I-Pod Playlist - Drink

 

This week's I-Pod Playlist is probably Father Jack's favourite. Yes it's Drink! 106 songs to choose from so time to settle down with a few tipples

There are so many to choose from, particularly from Country music . Indeed, there is enough for an entire series further down the line.

It was difficult to narrow my selections down to just four.  I thought about a drinking game but things could have got messy very quickly.

Here are the ones I've gone for before I forget of change my mind.

Let's start with Canvey Island's finest Dr Feelgood and their classic Milk and Alcohol . These lads liked a drink or four.

Next up we have Maria McKee with the totally bonkers Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress

Loretta Lynn gives a salutory warning to her beloved as she advises that he Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

He certainly wouldn't be getting anywhere if he was Drunk By Noon. Here is Sally Timms with her cover of The Handsome Family  classic

The next Playlist will be Jail where some of the above might end up!

Cheers

Dr Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol

Maria McKee -Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress

Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)

Sally Timms - Drunk By Noon

By Way Of An Apology

 

On Sunday as part of my Americana Compilations series I featured The Other Side- Music of East National One of the tracks featured was Don't Bother Me by the singer-songwriter Elizabeth  Cook.

In the comments George advised that the song fades out after 59 seconds as opposed to the scheduled running time of 3 minutes 25 seconds. I'm not sure how that happened.

To make up for  this I have dug out my burn of Welder her Don Was produced 5th studio album from 2010.

You will see from the blurb  for Welder that she has had a pretty troubled life and this, perhaps understandably , is reflected in her songs

Not for the faint hearted

Elizabeth Cook - Heroin Addict Sister

Elizabeth Cook - Mama's Funeral

I Am The Resurrection

 

I'm not religious and it is a long time since I lifted a bible. This might explain why I'm a day late for the Resurrection. Still at least we still get a public holiday.

It got me thinking though of Resurrection songs and I appear to have more than I thought.

Let's start with the most obvious one by The Stone Roses which lends its name to this Post's title.

The second one that most folk would maybe come up with is Resurrection Shuffle by Ashton, Gardner & Dyke.

Meanwhile the Drive-By Truckers are Awaiting Resurrection.

Iron and Wine are more interested in a Resurrection Fern.

Finally The Hold Steady tell us How a Resurrection Really Feels

The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection 

Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle

Drive- By Truckers - Awaiting Resurrection 

Iron and Wine - Resurrection Fern

The Hold Steady - How a Resurrection Really Feels

The Other Side:Music From East National

 

This week's Americana Compiltion (the 29th so far) is The Other Side - Music From East Nashville

It is a two CD charity compilation raising funds for a local employment and education centre.

There are 31 tracks with only the late great Todd Snider appearing twice. I have featured it three times before  here, here and here

I am probably only familiar with just under a third of the artists involved and perhaps it is no surprise that I've chosen to feature four of those.

Three of the tracks have featured here before with the only new one being Don't Bother Me by Elizabeth Cook.

This is by way of compensation for failing to pick up her 2007 album Balls the second last time I was in Missing Records. Needless to say it was nowhere to be seen on my subsequent visit. I'm still kicking myself.

Todd Snider - From a Roof Top

Paul Burch - John Peel

Thad Cockrell - Senselessly Blue

Elizabeth Cook -Don't Bother Me

Saturday Shuffle 139

 

Welcome to this week's Shuffle. We have one debutant, one act making a second appearance with the final act making their 4th outing.

It's only fair that out debutant gets to be the cover star so say hello to Country, Honky Tonk and Rockabilly star Johnny Horton who is enjoying a bit of honkytonking on a hardwood floor, as you do.

It's almost criminal to note that sixties legends The Kinks have only appeared on the Shuffle once before .It was with Wonderboy, one of their lesser known numbers last time round, This time it is the more familiar See My Friends.

We conclude with regular visitors to the Shuffle Los Tex Maniacs who wonder How Can a Beautiful Woman be so Ugly.

More beautiful and no ugly acts next Saturday 

Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor

The Kinks - See My Friends

Los Tex Maniacs - How Can a Beautiful Woman Be So Ugly

Cara and Sharon on Good Friday

 

The slimming down of burns to downloads to free up space has reached the Folk/Singer Songwriter shelves with two albums that were copied from the library back in the day when you could take out CDs

Two Irish ladies one Northern and one Southern are the latest acts to be considered for down sizing.

I have After the Morning a 2006 album by Cara Dillon along with a burn from the library  of 2003's Sweet Liberty which was produced and recoded by her husband Seth Lakeman

There Were Roses is song about sectarianism written by Tommy Sands which featured on the TV series Billy Connelly's World Tour of England. Ireland and Wales TV series

Accordionist Sharon Shannon from County Clare in the Republic of Ireland is an artist I have seen on a few occasions mainly, but not exclusively, as part of Celtic Connections

I have a good few of her albums on CD and a burn of 2007's Renegade.. She is joined by Mike McGoldrick,Jim Murray and Dezi Murray for what is an album of traditional Irish music.

Given that Ireland grinds to a halt on Good Friday I thought it would be good to feature songs by these two artists today

Cara Dillon - There Were Roses

Sharon Shannon - The Full Set

Blog Country 138 - Cuba

 

It's my Boys Brigade Battalion number again as we head to the Caribbean  and the Republic of Cuba.

I'm glad we got here in time as it is likely to be Trump's next "project" assuming he doesn't get his arse kicked by Iran. The fact that it is a Socialist state with the role of the Communist Party enshrined in it's constitution seems to get the American's very excited with their embargo contributing to abject poverty.

That does not stop the Cubans coming up with some excellent music though. I should imagine that many of you are familiar with Buena Vista Social Club and Ibrahim Ferrer. Both are on the shelves but I thought I would spread the net a bit wider.

Let's start with Chico Alverez who was born in New York City of Afro- Cuban origin but grew up in Cuba. He is also part of the Afro-Cuban band Mafimba. Here he is with Rumba En El Solar which i'm guessing translates as Dancing in the Sun

Chico is followed by Dayme Arocena who is an Afro-Cuban jazz singer from Havana who has been described as Cuba's "finest young female singer". Judge for yourself with Pot ti.

Next up is another female artist Brenda Navarrete a Cuban singer and multi instrumentalist born in Havana in 1991.Her offering today is  Atùnwà

Los Van Van founded in 1961 is one of  the leading musical groups of post-revolutionary Cuba. Their name translates as "They Go Go." I would imagine that the song Vanvaneo translates as something similar.

Mongo Santamaria is a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960's. His contribution is Monte Adentro.

Finally we revisit Monday's Music From the Chocolate Lands with Chocolate Sabroso from the band Chocolate Armenteros

We're off to the Balkans next time round.

Chico Alvarez - Rumba En El Solar

Dayme Arocena - Pot ti

Brenda Navarrete - Atunwa

Los Van Van - Vanvaneo

Mongo Santamaria - Montr Adentro

Chocolate Armenteros - Chocolate Sabroso