Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle – Pants on Fire Mix

Last night, I hung out at this wonderful weekly East Nashville happening, Derek Hoke’s $2 Tuesday at The 5 Spot. It was a great time with some great music. Host Derek Hoke played an awesomely perfect Western Swingish version of Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy, and the night ended with a great full-band set by J.R. Wyatt who I have featured on this blog.

If you are in Nashville on Thursday, you have your next non-Fran’s chance to see Ear to the Ground 2014 Artist of the Year Darrin Bradbury. The show is also at The 5 Spot beginning around 9:00.  Mention Ear to the Ground and you will get some odd looks, but what the heck, mention us anyway.
“Liar Liar” by Phranc

I don’t know what a small town Tennessee boy was doing listening to an ex-punk, Jewish Lesbian Folksinger, but I did, and I loved it. As an Amazon reviewer noted, some of the cultural references are a bit dated, but the music prevails and hell, we can all think of people to whom this song applies. From Folksinger

“You Keep Me Hanging On” by Aretha Franklin

In 2014 the Queen of Soul released Sings the Great Diva Classics. This is the Holland Dozier Holland classic originally recorded by The Supremes. Aretha is still the Queen of Soul.

“Evona Darling” by Linda and Teddy Thompson

Evona Darling is a beautiful song written by Lal and Mike Waterson. Linda Thompson included this song on her 2002 album Fashionably Late. This version with her son Teddy was included on Shining Light: The Songs of Lal and Mike Waterson which was also released in 2002. This is an amazing cover by two incredible performers.

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The Allman Brothers Band recently ended their long run, and a 6 disc box set of recordings from their legendary 1971 At Fillmore East shows was released in 2014.  This is the shortest version of this Dickey Betts’ song included in set (just over 12 minutes).  And, although, I cannot claim to be a huge or long time Allman Brothers Band fan, I can say that there are some amazing things happening here musically.  And I am moved to dig deeper.

“We Ain’t Gonna Die Today” by Atmosphere

From their latest album Southsiders, Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere… I dig it.

“This Must Be the Place” by Bill Lloyd

Feeling the Elephant is one of my favorite albums of the Nashville 80s Rock era, and it remains a true Pop masterpiece.

“Whirlpool” by Meat Puppets

From Forbidden Places, this song was later covered by They Might Be Giants.

“It’ll Come to You” by John Hiatt

Another great track from the classic album Slow Turning.

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Thursday Morning Music Shuffle – Murphy Don’t Have Clue Mix

Here we go… time is short, so let’s get to it.

We have a most righteous random shuffle today:

First up, we have another excellent track from  the fabulous The Imperial Rooster or as my friend Rex Silo likes to call them IrMoPoEsRtIeArL.  This is another track from their must own album Decent People. The song is called The Vintage and it manages to sound melancholy and celebratory at the same time. As in, we’re all damned to hell, so we might as well have fun.  That’s not exactly it, but it’s close to that. Sandpapery silk vocals and deep dark backwoods  instrumentation. 

I couldn’t find a video for The Vintage, so here’s The Imperial Rooster covering The Decemberists.
Next we have Blind Willie McTell’s original version of a song covered notably by The Allman Brothers Band.  Stateboro Blues is classic Blues which features McTell’s celebrated guitar style and his smooth tenor vocals.

Here’s another fine song from Justin and the Salty Dogs

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