"DOWN HOME" #218 Thursday, June 6, 2002 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

JAKE KRACK - Ida Red [WIRE FIRE/WiseKrack Records] FLETCHER HENDERSON - Radio Rhythm [THE DEFINITIVE FLETCHER HENDERSON: KEN BURNS JAZZ/Columbia-Legacy] THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND - Ruler of My Heart [MEDICATED MAGIC/Rope a Dope] with Norah Jones on vocals FATS DOMINO - Jambalaya (On the Bayou) [THE FATS DOMINO JUKEBOX: 20 GREATEST HITS THE WAY YOU ORIGINALLY HEARD THEM/Capitol-EMI] THE IGUANAS - Oye Isabel [LIVE AT WOLF TRAP/Blowout] LOS TERRIBLES DEL NORTE - Tierra Mala [CARRETERA INTERNACIONAL/Hacienda] THE BLAZERS - Las Clases del Cha Cha Cha/Los Marcianos [JUST FOR YOU/Rounder] JILL OLSON - Yours Mine and Ours [MY BEST YESTERDAY/125 Records] OH SUSANNA - All That Remains [SLEEPY LITTLE SAILOR/Catamount] THE SIGNAL HILL TRANSMISSION - As You Were Then [HOME/self-release] Bruce Molsky is performing this Saturday at 8pm at First United Methodist Church (Simpkins Hall), 1008 11th Street, Santa Monica. It's 2 blocks north of Wilshire, with parking across the street. Cal (818) 785-3839 for information. Produced by FolkWorks, www.folkworks.org BRUCE MOLSKY - Sail Away Ladies [LOST BOY/Rounder] Bruce on guitar and vocals, Carla Gover on harmony vocals BRUCE MOLSKY & BIG HOEDOWN - Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further Into the Fire [BRUCE MOLSKY & BIG HOEDOWN/Rounder] Bruce's legendary old-time group with Bev Smith and Rafe Stefanini. I love any song or tune that refers to pig's feet in the title. FIDDLERS 4 - Pickin' the Devil's Eye [FIDDLERS 4/Compass] This year's amazing collaboration with Mike Doucet, Darol Anger and Rushad Eggleston. BRUCE MOLSKY - Old Greasy Coat [POOR MAN'S TROUBLES/Rounder] Some good ol' fiddlin' here, accompanied by Paul Brown on the banjo. Go see him this weekend ... he's brilliant. EDDIE BAYTOS & THE NERVIS BROTHERS - Don't Beat Yourself Up [TAKE SOME MAMBO TIME/Tallhead Music] Some very fonky New Orleans sounds. The current incarnation of this group performs his Friday, June 7, at a blues club called Cozy's, 14058 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks. (818) 986-6000 EARL KING - Things I Used To Do [THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS: WWOZ ON CD, VOL. 11, SPRING 1999/WWOZ-FM] Recorded live at Tipitina's Uptown, January 30, 1999 The Batties are playing this coming Thursday night at the Conga Room, of all places! Not the kinda venue that usually features Celtic folk music, so this should be a rare treat. Their new lineup features the return of Irish singer/guitarist/songwriter Pat Kilbride after a 23-year absence, plus their latest disgustingly talented 18-year-old fiddler Alasdair White. Don't miss them! 5364 Wilshire Blvd, Thursday, June 13 (I give you offical permission to miss "Down Home" that night; tape it instead) at 8:30pm. 21 and over. BATTLEFIELD BAND - Miss Sarah MacManus/The Appropriate Dipstick/ Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome to Shetland [ACROSS THE BORDERS/ Temple] BATTLEFIELD BAND - Jennie O' the Braes [RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE/Temple] NATALIE MacMASTER - Bog an Lochan Steps (Bog an Lochan/Prince Charlie's Reel/Gabe Arsenault/Grant's Reel) [LIVE/Rounder] BATTLEFILED BAND - A Mile Down the Road/Johnny's Jig/Boys of the Puddle [HAPPY DAZE/Temple] VICTORIA SPIVEY & LONNIE JOHNSON - I Got Men All Over This Town [WOMAN BLUES!/Bluesville] LONG JOHN HUNTER - Time and Time Again [SWINGING FROM THE RAFTERS/ Alligator] HENRY THOMAS - Run Mollie Run [BEFORE THE BLUES, VOL. 1/Yazoo] LOU ANN BARTON - Shake Your Hips [THE OXFORD AMERICAN SAMPLER 1999] JAMES ANDREWS - Last Night on the Back Porch [SATCHMO OF THE GHETTO/ NYNO] DAVID LINDLEY & HANI NASER - Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Building Blues [OFFICIAL BOOTLEG #2/Pleemhead] THE RED STICK RAMBLERS - Nagasaki [THE RED STICK RAMBLERS/LouisianaRadio.com]

 

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