Route 78 West

Sunday 5/4/2003

Show #114 Ragged Bus Station Cigar

track artist, song-label, format

01     Ray Wallace, That Man Is Batman-CD
02     The Hombres, Let It All Hang Out-Verve, 45
03     James Taylor, Mud Slide Slim-Warner, LP
- break 1
04     Lucinda Williams, Fruits Of My Labor-Lost Highway, CD
05     Fred McDowell, That's All Right-Arhoolie, LP
- break 2
06     Ocie Stockard and His Wanderers, Twin Guitar Polka-Westside, CD
07     Leap Frog Blues, Buster Bennett Trio-Columbia, LP
- break 3
08     Hank Penny, Rabbits Never Get Married-Bloodshot, CD
09     Kay Adams, Little Pink Mack-Koch, CD
10     Red Simpson, Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac-Razor&Tie, CD
- break 4
11     Richmond Fontaine, Winners Casino-El Cortez, CD
12     Neil Young, Roll Another Number For The Road-Reprise, LP
- break 5
13     Neil Young, New Mama-Reprise, LP
14     Vic Chestnutt, Sad Peter Pan
15     My Morning Jacket, Come Closer-Jade Tree Records, CD
- break 6
16     Slacktone, Avalon Slip-Go Boy, CD
17     The Langhorns, The Vice Of Killing-Dancing Bear, CD
         From For A Few Guitars More, A Tribute to Morricone's Spaghetti Western Themes
- break 7
18     Ray Wallace, Surfin' With Hitler's Mom-CD
19     Devotchka, The Obilvion-Cicero Recording, CD
- break 8
20     Lucinda Williams, American Dream-Lost Highway, CD
21     Jimmy Hoffa, Control-Vocal Demo, CD
22     Palace Brothers, I Am A Cinematographer-Drag City, CD
23     Neil Young, Last Trip to Tulsa-Reprise, 45 (rare B side of Time Fades Away)
- break 9
24     The Louvin Brothers, Satan Is Real-Capitol, CD
25     Steve Earle, Fort Worth Blues-Warner, CD
26     Blue Sky Boys, There's No Disappointment In Heaven-CD
- break 10
27     Hot Tuna, Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning-RCA, CD
- break 11
28     Ray Wallace, That Man Is Batman-CD (2nd times' a charm)

Notes:

Right out of the chute Uncle Jeff pulled a fast one by playing Ray Wallace's demo, "That Man is Batman". Jeff had been previewing the Wallace demo all week in his ramblings and really took to the Batman trak. Agent Loki showed up late due to "vehicle problems". I'm pretty sure he has already used that excuse, but as usual I let it slide. Garbled frenzy danced from Loki's vocal cords after hearing Mud Slide Slim... "All I can picture is bald forty year old guys in golf shirts and their wives trying to dance sexy at some Florida mainstream radio convention".

Uncle Jeff took Loki's heat and continued the show with Lucinda Williams', "Fruits Of My Labor" and later played the rap-like, "American Dream" which got me thinking in a Kerouac state of mind. For me that's status quo and let's be honest, life is life and "Satan is Real". Jeff slipped in the evening's official blues trak, Fred McDowell, "That's All Right" and thought it a possibility to start an all Blues show. Loki's half smoked bus station cigar provided Uncle Jeff the illusion of being in a Chicago bus station... must be some sort of story there, but it never materialized. The fade from "I Am a Cinematographer" to the rare "Last Trip To Tulsa" proved that Uncle Jeff and Loki can mix and match songs with the best of them. Devotchka's, "The Obilvion" put out by Cicero Recording had just been released this past week with a show here in Boulder. Just for fun "That Man Is Batman" was spun again to end the show.

We quickly headed to Tom's Tavern for dinner and drinks served by the always
smiling Dee.

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