Other Mixes By ofthaltned
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Mixed Genre
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Alternative - Indie Rock
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Theme
I've Only Sad Stories to Tell to This Town
| Artist | Song | |
| Jimmy Denoon | Root Hog or Die | |
| Johnny Cash | Cry Cry Cry | |
| Richmond Fontaine | Post to Wire | |
| Richard & Linda Thompson | Whithered and Died | |
| Whip | Wicked Wheels | |
| Riley Puckett | Ragged But Right | |
| Lee Hazlewood | Cold Hard Times | |
| Chris & Carla | Black Rope Tied | |
| Jackson C. Frank | Blues Run the Game | |
| Townes Van Zandt | Rex's Blues | |
| The Handsome Family | Tesla's Hotel Room | |
| Hotel Alexis | The Devil Knows My Handle | |
| The Avett Brothers | Paranoia in B-Flat Major | |
| Blind Willie McTell | Southern Can Is Mine | |
| Woody Guthrie | Hard Traveling | |
| William Elliott Whitmore | The Prairie Yields to the Plow | |
| Lead Belly | In the Pines | |
| Meg Baird | Dear Companion | |
| John Prine | She Is My Everything | |
| Sam Baker | Orphan | |
| Bert Jansch | Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We Can All Get Along the Lumpy Bumpy Long and Dusty Road | |
| Elmore James | Dust My Broom | |
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Filed under "country", because it didn't make much sense to file this under the same category as most of my mixed genre mixes, although clearly, some of this would belong under "blues" or "folk" or "whatever". Either way, this must be the quickest mix I've put together ever since I started taking flow and segues seriously. Conceived late last night, finished even later last night. The recepient is my father, who heroically fixed my bicycle earlier this week and who I figured might need a new mix for his cherry schnaps-distilling weekend starting tonight. A little rough around the edges sometimes (patchy audio quality and all that, and not segued in the way most of my mixes are), but I figure that's apt, considering the activities it's meant to accompany. Also, he handed me my fixed bicycle with the warning "don't pedal too hard, the fixation of the rear wheel is kinda improvised", so that's only fair.I guess I've been conditioned into thinking of the Jimmy Denoon as an opener, as it also kicks off Nathan Salsburg's radio show of the same name. Title taken from the Richard and Linda Thompson track.
Update: Here's a download link, then.
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Absolute genius at every turn. This is a tremendous summation of this subgenre...
Lots of highlights here for me...most notably #2,4,11,and 14-17.
You just KNOW what I think of this. See Robs wise words below and put a cherry (if there are any left) on top.
Cash, Hazlewood, Zandt, Guthrie, Belly (?) and Prine are all favorites, but don't know all these songs of theirs. hope there'll be some way to hear this soon, as it looks terrific.
Great Cash, Thomsons, Van Zandt, Avett. Guthrie, Whitmore, Prine and Elmore James tracks. This one hits me right in the side pocket.
just gorgeous, alex - i'm working on a mix myself with a bit of a country twang, so i've been listening to alot of this lately - any chance of an upload forthcoming?
Johnny Cash, Richard & Linda Thompson, Townes Van Zandt, Blind Willie McTell, Woody Guthrie, William Elliott Whitmore, Lead Belly, Elmore James-lucky dad!
Amazing. The last mix to feature that Bert Jansch track was MotW and got 66 comments, I hope this goes the same way :)
brilliant.
Nice to see someone else with Fair & Square, a quite underrated album. Where is that link, eh?
Beauty, thank you sir! I'll throw my five stars in the ring here as well...I've been hoping there would be some more country on this site soon, it was getting a little too slick for my taste, bring on the compost & Stag! By the way, I REALLY dig that Blind Willie track, I know I threw it on one of my Garden series way back when.
Since he fixed your bicycle, can he fix AOTM mail?
Looks perfect. Let's have shots of schnapps all around.
R.I.P. Lee Hazlewood.
Looks perfect. Let's have shots of schnapps all around.
R.I.P. Lee Hazlewood.
Mixxer - considering that I had to guide him through the online registration forms of the ministry of finance for his distillation activities ("now you have to press "submit". the button's on the bottom right"), I'd say the chances are rather slim.
Cherry schnapps distilling?! Country, folk, whatever, great mix. Love the Meg Baird!
Looks fantastic!
off to bicycle repair school in hopes of recieving a mix of this quality for my services. wow!
I love "Rex's Blues," especially the Jay Farrar/Kelly Willis version.
Just catchin' up (been away)...and, this frikkin sweet!
I must say that this was a real good mix. Nicely executed.
I've listened to this mix several times recently, and it's amazing. Favorite tracks are 1, 6, 9, 14, and 20.
well, didn't get to this *soon* but pulled it from my AotM archives this morning and it fit the day to a T. in addition to the favorites I knew, loved the Blind Willie McTell and Sam Baker picks. real nice, Alex.