Route 78 West

1/22/2006

Show #254 Loki's Twilight Home

SHOW AUDIO

track artist, song-label, format

01     Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys, A Six Pack To Go-Capitol, LP
02     Cowboy Jack Derrick-Truck Driving Man-King 632b, 78
03     Bayless Rose, Jamestown Exhibition-Revenant, CD
04     Jim Lauderdale, Trashcan Tomcat-Dual Tone, CD
05     St. Louis Blues (Japanese version)
06     Sweet Sue-Victor, CD (Japanese version)
- break 10:23 am
07     Slim Willett, Hadacol Corners (1952)
08     Alec Johnson and His Band, Mysterious Coon-Revenant, CD
09     Cats In The Fiddle, Next To You-CD
10     Hank Snow, Telephone Upstairs-RCA 20-4632, 78
11     Hank Williams, I'm Sorry For You My Friend-Capitol, LP
- break 10:44 am
12     Dallas Wayne, Tell It To The Jukebox-Koch, CD
13     Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys, Hangover Heart-Capitol, LP
14     Ted Daffan, Carhop's Blues-Cattle Compact-CD
15     Jerry Jeff Walker, Night Rider's Lament-MCA, LP
16     Gram Lindsey, I Won't Let You Down-Catamount, CD
- break 11:03 am
17     Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (rare)
18     Nancy Sinartra, Bang Bang
19     Big Tobacco, Bum Leg-Spunk Records, CD
20     Joni Mitchell, Cautus Tree (rare)
21     Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Doralee-Fargo, CD
22     Big Tobacco, I Break Down-Spunk Records, CD
23     Dave Wronski, For A Fistful Of Dollars-Dancing Bear, CD (For A few Dollars More)
24     Classic italian Soundtracks, Have A Good Funeral Sartana Will Pay-DRG, CD
25     Iron And Wine, Jesus The Mexican Boy-CD
26     Calexico, Dance Of Death-Vanguard, CD
- break 11:41 am
27     The Uptown Savages-Vincent Black Lightening-Tiki Tone, 45
29     Drive-By Truckers, Like A Rolling Stone-Uncut, CD
30     Richard Thompson, Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman

Notes:

Ukulele Loki entered the studio dressed circa pre-war urban craft-scape, no briefcase and a nice lid. He had just returned from an extended visit to Japan. It was obvious he would be in rare form. It sort of set a tone.

After greetings had gone around each took up a usual seat and the show commenced with, "A Six Pack To Go." A familiar energy struck pell-mell through the room. The derision was constructive and the show went freelance. A Japanese Vaudeville, American Primitive á la Western stew began to boil over the monophonic frequency. Ukulele Loki and Uncle Jeff threw spices in the mix like two kids experimenting with kitchen chemistry. The pre-planned playlist went out the window. While Loki described ukulele congregations in Tokyo, Uncle Jeff connived the placement of samples from Kill Bill, The Twilight Zone and anonymous square dance calls. By trak 23 we were soaring toward the outer galaxies.

Finally the situation got so distraught I was put on the air to read the trak history... "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" through "The Dance of Death"... eleven tunes in 38 minutes. Frenzy behind-the-scene resembled two old ladies on speed. I left the studio for some fresh air and when I looked back I saw Loki's mouth hanging open while Uncle Jeff's beard wiggled on his face. Those Dj's were making up for lost time with some high frequency bantering. To be clear, it was all good. With that said, today's "hot set" began at 11:03 and ended at 11:41 and will henceforth be referred to as "The Dance of Death Set." A musical anti-matter constructed of itself.

Well deserved relaxed post-show conversation over margaritas was enjoyable. Even the guy at the next table thought our stories were interesting.

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