Drunk Since Sunday Morning

A mix put together to celebrate (most of) my family getting together for a long weekend on Kentucky Lake. Four days and three nights of kicking back, swimming, fishing, playing cards, and sipping on icy-cold beer. Lots of cover versions, including a barely recognizable "Ramblin' Man" and a rare appearance on one of my mixes by Mr. Zimmerman....

Credit goes to my younger brother for hooking me up with the Old Crow Medicine Show, Garcia/Grisman/Rice, and John Prine (and others who didn't make the cut, but gave me some direction), as well as suggesting "Ophelia." NW009.

01. WILCO/Kingpin

02. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW/ Down Home Girl

03. THE BAND/Ophelia

04. ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN/Ramblin' Man

05. THE MEKONS/Hole In The Ground

06. DANIEL LANOIS/Jolie Louise

07. SHOW OF HANDS/If I Needed Someone

08. JERRY GARCIA, DAVID GRISMAN, & TONY RICE/Shady Grove

09. THE STANDS/Lay Lady Lay

10. THE BAND OF HEATHENS/L.A. County Blues

11. CRACKER/Mr. Wrong

12. JOHN PRINE/Illegal Smile

13. SON VOLT/Looking At The World Through A Windshield

14. CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL/Long As I Can See The Light

15. BOB DYLAN/Visions Of Johanna

16. THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS/To Ramona

17. PHOSPHORESCENT/The Mermaid Parade

18. GOLDEN SMOG/Glad & Sorry

19. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND/Revival

20. GOMEZ/Up On Cripple Creek

Take Me She Said

Hitting a creative streak for myself lately.... A fun mix to put together, that actually began quite differently from how it eventually turned out. This was supposed to be me finishing up a mix that I've been trying to get worked out for about three years now (which has become something of an albatross). About two weeks in to tweaking that mix, I scrapped those plans and went in this direction instead. Kind of like working with different ingredients in the kitchen, seeing what flavors work well with others, trying to hone the flavor profile with a variety of tastes, trying to avoid elements that would stand out too far on their own, and, most importantly, watching the stove so nothing burns. I've obviously been watching way too much Food Network in my all-too-brief spare time....

Some of these songs (XTC, Belle & Sebastian, Squeeze, Popguns, Slowdive), I've wanted to use for a while, in some cases, several years. Others (Clientele, Caribou, Emma Pollock, El Perro Del Mar) were discovered via recent web hopping. Still others (notably Ride and Morrissey) were songs that have been stuck in my head at various times of late that I needed to get laid down on disc. NW008.

01. English Roundabout/XTC

02. Hide + Seek/THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY

03. LDN/LILY ALLEN

04. Tracy Jacks/BLUR

05. Twisterella/RIDE

06. I Wonder Who We Are/THE CLIENTELE

07. Lose That Girl/SAINT ETIENNE

08. We Are The Sleepyheads/BELLE & SEBASTIAN

09. Melody Day/CARIBOU

10. King Leer/MORRISSEY

11. My Maudlin Career/CAMERA OBSCURA

12. Hug The Harbour/EMMA POLLOCK

13. God Knows (you've got to give to get)/EL PERRO DEL MAR

14. If It's Love/SQUEEZE

15. No Time/FRENTE!

16. Fables/THE DODOS

17. Going Under/THE POPGUNS

18. Some Velvet Morning/SLOWDIVE

19. Closet Romantic/DAMON ALBARN

20. The Salvador Dali Murder Mystery/DEATH BY CHOCOLATE

21. Rubber Ring/THE SMITHS