The Midweek Mixtape - 2 May 2007

I've reposted this, because Blogger took it down this week.


Someone's complained to them that content in this post infringes copyright. 


I have no idea how - the link died years ago and I don't think merely mentioning a band equates to copyright infringement.

Maybe it does these days





Mix and Match #6

[Disclaimer: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70's/early mid 80's. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to mp3. Snap, crackle, pop and hums are free of charge]


How about that. No Phil Collins. For a change.

But lots of live stuff and a few obscure ones

Chris Hillman did some truly fine stuff post-Byrds/post-FBB's. "Clear Sailin" is a true treasure trove.
And I can't hear "4th Street" without wondering where Fred Dagg disappeared to..

Corny bloody tie-in between " Free" the song and "Free" the band - sorry 'bout that.

Jimmy Buffet was supposed to provide material assistance in the leg-over department with this one, but I don't recall it ever having a positive effect. (Knowing his lyrics helps if you go to his restaurant in Key West. The menu's like - "Cheeseburger, just like in the song" and everyone's going... lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes - what comes after french fried potatoes, fuckit oh yeah , big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer"

Way (way,way, way) before mp3 blogs, there were pirate tapes in Singapore and Bangkok. Listened to "Take it easy" on my brick-like Walkman on the flight out and all of a sudden, you knew whose band it was when Joe Walsh comes ripping through like an Egyptian plague at the end.

"Angel" gets it right on every level - lyrics like "My old man is another child that's grown old" and buzzing slide when she sings "There's flies in the kitchen", bending notes like a pedal steel. Real stuff.

ARS can do soft stuff, too.
The rest of them- tick, tick, BIG tick for "Rolene" (I have NO idea how I stumbled over Moon Martin - glad I did) and then Joe Ely. What a guy. I found out years later that he was in the Flatlanders,

Together with Butch Hancock. Check out next Friday's "31 Songs" for some more of that stuff.

Growin' up - Bruce Springsteen from Greetings from Asbury Park,N.J.
Gringo - Little Feat from Hoy-Hoy!
Seen the lights go out on Broadway - Billy Joel from Songs in the attic
Playing the fool - Chris Hillman from Clear sailin'
Traditional air - Fred Dagg from Greatest Hits
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan from More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
For free - Joni Mitchell from Miles of aisles
On My Way - Free from Highway
Why don't we get drunk - Jimmy Buffett from A White Sport Coat and A Pink Crustacean
Take it easy - Eagles from Live
Southbound train - Crosby & Nash from David Crosby & Graham Nash
Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt from No Nukes
Conversation - Atlanta Rhythm Section from Back up against the wall
Jessie's girl - Rick Springfield from Working class dog
Take it to the limit - Eagles from Live
Sing My Songs To Me - Jackson Browne from For Everyman
For Everyman - Jackson Browne from For Everyman
Tonight I feel so far away from home - Steve Forbert from Alive on arrival
Brown eyes - Fleetwood Mac from Tusk
America - Simon & Garfunkel from Almost Famous
Rolene - Moon Martin from Escape from domination
Smoke from a distant fire - Sanford and Townsend from Smoke From A Distant Fire
Musta notta gotta lotta - Joe Ely from Musta notta gotta lotta


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