This show was pretty much a revolving door for a while.  The Backsliders, from Raleigh, N.C., who were playing at Mac’s in Lansing that night, stopped in the chat and play some acoustic songs.  Super nice gentleman and we gave away tickets to the show and copies of their “Throwing Rocks at the Moon” CD.  Then at 10, Brent from Heuvos Rancheros called because they’re playing at Mac’s on July 9.  Then we had to wrap up the show and run over to Mac’s to catch the last 45 minutes of the Backsliders show -- no wonder waking up at 6 a.m. to go to work was hard today!

Playlist for July 8, 1997

Format is: Artist - Song
                Album/Label

George Bedard - Hawaiian Boogie
Hip Deep/Schoolkids Records
(George played a wedding reception that I attended last weekend -- what a fun time!  And the latest CD is quite good as well: bluesy, roots rock featuring George’s great guitar pickin’.)

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Backdoor Dan
Feelin’ Kinda Lucky/HighTone

Gene Summers - School of Rock and Roll
School of Rock and Roll/Crystal Clear

Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats - Bustin’ Up
Loose/Blue Hen

Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats - Harlem Nocturne
Loose/Blue Hen

Ruthie and the Wranglers - Town Without Pity
Wrangler City/Lasso

Big Back Forty - Been So Gone
Bested/Polygram

Chris Smither - Winsome Smile
Small Revelations/HighTone
(Chris is playing at the Ark in Ann Arbor on July 10)

Dar Williams - Bought and Sold
End of Summer/Razor and Tie

Dave Alvin - Fourth of July
King of California/HighTone

Steve Earle - Goodbye
Train A Comin’/Warner Bros.

Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side (request)
Unplugged/Columbia

The Backsliders in-studio

The Backsliders - Yep!
Revival/Yep Rock

The Backsliders - Paperdoll World
Throwin’ Rocks At the Moon/Mammoth

The Pinetops - Birds of Prey
Revival/Yep Rock

Dale Watson - Wine Don’t Lie
I Hate These Songs/HighTone

Julie Miller - Take Me Back
Blue Pony/HighTone

Son Volt - Going, Going, Gone
Switchback EP/Warner Bros.

Robert Earl Keen - Shades of Gray
Picnic/Arista Austin

Blue Mountain - Myrna Lee
Homegrown/Roadrunner

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - Heaven’s My Next Exit
Kept and Protected/Sugar Hill

Golden Delicious - Little Sadie
Used To Be/Undercover

Dale Ann Bradley - Last Drink of Wine
East Kentucky Morning/Pinecastle

Heuvos Rancheros - Interstate Death Toll
Get Outta Dodge/Mint

Heuvos Rancheros phone interview

Heuvos Rancheros - Rocket To Nowhere
Endsville/C-Z

Heuvos Rancheros - Go West Young Bee
Dig In!/Mint

Heuvos Rancheros - Get Outta Dodge
Get Outta Dodge/Mint

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - West Country Girl
The Boatman’s Call/Reprise

Cordell Jackson - Johnny Cash Train
Live In Chicago/Pravda

The Volebeats - Hamtramck Mama
Straight Outta Boone County/Bloodshot

The Old 97s - House That Used To Be
Too Far To Care/Elektra

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

High Noon - Branded Outlaw
Live in Texas and Japan/Watermelon

One Riot One Ranger - Southern Moon
Straight Outta Boone County/Bloodshot
(One Riot One Ranger will be playing at Mac’s on July 12 with The Clutters and The Sovines)

One Riot One Ranger - Hello City Limits
Faces Made For Radio/Fundamental

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Blue Trail of Sorrow
So Long, So Wrong/Rounder

Richard Greene and the Grass Is Greener - 16 Days in Georgia
Sales Tax Toddle/Rebel

Tim O’Brien - Oxford Town (request)
Red On Blonde/Sugar Hill

The Del McCoury Band - Hard On My Heart
The Cold Hard Facts/Rounder

Sammy Shelor - Pretty Little Girl
Leading Roll/Sugar Hill

The V-Roys - Straight Highway
Johnny Too Bad/E-Squared
(The V-Roys will be playing at the Magic Stick in Detroit on July 11)

The V-Roys - Sooner or Later
Just Add Ice/E-Squared

Big Blue Hearts - Dreaming of A Woman
self-titled/Geffen

Chris Isaak - Shadows In The Mirror
Forever Blue/Reprise

kd lang - Smoke Rings
Drag/Warner Bros.

Tom Russell (with Jimmie Dale Gilmore)- Beyond the Blues
The Long Way Around/HighTone

John Prine - You Got Gold
Live On Tour/Oh Boy

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

One Riot One Ranger - Alison Town
Faces Made For Radio/Fundamental

Ranger Doug - Maria (Why Are You Weeping?)
Songs of the Sage/Warner Western

Los Straightjackets - G-Man
self-titled/Upstart

Belmont Playboys - Caravan
Wolf Patrol/Teen Rebel