Subbing for the "That's Not Bluegrass" show which, true to its name, extends into other forms -- usually modern folk or Klezmer. I stretched in a few other directions but tried to pack in as much bluegrass as possible.
After getting through a Blues Marathon shift unscathed, I was feeling pretty cocky -- but this show turned out to be really difficult. Tracks were a lot shorter, and I started running dry on material. I had the seven-minute Continental Drifters track as a backup, and the 10-minute medley from NPR, while a bit cheesy, was a welcome break.
Format:
ARTIST -- "TRACK TITLE" -- ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR)
Horizontal lines denote microphone breaks.
* Waco Ramblers -- "Shoal River" -- The Waco Ramblers (Playground, 2007)
* Honi Deaton and Dream -- "Mystery Train" -- Chasin' Dreams (Lamon, 2007)
* Nixon, Blevins, and Gage -- "Freight Train" -- Picking with Friends (Clover, 2006)
? Myles Boisen -- "Train" -- Past Present Future (A Small Tribe, 2003)
Crowe Brothers -- "The Engineers Don't Wave from the Trains Anymore" -- Regenesis (Copper Creek, 1999)
Crowe Brothers -- "My Little Honeysuckle Rose" -- Regenesis (Copper Creek, 1999)
* Spring Creek Bluegrass Band -- "Waterline Blues" -- Rural and Cosmic Blues (self-released, 2006)
* Citiwide Specials -- "Hello You" -- V/A: Danger! Danger! (self-released, 2007)
Eileen Ivers -- "Paddy in Zululand" -- Immigrant Soul (Koch, 2003)
* Cedar Hill -- "Love Gone Cold" -- Poverty Row (Blue Circle, 2005)
* Chris Jones -- "She Does All That" -- Too Far Down the Road (Little Dog, 2007)
Red Kilby -- "That Bakersfield Sound" -- Keepin' It Real (RLK, 2004)
Darol Anger and the American Fiddle Ensemble -- "Old Dangerfield" -- Republic of Strings (Compass, 2004)
Michael Nesmith -- "Two Different Roads" -- And the Hits Just Keep On Comin' (RCA, 1972)
* Alex Hibbits -- "Cheating Game of the Blues" -- It's About Time (MasterShield, 2006)
Bill Monroe and Doc Watson -- "Soldier's Joy" -- Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 (Smithsonian/Folkways, 1993; recorded 1964)
* Tony Wilson 6tet -- "Hornin' In" -- Pearls Before Swine (Drip Audio, 2007)
* Goin' South Band -- "Black Eyed Suzy/Suzananna" -- Home in My Heart (California Swampland, 2006)
Two High String Band -- "Nobody Calls from Vegas, Just To Say Hello" -- Moonshine Boogie (Blue Corn, 2006)
* Mountain Heart -- "I'm Just Here To Ride the Train" -- Road That Never Ends: The Live Album (Rural Rhythm, 2007)
Christine Lavin -- "Great Big Bug" -- One Wild Night (Christinelavin.com, 1998)
Richard Greene -- "Little Rabbit" -- V/A: True Bluegrass Instrumentals (Rebel, 2007)
I associate Neidlinger's name with Cecil Taylor, but apparently he's
got a bluegrass streak as well.
The Cache Valley Drifters -- "Opal Eyes" -- White Room (CMH, 1996)
Darol Anger with Natalie MacMaster -- "Melt the Teakettle" -- Diary of a Fiddler (Compass, 1999)
* Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band -- "Hills of Roane County" -- Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band (Rebel, 2007)
Francoiz Breut -- "La Femme Sans Histoire" -- Francoiz Breut (Lithium, 1997)
Continental Drifters -- "Daddy Just Wants It To Rain" -- Vermillion (Razor & Tie, 1998)
The Mother Truckers -- "Shadow" -- Broke, Not Broken (Funzalo, 2007)
* Rhonda Vincent -- "I'm Leavin'" -- Good Thing Going (Rounder, 2008)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
-- Go back to Memory Select playlists.
"The fastest performance of this tune I've ever heard," the liner
notes say.
R.L. Burnside -- "Rollin' and Tumblin'" -- Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum, 2001
Previously noted here.
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice -- "The Sunny Side of the Mountain" -- Quartet (Rounder, 2007)
* Buell Neidlinger -- "Ramblin'" -- All Strung Out: Adventures in Buellgrass (K2B2, 2007)
A 1982 recording from the band "Buellgrass," which included
Marty Krystall (K2B2's proprietor) on bass clarinet and
Peter Erskine on drums, alongside some actual bluegrass musicians.
The Johnson Mountain Boys -- "Tomorrow I'll Be Gone" -- Working Close (Rounder, 1997)
The Cache Valley Drifters -- "Boy in the Bubble" -- White Room (CMH, 1996)
Four Bitchin' Babes -- "Body Is a Car" -- Beyond Bitchin' (Shanachie, 2000)
* Robin and Linda Williams -- "Home, Sweet Home Medley" -- Radio Songs (Red house, 2007)
* Sam Bush -- "Mahavishnu Mountain Boys" -- On the Road (Sugar Hill, 2007)
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.