Artist	Song
Charles Trenet (L'Ame des Poetes, EMI, 19920	LA FOLLE COMPLAINTE (Trenet)
Little Feat (Dixie Chicken, Warner Bros., 1973)	FOOL YOURSELF (Tackett)
Steely Dan (Can't Buy A Thrill, MCA, 1972)	ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THAT (Fagen/Becker)
Bill Frisell (Is That You?, Elektra, 1990)	CHAIN OF FOOLS (Covay)
Webb Pierce (Greatest Hits, Finest Performances, Sun, 1995)	FOOL FOOL FOOL (Powell/Walker)
Jim Lauderdale (Planet of Love, Reprise, 1991)	I WASN'T FOOLING AROUND (Lauderdale/Leventhal)
Son Seals (Bad Axe, Alligator, 1984)	DON'T PICK ME FOR YOUR FOOL (Higgins/Dollison/Foster)
Aretha Franklin (Runnin' Out of Fools, Columbia, 1964)	RUNNIN' OUT OF FOOLS (Ahlert/Rogers)
Asleep at the Wheel (Texas Gold, Capitol, 1975)	RUNNIN' AFTER FOOLS (Preston)
Ry Cooder (Paradise and Lunch, Warner Bros., 19740	MARRIED MAN'S A FOOL (McTell)
Rosemary Clooney (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997)	FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD) (Mercer/Bloom)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister (Love Is A Strange Hotel, Rhino, 1990)	EVEN A FOOL WOULD LET GO (Snow/Chater)
Lulu (From Crayons to Perfume, Rhino, 1994)	OH ME OH MY (I'M A FOOL FOR YOU, BABY) (Doris)
Van Morrison (A Night in San Francisco, Mercury, 1994)	VANLOSE STAIRWAY/TRANS-EURO TRAIN/FOOL FOR YOU (Charles/Morrison)
Texas (Texas, Mercury, 1989)	FOOL FOR LOVE (McElhone/Spiteri/Armstrong)
Etta James (Time After Time, Private Music, 1995)	EV'RYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL (Keller/Greenfield)
Charles Brown (Blues and Other Love Songs, Muse, 19920	FOOL THAT I AM (Hunt)
Valerie Wellington (The New Bluebloods, Alligator, 1987)	A FOOL FOR YOU (Wellington)
Aretha Franklin (Lady Soul, Atlantic, 1968)	CHAIN OF FOOLS (Covay)
Elvin Bishop w/Mickey Thomas (Struttin' My Stuff, Capricorn, 1975)	FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE (Bishop)
Rufus Wainwright (Rufust Wainwright, Dreamworks, 1998)	APRIL FOOLS (Wainwright)
Benny Goodmand & His Orchestra (Sing, Sing, Sing, BMG, 1987)	THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU) (Marvell/Strachey/Link)

Comment:

"THE FOOL DOTH THINK HE IS WISE, BUT THE WISE MAN KNOWS HIMSELF TO BE A FOOL." - Wm. Shakespeare, (bien sur)
I've been meaning to post this Fools mix (now one of three or four) since I started at AotM. Today, I finally had the time ... but that's because I have a hangover and can't actually DO any responsible kind of work. I broke my own rules by having Aretha appear twice AND having "Chain of Fools" appear twice, but she's that good, and the song's that good. Frisell does an interesting job, but then, when does he not? All around excellence here ... fools, for love especially, are a universal, are they not? And for some of us more than others. I'm the first to raise my hand. Trenet leads off because the French are among my favorite fools in general ... they make it seem like an art form rather than the crimes against humanity these fools in the USA admistration do ... both Franklin picks are classic, especially the earlier one. She's more in her Dinah Washington mode here ... angry in a slinky black dress with bangles and a lit cigarette planning revenge ... the Asleep at the Wheel is from a record that has been one of my faves since it was released ... Charles Brown is incomparable, as always ... and Webb Pierce does that somehow solipsistic sad and silly at the same time ... the redneck foolishness and proud to wear the scars? Forgive me ... parts of my brain must still be pickled. Enjoy the tricks of the day!

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