The Boudin Barndance - 01/02/2004

Began the first Barndance of 2004 with a set in remembrance of some of the fallen heroes from 2003. From there it was into a mess of new recordings from the past year that hit the sweet spot for yours truly with the last half of the program devoted to the dozen favorites. For 2003, releases from Paul Burch and Amy Allison lead the charge.

The dozen faves went something like this:

1) Paul Burch - Fool For Love (Bloodshot)
2) Amy Allison - No Frills Friend (Diesel Only)
3) Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day (New West)
4) Jon Langford & His Sadies - Mayors of the Moon (Bloodshot)
5) Kathleen Edwards - Failer (Zoe/Rounder)
6) Elizabeth McQueen & the Firebrands - The Fresh Up Club (Gravitron)
7) Pernice Bros - Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont)
8) Black Keys - Thickfreakness (Fat Possum)
9) Calexico - Feast Of Wire (Quarterstick)
10) Robert Earl Keen - Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
11) Los Straitjackets - Supersonic Guitars In 3-D (Yep Roc)
12) Reckless Kelly - Under the Table & Above the Sun (Sugar Hill)

Here's wishin' a happy and healthy new year to all you playlisters out there and now onto the goods.....

Buck Owens, et al/ Buckaroo / Box Set / Rhino (intro)

...... r.i.p. set........
Dave Dudley - 6 Days on the Road / Truck Driver's Boogie (Diesel Only)
Johnny Paycheck - A-11 / The Real Mr. Heartache (CMF)
Ronnie Dawson - High On Love / Just Rockin' & Rollin' (Upstart)
Speedy West - Flippin' the Lid / There's Gonna Be a Party (Jasmine)
Don Gibson - Sea of Heartbreak / RCA Country Legend
Floyd Tillman - A Precious Memory / Hall of Fame (MCA)
....the big ? is how do you pick 1 cash song to remember him by. the answer is you don't.............
Johnny Cash - All Over Again / Essential (Legacy)
Johnny & June - If I Were A Carpenter / Essential (Legacy)

........sundry favorites................
Lucinda Williams - Righteously / World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
Shelby Lynne - Telephone / Identity Crisis (Capitol)
Taylor & Rodriguez - All the Rain / Trouble With Humans (Lone Star)
Warren Zanes - Hey Girl / Memory Girls (Dualtone)
Caitlin Cary - Beauty Fades Away / I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc)
Greg Trooper - From Only You / Floating (Sugar Hill)

Bill Chambers - Devil's Ball / Sleeping With the Blues (Reckless)
Audrey Auld - Next Big Nothing / Losing Faith (Reckless)
Wayne Hancock - Lose Your Mind / Swing Time (Bloodshot)
Howard Kalish - I Will Never Change So Why Don't You / What the Hey? (Behemoth)
Bobby Flores - I'd Fight the World / Just For the Record (Yellow Rose)
Cornell Hurd Band - (Set 'em Up) I'm Afraid to Go Home / Live at Jovita's (Behemtoh)
Deke Dickerson - You've Been Honky Tonkin' / In 3-Dimensions (Major Label)

Legendary Shack Shakers - Pinetree Boogie / Cockadoodledon't (Bloodshot)
Dwight Yoakam - An Exception to the Rule / Population Me (Audium)
Jayhawks - Stumbling Through the Dark / Rainy Day Music (Lost Highway)
Jay Farrar - California / Terroir Blues (Artemis)
Howe Gelb - The Nashville Sound / The Listner (Thrill Jockey)

................the favorites.........
Robert Earl Keen - Furnace Fan / Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
Robert Earl Keen - Let the Music Play / Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
Reckless Kelly - Nobody's Girl / Under the Table & ... (Sugar Hill)
Reckless Kelly - Desolation Angels / Under the Table & ... (Sugar Hill)

Los Straitjackets - Midnight In Salerno / Supersonic Guitars in 3-D (Yep Roc)
Los Straitjackets - Dreamland / Supersonic Guitars in 3-D (Yep Roc)
Calexico - Across the Wire / Feast of Wire (1/4 stick)
Calexico - Guero Canelo / Feast of Wire (1/4 stick)

Elizabeth McQueen & Firebrands - Heaven Sent / The Fresh Up Club (Gravitron)
Elizabeth McQueen & Firebrands - I Don't Know Why / The Fresh Up Club (Gravitron)
Kathleen Edwards - 6 O'clock News / Failer (Zoe)
Kathleen Edwards - Westby / Failer (Zoe)

Black Keys - Hard Row / Thickfreakness (Fat Possum)
Pernice Bros - Number Two / Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont)

Langford & Sadies - Little Vampires / Mayors of the Moon (Bloodshot)
Langford & Sadies - I'm Up To My Neck In This / Mayors of the Moon (Bloodshot)
Drive-By Truckers - Heathens / Decoration Day (New West)

Amy Allison - Hell To Pay / No Frills Friend (Diesel Only)
Amy Allison - No Frills Friend / No Frills Friend (Diesel Only)
Paul Burch - Lovesick Blues Boy / Fool For Love (Bloodshot)
Paul Burch - Sparks Fly Out / Fool For Love (Bloodshot)

Burton & Mooney / Corn Pickin' / Legends of Country Guitar / Rhino (outro)

Enjoy.
Boudin Dan