Steel Belted Radio – Roots Rock Weirdoes

The Damnwells are back and on tour, and it rolls in to St. Paul, MN this weekend. We’re not going to pass up this opportunity, so T-Bar & I are heading down, and I know that other local folks will as well. In honour of that, we listen to some rockin’ Damnwells classics and travel back in time to our chat with Alex from the band in 2010. We’ve also got a whole pile of other great roots rockin’ classics, including a trip to Mississippi with Mike Plume for some snake grabbing!

Artist – Title – Album

Mike Plume Band – Jubilee – Born So Long Ago Live 1997-2002
Justin Rutledge – Be A Man – The Early Widows
The Beauties – Heart Of Stone – The Beauties
Band of Horses – The Funeral – Everything All The Time
Bon Iver – Flume – For Emma, Forever Ago
Matthew Barber – Father and Son – Songs For The Haunted Hillbilly
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life
The Magnificent Sevens – Needle In The Hay – All Kinds Of Mean
Reid Jamieson – Grass & Dirt – The Unavoidable Truth
The Wooden Sky – Angels – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone
Swank – The Innocent at Rock Creek – The Survival Issue
The Damnwells – What You Get – Bastards Of The Beat
The Damnwells – Accidental Man – Air Stereo
The Damnwells – She Goes Around – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – The Damnwells

Alex Dezen interview (recorded May 27, 2010)

The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – The Sound – Bastards Of The Beat

Tonight a look ahead to a few exciting upcoming shows as well as a special birthday celebration for a member of the family!

Artist – Title – Album

Gordie Tentrees – Wheel Girl – Less Is More
Gordie Tentrees – North Country Heart – North Country Heart
Jaxon Haldane – French Toast – New Free Market
Jaxon Haldane – Skinny Mona – recorded live on UMFM
Radiogram – Gone to Stay – All the Way Home
Great Aunt Ida – We Say No – How They Fly
Cam Penner – Memphis – To Build a Fire
Ginger St. James – Lonely Cryin’ Blues – Diesel & Peas
Ginger St. James – Salvation – Diesel & Peas
The 24th Street Wailers – Can’t Fight It – Where Evil Grows
The 24th Street Wailers – You Know – Where Evil Grows
The Pursuit Of Happiness – I’m An Adult Now (Original 1986 Version) – When We Ruled (The Best Of The Pursuit Of Happiness)
Steven Bowers – Song for Grown You – Beothuk Words
Lori McKenna – Grown up Now – Massachusetts
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
Matthew Ryan – Suffer No More – Boxers
The Beauties – Without You – The Beauties
The Heartbroken – The Truth – Tonight, Tonight
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads
Hatcher-Briggs – Boy Chief Hill – Getting There from Here
The Fuse – Before The Fall – Trying Must Count For Something
Wendy Bird – I Believe – Natural Wonder

As much as it goes against my nature, even I’ve got a little bit of playoff hockey fever, so some songs to cheer on our Jets tonight. We’ve also got BIG news, including the long-awaited release of the new album from The Damnwells and a Rheostatics reunion! Jory Nash is coming to town and Leaf Rapids are releasing a disc as well! Let’s celebrate!

Artist – Title – Album

Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed
Slow Leaves – Neighbourhood Watch – Beauty Is So Common
Mike Plume Band – This Is Our Game – 8:30 Newfoundland
Dirty Catfish Brass Band – The Hockey Song – Brass Riot
David Francey – Skating Rink – Skating Rink
Kathleen Edwards – Hockey Skates – Failer
Jory Nash – A Night with You – The Many Hats of Jory Nash
Jory Nash – The Long Siesta – Little Pilgrim
Jory Nash – Charlie – New Blue Day
The Damnwells – Wreck You – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Kill Me – The Damnwells
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Faith Healer
Rheostatics – Seven – Music Inspired By The Group Of 7
Rheostatics – Horses – Melville
Rheostatics – The Ballad Of Wendel Clark Parts I And II – Greatest Hits
Leaf Rapids – Gravity and a Ladder of Gold – Lucky Stars
Leaf Rapids – Galaxie 500 – Lucky Stars
Scott Nolan – Montgomery Eldorado – Montgomery Eldorado

Artist – Title – Album

John Moreland – Nobody Gives A Damn About Songs Anymore – In The Throes
John Moreland – Heart’s Too Heavy – High On Tulsa Heat
John Moreland – Cherokee – High On Tulsa Heat
Leaf Rapids – April – Lucky Stars
Nathan – Bad Ideas – Jimson Weed
Slow Leaves – Nostalgia – Beauty Is So Common
Bobby Bare – I Was Drunk (w/Alejandro Escovedo) – Darker Than Light
Reno Jack the Bear – Lightning Fried – Lightning Fried
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Down by the River – The Ruffian’s Misfortune
Charlie Parr – Falcon – Stumpjumper
Kevin Breit Featuring Rebecca Jenkins – Alberta Hunter – Ernesto And Delilah
Alberta Hunter – The Darktown Strutters’ Ball – Amtrak Blues
Penny Lang – Let Me Fly – Stone+Sand+Sea+Sky
B.B. King – Ghetto Woman – Why I Sing The Blues
B.B. King – Nobody Loves Me But My Mother – Talent, 30 Original Songs
Jimmy LaFave – Walk Away Renee – Austin Skyline
Brock Zeman – Dont Think About You Anymore – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Blue Rodeo – Head Over Heels – Five Days In July

New music & solid classics!

Artist – Title – Album

Brock Zeman – Some Things Always Stay – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Brock Zeman – Don’t Think About You Anymore – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Leaf Rapids – Gravity And A Ladder Of Gold – Lucky Stars
Levi Cuss – Pills – Night Thief
Andrew Combs – All These Dreams – All These Dreams
Peter Katz – When The Day Is Done – We Are The Reckoning
Allison Moorer – I’m Doing Fine – Down To Believing
Mike Plume – It’s Over – Table for One
Harry Manx – Don’t Forget To Miss Me – Wise And Otherwise
Chris Whitley – Big Sky Country – Living With The Law
Stephen Fearing – Blind Indifference – Industrial Lullaby
Colin Linden – Love Everyone – Raised by Wolves
Junkhouse – Gimmie The Love – Rounders: The Best Of Junkhouse
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love
Drive-By Truckers – When The Well Runs Dry – The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008)
Calexico – Carona – Convict Pool
The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood Of The Ram
Jim White – Crash Into The Sun – Transnormal Skiperoo
Shuyler Jansen – Write Your Will – Hobotron
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Kelp 16
Band of Horses – Is There A Ghost – Cease To Begin