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Blues Wednesday – Tab Benoit is on that Night Train to Nashville

As I was heading down Hartford Road this morning toward the site I was going to in Medford, I was checking out the wooded wetlands along the way. After two days of rain they looked a lot like the Louisiana Bayou and I knew I had the right CD playing, Night …

Sunday Shopping Mix

So shortly after the birth of our third son Peter, my wife said that she had had it with grocery shopping and since I know what I’ll eat or want, I can do the shopping! So for the last 24 years I have done the grocery shopping. I usually go …

Friday’s Forgotten Music (Saturday Version)

Today’s mix contains some forgotten music by some musicians I’ve mentioned recently. The mix started of with the song “Long Afternoons” by Paul Seibel from the album Woodsmoke and Oranges. I always loved this song, years after this album Jerry Jeff did a nice cover on his 1977 A Man …

Thursday – Mixed Bag

So Thursday’s eclectic mix started with three CDs I picked up at the Dollar Tree the other night. First up was a self-titled album Tribaljazz from a band that I had never heard of, but the sticker on the cover said it was John Densmore’s (drummer of The Doors) band …

Happy Birthday, Paul Kantner

So according to my Avalon Ballroom calender today is not only St. Patrick’s Day but also, Paul Kanter’s birthday! Paul was born in 1941 so that makes him 69 years young, just remember 60 is the new 40 so says the man approaching 60! Anyway Jefferson Airplane was always one …

Forgotten Friday Set List

So the first album that came out of the stack of vinyl here next to the old USB record player was Tom Paxton’s 1983 release Bulletin. While Tom is one of my all-time favorites this album never got a lot of spins. I guess because a few other things were …

Thursday – Mixed Bag Day

I was intrigued this morning when I logged on to Rhapsody and saw that there was a release of a new Jimi Hendrix CD, which I believe means now he has released more CDs dead than alive or maybe it just seems that way. Anyway I put the album Valleys …

Mid-day Report Twangy Tuesday

So today we will visit the land of bluegrass. Bluegrass music has one job to set my feet a tappin’ and make me feel good. I first visited the bluegrass charts on Roots Music Report and looked for names that looked interesting… ah number one Michael Murphey’s new CD Buckaro …

Monday Folk – Joe Crookston

So I have heard his name on Gene Shay’s radio show and heard him in passing but never really listened to Joe Crookston until today and in the words of Christine Lavin “What Was I Thinking!” This guy is great and his album Able, Baker Charlie and Dog is wonderful …

Mike Zito – Pearl River

So I was thinking about what to listen to yesterday on blues Wednesday a little Tab Benoit, Dave Hole, Buddy Guy – well maybe I’ll check out the Blues Radio Chart and see what looks good number 23 looks interesting Mike Zito so I went to Rhapsody and downloaded …

Category: Americana

Blues Wednesday – Tab Benoit is on that Night Train to Nashville

Sunday Shopping Mix

Friday’s Forgotten Music (Saturday Version)

Thursday – Mixed Bag

Happy Birthday, Paul Kantner

Forgotten Friday Set List

Thursday – Mixed Bag Day

Mid-day Report Twangy Tuesday

Monday Folk – Joe Crookston

Mike Zito – Pearl River

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