SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for November 11-12, 2010

Plenty of Beatles references on tonight’s show with the Apple vaults finally being opened, the Two Man Gentlemen Band are in town tonight, and a great version of Los Lobos “Good Morning Aztlan.”

Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:

Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo – Good Morning Aztlan – RAZA DE ORO (Los Cenzontles) – 2010

Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Traveling Man – LOUISIANA SWAMP STOMP (Honeybee) – 2010

Robin Rogers – What We Are Worth – BACK IN THE FIRE (Blind Pig) – 2010

Betty LaVette – It Don’t Come Easy – INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK (Anti) – 2010

Billy Preston – My Sweet Lord – COME AND GET IT: THE BEST OF APPLE RECORDS (Apple) – 1970/2010

Fistful of Mercy – As I Call You Down – AS I CALL YOU DOWN (Hot) – 2010

Po Boyz – Country Side of Life – COUNTRY FUNK (Positive) – 2010

McMule – 1940 Ford – WHISKEYTALK (www.mcmule.com) – 2010

Jesse McReynolds & Friends – Deal – SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD (Woodstock) – 2010

7 Walkers – Sue from Bogalusa – 7 WALKERS (Response) – 2010

Levon Helm – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – THE IMUS RANCH RECORD II (New West) – 2010

Bob Dylan – I’ll Be You Baby Tonight – THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS (Columbia/Legacy) – 1967/2010

Justin Townes Earle – Ain’t Waitin’ – HARLEM RIVER BLUES (Bloodshot) – 2010

Jamey Johnson – That’s Why I Write Songs – THE GUITAR SONG (Mercury) – 2010 – 2010

Tia McGraff – Tumbleweed – DIVERSITY (Bandana) – 2010

Jay Semko – Harder on Me – JAY SEMKO (Busted Flat) – 2010

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Love and a Steady Hand – STEEL CITY TRAWLER (Six Shooter) – 2010

Old 97’s – The Grand Theatre – THE GRAND THEATRE (New West) – 2010

Richard Barone – Odd Girl Out – GLOW (Bar/None) – 2010

John Francis with Rachael Yamagata – People on the Edge of the World – THE BETTER ANGELS (Horse & Rider) – 2010

Curtis & The Dilettantes – Something New – TALES OF A TRAVELER (www.curtisandthedilettantes.com) – 2010

Luke Powers – More Complex – HWY 100 (Phoebe Claire) – 2010

Walt Cronin – Road I’m Taking – CALIFORNIA I GOTTA RUN (self) – 2010

The Two Man Gentlemen Band – I Like to Party With Girls – DOS AMIGOS UNA FIESTA (Serious Business) – 2010

Belle & Sebastian – I Can See Your Future = DOS AMIGOS UNA FIESTA (Serious Business) – 2010

Weezer – Unspoken – HURLEY (Epitaph) – 2010

The Iveys – Maybe Tomorrow – COME AND GET IT: THE BEST OF APPLE RECORDS (Apple) – 1969/2010

SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for October 28-29, 2010

Business as usual on Semi-Twang.

Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:

Betty LaVette – Maybe I’m Amazed – INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK (Anti) – 2010

Mike Farris & The Cumberland Saints – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down – THE NIGHT CUMBERLAND CAME ALIVE (self) – 2010

The Secret Sisters – Big River – BIG RIVER (Third Man) – 2010

The Black Keys – Everlasting Light – BROTHERS (Nonesuch) – 2010

7 Walkers – Hey Bo Diddley – 7 WALKERS (Response) – 2010

Paul Mark – Bug Jar – MIRAGE CARTOGRAPHY (Radiation) – 2010

John Francis – Johnny Cash on the Radio – THE BETTER ANGELS (Horse & Rider) – 2010

Hayes Carll – King of the Road – THE IMUS RANCH RECORD II (New West) – 2010

Jerry Lee Lewis with Tim McGraw – Middle Age Crazy – MEAN OLD MAN (Verve) – 2010

Shortstack – Reckless & Alive – PLEASE LEAVE MY MIND (Trade Root) – 2010

Sarah Jarosz – Grandma’s Hands – THE NEW 45 (Sugar Hill) – 2010

Tim O’Brien – No Way to Stop the Flow – CHICKEN & EGG (Howdy Skies) – 2010

Wise-Magraw – Delphonic – HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (Red House) – 2010

Max Eider – East End Boy – DISAFFECTION (Tundraducks) – 2010

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Hey Now – STEEL CITY TRAWLER (Six Shooter) – 2010

Fred Gillen, Jr. – Flicker – MATCH AGAINST A NEW MOON (dys) – 2010

Scott Dameron & Jay Ladd – Something Real – WALKER 904A (self) – 2010

Arthur Lee Land – Happy Cow – HAPPY COW (Perfect Groove) – 2010

The Ghillies – As Good As It Gets – MEET THE GHILLIES! (Studio 111) – 2010

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe – Space Age Blues – SPACE AGE BLUES (Provogue) – 2010

Hill Country Revue – Where You Belong – ZEBRA RANCH (Razor & Tie) – 2010

Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds – VIVA ELVIS – THE ALBUM (RCA/Legacy) – 2010

Old 97’s – Champaign, Illinois – THE GRAND THEATER (New West) – 2010

Glenna Bell – Franki & Johnny – PERFECTLY LEGAL: SONGS OF SEX, LOVE & MURDER (Honey Island) – 2010

The Weepies – Hope Tomorrow – BE MY THRILL (Nettwerk) – 2010

Dwight Twilley – Stop – GREEN BLIMP (Big Oak) – 2010

SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for October 21-22, 2010

Who would have ever thought that Jim Steinman’s song were epic country weepers. The show started out with validation of the theory and went from there.

Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:

Jamey Johnson – Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad – THE IMUS RANCH RECORD II (New West) – 2010

Walt Cronin – California I Gotta Run – CALIFORNIA I GOTTA RUN (self) – 2010

Luke Powers – Balloon Boy – HWY 100 (Phoebe Claire) – 2010

Lucy & Wayne & Amairican Stream – Sea – HYMN FOR HER PRESENTS (Hymn for Her) – 2010

Mike Farris & The Cumberland Saints – Down on Me – THE NIGHT CUMBERLAND CAME ALIVE (self) – 2010

Mavis Staples – Last Train – YOU ARE NOT ALONE (Anti) – 2010

Old 97’s – Every Night is Friday Night (Without You) – THE GRAND THEATER (New West) – 2010

Weezer – Smart Girls – HURLEY (Epitaph) – 2010

Dwight Twilley – Doctor – GREEN BLIMP (Big Oak) – 2010

The Weepies – Be My Thrill – BE MY THRILL (Nettwerk) – 2010

Betty LaVette – Isn’t It a Pity – INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK (Anti) – 2010

Fistful of Mercy –Things Go Round – AS I CALL YOU DOWN (Hot) – 2010

Jimi Hendrix – Day Tripper – WEST COAST SEATTLE BOY (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) – 2010

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper – Missoula Tonight – MASTER SESSIONS (Red Beet) – 2010

Ben Bullington – Last Night’s Been Gotten Through – SATISFACTION GARAGE (self) – 2010

Ron Hynes – When I’m Over You – STEALING GENIUS (Borealis) – 2010

Jay Semko with Kelly Brock – Nobody’s Watching – JAY SEMKO (Busted Flat) – 2010

Pokey LaFarge & The Southern City Three – Old Black Dog – RIVERBOAT SOUL (Trade Root) – 2010

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Everything I’ve Got – SAINTS & SINNERS (Remington Road) – 2010

Si Kahn – Playing the Old Songs – COURAGE (Strictly Country) – 2010

The John Henrys – Empty Pockets – WHITE LINEN (9LB) – 2010

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Monkeys – STEEL CITY TRAWLER (Six Shooter) – 2010

The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang – AMERICAN SLANG (Side One Dummy) – 2010

Mojo Monkeys – She’ll Be Alright – BLESSINGS & CURSES (Medikull) – 2010

Whitey Morgan & The 78’s – Honky Tonk Queen – WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78’s (Bloodshot) – 2010

The Sadies – Cut Corners – DARKER CIRCLES (Yep Roc) – 2010

McMule – Rattle & Moan – WHISKEYTALK (www.mcmule.com) – 2010

SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for October 14-15, 2010

New music including some sons of Beatles with Sean (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) and Dhani (Fistful of Mercy).

Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:

Jory + Rory – Album Number Two – ALBUM NUMBER TWO (Sugar Hill) – 2010

Jamey Johnson with Bill Anderson – The Guitar Song – THE GUITAR SONG (Mercury) – 2010

Whitey Morgan & The 78’s – Turn Up the Bottle – WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78’s (Bloodshot) – 2010

Butcher Holler – A TRIBUTE TO LORETTA LYNN (Signature Sounds) – 2010

Cory Morrow – Second Chance – BRAND NEW ME (Apex) – 2010

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper – Wait a Minute – MASTER SESSIONS (Red Beet) – 2010

Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band – Turn the Other Cheek – LEGACY (Compass) – 2010

Bob Dylan – Song to Woody – THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS (Columbia/Legacy) – 2010

Utah Green – The Rain Song – FORTUNE (The Royal Potato Family) – 2010

Dylan LeBlanc – If the Creek Don’t Rise – PAUPERS FIELD (Rough Trade) – 2010

Ben Bullington – Satisfaction Garage – SATISFACTION GARAGE (self) – 2010

Abby Owens – Indiantown – INDIANTOWN (self) – 2010

Jones Street Station – Flyover State – IN VERSES (Smith Street) – 2010

McMule – Ramblin’ Life – WHISKEYTALK (www.mcmule.com) – 2010

The Gaslight Anthem – The Queen of Lower Chelsea – AMERICAN SLANG (Side One Dummy) – 2010

Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love – WRITE ABOUT LOVE (Matador) – 2010

Max Eider – Evolution – DISAFFECTION (Tundraducks) – 2010

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger – Rainbows in Gasoline – ACOUSTIC SESSIONS (Chimera) – 2010

Fistful of Mercy – Things Go Round – AS I CALL YOU DOWN (Hot) – 2010

Solomon Burke – Oh What a Feeling – NOTHING’S IMPOSSIBLE (E1) – 2010

El Guincho – Ghetto Facil – POP NEGRO (Yung Turks) – 2010

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Sundown – STEEL CITY TRAWLER (Six Shooter) – 2010

The Dirty Guv’nahs – Baby We Were Young – YOUTH IS IN OUR BLOOD (self) – 2010

Ryan Montbleau Band – I Can’t Wait – HEAVY ON THE VINE (Blue’s Mountain) – 2010

John Hiatt – Carry You Back Home – THE OPEN ROAD (New West) – 2010

Mark Olson – Wind and Rain – MANY COLORED KITE (Rykodisc) – 2010

Chris Kokesh – I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You – OCTOBER VALENTINE (www.chriskokesh.com) – 2010