Sweet is the Melody

Artist Song
Sammy Walker  Misfit Scarecrow [Misfit Scarecrow]  
Rodney Crowell  Earthbound [Fate's Right Hand
Jonathan Edwards  Magnolia Street [Tell Me Why
Blaze Foley  Clay Pigeons [Live at the Austin Outhouse
Jim White  Static On The Radio [Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
Willie Nelson  My Own Peculiar Way [Songs
Joni Mitchell  The Circle Game [Travelogue
T-Bone Burnett  Hollywood Mecca of the Movies [The True False Identity
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks (Featuring Tom Waits On Vocals)  I'll Tell You Why That Is [Beatin' The Heat
Alejandro Escovedo  Slip [More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-96
George Hanlon  Come Sit With Me [Obscurity's Hunger
Bill Morrissey  Winter Song [Something I Saw or Thought I Saw
Bill Garrett  Winters Night [Seems To Me
Greg Brown  Skinny Days [The Evening Call
Iris Dement  Sweet Is the Melody [My Life
Dolly Parton  Early Morning Breeze [Coat of Many Colors
Arlo Guthrie  Chilling of the Evening [Live in Sydney
John Hartford  Crystallia Daydream [Natural to Be Gone 1967-1970

Comment:

In response to one of my (doowad's) Prine picks for the Carter Family opus we did together, Brother Tex sent me the Sammy Walker tune.
I asked him if he wanted to use that as a start for a "songwriter" mix, emphasizing the usual suspects of Dylan, Prine, Townes, Earle, Waits, etc. Funny enough, we didn't actually use any of those guys (with one great exception) and actually that Prine song I had submitted for the Carter mix was eventually dr opped. Hope this provides you with a winter warm-up, we have a deep freeze here in Missouri this week.


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mahdishain
Date: 1/15/2009
these are the usual suspects at my house. actually there are a lot of suspicious cha rcters around my house when i think about it.
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Mixxer
Date: 1/15/2009
Slightly offbeat set of picks. Some great names here.
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avocado rabbit
Date: 1/16/2009
I don't see enough of Bill Morrissey here or anywhere else. I used to see Bill perform often around New England. This is a fine addition to the MAS repertoire.
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Johnny Dark
Date: 1/16/2009
Methinks I may have been at that Arlo Guthrie concert. Looking forward to listening to this one.
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p the swede
Date: 1/20/2009
nice stuff, love tha link