As before, this album refers to artists and songs featured on both 1940s compilations. The importance to country music of Ernest Tubb 's Walking The Floor Over You cannot be underestimated. It was not the first honky tonk record, nor the first to use the new-fangled electric guitar. But it was the first really big hit to use electric guitar solos, performed by Fay 'Smitty' Smith, and is considered the breakthrough record for honky tonk music, a label that was variously used for different genres, but now [...]
By the early 1940s the crooners had begun to make their mark, with Jimmie Davies — future Democrat governor of Louisiana — having led the way. Many of them had toiled and crooned in the 1930s. But with a world war slowly engulfing the globe, the market wanted, and got, romance. More than that, men took their country songs with them to the army and disseminated the music among their fellow soldiers. Country music thus found new fans, and its leading singers — Roy Acuff, Gene Autry, Red Foley, Tex Ritter, Eddy Arnold — gained a national audience. In 1945, [...]
The titles of posts in this series may be a bit confusing. They will refer to the timespan covered in the mixes. But this post looks at the era from about 1930 to about 1941. The next post will include the 1937-41 mix, but the text will be a sidebar to this article, also referring to 1930-41. I hope that nakes sense... Record sales collapsed dramatically with the Depression, with sales dropping from 104 million in 1927 to just 6 million in 1932. Some records still sold prodigiously, [...]
emmett's october playlist Le Nozze Di Figaro (Overture) - Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Wind - Sons Of The Pioneers Holiday On Saturn - Del Kent Liquidation - Ernest Ranglin Georgia On My Mind - Bob Summers Revival Lazy Bones - Bob Summers Revival No More White Horses - T2 Blue Boots - Eric Donaldson Blue Boot - Eric Donaldson [...]
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and count its many tears. While we all sup sorrow with the poor." "Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh hard times come again no more." Of all of the songs written by Stephen Foster, "Hard Times Come Again No More" is one of the most popular and enduring. Oddly, at the time of its writing, the song was not especially popular. While "Hard Times" may not [...]
[ There are 18 MP3s in this post. All but one feature gratuitous yodeling. Some even include bird impersonations. Don't say you weren't warned. ] Applied chaos theory in the information age? Whatever you want to call it, it happens to me quite frequently. Stuff somehow makes its way onto my hard drive, and I have no clue where it came from. So I had this MP3 compilation called "Yodel!" lying around for a while, and the title and artist information all seemed very suspicious. (Like [...]
another close almost 'weak tuneage wednesday'. also, there's gonna be less until i gets my laptop fixed. the pogues - squid out of water devastations - i don't want to lose you tonight the cyrkle - red rubber ball the smashing pumpkins - jennifer ever [...]
Another Day Older and Deeper In Debt Woody Allen, Love and Death. Ivor Cutler, I'm Happy. Jack Teagarden and Fats Waller, You Rascal You. Serge Gainsbourg, Vieille Canaille (You Rascal You). Christer Bladin, Wildkatze. DJ Riko, Whistler's Delight. Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer, Mister Meadowlark. Papa Charlie Jackson, Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart. Ray Bolger and Judy Garland, If I Only Had a
David Rovics - The Draft Is Coming The Sons of the Pioneers - Old Man Atom These tracks have been sitting on my server for weeks now waiting for a proper introduction. Tough; I don't have it in me. My love of a good protest song is well known (and I've written about it before). Both of these are worth a listen. They may not be factually or logically correct, but I do love the strong protest spirit. One oldie released during the Korean [...]
My week of concerts wound down last night. I started out last Wednesday seeing Valerie's boyfriend's band "the Man Band" at the Silverlake Lounge. Interesting take on the rap genre. Friday night we attended one of the more lively concerts I've ever been to when we witnessed the Dan Deacon/Girl Talk experience at the Echoplex. Beer, sweating and lots of half naked people. Oh yes, and one blow up doll that Jon and I tore apart. Saturday saw a certain friend of Matt's flake out on him so [...]
7 Means of Movement: Riding The Byrds, Chestnut Mare. Al Duffy and Tony Mottola, Light Cavalry Overture. R.E.M, Bandwagon. When the Man and the Dog came back from hunting the Man said, "What is Wild Horse doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Horse any more, but the First Servant, because he will always carry us from place to place to place for always and always and always.
Cover Me
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Art Decade
Keep the Coffee Coming
The Look Back
Old Blue Bus
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
pigeon kicking
Locust St.
Soapnix
Pictures Of Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix
Hungry Kids Of Hungary – Scattered Diamonds Live Op Pinkpop 2012
The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
