Route 78 West

1/1/2006

Show #251 Uncle Jeff Had Fun Last Nite

SHOW AUDIO

track artist, song-label, format

01     The Honky Tonk Hangovers, Honky Tonk Hangover-Hapi Skratch, CD
02     Curly Hicks & His Taproom Boys, Scotch Twist-78
03     Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Spanish Fandango-LP
04     Jimmy Wakely, Under The Anheuser Bush-Capitol, LP
05     Tommy Clayton, Bar Room Polka-Varsity, LP
06     Slim Harbert & His Boys, Brown Bottle Blues-Okeh, LP
- break 10:21 am
07     Jimmy Boyd, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa-LP
08     Carson Robison with His Pleasant Valley Boys, Life Gets Tee Juz, Don't It-MGM, 78
09     Ernst Tubb, Beyond The Sunset-Decca, 78 (a side)
10     Ernst Tubb, Hank, It Will Never Be The Same Without You-Decca, 78 (b side)
11     The Harmonizing Four, Farther Along-78
- break 10:41 am
12     Blue Mountain, The Spring Of 65- Blue Mountain Music, CD
13     Anton Karas, Third Man Theme-78
14     Arthur Godfrey, The Man With A Weird Beard-78
15     Two Poor Boys, Old Hen Cackle-Revenant, CD (American Primitive Vol. 2, 1931)
16     Bill Stegmeyer Octet, Sentimental Journey-Signature, 78
- break 11:02 am
17     The Mississippi Moaner, It's Cold In China-Revenant, CD (American Primitive Vol. 2, 1935)
18     Brother Bones & His Shadows, Sweet Georgia Brown-78 (1929)
19     Hayden, Assgniment In Space With Rip Foster-Hardwood, CD
20     Jon Rauhouse, Agent Burns (theme)-Bloodshot, CD
21     Richmond Fontaine, Twila (rare)
22     Richmond Fontaine, Skidrow (sound check)
23     Neil Young, Greensleeves (rare)
24     Neil Young, Here For You-Reprise, CD
25     Richmond Fontaine, Haven't Got The Time (rare)
- break 11:33 am
26     Drive By Truckers, My Sweet Annette-New West, CD
27     Calexico, Alone Again (rare)
28     Iron & Wine with Calexico, All Tommorow's Parties (rare)
29     Cowboy Junkies, Helpless-Zoe, CD
30     Wayne Hancock, Stormy Weather-Bloodshot, CD
- break 11:59 am
31     Oscar Brown, Sentimental Baby

Notes:

A perfect puffy cloud blue sky New Years Day complemented an exceptional New Years Eve Drive-By Truckers show. It was hard to believe I felt ok. Uncle Jeff seemed a little worn.

2006 got started with the fitting, "Honky Tonk Hangover." The first set of "boozing songs" went on for 20 minutes as we contemplated how we felt. I was marginal, and Jeff was... well, worse. The light, loose accordion in Brown Bottle Blues seemed to start a healing process.

Jeff had prepared a playlist and I was grateful. Every so-so he let a therapeutic instrumental flow... like cups of whiskey from the river. Mind medicine. "Farther Along," by The Harmonizing Four lent a religious feel just after the radio description of Hank's new year demise.

The high point of this show was in the third set, fourth song, "Old Hen Cackle," on the highly acclaimed American Primitive Volume 2. The Two Poor Boys were far ahead of 1931 with their bluegrass based rhythm and time changes. In at a close second was Arthur Godfrey's, "The Man With A Weird Beard," which may become Uncle Jeff's new theme song.

Some might of heard a bazaar transition from trak 18 to 19, but I heard Route 78 West's transmission kick into OD. That's overdrive for you city slickers and the shift was from sweet to modern sweet. The balance of the show ran in, out and thru some favorites and a few rare tunes before an old-time, "Sentimental Baby." finale.

Happy New Year to all our listeners and friends. See ya next week.

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