E2TG 12/9/2021 - Remembrances - Dos Romano Mix (Copper Remix)

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Looks like the archive from this morning's Greetings from Nashville is delayed again.  But here is the Playlist 

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

6:01am Tennessee Trash Disclosure by Mark Germino on Midnight Carnival (Red Parlor Records)

6:04am Ghost by Rod Picott on Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil (Welding Rod Records)

6:08am Tennessee Girl by Mike Farris on Silver & Stone (Compass Records)

6:14am Hard Hard Labor by Conrad y Skordalia on the moment before waking (Conrad y Skordalia)

6:16am River of Life by Sara Syms on River of Life – Single (Sara Syms)

6:20am Please Don’t Be Perfect by Mary Bragg on Please Don’t Be Perfect – Single (Tone Tree Music)

6:23am Big Freight Train by Stacie Collins on Stacie Collins (Reissue) (Self-Released)

6:29am Candy Lunch by Lilly Hiatt on Walking Proof (New West Records)

6:33am Delicate by Coralee on Delicate – Single (Independent)

6:38am Don’t Let Us Get Sick by Amy Speace & The Orphan Brigade on Don’t Let Us Get Sick (Warren Zevon Anniversary Mix) – Single (Windbone)

6:43am Toy Mind by Palm Ghosts on The Lost Frequency (Ice Queen Records)

6:46am #ikyk by Lone Wild on #ikyk – Single (Lone Wild)

6:50am Bustin Suds by Thee Phantom 5ive on Rock Don’t Run, Vol. 1 (Spinout Records)

6:52am Spinning Outro by Dick Aven on Spin So Long (1347936 Records DK)

6:56am Brother by Bill Frisell on Nashville (Nonesuch)

 

 

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Feliz Navidad Friday Morning Shuffle - Comfort and Joy Mix

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Merry Christmas Eve Eve.  As I muddle through my last day of work for a few, and as the year winds down, I have been reflecting on all that I am grateful for in my life.  I know I may sound like a broken record, but E2TG has been one of my life's great blessings (behind my family and maybe one or two other things), and that is because of the incredible people I have been able to get to know because I decided to start writing this thing about five and half years ago.

Today for my first batch of Earie Awards, my thoughts turn toward people who are not specifically musicians that I have featured on E2TG but people who have been a integral part of this whole thing.

I am calling this one (just because I couldn't think of a better name) the "TYFBAFOE2TG" Award - which stands for "Thank you for being a friend of E2TG".

The award goes to Sue Havlish, Mary Sack, Karen Leipziger, Jill Kettles, Gina Frary Bacon, and Gina Sigillito.  Each of these people in their own ways have helped to make E2TG what is today, and I am very grateful for that. I think they each know what they have done, and I wanted to acknowledge them in these few lines. A ton of good things happened in 2016 (and some bad stuff, too) and I am looking forward to what 2017 has in store.  Good or bad (and there will be bad), I know we will get through it together.

Well, I started today with 39 songs left in my Christmas playlist and since this is the last shuffle before the man in the red suit shows up, I thought I would shuffle a few more.

I will see you next week with the last three shuffles of 2016 and the rest of the "Earie" awards including the Artist of the Year award.

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Here Comes the Night Mix

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We are back after taking yesterday off to celebrate Labor Day here in the U.S.   I have seen 8 different live performances since my last post. 

Sunday night at Foobar, I saw Ryan Dishen, Sioux City Kid, Adrian and Meredith Krygowski, and then long time #E2TG favorites Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray (full band).  I saw Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray back in July as a duo where they really stripped their songs down, and that was a fun show.  Here the band was tight and they blew the roof off the place. 

Last night, I headed out to The East Room for a show that featured three Nashville acts and one band from New York.  Toot Sweet from NYC opened the show. We featured them on Ear to the Ground before. They are part of the Mama Coco's Funky Kitchen collective, and thus became the first MCFK band that I have seen live. They were remarkable. Highly distinctive and original sound rooted in interesting older music in a style they call Cabaret Soul.  My good friends, Western Shore were next, and they delivered like they always do with their unique brand of Americana music.  The Wooly Mama's were next and delivered a high energy performance that was a lot of fun. The headliners were The Lonely Bastards who were celebrating and giving away copies of their new vinyl single.  I had seen them some time ago, and I remember that I enjoyed them, but it was good to be reminded of what I liked.

Tonight, Megan Palmer, Amy Speace, Tim Easton, and 2014 E2TG Artist of the Year, Darrin Bradbury are doing a round at the legendary Bluebird Café.  It will be Darrin's debut at the Bluebird, and is either a sign that Nashville is changing or else it is some other kind of sign...  either way, I am so proud of him.

Today's shuffle as well as the recent live performances I have seen have been further evidence that there is so much great much out in the world right now. The old music business may or may not be dying, and yes it is hard for band's to make money, and yet, every day, I discover and rediscover people who continue to make highly music and then put it out into the world.

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Lock the Door and Unplug the Phone Mix

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Be sure to check out my review of Drew Kohl's new EP, Sweetheart.

When I hit shuffle this morning, there were 985 songs in my active playlist. Based upon statistical averages, the number of combinations for the first 10 songs to come up in a random shuffle of those songs, is... well, I don't know, but it's probably a pretty big number.  And yet, on any given shuffle, only one combination actually did come up, and here it is...

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Loot in the Boot Mix

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Hey ho! It's Wednesday.  We have a pretty fun shuffle today - 11 songs strong with some real curveballs and some real treats.  Scroll down or click through for the music:

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Retreat Mix

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Extended drive this a.m. means an extended Shuffle - so let's get to it - jump to the shuffle after the break

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - All You Ladies and Gentlemen Mix

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(Will Kimbrough, Marshall Chapman, and Tommy Womack at Nashville Public Library 9-03-2013)

You know it is almost a literal statement that you can hardly walk a block in Nashville without walking past a songwriter. But, it is a rare and wonderful occasion to be able to see three amazing songwriters sharing songs for free in the middle of a weekday. 


Today, a mostly mellowish mix of music that just kind of feels right...

JUMP first - then music...

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Smoke Dried Face Mix

Ah - the Friday before the Super Bowl.  Shouldn't this be a national holiday, so that we can all get prepared for the annual religious event?  Just a thought...

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Baby, why'm I worried now,
did someone make a fool of me
'fore I could show 'em how it's done?
Can't give up actin' tough,
it's all that I'm made of.
Can't scrape together quite enough
to ride the bus to the outskirts
of the fact that I need love. – Middle Cyclone – Neko Case

Drying up in conversation,
You will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you,
You will be the one screaming out – High and Dry – Radiohead

Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
I love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop – Guitar Town – Steve Earle

Well that was fifteen years ago, I guess I come a long long way

I never heard the end of it, you know I couldn’t stay... 

When Im not stuck for time or money, 

I still wonder bout that day - Walk in the Woods - Peter Case

These people round here
Wear beaten down eyes sunk in a smoke dried face
So resigned what their fate is,
But not us (no never),
no, not us (no never),
we are far too young and clever.  – Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners

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Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Alive and Kicking Mix

Stumbling into a chilly mid-week and finally completely back into the swing of things.  I gonna try to have a better attitude today, so nobody screw with me, okay? :-)  Anyway, cozy mix of totally random song selections from an arbitrary play-list.

ONE:
 


(note: if you search Insane Jane on You Tube there is another band that comes up.  From the little I could stand to watch, it appears that they suck. Accept no substitutes!)
(click to purchase and download A Green Little Pill by Insane Jane)
Insane Jane was a incredibly awesome late 80s/early 90s Atlanta band. Lead singer Yellow belted out powerful vocals and the band ripped it live.  Once I... is the lead off track from their 1991ish album A Green Little Pill.  It definitely shows off the sound that made them a great band.  Like way too many great bands of that era, they never made it big and it all ended way too soon.  Unfortunately, I never got to see one of their legendary Atlanta live shows, but I did see them in front of way too few people in a hole in North Nashville, and even then without the energy of a crowd they still killed it. 

TWO:






(click to purchase and download Skylarking by XTC)
XTC just totally rules. Okay. Skylarking is a great album.  Okay.  Check out the lovely Ballet for a Rainy Day, and be prepared to crave fruit.

THREE:







 
(click to purchase and download the 10th Anniversary Remaster of Musicforthemorningafter by Pete Yorn)

Life on a Chain  comes from the 10th Anniversary Remastered version of Pete Yorn's debut album musicforthemorningafter. It's a good example of early 21st Century alternative pop music. 

FOUR:


 

(click to purchase and download Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case)

Neko Case is just freakin' cool.  She has one the most distinctive voices in Alternative-Folk music today.  Star Witness   comes from her excellent 2006 album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.  Her band New Pornographers are pretty awesome, too, but you already knew that.

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