Route 78 West Sunday 3/16/2003 back
Show #107 Chicken Scratch Meets Tex-Mex audio unavailable
 track  artist, song-label, format
  01     Rex Hobart, You've Got Some Cheating to Do-Bloodshot Records, CD
02     Richmond Fontaine, Polaroid
03     George Jones, Relief is Just a Swallow Away-PolyGram Records, CD
- break 1
04     Lonesome Sundown, My Home is a Prison-Excello, CD
05     Lonesome Sundown, Wild Cherry-Excello, CD
- break 2
06     The Whiskey Priests, Shut Down The Wagon Works-Whippet Records, CD
07     Peter Rowan, Ruby Ridge
- break 3
08     The Gourds, When The Money Comes Rolling In-Watermelon Records, CD
- break 4
09     Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, Billings Bop
- break 5
10     Steve Jordan, Oaxaca-Rounder, CD
11     Brave Combo, Mystery Spot Polka-Rounder, CD
- break 6
12     Ennio Morricone, Marche des Mendiants-RCA, CD
- break 7
13     Arlie Duff, Back to The Country
14     Louvin Brothers, Comedy from Live At The New River Ranch-Copper Creek, CD
15     Louvin Brothers, In the Jailhouse Now-Copper Creek, CD
- break 8
16     The Louvin Brothers, The River Jordan-Capitol, CD
17     The Persuasions, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing-Earth Beat, CD
18     Golden Gate Quartet, Abdulla (1952-53)
- break 9
19     Hoosier Hot Shots, The Coat & The Pants Do All The Work-Columbia, CD
20     Ole Rasmussen, Spanish Polka-Bear Family, CD
- break 10
21     T.O. Combo, Combo Cumbia-Canyon Records, CD
22     Santiago Jiménez Jr & Victor Merma,
         El Corrido de Esequiel Hernández-Arhoolie Records, CD
23     Calexico
- break 11
24     Wammo, Hick Hop-Spanks A Lot Records, CD
25     Jay Munly, Cooney vs. Munly-Smooch Records, CD
- break 12
26     Iron and Wine, The Rooster Moans-Sub Pop, CD
27     Luther Wright & the Wrongs, Is There Anybody Out There-CD
28     Richmond Fontaine, Post To Wire
- break 13
29     Rex Hobart, Golden Ring-Bloodshot, CD
- break 14
30     Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, New Lover's Waltz
Notes: This show took me on an overdue trip to visit classic sounds of the swamp, polkas and previews of soon-to-be released CD's. There were no green plastic hats in the studio, but an edgy Scottish tune by The Whiskey Priests got me considering a black and tan
post show.

A pre-release listen to "Polaroid" and "Post To Wire" by Richmond Fontaine caught my attention. RF has stepped up a level and the limelight is near. Stay tuned for the release of this yet to be named album.

Brave Combo's "Mystery Spot Polka" reminded Gerry that this band could play music for any kind of wedding and had won a Grammy in the Polka Division a few years ago.

Loki was impressed with the Spaghetti Western, so much as to say it was the best ever played on Route 78 West.

The remaining traks bounced between chicken scratch and Tex-Mex with a dash of Wammo’s “Hick Hop”… whoa momma!

Thanks to Gerry C. for his colorful stories and musical gems.
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