THURSDAY MORNING MIX

October 28, 2010

Scott Foley

Glad to have the new Two Cow Garage release on this week's Episode, walking the line between bombast and nuance. Their stuff has always been just a bit over the line for an early morning show, but I appreciate their heart. Speaking of which, FoCo's Drag the River has released the bare bones demo versions of their 2011 CD tracks, showing more maturity and songcraft than ever before.

On a completely unrelated front, and undiscovered Johnny Cash and Ray Charles track, recorded more than a decade ago, has surfaced. A soulful, heartfelt take on Kris Kristofferson's classic "Why Me Lord."

* Two Tons of Steel, "Cryin' Eyes" Not That Lucky (Smith, 09)
* Big Smith, "My Overalls" Roots Shoots & Wings (Mayapple, 10)
* Glenna Bell, "Honky Tonk Man" Perfectly Legal (Self, 10)
* Marshall Chapman, "Big Lonesome" Big Lonesome (TallGirl, 10)
* Gourds, "My Name is Jorge" Cow Fish Fowl or Pig (Sugar Hill, 02)
* Jeff Finlin, "Stones Must Roll" Tao of Motor Oil (Bent Wheel, 10)
* Defibulators, "Dum-Dum" Corn Money (City Salvage, 10)
* Hayes Carll, "King of the Road" Imus Ranch Record 2 (New West, 10)
* Tallest Man on Earth, "Like the Wheel" Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird (Dead Oceans, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Weary Kind" Crazy Heart (New West, 10)
* Boulder Acoustic Society, "How Many Times a Day" Champion of Disaster (Self, 10)
* Avett Bros, "Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise" Live Volume 3 (American, 10)
* Abby Owens, "Indiantown" Indiantown (Self, 10)
* Drag the River, "Here's To the Losers" 2010 Demons (Suburban Home, 10)
* Rev Horton Heat, "Revival" Revival (Yep Roc, 04)
^ Two Cow Garage, "Lydia" Sweet Saint Me (Suburban Home, 10)
* Thrift Store Cowboys, "Ghost Trails" Light Fighter (Self, 10)
* Musketeer Gripweed, "River Callin" Dyin' Day (Self, 10)
* Yvette Landry, "One More Broken Heart" Should Have Known (Soko, 10)
* Blitzen Trapper & Alela Diane, "The Tree" Destroyer of the Void (Sub Pop, 10)
* Ray Charles & Johnny Cash, "Why Me Lord" Rare Genius (Concord, 10)
* Whitey Morgan, "Turn Up the Bottle" Whitey Morgan & the 78s (Bloodshot, 10)
* Corb Lund, "The West Just Fades Away" CBC Radio 2s Song Quest: Road Songs (CBC, 10)
* David Olney, "Covington Girl" Dutchman's Curve (Deadbeet, 10)
* Luke Doucet, "Sundown" Steel City Trawler (Six Shooter, 10)
* Munly & the Lupercalians, "Grandfater" Petr & the Wulf (Alt Tentacles, 10)
* Graham Wilkinson, "Ragamuffin" Yearbook (Township, 10)
* Kim Richey, "In the Years to Come" Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers, 10)