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March 26, 2003: Strange Fruit
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas | The Absorber | Jesse Taylor, who played in Joe Ely's band in 70s along with Lloyd Maines, wrote this tune and plays lead guitar |
| Hot Club of Cowtown | Tchavolo Swing | Hot instrumental from this fine Austin band, produced by Lloyd Maines |
| Hot Club of Cowtown | It's My Lazy Day | Cover of the Smiley Burnette's western classic |
| Uncle Tupelo | We've Been Had | Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy together on guitars and vocals before they split up to form Son Volt and WIlco |
| Ned Sublette | Oil and Water | From 1997 "Monsters of the Deep" with Lawrence Weiner-- and Lloyd Maines on pedal steel guitar. Ned Sublette is from Lubbock too. |
| Texana Dames | You Don't Know (How Much I Love You) | This trio consists of Charlene Hancock (wife of West Texas wildman Tommy) and daughters Charlene and Traci, with Tomas Ramirez on saxophone and Lloyd Maines on pedal steel |
| Flatlanders | South Wind of Summer | These Lubbock boys still can play! |
| Maines Brothers | Amarillo Highway | Lloyd Maines-- producer, musician, dad of Dixie Chick Natalie-- covers Terry Allen's West Texas anthem. The Maines Brothers have 8 albums; this song is from their first, "High Rollin'" (1984) |
| Joe Ely | Ranches and Rivers | from his 1995 "Letter to Laredo" album |
| Loose Diamonds | Ruby | Doesn't this tune have that George Jones feel? From "Across the Great Divide" album where Austin musicians cover songs by Jo Carol Pierce |
| George Jones | I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep | A Hank Williams tune |
| Doyle Bramhall | I'd Rather Be (Blind, Crippled & Crazy) | Solid cover of OV Wright song, from Bramhall's new Texas blues album "Fitchburg Street" |
| Sir Charles Thompson | Mister Boogie | Jazz pianist played with Lester Young and Bird in the 40s. This boogie woogie solo organ number was recorded in Paris in 1961 |
| King Coleman | Bulldog | from "It's Dance Time" (Norton, 2002) |
| Sidney Bechet | Texas Moan Blues | New Orleans jazz clarinet at its best |
| Sidney Bechet | Strange Fruit | Willie the Lion Smith on piano |
| Conversation with Joel Katz, producer of a new film on the anti-lyncing song "Strange Fruit" which will be show on PBS stations on 4/8, the day after Billie Holiday's birthday. | ||
| Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | Recorded live in California in 1951 |
| Joel Katz describes the 1939 meeting between Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit" composer Abel Meeropol | ||
| Don Byron | Monroe, GA Lynching | From original soundtrack to "Strange Fruit" documentary, composed and performed by Don Byron |
| Joel Katz on the the role of music in the anti-lynching movement of the 1930s and 40s | ||
| Marcus Miller | Strange Fruit | Contemporary jazz instrumental version from 1995 |
| Joel Katz talks about blacks and Jews working together to fight racism | ||
| Josh White | Strange Fruit | 1950s version done by bluesman Josh White, an outspoken anti-racist. White was later called before House Un-American Activities Committee where he read the lyrics of "Strange Fruit" into the Congressional Record |
| Joel Katz tells how his film relates "Strange Fruit" to modern times | ||
| UB40 | Strange Fruit | Multiracial British ska band sang "Strange Fruit" at Rock Against Racism concerts in 1980s |
| Max Roach with JC White Singers | Let The People Go | from "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1971) |
| Charles "Soul" Brown | Standing on the Outside | from "60s Soul Senders" compilation of R&B produced by New Orleans Wardell Quezergue |
| Alvin Robinson | Something You Got | Superb 1964 New Orleans R&B tune, from "Lieber & Stoller Present the Daisy/Tiger Records Story" |
| Buckwheat Zydeco w/ Sonny Landreth & Little Buck Sinegal | from "Boozoo Hoodoo" tribute album to zydeco star Boozoo Chavis | |
| Hillbilly Voodoo Dolls | Jivin' Me | Hot midwestern rockabilly R&B band |
| The Angels | Buck Shot | from "Raging Teens (Volume 4): Wild New England Rock & Roll)" on Norton Records |
| Friends of Dean Martinez | On the Shore | Soundtrack music from unknown movie |
| Victoria Williams w/ Don Heffington & Mark Olson | Early | from "Going Driftless" tribute to Greg Brown |
| Reverend Gary Davis | 12 Gates to the City | Blues guitar master. Listen to him pick. |
| Charlie Hunter Trio | Fables of Faubus | Short snippet of Mingus clever classic |
| Charlie Hunter Trio | Funky Niblets | Great guitar from 1994 |
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