Boogie Shoes

Let's start the week with a boogieing six pack why don't we. Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight. And please don't blame it on the good times, either. Just snap them fingers.

Delmore Brothers - Freight Train Boogie

Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West - Stratosphere Boogie

Al Simmons - Old Folks' Boogie
Howlin' Wolf - House Rockin' Boogie
John Lee Hooker - Snap Them Fingers Boogie
Skip James - My Last Boogie

A Small Coin

Was pleasantly struck by the following passage in Peter Matthiessen´s phenomenal travel-meets-Zen book The Snow Leopard today. "It is related that Sakyamuni once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had wasted twenty years of his human existence in learning how to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin..."

Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry MP3

Delmore Brothers - Brown´s Ferry Blues MP3

Bum - Your Disciple MP3

Cuban Heels - Walk On Water MP3

Long Live Longnecks

I have to admit this tenpack formula is a rather lazy affair, but heck, it´s summer, right? Let´s milk it some more then. Today we´re going completely country, with a varied and soulful selection of originators, outlaws and outsiders of the genre. So take that rocking chair outside, pour yourself a tall cool one (may I suggest the Lone Star brand?) and "sing a little bit of these workin´ man blues..."

Merle Haggard - Workin´ Man Blues MP3

Louvin Brothers - Let Her Go, God Bless Her MP3

Steve Young - One Car Funeral Procession MP3

Tom T. Hall - I Hope It Rains At My Funeral MP3

Delmore Brothers - I´m Lonesome Without You MP3

Tony Joe White - High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parish MP3

Red Sovine - Phantom 309 MP3

Larry Jon Wilson - Let Me Sing My Song For You MP3

Jim Ford - Harlan Country MP3

Johnny Dowd - Ballad Of Frank And Jesse James MP3