GUMBO #201
Sunday, December 18, 1994 / Midnight - 3:00am
 
KCRW Santa Monica, 89.9 FM
KCRY Indio - Palm Springs, 89.3 FM
KCRU Oxnard - Ventura County, 89.1 FM
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     Opening Theme:  
     ALIAS RON KAVANA - Soweto Trembles (The Jo'burg Jig)
                        [THINK LIKE A HERO/Chiswick Records]

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Ma Tite Fille [MENAGERIE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION/Island]
SONNY LANDRETH - Native Stepson [SOUTH OF I-10/Zoo]
THE BUCKS - Rashers 'n Eggs [DANCING TO THE CEILI BAND/WEA]
ROBB JOHNSON & PIP COLLINGS - Singing for the Moon [OVERNIGHT/Irregular]  One
     of my favorite songs from this terrific English folksinging duo
BUMPIN' UGLIES - Hollywood [BUMPIN' UGLIES/Red Planet]  Wonderful L. A. based
     acoustic/electric folk-rock outfit
 
THE SILOS - My Big Car [HASTA LA VICTORIA/Watermelon]  Latest from Walter
     Salas-Humara's roots-rock outfit
MATT KEATING - McHappiness [SCARY AREA/Alias]
BOTTLE ROCKETS - Pot of Gold [THE BROOKLYN SIDE/East Side Digital]
UNCLE TUPELO - Anodyne [THE LONG CUT + FIVE LIVE/Sire]
 
THE RADIATORS - I'm In the Mood [BUCKET OF FISH/Croaker]  The Rads' funky 
     cover of the John Lee Hooker tune
TERRANCE SIMIEN - The Maker [THERE'S ROOM FOR US ALL/Black Top] Terrance's 
     sultry cover of Daniel Lanois' tune
DR. JOHN - Limbo [TELEVISION/MCA-GRP]
 
The 1:00am feature ... a preview of next week's Christmas special
JAMBALAYA CAJUN BAND - Jingle Bell Rock [ALLIGATOR STOMP, VOL. 4: CAJUN
     CHRISTMAS/Rhino]  Jambalaya recorded several bilingual Christmas
     tunes for this album, which features liner notes by ... ME!
THE CHIEFTAINS with ELVIS COSTELLO - The St. Stephen's Day Murders [THE
     BELLS OF DUBLIN/RCA]
MICHAEL DOUCET - Please Come Home for Christmas [CHRISTMAS BAYOU/Swallow]
     Keyboarist Steve Conn, currently in Sonny Landreth's band, on vocals
WILLIE HUMPHREY - Merry Christmas Baby [CHRISTMAS IN NEW ORLEANS/Mardi Gras
     Records]  RIP Willie, 1900-1994
BUCK OWENS - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy [HILLBILLY HOLIDAY/Rhino]
 
Guess who's coming to town!
THE GRATEFUL DEAD - Looks Like Rain [WITHOUT A NET/Arista]
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND - Oh the Wind and Rain [ALMOST ACOUSTIC/Grateful
     Dead]
THE PALACE BROTHERS - Untitled [HOPE/Drag City]
THE FLATLANDERS - (Have You Ever Seen) Dallas (From a DC-9 at Night?)
     [MORE A LEGEND THAN A BAND/Rounder]  Jimmy Dale Gilmore's song, in
     this band with himself, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock
THE GRATEFUL DEAD - Ripple [AMERICAN BEAUTY/Warner Bros.]
 
ANDY WHITE - Six-String Street [HIMSELF/Cooking Vinyl]  STILL waiting for
     the latest from this great Belfast singer/songwriter, but this'll do
     for now!
SEAN SMYTH - The Easy Club Reels [THE BLUE FIDDLE/Mulligan]
DOUGIE MACLEAN - Caledonia [CRAIGIE DHU/Dunkeld]  A homesick song, his
     signature song.
FISHERSTREET - Jigs: Helvic Head/The Trip to Killarney [OUT IN THE NIGHT/
     Mulligan]
 
TOM WAITS - Intro/Better Off Without a Wife [NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER/Asylum]
GRANT LEE BUFFALO - Good Night John Lee [MOCKINGBIRDS ep/Slash]
DEL AMITRI - Here and Now [TWISTED/A&M]
JOHN HIATT - Memphis in the Meantime [COMES ALIVE AT BUDOKAN?/A&M]
 
LES TETES BRULEES - Za Ayi Neyi [HOTHEADS/Shanachie]  Fiery stuff from 
     Cameroon.
OS PARALAMAS DO SUCESSO - Jubaiba [BIG BANG/EMI Brasil]  This Brazilian
     roots-rock outfit's version of the following song ...
DAVID LINDLEY & EL RAYO-X - Gimme Da Ting [VERY GREASY/Elektra]
TEXAS TORNADOS - Volver, Volver [ZONE OF OUR OWN/Reprise]
MR. PETERS' BOOM AND CHIME - Mr. Peters Weh Yu Gwain? [HAUL UP YOUR FOOT,
     YOU FOOL/Fire Ant]  Wild accordion-based roots music from Belize
STEVE JORDAN - El Alacran [THE RETURN OF EL PARCHE/Rounder]  Yeah, I played
     it recently, but I love it, and I played it again!
 
DAVID GRISMAN & MARC SILBER - People Get Ready [OUT ON THE ROLLING SEA:
     A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOSEPH SPENCE/Green Linnet]
THE SAW DOCTORS - N17 [IF THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL, I WANT MY OLD JOB BACK/
     Solid Records]  The first CD by the beet farmers from Tuam, Co. Galway,
     and an enormous hit.
DAVY SPILLANE - May Morning Dew [THE SOUND OF STONE: ARTISTS FOR MULLAGHMORE/
     Bag Records]