Route 78 West Sunday 1/12/2003 back
Show #98 Little Mountain Girl audio unavailable
 track  artist, song-label, format
  01     Kay Adams, Little Pink Mack-Koch Records, CD
02     Minnie Pearl, Giddyup Go Answer-Deluxe, CD
03     Dick Reinhart & His Lone Star Boys Truck Driver's Coffee Shop-Koch Records, CD (1939)
04     Art Gibson, I'm a Truck Drivin' Man-Koch Records, CD
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05     Merle Haggard, Little Old Wine Drinkin' Me-Bear Family Records-CD
06     Rocky Raunch & His Western Serenades, Colorado Boogie-Proper Records, CD
- break
07     Sons of the Pioneers, The Touch of God's Hand-Columbia, 33Lp
08     Porter Wagner, Burning Bridges-Bear Family Records, CD
09     Foy Willings, Detour-Cowgirlboy Records, 33Lp
10     Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues-Artemis Records, CD
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11     Steve Earle, John Walker's Blues-Artemis Records, CD
12     Luther Wright & the Wrongs, Mother Do You Think They'll Drop the Bomb-Virgin, CD
13     The Arlenes, She Ran Me Down-Lido Records, CD
14     Blue Mountain, Mountain Girl
- break
15     Gillian Welch, Miner's Refrain(down in the hole)
16     Joni Mitchell, Blue (1973)
- break
17     Jesse Colin Young, Four in the Morning-Capitol, CD
18     T. Texas Tyler, T. Texas Boogie-Proper Records, DC (1946)
19     Rolling Stones, Honky Tonk Woman-London, 33Lp
20     Rolling Stones, Country Tonk-London, 33 Lp
21     Calexico, Service and Repair-Our Soul Our Strength, CD
22     Uncle Tupelo, Moonshiner-Columbia, CD
23     Jesse Colin Young, Rye Whiskey-Capitol, CD
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24     Merle Haggard, A Picture from two Sides of Life, Bear Family Records, CD
25     Led Zeppelin, That's The Way
26     Neil Young, It Won't Be Long (Round & Round)
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27     Cletus and The Barnburners, The Traveling Song (Ithaca, NY based band)
28     Led Zeppelin, Going to California
Notes: The show began with a set of truck driving songs that reinforced my mood. Music has a knack of setting a mood and it got me tonight. I've never driven a truck for a living, but I did do my share of cross county road trips in years past. Driving and music naturally go together. I especially remember driving all night and listening to the radio... the stations would fade out and as I motored along new stations would fade in. I'd talk to the truck drivers on my CB and when I needed to I would tank up on massive amounts of
coffee. My mood was smooth when I was road-tripping.

Jeff played a few cuts from Koch Records' boxed set (circa 1939 to 1969), "Big Hits Big Rigs". Loki made a late entrance due to "ridiculous airport security" and instantly redeemed himself by suggesting the song "She Ran Me Down" by the Arlenes. The Arlene's trak was the pivotal point of the show. Loki stepped in to run the boards and Jeff went digging for the "perfect" next song... Blue Mountain's "Mountain Girl" which inspired the show's theme for tonight. Blue Mountain is one of Jeff's favorite old bands. They play a mix of Mississippi Blues & Delta Music. Their first album is highly recommended.

The past few days Jeff has been working on a new poster for the February 4th Steve Earle show at the Boulder Theater. Jeff also has a collection of his silk-screened posters on exhibit through February 14 at Boulder's Mercury Framing. You can get more info about the show at www.cryptographics.com. Uncle Jeff's tank was nearing "empty", but that didn't affect tonight's show, rather it defined the show.

A musical transition included two 1964 traks from "The Soul of a City Boy" by Jesse Colin Young, of Young Bloods fame. To pick it up a little Jeff cued up "T. Texas Boogie", an authentic raw boogie, which mentioned "Honky Tonk Woman". The show began to come full circle with the Rolling Stones' lyrical references to "Honky Tonk". Jeff commented that Gram Parsons traveled to England to teach the Stones some new riffs, and the Stones in return taught him some "bad habits". At this point the balance of the show's play list fell together. A 70's set including acoustic Zeppelin (Led Zep 3 is the best) and vintage Neil Young rounded out the evening.

This show was "smooth with a honky tonk aftertaste".
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