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Member Since: 7/14/2003
Total Mixes: 160
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Watermelon Man

Artist Song
Mongo Santamaria  Watermelon Man (1963) 
Steely Dan  Rikki Don't Lose That Number (1974) 
The Doors  Who Scared You (1969) 
Ruth Brown R.I.P.  If I Can't Sell It (1990) 
Ollabelle  John The Revelator (2004) 
Brett Kissel  I've Been Everywhere (2006) 
Miles Davis  Now's The Time (1946) 
Willie Dixon  29 Ways (1956) 
Shawn Colvim w/ Loudon Wainwright  A Heart Needs A Home (1994) 
Loudon Wainwright III  Rufus Is A Tit Man * (1975) 
The Stones  Dear Doctor (1968) 
Bonnie Raitt  Nobody's Girl (1989) 
Ted Hawkins  Searching For My Love (1995) 
Hem  Not California (2006) 
Gram Parsons  How Much I've Lied (1973) 
Emmylou Harris  Heaven Only Knows (1988) 
Bobby "Blue" Bland  Cry Cry Cry (1964) 
Sarah Vaughan  All Alone (1967) 
Al Green  Let's Stay Together (1972) 
Frank Sinatra   One For My Baby (1958) 
Bob Dylan  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (1967) 
Gregg Brown  People With Bad Luck (1985) 
Duke Ellington  New East Side St.Louis Toodle-Oo (1937) 

Comment:

* and so am I*

A dreary Sunday in late November sparked memories of a radio show that I produced and hosted in upper NY around 10 years ago.

Even though we were a low budget AM station, somehow found a way to incorporate a slice of americana, jazz, blues, country, folk, big band and pop in a homespun format a la the old WNEW or still glorious Idiot's Delight.

Here, we have 8 decades represented, Duke Ellington's 1937 recording of East Side closes the 23 song, 78 minute guilty pleasure.

Is there anything weepier than track *20, Sinatra's '58 classic about a sad man, a women, a bottle of spirits and a bartender!

Ruth Brown....one of a kind...



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SteveRaglin
Date: 11/19/2006
Solid mix, for which you should feel no guilt! And fitting inclusion of Ms. Brown.
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2old2matter
Date: 11/19/2006
Great stuff, Mr. Fan. Thanks. And yes, that Frankie number is a real weeper. Would be a good cover for Tom Waits to do, if he already hasn't.
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Dom1
Date: 11/19/2006
a great selection.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 11/20/2006
Love the Ollabelle, Miles, Dixon, Emmylou, Rev. Al, Frank, Dylan and Duke tracks.
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Salman1
Date: 11/20/2006
Great stuff.
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jonpoi
Date: 11/20/2006
Well done.
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Nomates
Date: 11/23/2006
Every one a gem. There is nothing "low budget" about this selection. I agree with you about Ruth Brown. As for Frank's "weepier" possibilities; I propose "In The Wee Small Hours" -- an all time favourite of mine -- as weepy as they come.