando
6. Kinito Mendez -- El Bocinon
7. Joe Veras -- Intentalo Tu
8. Luis Vargas -- Volvio El Dolar
9. Johnny Ventura -- Merenguero Hasta La Tambora
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