"DOWN HOME" #230 Thursday, August 29, 2002 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

BOILED IN LEAD - Serbian Kolo #3 [ORB/Atomic Theory] Happy birthday, Dule! ALTAN - The Blue Idol/Jug of Brown Ale/The Butcher's March (jigs) [THE BLUE IDOL/Narada World-Virgin] 7:08pm THE CHIEFTAINS with BUDDY & JULIE MILLER - Country Blues [DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD: THE NASHVILLE SESSIONS/RCA] Country 'n Irish! Due out 9/17, and the lads jam with the likes of Béla Fleck, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Earl Scruggs, Patty Griffin, Del McCoury and more as they explore the Irish roots of country and bluegrass. KELLY WILLIS - Getting to Me [EASY/Ryko] THE BELLYACHERS - Heavy in My Hands [HEAVY IN MY HANDS/Gut Records] THE BELIEVERS - The Believers [ROW/Baptism by Fire] 7:26pm NICKEL CREEK - Hanging By A Thread [THIS SIDE/Sugar Hill] A gorgeous song by Chris Thile. This is threatening to become my favorite record of the year. THE LONESOME RIVER BAND - Down the Line [WINDOW OF TIME/Doobie Shea] TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Talking Thunderbird Wine Blues [A GENTLE EVENING WITH TOWNES VAN ZANDT/Dualtone] "Ya got fifty-nine cents?!" GUY CLARK - Rex's Blues [THE DARK/Sugar Hill] Guy does Townes. "I promised myself that I am going to put a Townes song on every album I record until the day I die, because he was my friend and a great songwriter. This one was next on my list." 7:38pm WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON - At Night in the City [WOLF AT THE DOOR/Rounder] PAUL GAYTEN & ANNIE LAURIE - I'll Never Be Free [REGAL RECORDS IN NEW ORLEANS/Specialty] SOLOMON BURKE - The Other Side of the Coin [DON'T GIVE UP ON ME/Fat Possum] COREY HARRIS - Where the Yellow Cross the Dog [DOWNHOME SOPHISTICATE/Rounder] 7:57pm JOHN DELAFOSE - Richard's Two-Step [HEARTACHES AND HOT STEPS/Maison de Soul] BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Zydeco la Louisiane [BUCKWHEAT'S ZYDECO PARTY/Rounder] 8:09pm MORRIS & DEXTER ARDOIN - Blues de Basile [LOUISIANA CAJUN AND CREOLE MUSIC/Playasound] DEWEY BALFA, STEVE RILEY & FRIENDS - La Valse d'Orphelin (Orphan's Waltz) [FOLK MASTERS/Smithsonian-Folkways] BEAUSOLEIL - La Danse de la Vie [LA DANSE DE LA VIE/Rhino] 8:25pm DALE WATSON - I Walk the Line [DRESSED IN BLACK: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH/ Dualtone] GREY DE LISLE - Usted [HOME WRECKER/Hummin'bird] THE MOVIE STARS - It's All Right Now [HEAD ON A PLATTER/Whirlaway] Fantastic, late and lamented band featuring three future members of Red Meat RED MEAT - Baby Beats Me the Best [13/Ranchero] The greatest country song about masochism in the history of music. 8:40pm MATAPAT - La vieille galope [PETIT FOU/Borealis] New music from Québec, the second album from this group, this time pushing the boundaries of the tradition. Indian percussion and vocals on this one. LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE - Lune de miel (Honeymoon) [CORDIAL/Mille Pattes] A sordid tale of a rotten honeymoon, from their most recent album. THE BOTHY BAND - Martin Wynne's/The Longford Tinker [LIVE IN CONCERT/BBC] CHERISH THE LADIES - Three Weeks We Were Wed [ONE AND ALL: THE BEST OF CHERISH THE LADIES/Green Linnet] KEVIN BURKE - The Butterfly [SOLO FIDDLE/Green Linnet] 8:57pm ANN SAVOY - Lulu Revenue Dans La Village [MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD/DMZ-Columbia]

 

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