Other Mixes By gabechouinard
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Mixed Genre
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Alternative - Indie Rock
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Theme
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Theme - Narrative
Sam Walton Bought This This Town, But Stole Its Soul
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| Neko Case & Her Boyfriends | Thrice All American | |
| Colin Hay | Can't Take This Town | |
| T-Bone Walker | Left Home When I Was a Kid | |
| G. Love & Special Sauce | Town to Town | |
| Odetta | Blues Everywhere I Go | |
| Gabriel Brown, John & Rochelle French | Po Boy, Long Ways From Home | |
| Little Walter | Mean Old World | |
| Nina Simone | I'm Going Back Home | |
| Rodney Crowell | Telephone Road | |
| Dale Watson & His Lone Stars | No Help Wanted | |
| Bobby Saxton | Trying To Make A Living | |
| Townes Van Zandt | Dollar Bill Blues | |
| Josh Ritter | One More Mouth | |
| Robert Cray | When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You | |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Unemployment Stomp | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Used Cars | |
| Steve Earle | Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) | |
| Billy Joe Shaver | Ragged Old Truck | |
| Tom Russell | Between The Cracks | |
| Pearl Jam | Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town | |
| Ben Folds | All U Can Eat | |
| Jimmy Reed | Big Boss Man | |
| Merle Haggard | No Hard Times | |
| Washboard Sam | Diggin' My Potatoes | |
| Johnny Cash | Country Trash | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Black Coffee | |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough | |
| Ike Turner | Down And Out (aka How Long Will It Last) | |
| Blind Blake | Fighting The Jug | |
| Brad Paisley ft. Allison Krauss | Whiskey Lullaby | |
| Chris Thomas King | Sinking Feelin' | |
| Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Way of the Fallen Is Hard | |
| Hank Williams Sr. | My Bucket's Got A Hole In It | |
| Bukka White | Parchman Farm Blues | |
| John Lee Hooker | House Rent Boogie | |
| Tom Petty | It's Good To Be King | |
| Ryan Bingham | Boys Town | |
| Mark Knopfler | Boom Like That | |
| Dar Williams | Bought And Sold | |
| Chris Knight | It Ain't Easy Being Me | |
| James McMurtry | Talkin' At The Texaco | |
| Joe Ely | Whiskey & Women & Money To Burn | |
| Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin | Satan's Paradise | |
| Joe Nichols | Wal-Mart Parking Lot | |
| Folk Implosion | Free To Go | |
| Tim Fite | Downturn | |
| The Enemy | We'll Live And Die In These Towns | |
Comment:
In many ways this is a very personal mix, but I hope the universality of the theme will let others enjoy it... if "enjoy" is the proper word, that is.Six months ago, I left the West Coast of Wisconsin and moved inward, back to the town where I was born 33 years ago. It was a good plan; after four years of separating and then reconciling with my wife, I realized I had to get further away, or the cycle of leave-and-return would just drag endlessly on. But leaving meant leaving my daughters behind, so in many ways it's been six months of agony.
That deep-seated sadness may have colored my impression of the town I grew up in, but I think there's something about small towns and loneliness, being poor and terminally depressed. Every time I look around, the view is colored by nostalgia, and I hate what the town has become... except I'm pretty sure it was always that way. I miss the city, yet am undeniably drawn to small-town life. It's a strange and deep-seated dichotomy, and this mix is a way of addressing it. What does it mean to simultaneously hate and yearn for a place? Thomas Wolfe claims you can't go home again. Does that mean you'll always pine for it instead, even when you're there?
I wanted to capture both sides of the argument. The yearning on the one hand, but the dismay that really is the reality of small towns and rural living. This mix is roughly half-autobiographical, half-thematic.
Download CD one and CD two. And then come back and rip me to shreds, because I'm a newish mixer, and I'd love to hear what works and what doesn't.
Feedback:
This looks amazing. Congrats on a great mix.
High praise for a thoughtfully compiled mix. Thanks for sharing.
A great, and obviously very carefully considered concept. Lots of great tracks - Neko, Bruce, Bukka, for starters. I don't think our hometown ever looks the same again when we return. The town marches on without us, albeit more slowly than a city perhaps, and often in ways that don't agree with us. And, then again, we're not the same when we come back either, are we?
this is fabulous from the concept to the title to the cover to the songs themselves. so many favorite artists i haven't time to list them all. thanks!
Wow, this looks good.
Thanks for the mix and the sentiments behind it. Lots of favorite artists and tracks, I'll nod back after a listen.
I love the entire mix and I do think it is perfect, but if you want constructive criticism, I would have left off the last two tracks of disk one, not sure they apply. I would have put "I'm not from here" on side 2 instead of "Talkin at the Texaco". Also, honestly the only knock I could really have of it is leaving off Hometown Blues by Steve Earle. That runs through my head everytime I drive through Columbia MO "ain't nuthin' bring you down like your hometown", with apologies to Thomas Wolfe and Doc Watson...And if you are going pop enough to put Brad Paisley, I would have found a place for John Cougar Mellencamp, although he is like a Wal-Mart poet. So I'll knock a half-star for no "Hometown Blues" otherwise, this is the kind of mix I absolutely love, as you can tell from my ouvre.
I'm new to this site and I've been checking out the mixes daily. I have to admit I love your mixes. A nice mix of different artists from different genres blending together nicely. Thanks!
As a postscript, thankfully my birth certificate says Anc=n, Panamß and not Columbia, MO. As Wad says 'those God-damned Pizza Hippies!'
Very nice theme and exectution.
I love the theme and am guessing I'll love the mix too.
there are few mixes on this site that are this powerful, nevermind first efforts/postings, which makes this all the more impressive - the story behind it all only makes it even more gutwrenching - this is just a truly heartful mix, just wonderful
i meant "early efforts/postings," not first - sorry about that
Man, the likeness to my own recent history is uncanny. This is a great mix and I hope it proves cathartic.
Another solid outing. I'm really impressed with your last two mixes.
Yes, my pervious comment on Los Babymakers mix was very true, and this mix proves me right... Fantastic choice. And I agree with Barrys last sentence..
This is sounding real nice. Make sure Joey de Vivre sees it... and I think he did a similarly themed mix not to long ago.