We had the pleasure of announcing the line up for our Torch and Twang Fest, Sept. 12-13, at Mac’s Bar in Lansing.  We’re putting it on in conjunction with the folks at Etch Magazine, as we do all of our T&T nights.  On Friday the performers are: Robbie Fulks, The Volebeats, Ruthie and the Wranglers, The Deans, The Steam Donkeys and The Gigantics.  On Saturday it’s The Riptones, Holler, Belle Starr, One Fell Swoop, The Sovines, The Lilybandits, Gladys and The Clutters.  Should be loads of fun; if anyone’s interested in coming in for the show, we’re selling tickets ahead of time.  Just e-mail me for the info (depolo@msue.msu.edu).

Playlist for July 29, 1997

Format is:
Artist - Song
Album/Label

Link Wray - Rawhide (Torch and Twang theme song)
Walkin’ With Link/Epic-Legacy

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Pain of a Troubled Life
So Long, So Wrong/Rounder

Alison Krauss and Union Station - The Road Is a Lover
So Long, So Wrong/Rounder

Laurie Lewis - Texas Bluebonnets
Earth and Sky/Rounder

Ricky Skaggs - Time Is a Bandit
Life Is a Journey/Atlantic

Red Meat - 14 Hours From Tulsa
Meet Red Meat/Ranchero Records

The Delevantes - My Daddy’s Cadillac
Postcards From Along The Way/Capitol

Jim White - Perfect Day to Chase Tornados
Wrong-Eyed Jesus/Luaka Bop

Adie Grey - Grandpa’s Advice (request)
Grandpa’s Advice/Hey Baby!

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (request)
Essential Johnny Cash/Columbia

The Blazers - Las Clases del Cha Cha Cha/Los Marcianos
Just For You/Rounder

Flaco Jimenez - Dos Cosas
Buena Suerts, Senorita/Arista

Texas Tornados - A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
4 Aces/Reprise

Los Lobos - The Giving Tree
The Neighborhood/Slash

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - The Loser’s Blues
Feelin’ Kinda Lucky/HighTone

Ranger Doug - Hurry Sunrise
Songs of the Sage/Warner Western

Prairie Oyster - The Water’s Deep
Blue Plate Special/Velvel

The V-Roys - Straight Highway
Steve Earle and the V-Roys/E-Squared

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

Hank Williams, Sr. - Kaw-Liga (request)
Original Singles…Plus/Polydor

Giant Sand - The Inner Flame
The Inner Flame/Atlantic

David Olney - Robert Ford and Jesse James
Real Lies/Philo

Gillian Welch - Paper Wings (request)
Revival/Almo Sounds

The Volebeats - Two Seconds
Sky and the Ocean/Safe House

Belle Starr - Stolen Glances
Far As the Wind Blows/BJam

Holler - No Vacancy
Straight Outta Boone County/Bloodshot

The Steam Donkeys - The Other Side of Town
Cosmic Americana/self-released

Ruthie and the Wranglers - My Car Knows Where You Live
Wrangler City/Lasso

The Clutters - Ain’t Gonna Kill Me
self-titled/self-released

The Riptones - Suburbia (Revisited)
World Renowned/Ruby

The Deans - Midnight Train
Shindig At Newton’s/Kingpin

Robbie Fulks - She Took A Lot of Pills (And Died)
Country Love Songs/Bloodshot

One Fell Swoop - Fences
self-titled/Magoo

The Lilybandits - Drunk
Shifty’s Tavern/Fundamental

Gladys - Her House
Lucky/Coolidge

The Breeders - Drivin’ On 9 (request)
Last Splash/Elektra

Jeff Buckley - Halelujah (request)
Grace/Columbia

Blue Mountain - Ira Magee (request)
Homegrown/Roadrunner

Buffalo Tom - Heaven
Birdbrain/Beggar’s Banquet

BR5-49 - Hickory Wind (request)
self-titled/Arista

New Duncan Imperials - Right String Baby
In A Gadda Da Vegas/Pravda

Dwight Yoakam - North To Alaska
Under the Covers/Reprise

Kelly Willis - What World Are You Living In? (request)
Fading Fast/A&M

Steve Earle - Tom Ames’ Prayer
Train A Comin’/Warner Bros.

Doc Watson - Tennessee Stud
Songs For Little Pickers/Sugar Hill

Josie Kreuzer - Eyes of Whiskey
Hod Rod Girl/She Devil

The Dalhart Imperials - Guess What (It’s You)
Western Hits 7-inch/Shake It

The Blasters - Marie Marie
The Blasters Collection/Warner Bros.

The Flametrick Subs - Lie Detector Machine
Amaze Your Friends With X-ray Glasses/Teen Rebel

Gene Summers - Alabama Shake
The Ultimate School of Rock and Roll/Crystal Clear

Ray Condo and His Ricochets - Loud Mouth
Swing Brother Swing/Joaquin

Lyle Lovett - Her First Mistake (request)
The Road to Ensenada/MCA-Curb

Kevin Salem - Falter
Soma City/Roadrunner

Old 97s - Just Like California
Too Far To Care/Elektra

Blue Rodeo - Fallen From Grace
Tremolo/Sire

Whiskeytown - Somebody Remembers the Rose
Stranger’s Almanac/Outpost

Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys - Free Born Man
Got It Made In the Shade (If A Tree Don’t Fall)/Sunny Mountain Music

Jason Carter - Telluride
On The Move/Rounder

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - The Vision
Kept and Protected/Sugar Hill

Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana (with the Mavericks) - I Told You So
All the King’s Men/Sweetfish

Marty Stuart and Steve Earle - Crying, Waitin’, Hopin’
Not Fade Away/Decca

Billy Lee Riley - Fine Little Mamma
Hot Damn!/Capricorn

Jason and the Scorchers - Lost Highway
Lost and Found/EMI

Dale Watson - Hair of the Dog
I Hate These Songs/HighTone