[Postcard2] Taproot Radio News #161

Sat Jun 28 09:48:38 PDT 2008

And the Ry CD has a great song about his dog called Spayed Kooley.

Keith

On Jun 28, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Calvin Powers wrote:

>  Rotation #161 - June 30, 2008
> read: http://www.taprootradio.com
> listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/taprootradio
>
> Howdy,
>
> Ry Cooder's latest CD, I, Flathead is a sort of a sound track  
> without the
> movie. But if you buy the deluxe edition you get a novella with it  
> that
> reads like Tom Wait mixed with Ziggy Stardust. It's about a bunch  
> of guy who
> live for racing cars on salt flats out in the desert who are  
> surprisingly
> cool with the idea of being joined by an extraterrestrial being.  
> Like a good
> movie soundtrack the songs help tell the story, but they standalone  
> too. All
> the elements you'd expect from a Ry Cooder CD are here, a ot of
> mariachi/border music, a fair amount of twang and slide guitar,  
> rockabilly
> here and there and a big does of the blues. "Drive Like I've Never  
> Been
> Hurt," and "Ridin' With The Blues" are my favorites.
>
> Another cinematic CD came in the mail this week. If you asked a  
> country
> music singer to write a sound track for the next David Lynch film,  
> you might
> get something like Paul Evan's latest CD, Aqua Noir. Equal parts  
> angsty jazz
> and steel guitar, Evan's slow paced crooning on this CD burns a  
> deep dark
> groove that makes most honky tonk tear jerkers seem like this  
> month's pop
> music. At first this genre bending mix made my brain hurt but after  
> acouple
> of tracks I was completely enthralled. Notable tracks include "It's  
> All Or
> Nothin'," and "Her Lonely Forgotten." But the stand out tracks are  
> "The
> Screamin' Hollar Inn," and "As I Cry My Broekn Heart To Sleep."
>
> Rebecca Lynn Howard gives Reba McEntire a run for her money on her  
> latest
> CD, No Rules.  And Emmylou purs her heart out in a lush, beautiful  
> CD, All I
> Intended To Be. I really like her "Broken Man's Lament." The  
> refrain chokes
> me up every time.
>
> As always, the full rotation is
> online<http://www.taprootradio.com/2008/06/taproot-radio- 
> news-161.html>at
> the web site.
>
> Dig Deep,
> Calvin
>
> Video
> "Vigilante Man<http://www.taprootradio.com/2008/06/vigilante-man-by- 
> ry-cooder.html>"
> by Ry Cooder
> Recent Adds:
>
> As I Cry My Broken Heart To Sleep / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 3:21
> The Screamin' Hollar Inn / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 5:13
> It's All Or Nothin' / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 3:40
> Her Lonely Forgotten / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 3:59
>
> Broken Man's Lament / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 5:05
> Gold / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 3:32
> Old Five And Dimers Like Me / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To  
> Be / 4:17
> Beyond The Great Divide / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 4:26
>
> Shakey Ground / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:42
> New Twist On An Old Groove / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:49
> Do Right Woman - Do Right Man / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:22
> Soul Sisters / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:36
>
> Drive Like I Never Been Hurt / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 4:08
> Waitin' For Some Girl / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:49
> Johnny Cash / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:09
> Ridin' With The Blues / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:01
> Pink-O-Boogie / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:06
> Filipino Dance Hall Girl / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 3:54
> My Dwarf Is Getting Tired / Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / 4:00
>
>
>
> This Week's Focus Tracks: Drive Like I Never Been Hurt / Ry  
> Cooder / I,
> Flathead / 4:08
> As I Cry My Broken Heart To Sleep / Paul Evans / Agua Noir / 3:21
> Broken Man's Lament / Emmylou Harris / All I Intended To Be / 5:05
> Orphan Of The Storm / Mudcrutch / Mudcrutch / 4:07
> Come A Little Bit Closer / Jim Stringer & The AM Band /  
> Triskaidekaphilia /
> 2:49
> Narcocorrido Nuevo Laredo / R.G. Stark / Not Crazy Tonight / 3:02
> Fire In The Hole / Swampdawamp / Swampdawamp 2.0 / 3:43
> Shark Out Of Water / Blind Willies / Everybody's Looking For A  
> Meal / 4:04
> Calico Girl / Guy Forsyth / Calico Girl / 4:20
> Let It Fall / Birds And Arrows / Debut (Cages And Quivers?) / 4:03
> The Contender / Yarn / Yarn / 2:45
> Universe / Mike Zito / Today / 7:00
> Emerald Street / Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / 3:46
> You Are The One / The Loose Acoustic Trio / Sorrow Be Gone / 3:02
> Fever For The Bayou / Tab Benoit / Night Train To Nashville / 3:35
> Highway Down / I See Hawks In L.A. / Hallowed Ground / 5:14
> Sometimes / Langhorne Slim / Langhorne Slim / 3:07
> Breakfast In Bed / Shelby Lynne / Just A Little Lovin' / 3:23
> Samurai / The Mountain Firework Company / Samurai / 4:14
> Itty Bitty Everything / Flat Duo Jets / Two Headed Cow / 2:48
> The Man I Love / Eden Brent / Mississippi Number One / 4:10
> Drunken Poet's Dream / Hayes Carll / Trouble In Mind / 3:29
> Locust Street / The Black Crowes / Warpaint / 4:14
> Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss /  
> Raising Sand
> / 3:25
> Honey Chile / Lucinda Williams / Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats  
> Domino (Disc
> 2) / 2:20
> Baby Likes A Love Song / Malcolm Holcombe / Gamblin' House / 3:11
> I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar / Damon  
> Bramblett /
> Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash / 2:44
> How Will You Shine / The Gourds / KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 15 (Disc  
> 2) / 5:23
> Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Model Ford / Brian Setzer And The  
> Nashvillains /
> Red Hot & Live! / 3:16
> Methamphetamine / Son Volt / The Search / 4:03
>
> DJ/Promo Tracks: Train's A Coming / JD & The Straight Shot / Right  
> On Time /
> 2:57
> Blood To Blood / Tom Schafer / Cradle / 5:12
> Shakey Ground / Rebecca Lynn Howard / No Rules / 3:42
> No Time To Waste / Hacienda Brothers / Music For Ranch & Town / 4:40
> Subterranean Homesick Blues / Bob Dylan / The Essential Bob Dylan /  
> 2:20
> Polecat / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Snake Farm / 4:23
> Bee de la Manche / Canray Fontenot / Oxford American 2001 / 2:20
> Billy And Me / Claire Holley / Claire Holley / 4:10
> I Can Get Off On You / Willie Nelson / Willie & Family Live / 2:09
> Stranger Blues / Elmore James / Shake Your Moneymaker - The Best of  
> the Fire
> Sessions / 3:17
>
>
> Singles: Every Hungry Woman / The Allman Brothers Band /  
> Beginnings / 4:17
> Fire and the Flame / Anthony Neff / chase your burden / 3:33
> On Revival Day / Bessie Smith / Oxford American 2005 / 2:56
> Maggie's Farm / Bob Dylan / The Essential Bob Dylan / 3:54
> Bad Bad Girl / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 4:29
> Cities Need Help / Buddy Guy / Red Blooded Blues / 5:33
> Prime Time / Don McLean / The Best Of Don McLean / 5:00
> Late For Church / Drive-By Truckers / Gangstabilly / 5:27
> Cranky Mullato / The Gourds / Best Of The Boots 2004 #1 / 3:01
> LET'S ELOPE BABY / Janis Martin / EARLY FEMALE ROCKBILLY / 2:06
> Down to the Well / Kevin Gordon / Oxford American 2001 / 4:08
> Dog Star - Mercury Dime / Mercury Dime / Revival: Brunswick Stew & Pig
> Pickin' / 4:09
> My Toot Toot / Rockin' Sidney / The Rough Guide To Zydeco / 3:50
> Gonna' Make you Love Me / Ryan Adams / Gold / 2:37
> Engine Joe / Slobberbone / Barrel Chested / 2:27
> Words / Solomon Burke / If You Need Me - Rock 'n' Soul / 2:28
> Trouble Over Me / Tift Merritt / Bramble Rose / 5:09
> Needle in a Haystack / The Velvelettes / Girl Group Sounds Lost and  
> Found
> (One Kiss Can Lead to Another) / 2:33
> Anytime You Wanna Fool Around / Wanda Jackson / Heart Trouble / 3:34
> It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) / Willie Dixon / Red  
> Blooded
> Blues / 4:26
>
>
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