We Like American Music: Podcast #118
What is American Music to you? I think one of the greatest things about American Music is that it can mean something different to everyone. This weeks podcast is a little taste of what it means to me. I sat down and really pondered where the music came from. From it’s Folk, Blues and Jazz roots to its country beginnings, R&B and Soul, through to Rock n Roll and back again. American music has a long, diverse, and storied history; rich in tradition but also heavy on exploration and improvisation. It’s also important to mention that there are many more that I would have loved to add to this list; and even as I write this now several more have popped in my head (Doc Watson, Velvet Underground, Link Wray, The Temptations, and Stevie Wonder just to name a few). So, nevertheless I invite you to listen to my interpretation; soak it in, but also I encourage you to make your own playlist and think of what american music means to you. As always, enjoy, and listen loud.
These are the truly american tracks that were played:
Robert Johnson – Cross Road Blues ++ Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven ++ Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Loose – Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night ++ Leon Bridges – Coming Home ++ Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) ++ Billie Holiday and her Orchestra – Summertime ++ Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band – I’ll Fly Away ++ Lead Belly – Midnight Special ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Revival ++ Bruce Springsteen – 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) ++ Dawes – From a Window Seat ++ The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live) ++ Woody Guthrie – Going Down The Road Feeling Bad ++ Bob Dylan – You’re No Good ++ The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere ++ Joe Pug – Hymn #101 ++ Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues ++ Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away ++ Grateful Dead – Ripple ++ Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love ++ Father John Misty – Bored In the USA ++ The Gourds – All The Labor
We’ve Got All The Time In The World: Podcast 117
Man. All the time in the world. We’re all just rolling along, doing our own thing, trying to find happiness and meaning. I’ve found it in a couple of these songs. You know, If you look at it the right way, you do have all the time. You control it. Lets raise a glass to greatness and go become it.
Here are the spoonful of songs that were played in this weeks podcast :
Bahamas – All The Time ++ Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener ++ Pretenders – The Wait ++ The Clash – The Right Profile ++ Alabama Shakes – The Greatest ++ The Velvet Underground & Nico – I’m Waiting for the Man ++ Silver Jews – People ++ Dawes – I Can’t Think About It Now ++ Father John Misty – I’m Writing a Novel ++ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream ++ George Harrison – Apple Scruffs ++ Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues ++ Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All The Way Down ++ Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful ++ St. Paul & The Broken Bones – That Glow ++ The Gourds – Gangsta Lean
There’s Nothing To It: Podcast #116
Feelin’ funky tonight! I had a great time spinning some tracks for ya this week. Hope you enjoy the many moods of The Shady Groove.
These were the tracks that we played:
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Call Me ++ Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Get Yo Shit ++ Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Stranger To My Happiness ++ Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now ++ Robert Palmer – How Much Fun ++ The New Basement Tapes – Nothing To It ++ Fly Golden Eagle – Tangible Intangible ++ Father John Misty – Tee Pees 1-12 ++ Harry Nilsson – 1941 ++ Mark Knopfler – Beryl ++ Bob Marley & The Wailers – Stir It Up ++ Talking Heads – Puzzlin’ Evidence ++ The Kinks – This Time Tomorrow ++ Seth Avett/Jessica Lea Mayfield – Baby Britain ++ Elliot Smith – Let’s Get Lost ++ Jack White – Entitlement ++ Robert Earl Keene Ft. Peter Rowan – 99 Years For One Dark Day ++ The Gourds – Boil My Strings
Feelin’ Free with The Shady Groove
Time for another Theme-Time Radio from the Shady Groove. Today we explore freedom, all songs about it, and the overall sense of longing to be free. You know what I’m talking about. We all want to be free, to do what you want, any old time. These were the songs that we played:
The Rolling Stones – I’m Free ++ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Free Fallin’ ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – Free At Last ++ The Derek Trucks Band – Already Free ++ Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free ++ Delaney & Bonnie – Free The People ++ The Allman Brothers Band – I Feel Free ++ Richie Havens – Freedom (Motherless Child) ++ Phish – Free (live) ++ Traffic – Freedom Rider ++ Bob Marley – Redemption Song ++ Bob Dylan – I Shall Be Free ++ Lead Belly – We Shall Be Free ++ The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Stone Free ++ The Black Keys – Set You Free ++ Michael Franti & Spearhead – Feelin’ Free ++ Ween – Roses Are Free ++ The Gourds – I Come Up/All The Labor (Live)
It’s So Heavy: Shady Groove Podcast #114
This is the sonic awesomeness that was included on this weeks podcast:
Cahlen Morrison & Eli West – Fleeting Like the Days ++ The Black Crowes – What Is Home ++ Dire Straits – Six Blade Knife ++ My Morning Jacket – Golden ++ Bruce Springsteen – Wild Billy’s Circus Story ++ Father John Misty – Well, You Can Do It Without Me ++ John Scofield – Jeep On 35 ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Pony Boy ++ Derek & The Dominos – It’s Too Late ++ George Harrison – Wah-Wah ++ Tedeschi Trucks Band – It’s So Heavy ++ B.B. King – Sweet Little Angel ++ Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town) ++ Talking Heads – Tentative Decisions ++ Little Joy – The Next Time Around ++ The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose ++ Max Johnston – How The Mighty Do Despair ++ The Gourds – Smoke Bend