GUMBO #209 Sunday, Febrary 12, 1995 / Midnight - 3:00am KCRW Santa Monica, 89.9 FM KCRY Indio - Palm Springs, 89.3 FM KCRU Oxnard - Ventura County, 89.1 FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opening Theme: ALIAS RON KAVANA - Soweto Trembles (The Jo'burg Jig) [THINK LIKE A HERO/Chiswick Records] THE LOVED ONES - Wishy Washy Woman [BETTER DO RIGHT/Hightone] KEITH FRANK - Motor Dude Special [WHAT'S HIS NAME/Maison de Soul] Debut from the son of zydeco bandleader Preston Frank; a little bit of dad but, as with most young zydeco bands these days, plenty of Boozoo influence. This is a Boozoo cover. THE IGUANAS - My Girlfriend Is A Waitress [NUEVO BOOGALOO/Margaritaville-MCA] Our waitress from Cafe '50s earlier tha night said she'd be listening in, so why not? UNCLE TUPELO - Live Worth Livin' [NO DEPRESSION/Rockville] DAVY SPILLANE - Atlantic Bridge [ATLANTIC BRIDGE/Tara] Davy takes the pipes in a new direction on his debut solo album. With Bela Fleck on banjo and Jerry Douglas on dobro, among many others. LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE - La Chanson du Queteux [JUSQU'AUX P'TITES HEURES/ Les Disques Mille Pattes] I'm still waiting to get their newer one ... TASSO - Caillette est Morte [VIENS A MA MAISON/Swallow] GENO DELAFOSE - Hey, Geno! [FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE/Rounder] GU-ACHI FIDDLERS - Ali Oidak Polka [BORDERLANDS/Smithsonian-Folkways] Great rootsy stuff from Spanish-speaking Native Americans in southern Arizona. THE METERS - Mardi Gras Mambo [MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS, VOL. 2/Mardi Gras] PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - Burgundy Street Blues [LIVE!/Sony] Featuring Dr. Michael White on clarinet. REBIRTH BRASS BAND - Pie, Part 2 [TAKE IT TO THE STREET/Rounder] By request. GERALDINE FIBBERS - Marmalade [GERALDINE FIBBERS ep/Hut-Virgin UK] CD debut, import only. Tracks from the 10" and the 7" single. FREAKWATER - Lover's Return [KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE CARTER FAMILY/Amoeba] HARRY DEAN STANTON - I Hope I Never Ge Too Old (To Rock And Roll) [A TOWN SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD, VOL. 3/Restless] THE MOVIE STARS - Head on a Platter [HEAD ON A PLATTER/Whirlaway] With Brad Williams wailing on Acadian accordion BUTCH HANCOCK - Eileen [EATS AWAY THE NIGHT/Glitterhouse] First album in years from this Texas roots-country legend. Backed by Lucinda Williams' band UNCLE TUPELO - We've Been Had (live) [FIVE LIVE/Sire-Reprise] GRAM PARSONS - Still Feeling Blue [GP/Reprise] COWBOY MOUTH - Hitchhiker [IT MEANS ESCAPE/Monkey Hill] THE BUCKS - Psycho Ceili In Claremorris [DANCIN' TO THE CEILI BAND/WEA] THE BOTHY BAND - An Bothan a'bheig Fionnghuala (Fionnuala's Bothy) THE BOTHY BAND - Farewell to Erin [LIVE IN CONCERT/BBC Records] TADHG MAC DHONNAGAIN - Ta Mamai sa Chistin [RAFTEIRI SAN UNDERGROUND/ Clo Iar-Chonnachta] Or, "Momma's in the Kitchen", a pure country song, and a corny one at that, in Irish. An example of that wonderfully weird genre personified by the Fleadh Cowboys, "Country 'n' Irish" KEVIN BURKE & MICHEAL O DOMHNAILL - Is Fada Liom Uaim I [PORTLAND/Green Linnet] ALTAN - Pretty Peg/New Ship's a-Sailing/The Bird's Nest [HARVEST STORM/ Green Linnet VARTTINA - Pirsta [AITARA/Green Linnet-Xenophile] THE UKRAINIANS - Koroleva ne Pomerla (The Queen is Dead) [VORONY/Green Linnet-Xenophile] Not a traditional song, but a Morrissey/Marr song, done by the Smiths, but translated into Ukrainian and played in a folk/punk style by this offshoot of The Wedding Present. Weird! PETER OSTROUSHKO - Katerina's Waltz [SLUZ-DUZ MUSIC/Rounder] A sweet waltz Peter wrote for his mom. VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY - (untranslated) [HORIZON/Melodiya] I have no idea what he as singing about, but he sure as hell was singing his guts out. Makes me wish I spoke Russian. LES NEGRESSES VERTES - Sous Le Soleil de Bodega [FAMILLE NOMBREUSE/Delabel] By request. SIRKUS - Tarinan Kertojat [IKAVAA/Mipu] Jazzy folk from Finland. JOHN HENRY HOPKINS - I Want to Go Fishing [THE HOPKINS BROTHERS/Arhoolie] Lightning Hopkins' long-lost older brother, great country blues CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN - Early In the Morning [THE MAN/Verve] New one from Texas bluesman, with country and Cajun touches. TERRY ROBB - Death Letter [ACOUSTIC BLUES TRIO/Burnside] THE JAYHAWKS - Ten Little Kids [TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS/American] THE SILVER JEWS - New Orleans [STARLITE WALKER/Drag City] By request. ADOLPH HOFNER - Star Kovarna [SOUTH TEXAS SWING/Arhoolie] In Czech, no less. Lots of Czechs emigrated to this part of Texas, and there's a nifty blend of Czech polkas and Western swing in this region. BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS - Who, Tell Me Who? [JUMPING FROM 6 TO 6/ Hightone]