GUMBO #171
 Sunday, May 22, 1994 / Midnight - 3:00am
 
 KCRW Santa Monica, 89.9 FM
 KCRY Indio - Palm Springs, 89.3 FM
 KCRU Oxnard - Ventura County, 89.1 FM
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     Opening Theme:  
     ALIAS RON KAVANA - Soweto Trembles (The Jo'burg Jig)
                         [THINK LIKE A HERO/Chiswick Records]
  
 THE IGUANAS - Oye, Isabel [NUEVO BOOGALOO/Margaritaville-MCA]
     Yeah you rite!  Marvelous new Iguanas album!
 CLIFTON CHENIER - Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler [FRENCHIN' THE BOOGIE/
     Verve]  Re-release of 1973 album.
 THE INDIGO GIRLS - Least Complicated [SWAMP OPHELIA/Epic]  Sweet and
     powerful stuff.  Nice accordion from Jo-El Sonnier.
 THE NEVILLE BROTHERS - Let My People Go/Get Up, Stand Up [LIVE ON
     PLANET EARTH/A&M]
 TOASTED HERETIC - Here Comes the New Year [MINDLESS OPTIMISM/Bananafish]
 
 BOILED IN LEAD - Pontiaka [ANTLER DANCE/Omnium]  Bit of a change in
     sound with the guitar and vocals, but this is the BiL I love;
     a 13/8 time Balkan tune.
 TUULENKANTAJAT - Abu Hassanin Vaimot (The Wives of Abu Hassan) [HE!]
     Finnish folk band's latest.
 THE NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL-STARS - Ot Azoy [THE NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER
     ALL-STARS/Stretch Records]  I'd bet this is the first time this trad.
     klezmer tune was played with a second-line beat ...
 BEAU JOCQUE & THE ZYDECO HI-ROLLERS - Hucklebuck [PICK UP ON THIS!/Rounder]
 
 DEAN MAGRAW - Gracie's Reel [BROKEN SILENCE/Acoustic Music]  Superb new
     solo album from Minnesota guitarist who's been playing with Peter
     Ostroushko a lot; Pete plays mandolin in this and other tracks.
     Thanks, Susan!
 THE DORKESTRA - The Hat Song [100 FLOWERS/Scratch Records]
 UNCLE TUPELO - Wipe the Clock [MARCH 16-20, 1992/Rockville]  Achingly
     gorgeous song by Jay Farrar.  I'm so bummed these guys broke up ...
 PETER OSTROUSHKO - Horizontal Hold [BLUE MESA/Red House]  ... but now,
     a little levity!
 
 THE IGUANAS - Boom Boom Boom [NUEVO BOOGALOO/Margaritaville-MCA]
 THE BLUERUNNERS - Solid Ground [THE CHATEAU CHUCK/Monkey Hill]  Terrific
     second album from Lafayette alternative zydeco-rockers.
 DAVID LINDLEY - El Rayo-X [EL RAYO-X/Elektra]  by request.  I love this 
     song!
 TERRY EVANS - Too Many Cooks [BLUES FOR THOUGHT/Pointblank-Charisma]
     ... with Ry Cooder on guitar.
 
 BOO HEWERDINE & DARDEN SMITH - (All I Want Is) Everything [EVIDENCE/
     Chrysalis]  One of the most under-noticed and under-rated releases
     of 1989.  Wonderful singing and songwriting.
 JOHN GORKA - Bigtime Lonesome [OUT OF THE VALLEY/High Street]  with
     some sweet Weissenborn guitar from Jerry Douglas.
 ANI DIFRANCO - Face Up and Sing [OUT OF RANGE/Righteous Babe Records]
 PETER ROWAN & THE ROWAN BROTHERS - Fair and Tender Ladies [TREE ON A HILL/
     Sugar Hill]  Sweet high harmonies, and great bluegrass playing.
     Heard 'em do this at the Celtic Festival is S.F. this year.
 FLACO JIMENEZ & PETER ROWAN - The Free Mexican Air Force [FLACO'S AMIGOS/
     Arhoolie]
 
 MALDITA VECINDAD - Un Gran Circo [EN VIVO: GIRA PATA DE PERRO/BMG-Ariola]
 OS PARALAMAS DO SUCESSO - Alagados [SELVAGEM?/EMI-Brasil]  Roots-rock
     outfit from Sao Paulo.
 TARIKA SAMMY - Vohitsara [BALANCE/Green Linnet-Xenophlie]  I oculd listen
     to Malagasy music all day ...
 
 FERNEST ARCENEAUX & THE ZYDECO ALL-STARS - Ma Negresse (Pine Grove Blues)
     [ZYDECO BLUES PARTY/Mardi Gras Records]   Fernest has picked up four
     members of Clifton Chenier's band from its heyday, including John
     Hart on sax and Paul Senegal on guitar.  Yow!
 BRUCE DAIGREPONT - Les Barres de la Prison (The Prison Bars) [PETIT
     CADEAU/Rounder]  from the singing of Canray Fontenot.
 STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS - La Valse de Marie [LIVE!/Rounder]
 CORNERSTONE - Thibodeau [OUT OF THE VALLEY/Folk Era]  Weirded me out ...
      *another* album with this title in the same show!  Terrific stuff.
      Thanks, Chris!
 
 JOHNNY CASH - Down There By the Train [JOHNNY CASH/American Recordings]
      Just JC and the guitar.  Wow.  Song by Tom Waits.
 TOM WAITS - Whistle Down the Wind [BONE MACHINE/Island]  with some sweet
      pedal steel, and a touch of violin and accordion from David Hidalgo.
 DAVE ALVIN - Fourth of July [KING OF CALIFORNIA/Hightone]  Acoustic and
      more relaxed versions of old songs and Dave's favorites.  Nice remake.
 X - See How We Are [SEE HOW WE ARE/Elektra]
 
 the subdudes - (You'll Be) Satisfied [ANNUNCIATION/High Street]
 CRASH TEST DUMMIES - Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song) [GHOSTS
     THAT HAUNT ME/Arista]
 POI DOG PONDERING - Bury Me Deep (alternate version) [THEODORE: AN
    ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SAMPLER/Columbia]  Different mix, with accordion
    featured instead of violin.
 PALM FABRIC ORCHESTRA - Coda: Lover's Reprise [VAGUE GROPINGS IN THE
    SLIP STREAM/Carrot Top Records]  Instrumental offering from Frank
    Orrall and new and old members of Poi Dog, to tide us over 'till
    the next fullon Poi Dog album.  This is a sweet insrumental coda
    to "Pulling Touch"; I didn't finish it, so maybe I'll play it again
    next week.