Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Walking Wogs Mix

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Greetings from Nashville!  It's Monday, and here at E2TG we are mixing things up a bit.  Typically, we shuffle up our "Rolling" playlist (meaning I add new songs and delete songs off the playlist as they come and go), this playlist is a working subset of all of the songs on my MP3 player. (Which in turn is a subset of all the songs in my music collection, but that is another story).  Anyway, today's shuffle comes from all of the songs on my MP3 player.  We'll get back to our playlist tomorrow, but I thought it might be interesting to occasionally open up our shuffle and see what happens.

 

So - let's jump to it!

Wednesday/Thursday Evening/Morning Music Shuffle - Luckiest Guy in the World Mix

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Railroad Bridge - Nashville

Good morning, I am back after a day off... my new earphones are still In-Transit, so today I presenting my mix of yesterday's drive home and today's drive in to work.  Jump through to the marvelous musical mixture...

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Your Own Chosen Speed Mix

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Well we have a lot of ground to cover today, so let's not tarry.. or whatever...

Music begins after the JUMP

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - I See Red Mix

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Let's get going... We have a most excellent Pre-Shuffle today featuring old friends, new friends and a special guest appearance....

"Planet of Women" by Sonny and the Sunsets

"Her Changes" by Frank Ryan

 "Shooting the Moon" by Ben Shive

"Fox in the Hen House" by The Quaker City Night Hawks

"Get Over" by The Dead Exs (Note: since I couldn't find a video for "Get Over" we included the video for the title track for their latest album Relovolution. The fan sourced video includes a very special Cameo appearance by the one and only Popa Tunes who've excellent blog recently celebrated its Fourth Birthday!)

 "Spittin' Lies" by Nikki Sue and the Bad News (Note: since I couldn't find a video for "Spittin' Lies", I included a video of Nikki Sue covering one of my all-time favorite songs, Folsom Prison Blues)

"Beware the Grackle" by The Peculiar Pretzelmen

  

 SHUFFLE UP NEXT

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Plough Deep Mix

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 I can't think of a better way to start my day than listening to "Shine" by Great Divide - what a joyful song. Oh wait, I know.. how about starting the day with two Great Divide songs in a row. "Fast Train" is awesome because I am a total sucker for "train" songs.

The Joy of Painting, in addition to being a classic PBS series hosted by the late Bob Ross, is a Nashville band who we've been digging on for a year or so. They have a brand new album called Tender Age, and today we have the catchy and generally just awesome "Back to Romance".

Back in the day, I completely fell head over heels for "Walk in the Woods" and subsequently all of Peter Case's self-titled solo debut. There was something clear and authentic and true about that album.  When the follow up to that album was released, needless to say I had some pretty high expectation which Mr. Case met and exceeded many times over.  The Man with Blue Post Modern Fragmented Neo-Tradionalist Guitar contains so many enduring songs (Traveling Light, Entella Hotel, Two Angels and This Town's a Riot to name just a few). "Poor Old Tom" is for me a stand out on an album of stand outs. A heart-breaking song, it is loaded with some amazing lines. "He fought for freedom, never took a free breath". "The night wind's free to blow wherever it pleases, Tom's free to walk until the cold daybreak."  "The worse disease in the world is to be unwanted, to be used up and cast away".  In just under four minutes, the listener is drawn into this broken, tragic life... it's nothing short of brilliant.  The other night, I decided to add some older songs into the current mix - just to shake things up a bit. I don't know how many times I've listened to this song in the 24 years since it's release, but I never grow tired of it.

Moving on... Ghost and Goblin are a New York band who first came to our attention in a shout of from The End Men.  They released an album called SUPERHORRORCASTLELAND back in April or so, and we've featured several songs from that record.  "Look at the Clouds" is perhaps one of my favorites. A uncharacteristically breezy melody kicks into a more characteristic menacing hook. The album is out there on Bandcamp - check it out.

The Michigan band Decades are three kids who grew up on punk, ska and metal and then discovered the smooth pop songwriting of the 70s and 80s and the alternative radio rock of the 90s.  The result is something surprising.  Their music rocks and the punk/ska spirit still sits at the bottom of what they do, but layered on top is a focus on great pop songwriting and a genuine love of the music. "Popping Veins" from their album Deep Deep Pink Sessions is a good place to start.

Earlier this week, June 10 to be precise, was the 103 anniversary of the birth of Chester Arthur Burnett. You may know Mr. Burnett better as Howlin' Wolf and stone-cold authentic Mississippi Blues Man. "Smokestack Lightning" is one of his earlier songs and draws upon several earlier blues songs. 

We've been covering a lot of music by the Vegas band Coastwest Unrest. Today we have the song "Empty Handed Painter" from the most recent release High Times on Lowly Streets which came out back in April. I sure hope you've checked out this band by now. If not, do it!

SHUFFLE BEGINS NOW... JUMP!

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Chili Isn't Chili Mix

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Ready Set Go... well, I'm going to be out and about the rest of this week.  I MAY sneak in an entry or two.  In the mean time, I will leave you with another fine, fine mix of music...

PRE-SHUFFLE:

1. "Chili" by Dog Without Warning (Did I mention the latest Dog Without Warning record is bad ass? Well, it is.  My shuffle mode has been digging this song and so have I.)
2."Oh Darlin'" by Mystery Twins (Happy to present another song from this Nashville-based musical side project. - two members of The Clutters)
3. "Infatuation" by Dog Without Warning (Did I mention that the latest Dog Without Warning record is really, really bad ass?  Well, it really really is! This song is one of my favorites from the 'Bark' EP.  Oh who am I kidding, all of the songs on 'Bark' are my favorites.)
 4. "The Escape" by SkyBurnsRed (more music from this hot UK band).
 5. "Sorry, But I'm Yours" by Ben Shive (Another awesome track from this unique Nashville Singer/Songwriter)
6. & 7. "Is There Anybody Out There?" and "Nothing Stays the Same" by Human Face (Really digging the Brit-Pop feel of this band)
8. "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" by Steve Earle (covering Elvis Costello (doing a Nick Lowe tune)) (A live and loud version of the Nick Lowe classic. Trivia, Earle's son Justin Townes is in the band for this song) 
9. "Bring Me Backwards" by Ellis Paul (Man oh Man, I dig this song.  Came to me via the latest Feel Bad for You mixtape)

and then we transition into the Shuffle with one of the strongest cuts on the excellent new EP by Tipi Valley

SHUFFLE AFTER THE JUMP!

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Explosions in my Mind

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Hey ho! It's a brand new month.  Let's kick it off right!

Pre-Shuffle: (I had some post Shuffle technical difficulties so I'm having to reconstruct the order of the songs from memory)

"Goin' to a Party" by Alabama Shakes
"From a Window Seat" by Dawes
"Freak Show" by SkyBurnsRed
"I Found You" by Aaron and Andrew
"Give Me Back my Wig" by Hound Dog Taylor and The Houserockers
 "Last Stop" by Black Jake and the Carnies (Nashville Show Alert!!!!  Black Jake and the Carnies will be playing at this Wednesday's edition of Music City Roots Live from the Loveless Barn.  If you can't make it to the Loveless, you can catch the broadcast on Lightning 100 or at  the Music City Roots website)
"Buried" and "On My Own" by Year of October
"Tina Says" by Those Darlins

And a song from Nashville's Ben Shive serves as a transition to the Shuffle which begins right after the JUMP!