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All of this happened a long time ago when the world was a very different place. Of course, none of us knew that at the time.
(From The Drift - A Novel by Joe Wolfe-Mazeres) Available at Amazon.com (Kindle edition also available)
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Busy day, and I am a little short on time, so I won't blather on - we'll just jump straight into the Wild Wednesday Shuffle. New songs, old songs, red songs, blue songs, on a train, in the rain....
"If It Wasn't For the Wind" by Bill and Colleen Cade
First up, we have a track from the self-titled album by Bill and Colleen Cade - a Texas father and daughter duo. Sadly, Colleen Cade passed away shortly after this album was released. The track today happens to be a cover of a David Olney song. It is a beautiful rendition of a song Olney first released in 1986 on his album Eye of the Storm. The song was also included on his 2001 album, Women Across the River. Since I couldn't find a video for Bill and Colleen Cade's version, I included one of Olney's versions in the video playlist.
"Tennessee Waltz" by Dingzui
This song is not a cover of - but does reference the country music song written in 1946 by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart and famously covered by Patti Page in 1950. This is a song by Nashville band Dingzui from their album Analogue which we featured a couple of years ago. Coincidentally, I first was introduced to the band, when I met their drummer, Nick Miller at a David Olney show.
"Greasy Greens" by George Higgs
Next we have one from the Music Maker Relief Foundation. Music Maker is an amazing organization that is dedicating to helping pioneering Southern musicians who have fallen on hard times. They support these incredible artists both by providing assistance with housing, food, medical, and more and by helping to the get their music out in the world. George Higgs was a acoustic blues musician from North Carolina. Music Makers help Higgs obtain a passport to tour overseas and helped with prescription costs and with getting guitars. Higgs passed away in 2013.
"O to Joe" by Dog Without Warning
Our friends from the Bay Area (Oakland to be precise) are back in the shuffle with a track from 7 Year Itch: Faith in Knots - a 2016 re-recording of most of the songs from their 2009 debut album Faith in Knots. I first heard this band through Couch by Couchwest, and they have become a favorite. I am always stuck by (and never fail to mention) the band's tendency to try new sounds and styles on each album - while somehow maintaining a consistency of quality throughout.
"Next to Nowhere" by Beth McKee
One of the coolest things is when one of my favorite musicians connects me with a new to me musician friend of theirs - who goes on to be a new favorite. Such is the case with Beth McKee - who came to me via a recommendation from Tim and Susan Lee of Bark. We have been featuring McKee's latest album, Dreamwood Acres, in our "New Music" playlist, but I also recently got a hod of an earlier album (2012), and this is the title track from that release. Beth McKee is an incredible songwriter and singer. She is also a founder of the Swamp Sistas songwriting collective of powerful women from the South,
"Can't See It From Here" by Bill Bloomer
Next up, we have a track from Jubilee by American expatriate Bill Bloomer. Bloomer seems to be a no-nonsense, "tell-it-like-it-is" kind of person, and his songs match that approach. I really need to listen to this song again more closely (when I'm not commuting), but from what I heard, he certainly doesn't seem to be pulling any punches. One of my favorite "discoveries" of the year.
"Henry the Candle Servant" by Discount Ravioli
We have ALMOST made it through the epic Baby Arm Sessions (53 tracks) - I think we have like four to go. This is very much an improvisational album - I imagine that they just turned on the recorder and then later figured out where one track ends and another begins and what to call each track. This track references Henry - who we first heard about on related band Batkho Dahn's album Oil Change (Batkhi Dahn has new music coming soon, btw!). I was fortunate enough to meet young Henry, who seems amazingly tolerant of the weirdness of his sibling and his friends.
"Every Night About This Time" by Dave Alvin
"Border Radio" by Dave Alvin
And why not, we close the shuffle with two of my favorite Dave Alvin songs. The first is from Alvin's first solo album, Romeo's Escape (the UK release made this the title track). The second was also included on Romeo's Escape - it was originally released by The Blasters on their self-titled album. "Border Radio" gave its name to the Allison Anders film that featured Dave Alvin, John Doe, Chris D, and a cameo by our friend Julie Christensen.
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