"DOWN HOME" #211 Thursday, April 18, 2002 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

ALMEDA RIDDLE - The Two Lovers [SONGCATCHER II: THE TRADITION THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE/Vanguard] RALPH STANLEY II - We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven [STANLEY BLUES/ Rebel] Brand new, with Ralph doing one of his Uncle Carter's songs. THE REIVERS - Almost Home [END OF THE DAY/Dualtone] Just reissued! Finally! One of my 10 proverbial desert island discs from this late, lamented Austin band. TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Like A Summer's Thursday [A GENTLE EVENING WITH TOWNES VAN ZANDT/Dualtone] Another new reissue, from an acoustic show Townes did at Carnegie Hall in 1969, when he was 25. This performance has lain unreleased until now. THE FLATLANDERS - Going Away [NOW AGAIN/New West] Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock and Joe Ely, together once again! JIM LAUDERDALE, RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS - Deep Well of Sadness [LOST IN THE LONESOME PINES/Dualtone] Co-written by Jim with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. DWIGHT DILLER - Old Mother Flanagan [NEW PLOWED GROUND/Yew Pine Mountain Music] OWEN "SNAKE" CHAPMAN - I Don't Like Whiskey [UP IN CHAPMAN'S HOLLOW/ Rounder] GRAYSON & WHITTER - Ommie Wise [THE RECORDINGS OF GRAYSON & WHITTER, 1928-1930/County] B. F. SHELTON - Pretty Polly [BEFORE THE BLUES, VOL. 1/Yazoo] TAB BENOIT - Jambalaya/Iko Iko [LIVE IN CYPRESS SPACE/KRVS-FM] A smokin' performance, recorded live at Grant St. Dancehall in Lafayette. This CD is a benefit release for Radio Acadie, KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette, http://www.krvs.org/ ... thanks to Bill Boelens for sending this in! W. C. CLARK - Midnight Hour Blues [FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL/Alligator] ETTA JAMES - Down Home Blues [THE RIGHT TIME/Elektra] RODNEY CROWELL - Les Blues du Bosco (Bosco Blues) [EVANGELINE MADE: A TRIBUTE TO CAJUN MUSIC/Vanguard] AUSTIN PITRE - Bosco Stomp [OPELOUSAS WALTZ/Arhoolie] Another Cajun classic from Bosco! SHIRLEY BERGERON - J'ai Passé Devant ta Porte (I Passed In Front of Your Door) [FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE/Ace] Shirley's a he (his mama thought the name sounded pretty in French), and was a great Cajun singer and guitarist, performing regularly until his passing a few years ago. BEAUSOLEIL - Voyage au Mariage (My True Love) [PARLEZ-NOUS À BOIRE/ Arhoolie] FATS DOMINO - Walkin' to New Orleans [WALKIN' TO NEW ORLEANS/EMI] JUMPIN' JOHNNY SANSONE - Crawfish Walk [CRESCENT CITY MOON/Bullseye Blues] JEWEL AND THE RUBIES - Kidnapper [SWAMP GOLD, VOL. 7/Jin] From the latest in Jin Records' great swamp pop compilations. "Half fais-do-do, half Domino". DR. MICHAEL WHITE AND THE CRESCENT CITY SERENADERS - St. James Infirmary [FOLK MASTERS/Smithsonian-Folkways] Recorded live at Wolf Trap, April 1992. CÚIG - The Peacock (slip jigs) [PROSPECT/Green Linnet] MOVING HEARTS - Irish Ways and Irish Laws [MOVING HEARTS/WEA Ireland] PADDY KEENAN - The Flagstone of Memories/Anderson's/Molly Bawn (reels) [NÁ KEEN AFFAIR/HoT Conya Records] UNCLE TUPELO - Black Eye [89/93: AN ANTHOLOGY/Columbia-Legacy]

 

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