E2TG 2/10/2022 - 2 Years - Umbrella Mix (The Show Remix)

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!

It looks like the archive from this morning's Greetings from Nashville is not yet available, but when it is it can be found HERE. (UPDATE - NOW AVAILABLE)

Here is the playlist:

6:00am Greetings from Nashville by Jason and The Scorchers on Still Standing (EMI/EMI Records (USA))

6:01am Devil Weed and Me by Area Code 615 on Trip in the Country (ODL)

6:07am Watchin’ TV (With the Radio On) by Barefoot Jerry on Watchin’ TV (With the Radio On) (Legacy Recordings)*

6:11am Back Porch Gettin’ Down by Mac Gayden on Come Along (Arena Recordings)

6:16am Everlasting Love by U2 on The Best of 1980-1990 & B-Sides (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue))

6:21am Everlasting Love by Gloria Estefan on The Essential Gloria Estefan (Epic/Legacy)

6:25am Schöne Weihnachtszeit (Instrumental) by Guildo Horn on Weihnachten mit Guildo (Gassenhauer Musikverlag)

6:29am When by Joe Simon on …Better Than Ever (Sound Stage 7)

6:32am Hayride by Gary Lewis & The Playboys on The Liberty Singles Collection (Capitol Records)

6:36am Breakaway by The Valentines on Sensational Soul, Vol 4 (Shami Media Group)

6:36am Rainbow Valley by Love Affair on The Everlasting Love Affair (Columbia)

6:42am I’m Leavin’ It All Up to You by Linda Ronstadt on Silk Purse (Capitol Records)

6:44am Sounds of the City by Dianne Davidson on Perigon: Full Circle (Dianne Davidson)*

6:49am It’s Alright by Bobby Bare on The Essential Bobby Bare (Columbia Nashville Legacy)

*Updates/Disclaimers: Although Mac Gayden played on and wrote several songs on the first Barefoot Jerry album, he is not on the album I played from.  Also, Gayden is associated with Dianne Davidson's Perigon: Full Circle - he did not play on the track I picked.  

I'm still pleased with how the show came out. 

Today's shuffle is below the jump:

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 6/16/2021 - Let's Go! - Sue Mix (State of Mind Remix)

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!

As I previously posted, I am taking a few days off - so this will be the last post until Monday.  This week's Featured Friday Playlist recap will continue into next week. 

Featured Friday Playlist recap (Part 4) (songs 14-17):

14. "Here at Last" by Jane and John

First up, we have a track from this UK alt-pop duo that formed during the lockdowns with part of their most recent double A-side single. 

15. Heartbreak Hotel" by Late Night Feelings

Next, we have the title track to the debut EP from the project of singer-songwriter Karan Naik - who grew up in New Jersey but who is currently based in Austin, Texas.  It is the first taste from the forthcoming debut album by Late Night Feelings. 

16. "It's for Fun (That's All We're Living for)" by The Forty Nineteens

Next from their latest album, New Roaring Twenties - we have a track from this California garage rock band.

17. "Crack and the One Armed Baby" by Punk as a Doornail

And we close with a fun track from this long-running punk rock duo from California that featured drum and the skatar (a skateboard guitar) to create their sound which has evolved from pure noise to incorporate a variety of influences with out losing any of the edge. 
 

    Featured Friday Playlist

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - Break Down and Cry Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


Today another reminder about the Magnolia Roads American Roots Hoedown IV - happening next Friday and Saturday April 26 and 27 at The 5 Spot.  If you are on Facebook, go head and mark that you are GOING. Here's the Event Page.

Now, it is Wednesday and time to dive right into the Wild Wednesday Shuffle.  I believe this one lives up to the name. New songs, classic songs, and who knows maybe some new classics.

Let's go!

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - Miles and Miles of Ohio Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


A fun night at The 5 Spot for the opening night of Brian Wright and Friends April Residency.  A killer band, great songs, and guest Shannon McNally.

Plus, I stuck around for most of $2 Tuesday with great hangs and more great music.

I'm dragging a bit today!

#E2TG Favorite among Favorites Darrin Bradbury just released a new single - his first release since signing to ANTI- Records.  It's for his song, "Newark" which is one of my favorite of his newest batch of songs.



Now, it's time for our regularly schedule "Wild Wednesday" shuffle. I love Wednesdays because it is a bit like digging through old boxes - you never know what you will find.

Theme Thursday Morning Shuffle - Save the World Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


Warning: Long rant ahead...

Some facts (real facts not alternate facts):  I am the parent of a child with disabilities who has benefited from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  The IDEA (in case you do not know - which I did not until it become relevant to me) is a complex (and wonderful) federal law. To keep it simple, one of the things that the law requires is that all students with disabilities (physical, intellectual...) be provided the opportunity to learn in the least restrictive environment - which means kids with disabilities cannot simply be locked away out of sight in a basement - as they often were before this law was enacted.

Now, this President who openly mocked an individual with disabilities while campaigning (and don't even try to throw the ridiculous spin at me that tries to say he did not) has nominated for Secretary of Education someone who openly opposes many of the provisions of the IDEA and who during her confirmation hearing appeared to not even know what the IDEA was.

Furthermore, this President's nominee for Attorney General in testimony before Congress in 2000, while seeming to praise the "intent" of the law, bemoaned the fact that the law requires school systems to give students with disabilities "special treatment".  This "special treatment" is actually what the law intends. Qualifying students with special needs have a Individualized Education Program (IEP) which is developed by a team that includes educators, specialists, and parents. The idea, to put it simply, is that "special" plans/programs are needed to assure all students are given the best opportunity available.  Honestly, in a perfect world, every student should have some sort of IEP - because all kids learn differently... but that is another topic.

Just to clarify, to comments from the AG nominee should be alarming to any parent of a child with disabilities because they point to possible interpretations or modifications of the law which would undermine the intent of the law and set our education system back to some very dark times for the children who benefit from the IDEA.

This is just one, more personal, reason that I am breaking from my usual non-political comment policy. This is not political. The IDEA has long held wide-spread bi-partisan support (although the fight for full funding is another issue).

RANT OVER!

I had a good time at the opening night of Brian Langlinais' Residency at The 5 Spot. Lynn Taylor and The Bar Flies opened the night.  Really good music from a couple of Louisiana natives.  After that, I was physically pretty wiped out and had to retreat home which means I, regretfully, missed a show at The Basement which included 2016 E2TG Artist of the Year Brian Wright. From all accounts, I missed a great one - which I already knew...

Now, let's get to the music.   It is Thursday and we return to our relatively new Theme Thursday shuffle. Contrary to what I said last week, I have decided to keep going with our (unstated) January theme.  I still have songs in that playlist and it seems to be more relevant every day, Disclaimers continue... some songs are included only for their title (as it COULD be interpreted) and some for their subject matter. The interpretations are mine alone, and the inclusion of any song/artist is not intended to suggest that they or their songs have anything to do with my theme.
One more tidbit of information, I created this playlist solely out of the songs already on my phone at the time it was created.

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - Crawfish, Cigarettes, and Fishing Line Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


By the way, a white supremacist/propagandist has been given unprecedented power by the current president.  I am not okay with this.  #Notapoliticalcomment #Facts #Vigilance #Resistance

Man - some days, you just have to push forward purely on force of will... yesterday, after a full day of work, I recorded an upcoming Double Shot show, then I headed to The 5 Spot for another $2 Tuesday.  Elli Perry, Thor Platter, Los Colognes - including Derek Hoke joining for a new song of his, AJ Hobbs (who I have featured here on E2TG and who is in the New Music playlist - by the way AJ Hobbs backing band included all three members of Buck N' Stuff, and the late night set was Buck N' Stuff themselves  Not a bad night of music for $2.  Dragging a bit today - but...

Today's Wild Wednesday Shuffle comes from a random shuffle of all of the songs currently on my phone.

Deep Thoughts with E2TG

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


My mind has been a swirl of thoughts lately. Being a writer by design, my best way to sort through them all is to write them down.  And since, I have this blog, I thought I would use this space to share some of those thoughts.  Much of this is about or relate-able to music. Some might not be... whatever... there's probably a song in there so I guess it is all about music....

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Tune from a B-Side Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!

It's been a rough day.  I have a very late and very short shuffle.

First of all, I had the very wonderful opportunity last night to attend an early round at the legendary Bluebird Cafe which featured David G. Smith (who I have featured here on E2TG), a  couple of wonderful singer-songwriters named Anne E. DeChant and Nathan Bell, and a very rare and delightful appearance by my friend Karen Leipzinger (backed by Andy Ellis on guitar).

Now to the short shuffle,,,,

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Ow Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Well, we muddled through another week....  It's time for me to dive head long into creating E2TG version 3.0 (we are currently on 2.1) - I'm not sure exactly what that will entail, but it will be awesome - I bet.  There may be a release 2.2 in the meantime, but maybe not... whatever, if you have ideas of what I can do to make E2TG better, now would be a good time to send them my way.  I'll either use the ideas or I won't - it's the cool thing of writing your own blog... :-)  But, my philosophy since day one has been to be open to whatever comes along.  So wherever we go, I see my job is just to keep this thing between the lines... (only occasionally crossing)...

Whatever, the shuffle speaks... and we must listen... Jump to it if you dare...

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Waiting in the Sky Mix

Tweet #E2TG


"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds" - David Bowie
Shuffle after the jump....

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Freak Out Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Pre-Shuffle:

1. “Winterlight”/The Autumn Defense/Ten Full Paces

Such a great sound. Saw them live in the parking lot of Grimey’s for Americanarama last September.

2. “living on”/The Lies/whatever
3. “Look in Your Eyes”/Taco Land/Home Sweet Home

During the hiatus, our old friends Taco Land dropped a new album called Home Sweet Home, and this track has such a great sound. It’s everything we’ve come to expect from Taco Land and more.

4. “Tar”/The Jean Jackets/Field Theory Blues

Infectiousness…

more after the jump....

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Juicy Avocado Mix

Tweet #E2TG

We made it through another week.

Let's move on....

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Wheels of a Cadillac Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Lovely to see you....


We have 11 songs in our shuffle today....

Shall we?  Let's....

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Orange Crepe Paper Mix

Tweet #E2TG


Continuing a tradition that dates back to January 14, 1993...

We have a great shuffle to help me celebrate... ;-)

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Shoot Out the Lights 2013 Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Bang! And with this post, #E2TG closes the door on our extended recap of some of our favorite music of the past 12 months.  The Video Playlist ends up at just over 100 videos. Our Amazon Web Store comes in at 54 items.

Monday - we jump right into 2014 and hit the ground running....

Further ado avoided...

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - A Few of My Favorite Things 2013 Mix - Part Five

Tweet #E2TG

Stupid winter bugs.... well, I was out sick Friday - so no shuffle.  But, today's shuffle includes music I would have featured on that day - plus a few more.   I'm actually going to be away for the rest of the week.  Ear to the Ground will return Monday December 30 to present the 3rd Annual Band of the Year award (for the first time not based upon a poll).

Let's get to the music...

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Ex-Eye-Aye-I Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Happy Friday the 13th to all you triskaidekaphiles out there.

Monday starts our march to 2014 by highlighting some of our favorite music of 2013. Culminating in the Third Annual Band of the Year unveiling ceremony blog post.  Who will join The Mobbs and Skeletons in the Piano in this super exclusive category?  You better tune in to find out.  It's all soooo exciting!

Anyway to close out a great year of Shuffles, we have another shuffle with some songs and stuff...

#E2TGWorthy... it started as a simple blog post, but everything got turned upside down. What happened next will change the way you look at simple blog posts for at least a couple of minutes...

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Freaks Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Busy, busy... A few things before we jump into the shuffle...

First, a reminder that next week we begin our very #E2TG approach to The Best of 2013.  Stay tuned for that.

A couple of live videos hit our inbox this week and wanted to share...  The Mad Doctors are from Brooklyn and they kick some major butt.  Check out this performance from 11/30/2013.

 

This next video is from our Nashville friends Year of October.  We are looking forward to a new album (fingers crossed) for 2014.  Meanwhile, this past weekend, they did a mini-tour which included a stop in Louisville which is where this next video was filmed.  Check it out!

 





On to today's mixture of mixed musical melodies....

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Keep on Wailin' Mix

Tweet #E2TG


Here we go... it seems like I've been adding more songs every week then I have time to feature. So to help clear the backlog and to feature more songs - I'm going to add a Bonus Mix feature.  And, just like it's better to eat dessert first, so it is better to present the Bonus Mix first...

It all gets going after the leap (jump):......

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Pop Musik Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Back to it...  After a long, restful weekend, I managed to haul myself out of bed and into the week.  Let's see how far a little momentum and a whole bunch of caffeine can propel me...

Have to keep it short today, we have one our wide-ranging shuffles....