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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers 55th Street Boogie Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers Alligator 1971
Muddy Waters Herbert Harper's Free Press News Electric Mud Chess 1968
Funkadelic Hit It And Quit It Maggot Brain Westbound 1971
* Nathaniel Mayer Why Dontcha Show Me Why Don't You Give It To Me? Alive 2007
White Stripes Rag And Bone Icky Thump Third Man / Warner Bros.
* Yikes The Wick Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb Kill Shaman
* Wooden Shjips We Ask You To Ride Wooden Shjips Holy Mountain WS had vinyl-only releases in the past; now there's this very nice CD.
* King Louie & The Loose Diamonds Lookin' For A Heart Memphis Treet Empty
* Southern Culture On The Skids I'll Be Your Mirror Bonus tracks from Countrypolitan Favorites yeproc.com Available online only
* Steve Earle Satellite Radio Washington Square Serenade New West
* We Are Wolves Total Solide Total Magique Dare To Care new from Montreal... really good, like their first one was
* Kinky Five Rooms Rarities Sonic360
* Joe Henry You Can't Fail Me Now Civilians Anti- new
* Chuck Prophet Naked Ray Soap and Water Yep Roc new
Richard Thompson Needle And Thread Sweet Warrior (radio sampler) Shout! Factory Recorded backstage at Bonnaroo, 2007. The Sweet Warrior album came out in May.
John D. Loudermilk Where Have They Gone The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk Omni Durham native; material compiled by an Australian label
Mimi & Richard Fariña Reno Nevada The Best of Mimi & Richard Fariña Vanguard
Karen Dalton Katie Cruel (VA) Oxford American 2007 Southern Music CD Oxford American in stores now (with the magazine)
The Stanley Brothers The Girl Behind The Bar Earliest Recordings Revenant 1940s
* Steep Canyon Rangers Don't Ease Me In Lovin' Pretty Women Rebel new
Flatt & Scruggs Workin' It Out The Essential Flatt & Scruggs Columbia
* The Wilders Brown's Dream Sittin' On A Jury Free Dirt Playing tomorrow night (Thurs Oct 18) at the Hideaway in Raleigh. www.hideawaybbq.com for info
* Johnny Cash Veteran's Day (VA) Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs) HighTone
* Billy Joe Shaver Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me) Storyteller Sugar Hill Playing TONIGHT (full band show) at the Hideaway BBQ
Jello Biafra & The Melvins Plethysmograph Never Breathe What You Can't See Alternative Tentacles
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy Dynamite Paralyzed! His Vintage Recordings 1968-1981 EM
Pekka Pohjola Kädet Suoristavat Veden Keesonjen Lehto Love Finland, 1977. Finnish symphonic rock guy Pohjola teams up with Mike Oldfield on guitar (Mike's sister Sally on vocals).
The Strugglers The Rejection Letter You Win Acuarela
John Lilly Whippin' That Old TB Haunted Honky Tonk self-released from West Virginia
* Pieta Brown In My Mind I Was Talkin' To Loretta Remember The Sun One Little Indian Very nice new album. Her best so far, imo.
Loretta Lynn You Didn't Like My Lovin' Fist City Decca 1968.