In preparation for the holiday season, we started giving away some items early.  Tonight is was tickets to see The Lash (Lansing’s purveyors of the finest Celtic mayhem), and CDs by Fred Eaglesmith, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle and Paul Burlison.  WDBM finally has its web page up and real audio running, so anyone who’d like to listen in real time can!  The station’s URL is http://www.wdbm.msu.edu.

Playlist for December 16, 1997

Format is:
Artist - Song
Album/Label
 

Link Wray - Rawhide
Walkin’ With Link/Epic-Legacy

Mike Ireland and Holler - Christmas Past
SubPop’s Holiday Sound Spectacular/SubPop
(These gentleman played in town on Dec. 13 and just brought the house down.  In my opinion, no one has a better voice to sing country music than Mike Ireland.  When he aches, you ache.  I can’t wait for the CD to come out -- tentative date is February.)

Dale Watson - Texas Boogie
Cheatin’ Heart Attack/HighTone

Lonesome Bob - Point of No Return
Things Fall Apart/Checkered Past

Six String Drag - From Me To Clayton
High Hat/E-Squared

Peat Moss - Keepsakes in the Garbage
Road Songs/Seismic

Fred Eaglesmith - Time To Get A Gun
Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline/Razor and Tie

Fred Eaglesmith - Water In the Fuel
Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline/Razor and Tie

Robert Earl Keen - Rollin’ By
No. 2 Live Dinner/Sugar Hill

Lonesome Brothers - You Don’t Have My Number
self-titled/Tar Hut

Tim Carroll - Open Flame
Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley/Bloodshot

Golden Delicious - Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Old School/Cavity Search

Coteau - Sweet Suzannah
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music/Rounder

Buckwheat Zydeco - Do You Remember The Time
Trouble/Mesa

Boozoo Chavis - Johnnie Billie Goat
self-titled/Elektra

Beausoleil - It’s You I Love
Alligator Stomp/Rhino

Jo-El Sonnier - Juste Une Affaire
Cajun Pride/Rounder

Buckwheat Zydeco - Buck’s Hot Rod (request)
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire/Island

Coteau - Acadian Two Step
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music/Rounder

Gillian Welch - One More Dollar (request)
Revival/Almo Sounds

Syd Straw - Almost As Blue
War and Peace/Capricorn

Victoria Williams - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (request)
This Moment in Toronto/Mammoth

Lucinda Williams - Memphis Pearl (request)
Sweet Old World/Chameleon

Salamander Crossing - Tear My Stillhouse Down
Live At the Iron Horse/Signature Sounds

Tanya Savory - Heart You Ain’t Got (request)
Better Shade of Green/So Real

Iris Dement - Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart (request)
Infamous Angel/Philo

The Lash - Crawdad Song
Lucky #7/Yikes!

The Lash - Brick Wall
demo/self-released

The Pogues - Lorelei
Essential Pogues/Island

Hank Thompson - Total Strangers
Hank Thompson and Friends/MCG-Curb

Dickey Betts - Waiting For A Train
Songs of Jimmie Rogers/Egyptian

Wayne Hancock - Back To Black
Songs From Chippy/Hollywood

Hazeldine - I’m Lonesome Without You
Straight Outta Boone County/Bloodshot

Paul Burlison - Loneseome Train
Train Kept A-Rollin’/Sweetfish

Neko Case and Her Boyfriends - Honky Tonk Hiccups
The Virginian/Mint

The Blue Rags - Not Gonna Be Around Here
Rag-N-Roll/SubPop

The Belmont Playboys - Hot Rod Heart
Hot Rod Heart/Teen Rebel

Dave Crimmen - Rockabilly Rave
Where He Left Off/Burning Tyger

The Blasters - Flat Top Joint
American Music/HighTone

Southern Culture On the Skids - House of Bamboo
Plastic Seat Sweat/DGC

Libbi Bosworth - Ain’t Gonna Waste My Time
Outskirts of You/Freedom

The Geardaddies - One Voice (request)
Billy’s Live Bait/PolyGram

Joel Mabus - Bubba’s Three Bs (Barbecue, Banjos and Beer)
Rhyme Schemes/Fossil

Joel Mabus - Chairman of the Bored
Rhyme Schemes/Fossil

Richmond Fontaine - Give Me Time
Miles From/Cavity Search

Jamie Hartford - Lookin’ For Trouble
What About Yes/Paladin

Blood Oranges - The Crying Tree
The Crying Tree/ESD

Insta-Gators - Pedal Down
self-titled/Reptile

The Hangdogs - Speed Rack
East of Yesterday/Crazyhead

David Gray - Gutters Full of Rain
Sell, Sell, Sell/EMI

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Dangerous Spirits
Dangerous Spirits/Philo

Joy Lynn White - I Doubt If Its Does To You
The Lucky Few/Little Dog

Jeb Loy Nichols - Dark Hallow
Lover’s Knot/Capitol

Kelly Joe Phelps - When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Roll Away the Stone/Ryko

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Thinking About You
Spinning Around the Sun/Elektra

Steve Earle - NYC
El Corazon/E-Squared

The Groovegrass Boys - Uncle Pen
self-titled/GrooveGrass Recordings