Spitball Army

Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

1. Ed Harcourt  “Killed by the Morning Sun” (live on KEXP)  (2010)
2. Dan Auerbach  “When the Night Comes”  (2009)
3. Tim Buckley  “Once I Was”  (1967)
4. Laura Veirs  “Little Deschutes”  (2010)
5. Mark Knopfler  “Rudiger”  (2005)
6. The Folk Implosion  “Easy”  (2003)
7. Elvis Costello  “Kid About It”  (1982)
8. Nick Lowe  “Mess Around With Love”  (1983)
9. Led Zeppelin  “Tangerine”  (1970)
10. Lizz Wright  “Thank You”  (2008)
11. Fred Neil  “Just a Little Bit of Rain”  (1965)
12. Jimmy Jones  “Yesterday’s Mistakes”  (1970)
13. Bobby Womack  “Communication”  (1971)
14. Lewis Taylor  “The Way You Done Me”  (2000)
15. Prince  “The Word”  (2006)
16. Little Jerry Williams  “I’m the Lover Man”  (1964)
17. Three Bips & a Bop, with Babs Gonzales  “Professor Bop”  (1949)
18. Don Byron  “Charley’s Prelude”  (1996)
19. Cowboy Junkies with Ryan Adams  “200 More Miles”  (2007)
20. Pink Floyd  “The Great Gig in the Sky”  (1973)

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Fred FM playlist (2 May 2010)

Some notes on the songs:

• Ed Harcourt’s “Killed by the Morning Sun,” here in a radio studio solo live take, will be featured in all the full-production glory one might expect from Mr. Harcourt in his upcoming album, Lustre.  The waiting (until July, I have read), is killing me.
• “The Great Gig in the Sky” is still tough to beat for sheer rock & roll drama.  Sorry to have ripped it out of the body of Dark Side of the Moon like this, but don’t you think it stands on its own quite well?
• When I went to see what Fred Neil I had on hand, after last week’s nod to him via the Linda Ronstadt cover, I found that I have about five times more versions of his songs by others than by Fred himself.  And yet another music research project gets added to my long list…
• I can’t hear Tim Buckley singing “Once I Was” without thinking about the film Coming Home.
• Led Zeppelin double-header, Pinto.