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🦋 Mister, You Can Have my Mix

So I put together a mix tape of some of the music I particularly like. If you'd be interested I could make you a copy (assuming I'm calculating correctly that not a whole lot of people will be interested) -- just drop me a line and let me know where to send it. Track list and notes available on request; it's a mix of old-time blues and country, and music by Robyn Hitchcock. They go together better than you might expect.

Track listing and notes:

1. "Welcome to the 21st Century": On-stage patter from Robyn Hitchcock's Hallowe'en 2003 concert at The Bottom Line, NYC
2. "Ragged and Dirty", Bob Dylan, World Gone Wrong, 1993 I like this album a lot, indeed it's one of my very favorite Dylan records. Old music; this is an old tune by Sleepy John Estes, a bluesman from Tennessee.
3. "Black Cat Rag", the Famous Hokum Boys (Big Bill Broonzy's first band), April 1930 from Big Bill Broonzy: All the Classic Sides 1928-1937.
4. "Pancakes", Leadbelly, 1941 radio broadcast from Lifting the Veil: the First Bluesmen. Hilarious.
5. "Full Moon in my Soul", Robyn Hitchcock, Spooked, 2004 (with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings) I just love Hitchcock and this song has all of my favorite Hitchcocky qualities.
6. "Sweetest Love", the Stanley Bros., April 1952 from Selected Sides 1949-1953.
7. "Go 'Long Mule", the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra from A Study in Frustration: the Fletcher Henderson Story. I don't know jazz very well but I know what I like and damn, do I like Henderson. Early big-band jazz from New Orleans.
8. "Heartaches", Patsy Cline, February 1962 from The Definitive Collection.
9. "Pig Meat Strut", the Famous Hokum Boys, April 1930
10. "C.C. Rider", Mississippi John Hurt, The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (actually a concert tape, not a best-of – Oberlin College campus, 1965).
11. "Pig Meat Blues", Whistler and his Jug Band, April 1927 from Violin, Sing the Blues to Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949.
12. "Mr. Kennedy", the Soft Boys, Nextdoorland, 2002. The Soft Boys' reunion record. Robyn wrote this song about a concert tour he had been doing in 1999 with Sebadoh – Mr. Kennedy drove the tour van.
13. "Cincinnati Flow Rag", Gary Davis from Blues & Ragtime (which has no info about dates)
14. "Drivin' Nails in my Coffin", Ernie Tubb, September 1946 from Early Hits of the Texas Troubador
15. "Little Birdie", the Stanley Bros., 1952 radio broadcast
16. "Risin' Sun Shine On", Big Bill Broonzy and the Cool Tones, July 1935 A bit later in his career, when Broonzy had got a lot smoother sounding and better production.
17. "Polk Salad Annie", Sleepy LaBeef, Tomorrow Never Comes, 2000 Song is by Tony Joe White, also covered (not well) by Elvis. Here is fantastic video of White: http://readin.com/blog/?id=1041
18. "Memphis Blues", the Mobile Strugglers, July 1949 from Violin, Sing the Blues for Me – this song is total Americana, by W.C. Handy.
19. "I Love Lucy", the Soft Boys, Nextdoorland
20. "Walkin' the Floor Over You", Ernie Tubb, April 1941
21. "The Yip Song", Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Spectre (promotional pressing of Respect with interviews), 1993 If you dig this song you need to rent the DVD of Storefront Hitchcock.
22. "Two Soldiers", Bob Dylan, World Gone Wrong I respond more emotionally to this song than to any other song Dylan sings.
23. "Crown Junction Breakdown", the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, 1962 from String Theory –WFMU dj Jeffrey Davison gave this compilation as a pledge premium in 2004.
24. "Welcome to Earth", Robyn Hitchcock, Spooked

posted evening of Saturday, January 12th, 2008
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I'd love a copy. Thanks!

posted morning of January 17th, 2008 by Randolph Fritz

Poke-salad Annie! (I'm listening to your mix some more today.) Who did that version? Elvis did a cool live version of that tune in early 70s.

posted afternoon of January 19th, 2008 by jerry

That is Sleepy LaBeef. The original is Tony Joe White, who you can watch here. (In duet with Johnny Cash, no less!), or follow the links on that page for some other performances.

posted evening of January 19th, 2008 by Jeremy

Like this one is probably the better, musically speaking.

posted evening of January 19th, 2008 by Jeremy

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