"DOWN HOME" #248 Thursday, January 2, 2003 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

6:59pm MICHAEL DOUCET & FRIENDS - Auld Lang Syne MICHAEL DOUCET & FRIENDS - Bonne Ann´e (Happy New Year) [ALLIGATOR STOMP, VOL. 4: CAJUN CHRISTMAS/Rhino] ROBERT SHANNON MEITUS & THE DORKESTRA - The New Year [100 FLOWERS/Scratch] LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE - La Cuisinière [EN SPECTACLE/Mille Pattes] Counting down, with lots of arbitrary numbering and artificially created drama, Chuck's faves of 2002! We'll do the top 15 tonight, then 16-20 and the honorable mentions next week. Before that, here are my two favorite compilations of the year, in a tie: 7:18pm RICHARD THOMPSON - Les Flammes d'Enfer (The Flames of Hell) ANN SAVOY & LINDA RONSTADT - Oh, Ma Chère 'Tite Fille (Oh, My Dear Little Girl) [EVANGELINE MADE: A TRIBUTE TO CAJUN MUSIC/ Vanguard] UNCLE TUPELO - Still Be Around UNCLE TUPELO - New Madrid [89/93: AN ANTHOLOGY/Columbia-Legacy] 7:33pm 15. SOLOMON BURKE - Diamond In Your Mind [DON'T GIVE UP ON ME/Fat Possum] 7:38pm 14. BUDDY MILLER - Oh, Fait Pitié d'Amour (Love Have Pity On Me) [MIDNIGHT AND LONESOME/Hightone] 7:43pm 13. CAITLIN CARY - Thick Walls Down [WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING/Yep Roc] 7:48pm 12. THE IGUANAS - Mil Demonios [LIVE IGUANAS: THE IGUANAS LIVE AT WOLF TRAP/ Blowout Records] 7:53pm 11. LINDA THOMPSON - Dear Mary [FASHIONABLY LATE/Rounder] 7:58pm 10. DOMINGO SIETE - Tabasco [DOMINGO SIETE DE LOS ANGELES/self-release] 8:02pm 9. LOS PINGUOS - Fumaza [MAGIA/self-release] 8:07pm 8. CORDELIA'S DAD - Leave Your Light On Brethren Sing [WHAT IT IS/Kimchee] 8:13pm 7. COREY HARRIS - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning [DOWNHOME SOPHISTICATE/ Rounder] 8:17pm 6. ALTAN - The Trip to Cullenstown [THE BLUE IDOL/Narada-Virgin] 8:23pm 5. FIDDLERS 4 - Pickin' the Devil's Eye You Little Wild Thing (La Bétaille) [FIDDLERS 4/Compass] 8:32pm 4. ANDERS OSBORNE & MONK BOUDREAUX - Summertime in New Orleans Down in the Gumbo [BURY THE HATCHET/Shanachie] The last batch was more or less a 12-way tie for second place, and here's the three-way tie for first, as usual. These are the records that spent more time in my CD player than any others all year long. 8:40pm 3. RHETT MILLER - Our Love Come Around [THE INSTIGATOR/Elektra] 8:48pm 2. RED STICK RAMBLERS - Alabama Jubilee I've Been Alone Before [THE RED STICK RAMBLERS/LouisianaRadio.com] 8:55pm 1. NICKEL CREEK - Spit On A Stranger This Side [THIS SIDE/Sugar Hill]

 

"down home" radio show | radio home page
the gumbo pages | search this site

chuck taggart
email:  chuck (at) downhome (dot) org