Down Home Shakedown Playlist - February 9, 2010
This week on the Down Home Shakedown, I checked out a bunch of new releases, with a number of classics thrown in as usual. I continue to enjoy the latest from Wanda Jackson. The Party Ain't Over" is nice cross between her classic rockailly sound and the contemporary influence of producer Jack White.
Shaun Horton's Del Rio Ramblers is an interesting release from the UK, playing authentic honky tonk and rockabilly that sounds a lot like classic Hank Williams.
Carrie Rodriquez and Ben Kyle released "We Still Love Our Country," and I look forward to exploring that some more soon.
Another new release worth checking out is the latest from Daptone Records - Charles Bradley. This is great classic soul sounding record.
| Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues | North Mississippi All Stars | Keys to the Kingdom |
| On the Road | Buddy Guy | Living Proof |
| One Monkey Don't Stop no Show | Big Maybelle | |
| The Telephone Song | Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming |
| Shakin' All Over | Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over |
| Rock Me All Night Long | Ella Mae Morse | Barrelhouse Boogie |
| Deep as Your Pocket | Eilen Jewell | Butcher Hollar |
| Your Gonna Change or I'm Gonna Leave | Shaun Horton's Del Rio Ramblers | Go Away Hound Dog |
| Tell Everyone | Faces | Long Player |
| Fire Alarm | Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle | We Still Love Our Country |
| Thin Skinned | Dolorean | The Unfazed |
| Just Another Rider | Gregg Allman | Low Country Blues |
| Two Trains | Little Feat | Dixie Chicken |
| Soul Chicken | Michelle Malone | Sugarfoot |
| Red Dress | T-Model Ford | Taledragger |
| Picture Cards | Gurl Morlix | Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream |
| Sheena's Back | Nick Curran and the Lowlifes | Reform School Girl |
| Good time to Holler | Bow Thayer & The Perfect Trainwreck | Bottom of the Sky |
| Mama's Little Baby | Delbert McClinton | |
| Wrote a Song for Everyone | Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Preservation Hall Jazz Band w/ Buddy Miller | Benefit |
| I Believe I'll Dust My Broom | Lucky Peterson | You Can Always Turn Around |
| Boe Money | Galactic | Ya Ka May |
| Howlin' For You | Black Keys | Brothers |
| I'm Broke | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears | Tell Em What Your Name is |
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This Weeks Playlist and Bow Thayer
Lots of new music this week on The Down Home Shakedown. The new CD from Gregg Allman is nice, acoustic blues treat, from one of real legends of rock. Glad to see him returning to his roots.
However, the album that really stuck out for me this week is the new one from Bow Thayer & The Perfect Trainwreck called "Bottom of the Sky." The songs are catchy, clever and soulful. The CD was recorded with Levon Helm, and you can feel that "Band" vibe. I look forward to spending more time with this CD, and exploring their back catalog.
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| Devil Got My Woman | Gregg Allman | Low Country Blues |
| Hey Little Mama | Frazey Ford | Obadiah |
| A State of Texas | Old 97s | The Grand Theater, Vol 1 |
| Good Time to Holler | Bow Thayer & The Perfect Trainwreck | Bottom of the Sky |
| Rocket 88 | Jackie Brenston | |
| Baby Can I Crawl Back to You | Gurl Morlix | Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream |
| To Live is To Fly | Steve Earle | Townes |
| Ramblin' Man | Shaun Horton's Del Rio Ramblers | Go Away Hound Dog |
| Sheena's Back | Nick Curran and the Lowlifes | Reform School Girl |
| If I Had My Way | Patty Griffin | Downtown Church |
| Roll Away Your Stone | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More |
| Home | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes | self titled |
| Evangeline | 7 Walkers | self titled |
| Statesboro Blues | Lucky Peterson | You Can Always Turn Around |
| Let's Boogie Woogie | Eden Brent | Ain't Got No Troubles |
| Twang Town Blues | Jason & The Scorchers | Halcyon Times |
| Coming Down the Road | John Mellencamp | No Better Then This |
| Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday | Robert Plant | Band of Joy |
| Letter in the Mail | Tim O'Brien | Chicken and Egg |
| Checkin' on My Baby | Gregg Allman | Low Country Blues |
| Thank Me Someday | Buddy Guy | Living Proof |
| Dark Light | Bow Thayer & The Perfect Trainwreck | Bottom of the Sky |
| Better Off in Texas | Raul Malo | Sinners and Saints |
| Old Piano | Truth & Salvage Company | self titled |
| You Can't Go Home | Will Kimbrough | Wings |
| Plank Road Drag | Mat d. | Plank Road Drag |
| Sinister Kid | The Black Keys | Brothers |
2010 Year in Roots Music
2010 was a very good year in Americana music - there were quite a few very strong releases. So many in fact, I've given up trying to pick a top top, or rank them.
Looking at the list, however, so a glaring lack of good blues releases - did I just miss them all or has that genre been lacking in the last few years? It seems to me to be harder and harder to find strong new releases in blues.
Here, in no particular order, are some notable roots and Americana releases of 2010. Let me know your thoughts and favorites in the comments!
- Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust
- Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs (Bonus Track Version)
- Mose Allison - The Way Of The World
- Dr. John - Tribal
- Truth & Salvage Company - Truth & Salvage Company
- Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, And Alibis
- John Hiatt - The Open Road
- Carrie Rodriguez - Love and Circumstance
- Joe Pug - Messenger
- Butcher Holler - Eilen Jewell Presents A Tribute To Loretta Lynn
- Ray Wylie Hubbard -A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C)
- Jakob Dylan - Women and Country
- Peter Case - Wig!
- Old 97's - The Grand Theatre Volume One
- Jason & The Scorchers - Halcyon Times
- Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
- Frazey Ford - Obadiah
- John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
- The Black Keys - Brothers
- Bettye Lavette - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
- Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
- Elizabeth Cook - Welder
- The SteelDrivers - Reckless
- Chatham County Line - Wildwood
- Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
- Elvis Costello - National Ransom
- Will Kimbrough - WINGS
- Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
- Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs of Love
- The Weepies - Be My Thrill
- Patty Griffin - Downtown Church
- Aloe Blacc - Good Things
- Galactic - Ya-Ka-May
- Whitey Morgan and the 78's - Whitey Morgan and the 78's
- Truckstop Darlin' - Self Titled
- Raul Malo - Sinners & Saints
- Mat d. - Plank Road Drag
- Richard Thompson - Dream Attic
- The Dap-Kings Horns - How You Like Me Now? EP
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version)
- John Legend & The Roots feat. Black Thought - Wake Up!
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band - An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program (Deluxe Version)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Mojo (Deluxe Version)
- Kevin Welch - A Patch of Blue Sky
- Paul Thorn – Pimps and Preachers
- Phosphorescent – Here's to Taking it Easy
- Mary Gauthier – The Foundling
- Reckless Kelly – Somewhere in Time
- Tim O'Brien – Chicken and Egg