"DOWN HOME" #229 Thursday, August 22, 2002 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

BIRELI LAGRÈNE - Swing 42 [GYPSY PROJECT/Dreyfus-KOCH] Startin' us off this week with one French Gypsy guitarist playing a piece by another French Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. DOUG KERSHAW - On the Bayou [EASY/Cooking Vinyl] The "Ragin' Cajun"'s first album in many years. THE TEXAS TORNADOS - Rosalita [4 ACES/Reprise] 7:10pm ALTAN - Roaring Water [THE BLUE IDOL/Narada World-Virgin] A five-part jig composed by Ciarán Tourish and Mark Kelly, with special guest Liam O'Flynn on the pipes! AOIFE CLANCY - Are You Sleepin', Maggie? [SILVERY MOON/Appleseed] Larry Nugent guesting on flute, with Rushad Eggleston of Fiddlers 4 on 'cello. MÁIRE NÍ CHATHASAIGH - Gol na mBan san Ár (The Lament of the Women Amidst the Slaughter) [DIALOGUES: AGALLAI´MH/Old Bridge Music] ALTAN - Uncle Rat [THE BLUE IDOL/Narada World-Virgin] 7:24pm SHIRLEY & LEE - I'm Gone [SHIRLEY & LEE, VOL. 1] JAMES BOOKER - Junco Partner [JUNCO PARTNER] CHRIS KENNER - The Land of 1000 Dances [IT WILL STAND: THE SOUL OF NEW ORLEANS, VOL. 2/Charly] ROBERT PARKER - Barefootin' [THE SOUL OF NEW ORLEANS/Charly] 7:39pm CHUCK BRODSKY - The Ballad of Eddie Klepp [THE BASEBALL BALLADS/chuckbrodsky.com] Brand-new self-release, and a baseball fan's delight. PETER BLEGVAD - Gold [CHOICES UNDER PRESSURE:AN ACOUSTIC RETROSPECTIVE/ Resurgence Records] I'm inspired to play Peter and Peter in succession again this week, as I first saw Peter Blegvad opening for Peter Case many years ago and he blew me away. Both of these records are acoustic retrospectives, and they're both terrific. "Gold" is one of the greatest songs ever; Danny Thompson is on bass. PETER CASE - Ice Water [THANK YOU ST. JUDE/Prima] The first Peter Case solo song I ever heard, and it instantly grabbed me. Great fiddle from David Perales on this version. NICKEL CREEK - Green and Gray [THIS SIDE/Sugar Hill] 7:58pm EARL SCRUGGS with HYLO BROWN & THE TIMBERLINERS - Flint Hill Special [EARL SCRUGGS: CLASSIC BLUEGRASS LIVE, 1959-1966/ THE GREENBRIAR BOYS - Amelia Earhart's Last Flight [BEST OF THE VANGUARD YEARS/Vanguard] 8:07pm THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN - Home [GHOST TRAIN/Hightone] THE HOT CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS - Palestina [HOT CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS/self-release] SILVER LEAF JAZZ BAND - Tin Roof Blues [STREETS AND SCENES OF NEW ORLEANS/ Good Times Jazz] 8:23pm HARRY CHOATES - Le Pauvre Hobo (The Poor Hobo) [THE FIDDLE KING OF CAJUN SWING/Arhoolie] EDDIE LeJEUNE - La Valse de Pont d'Amour (The Love Bridge Waltz) [CAJUN SOUL/Rounder] ROBERT JARDELL - La Vie d'uh Vieux Garçon (The Bachelor's Life) [CAJUN SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE/Swallow] BOOZOO CHAVIS - You Act Sick When Your Man Is Home [DOWN HOME ON DOG HILL/ Rounder] 8:37pm LINDA THOMPSON - The Banks of the Clyde [FASHIONABLY LATE/Rounder] Kathryn Tickell on Northumbrian pipes, ex-Solas guitarist John Doyle guesting. JEZ LOWE & THE BAD PENNIES - The Workhouse [TENTERHOOKS/Green Linnet] MARTIN CARTHY - When I Was Young [THE KERSHAW SESSIONS/Strange Roots-BBC] BOILED IN LEAD - The Town of Ballybay [ORB/Atomic Theory] 8:55pm SATAN AND ADAM - Ode to Billy Joe [LIVING ON THE RIVER/Flying Fish]

 

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