Artist: Skillet Lickers

To The Nines: On Broken Keys and Human Nature (covers from Rosalie Sorrells, Steve Forbert, Alejandro Escovedo, +9 more!)

Sep 29, 2009, 9:03pm Cover Lay Down

It's always fascinated me how, as social animals who can both project future possibilities and mutate our environment to our benefit, we're nonetheless driven to make peace with our own foibles, accommodate small stumbling blocks, and work around difficulties otherwise solvable and surmountable. A case in point: the 9 key on my laptop keyboard has been broken since last winter, and - as removing the key cap to clean underneath it proved ineffective - I have been forced to conclude that there is something electronically awry here, somewhere in the circuitry. [...]

• Alejandro Escovedo - 1968 (Dave Alvin cover)
• Alison Krauss - 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton cover)
• Cisco Houston - 900 Miles (trad, arr. Woody Guthrie)
• Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
• Jim Henry - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson cover)
• Kevin Davis - 99 Red Balloons (Nena cover)
• lelia broussard - louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
• Martin Simpson - Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott - 1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie cover)
• Skillet Lickers - Wreck Of The Old 97 (trad.)
• Sorrels, Rosalie - The Wreck of the old no. 9 (trad.)
• Steve Forbert - Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
• We're About 9 - Helplessly Hoping (CSNY cover)
• We're About 9 - Money For Floods (Richard Shindell cover)

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Artist:	Alejandro Escovedo
Title:	1968 (Dave Alvin cover)
Link Text:	Alejandro Escovedo: 1968
File Name:	68.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Alison Krauss
Title:	9 to 5 (Dolly Parton cover)
Link Text:	Alison Krauss: 9 to 5
File Name:	to5.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Cisco Houston
Title:	900 Miles (trad, arr. Woody Guthrie)
Link Text:	Cisco Houston: 900 Miles
File Name:	00.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1972

Artist:	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Title:	Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
Link Text:	Grisman and Garcia: Blue Yodel #9
File Name:	bluegg.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Jim Henry
Title:	1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson cover)
Link Text:	Jim Henry w/ Tracy Grammar: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
File Name:	52.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Kevin Davis
Title:	99 Red Balloons (Nena cover)
Link Text:	Kevin Davis: 99 Red Balloons
File Name:	redb.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	lelia broussard
Title:	louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
Link Text:	Lelia Broussard: Louisiana 1927
File Name:	loulb.mp3
Bitrate:	115 kbps

Artist:	Martin Simpson
Title:	Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
Link Text:	Martin Simpson: Louisiana 1927
File Name:	loums.mp3
Bitrate:	229 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Title:	1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie cover)
Link Text:	Ramblin Jack Elliott: 1913 Massacre
File Name:	13m.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1972

Artist:	Skillet Lickers
Title:	Wreck Of The Old 97 (trad.)
Link Text:	Skillet Lickers: Wreck of the Old 97
File Name:	wreck7.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Sorrels, Rosalie
Title:	The Wreck of the old no. 9 (trad.)
Link Text:	Rosalie Sorrels: The Wreck of the Old No. 9
File Name:	wreck.mp3
Bitrate:	230 kbps
Year:	1961

Artist:	Steve Forbert
Title:	Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
Link Text:	Steve Forbert: Blue Yodel #9
File Name:	bluesf.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	We're About 9
Title:	Helplessly Hoping (CSNY cover)
Link Text:	CSNY classic Helplessly Hoping
File Name:	helpl.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	We're About 9
Title:	Money For Floods (Richard Shindell cover)
Link Text:	Richard Shindells Money for Floods
File Name:	moneyf.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Fiddle tunes (1)

Jul 16, 2009, 7:22am River's Invitation

on the photo : Gaither Carlton The fiddle is the father of every American folk instrument(if human voice doesn't count). In country music it has a very symbolical, traditional role, and God knows if country is, among other things, about tradition. That's probably why the fiddle stayed in country music, while practically disappearing from blues and rock (with exceptions like Andrew Bird). Let's read how Bill C. Malone introduces his discussion about the instrument, in his wonderful book Country Music USA . I'm halfway into the [...]

• Doc Watson - Bonaparte's Retreat
• Jerry Rogers - Flop-eared Mule
• John Hartford - Leather Britches
• Sam and Kirk McGee - Cumberland Gap
• The Skillet Lickers - Soldier's Joy

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Artist:	Doc Watson
Title:	Bonaparte's Retreat
Link Text:	Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton - Bonaparte's Retreat
File Name:	Doc Watson_The Doc Watson Family_03_Bonaparte's Retreat.mp3
Bitrate:	125 kbps
Year:	1990

Artist:	Jerry Rogers
Title:	Flop-eared Mule
Link Text:	Jerry Rogers - Flop-Eared Mule
File Name:	Jerry Rogers_Alabama Fiddler_16_Flop-eared Mule.mp3
Bitrate:	147 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	John Hartford
Title:	Leather Britches
Link Text:	John Hartford - Leather Britches
File Name:	John Hartford - 14. Leather Britches.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	1971

Artist:	Sam and Kirk McGee
Title:	Cumberland Gap
Link Text:	Sam & Kirk McGee with Arthur Smith - Cumberland Gap
File Name:	Sam and Kirk McGee_McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith Old Timers of the Grand Old Opry_01.mp3
Bitrate:	135 kbps

Artist:	The Skillet Lickers
Title:	Soldier's Joy
Link Text:	The Skillet Lickers - Soldier's Joy
File Name:	The Skillet Lickers_Old Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs from North Georgia_03_Soldier's Jo.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1996

People Take Warning! pt. 1: Man V Machine

Nov 2, 2008, 12:34pm For The Sake Of The Song

The great Nick Tosches, one of my fave writers on music, boxing, the mob and a lot of other subjects, recently said the following about the People Take Warning! box set: "I've been sitting here watching the remains of this short-lived country go down the drain, and there is no better soundtrack to this than People Take Warning! , a grand and beautiful set - in every sense, from the remastered recordings to the notes to the extraordinary design work - that gives perspective both to these days and those of the past. This is white-hot history, [...]

• Cliff Carlisle - Wreck Of Number 52
• Skillet Lickers - Wreck Of The Old 97
• The Dixon Brothers - Down With The Old Canoe

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Artist:	Cliff Carlisle
Title:	Wreck Of Number 52
Link Text:	Cliff Carlisle - Wreck Of Number 52 MP3
File Name:	Cliff_Carlisle_Wreck_Of_Number _52.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Skillet Lickers
Title:	Wreck Of The Old 97
Link Text:	Skillet Lickers - Wreck Of The Old 97 MP3
File Name:	Skillet_Lickers_Wreck_Of_The_O ld_ 97.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Dixon Brothers
Title:	Down With The Old Canoe
Link Text:	Dixon Brothers - Down With The Old Canoe MP3
File Name:	Dixon_Brothers_Down_With_The_O ld_Canoe.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

7 Means of Movement: Riding

Jun 18, 2007, 8:00am Locust St.

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.

• Light Cavalry
• Al Duffy and Tony Mottola - Light Calvary Overture
• Charles Trenet - Vous Oubliez Votre Cheval
• Dave Fredrickson - Cowboy's Life is a Very Dreary Life
• Duke Ellington - Caravan
• Eddy Arnold - Tennessee Stud
• Frankie Laine - Blazing Saddles
• Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony
• Jacky - White Horses
• Leadbelly and the Golden Gate Quartet - Stewball
• Los Congos del Espiritu Santo - Ensilla Mi Caballo (Saddle My Horse)
• Martin Denny - Caravan
• Mary Lou Williams - Caravan
• National Promenade Band - The Horse Trot
• R.E.M. - Bandwagon
• Range Riders - Range Riders Stomp
• Robert Schumann - Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse)
• Robin Hendrix - Ride a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross
• Sonic Youth - Bull In the Heather
• Tex Ritter - Blood On the Saddle
• The Byrds - Chestnut Mare
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses
• The Marshall Tucker Band - Desert Skies
• The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (Acoustic Mix)
• The Skillet Lickers - Ride Old Buck To Water
• The Sons Of The Pioneers - Ride Ranger Ride
• Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Ghost Riders in the Sky
• Woody Herman - Four Men on a Horse
• XTC - Holly Up On Poppy

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Title:	Light Cavalry
Link Text:	here
File Name:	NISOLightCavalry.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Al Duffy and Tony Mottola
Title:	Light Calvary Overture
Link Text:	Al Duffy and Tony Mottola, Light Cavalry Overture.
File Name:	lightcav.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1944

Artist:	Charles Trenet
Title:	Vous Oubliez Votre Cheval
Link Text:	Charles Trenet, Vous Oubliez Votre Cheval.
File Name:	cheval.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1936

Artist:	Dave Fredrickson
Title:	Cowboy's Life is a Very Dreary Life
Link Text:	Dave Fredrickson, A Cowboy's Life Is a Very Dreary Life.
File Name:	dreary.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1963

Artist:	Duke Ellington
Title:	Caravan
Link Text:	Duke Ellington, Caravan.
File Name:	caravan1.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1937

Artist:	Eddy Arnold
Title:	Tennessee Stud
Link Text:	Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Stud.
File Name:	stud.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1959

Artist:	Frankie Laine
Title:	Blazing Saddles
Link Text:	Frankie Laine, Blazing Saddles.
File Name:	laine.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1974

Artist:	Howlin' Wolf
Title:	Saddle My Pony
Link Text:	Howlin' Wolf, Saddle My Pony.
File Name:	pony.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1952

Artist:	Jacky
Title:	White Horses
Link Text:	Jacky, White Horses.
File Name:	whitehorses.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1968

Artist:	Leadbelly and the Golden Gate Quartet
Title:	Stewball
Link Text:	Leadbelly and the Golden Gate Quartet, Stewball.
File Name:	stewball.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1940

Artist:	Los Congos del Espiritu Santo
Title:	Ensilla Mi Caballo (Saddle My Horse)
Link Text:	Los Congos del Espiritu Santo, Ensilla Mi Caballo (Saddle My Horse).
File Name:	caballo.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1976

Artist:	Martin Denny
Title:	Caravan
Link Text:	Martin Denny, Caravan.
File Name:	caravan2.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1959

Artist:	Mary Lou Williams
Title:	Caravan
Link Text:	Mary Lou Williams, Caravan.
File Name:	caravan3.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1944

Artist:	National Promenade Band
Title:	The Horse Trot
Link Text:	National Promenade Band, The Horse Trot.
File Name:	horsetrot.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1913

Artist:	R.E.M.
Title:	Bandwagon
Link Text:	R.E.M, Bandwagon.
File Name:	bandwagon.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1985

Artist:	Range Riders
Title:	Range Riders Stomp
Link Text:	Range Riders, Range Riders Stomp.
File Name:	stomp.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1937

Artist:	Robert Schumann
Title:	Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse)
Link Text:	Robert Schumann, Kinderszenen: Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Rocking Horse).
File Name:	ritter.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1838

Artist:	Robin Hendrix
Title:	Ride a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross
Link Text:	Robin Hendrix, Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross.
File Name:	banbury.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	Sonic Youth
Title:	Bull In the Heather
Link Text:	Sonic Youth, Bull in the Heather.
File Name:	sy.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1994

Artist:	Tex Ritter
Title:	Blood On the Saddle
Link Text:	Tex Ritter, Blood On the Saddle.
File Name:	blod.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1959

Artist:	The Byrds
Title:	Chestnut Mare
Link Text:	The Byrds, Chestnut Mare.
File Name:	chestnut.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1970

Artist:	The Flying Burrito Brothers
Title:	Wild Horses
Link Text:	The Flying Burrito Brothers, Wild Horses.
File Name:	wild1.mp3
Bitrate:	100 kbps
Year:	1970

Artist:	The Marshall Tucker Band
Title:	Desert Skies
Link Text:	The Marshall Tucker Band, Desert Skies.
File Name:	tucker.mp3
Bitrate:	101 kbps
Year:	1977

Artist:	The Rolling Stones
Title:	Wild Horses (Acoustic Mix)
Link Text:	The Rolling Stones, Wild Horses (early mix).
File Name:	wild2.mp3
Bitrate:	114 kbps
Year:	1971

Artist:	The Skillet Lickers
Title:	Ride Old Buck To Water
Link Text:	The Skillet Lickers, Ride Old Buck to Water.
File Name:	oldbuck.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1930

Artist:	The Sons Of The Pioneers
Title:	Ride Ranger Ride
Link Text:	Sons of the Pioneers, Ride Ranger Ride.
File Name:	rideranger.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1936

Artist:	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
Title:	Ghost Riders in the Sky
Link Text:	Vaughn Monroe, (Ghost) Riders in the Sky.
File Name:	ghostride.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1949

Artist:	Woody Herman
Title:	Four Men on a Horse
Link Text:	Woody Herman and His Woodchoppers, Four Men On a Horse.
File Name:	herman.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1946

Artist:	XTC
Title:	Holly Up On Poppy
Link Text:	XTC, Holly Up On Poppy.
File Name:	poppy.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1992