Playlist for Progressive Torch and Twang
Tuesdays, 8 p.m. to midnight
WDBM, 88.9 FM, G-4 Holden Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824
Your hosts: Doug Neal and Jamie DePolo
Questions, comments?  depolo@msue.msu.edu or nealdoug@egr.msu.edu
"Roots rockin', hip-shakin', soul-swayin' music!"
 

Playlist for May 25, 1999

After playing their demos for six months, we were visited in-studio by Drew
Howard and John "Johnny C." Carleton of the Weepers, who brought their
eagerly awaited debut CD. For those listeners outside of the Mid-Michigan
area, this CD can be found through our webpage links (just click on the
Weepers) and it comes highly recommended and 100% T&T approved!

Format is:
Artist - Song
Album/Label
 
Link Wray - Rawhide (T&T Theme Song)
Walkin' With Link/Epic-Legacy

Richard Buckner - Emma
Bloomed/Slow River

Richard Buckner - Six Years
Bloomed/Slow River

Son Volt - Strands
Wide Swing Tremelo/Warner Bros.

Robert Earl Keen - New Life in Old Mexico
Walking Distance/Arista

Chris Mills - Nowhere Town
Nobody's Favorite/Sugar Free

James McMurtury - Hands Like Rain (request)
Candyland/Columbia

Billy Joe Shaver - Try & Try Again (request)
Electric Shaver/New West

Reckless Kelly - Rodeo Man
Bull Riders: Chasing the Dream/Cold Spring

Tom T. Hall - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
Essential: The Story Songs/Mercury

Iris Dement - I Miss A Lot of Trains
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project/Sire

K.C. Groves - New Mexico
Can You Hear It/Self-Titled

The Jimmy Haynes Band - Lonesome Fiddle Blues (request)
Instrumentals/Autumn

Benny Martin - The Right Melody
The Big Tiger Roars Again/OMS

Benny Martin - Checkin' Out on You
The Big Tiger Roars Again/OMS

Lonesome Strangers - Lingerin' Thing
Land of Opportunity/Mercury

Peter Mulvey - Whole of the Moon
Rapture/Eastern Front

Greg Brown - Down at the Mill
Slant 6 Mind/Red House Records

Fred Eaglesmith - Rodeo Boy
50-Odd Dollars/Razor & Tie

Mike Ness - Cheatin' at Solitaire
Cheatin' at Solitaire/Time Bomb

16 Horsepower - My Narrow Mind
Low Estate/A&M

A.J. Downing - Opichuah River
Demos

Drew Howard & Johnny Carleton in-studio to promote the new Weepers CD.
Tracks from that CD:

The Weepers - Buried in My Chest
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

The Weepers - Trouble
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

The Weepers - Innocent Child
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

The Weepers - Corporate Culture
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

The Weepers - Freeze
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

Johnny Cash - Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog (request)
Essential/Columbia

Tom Waits - Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You (request)
Early Years Vol. 2/Bizzare

Tom Waits - Time (request)
Beautiful Maladies/Island

Guy Clark - The Randall Knife (request)
Dublin Blues/Dublin Blues

The Weepers - Where the Hell
Bitter Anger Constant Fear/Self-Released

Wynn Stewart - Heartaches for a Dime
California Country/AVI

Red Simpson - I'm a Truck
Swing West Vol. 1: Bakersfield/Razor & Tie

The Sovines - Exit 308
Demos

Cheri Knight - Light in the Road (request)
The Knitter/ESD

Townes Van Zandt - The Highway Kind (request)
The Highway Kind/Sugar Hill

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Walls of Time
Ancient Tones/Skaggs Family Records

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'
Live from Mountain Stage/Blue Plate

Laurie Lewis and her Bluegrass Pals - Stepping Stones
Self-Titled/Rounder

Jeff White - Stay Away from Me
The Broken Road/Rounder

The Del McCoury Band - Nashville Cats
The Family/Ceili

Rambler's Choice - Enough on the Mind
Sounds of the Mountain/Rounder

Wayne Hancock & Bad Livers - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
T&T Live

Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band - Long, Lonesome Highway Blues
The Mountain/E-Squared

Longview - High Lonesome
High Lonesome/Rounder

Longview - Leavin' Tennessee
High Lonesome/Rounder

Longview - Windy Mountain
High Lonesome/Rounder

Longview - I'm Going Home Again
High Lonesome/Rounder

The Osborne Brothers (w/Gene Wooten) - The Great Speckled Bird
Hyden/Pinecastle

Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys - Got It Made in the Shade (If A
Tree Don't Fall)
Got It Made in the Shade (If A Tree Don't Fall)/Sunny Mountain

The Stanley Brothers - The Memory of Your Smile
The Early King/Starday Years/Highland

Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band - Cadillac in Model 'A'
Crazy, Man, Crazy!/Joaquin

Tex Williams & The Western Swing Caravan - Red Wing
Swing West! Vol. 3: Western Swing/Razor & Tie

Hank Penny - Hillbilly Jump
Hollywood Western Swing/Krazy Kat

Cliffie Stone - Watch it, Neighbor
Swing West!/Razor & Tie

Carl Sonny Leyland - Beer & Boogie
I'm Wise/HMG