Route 78 West

8/20/2006

Show #283 Accordions In The Morning

SHOW AUDIO

track artist, song-label, format

01     Freeman Stowers, Railroad Blues-Yazoo, CD (1929)
02     Ernst Tubb, Walking The Floor-Proper, CD
03     Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Big Beaver
04     Adolph Hofner & His Texans, You Better Quit Now
05     The High Flyers, Reno Street Blues-Charly, CD
- break 10:16 am
06     Adolph Hofner & His Texans, For Lovers Only
07     Bernie Kaii & His Hawaiians, Hula Lullaby-Variety, LP
08     Foy Willing, Cry Myself To Sleep Over You-Capitol, 78
- break 10:29 am
09     Hank Penny, Mississippi Muddle-Proper, CD
10     Johnny & Jack, Tom Kitty-Proper, CD (clinker)
11     Shot Jackson, You Can't Get The Country Out Of The Boy-Proper, CD
12     Turn Your Radio On
- break 10:41 am
13     Lefty Frizzell, Hopeless Love-Columbia, 78
14     Eddy Arnold, I'll Trade All My Tomorrows-RCA Victor, 78
15     Hank Williams, I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'-Mercury, CD
- break 10:53 am
16     Bernie Kaii & His Hawaiians, Steel Guitar Boogie-Variety, LP
17     Buck Owens, Laying It On The Line-Capitol, LP
18     Merle Haggard, I Got The Money If You Got The Time-EMI, LP
19     Red Simpson, I'm A Truck-Sundazed, CD (gem)
- break 11:08 am
20     Bob Sovine, Giddyup Go-Starday, LP
21     Minnie Pearl, Giddyup Go Answer-Starday, LP
- break 11:22 am
22     Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams, Sideways In The Rain (Texas Tears demo)
23     Rainville, Road Between Two Towns-John Common Music, CD
24     Whiskeytown, Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel-Outpost, CD
- break 11:37 am
25     Old 97s, Barrier Reef-Elektra, CD
26     Freakwater, Loserville-Thrill Jockey, CD
27     Drive By Truckers, A Blessing A Curse-New West, CD
28     Buddy & Julie Miller, Rock Salt And Nails
29     Ryan Adams, Carolina Rain-Lost Highway, CD
- break 12:02 am (back sell and goodbye)

Notes:

Hey Doc, thanks for the 10-43.

Today's initial set churned from within. Five picturesque tunes revealed the prevailing sentiment through Blues, lyrics and a smart instrumental. In a calm cryptic way Ukulele Loki summed it up, "Ahh, some lovely music. Sounds like accordions in the morning. Is that blasphemy on the Sabbath Doc?"

No answer, but obvious underlying thoughts were tugging at Doc and Loki's brains. Jokes came out but the laughing sounded painful. The rambling continued... the show goes on. It came to my mind that I could of easily been sitting on an old wooden stool, leaning on a musty bar ordering another round of 8 a.m. cocktails for my good buddies. A dark room long bar early morning bad luck story. The neon lights in a real honky tonk never go dark and all three of us know why.

Turn your radio on. Dream through the lyrics. Tap your feet to the beat. When the clinker plays it's ok to cut it down and laugh. And while you're walking the side of the road into a rising sun those honky tonk memories will keep the feet moving on. A roadside shade tree invites you to set down your canvas duffle and reminds you of hopeless love. You can't live that fast anymore. Get in touch. Turn your radio on.

Doc Martin advises, "Get to the Swing Station in La Porte. Just past the hardware store, liquor stop and feed shop. Smoking allowed on the porch."

The gem of the morning, "I'm A Truck" by Red Simpson.

Post show twist. Walk up Broadway through the tunnel... sharp right and continue 2 shops past the first stop-n-go to Kim Food To Go "pick your scoop" buffet. Get it to go and sit on the bus stop bench. Slurp noodles with chicken and green beans. Drink lemon water from a Styrofoam cup, converse, ponder, yell and stare. Pick up your canvas duffle and move on.

This episode deserves a download. Check back soon for the mp3. Adios till next week.

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