Route 78 West Sunday 2/16/2003 back
Show #103 Orange Suede Shoes audio unavailable
 track  artist, song-label, format
  01     Riz Ortolai, La Notte Dei Serpenti, M25/XVII and M42/II-Drg, CD
02     Kenny & The Night Riders, Andromeda-Romulan, 33 Lp
03     Porter Wagner, Private Little World-Bear Family Records, CD
- break 1
04     Hank Williams III, Lovin' and Huggin'-Curb Records, CD
05     Ray Price, I Get The Short End Every Time-Bear Family, CD
06     Pee Wee King, The Postage Is Due-Bloodshot, CD
07     Rex Allen, Headin' For The Open Range-Bloodshot, CD
08     Johnny Bond, Stars Of the Open Range-Bloodshot, CD
- break 2
09     Jerry Jeff Walker, The Ballad of Hulk-Atco, 33 Lp
10     Songs:Ohia, Out On The Weekend
11     Billie Holliday, God Bless The Child-Proper Records, CD
- break 3
12     Bea Foote, Could Be You, 78 Rpm
13     Bea Foote, Satisfied, 78 Rpm
14     Bonnie Raitt, Can't Find My Way Home (Stevie Winwood tune)
- break 4
14     Blue Lou Barker, Don't You Make Me High-Trikont, CD
15     Skip James, Hardtime Killing Floor Blues-Biograph, CD
16     Fairport Convention, Flowers Of The Forest
- break 5
17     Johnny Tyler & The Riders of The Rio Grande Freight Train Boogie-Proper, CD
18     Jimmie O'Neal & the Colorado Hillbillies Sreamliner Boogie-Proper, CD
19     Arthur Smith's Sensational Trio, Country boogie-Proper, CD
- break 6
20     Roy Smeck, Shuffle Off To Buffalo
21     Bob Wills, Twin Guitar Special-Proper, CD
22     Porter Wagner, Your Old Love Letters-Bear Family, CD
- break 7
23     Lefty Frizzell, Time Changes Things-Bear Family, CD
24     Bob Wills, Time Changes Everything-Proper, CD
25     Bobby Braddock, Gear Bustin' Sort of A Feller-Koch, CD
26     Hank Penny, That Mink On Her Back-Bloodshot, CD
27     Dick Curless, A Tombstone Every Mile-Koch, CD
- break 8
28     Merle Haggard, Kern River-Epic, 45 Rpm
29     Amalgamated Sons of Rest, Major March-Galaxie, CD
30     Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
31     Youngbloods, Circus Face-Warner, 33 Lp (for Loki)
32     Jayhawks, Martin's Song-Reprise, CD
- break 9
33     Youngbloods, Darkness Darkness-RCA, 33 Lp
Notes: I need a break from the chaos and my first dose comes via Jeff's bad Italian and Spaghetti Western. Through the first two sets I enjoy the country mix without analyzing why.

Suddenly Uncle Jeff flashes a CD by Loki which gets immediate approval. I wonder what's up and listen closely to the song. I groove on the sound and distantly relate to the lyrics of "God Bless The Child". Uncle Jeff comments, "It's jazzy, but she's got that kind of down, blues tone in her voice that always makes me feel good". The lyrics, "... yes, the strong gets more while the weak ones fade, empty pockets don't ever make the grade..." are downcast, barely hinting at Billie Holiday's demise as a heroin addict and yet exhume a "good feeling". I'm scratching my head and squinting through question mark eyes. This is a mind-bending break through for me.

The mood continues with Bea Foote, Bonnie Raitt and all the way through Skip James' "Hardtime Killing Floor Blues". A unifying message cuts deep and I realize my chaos is everyone's chaos and tonight's entertainment is the result of tortured minds facing ugly uncertainty but still able to scribble words on a napkin and create the poetry of life. I survive through them.

Thanks to Heather, Forest, Peter and Doc Martin. Frog interludes from Sounds Of The North American Frogs, Smithsonian Folkways.
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