Artist	Song
Van Morrison (His Band and The Street Choir, Warner Bros., 1970)	CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND (Morrison)
Little Esther Phillips w/Johnny Otis (The Complete Savoy Recordings with Johnny Oits, Savoy, nd)	LOST IN A DREAM (Otis)
Percy Mayfield (Poet of the Blues, 1950-1954, Speciality, 1990)	WASTED DREAM (Mayfield
Solomon Burke (Don't Give Up on Me, Fat Possum, 2002)	ONLY A DREAM (Morrison)
Billie Holiday (Strange Fruit, 1939-1944, Atlantic, 1944)	DREAM OF LIFE (McRae/Henderson)
Stan Getz (Dear Old Stockholm, Proper, 2003)	WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (Barris/Koehler/Moll)
Lady Will Carr w/Baron Mingus & His Octet (Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles, 1921-1956, Vol. 2, Rhino, 1999)	PIPE DREAM (Mingus)
Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith (Southern Journey, Vol. 2: 61 Highway Mississippi (1959), Rounder, 1997	OLD DEVIL'S DREAM (unknown)
Reverend Gary Davis (Pure Religion and Bad, Smithsonian Folkways, 1957)	DEVIL'S DREAM (Trad. Arr. Davis)
Gregg Allman (One More Try: An Anthology, Disc 2, Polygram, 1997)	SHADOW DREAM SONG (Solo Demo) (Browne)
The Cash Brothers (How Was Tomorrow?, Rouner, 2001)	DREAM AWAKE (Cash/Cash)
Will Johnson (Vultures Await, Misra, 2004)	JUST TO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DREAMING (Johnson)
The Magnetic Fields (69 Love Songs, Vol. 2, Merge, 1999)	ASLEEP AND DREAMING (Merritt)
Megon McDonough (Christine Lavin Presents: Follow That Road, Vol. 2, Philo, 1994)	IF LOVE IS A DREAM (McDonough)
Angel Dean & Sue Garner (Pot Liquor, Diesel Only, 2004)	DREAMS (Dean/Garner)
Fred Neil (The Many Sides of Fred Neil, Disc 2, Collector's Choice, 1999)	DECEMBER'S DREAM [Unreleased Take], (Neil)
The Mavericks (Trampoline, MCA, 1998)	DREAM RIVER (Kostas/Malo)
5 Chinese Brothers (Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief, 1-800-Prime, 1992)	THESE DREAMS (Foglino)
Glory Fountain (The Beauty of 23, LaJoy, 2001)	DREAMS ARE LOVERS (Blakey/Chumbris)
Hot Club Sandwich (Hot Club Sandwich, self-released, 2001?)	I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Jones/Kahn)
Angela McCluskey (The Things We Do, Manhattan, 2004)	A THOUSAND DRUNKEN DREAMS (Larson)
Simon & Garfunkel (Wednesday Morning, 3 AM [Bonus Tracks], Columbia, 1964/2001)	LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM (Simon)
The Walkmen (Bows + Arrows, Record Collection, 2004)	THINKING OF A DREAM I HAD (The Walkmen)

Comment:

Another volume in the series. (1) Early(ish) Van. The hairy-chested God lover ... the spiritual Tarzan. Dom's made me feel sheepish about my preference for Van, but I guess there's no time like the present to acknowledge that I am one big sucker for love songs. Then again, I know I am in good company as Emmylou Harris says that "a song without a tear in it ain't a song worth singing" (that's kind of paraphrase). Anyway, this is Van in his "tribute to r&b" mode and not his "just a closer walk with thee" phase. (2) Esther Phillips is way under-played. And so is Johnny Otis. See also their homeboy at #7 (3) So Percy Mayfield ... he's the kind of the INSINUATING BLUES. There's always some kind of guilt, or shame, or scam or incrimination or .... hmmm... seduction? ... as a undertone to his very smooth singing. I'm sure my mother wouldn't approve. (4) A comeback from someone who should have never ever gone away -- at all. (5) And she never does go away. The McRae here is none other than Carmen (6) More California sound, but in a mellow tone. (7) This Baron Mingus fellow is none other than Charles. And the California scene is so great. I need to do an introductory compilation from the stuff I have. (8) A wild and woolly instrumental (9) Gary Davis was reverend in more ways than one, because he certainly deserves our reverence. (10) This song original appeared on the "what-must-be-painful-beyond-reason" Allman and Woman. I cringe to write that title. (Sorry Dom, but this can't be your favorite Cher vintage.) Anywho this is version is sublime. (if you like whiney-ass romantic songs) Jackson Browne is the
author. (11) I think the Cash Brothers are pretty good -- they might end up somewhere. This cut is as post-punk as it is alt. country. (12) Will J sounds so much like Gregg Allman I keep having to check. Dreamy and unkempt. (13) Talk about sublime. I thank Rob for bitch slapping me, to coin a phrase, into waking up and smelling the coffee that is S. Merritt. (14) Hippie-chick singing about dreams. (15) More hippie-esque chicks singing about dreams, but with a nice structure and harmony. (16) Another Conroy revelation. Had this been a record, I would have worn out the grooves on this cut. So very Greenwich Village 1964. I can feel my beret and Silk Cuts when I hear this. (17) Why didn't any of you tell me that Raul Malo channelled Roy Orbison? (18) More alt. country dream rocking (19) Kind of inane lyrics really, but a decent composition (20) My pal Franklin did some partying with these guys in Madison, Wisconsin. String swing they say about themselves. (21) I'm a big fan of Angela's voice. Her solo record is pretty good. (22) I wish Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney, Rice, et cie would sing this to the planet. (I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war.) (23) This came up on the iTunes shuffle at work. After awhile, it grew on me. Turns out these folks were once Jonathan Fire-Eater. I saw them once and thought they were pretty good. This makes a good, non-mellow ending to this mix.

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