Slaid Cleaves - Live on WDVR Nov. 26, 2000

Allright, this one is a much better introduction to Slaid. He is one hell of a songwriter, and this set really showcases his talents. Songs like "No Angel Knows", "Horseshoe Lounge", "Broke Down", "One Good Year" (one of my faves), and the epic "Breakfast In Hell". There is a second set to this show but I have looked and looked and have not been able to track it down, so if anyone has it, please share :)

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Steve Earle - Magnetised Motherfuckers & More Magnetised Motherfuckers

OK, as promised....FINALLY! It took me a while to upload this as I was having technical differcations (to create a Bushism), but here it is....the massive Steve Earle rarites box. Comprised of 4 discs that are jam packed with Steve Earle heroin & high cholesterol goodness....that is, these tracks are pre 9/11 Steve, so we all know what that means (good stuff). Not that I have anything against his post 9/11 work, but I know alot of people do. So anyway, here it is. It's a collection of live songs, songs he cut for soundtracks or tributes, songs he guested on other peoples albums, songs from radio promos, Duets, Singles, etc...

Disc 1
1. Continental Trailways Blues (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Planes, Trains And Automobiles Soundtrack, 1987)
2. Six Days On The Road (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Planes, Trains And Automobiles Soundtrack, 1987)
3. Honey Don't (Steve Earle & Joe Walsh) (Beverly Hillbillies Soundtrack, 1993)
4. What's Your Name (Steve Earle) (Skynyrd Frynds, 1994)
5. Johnny Too Bad (Steve Earle & The V-Roys) (Steve Earle & The V-Roys: Johnny Too Bad CD Single, 1996)
6. Ellis Unit One (Steve Earle & The Fairfield Four) (Steve Earle & The V-Roys: Johnny Too Bad CD Single, 1996)
7. Johnny Too Bad (Steve Earle & The V-Roys; Jamaican Hillbilly Mix) (Steve Earle & The V-Roys: Johnny Too Bad CD Single, 1996 )
8. Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Steve Earle & Marty Stuart) (Notfadeaway: Remembering Buddy Holly, 1996)
9. Creepy Jackalope Eye (Steve Earle & The Supersuckers) (Steve Earle & The Supersuckers: Sub Pop EP, 1997)
10. Angel Is The Devil (The Supersuckers & Steve Earle) From Steve Earle & The Supersuckers: Sub Pop EP, 1997)
11. Before They Make Me Run (Steve Earle & The Supersuckers) (Steve Earle & The Supersuckers: Sub Pop EP, 1997)
12. In The Jailhouse Now (Steve Earle & The V-Roys) (The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute, 1997)
13. Hot Enough For Ya (Steve Earle & Lee Rocker, Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana) (All The King's Men, 1997)
14. Poison Love (Buddy Miller & Steve Earle) (Buddy Miller: Poison Love, 1997)
15. I Call On You (Julie Miller & Steve Earle) (Julie Miller: Blue Pony, 1997)
16. Dallas (Jack Ingram & Steve Earle) (Jack Ingram: Livin' Or Dyin', 1997)
17. Don't Take Your Guns To Town (Jerry Douglas & Steve Earle) (Jerry Douglas: Restless On The Farm, 1998)
18. Desperados Waiting For A Train (Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Steve Earle et al) (Nanci Griffith: Other Voices Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful), 1998)
19. Dirty Old Town (Bap Kennedy & Steve Earle) (Bap Kennedy: Domestic Blues, 1998)
20. Me And The Eagle (Steve Earle) (The Horse Whisperer: Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, 1998)

Disc 2
1. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson & Steve Earle) (Kris Kristofferson: The Austin Sessions, 1999)
2. Love Match (Buddy Miller & Steve Earle) (Buddy Miller: Cruel Moon, 1999)
3. High Fashion Queen (Chris Hillman & Steve Earle) (Return Of The Grievous Angel: A Tribute To Gram Parsons, 1999)
4. Breed (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Transcendental Blues (Japan), 2000)
5. Time Has Come Today (Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow) (Steal This Movie Soundtrack, 2000)
6. The Galway Girl (Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle) (Sharon Shannon: The Galway Girl CD Single, 2000)
7. Our Lady Of The Highways (John Wesley Harding & Steve Earle) (John Wesley Harding: The Confessions Of St. Ace 2000)
8. The Truth (Steve Earle) (Free The West Memphis Three, 2000)
9. Nebraska (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Johnny Come Lately CD Single, 1988)
10. Little Sister (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Copperhead Road CD Single, 1988)
11. State Trooper (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Chicago, IL, 15-Aug-1986 (Back To The Wall CD Single, 1989)
12. Dead Flowers (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Calgary, Canada, 14-Apr-1989 (The Other Kind UK CD Single, 1990)
13. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Calgary, Canada, 14-Apr-1989 (Steve Earle & Energy Orchard HMV Promo, 1990)
14. I Ain't Ever Satisfied (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Calgary, Canada, 14-Apr-1989 (Steve Earle & Energy Orchard HMV Promo, 1990)
15. Guitar Town (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Calgary, Canada, 14-Apr-1989 (The Other Kind UK CD Single, 1990)
16. When Will We Be Married? (Steve Earle & The Dukes) London, England, 29-Nov-1988 (BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert, 1992)
17. Hard-Core Troubadour (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Henning, TN, 26-Jun-1996 (Hard-Core Troubadour US Promo CD, 1996)
18. White Freight Liner Blues (Steve Earle) (Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute To The American Truck Driver, 1996)
19. Ellis Unit One (Steve Earle) Boulder, CO, 22-Sep-1996 (E-Town Live, 1997)

Disc 3
1. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle & Peter Rowan, Roy Huskey Jr., Norman Blake) (American Songbook, 1997)
2. Sorry Dwayne (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (More Than I Can Do CD Single (Australia), 1996)
3. You Know The Rest (Steve Earle) Nashville, TN, 1-Oct-1997 (The Fairfield Four & Friends: Live From Mountain Stage, 2000)
4. Valentine's Day (Steve Earle & The Fairfield Four) Nashville, TN, 1-Oct-1997 (The Fairfield Four & Friends: Live From Mountain Stage, 2000)
5. Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle) Nashville, TN, 14-Jul-1999 (Freedom Sings: First Amendment Center, 2000)
6. This Land Is Your Land (Steve Earle et al) Nashville, TN, 14-Jul-1999 (Freedom Sings: First Amendment Center, 2000)
7. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle & The Del Mccoury Band) Hamburg, Germany, 13-May-1999(The Mountain CD Single, 1999)
8. I Ain't Ever Satisfied (Steve Earle) Hamburg, Germany, 13-May-1999 (The Mountain CD Single, 1999)
9. Sin City (Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes) Fargo, ND, 20-Aug-1999 (Transcendental Blues US Bonus CD, 2000)
10. My Uncle (Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes) Fargo, ND, 20-Aug-1999 (Transcendental Blues US Bonus CD, 2000)
11. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Bristow, VA, 12-Sep-1999 (Farm Aid: Volume 1 Live, 2000)
12. The Galway Girl (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Austin, TX, 16-Mar-2000 (Transcendental Blues UK Bonus CD, 2000)
13. Steve's Last Ramble (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Austin, TX, 16-Mar-2000 (Transcendental Blues UK Bonus CD, 2000)
14. I Feel Alright (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Austin, TX, 16-Mar-2000 (Transcendental Blues UK Bonus CD, 2000)
15. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle & The Dukes) Austin, TX, 16-Mar-2000 (Transcendental Blues UK Bonus CD, 2000)
16. Until The Day I Die (Steve Earle & The Del Mccoury Band) Glasgow, Scotland, 16-Mar-1999
17. Sara's Angel (Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes) Seattle, WA, 29-Aug-1999
18. Goodbye (Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris, Sharon Shannon) Washington, D.C., 13-May-2000

Disc 4 - More Magnetised Motherfuckers
1. Light In The Window (Greg Trooper) (Greg Trooper: Noises In The Hallway, 1996)
2. Love Is Never Equal (Jill Sobule) (Jill Sobule: Happy Town, 1997)
3. Losers Weep (Stacey Earle) (Stacey Earle: Simple Gearle, 1998)
4. Concrete And Barbed Wire (Lucinda Williams) (Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, 1998)
5. I'll Keep It With Mine (Greg Trooper) (Greg Trooper: Popular Demons, 1998)
6. Open Your Window (Steve Earle) (Pay It Forward Soundtrack, 2000)
7. Neverland (Cindy Bullens) (Cindy Bullens: Neverland, 2001)
8. Candy Man (Steve & Justin Earle) (Avalon Blues: A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt, 2001)
9. Two Girls (Steve Earle & The Dukes) (Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt, 2001)
10. Walking Down Death Row (Steve Earle) (If I Had A Song... The Songs Of Pete Seeger Vol. 2, 2001)
11. Mercenary Song (Steve Earle, Guy Clark & Townes Van Zandt) Nashville, TN, 13-Sep-1995 (Together At The Bluebird Café, 2001)
12. Ft. Worth Blues (Steve Earle) Cambridge, England, 26-Jul-1997
13. Ellis Unit One (Steve Earle) (KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 6, 1998)
14. Goodbye (Steve Earle) (E-Town Show #9828, feed date 10-Jul-1998)
15. Hometown Blues (Steve Earle) (E-Town Show #9828, feed date 10-Jul-1998)
16. Raleigh And Spencer (Tim O'Brien, Steve Earle & Friends) Nashville, TN, 7-Jul-1999
17. Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle) Santa Rosa, CA, 2-Dec-1999 (Concerts For A Landmine Free World, 2001)
18. Halo 'Round The Moon (Steve Earle) (KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 8, 2000)
19. South Nashville Blues (Steve Earle) (KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 9, 2001)

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Great post over at The Heat Warps (Link Wray - Link Wray)

Ok, so the Steve Earle is giving me problems uploading.....so in the meantime.....I found this killer post over at The Heat Warps:

Now I'm a big fan of Link Wray's early 70's work, and this self-titled album released in 1971 (and long out of print) is the centerpiece of that work. This is not the Link Wray you are familiar with, this is rootsy, gutteral, bluesy, folksy.....just damned good. Think of it like this, this album is to Link Wray what "American Recordings" was to Johnny Cash. This album was recorded in an abandoned chicken coup dubbed the "three-track shack" and features some of the best country-rock-folk-blues you are likely to ever hear. Pretty much every song on here is essential listening, but the standouts among the standouts are "La-Di-Da", "Take Me Home Jesus", "Fallin' Rain", "Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes", "God Out West", and the exposive "Fire and Brimstone". Download this just for "fire and brimstone" if you haven't heard it, and I guarantee you will be a convert.

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comin' up

Some things I'm working on for upcoming posts:

Bottle Rockets Sampler
Whiskeytown Sampler
some live Gourds
some more live Slaid Cleaves
A hellacious Steve Earle rare box set
An Alt-Country 1989-1999 sampler (very rough idea right now)
possibly a country rock sampler, something like 1965-1975 (another very rough idea)

and there's probably some other random stuff I'll throw up in between those.

Brian Henneman (of the Bottle Rockets) - Live Solo Oct. 10th, 2001

I got a request for some live Bottle Rockets, well I'll get to that, but here is a killer Brian Henneman solo show. Brian Henneman is the leader of the Bottle Rockets, and he writes all their songs.....he also used to play with Uncle Tupelo and is all over Wilco's first album (you know the one that doesn't completely suck :P). The Bottle Rockets are a great band, and if you're not familiar with them, I will be doing a sampler of them here soon. This is also a good intro to them, though it's not quite as rockin' as they can be.

On this boot Henneman runs through some of my fave BoRox songs....particularly "Idiot's Revenge" & "Perfect Far Away".....not to mention "1000 Dollar Car", "Wave That Flag", & "Turn For The Worse".

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Slaid Cleaves - Live on KUT May 31st, 2006

Here's a nice little Slaid Cleaves set for you. If your not familiar with Slaid, he's one hell of a songwriter from Texas. Only here he is doing other peoples songs, in support of his 2006 album "Unsung". So really this one is not much of an introduction to him and will be more for the people who are already familiar with him. It's a good recording nonetheless, he just spends alot of time talking about the songs on said album. I will probably put up a different boot sometime later that will be a better intro, but this is not bad.

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The Meat Purveyors - Live on KUT Austin, TX April 28th 2002

How would I describe The Meat Purveyors, well "frantic lesbian bluegrass" is my favorite way to describe it. These guys are good, damned good. They take traditional bluegrass and add just the right amount of punk abandon to it. And did I mention they can play......some damn fined instrumentalists. Anyway, give it a listen if you dig bluegrass. Even if you don't dig bluegrass, give it a listen, they just might convert you.

Fans of "The Gourds" & "Bad Livers" will probably dig this as well.

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A Truer Sampler 06 - The Sound Of Texas 1970 - 1979

Allright, first let me state that I'm not from Texas, nor have I ever been to Texas. I do know a couple people from Texas, but that still doesn't qualify me to make a definitive "Texas Music" sampler.....even though I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :P. So this is just a compilation with an outsider's (who happens to love Texas music) perception. Besides, I like to think Texas and Virginia have a rich musical connection that goes all the way back to when the Carter Family relocated there to be on border radio back in the 30's, and more recently....Steve Earle who was born in VA and legend has it that his grandfather had dirt brought in from texas in a shoebox so that the first piece of soil Earle's feet touched would be Texas soil.

So with this sampler I wanted it to be different and not include the "standard" texas songs you would normally get on something like this, so I tried to choose more obscure songs from the higher profile guys. Also, a couple of the guys on here aren't specifically Texas (Steve Young & Gary Stewart) but I would consider them "Texas-centric". Another thing is the Blaze Foley song was not released until 2006 but was recorded in 1979, so I snuck it in there. I think the end result is a pretty good compilation that is easy on the ears.
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1. The Year 2003 Minus 25 - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Off the 1978 album "Waylon & Willie". It's a Kristofferson song, so he's represented too. Just thought I would kick it off with the two who really opened the doors for everyone else.
2. Dallas - The Flatlanders
Originally released in 1972, then re-released years later on "More a Legend Than A Band", this is just a classic Texas song.
3. Texas Lullaby - David Allan Coe
Off his 1975 album "Longhaired Redneck" which is among his best work. DAC gets a bad rap but in my opinion he is one of the best.
4. Kiss Money - Bob Neuwirth
Off his 1974 self-titled album, Bob Neuwirth is often overlooked but I just love this song. He is probably most famous for writing the song "Mercedes Benz" with Janis Joplin. He also helped Bob Dylan assemble his Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
5. Desperados Waiting For A Train - Guy Clark
Off his 1975 debut album "Old No. 1" this is another classic song. Features Steve Earle on background vocals, so he's represented too. (Emmylou sings backup vocals too)
6. Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
Off his 1972 album "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt". His most famous song, made famous by Willie & Merle and Emmylou. I always liked the sparseness of his version though.
7. Treat Me Like A Saturday Night - Joe Ely
Off his self titled 1977 debut album. Joe Ely was 1/3 of the legendary Flatlanders out of lubbock.
8. Amarillo Highway - Terry Allen
Off his 1979 masterpiece "Lubbock (On Everything)", Terry Allen also hails from lubbock and is well known in the artists community for his artwork.
9. Election Day - Blaze Foley (and the Beaver Valley Boys)
OK, this is off the 2006 release "Cold, Cold World" but was actually recorded in 1979 Sessions and lost for years. Blaze was a character....and one of my favorites. He was best friends with Townes Van Zandt, and was shot in 1989 by one of his friends son. Also the subject of numerous songs, most notably Lucinda Williams "Drunken Angel".
10. (Up Against The Wall) Redneck Mother - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Off his 1978 release "Off The Wall", this song was made famous years earlier by Jerry Jeff Walker, and is what I would like to consider an anthem for the cosmic cowboys. Check out this Youtube vid where RWH tells the storie of writing this song.
11. Georgia On A Fast Train - Billy Joe Shaver
Off his 1973 masterpiece "Old Five And Dimers Like Me". Billy Joe was the fuel behind the whole outlaw/progressive country movement, and many, many others recorded his songs and made them famous. Hell Waylon did a whole album of his songs.
12. Jaded Lover - Jerry Jeff Walker
Off his 1975 album "Ridin’ High" Jerry Jeff is probably most famous for penning the song "Mr. Bojangles" but his later mid 70's stuff is where I think he really shines.
13. Devil In A Sleepin’ Bag - Willie Nelson
Off his 1973 album "Shotgun Willie", It's vintage Willie, what else can I say. Also he namechecks Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge in this song....so there represented.
14. Memories of You and I - Waylon Jennings
Off his 1974 album "The Ramblin’ Man", this is when Waylon was really hittin' his stride and could do no wrong.
15. The White Trash Song - Steve Young
Steve Young, not from texas. This is off his 1972 album Seven Bridges Road....that's right, THAT seven bridges road. Probably his most famous song, but he also wrote "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" which Waylon made famous.
16. Drinkin’ Thing - Gary Stewart
Gary Stewart, also not from texas. This is off his 1975 release "Out of Hand" and Stewart was a master of the hardcore honkytonk style, and was at home in Texas during the 70's.
17. Texas Tornado - Doug Sahm
Off his 1973 LP Texas Tornado, Doug Sahm was a true Texas rebel. Probably most famous for his late 80's early 90's band The Texas Tonadoes with Freddy Fender, this is the song that band took their name from.
18. Asshole From El Paso - Kinky Friedman
Off 1976's Lasso From El Paso album, Kinky is probably most famous now for his bid for governership of texas this past election. Shame he didn't win.
19. Gettin’ By - Jerry Jeff Walker
Off the essential 1973 live album Viva Terlingua!, just a good song.
20. Ride Me Down Easy - David Allan Coe
Off his 1977 album with controversial cover art Texas Moon. This is a Billy Joe Shaver song, but I love what DAC has done with it.
21. The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma - Terry Allen
Another song off his 1979 "Lubbock (On Everything)" album. I love it when he gets to the part about her sitting in a french chair naked.
22. Let Him Roll - Guy Clark
Another one off Guy's 1975 album "Old No. 1", I just really like this song so I put it on here.
23. Rake - Townes Van Zandt
Off 1971's Delta Momma Blues, another song I really like and thought it was a fitting end to this collection.

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A Truer Sampler 05 - Scott Miller (with The V-Roys & The Commonwealth)

Allright, now Scott Miller is another of my favorites. Been following his career for a long, long time. I first heard him was on the Bubbapalooza CD which I had bought strictly for the SCOTS live song on it. Scott Miller was a pleasent surprise to find on that album. Then a year or so later I picked up the first V-Roys album "Just Add Ice" and instantly fell in love with it. The V-Roys were the pride of Knoxeville, TN and the first band signed to Steve Earle's record label (E-Squared). Truth be told, the only reason I picked the album up in the first place was cause I saw Steve Earle's name on the back of the case as producer. It wasn't until I started reading through the liner notes that I figured out this was the same guy from the Bubbapalooza CD.

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The V-Roys still remain one of my favorite bands from that era and it's a shame they broke up, but luckily Scott persevered and has had a fruitful solo career since the V-Roys. I remember when I picked up his first solo album "Thus Always To Tyrants" and finally figured out that he was from VA....that made me like him even more. All of his solo album have been pretty good, but his shows....that's where he really shines. I'm hoping to catch him this coming august. If you can't catch him, go out and buy his newest album (which is a live album) "Reconstruction"

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They call her Mother Hubbard cause that's what and who she is

I'm almost speechless here, we have recieved a high profile visitor to our humble little site on the interweb. None other than Mother Hubbard, that's right, Ray Wylie Hubbard's wife...known colloquially as Mother Hubbard. She threw down her polecat, kicked the banjo back under the bed, turned off Reservoir Dogs and made a nice little visit to this here blog.....at least that's how I'm gonna imagine it :)

Here is the comment she left for us with the Ray Wylie Hubbard Sampler post:

blackwidow00 said...
Thanks for the kind words...I will pass them on to the Wylie Llama. Just want to remind everyone if you like the stuff and want to order CD's please do so off the artists websites. We never see the money from the record label when you order off the other sites...amazon, etc. This way we can buy milk for the baby, guitars for the poet and for mom...pay the pool guy:)Love,PeaceMother Hubbard

Mother Hubbard, tell Ray Wylie I've been turnin' people left and right onto his music in VA and he has a small contingency of hardcore fans in these here mountains. Tell him can't wait for his new album to come out either.....has he thought about doing a DVD, would love to see something like that.

Thanks for pointing out that we should be ordering music off the artists websites. I wasn't aware that was the best way to do it. Lord knows in these days of wild west music distribution, I want as much of my money going to a deserving artist as possible.

I have went and changed all the links I had made to amazon to now point to the artist's direct store, and will do so with all future links. Thanks for the info, and thanks for leaving a comment....you really made my day.