Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Gutbucket Brothers 13: Música pa’l Pacheco, Pachuco y los Homies – 2 CDs











Disk 1
1. Augie Meyers con Flaco Jiménez – Open up your heart
2. Sir Douglas Quintet – Yesterday Got in the Way
3. The Flying Burrito Brothers – Hot Burrito #1
4. El Chicano – Viva tirado
5. ? & The Mysterians – Can't Get Enough of You Baby
6. Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns – Houston El Mover
7. Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man
8. Walter Wanderly – Batucada
9. Enrique Gúzman – Adíos mundo cruel
10. The Champs – Tequila
11. Chuck Higgins and His Mellotones – Pachuko Hop
12. Lalo Guerrero – Marihuana Boogie
13. Los Tepetatles – Teotihuacán a Go Go
14. Roberto Carlos – Es prohíbido fumar
15. Three Souls In My Mind – Oye Cantinero
16. Pata Negra – Lindo Gatito
17. Ruben & The Jets – No No No
18. Los Amaya – Bacalao Salao
19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Pachuco Cadaver
20. Los Rockeros – Pinocho
21. Los Tamara – Soy un juerguista de media noche
22. Los Silvertones – El baile de la araña
23. The Beggers – Esses homens farrapos
24. Irakere – Bacalao con pan
25. Botellita de Jerez – Todos tienen tortita menos yo
26. La Crema – Cisco Kid
27. Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio – Pachuco
Disk 2
1. Café Tacvba – The Outsider
2. Los Ángeles Negros – Soy lo prohíbido
3. Susana Baca con Gilberto Gil – Estrela
4. Ibrahim Ferrer – Qué bueno baila usted
5. Peret (con Sergent Garcia) – El muerto vivo
6. Lalo Guerrero con Ry Cooder – Los chucos suaves
7. Los Lobos – Porro por Pedrito
8. Tin-Tan y Marcelo – Los agachados
9. Los Xochimilcas – El abrazo del oso
10. Manuel Múñoz – Ánimas que no amanezcan
11. Lila Downs – Canción mixteca
12. Los Alegres de Terán – Mi borrachera
13. Quinteto de los Desvelados – Jesusita en Chihuahua
14. Alma de Apatzingan – El agüitado
15. Lydia Mendoza – Se murió la cucaracha
16. Chava Flores – Los pulques de Apan
17. Calexico – El picador
18. Juan Gabriel con El Mariachi Vargas de Tecatitlán – Ases y tercias de reyes
19. Mariachi Vargas De Tecatitlán – Camino de Guanajuato
20. José Alfredo Jiménez – Llegó borracho el borracho
21. Antonio Aguilar – Copitas de mezcal
22. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – Chitlins con carne
23. Ellis Hall – Cielito lindo
24. Chavela Vargas – La llorona

Hermano Paulson dice: This alt-dj project began with a beautiful Augie Meyers track, then expanded to all sorts of Tex-Mex musical flavors. Soon, we were pulling out obscurities –- mostly Spanish-language tracks – from both sides of the Atlantic. I had the good fortune to have some guidance from Bubba El Rey in Espana. Common themes emerged and with it, the title. Soon, we found one single CD was not enough to contain our concept – conceived as a musical soundtrack for a great party. And like a party, we didn’t quite know when to stop!

Hermano doowad dice: I was going to say the same thing about how when ld answered my Augie with Sir Douglas, I know I had found another mixing brother. In fact, as we were finally wrapped this thing up, I lost track of who picked what and it doesn’t matter. Hope it makes your noche vieja a little more sabrosita. Disk 1 has more cheezy organ than you can shake a stick at, while Disk 2 has more traditional mariachi, end of party drunken sing-a-longs.

The cover art was inspired by my favorite restaurant in Guadalajara for tequila pachanga botanitas, Las Siete Esquinas

Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me – 3 CDs

A sequel of sorts to , this time reuniting Blood Brother Tex and Brother Doowad focusing on the everlasting influence of the Carter Family and their timeless masterpieces.

Disk 1
1. Linda Williams – I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets
2. Emmylou Harris – Gold Watch and Chain
3. The Reeltime Travelers – Bear Creek Blues
4. The Flatlanders – Hello Stranger
5. Ron Franklin – Lula Wall
6. Mac Wiseman with the Osborne Brothers – Keep On The Sunny Side
7. Kieran Kane – June Carter (Sure Can Sing)
8. June Carter Cash – Sinking in the Lonesome Sea
9. Kate Brislin and Jody Strecher – Don't Forget This Song
10. Curly Seckler & The Nashville Grass – Mother Maybelle Carter
11. Mother Maybelle Carter – An Autoharp Discussion
12. Mother Maybelle Carter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Wildwood Flower
13. Polecat Creek – March Winds Goin' To Blow My Blues
14. Townes Van Zandt – Wabash Cannonball
15. The New Lost City Ramblers – Carter's Blues
16. Joe Maphis – Memories of Maybelle
17. Derroll Adams – Dixie Darlin'
18. Ralph Stanley – Maple On The Hill
19. Janette & Joe Carter – Old Stern Bachelor
20. Petra Haden – Single Girl, Married Girl
21. Kossoy Sisters – Engine 143
22. Molly Mason – Angel Band
23. The Carter Family – I Shall Not Be Moved
24. Johnny Cash – The Way Worn Traveler
25. Maybelle Carter & New Lost City Ramblers – The Old Gospel Ship
26. John Prine with Steve Goodman – Diamonds in the Rough

Disk 2
1. Grandpa Jones & Ramona – Cannonball Blues
2. Flatt & Scruggs – You Are My Flower
3. Bob Dylan & The Hawks – Wildwood Flower
4. The Mercury Dimes – Lover's Lane
5. The Maddox Brothers & Rose – Brown Eyes
6. Jim and Jesse – Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine
7. Mother Maybelle Carter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. – I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
8. The Carter Family – The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me
9. Johnny Cash – Wildwood Flower
10. Ramblin' Jack Elliot – Tom Joad
11. Leadbelly – John Hardy
12. Eric Bibb – Worried Man Blues
13. Woody Guthrie – Baltimore to Washington
14. David Bromberg – East Virginia
15. David Grisman with Ralph Rinzler – Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
16. Kathy Kallick – Hello Stranger
17. June Carter Cash – Church in the Wildwood - Lonesome Valley
18. Tracy and Eloise Schwarz – Anchored in Love Divine
19. Uncle Tupelo – No Depression
20. Kieran Kane – Will You Miss Me
21. Garth & Maud Hudson – No Depression In Heaven
22. Mother Maybelle Carter – I'm Leaving You Close to Home

Disk 3
1. Linda Williams – By the Touch of Her Hand
2. June Carter Cash – Wildwood Flower
3. Uncle Dave Macon – You've Been a Friend to Me
4. Dink Roberts – John Hardy
5. The Red Clay Ramblers – The Winding Stream
6. Edward Clayborn – Death is Only a Dream
7. The Carter Family – The Sun of the Soul
8. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – You Are My Flower
9. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Amber Tresses
10. The Carter Family featuring Helen, June & Anita – Going Back To Texas - Great Speckled Bird
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Why, There's a Tear in My Eye
12. Dr. Ralph Stanley with David Rawlings & Gillian Welch – Gold Watch and Chain
13. Ray & Ina Patterson – One Little Word
14. Iris DeMent – Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
15. Nanci Griffith – Are You Tired of Me My Darling
16. Todd Snider – I Can’t Complain
17. Mike Seeger – It'll Aggravate Your Soul
18. Spaceman 3 – May the Circle Be Unbroken
19. Bristol – The Birds Were Singing Of You
20. The Carter Family – I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
21. Wendy Lewis – When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
22. June Carter Cash with Johnny Cash – Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
23. Vern & Ray – Sweet Fern
24. Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Chorus – Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Enormous Mouths: Weird Shit From Inside the Research Kitchen (Celebrity Chefs Edition) – 6 CDs

Enormous Mouths Disk 1

Brother Strange Loop and Brother Doowad were inspired to put this mix together after seeing The Glitter and Doom Tour stop here in St. Louis last summer. This was an educational exercise for both of us really, to examine the Zappa-Beefheart library and look at the artists who have influenced both of them as well as the artists whom they themselves have influenced. The methodology was classic alt-dj, ping-ponging back and forth, with first a Zappa, then a Beefheart and then a wildcard of our own choosing, so that we would have equal chances at both of the main artists along with input on the wildcards.

Mini-themes eventually developed, from heroin to Jesus to (literal) assholes and others that we don’t even realize. It may not be definitive, but it certainly was an enlightening experience putting this together over the last couple months.

We would also like apologize for the austere artwork, but Brother Strange Loop is soon to be a father and had barely enough time to pong to my ping, let alone put his graphic design skills to work.

Disk 1
1. Frank Zappa – Charlie's Enormous Mouth (You Are What You Is)
2. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat (Ice Cream for Crow)
3. Steven Jesse Bernstein – Morning in sub-basement of hell (Prison)
4. Frank Zappa – Transylvania Boogie (Chunga's Revenge)
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Pena (Trout Mask Replica)
6. William S. Burroughs – Naked Lunch [Excerpt] (Call Me Burroughs)
7. Frank Zappa – The Talking Asshole (The Nova Convention)
8. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Party Of Special Things To Do (Bluejeans & Moonbeams)
9. Geronimo Black – Bullwhip (Geronimo Black)
10. Frank Zappa – Heavy Duty Judy (The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life)
11. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – She's Too Much For My Mirror (Grow Fins)
12. Johnny "Guitar" Watson – Three Hours Past Midnight (Ultimate Blues Album Disc 1)
13. Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart – 200 Years Old (Bongo Fury)
14. Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart – Willie The Pimp (Hot Rats)
15. Yat-Kha – Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (ReCovers)


Disk 2
1. Frank Zappa – King Kong VI (Uncle Meat (Disc II)
2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dachau Blues (Trout Mask Replica)
3. André Williams – Bait And Switch (Bait And Switch)
4. Frank Zappa – Uncle Remus (Apostrophe)
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Flower Pot (Safe As Milk)
6. The Penguins – Memories Of El Monte (Doo Wop Box II (1960-1963))
7. The Mothers of Invention – Stuff Up The Cracks (Cruising With Ruben & The Jets)
8. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Electricity (1968 Live) (Grow Fins)
9. Rudy Gaddis – Uranium Fever (The Lost Starday Recordings)
10. Frank Zappa – Lonesome Cowboy Burt (200 Motels Soundtrack)
11. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (The Legendary A & M Sessions)
12. The Persuasions – You Are What You Is (The Persuasions Sing Zappa)
13. Frank Zappa – Every Time I See You (Rare Meat)
14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Tupelo (1966 Live) (Grow Fins)
15. Howlin' Wolf – Tail Dragger (The Howlin' Wolf Album)

Disk 3
1. Frank Zappa – Heavenly Bank Account (Live in Santa Monica 12.11.81)
2. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Sun Zoom Spark (Clear Spot)
3. Boo Boo Davis – Ice Storm (East St. Louis)
4. The Mothers of Invention – Big Leg Emma (Absolutely Free)
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Black Snake Moan I (1972 Radio Phone-In) (Grow Fins)
6. The White Stripes – Ashtray Heart (Party of Special Things to Do)
7. Frank Zappa – Wonderful Wino (The Lost Episodes)
8. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Dirty Blue Gene (2006 Digital Remaster) (Doc At The Radar Station)
9. Gavin Bryars with Tom Waits – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet)
10. Frank Zappa – Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (Broadway The Hard Way)
11. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – The Host, the Ghost, the Most Holy-O (Ice Cream for Crow)
12. Muddy Waters – I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Electric Mud)
13. Frank Zappa – Cosmik Debris (Apostrophe (‘)
14. Captain Beefheart – There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage (The Spotlight Kid)
15. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Sugar On The Time (The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation)

Disk 4
1. Frank Zappa – Joe's Garage (Joe's Garage Acts 1,2 & 3)
2. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – New Electric Ride (Live London 1974)
3. No Smoking Orchestra – Devil In The Business Class (Unza Unza Time)
4. Frank Zappa – Titties and Beer (10-24-1976 Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA)
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Where There's Woman (Safe as Milk)
6. The Turtles – Grim Reaper Of Love (Greatest Hits)
7. The Mothers of Invention – Help I'm A Rock (Freak Out!)
8. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones (Strictly Personal)
9. 13th Floor Elevators – Dear Dr. Doom (Bull of the woods)
10. Frank Zappa – Mystery Roach (200 Motels)
11. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Sugar 'N Spikes (Trout Mask Replica)
12. Wildman Fischer – Merry Go Round (An Evening With Wildman Fischer)
13. Frank Zappa – Elvis Has Just Left The Building (Broadway The Hard Way)
14. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Pompadour Swamp (Bluejeans & Moonbeams)
15. The Booglerizers – Womanizer Blues ( (Extra Crispy)

Disk 5
1. Frank Zappa – Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt (Zappa Picks By Larry LaLonde Of Primus)
2. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go (Lick My Decals Off, Baby)
3. The Residents – Going To Arcata Blues (The Warner Bros. Album)
4. Frank Zappa – Hagstrom Guitar Ad (Psychedelic Promos Vol I)
5. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Same Old Blues (Bluejeans & Moonbeams)
6. Tom Waits – Big Joe And Phantom (Nighthawks At The Diner)
7. Frank Zappa with Tom Waits – The 12 Inches (20 Years of Zappa Box Set)
8. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – The Thousandth and Tenth Day of the Human Totem Pole (Ice Cream for Crow)
9. Bozzio Levin Stevens – Tziganne (Situation Dangerous)
10. Frank Zappa – Inca Roads (Apocrypha)
11. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – One Rose That I Mean (Lick My Decals Off, Baby)
12. Devendra Banhart – I Feel Just Like a Child (Cripple Crow)
13. Frank Zappa – I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop (Mystery Disc)
14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie (Safe as Milk)
15. The Moog Machine – The Weight (Switched-On Rock)

Disk 6
1. Frank Zappa – It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal (Waka/Jawaka)
2. Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart – Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (Bongo Fury)
3. Atlas Strategic – Jeered by Minor Demons (Rapture, Ye Minions!)
4. Frank Zappa – Whippin' Post (Them Or Us)
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Rollin’ ‘N Tumblin’ (1968 Live) (Grow Fins)
6. Skeleton Key – Nod Off (Skeleton Key)
7. Frank Zappa – Tryin' to grow a chin (Donna You Wanna)
8. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – The Past Sure Is Tense (Ice Cream for Crow)
9. R.L. Burnside – Everything Is Broken (Tangled Up In Blues)
10. Frank Zappa – Flakes (Sheik Yerbouti)
11. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Orange Claw Hammer (Grow Fins)
12. Sir Millard Mulch – The Boy With The Perfectly Square Butthole (How to Sell the Whole F#@!Ing Universe to Everybody... Once and for All! - Collection 1)
13. Frank Zappa – Broken Hearts Are For Assholes (Buffalo)
14. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Love Lies (Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
15. Guitar Slim – Story of My Life (Sufferin' Mind)