Route 78 West

7/15/2007

Show #328 Empty Silos

SHOW AUDIO

track artist, song-label, format

01     Neil Young, Speakin' Out-Reprise, LP
02     Lattie Moore, Try To Lose The Blues-Westside, CD
03     Lefty Frizzell, All You Have To Do Is Call-Bear Family, CD
04     Jim Reeves, I've Lived A Lot In My Time-RCA, LP (CAS-583e)
- break 10:15 am
05     Ryan Adams, To Be Young-Bloodshot, CD
06     Hoagy Carmichael, Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief-World Pacific Jazz, LP
07     Bill Boyd, Old Monna-Binge Discs, CD
08     Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Spanish Two Step-Proper Records, CD
- break 10:31 am
09     Wilco, Should Of Been In Love-Reprise, CD (AM Radio)
10     Jake And The Family Jewels, Open The Door Homer-Polydor, LP ('05 Quanset Hut Sessions)
11     Blue Sky Boys, Alabama-Bear Family, CD
12     Tabby West, I was the Bridesmaid-Cow Girl Boy, LP
- break 10:48 am
13     Blue Sky Boys, Are You From Dixie-Bear Family, CD
14     Webb Pierce, Walking The Dog-Bear Family, CD
15     Chuck Stacy, Dog Gone These Heartaches-White Label, LP (WLP 2808)
- break 10:58 am
16     Jack Barbour's California Clippers, Sentimental Journey-Mac Gregor Records, 78
17     Lanie Walker And His Black Mountain Boys, Side Track Daddy-White Label, LP
18     Wayne Hancock, Highway Bound-Bloodshot, CD
19     Drag The River, Beautiful And Damned-Suburban Home, CD
20     Tom Waits, Blue Skies-Manifesto Records, CD
- break 11:17 am
21     Richmond Fontaine, I Fell Into Painting Houses In Phoenix Arizona-El Cortez, CD (new)
22     Rolling Stones, No Expectations (rare)
- break 11:27 am
23     The Gourds, Stadium Blitzer-Watermelon, CD
24     Dirty Three, Ever Since-Anchor And Hope, CD
25     Randy King And His Country Allstars, Ghost Riders, Rival Records, LP
- break 11:45 am
26     The Sea And Cake, Coconut-Thrill Jockey, CD (new)
27     Procol Harum, Salty Dog-A&M, LP
28     Richmond Fontaine, Four Walls (rare)

Notes:

An empty broke down silo guards the livestock pens and blonde hay bales at a soon-to-be gone ranchero. Now it is just worn curved brick reflecting summer heat. The domed metal top is missing and weeds grow between its toes. Sort of an old man guarding the past.

The show began with Speakin' Out. A, "...watchin' my TV, and it'll be watchin' you." love song sung by a young man now old. After a few more Tweedy's, Should Of Been In Love asks why didn't we find each other? I contemplate a minute. No answers.

Between thoughts of wondering what year it is and phone calls from the edge Uncle Jeff slips in layers of nutritious audio silage for the Route 78 West AM radio herd. Bending notes, scary laughs and bourbon slushy recipes bounce on the studio walls.

Post-show campfire conversation fueled by a gallon jug of mixed drinks, rare meat and old cassette tapes is a shady cool nirvana. Sobering intermittent rain showers, musical toys and the underlying realization, "I'll never retire, I'll quite when I'm dead," lurk in the darkness of me as I drive the highway, past the old silo, toward home.

Join Ukulele Loki and Uncle Jeff for Wayne "The Train" Hancock, July 24th at Benders Tavern. Refill your prescription before you head to a musical extravaganza including Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter plus Devothcka and the Old 97's at Red Rocks Amphitheater on August 3rd. Wow!

See ya next week.

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