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Freight Train Boogie podcast #84

Filed Under : Uncategorized by Bill Frater

Sep.1,2010

FTB podcast #84 features the new CD by MARTY STUART, called Ghost Train. To my ears, this could be one of the best albums of 2010. Be sure to check out Marty’s video below too, it’s great! Also new music from MIC HARRISON, HOT CLUB SANDWICH (with DAN HICKS) and THE STARLINGS. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #84

MARTY STUART – Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
THE STARLINGS – Bright Light Bright Light
OPIE HENDRIX – Girl From Portland Camino Alto
HOT CLUB SANDWICH – I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me And If Only
(mic break)
BRUCE ROBISON – Heartache To Houston (download)
WILL WHITE – I’ll Never Do Time Again Rise Above
SHELBY LYNNE – Something to Be Said About Airstreams Tears, Lies, and Alibis
MARTY STUART – I Run To You Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
(mic break)
KORT McCUMBER – Pay The Fiddler Ain’t the Same As Before
RUTH PURVES SMITH & the 581 – Out in The Storm Part 1 Out in The Storm
ROB BAIRD – Running Away Blue Eyed Angels
MIC HARRISON & THE HIGH SCORE - Glass Bones Great Commotion
(mic break)
MARTY STUART – Little Heartbreaker (The Likes of You) Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)

Marty talks about Ghost Train on this video from Sugar Hill Records

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Tags : BRUCE ROBISON, HOT CLUB SANDWICH, KORT McCUMBER, MARTY, MARTY STUART, MIC HARRISON, MIC HARRISON & THE HIGH SCORE, OPIE HENDRIX, ROB BAIRD, RUTH PURVES SMITH & the 581, SHELBY LYNNE, WILL WHITE

Freight Train Boogie podcast #83

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Aug.26,2010

FTB podcast #83 features the new CD by CALEB KLAUDER, called Western Country. He’s a Portland singer with a great retro country sound. Also new music from JON LANGFORD, NORA JANE STRUTHERS and JUSTIN RUTLEDGE. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #83

CALEB KLAUDER - My Time is Gonna Come Western Country
LESLIE STEVENS AND THE BADGERS – Silly Roomful of Smoke
DANGERMUFFIN - Mystery Repeating Moonscapes
MARK OLSON - Little Bird of Freedom Many Colored Kite
(mic break)
NORA JANE STRUTHERS – Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers
JIMMY LaFAVE - Desperate Men Do Desperate Things Favorites 1992-2001
LUCKY BUCK & THE WINNERS – Government Money The Uncomplicated Mind of Lucky Buck
CALEB KLAUDER – Pieces on the Floor Western Country
(mic break)
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE – Mrs. Montgomery The Early Widows
ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS - You Only Believe Me When I’m Lying Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers
DAVID ROBERT KING – Strange Freedom Take Me Home
JON LANGFORD & SKULL ORCHARD - Getting Used to Uselessness Old Devils
(mic break)
CALEB KLAUDER – In The Beginning Western Country

Special FTB YouTube video of The Caleb Klauder Country Band performing “Worn Out Shoes” live on The Roadhouse on KEXP radio in Seattle. Recorded 7/7/10.

The Caleb Klauder Country Band performing \”Worn Out Shoes\”

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Tags : CALEB KLAUDER, DANGERMUFFIN, DAVID ROBERT KING, JIMMY LaFAVE, JON LANGFORD, JUSTIN RUTLEDGE, LESLIE STEVENS AND THE BADGERS, LUCKY BUCK & THE WINNERS, MARK OLSON, NORA JANE STRUTHERS, ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS

Freight Train Boogie podcast #82

Filed Under : Americana Music,Music,Uncategorized,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Aug.19,2010

FTB podcast #82 features the new CD by EILEN JEWELL, it’s called Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn. Also new music from CHARLIE LOUVIN, SHANNON WHITWORTH and a BAND OF HEATHENS download tune. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #82

EILEN JEWELL – Fist City Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
CLAY McCLINTON – Bird For A Day Livin’ Out Loud
ROBERT POE – Around For You Robert Poe
SHANNON WHITWORTH – Wrong Kind Of Man Water Bound
(mic break)
BAND OF HEATHENS – Free Again (free download)
BEN GILMER & THE SIDEARMS – Dark Clouds Heart That Burns
THE CORNELL HURD BAND – Invitation to the Blues A Bad Year for Love
EILEN JEWELL – Deep as Your Pocket Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
(mic break)
CHARLIE LOUVIN – Hickory Wind Hickory Wind: Live at Gram Parsons’ Guitar Pull
THE COAL PORTERS – Let’s Say Goodbye (Like We Said Hello) Durango
LES SAMPOU -My, My, My Lonesomeville
ERIC BEVERLY AND THE SUNDAY BEST – All Her Little Secrets The Sunday Best
(mic break)
EILEN JEWELL – Another Man Loved Me Last Night Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn

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Tags : BAND OF HEATHENS, BEN GILMER & THE SIDEARMS, CHARLIE LOUVIN, CLAY McCLINTON, EILEN JEWELL, ERIC BEVERLY AND THE SUNDAY BEST, LES SAMPOU, ROBERT POE, SHANNON WHITWORTH, THE COAL PORTERS, THE CORNELL HURD BAND

Freight Train Boogie podcast #81

Filed Under : Music,Uncategorized,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Aug.12,2010

FTB podcast #81 is a grab-bag of mostly new Americana releases, with a few from acts who I saw last weekend at the Pickathon Festival near Portland. We got new music from THESE UNITED STATES, MANDA MOSHER and CALAFIA. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #81

THE BLACK LILLIES – Whiskey Angel Whiskey Angel
JIMMY BALDWIN – Dust Devil Vivador
SUSAN COWSILL – Dragon Flys Lighthouse
THESE UNITED STATES – The Great Rivers What Lasts
(mic break)
JIMMY PIZZITOLA – Old Mule Poet On The Run
MANDA MOSHER – The Only One City of Clowns
CALAFIA – Dead Guys & Steel Guitars Sacred Profanities
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL – Truck Driver’s Blues It’s A Good Day
(mic break)
AMELIA CURRAN -Hands On A Grain Of Sand Hunter, Hunter
ELLIOTT BROOD- The Valley Town Mountain Meadows
JAMES KEYES – Hardliner Ruminations
THE PROBLEMS – Walk Under Ladders Powder Blue Bone
(mic break)
LANGHORNE SLIM - And If It’s True Pickathon X

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Tags : AMELIA CURRAN, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, CALAFIA, JAMES KEYES, JIMMY BALDWIN, JIMMY PIZZITOLA, LANGHORNE SLIM, MANDA MOSHER, SUSAN COWSILL, THE BLACK LILLIES, THE PROBLEMS, THESE UNITED STATES

Freight Train Boogie podcast #80

Filed Under : Americana Music,Music,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jul.30,2010

TIM O’BRIEN‘s new CD, Chicken & Egg is featured on show #80. Also new music from ROMAN CANDLE, STONEHONEY and CHATHAM COUNTY LINE. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #80

TIM O’BRIEN – Gonna Try To Make Her Stay Chicken & Egg
RITA HOSKING -Holier Than Thou Come Sunrise
ROB LUTES – The Only Soul Truth & Fiction
KIM BEGGS – Can’t Drive Slow Yodel Blue Bones
(mic break)
MOLLIE O’BRIEN & RICH MOORE – The Ghost Of You Walks Saints & Sinners
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE – Crop Comes In Wildwood
TOKYO ROSENTHAL – And Than You Sang Ghosts
TIM O’BRIEN – Workin’ Chicken & Egg
(mic break)
WILL SEXTON – Move The Balance Move The Balance
ROMAN CANDLE – Why Modern Radio Is A-OK Oh Tall Tree in the Ear
VANESSA PETERS & ICE CREAM ON MONDAYS – Austin, I Made a Mess Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up
STONEHONEY – Lucky One The Cedar Creek Sessions
(mic break)
TIM O’BRIEN – Not Afraid O’ Dyin’ Chicken & Egg

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Tags : CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, KIM BEGGS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN & RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING, ROB LUTES, ROMAN CANDLE, STONEHONEY, TIM O'BRIEN, TOKYO ROSENTHAL, WILL SEXTON

Freight Train Boogie podcast #79

Filed Under : Americana Music,Featured Artist,Music,PAUL THORN,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jul.23,2010

PAUL THORN‘s new CD, Pimps And Preachers is featured on show #79. Also new music from RED EYE JUNCTION, NEIL NATHAN and THE SWEETBACK SISTERS. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #79

PAUL THORN – You’re Not the Only One Pimps and Preachers
NEIL NATHAN – California Run The Distance Calls
CINDY BULLENS – Whistles & Bells Howling Trains and Barking Dogs
GREAT AMERICAN TAXI - Reckless Habits Reckless Habits
(mic break)
SARAH JAROTZ with BLACK PRAIRIE – Queen of the Silver Dollar Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute To The Songs Of Shel Silverstein
PAUL BURCH – New Cluck Old Hen “Record Club”
CARAVAN OF THIEVES – Dr. Flynn Bouquet
PAUL THORN – Love Scar Pimps and Preachers
(mic break)
RED EYE JUNCTION – First Light of Dawn Better Days
THE SWEETBACK SISTERS – You’re Gone (Again) Chicken Ain’t Chicken
MARS ARIZONA – Alabama Bound High Desert
I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. – Sexy Vacation Shoulda Been Gold: 2001-2009
(mic break)
PAUL THORN – I Hope I’m Doing This Right Pimps and Preachers

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Tags : CARAVAN OF THIEVES, CINDY BULLENS, GREAT AMERICAN TAXI, I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., MARS ARIZONA, NEIL NATHAN, PAUL BURCH, PAUL THORN, RED EYE JUNCTION, SARAH JAROTZ with BLACK PRAIRIE, THE SWEETBACK SISTERS

Freight Train Boogie podcast #78

Filed Under : Americana Music,KEVIN WELCH,Music,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jul.16,2010

KEVIN WELCH‘s new CD, A Patch of Blue Sky is featured on show #78. Also new music from THE B STARS, LANCE WHALEN and US 32. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #78

KEVIN WELCH – Come A Rain A Patch of Blue Sky
US 32 – Down in the Field Tumblin’ Home
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY – What Am I Doing Hanging Around Buckaroo Blue Grass
THE VICTOR MOURNING – Zachariah A Handful of Locusts
(mic break)
MARGO VALIANTE – Mama Don’t Know I Can’t Pray
THE BOTTLE ROCKETS – Give Me Room Lean Forward
THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS – You Play Me Like A Radio The Twangtown Paramours
KEVIN WELCH – Marysville A Patch of Blue Sky
(mic break)
LANCE WHALEN – Shake Baby Shake Civil Twilight
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ – Big Love Love And Circumstances
JASON & THE SCORCHERS – When Did It Get So Easy (To Lie to Me) Halcyon Times
THE B STARS – Ink Free Baby of Mine Behind the Barn with The B Stars
(mic break)
KEVIN WELCH – A Patch Of Blue Sky A Patch of Blue Sky

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Tags : CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, JASON & THE SCORCHERS, KEVIN WELCH, LANCE WHALEN, MARGO VALIANTE, MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY, THE B STARS, THE BOTTLE ROCKETS, THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS, THE VICTOR MOURNING, US 32

Freight Train Boogie podcast #77

Filed Under : Music,TERRI HENDRIX,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jul.8,2010

TERRI HENDRIX says Cry Till You Laugh and that’s also the title of her new CD, featured on show #77. Also new music from JOHN COWAN, CALEB KLAUDER and THE JOHN HENRYS. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

Show #77

TERRI HENDRIX – Roll On Cry Till You Laugh
JOE WHYTE - Please Believe Me When The Day Breaks (EP)
THE GOLDEN CADILLACS - Heavy Road The Golden Cadillacs
THE JOHN HENRYS – Little One White Linen
(mic break)
PETER RUDY – Mud Shack Mud Shack
PETE BERNHARD – Straight Line Straight Line
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON - Accidentally Homemade Haircut
TERRI HENDRIX – You Belong in New Orleans Cry Till You Laugh
(mic break)
JOHN COWAN – My Time In The Desert The Massenberg Sessions
CALEB KLAUDER – Can I Go Home with You Dangerous MEs & Poisonous YOUs
BETH WOOD – Clean Up (Before I Change My Mind) Beachcomber’s Daughter
OPIE HENDRIX - Hayes For Horses Camino Alto
(mic break)
TERRI HENDRIX – Come Tomorrow Cry Till You Laugh

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Tags : BETH WOOD, CALEB KLAUDER, JOE WHYTE, JOHN COWAN, OPIE HENDRIX, PETE BERNHARD, PETER RUDY, TERRI HENDRIX, THE GOLDEN CADILLACS, THE JOHN HENRYS, TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON

Freight Train Boogie podcast #76

Filed Under : Americana Music,Music,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jun.25,2010

DAVE GLEASON’s 4th CD entitled Turn And Fade is featured on show #76. Also new music from other Americana artists like CADILLAC SKY, DANGERMUFFIN and WATERMELON SLIM… The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.

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Show #76

DAVE GLEASON - Turn And Fade Turn and Fade
JILL JACK – Fast Movin’ Train Songwriter Sessions
THE MYSTIQUEROS – Anyway You Want Me To Agave
CADILLAC SKY – Hangman Letters in the Deep
(mic break)
JEFF & VIDA – Alabama Sky Selma Chalk
MERLE HAGGARD - I’ve Seen It Go Away I Am What I Am
WATERMELON SLIM – Soft Lights and Hard Country Music Ringers
DAVE GLEASON - Radio 1965 Turn and Fade
(mic break)
SID SELVIDGE - I’ll Be Here In The Morning I Should Be Blue
HAYSHAKER – Merle Haggard Tin Roof Snare
K.C. CLIFFORD – Redman Orchid
DANGERMUFFIN – Seafoam Tumbles Moonscapes
(mic break)
DAVE GLEASON – The Neon and the Wine Turn and Fade

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Tags : CADILLAC SKY, DANGERMUFFIN, DAVE GLEASON, HAYSHAKER, JEFF & VIDA, JILL JACK, K.C. CLIFFORD, MERLE HAGGARD, SID SELVIDGE, THE MYSTIQUEROS, WATERMELON SLIM

Freight Train Boogie podcast #75

Filed Under : Americana Music,Music,podcast,roots music by Bill Frater

Jun.18,2010

SHINYRIBS is the moniker of Kevin Russell from The Gourds, find out why on podcast #75, and buy Well After Awhile from Amazon. Also new music from ROBERT POE, SHELBY LYNNE and ROSE’S PAWN SHOP. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order their CD’s or downloads and tell ‘em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts.