6/7/09 Playlist

A long show tonight, extended until midnight so as to fill in for absent colleagues.

1. Sloan Wainwright: There But for Fortune (Rediscovery), Derby Disc http://www.sloanwainwright.com/
2. Loudon Wainwright III: (Recovery), Yep Roc 2181 http://www.yeproc.com/
3. Christine Lavin: Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind (I Don't Make This Stuff Up...), Yellow Tail http://www.christinelavin.com/
4. Alastair Moock: Fortune Street (Fortune Street), CoraZong http://www.moock.com/

5. Terri Hendrix: Bring 'Em All In (Left Over Alls), Wilory http://www.terrihendrix.com/
6. Tony McManus: The Maids of Mitchelstown (The Maker's Mark: The Dream Guitar Sessions), Compass http://www.tonymcmanus.com/
7. Eilen Jewell: One of Those Days (Sea of Tears), Signature Sounds http://www.eilenjewell.com/
8. Paul Reddick: Climbing up The Hill (Sugar Bird), NorthernBlues http://www.northernblues.com/

Honky-tonk rules!
9. Wayne Hancock: Driving My Young Life Away (Viper of Melody), Bloodshot http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/
10. Girl Howdy: My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You (Girl Howdy at Rhythm & Roots), FestivaLink http://www.festivalink.net/
11. David Serby: For Cryin' Out Loud (Honkytonk and Vine), Harbor Grove http://www.davidserby.com/

12. Colleen McFarland: Drowning the World (Let It Shine), 9th Child http://www.colleenmcfarland.com/
13. Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women: River under The Road (Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women), Yep Roc http://www.yeproc.com/
14. Laurie McLain: Somewhere in Kentucky (Ascend), self www.myspace.com/lauriemclain
15. Freddy Fender: The Gardens (Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney), Yep Roc http://www.yeproc.com/

Thematic similarity:
16. Cheryl Wheeler: Pointing at The Sun (Pointing at The Sun), DIAS http://www.diasrecords.com/
17. Eliza Gilkyson: Is It Like Today (Paradise Hotel), Red House http://www.redhouserecords.com/
18, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen: The Kid with The Comic Book (Being There), Compass Rose http://www.compassrosemusic.com/

North Korea and Iran are messing around with bombs -- wanting to play with the big boys, I guess:
19. Tom Lehrer: We Will All Go Together When We Go (An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer), Reprise
20. The Kingston Trio: Merry Minuet (...from the "Hungry i"), Capitol LP
21. Dean Stevens: Wise Men in White Lab Coats (Eyes of Wonder), Volcano dean@deanstevens.com

Poor white males, they're the most oppressed group in the U.S. -- at least according to Rush et al...
22. Todd Snider: Conservative, Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White American Males (East Nashville Skyline)
23. Ned Massey: Angry Old White Man (Blood Ties), self http://www.nedmassey.com/
24. Todd Snider: This Land Is Our Land (Songs for The Daily Planet)
25. Susan Werner: My Strange Nation (download)
26. Will Kimbrough: Act Like Nothing's Wrong (Americanitis), Daphne http://www.willkimbrough.com/
27. Richard Thompson: Pharoah (Amnesia), Capitol http://www.richard-thompsonmusic.com/

Connecticut's legislature passed the bill to abolish the death penalty, but Governor Rell vetoed it:
28. Nanci Griffith: Not Innocent Enough (The Loving Kind), Rounder http://www.rounder.com/

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Tony McManus's "The Maker's Mark: The Dream Guitar Sessions," Compass

Don't Ask Don't Tell....
29. The Prince Myshkins: Let Me Into the Military (Shiny Round Object)
30. John McCutcheon & Si Kahn: Let's Keep It Straight (Signs of The Times), Flying Fish

31 & 32. Mother Banjo / Ellen Stanley (at The Space 6/9): This Fall & Revival Train (The Sad and Found), So Low http://www.motherbanjo.com/

Wandering through the music:
33 & 34. Richard & Linda Thompson: The Sun Never Shines on The Poor & A Heart Needs A Home (Hokey Pokey), Hannibal
35. Iris DeMent: Wasteland of The Free (The Way I Should), Warner Bros.
36. Kieron Means: One More Mile (Far As My Eyes Can See), Fellside http://www.fellside.com/
37. Chumbawamba: Walking into Battle with The Lord (A Singsong and A Scrap), Trade Root http://www.traderootmusic.com/

Nanci’s first song is about LBJ, second one is about Townes van Zandt:
38 & 39. Nanci Griffith: Cotton's All We Got & Up Against the Rain (The Loving Kind), Rounder http://www.rounder.com/
40. Steve Earle: Marie (Townes), New West http://www.newwestrecords.com/

Two new downloads:
41. Austin Lounge Lizards: Too Big to Fail
42. Christine Lavin: Too Old for The Bee

The June 8 & 15 New Yorker has an article about panthers in New Jersey:
43. Michael Smith: Panther in Michigan (Michael Smith Love Stories), Flying Fish

Reuters says "Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies (June 4, 2009)
44. Garnet Rogers: Election Night - North Dakota (At A High Window), Snow Goose Songs http://www.garnetrogers.com/
45. Ian Robb: They're Taking It Away (From Different Angels), Fallen Angle

46. Cheryl Wheeler: White Cat (Pointing at the Sun), DIAS http://www.diasrecords.com/
47. Todd Snider: Good Fortune (The Excitement Plan), Yep Roc http://www.yeproc.com/
48. Colleen McFarland: Fingers on the Buttons (Let It Shine), 9th Child http://www.colleenmcfarland.com/
49. The Electric Trains: Texas 1947 (Roots Music Right on Track), self http://www.theelectrictrains.com/

Land Mines: Iraq halts cleanup even as toll rises:
50. Bernard Carney & Peter Grayling: Gardens of Death (No Time Like the Future), Tempo (Australia)

Still in the news:
51. James McMurtry: Cheney's Toy (Just Us Kids), Lightning Rod http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/
52. The Foremen: Russian Limbaugh (Sing It Loud! Live at Luna Park)

They’re singing about coal:
53. Truckstop Souvenir: For the Coal (Under a Big Blue Sky), self http://www.truckstopsouvenir.com/
54. Kathy Mattea: Coal Tattoo (Coal), Thirty Tigers http://www.mattea.com/
55. Robin & Linda Williams: Blue Diamond Mines (Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields), Lonesome Pine http://www.musicofcoal.com/
56. Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakam: Miner's Prayer (Music of Coal)

57. Buskin & Batteau: Tonight We Are Everywhere (Red Shoes and Golden Hearts), Nouveau Retro http://www.buskinandbatteau.com/
58. Resentments: What Love Can Do (Roselight), Freedom Records http://www.freedomrecords.com/
59. Milton: Grand Hotel (Grand Hotel), Maggadee http://www.maggadee.com/
60. Ruthie Foster: Up Above My Head (The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster), Blue Corn Music http://www.bluecornmusic.com/
61. Joe Pug: Hymn #35 (Nation of Heat EP), self http://www.joepug.com/
62. Todd Snider: Vinyl Records (New Connection), Oh Boy http://www.ohboy.com/
63. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House http://www.redhouserecords.com/