Playlist For 8/3/09

Sxip Shirey - Excerpt from a Young Man Walks In Brooklyn
Philharmonics - Cover of Powerhouse
The Seatbelts - Spokey Dokey - Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
Gus & Davie - Cover Of Psychotic Reaction
Spiral 25 - Today's Future (Tomorrow's Past) - Spiral 25 EP

Son Of Dave - I Just Wanna Get High With You - O3
The Kills - Wait - Keep On Your Mean Side
Prominent Man (Demo) - The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See
The Joy Strings - Little Town Of Bethelhem

Belle & Sebastian - Nothing In The Silence - The BBC Sessions
Iron & Wine - House By The Sea - The Shepard's Dog
Calexico - Absent Afternoon
City And Colour - Body In A Box - Bring Me Your Love
Chin Up Chin Up - Trophies For Hire - This Harness Can't Ride Anything
Time Twisters - Brighton Beat

Jason Collett - No Redemption Song - Here's To Being Here
Paleface - Pondering The Night Sky - The Show Is On The Road
Jason Collett - Waiting For The World - Here's To Being Here
Bishop Allen - Same Fire

Roy Richards - Honky Panky
Time Twisters - Theme From Time Twisters
Big Youth - Some Like It Dread
Randy Singer - Jamaica Jam (Rasta Mix) - Harmonica Dreams

Big Walter Horton w/ Carey Bell - Trouble In Mind - Big Walter Horton w/
Carey Bell
Big D - Well You Know - More Rare Gems
Rod Piazza - I Had My Fun - Vintage Live 1975
Billy Branch - Flamin' Mamie - The Blues Keep Following Me Around

Moreland & Arbuckle - Don't Wake Me
James Cotton - The Creeper

Howlin' Wolf - Evil - His Best Chess 50th Anniversary
Kim Wilson - Blues Leave Me Alone - Thats Life
Mark Hummel - Nickels & Dimes - Feel Like Rockin'
Jean Jacques Milteau - Royal Shuffel - Memphis
George Smith - Early On Morning

Sugar Blue - One More Mile To Go - Blue Blazes (Station Copy)

This show saw some pretty epic harmonica tunes ranging from mutant harmonica player and mad musical scientist Sxip Shirey to some reggae-blues fusion from Randy Singer. Not to mention the super sleek harp playing of The Seatbelts on Spokey Dokey, thanks for that one Johnny :) We also heard one of Velvet Underground's rare songs with harmonica...they really should have incorporated it more; Lou Reed needs no better accompaniement than a gritty harmonica. I finally got that 9 minute James Cotton song I've been dying to play on the show, if you haven't heard The Creeper...go look it up on youtube..this instant..in fact.. here it is..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZXMWklGf84...9 minutes of sweaty, mind-blowing, psychotic note-bending goodness. Through my long hours of research attempting to find suitable punk harmonica, I found the song that changed Jason Ricci's life and converted him to blues music at a young age..Trouble In Mind by Big Walter Horton and Carey Bell..some pretty emotional stuff. As you have heard before (or if you haven't go check him out on myspace), he blends styles of blues, punk, garage, and hard rock into all of his songs...super sick and original. If you're just getting started on harmonica, I HIGHLY recommend checking out my other blog of Holy Grail URL's..they will help you tremendously. Or if you're down with doin' you're own searching thats legit too :)

Keep Harpin' - Dj Kamakazzi