Show Two Notes
1. Got me a Woman – Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer – vanguard
a. Daddy of ollabelle, if you heard us last week
2. Black Ghost Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins – Double Blues – ace
3. Dublin Blues – Guy Clark – Dublin Blues – Elektra
4. See It My Way – Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons – cabin Ghosts – n/a
a. Cool duet/female male harmonies, one of the best up next
5. Angel From Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt ft. John Prine – great days anthology – rhino
a.Song written by prine, who was first reviewed by roger ebert in ’74 in chicago
6. Old Enough – The raconteurs (ft. ricky scaggs and Ashley Monroe) – old enough single – warner bros
a. More cool lady man vox and some old-timey fiddle work
7. Elijah’s church – steve earle – heartworn highways – snapper
a. Dropped out in 9th grade and ran away to Houston, found townes and guy and stayed ramblin with them. He’s been married 7 times and is now married to Allison moorer for good and she’s really cool.
b.Heartworn talk - You can hear guy clark singing in the background and his wife
8. Cry – Slaid Cleaves – everything you love wil be taken away – music road
a. Used to work with guitarist gurf morlix who played with Lucinda williams
9. Angels laid him away – Lucinda Williams – Avalon blues: a tribute to Mississippi john hurt – vanguard TRACK 3
10. Gonna walk that line – the o’kanes – the o’kanes Columbia TRACK 9
11. Wayfarin stranger – jack white – cold mountain soundtrack – emi music
12. Snake song – Emmylou harris – poet: a tribute to townes van zandt – free falls
a.My favorite people have a dog named after Emmylou, which means she must be pretty cool. And anyway, this is a townes song.
13. Snake farm – ray wylie hubbard – snake farm - sustain records
a. I guess I broke my own rule on this one, it’s hardly calm acoustic but it is some crazy good (weird) songwriting. And anyway, it’d be weird no matter where I put it.
14. Little Room – Norah Jones – not to late – bluenote
a. Whistling solo…
15. Hymn #101 – joe pug – nation of heat ep – self released
a. Saw him open for steve earle, he sounds like an angry/pretty Dylan too me.
16. Baby I’m in the mood for you – bob Dylan – The Whitmark Demos – sony
17. Lover’s lullaby – townes van zandt – the highway kind – sugar hill
18. Ain’t Leavin your love – guy clark, townes van zandt and steve earle – together at the bluebird – snapper
a. Proves that good songwriting gets better when nobody’s trying
19. Live forever – billy joe shaver, Robert earle keen and todd snider – KPIG texas uprising – n/a
a.Another really cool trio, talking about billy’s kid dying.
20. Waco Moon – todd snider – new connection – oh boy TRACK 9
a.Todd’s response to Eddie Shaver’s overdose
21. Mexican Home – John Prine – John Prine Live – oh boy
a.Gave todd his break, and is the coolest person ever. And we have the same birthday.
22. If I was free – jesse Winchester – Humor me – sugarhill
23. Avalon Blues – Mississippi john hurt – Candy man blues – complete blues TRACK 6
24. Paris Sunrise # 7 – Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – Lifeline – EMI
a. Most beautiful of Harper’s instrumentals (see song: the three of us)
