"DOWN HOME" #164 Saturday, April 7, 2001 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

ANDY IRVINE - Never Tire of the Road [RAIN ON THE ROOF/self-released CD] BILLY BRAGG & WILCO - Hesitating Beauty [MERMAID AVENUE/Elektra] B. F. SHELTON - Darling Cora [OLD-TIME MOUNTAIN BALLADS/County] Better known as "Darling Corey"; "-ey" is the mountain folks' pronunciation of names ending in "-a", which is how the old murder ballad about Tom Dula became "Tom Dooley". Recording from July 1927. THE FREIGHT HOPPERS - Trouble [WAITING ON THE GRAVY TRAIN/Rounder] DIRK POWELL, TIM O'BRIEN & JOHN HERRMANN - Mountain Air/Washington's March/Bonaparte's Retreat [SONGS FROM THE MOUNTAIN/Howdy Skies] A superb album of mostly traditional songs and tunes that were either directly or indirectly referred to in Charles Frazier's novel _Cold Mountain_. BUELL KAZEE - East Virginia [ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC, VOLUME 3: SONGS/Smithsonian-Folkways] RED MEAT - Midwest Blues [ALAMEDA COUNTY LINE/Ranchero] My favorite country band, with their brand-new third album, produced by Dave Alvin. Song by Jill Olson, vocals by the inimitable Mr. Smelley Kelley. STACEY EARLE - No New Shoes [DANCING WITH THEM THAT BRUNG ME/Gearle] KASEY CHAMBERS - Cry Like a Baby [THE CAPTAIN/Asylum] JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN - Bear Creek Blues [SONGS OF THE CARTER FAMILY/Appleseed] BRUCE DAIGREPONT - La Musique d'Accordéon (Accordion Music) [PARADIS/Rounder] DENNIS McGEE - La Valse du Vacher (The Cowboy Waltz) [THE COMPLETE EARLY RECORDINGS OF DENNIS McGEE/Yazoo] "Languages have dictionaries; Cajun music had Dennis McGee." -- Marc Savoy. Recording from 1931. ZACHARY RICHARD - Jésus en Arrière (Jesus in the Back Seat) [COEUR FIDÉLE/Audiogram] RUE LA-LA - Bonsoir Moreau [SKY ON BLUE/Riverwheel] ANDY IRVINE - Gladiators [WAY OUT YONDER/Appleseed] Andy's newest. This is a song about Tom Barker, an I.W.W. man who fought the efforts of the Australian government to introduce conscription against the will of the people, and to make the Wobblies illegal "by means fair or foul". It reminds me of something Woody Guthrie once said (I'm paraphrasing), "It seems like wars are always started by rich folks, who then yell for the poor folks to do their dying for them." BRENDAN O'REGAN - Cross Street and High (for Bob Wills) [A WIND OF CHANGE/ Mulligan] THE BUCKS - Rashers and Eggs [DANCIN' TO THE CEILÍ BAND/WEA UK] GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS - Morphine [CONCERTS FOR A LANDMINE-FREE WORLD/Vanguard] BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole [THE COMPLETE BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON/Columbia-Legacy] THE HOLMES BROTHERS - I Shall Not Walk Alone [SPEAKING IN TONGUES/Alligator] RAYMOND MYLES - Jesus is the Baddest Man in Town [HEAVEN IS THE PLACE/NYNO] "New Orleans' Gospel Genius", produced by Allan Toussaint. NORTHAMPTON HARMONY - Christian Warfare [THE HOOKES' REGULAR SING/Hazmat] Four-part shape note singing group featuring two members of Cordelia's Dad. JOHN DUFFEY (with SELDOM SCENE) - After Midnight [ALWAYS IN STYLE: A COLLECTION/Sugar Hill]

 

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