Joe Boyd's A-Z
By Joe Boyd
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Episodes: 53
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Producer/Writer Joe Boyd takes a trip through his vast record collection using song titles in alphabetical order as doorways to history, memorable recording sessions, rarely heard discs and unforgettable personalities.
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Letter ZZ
11:37
"the things you hear are too much for your mind..." The Move: Zing Went The Strings of My Heart / The Move: Flowers In The Rain / The Move: I Can Hear The Grass Grow (live) / The Move: Night of Fear (live) / The Move: Fire Brigade (instrumental) / The Move: Fire Brigade.
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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Letter YY
11:00
"And I could not slow down...." Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Martha Wainwright): Year of the Dragon / Martha Wainwright: When The Days Are Short / Martha Wainwright: These Flowers / Geoff Muldaur (Martha Wainwright): Singing The Blues / Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Matapedia / Martha Wainwright : Matapedia / Martha Wainwright: Soudain Une Vallee
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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Letter XX
10:19
"mais je connais Toumani..." Kurt Engles Orch: Xylophonismus / Taj Mahal: Fanta / Trio Da Kali: Godmothers / Afro Mexico: Chivofono / Balafon Marimba Orch: Temerina / Fong Nam Ensemble: Ma Ram (The Dancing Horse) / Ketama (Songhai 2): Niani / Lionel Hampton: Hot Mallets
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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Letter WW
10:56
"you made your own amusements then..."Incredible String Band: Way Back In The 1960s / Incredible String Band: Chinese White / Incredible String Band: First Girl I Loved / Incredible String Band: Mad Hatter's Song / Incredible String Band: The Hedgehog's Song / Incredible String Band: Painting Box / Incredible String Band: Blues For The Muse
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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Letter VV
10:51
"Life is a dream and everything goes away...." Arsenio Rodriguez: La Vida Es Un Sueno / Arsenio Rodriguez: Juventud de Colon / Orquesta Casino de la Playa: Bruca Manigua / Arsenio Rodriguez: El Palo Tiene Curujey / Arsenio Rodriguez: Sitio Acere / Arsenio Rodriguez: Mambo En La Cueva / Cubanismo: Mulence / Arsenio Rodriguez: El Rumbon de Luyano
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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Letter UU
9:33
"I had a dream last night that worried me..." Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day /Staple Singers: God's Wonderful Love / Staple Singers: Respect Yourself / Staple Singers: I'll Take You There / Staple Singers: I Had A Dream / Staple Singers: Help Me Jesus / Staple Singers: Come On Up To Bright Glory
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Dec 09, 2016 |
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Letter TT
12:18
"I don't get it...." Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret / Idjah Hadidjah: Mahoni / Detty Kurnia: Sorban Palid / Detty Kurnia: Dar Der Dor / Sunda Wayang Kulit: Talu Kending / Idjah Hadidjah: Bayu Bayu
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Nov 25, 2016 |
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Letter SS
9:17
"and we who are free swing like the rope on that tree.." / Teddy Thompson: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarrigle: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarrigle: Souther Boys (demo) / Kate McGarrigle: Walking Song (demo) / Kate McGarrigle: Go Leave
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Nov 11, 2016 |
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Letter RR
9:54
"Macho Queens selling war-makers toys..."John Trudell: Rockin' the Rez / John Trudell: Graffiti Man / John Trudell: Bombs Over Baghdad / John Trudell: Baby Boom Che / Kris Kristofferson: Johnny Lobo / John Trudell: Listening
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Oct 28, 2016 |
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Letter QQ
11:10
"..he said he didn't want no shortening in his bread ..."Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Queen Bee / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Tunkaranke / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Mississippi Mali / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Fanta Sacko / Toumani Diabate & Group: Konkodunun / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Ol' Geogie Buck.
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Oct 14, 2016 |
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Letter PP
9:38
"money's getting scarce...." Pete Seeger: Russian Folk Song (Petrushka) / Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka / Dinu Lipati: Chorale Jesu bleibet meine Freude / Pete Seeger: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring /Pete Seeger: Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth / Pete Seeger: Anitra's Dance-Brandy Leave Me Alone / Pete Seeger: Time's A-Getting Hard
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Sep 30, 2016 |
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Letter OO
10:06
"and I bought a cigar, too"Blind Lemon Jefferson: One Dime Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Rabbit's Foot Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Matchbox Blues / Leadbelly: Roberta / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Hot Dogs / Blind Lemon Jefferson: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Balky Mule
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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Letter NN
11:35
"whom do you talk to?..." Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright (demo) / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright / Mary Margaret O'Hara: To Cry About / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Body's In Trouble / Mary Margaret O'Hara: You Will Be Loved Again / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Anew Day.
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Sep 02, 2016 |
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Letter MM
8:57
"the clock struck three, I said Daddy, you're killin' me"Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon: My Daddy Rocks Me With One Steady Roll / Trixie Smith: My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll / Big Joe Turner: Around The Clock Blues / Bill Haley & The Comets: Rock Around The Clock / Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus / Tigist Assefa: Toutouye
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Aug 19, 2016 |
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Letter LL
10:54
"I found you were all swallow's milk...." Lela Family: Leskoviqare / Laver Bariu: Gajde Permetare / Laver Bariu: Valle Plakava Medley / Lela Family: N'Pensheremne e Zotrise Sate / *Saz'Iso (Donika Pecallari & Adrianna Thanou: Pensheremne e Zotris Sate / Saz'Iso (Aurel Qirjo): Violin Kaba* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez1qvqklwKM
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Aug 05, 2016 |
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Letter KK
9:30
"Freedom calls and Pippi runs..." Jan Johansson: Klara Stjärnor / Jan Johansson: Visa Fran Utanmyra / Jan Johansson: Emigrantvisa / Danny Thompson: Swedish Dance / Eva Mattes: Här Kommer Pippi Långstrump / Margie Nelson: Pippi Longstocking / Unknown: Italian Pippi Longstocking theme / Jan Johansson: Kväsarevalsen / Jan Johansson: Ganglek Fran - Upptecknad I Alvdalen
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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Letter JJ
10:06
"There's a place they find romance where they do the cajun dance..."Eddie Lejeune: J'ai Eté Au Bal / Eddie Lejeune: Diggy Diggy Lo / Iry Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz / Eddie Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz / Iry Lejeune: Duralde Waltz / Eddie Lejeune: Duralde Waltz / Eddie Lejeune: The Mistake I Made
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Jul 08, 2016 |
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Letter II
11:18
"All its wonder to know....." Kate & Anna McGarrigle: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: Time Has Told Me / Krystle Warren: Tuesday Mornings / Emmylou Harris, Anna McGarrigle, Krystle Warren: Heart Like A Wheel / Krystle Warren: Hanging On A Star - I Was Made To Love Magic / Krystle Warren: Sunbeams
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Jun 24, 2016 |
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Letter HH
9:49
".... Bless that happy day that Nellie lost her way..." Bill Keith: Hornswoggled / Muleskinner: Opus 57 in G Minor / Muleskinner: Footprints In The Snow / Bill Keith: Bending the Strings / Jim Kweskin Jug Band: Richland Woman / Eric Weissberg: Duelling Banjos
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Jun 10, 2016 |
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Letter GG
9:27
"..as it soars and plunges above the crashing waves" / Damia: Les Goelands / Damia: La Châine / Damia: La Guingette a Fermé Ses Volets / Damia: Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Fermés / Jacques Bolognesi: Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Fermés
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May 27, 2016 |
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Letter FF
10:25
"...Doch an mein Pianola, da laß ich keinen ran"Marlene Dietrich: Falling in Love Again / Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt / Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Die Fesche Lola / Marlene Dietrich: Nimm Dich IN Acht Vor Blonden Frauen / Fritzi Massary: Ich Bin Eine Frau, Dei Weiss, Was Sie Will / Lotte Lenya: Barbara Song / Lotte Lenya: Pirate Jenny / Marlene Dietrich: Lili Marlene
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May 13, 2016 |
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Letter EE
10:47
"Look in my eyes, and tell me you love me...." The Chantels: Every Night / The Chantels: He's Gone / The Chantels: Maybe / The Chantels: Look In My Eyes / The Crystals: There's No Other Like My Baby / The Ronettes: Be My Baby / Shirley & Lee: Let The Good Times Roll
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Apr 29, 2016 |
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Letter DD
10:39
"in case my dynamite change her mind about me...." "Nya me ho renge kyo..."Ethel Waters: DinahDjango Reinhardt: DinahFats Waller & His Rhythm: DinahKing Benny Nawahi's Red Devils: DinahMiss Wakana and Ichiro Hamamatsu: Warau (Laughing) RhythmBing Crosby and the Mills Brothers: Dinah
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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Letter CC
11:14
"that puppy you left behind...." Carlos Gardel: La Cumparsita / Roberto Firpo: La Cumparsita / Julio de Caro: La Cumparsita / Felix Perez Cardozo: La Cumparsita / Alberto Castillo: La Cumparsita / Sexteto Mayor: La Cumparsita / "Some LIke It Hot" / Marty Melnick Orch: La Cumparsita
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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Letter BB
10:00
"Just like way back in the days of old...."Van Morrison: Big Time Operator / Isley Brothers: Twist and Shout / Them: Gloria / Them: Here Comes The Night / Van Morrison: Brown-Eyed Girl / Van Morrison: Come Runing / Van Morrison: Into the Mystic
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Mar 18, 2016 |
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Letter AA
11:13
"Oh the sound it rang so clear through the cold"Fairport Convention: Autopsy / Fairport Convention: Tam Lin / Fotheringay: The Banks of the Nile / Fotheringay: The Pond and the Stream / Fotheringay: The Sea / Sandy Denny: The Lady (live)
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Mar 04, 2016 |
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Letter Z
9:48
"there is delight in doing things right....." McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Zonky / McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Stop Kidding / Don Redman Orch: Rocky Road / Betty Boop w Don Redman: I Heard / Don Redman Orch: Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You / Geoff Muldaur: Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You / Geoff Muldaur: Living In the Sunshine / McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Four or Five Times.
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Feb 19, 2016 |
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Letter Y
10:46
"she can do no wrong..." Yanka Rupkina: Yankina Mama Dumashe / Balkana: Mari Stanko / Mystere de Voix Bulgare: Kalimenko Denko / Trio Bulgarka (Balkana): Strati Angelaki / Yanka Rupkina: Kana Na Put Sedi / Percy Sledge: When A Man Loves A Woman / Balkana (live): unknown song / Trio Bulgarka: Zaplakala E Gorata
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Feb 12, 2016 |
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Letter X
10:18
"When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low..."Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Magtaal / Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Uria Duudlaga / Kangar-Ol Ondar: Alash Kem /Huun Hur Tu: Ondarnyng Ayany / Yat Kha: Love Will Tear Us Apart / Dörvön Berkh: Xöxöö Namjil
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Feb 05, 2016 |
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Letter W
9:31
"Bend your branches down and cover me...." David 'Fathead' Newman: Willow Weep For Me / David 'Fathead' Newman: Hard Times / Ray Charles: Blues Waltz / Ray Charles: I Got A Woman / Ray Charles: Black Coffee / David 'Fathead' Newman: Fathead
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Jan 29, 2016 |
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Letter V
9:10
"One by one I let things go, my cats my house my car my clothes..."Blackgirls: A Visit to the Behaviorist / Blackgirls: Happy / Blackgirls: Cathedral / Dana & Karen Kletter: We Died In August / Dana & Karen Kletter: Father Song / Dana & Karen Kletter: Maria Marie
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Jan 22, 2016 |
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Letter U
10:13
"I picked up his voice right up into my neck, right into my shoulders..." Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Umama Ithembalami / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Sithunyiwe Thozkozile No 2 / The Rainbows: Futhi / Paul Simon: Gumboots / Ntemis Alexandra All Star Band: African Jive / The Skylarks: Ndixolele / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Nomalanga / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Kwa Mfazi Onge Mama / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Wavutha Umlilo
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Jan 15, 2016 |
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Letter T
10:35
"No more barrellhouse women drinkin' no beer..." Frank Stokes: 'Tain't Nobody's Business / Ike & Tina Turner: Ain't Nobody's Business / James Booker: Ain't Nobody's Business / Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald: Ain't Nobody's Business / Willie Nelson: Ain't Nobody's Business / Frank Stokes: Downtown Blues / Geoff Muldaur: Downtown Blues / Beale St Sheiks: Mr Crump Don't Like It / Frank Stokes: Chicken, You Can Roost Behind The Moon / Bettye Lavette (with Patrick Ferris and Zac Sokolow from The Americans): Tain't Nobody's Business
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Jan 08, 2016 |
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Letter S
9:28
"If you forget your mother, you've lost your life..." Prince Nico Mbarga: Sweet Mother / City Boys Band: Nye Asem Hwe / Fela Kuti: This Is Sad / Henri Dikongué: Ndol'Asu / Franco & TPOK Jazz: Infidelité Mado
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Dec 18, 2015 |
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Letter R
11:58
"I gave up a lot, but I won't give in..." Defunkt: The Razor's Edge / Defunkt: Make Them Dance / Defunkt: Strangling Me With Your Love / Defunkt: In the Good Times
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Dec 11, 2015 |
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Letter Q
9:34
"Three Little Pigs, Snoopy, Sinbad, Gulliver, King Kong, Dracula, Tarzan..." Sisa: Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir El Sol /Sisa: El Fill del Mestre /Sisa: Cançó de la Font del Gat /Sisa: Maria Lluna /Sisa: El Setè Cel
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Dec 04, 2015 |
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Letter P
10:39
"Only as rich as the poorest of the poor..."Phil Ochs: The Power and the Glory / Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty / Phil Ochs: Bound For Glory / Faron Young: For The Love Of A Woman Like You / Phil Ochs: Days of Decision / Phil Ochs: One More Parade / Phil Ochs: Automation Song / Phil Ochs: The Party / Phil Ochs: A Small Circle of Friends / Phil Ochs: Ruben Jaramillo
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Nov 27, 2015 |
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Letter O
11:41
"With our one motor gone, we can still carry on."John Roberts: Out On The Rolling Sea /Frederick McQueen: Jesus Will Be Your Friend /Chaim Tannenbaum: Travelling On For Jesus /Pindar Family: I Bid You Goodnight /Incredible String Band: A Very Cellular Song /Joseph Spence: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer /Ry Cooder: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer /Joseph Spence: Sloop John B /Beach Boys: Sloop John B /Joseph Spence: Out On the Rolling Sea
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Nov 20, 2015 |
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Letter N
10:37
Aramire: N'tunuccio /Aramire: Sta Strata /Aramire: Aremu /Aramire: Pizzica con Violino /Nidi D'arac: Cerchio Si Apre Cerchio Si Stringe /Aramire: Santa Cesaria
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Nov 13, 2015 |
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Letter M
12:05
"You'd better get used to it..." Bob Dylan: Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport) / Paul Butterfield Band: Born In Chicago / The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man / Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone (Live at Newport) / Bob Dylan: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live at Newport) / Jimi Hendrix: Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Monterrey)
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Nov 06, 2015 |
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Letter L
9:18
"I would look her in the eye"The Pioneers: Long-Shot Kick The Bucket / Richard Thompson: Angels Took My Racehorse Away / Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks / Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza
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Oct 30, 2015 |
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Letter K
10:49
"Where they don't allow you...." Wilburt Harrison: Kansas City / Albert Ammons: Swanee River Boogie / Little Willie Littlefield: KC Loving / Willie Nelson: Kansas City / Little Richard: Kansas City / James Brown: Kansas City / William Harris: Kansas City Blues /
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Oct 23, 2015 |
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Letter J
10:03
"What is it, fish?" Rev F W McGee: Jonah In the Belly of the Whale / Rev F W McGee: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room / Louis Armostrong: Jonah / Lord Buckley: Jonah and the Whale /
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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Letter I
11:35
"Tastes good in the afternoon...." Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (film soundtrack version) / Love: My Little Red Book / Joe Boyd: White Bicycles (audible.com) / Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne / Pink Floyd: Candy and a Currant Bun
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Oct 09, 2015 |
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Letter H
10:36
"Kansst Du gurgeln, Johanna?"Comedian Harmonists: Hallo, was machst du heut' Daisy? / Comedian Harmonists: Creole Love Call / Comedian Harmonists: Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? / Comedian Harmonists: In Einem Kuhlen Grunde /Comedian Harmonists: Baby, wo ist mein Baby?
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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Letter G
10:33
"A set of keys and a dusty suitcase....." Lucinda Williams: Greenville / Lucinda Williams: Joy / /Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road / Hank Williams: Hey, Good Lookin’ / Lucinda Williams: Lake Charles / Howlin’ Wolf: Smokestack Lighting / Lucinda Williams: Metal Firecracker / Z Z Top: Sharp Dressed Man / Lucinda Williams: Right In Time / Lucinda Williams: Can’t Let Go (demo)
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Sep 25, 2015 |
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Letter F
10:33
"I once was lost, but now I'm found...." Swan Silvertones: Feed Me Jesus / Swan Silvertones: Get Right With God / Paul Simon: Take Me To The Mardi Gras / Paul Simon: Love Me Like A Rock / Swan Silvertones: Saviour Pass Me Not / Swan Silvertones: Bye and Bye / Swan Silvertones: Amazing Grace
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Sep 18, 2015 |
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Letter E
9:36
"Higher, higher, into the blue sky....."Farlanders: Easter Song / Alians: Further Further / Inna Zhalanaya: Ivan / Pokrovsky Ensemble: Porushka / Baba Yaga: Back in the USSR
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Sep 15, 2015 |
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Letter D
8:40
"Newspaper blown across the court...." Nick Drake: Day Is Done / Nick Drake: Fruit Tree / John Cale: Do Not Go Gentle / Nick Drake: Fly / Nick Drake: Northern Sky
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Sep 04, 2015 |
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Letter C
10:15
"Como la primera vez..." Alfredo Rodriguez: Cuba Linda / Cubanismo: Pa’ Que Gozen / Ruben Gonzalez: Como Siento Yo
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Aug 28, 2015 |
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Letter B
8:28
"But if you trouble this man...." Toots & the Maytals: Bam Bam / Toots & the Maytals: Rastaman
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Aug 21, 2015 |
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Letter A
9:39
"Like Jack Horner, in the corner..." Fats Waller : Ain't Misbehavin' / Louis Armstrong: Ain't Misbehavin' / Jack Teagarden: Ain't Misbehavin' / Jelly Roll Morton: Ain't Misbehavin' / Quintet of the Hot Club of France: Ain't Misbehavin' / Bojangles Robinson w Duke Ellington Orch: Ain't Misbehavin' / Louis Armstrong: Ain't Misbehavin' / Fats Waller & His Rhythm: Ain't Misbehavin'
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Aug 14, 2015 |
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Joe Boyd's A-Z Trailer
1:04
A one-minute description of "Joe Boyd's A-Z"
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Aug 10, 2015 |