Highway Twitch and Moan [10]

This is the second in a series of a dozen playlists (10 of 12) I am publishing which I made for my dad as a sort of driving companion.  None of them are particularly long; they all time between thirty and forty minutes.

1. Wanda Jackson — Kansas City [from “Queen of Rockabilly (The Very Best of the Rock and Roll Years)“]
2. Johnny Kidd — Shakin’ All Over [from “Dreamboats and Petticoats 2“]
3. Little Walter — Crazy Legs [from “Confessin’ the Blues“]
4. Neil Sedaka — Calendar Girl [from “Dreamboats and Petticoats 3“]
5. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five — I’ll Die Happy [from “One Guy Named Louis“]
6. Neil Young & Crazy Horse — This Land Is Your Land [from “Americana“]
7. Small Paul — There’s Gonna Be Some Crying [from “Eccentric Soul 011:  Mighty Mike Lenaburg“]
8. Everyly Brothers — Crying in the Rain [from “Walk Right Back (The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros 1960-1969)“]
9. The Magestic Arrows — I’ll Never Cry for Another Boy [rehearsal] [from “Eccentric Soul 003:  The Bandit Label“]
10. Van Morrison — Sweet Thing [from “Astral Weeks“]

Drive well.

Country Mouse Strikes Again [11]

1. Mundian to Bach Ke by Labh Janjua & Panjabi MC from “Rough Guide to Bhangra (One Way Ticket to British Asia)” [3:55]
2. Red Dress by James McMurtry from “Saint Mary of the Woods” [4:59]
3. You Need Love by Muddy Waters from “The Muddy Waters Chess Box” [2:45]
4. Bad as Me by Tom Jones from “Spirit in the Room” [3:33] [Tom Waits]
5. Fool No More by The Alvin Lee Band from “RX5” [5:22]
6. Yes We Can-Can by Treacherous Three from “Sugarhill Club Classics” [6:59]
7. Will You Remember Me? by Rachelle Ferrell from “Individuality (Can I Be Me?)” [6:17]
8. Angel Eyes by Omar Torrez Band from “Omar Torrez Band” [3:45]
9. Country Boy by Johnny Cash from “American Recordings II (Unchained)” [2:31]
10. Brother Mine by Eric Schwartz from “That’s How It’s Gonna Be” [4:47]

1. as freedom is a breakfastfood by E E Cummings from “Voice of the Poet (E E Cummings)” [2:19]

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This is the second in a series of playlists I’ve made for my brother in an effort to fill in any potential musical gaps, sort of like music putty.

Easily Forget How Easy Forgetting Is [09]

This is the first in a series of a dozen playlists (11 of 12) I am publishing which I made for my dad as a sort of driving companion.  None of them are particularly long.  This one comes in at about thirty-one minutes.

1. David Seville — Witch Doctor [from “Wacky Favorites“]
2. Lightnin’ Hopkins — Feel So Bad [from “Lightnin’ Hopkins Complete Aladdin Recordings“]
3. Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five — Messy Bessy [from “One Guy Named Louis“]
4. T-Bone Walker — You Don’t Understand [from “The Original Source“]
5. Bap Kennedy — My Money [from “Domestic Blues“]
6. Perk Badger — Do Your Stuff [from “Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City“]
7. Earth, Wind, & Fire — Love’s Dance [from “Robots” soundtrack]
8. Richard Cook — Somebody’s Got’a Help Me [from “Eccentric Soul: The Trager & Note Labels“]
9. The Temptations — Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down [from “Cloud Nine + Puzzle People“]

Enjoy.

Prehistoric Coprocessor [09]

1. Donny Hathaway — The Ghetto [from “A Donny Hathaway Collection“]
2. Zach Harjo — Dogs in a Pack [from “Dark Poems” (You may have to visit Zach at Ocho and ask to buy a copy because I can’t find it on themz Interwebz.]
3. Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five — Whiskey Do Your Stuff [from “One Guy Named Louis“]
4. Tom Waits — Little Drop of Poison [from “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards“]
5. [unidentified radio DJ] — [KRLA News – Cancelled Hippie Love-In at the Grand Canyon – 6/16/67] [from “Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots“] [sic] [Track 43]
6. Reverend Horton Heat — The Devil’s Chasing Me [from “Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat“]
7. The JJ Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet — The Peanut Vendor [from “Afro-Cuban Jazz: 1947-1960“]
8. Latin Playboys — Viva la raza [from “Latin Playboys“]
9. Neutral Milk Hotel — In the Aeroplane over the Sea [from “In the Aeroplane over the Sea“]

Bob, my neighbor, had this idea that we could make playlists for one another.  It was a sort of challenge to us to playlist the shit out of our collections and minds and make a cool, meaningful, and brief musical set.  This is my contribution to said project.

If memory serves, we did have a couple of rules.  One of which was that the playlists should be between thirty and thirty-five minutes.

The general objective was to make an awesome playlist filled with stuff the other guy would just love and hopefully hadn’t heard.  Or something like that.