Routes and Branches Play List 12/24/11

Well it being Christmas Eve it is time again for our annual Ameriacana Christmas show.

But first, I had to pay tribute to Warren Helman who passed away this past week. For the past two years my wife and I have attended and thoroughly enjoyed The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival which Hellman completely financed each year. This past year we saw Hellman perform with his band The Wronglers. We had no idea that it would be the last time we would hear Hellman play the banjo. The festival will carry on but we will all miss Warren and all he did for the artists and the fans alike.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - If I Should Wander Back - Heirloom Music
Paul Simmon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day - So Beautiful Or So What
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967 - 1986
Mandy Barnett - All I Want For Christmas Is You - Winter Wonderland
Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Last Night (I Went Out With Santa Claus)- Everything You Want For Christmas
Sonny Landreth - Got To Get You Under My Tree - Christmas Gumbo
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Jill Sobule - Merry Christmas From The Family - You Sleigh Me
Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all - Walking Distance
Alison Krauss - Shimmy Down The Chimney - Shimmy Down The Chimney: A Country Christmas
Brian Cutean - Call Me A Cab - Guitarred & Feathered

4pm
New Grange - While Roving On A Winter's Night - A Christmas Heritage
Catherine Maclellan - Snowbird - Silhouette
Last Train Home - Home For Christmas - Holiday Limited
Martin Sexton - Holly Jolly Christmas - A Family Christmas
Indigo Girls - The Wonder Song - Holly Happy Days
Chris Smither - Time To Go Home - Small Revelations
A Skaggs Family Christmas - Christmas Time's A Coming - A Skaggs Family Christmas Vol. 2
Mikki Brisk - Cowgirl Christmas - single
Mike Aiken - Here Comes Santa Claus - Almost Christmas
The Gypsy Hombres - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Django Bells
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Giddyup Said Santa Claus - American Noel
The Christmas Jug Band - Santa's Going Crazy This Year - The Christmas Jug Band On The Christmas Highway
The Boxmasters - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Christmas Cheer
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money

Routes and Branches Play List 12/17/11

This has been a year of a lot of emotional ups and downs. A year for a lot of great new music by so many fine musicians that I'm having trouble narrowing down my favorites to fit into one show. But it has also been a year of loss. For me it was the first time that a close friend and former business partner passed away. In our local music community, one of my favorite bands, The Whopner County Country Allstars, lost their bass player JP Scofield. I did not know JP outside of seeing him perform with the band, but listening to his songs this week I found JP's songs often evolved from his personal life and the difficulties he had getting through each day. I will remember him more for his great performances with the Allstars in which he always seemed to give 110% to putting on a good show and having a good time doing it. We will miss you JP.

This week being the solstice I asked local guitarist Brian Cutean to stop by and play us a couple of tunes and tell us some stories. Brian's guitar work is some of the best instrumental playing around. Even though I consider him more as a folk musician/story teller, his wordless guitar work rivals that of any classical guitarist and is perfect for reflecting on the season and the past year. Check out the concert calendar for Brian's performances this week.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Barracuda Moon - Where I Come From
David Lindley & Wally Ingram - Minglewood Blues aka. New Minglewood Blues - Twango Bango Deluxe
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Winter Song / Girl From The North Country - Matadors
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Gallon Of Gals - Always A Pleasure
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Fallin' Bird - It's Too Loud!
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Daisy - 7 - 10 Split
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Kick For Christmas - Always A Pleasure
Lewi Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves - In Person & On Stage
The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Railroad Earth - Old Man and The Land - Elko

4pm
Brian Cutean - Moon In Your Guitar - Live In The KRVM Studio
Brian Cutean - Look Ma No Hands - Live In The KRVM Studio
Brian Cutean - Day Brought Love - Live In The KRVM Studio
Keb Mo - The Whole Enchilada - The Reflection
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - I'm Still Loving You - Kings And Queens
Michelle McAfee - Going Home - Up In The Air
David Jacobs-Strain - Rainbow Junkies - Live From The Left Coast
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Beg Steal Or Borrow - Live Fall 2010
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - Ain't No Whiskey - Ain't No Whiskey
Mandy Barnett - I'll Be Home For Christmas - Winter Wonderland

Routes and Branches Play List 12/10/11

No theme to this week's show. A couple of new discs this week were Pegi Young's "Bracing For Impact" and Lynn Drury's "Sugar On The Floor". My thanks to Shotgun Majors for turning me onto Lynn Drury. She will probably end up in my favorites of the year, the list of which I am currently putting together.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Tom Waits - Back In the Crowd - Bad As Me
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
The Little Willies - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time - For The Good Times
The Little Willies - Jolene - For The Good Times
Buddy Miller - Worry Too Much - Universal United House Of Prayer
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer - Forget The Diamonds - Seed Of A Pine
Jimmie Dale Gilmor - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Come On Back
Big Daddy Love - Southern Hospitality - Let It Grow
Pegi Young - Med Line - Bracing For Impact
Lynn Drury - Sugar On The Floor - Sugar On The Floor
Willie Nelson with Patty Griffin - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - Stars & Guitars
Paul Thorn - A Long Way From Tupelo - A Long Way From Tupelo

4pm.
Blitzen Trapper - Love The Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
Assembly Of Dust - Cabin John - Found Sound
Jon Pousette-Dart - Better Everyday - Anti Gravity
JJ Grey & Mofo - Brighter Days - Brighter Days
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Sometimes Late At Night
Mary Flower - Hard Day Blues - Misery Loves Company
John Doe - Walkin' Out The Door - Keeper
Caleb Klauder - Hard Times - DANGEROUS Mes & POISONOUS YOUs
Corb Lund - A Game In Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Brian Cutean - Mississippi John n Taj - Guitarred & Feathered

Routes and Branches Play List 12/03/11

This week's show was mostly influenced by the announcement of the Grammy nominations this week. There were 4 main categories, Best Americana Album, Best Folk Album, Best Bluegrass Album and Best Blues Album, which I found albums in my collection. What surprised me was that I had all five nominees in the Blues category while all I had in the Americana and Folk groups was 3 of the 5. The only album to catch my attention in the Rock Album category was Wilco's new one "The Whole Love" and I was surprised to see the Decemberists nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their song "Down By The Water". I never really thought they were rock, but everyone wants to be called rock because that sells better than Americana.


3pm
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Juanita - The Definitive Collection
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wheels - The Definitive Collection
John Lilly - Done, Done It - Cold Comfort
Lydia Loveless - Steve Earle - Indestructible Machine
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest
The Decemberists - Down By The Water - The King Is Dead
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love
The Kenneth Brian Band - Holdin' On - Welcome To Alabama
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Go It Alone - Here We Rest
Drive By Truckers - Carl Perkins Cadillac - Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - Let's Just Be Friends Tonight - Starlight Hotel
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree

4pm
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back - Rare Bird Alert
Alison Krauss & Union Station - My Love Follows You Where You go - Paper Airplane
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain - Hard Bargain
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams - Pill Poppin' Country Weirdo - Sinners & Saints
Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider - The Ultimate CDB
Marcia Ball - That's How It Goes - Roadside Attractions
Keb Mo - Just Lookin' - The Reflection
Warren Haynes - Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday - Man In Motion
Gregg Allman - I Can't Be Satisfied - Low Country Blues
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Love Has Something Else To Say - Revelator

Routes and Branches Play List 11/26/11

I have recently started submitting my favorite albums of each month to "The Freeform American Roots Chart". This chart is made up of contributions from DJs from all over the world who play Americana music and have control over what they play on their shows. In other words, "Real Music Played for Real People by Real DJs". I feel it is an honor to be a member who contributes to this chart and I now plan on playing my six picks for the month on the last Saturday of each month. This month's picks start at the beginning of my 4 o'clock hour with my number six choice "Devil Makes Three" and concludes with my top pick of the month "Great American Taxi's" album "Paradise Lost".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Robbie Robertson - This Is Where I Get Off - How To Become Clairvoyant
Hot Tuna - Mourning Interrupted - Steady As She Goes
Paul Simon - The Afterlife - So Beautiful Or So What
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Four Letter Word - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - I've Been Gone - Starlight Hotel
jim Lusk - Diesel Smoke And Lace - Rockin' Away The Blues
J. D. Bauman and The Boot Band - Bad Mother Trucker - J. D. Bauman and The Boot Band
The Deep Dark Woods - Back Alley Blues - The Place I Left Behind
Ollabelle - You're Gonna Miss Me - Neon Blue Bird
Pert Near Sandstone - John Henry - Out On A Spree
Will Quinlan & The Diviners - Cuyahoga River Blues - Tales Of Highways & Low Roads

4pm
Devil Makes Three - Never Learn - Stomp and Smash
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers - Gravity - Gift Horse
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - My Baby's A Wrecking Ball - Heart Of A Dog
Will Hoge - American Dream - Number Seven
Lydia Loveless - How Many Women - Indestructible Machine
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Paradise Lost
David Bromberg - Ride On Out A Ways - Use Me
John Hiatt - I Love That Girl - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
The Little Willies - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - For The Good Times
Shane Dwight - Love That's True - A Hundred White Lies
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots

Routes and Branches Play List 11/19/11

What a week for live music of our kind here in Eugene. There were so many bands here that I felt like I was at a music festival having to choose between bands performing at the same time on differrent stages. Of the four nights I made it out three of them I had to choose between two to three bands that I would all have liked to see. The bands that I did see were Dawes who opened for Blitzen Trapper, Lucinda Williams who's back up band Buick 6 warmed up the audience with an excellent set of instrumentals, a night of new grass from Hot Buttered Rum and Greensky Bluegrass, finishing up the week with a ride on the Great American Taxi.



Great American Taxi were nice enough to stop by the station and play a couple of tunes on my show before they headed off to Portland for another gig. The Taxi have recorded a new CD called "Paradise Lost" which was produced by Todd Snider and recorded earlier this year in Nashville. Snider helped the members of GAT to focuss on song writing for this album which is reflected in tracks like "Poor House" and " Blair Mountain" which they played in our studios this afternoon. The album may be more focussed on the song writing, but get them on stage and the Taxi does a great job of streatching out the jam in a tune. Sorta like a mix of The Byrds, New Riders of The Purple Sage and the Grateful Dead. I certainly can't wait for my next ride on the Great American Taxi.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Buick 6 - Black Dog - Buick 6
Lucinda Williams - Ugly Truth - Blessed
Lydia Loveless - Steve Earle - Indestructible Machine
Mary Flower - Way Down In The Bottom - Misery Loves Company
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Made Of Love - Kings And Queens
Greensky Bluegrass - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider - All Access Vol. 2
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers - 1993 - Gift Horse
Slaid Cleaves - Horses - Sorrow & Smoke
Brown Bird - Fingers to The Bone - Salt For Salt
Devil Makes Three - Statesboro Blues - Stomp and Smash

4pm
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Live In The KRVM Studio
Great American Taxi - Blair Mountain - Live In The KRVM Studio
Great American Taxi - A.M.Radio - Paradise Lost
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Save It For Later - Heart Of A Dog
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Kasey Anderson''s Dream - Heart Of A Dog
Drew Emmitt - Take The Long Way Home - Long Road
Dave Alvin - Dynamite Woman - Keep Your Soul
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - Let's Just Be Friends Tonight - Starlight Hotel
Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Steady As She Goes
The Infamous Stringdusters - Fork In The Road - We'll Do It Live
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here Anymore - Childish Things

Routes and Branches Play List 11/12/11

Today's show evolved around birthdays and of acts that are coming to Eugene in the next couple of weeks. There are so many good bands coming that on some nights we have to make hard choices as to who to go see. Tomorrow you have to choose between John McCutcheon who is in town for a benefit for Food For Lane County, Blitzen Trapper and a show with The Drew Emmitt Band and The Infamous Stringdusters. So I guess one just has to choose what flavor of Americana you want for the evening.

This week's birthday artists include Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, and Neil Young.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Are You Ready For The Country - A Treasure
Neil Young - Hank To Hendrix - Dreamin' Man Live '92
Lucinda Williams - I'm So Happy I Found You - Hank: The Lost Notebooks
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Dave Alvin - Harlan County Line - Eleven Eleven
Blitzen Trapper - Silver Moon - Black River Killer
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Lightning Bugs & Barflies/ Stand By Me - Matadors
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Tour Of Duty - Here We Rest
Lucinda Williams - Soldier's Song - Blessed
Neil Young - Love And War - Le Noise
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin' - Long Road

4pm
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
Low Tide Drifters - New Hard Time Blues - New Hard Time Blues
Chris Smither - Surprise Surprise - Time Stands Still
Great American Taxi - One Of These Days - Reckless Habits
Devil Makes Three - Old Number 7 - Stomp and Smash
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Southern Pacific - A Treasure
Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head - Eleven Eleven
John McCutcheon - Ghosts Of The Good Old Days - The Greatest Story Never Told