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An hour of jazz standards tonight!
Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko et al. * Muskrat Ramble
Louis Armstrong Orchestra * Star Dust
Count Basie * Honeysuckle Rose
Count Basie, Helen Humes * My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Artie Shaw * Begin The Beguine
Sidney Bechet * What Is This Thing Called Love?
Glenn Miller (his last civilian recording) * Rhapsody in Blue
Ella Fitzgerald * All The Things You Are
Nat King Cole * I Remember You
Stan Kenton * Lover Man
Gabor Szabo * Autumn Leaves
Duke Ellington * The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues
Eubie Blake * Dixie Moon
Mel Tormé, George Shearing * 'Round Midnight
Stan Getz * Stella By Starlight

Well Alright!

Tune in to K-DIRT this Thursday, December 22nd from 7:00 to 8:00 pm for the annual good ol' dose of holiday tunes...Grapevine style! No, you won't hear the usual stuff that typically permeates the retail world...no Andy Williams in a ski sweater by a crackling fake fire on a soundstage set...but you WILL be treated to Christmas & holiday music by the likes of Salomon Burke, Pearl Bailey, The E Street Band, Wilson Pickett and many more...heck, I even dug out my 45 of George Thoroughgood & The Delaware Destroyers laying down "Rock & Roll Christmas" b/w "New Year's Ever Party" for the broadcast.

This will be a real fine soundtrack to wrap up those gifts & finally cut loose from the chains of holiday stress.
Here's some other info that you may wanna know:

http://www.kdrt.org/node/128

Enjoy the tail end of 2011 folks and remember, if anyone asks...just tell 'em you heard it on The Grapevine!

Cheers,

Rod

http://kdrt.org/node/8229

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … and today gone, gone, gone

1) Gone, Gone, Gone, Allison Krauss and Robert Plant 3:33
2) Winter’s Come and Gone, Gillian Welch 2:15
3) Gone Again, Indigo Girls 3:28

LEAVING
By Deborah Pope
I was waiting for you
at the end of the long
gravel road that wound
through the woods,
the house barely visible
back in the trees,
two windows lit
and balancing
November’s early dark.
Walking out, I had watched
a sky turning from bone
to ash to black.
I had money and night
things stuffed in my bag,
I hoped you would see me
in the headlights.
A soft rain began.
It fell on the shoulders
of my upturned coat,
wet my face, my hair,
I could hear it falling
through the tough, hard
oaks and beeches,
the late autumn leaves
still stubborn on the trees,
sounding like birdshot,
or grains of sand
steadily, finely pouring.
And I thought suddenly
how I wanted to forget you,
forget everything,
that moment
go utterly blank,
so that I could
come back
and remember it
all from the start
to that waiting,
alone in the fresh,
cold night
and the rain
ticking, ticking.

12-15 and 12-22 shows are excerpts from this funky and epic event -
If you love Phish, you simply must listen to the show in its entirety, featuring a 25 minute AC/DC Bag...Harpua...a lovely long Harry Hood....plus am over-the-top, over-the-MSG-curfew encore with Mr. Jon Fishman playing the vacuum.

Tuesday, 12/30/1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Sneakin' Sally through the Alley -> Taste, Water in the Sky > Punch You In the Eye > Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life

Set 2: AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) > Harpua > Izabella > Harry Hood-> My Soul > Sleeping Monkey > Guyute

Encore: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally through the Alley > Frankenstein

The December 1st Thursday Live! concert at the Odd Fellows Hall kicked off the holiday season with 8 local bands bringing their own special brand of "cheer". Selected songs from this live concert recording will air on the December 15th edition of Live Tracks, from 8-10pm. From Latin to Jazz, Klezmer to World Beat, Celtic to "Do Wop", it was there in all its diversity, and a good time was had by all!

Local bands included Tree-O, David Campos, Me & Him, Davis Klezmer Orchestra, Biscuits 'n Honey, Frankie & the Fabletones, Yolo Mambo, and Calvin Handy & the Jazz Patrol.

The Spencer Wyatt Big Band * 2001
Nat King Cole * 1950
Benny Goodman * 1941
Louis Armstrong * 1956
Stan Getz * 1952
The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet * 1961
Oscar Peterson * 1962
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls * 1962
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass * 1965
Ramsey Lewis * 1965
Don Ellis * 1973
Joe Pass * 1973
Mel Tormé * 1982
Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie * 1999

12-8-11: Tonight's show is the rockin'-like-there's-no-tomorrow Set 1 (most of it!) from the Mothership, Hampton Coliseum
Enjoy!

Set 1:
Rock and Roll Part Two > Tube > Quinn the Eskimo > Funky Bitch, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Meat > Stash, Train Song > Possum, Roggae, Driver, Split Open and Melt

Set 2:
Bathtub Gin > Piper, Axilla > Roses Are Free, Farmhouse, Hold Your Head Up > Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Character Zero

Encore: Cavern

1930 to 2001 --
Fats Waller & His Rhythm *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond *
Dinah Washington *
Charles Mingus *
Chet Baker *
Nat King Cole *
Sarah Vaughan *
Joe Pass *
The Crusaders *
John Klemmer *
Stanley Jordan *
Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko, et al *
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy *
Diana Krall

Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko, et al. *
Tommy Dorsey *
Glenn Miller *
Charlie Christian *
Benny Goodman *
Charlie Parker *
Louis Armstrong *
Stan Getz *
Nat "King" Cole & Natalie Cole *
Lionel Hampton *
John Coltrane *
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls *
Boots Randolph *
Dave Brubeck *
Ella Fitzgerald *

In honor of the beginning of the holiday season, Live Tracks' says thank you to Davis' musicians and re-airs a September salute that features live recordings of a variety of local favorites in the first hour, and an in-studio interview with Rita Hosking in the second hour. Rita had just released her latest CD "Burn" nine days before this interview, and spoke about the production of this CD with collaborators in Austin, as well as the creative process in general. She also plays live in the studio for a VERY special edition of Live Tracks.