Goodbye, Blog thing

Since I don't know if anyone ever checks into this blog, I'm going to let it go and possibly delete it. If you do read it and want me to keep it up, please let me know at garywells101@gmail.com.

If you'd still like playlists, I can email them to you or you can find them on my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crooked-Highway-Radio-Program/147708265253667

Thanks!

Gary
Crooked Highway fella

Rockin & Stompin!

I filled in for the great Wesley Robertson on Saturday's Rockin' & Stompin' show. It was a ton of fun! You can listen to the archived show by clicking on the right over there. See it? Right there. Click & listen.

Calexico-- El Picador
Stacey Earle-- Makes Me Happy
Cootie Stark-- Send You Back To Georgia
Terri Hendrix-- Come Tomorrow (New Release!)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott-- Engine 143
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson-- You Won't Be Satisfied That Way
Jolie Holland-- You Painted Yourself In
Loudon Wainwright III-- I'm the Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World
She & Him-- Me & You (New Release!)
Sarah Harmer-- New Loneliness (New Release!)
J.C. Burris-- One of these Mornings
Johnny Cash-- Paradise
John Doe-- Faraway (From the North County)
Alejandro Escovedo -- Sad & Dreamy (The Big 1-0)
Jolly Bankers-- The Lost Creek
Leonard Cohen--Hallelujah
Neko Case-- Porchlight
Carolina Chocolate Drops-- Hit Em Up Style (New Release!)
The Devil Makes Three-- Workin Man's Blues
Jimmie Rodgers-- Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family
Thrift Store Cowboys-- Fallen Pine Tree
Steve Earle-- Pancho & Lefty
Townes Van Zandt-- Brother Flower
Neil Young-- Goin' Back
Kathleen Edwards-- Away
(Eilen Jewell Presents) Butcher Holler-- Haunted House (New Release!)
Jesse Fuller-- I Got A Mind To Ramble
The Creole Belles-- Wade's Blues
Sera Cahoone-- I'm On Your Side
Molina & Johnson-- Twenty Cycles to the Ground
Jonathan Richman-- Everyday Clothes
Pete Seeger-- Solartopia (New Release!)
Shinyribs-- Poor People's Store (New Release!)
Furry Lewis-- Oh! Babe!
Brute-- Blight
Todd Snider-- Slim Chance
Ted Hawkins-- North to Alaska
Merle Haggard-- The Fugitive
Amy Cook-- Strange Birds (New Release!)
Mike & Ruthy-- Another Dawn Another Day
Uncle Tupelo-- Sandusky
Uncle Tupelo-- Give Back The Key To My Heart

Frank Fairfield at Pickathon 2010!

Sorry!!!!

Sorry for the months of no posting! I'm not really sure if anyone actually looks at this page. If you do, please drop me a line at crookedhighway@kvmr.org. If I find out people are checking this out, I'll be sure to add more. Thanks! -- Gary

Playlist for August 29, 2010

Calexico-- Chach
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer -- Don't Tread On Me
Robert Pete Williams-- Santa Fe Blues
Cisco Houston-- I Ain't Got No Home
Kris Delmhorst-- Bobby Lee

Tom, Brad, & Alice-- Coal Creek March
Frank Fairfield-- Bo Weevil
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet-- Oh Me, Oh My
Jon Dee Graham-- Something To Look Forward To
Cary Hudson-- Little Darlin'

Jug Band Extravaganza-- San Francisco Bay Blues (New Release!)
Lead Belly-- Governor Pat Neff
Lydia Mendoza-- Adios, Muchachos
Lucy Wainwright Roche-- Spring Song/Hungry Heart (New Release!)
Bruce Springsteen-- Dry Lightning

Memphis Minnie-- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Lonnie Pitchford-- My Babe
Gillian Welch-- Acony Bell
Eilen Jewell-- Rain Roll In
The Mammals-- City Never Sleeps

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry-- Walk On
Uncle Earl-- Willie Taylor
Mavis Staples-- On My Way
Bessie Jones-- Sometimes
Crooked Jades-- Shady Grove

John Prine w/ Iris DeMent-- Unwed Fathers (NEW RELEASE!)
Dock Boggs-- Country Blues
Coley Jones-- Drunkard's Special
Pete Seeger-- Quite Early Morning/We Sing Out (NEW RELEASE!)
The Silos-- Margaret

Shinyribs-- Fisherman's Friend (NEW RELEASE!)
Mary Lou Lord-- The Lucky One
Freedy Johnston-- Radio For Heartache
Justin Townes Earle-- Mama's Eyes (Recorded Live at Pickathon 2009)
Doc Watson-- Deep River Blues

Townes Van Zandt-- Greensboro Woman
(Eilen Jewell Presents) Butcher Holler-- Whispering Sea (NEW RELEASE!)
Les Amis Creole-- Tit Monde
The Gourds-- All The Labor
Eliza Gilkyson-- Wildewood Spring

Tom Waits-- Goin Down Slow
John Jackson-- Goin Down In Georgia On A Horn
Slaid Cleaves-- Song For June
Uncle Tupelo-- Sandusky
Son Volt-- Joe Citizen's Blues

Playlist 1/17/10

Crooked Highway Playlist 1/17/10

Calexico—El Picador
Mike Seeger—The Mayor Is A Good Ol’ Boy
Wallace “Cheese” Read—Colinda
Patrick Sky—Separation Blues

Cindy Lee Berryhill—High Jump
Loudon Wainwright III—Took My Gal Out Walkin’
Charlie Poole—If The River Was Whiskey

Alejandro Escovedo—Way It Goes
Pete Seeger & Friends—Bring Them Home
Gillian Welch—One More Dollar
Corey Harris—Fish Ain’t Bitin’

Dave Van Ronk—Green, Green Rocky Road
Pokey LaFarge—Mr. Nobody

Pieta Brown—Lovin’ You Still
Emmylou Harris—Snake Song
Townes Van Zandt—Don’t Take It Too Bad
The Bill Hilly Band—Moonshiner
Lydia Mendoza—Adios Muchachos

Jay Farrar—California
Amanda Shires—Days In Blankets
Jonathan Richman—The Neighbors
Danny Barnes—Pizza Box

Michelle Shocked—Prodigal Daughter
Calexico/Iron & Wine—Prison On Route 41
Greg Brown—Billy From The Hills
Sera Cahoone—Baker Lake

Rita Hosking—Operator’s Got A Call
Hank Williams—Weary Blues From Waiting
Eliza Gilkyson—Runnin’ Away
REM—You Are The Everything
Fred Eaglesmith—Thinking

The Mammals—Bad Shoes Blues
The Stairwell Sisters—Jump Back
Crooked Jades—Sea Lion Woman
Crooked Still—Undone In Sorrow
The Felice Brothers—Wonderful Life
Mary McCaslin—Acres Of Houses
Guy Davis—Sometimes I Wish
Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Vic Chesnutt—Sad Peter Pan

Playlist 8/16/09

Mike Seeger
August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009


(intro) Calexico
Mike Seeger—Freight Train
Sara Carter Bayes & Maybelle Carter—I’m Leaving You
Cephas & Wiggins—Mamie

The Felice Brothers—Little Ann
Justin Townes Earle—Halfway to Jackson
Lost Bayou Ramblers—Valse de Meche
Sarah Harmer—The Ring
Tom Waits—Goin’ Down Slow
Alejandro Escovedo—Way It Goes

Kate Wolf—Brother Warrior
Lead Belly—John Henry
The Mammals—Haircut Money
The Wiyos—Roll On Down The Road
Stairwell Sisters—Hangman Tree
Dwight Yoakam—Two Doors Down
Kathleen Edwards—Good Things

Mike Seeger—Darling Cora
Richard Buckner—The Tether & The Tie
John Doe & The Sadies—Fool Such As I
Audrey Auld Mezera—Half A World Away
John Dee Graham—Hippopotamus

(outro)Uncle Tupelo-- Sandusky
Son Volt--

Playlist 7/26/09

(intro) Calexico—Maria Chuchena
Michelle Shocked—Anchorage
John Doe—A Little More Time

Snooks Eaglin—Country Boy In New Orleans
Son Volt—Pushed Too Far
Peter Rowan—Dust Bowl Children

Sometymes Why—The Stupid Kiss
Phil Ochs—In The Heat of the Summer
Maria Muldaur—I’m Goin’ Back Home
The Waybacks—I’m Good
Todd Snider—Good Fortune
Freedy Johnston—Tucumcari

Audrey Auld Mezera—Buck Hungry
The Gourds—Maria
Lightnin’ Hopkins—Come Go Home With Me
Richie Havens—Standing On The Water

Gurf Morlix—Music You Mighta Made
Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell—Snowin’ On Raton
Townes Van Zandt—Only Him Or Me

Calexico—House of Valparaiso
The Bills—Let Em Run
Guy Davis—Skunkmello’s Dance of the Chickens
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason—Homegrown Tomatoes
Blue Mountain—Blue Canoe

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Son Volt—Exiles

So Much Great New Music

I've been playing lots of great new releases lately. Some of my favorites have been... Son Volt-- "American Central Dust"... Booker T.-- "Potato Hole" ... Steve Earle-- "Townes"... John Doe & The Sadies --"Country Club"... Eilen Jewell --"Sea of Tears"... Todd Snider-- "Excitement Plan"... Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women... Red Stick Ramblers-- "My Bags Are Always Packed"... Patterson Hood-- "Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)" ... Alela Diane-- "To Be Still"

There's so much good stuff out there. Support these artists and your local purveyor of fine music by buying one, two or all of them!

Playlist July 19, 2009

(intro) Calexico—Hair Like Spanish Moss
Jolie Holland—You Painted Yourself In
Leo Kottke—The Room At The Top of the Stairs
Dick Justice—Henry Lee

John Doe & The Sadies—Husbands & Wives
John Prine—Souvenirs
Mississippi Fred McDowell—Write Me A Few Lines

Eilen Jewell—One Of Those Days
Los Lobos—Two Janes
Creole Belles—Wade’s Blues
The Hunger Mountain Boys—Nashville Don’t Touch My Country Music
Jimmie Rodgers— Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)
Bob Dylan—Blowin’ In The Wind

Son Volt—Roll On
Booker T—Reunion Time
Steve Earle—To Live’s To Fly
Jonathan Richman—To Hide A Little Thought
Shinyribs—Country Cool
Terri Hendrix—Life’s A Song
Bad Livers—Anna Lee

Muddy Waters—I Be’s Troubled
Neil Young—Human Highway
John Gorka—Houses In The Fields
Jon Dee Graham—Remain
The Be Good Tanyas—For The Turnstiles

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Son Volt—Dust of Daylight

Playlist July 5, 2009

(intro) Calexico—Dub Latina
Avett Brothers—The Weight Of Lies
Stacey Earle—Dancing With Them That Brung Me
Merle Travis—Nine Pound Hammer
Merle Travis—Cannonball Rag

Mance Lipscomb—Jack of Diamonds
Lucinda Williams— Ramblin’
Joel Mabus—My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women—Weight Of The World
Eliza Gilkyson—Emerald Street
REM—You Are The Everything
Norman & Nancy Blake—Little Stream Of Whiskey

Red Stick Ramblers—Bloodshot Eyes
Goldman Thibodeaux, Calvin Carriere—Goldman’s Hard Times
Los Lobos—Estoy Sentado Aqui
Hank Williams—Please Don’t Let Me Love You

Booker T.—Space City
Drive-By Truckers—Space City
Patterson Hood—Granddaddy
Gillian Welch—Rock of Ages

JB Lenoir—Good Advice
Alela Diane—Dry Grass & Shadows
Joe Pug—Hymn #101

Harry McClintock—Little Stream of Whiskey
The Rockin’ Wolverines—Banana Boat Song
The Rockin’ Wolverines—Clementine
Lead Belly—Pick A Bale of Cotton
Todd Snider—Slim Chance
Steve Earle—Colorado Girl
Townes Van Zandt—Columbine

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Uncle Tupelo—No Depression

Playlist May 24, 2009

(intro) Calexico—The News About William
Michael Merenda—Crutch
Caroline Herring—MGM Grand

Reverend Gary Davis—Right Now
Drive-By Truckers—Two Daughters & A Beautiful Wife
Catherine Irwin—Cry Our Little Eyes Out
Big Mama Thornton—School Boy

M. Ward—For Beginners
The Sadies—Good Flying Day
Alela Diane—Dry Grass & Shadows
The Crooked Jades—Call It Something Else
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry—Confusion
John Prine—Souvenirs
Boozoo Chavis—Baby Please Don’t Go
Gregory Page—Love Made Me Drunk

John Doe & The Sadies—Fool Such As I
The Devil Makes Three—Shades
Gob Iron—Wayside Tavern

Felice Brothers—Frankie’s Gun!
The Replacements—Waitress In The Sky
Neko Case—Magpie In The Morning

Nanci Griffith—Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Jon Dee Graham—I Go Too
The Mammals—Stairway To The Stars
Townes Van Zandt—To Live’s To Fly
Guy Clark—Analog Girl

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Son Volt—Highways & Cigarettes

Playlist May 10, 2009

(intro) Calexico—Above The Branch
Jesse Fuller—I’m Going To Sit At The Welcome Table
Jolie Holland—You Painted Yourself In
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band—Au Natchitoches
Felice Brothers—The Big Surprise

Cindy Lee Berryhill—Plenty Enough
Pete Seeger—Oh Mary Don’t You Weep

Todd Snider—Play A Train Song
Townes Van Zandt—Delta Momma Blues
Eilen Jewell—One of Those Days
Tom Waits—Old Shoes
Sometymes Why—Shine It
Big Bill Broonzy—CC Rider

Iris DeMent—Mama’s Opry
Justin Townes Earle—Mama’s Eyes
Merle Haggard—Hungry Eyes
Doc Watson—Mama Don’t Allow

Booker T.—Nan
The Flatlanders—Sowin’ On The Mountain
Gillian Welch—I Had A Real Good Mother And Father

Louis Armstrong—What A Wonderful World
Pete Seeger—English Is Cuh-Ray-Zee
Pete Seeger—If It Can’t Be Reduced
Terri Hendrix—If I Had A Daughter
Johnny Cash—My Mother Was A Lady
Freedy Johnston—Caroline

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Son Volt—Tear Stained Eye

Playlist April 26, 2009

(intro)Calexico—Minas de Cobre
Flaco Jimenez—Juarez
Beausoleil—Chez Seychelles

Kate Wolf—Here In California
The Bills—Nowhere To Be (All Day To Get There)
The Crooked Jades—Ain’t No Grave

Woody Guthrie—Sally, Don’t You Grieve
Peter Case—Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
Lead Belly—Birmingham Jail
The Everybodyfields—By Your Side
Joan Baez—Silver Dagger

Otis Taylor—Ten Million Slaves
Mike Seeger—Coo Coo Bird
Danny Barnes—Sympathy For The Devil

Honeyboy Edwards—Rocks In My Pillow
Robert Johnson—Stones In My Pathway
Elizabeth Cotten—Freight Train
Freakwater—Amelia Earhart

Shinyribs—Country Cool
Tom T. Hall—I Like Beer
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band—I’m Still In Love With You

John Doe & The Sadies—Cold Hard Facts of Life
Bruce Springsteen—The Ghost of Tom Joad
Eliza Gilkyson—Pastures of Plenty
The Resentments—Someday
The Carter Family—Keep On The Sunny Side

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Son Volt—Rex’s Blues

Coming Soon-- STUFF!

I'm way behind in updating things, so I'll be better soon. Promise.

Go see live music. Maybe a festival....

Playlists coming soon!

I've been a bit delayed in posting the playlists from my last two shows. Don't really know why. Might be the nice weather and the garden distracting me. I'll post em up soon. The audio files of the shows are available though, and they sound much better than playlists! Enjoy and thanks so much for listening!

Playlist April 12, 2009

(intro) Calexico—Gypsy’s Curse
Patty Griffin—Rowing Song
Lyle Lovett—If I Had A Boat
John Jackson—Nobody’s Business But Mine
*Bob & Wendy—Universal Mother
Jon Dee Graham—Mockingbird Smile
Greg Brown—I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister

*Sometymes Why—Shine It
Balfa Toujours—Pa Janvier
*The Felice Brothers—Katie Dear
Townes Van Zandt—Gypsy Friday

Walkin’ Jim Stoltz—Range of Light
Dave Alvin—King of California
*Neko Case—Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
Neil Young—Mother Earth

Kathleen Edwards—The Lone Wolf
*Justin Townes Earle—Can’t Hardly Wait
The Meat Purveyors—More Man

*Bonnie Prince Billy—Beware Your Only Friend
*Sleepy John Estes—When The Saints Go Marching In
Hunger Mountain Boys—Mt. St. Helens
The Mammals—City Never Sleeps
*The Gourds—All The Way To Jericho

(outro) Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky
Uncle Tupelo—High Water


* New Release


***First ever special Crooked Highway giveaway! Be the first person to send a message to me, simply stating "Neko" and you'll win a copy of the new Neko Case CD, "Middle Cyclone." For real! I have only one, so don't wait!

Playlist March 29, 2009

(Intro: Calexico—Pepita)
John Doe—The Meanest Man In The World
Abbie Gardner—Caffeine
The Devil Makes Three—Never Learn
Los Campesinos de Michoacan—Cautiva y Triste
Fred McDaniel & Johnny Woods—Mama Says I’m Crazy
Justin Townes Earle—They Killed John Henry

Danny Barnes—Wasted Mind
Katy Moffatt—I Can’t Be Myself
The Jolly Bankers—The Lost Creek
Pete Seeger—Little Boxes
Pete Seeger—From Way Up Here

Stuart Mason—Coaltown
Guy Davis—Maggie Campbell Blues
Gus Cannon—Walk Right In

Neko Case—Pharoahs
The Hackensaw Boys—Buildings Are The Cages
Gillian Welch—I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll

Iris DeMent—Sweet Is The Melody
Bruce Molsky—Fishin’ Blues
Jolie Holland—You Painted Yourself In
Adrienne Young—Givin’ Up The Fight

Alela Diane—To Be Still
Freedy Johnston—Tearing Down This Place
Richard Buckner—The Worst Way
M. Ward—Jailbird

(Outro: Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky)
Jay Farrar—Six String Belief

Playlist March 15, 2009

(This week's show isn't available for listening yet due to an inept jump drive. Hopefully it will be up soon!)


























(Intro: Calexico—Hair Like Spanish Moss)
The Silos—Thanks A Million
Blind Boy Fuller—I’m A Rattlesnakin’ Daddy
Mary Gauthier—Long Way To Fall

Dave Van Ronk—Bad Dream Blues
Carolina Chocolate Drops—Short Life Of Trouble
Uncle Earl—Willie Taylor

Wilco—Forget The Flowers
Iris DeMent—Let The Mystery Be
Red Stick Ramblers—Les Oiseaux Vont Chanter
Peggy Seeger—Gonna Be An Engineer
John Prine (w/ Iris DeMent)—In Spite Of Ourselves

Neal Pattman—Disco Twist
Peg Leg Sam—Who’s That Left Here While Ago
Justin Townes Earle—Midnight At The Movies
Gregory Page—Song For Martha
Annie Gallup—Grandma’s Best China
Calexico—Slowness
Dave Alvin—Mother Earth
Chet Atkins & Doc Watson—Me and Chet Made A Record

Neko Case—Middle Cyclone
M. Ward—One Hundred Million Years
Drive-By Truckers—Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
Audrey Auld Mezera—Down In A Hole
Kathleen Edwards—Run
Leo Kottke—Louise

(Outro: Uncle Tupelo—Sandusky)
Jay Farrar—No Rollin’ Back