audiography: Summahtime...and the livin is easy

audiography: Summahtime...and the livin is easy: "'Summertime' by Janis Joplin
Though it was already posted, what collection is complete without Janis’ cat-like yowl? If you’ve never heard it before, I command you to whisk it away from the link and prime your ears—your summer won’t be complete without it."

Honey, Where You Been So Long? � You Treat Me Baby, Like Somebody You Never Seen

Honey, Where You Been So Long? � You Treat Me Baby, Like Somebody You Never Seen: "Not much is known about Gene Campbell, He was most likely a Texas native or at the very least a Texas resident for part of his life as he mentions several Texas areas in his songs. He’s also heavily influenced by Blind Lemon Jefferson both lyrically and in his guitar playing, but he also shows off a level of originality to his phrasing and style that other Texas blues guitars lack. This track “Doggone Mean Blues” is just a fantastic Texas blues songs and one of the best examples of the genre.

Gene Campbell - Doggone Mean Blues"

ANABlog: Three WIllie

ANABlog: Three WIllie: "Three WIllie

Carla, formerly of the Geraldine Fibbers released a album with some Willie Nelson collaborations, 'Red Headed Stranger'.

Can I Sleep in Your Arms?

Remember Me

Hands On the Wheel"

ANABlog: Many Rivers to Cross

ANABlog: Many Rivers to Cross: "Not trying to demean Jimmy Cliff's gorgeous hymn to perserverence, but it does come to mind when you listen to Willie Nelson's version of his 'The Harder They Come', which prompts the predictable onslaught of headscratching from critics.

To wit: (from Ted Drozdowski) 'What's stranger: Willie Nelson singing lilting reggae melodies, or a Jamaican chestnut like 'The Harder They Fall' set to an acoustic country arrangement, complete with Dobro?'

Well, neither strikes me as particularly strange, now that you mention it."

audiography: THEME: non-fiction

audiography: THEME: non-fiction: "Nanci Griffith - Trouble In The Fields (mp3)

Nanci Griffith is from Texas, and wrote this song (along with Rick West) in the 1980s about the difficulties faced by farmers, comparing their experiences to the depression of the 1930s.

Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield
The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain
They leave our pockets full of nothing
But our dreams and the golden grain

Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station
They're all buying their ticket out and talking the great depression
Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago
When they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snow "

The Shelton Brothers-- Aura Lee

la case de l'affreux thom: On est tous le p�quenot de quelqu'un d'autre - Vol II: "'Aura Lee' (1938 - Decca),"

Fifteen Minutes To Listen--Townes Van Zandt

Fifteen Minutes To Listen: "Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly"

blueskies: reefer mama in bluegrass kiss--Townes Van Zandt

blueskies: reefer mama in bluegrass kiss: "Townes Van Zandt is tonights first Handsome Hombre with an early track produced by Cowboy Jack Clement.
Townes Van Zandt Black Jack Mama mp3"

Honey, Where You Been So Long?

Honey, Where You Been So Long?: "Today’s track again hails from Texas, likes a lot of my recent posts, but it doesn’t subscribe to the economy of words like most of the guitar based Texas blues. Son Becky is a San Antonino blues piano player who plays it fast and loose and reminds me a lot of a Chicago blues players whose lyrics are rooted in the Piedmont. This track features a great piano and washboard combo and some really fun lyrics and spoken parts back his backing band.

Son Becky - Mistreated Washboard Blues"

songs:illinois: Brewed in Texas Vol 2 - Good old Texas drinkin' music

songs:illinois: Brewed in Texas Vol 2 - Good old Texas drinkin' music (this goes out to Big Rock, Lonesome Music and The Rev. Frost...just because): "Here's some drinkin' music from the new Brewed in Texas Vol.2 compilation from Compadre Records. 20 drinkin' tunes from Texas roots artists seems like too many but once you hear the variety of ways to sing about Johnny Walker, Tequila and beer you'll be singing another (drunken) tune. If you like this you should check out Big Rock Candy Mountain, The Reverend Frost and Lonesome Music.

The bands on this comp range from the cream of the crop (Old 97's, Guy Clark and Charlie Robison) to up and comers (Randy Rogers Band, Jason Boland). One guy on here that at times gets a bad rap (for selling out w/ Ugly Americans and dating Sandra Bullock) is Bob Schneider but I've always liked his music including his solo major label debut Lonelyland. So I've included his song 'Lubricate The Death Machine' and also 'The Way Of The Fallen Is Hard' by Ray Wylie Hubbard (this is a new unreleased song that I heard him do live a few months back)."

music (for robots)

music (for robots): "Michah P. Hinson is a singer-songwriter from Texas whose songs are warm and lived-in but don't sound overly familiar. They shake, wobble and damn near fall apart under their own weight, and this weathered quality isn't entirely unearned - Hinson was broke, served jail time and fought drug addiction before he was 20.

His second album, Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel and Progress, came out in April on Sketchbook Records, and it's a stunner. Musically equal parts Badly Drawn Boy, Clem Snide and Iron & Wine, the record ranges in style from intimate heartbreakers to hopeful pop. Sharing some of the vocal tics of Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, Hinson sings his tunes beautifully, and the overall result sounds like something from another time.
The disc's highlight is

Micah P. Hinson - Don't You (Parts 1 & 2)

Part 1 is the heartbreaker, Part 2 is the hope."