Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Random Bits of Floating Dust Mix

Much to cover - The line-up for Bonnaroo 2012 and is always impressive.  Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beach Boys, The Civil Wars, The Avett Brothers, Bon Iver, The Roots, Foster the People, Delta Spirit, Alice Cooper, Dawes, Bad Brains, St. Vincent, Laura Marling, Ben Fold Five, Mogwai, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Kurt Vile and many many more. You can see all the goodies here.   I should start a fund to solicit funds for me to attend.


A new Johnny Cash museum was announced yesterday to open in Downtown Nashville this summer. 

To the list:  Today we have an especially sweet mix of music - including a Minneapolis based Stompin' Blues band, an obscure British singer-songwriter, a Nashville based Beats master, and a legendary singer covering a classic song.  Let's get to it.

First - The band is called The 4ontheFloor. The song is called Workin' Man Zombie and man oh man it rocks big time. It's from the album 4x4 which has 16 tracks - get it?

 
(click on the album cover above to visit the Amazon.com page for 4x4)  (h/t to the fantastic Popa's Tunes who included the song on his Popakazooza 2012 Vol. 2 compilation)

Next - In a just world this next artist would be really famous and win lots of awards and stuff.  She is a singer-songwriter who comes from the U.K. The song today is called Set Fire to the Rain from the album 21 by Adele.  Remember that name, I predict big things from her.


(click on the album cover above to go to the Amazon page for 21 and support this struggling artist)

Next up in a song from the From '07: The Beat Tape by Nashville-based artist/producer/beats man Hayden Coleman and a song called Vans (Down by the River)

Chris Farley would be pleased, I'm sure. And finally, in 2005 or 2006 - Etta James did a cover of Prince's iconic song Purple Rain and just plain tore it up.
 
(click on the album cover above to visit Amazon to check out Etta James and her album All the Way.)

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Purple Rain [Blu-ray] Purple Rain, the first starring film for Prince, is the story of an arrogant, young black singer, born and raised in Minneapolis, who reaches the pinnacle of stardom. The dramatic complications include "The Kid's" (Prince) miserable home life, where he su

The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts "The New York Times" bestselling biography of an American comedy legend After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He fought hard against them, but it was a fight he would lose in December 1997. Farley's fans immediately drew parallels between his death and that of his idol, John Belushi. Without looking deeper, however, many failed to see that Farley was much more than just another Hollywood drug overdose. In this officially authorized oral history, Farley's friends and family remember his work and life. Along the way, they tell a remarkable story of boundless energy, determination, and laughter that could only keep the demons at bay for so long.