Hello,
I'm DJ Eli. I have an all americana show on WUSC-FM Columbia, the University of South Carolina's college radio station. This blog will contain setlists, reviews, and other non-sense. For setlists and reviews from Spring 07- April 08, please go to myspace.com/tweedyfarrar
Easton, Stagger, Phillips is a super group. The good kind. 3 of the best singer-songwriters in alt. country music come together on this low key collection of originals. Though each of the three can certainly rock out, One For the Ditch is the sound of “3 friends playing songs on the porch”. They keep it simple and mainly acoustic with splashs of pedal steel and other instrumentation to flesh out a couple of songs. The album never sounds forced and always sounds fun, finding a rich middle ground between the Jayhawks and Gillian Welch-David Rawlings best work.
Tim Easton (Joshua Tree, California) is a tremendous solo artist, whose last album Ammunition featured none other than Lucinda Williams and Gary Louris. He’s a great songwriter and a terrific live performer. He has 4 solo records to his name, each with a different take on his folk rock sound. 2001’s Truth About Us featured Wilco (2000 line-up) as a backing band.
Leeroy Stagger (Victoria, Canada) is one of my new favorite artists of all time (how come no one told me about this guy before?). His rough and ragged alt. country record Depression River and the limited release EP Tales From the Back Porch are like a combination of Neil Young, Steve Earle, the Drive-By Truckers, and all that is holy in this world. If your a fun of the punk rock meets country meets Neil Young guitar freak outs, you need to check this guy out.
Evan Phillips (Anchorage, Alaska) is a member/songwriter of the Whipsaws, an alt. country type band that I’ve heard good things about, but have yet to really listen to (note to self: must get on that). However, his songs are some of my favorite on this record (”Highway”, “She’s Gone”). On “Too Many Rainy Days”, Phillips channels early Jeff Tweedy (back when he wrote lyrics that made some sort of sense).
Sorry for the short review, just wanted to get this out there. This one's on twangville, http://twangville.com/1019/easton-stagger-phillips-one-for-the-ditch/
Drive-By Truckers "Dead, Drunk, and Naked"- Southern Rock Opera
Todd Snider "Mission Accomplished"- Peace Queer [EP] The Train Wrecks "Whiskey Ain't My Friend"- Whiskey & War Caitlin Cary "Empty Rooms"- I'm Staying Out Son Volt "Joe Citizen Blues"- Single
Leeroy Stagger "I Break Hard"- Tales From the Back Porch [EP] Leeroy Stagger "Beautiful House"- Tales From the Back Porch [EP] American Gun "Fight Song"- The Means and the Machine American Gun "Neil Young Mood"- The Means and the Machine
Alien Carnival "Real Music"
Bentz Kirby LIVE AT WUSC- "Country Music"
Jason & the Scorchers "Country Road (live)"- A Blazing Grace
Alien Carnival "Country Boy (for C3)" Andy Friedman "Guys Like Me Don't Get Grants"- Taken Man Blue Mountain "She's A Wild One"- Midnight In Mississippi Uncle Tupelo "True to Life"- Steel Feel Gone
Steve Earle "Copperhead Road (live)"- Just An American Boy Don Chambers & Goat "Conjuring a Dead Rabbit"- Zebulon The Jayhawks "Blue"- Tomorrow the Green Grass
Easton, Stagger, Phillips "One Hell of A Life"- One For the Ditch Easton, Stagger, Phillips "In Love With You"- One For the Ditch Easton, Stagger, Phillips "She Was Gone"- One For the Ditch
Mac Leaphart "Cold Hard Truth"- Line, Rope, Etc. Patterson Hood "Pay No Attention to Alice"- Killers and Stars Grayson Capps "Going Back to the Country"- Rott N Roll Gillian Welch "Black Star"- Black Star [EP]
new album soon? please?!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Dead, Drunk, and Naked Setlist 09.04.08
Drag the River "She Used to Smile"- Chicken Demos Blue Mountain "By Your Side"- Midnight In Mississippi Whiskeytown "If He Can't Have You"- Faithless Street Neal Casal "St. Cloud"- Leaving Traces: Songs from 1994-2004
Todd Snider "Fortunate Son"- Peace Queer [EP] Todd Snider "The Ballad of Cape Henry"- Peace Queer [EP] Wrinkle Neck Mules "Black Skies For the High & Mighty"- The Wicks Have Met Cory Branan "Mohammed Ali (and me)"- 12 Songs
Anthony da Costa "The Devil's Won"- Typical American Tragedy Two Gallants "The Hand That Held Me Down"- Two Gallants Nanci Griffith "The Flyer"- The Flyer
Zach and the Red Wagon LIVE AT WUSC "Car Don't Run"
The Waifs "Highway One"- Up All Night
Zach and the Red Wagon LIVE AT WUSC "State St." -------Zach is formerly of Due East------his solo page is here and he is also playing with a new band called Westbank,
Chis Knight "Heart of Stone"- Heart of Stone Chris Knight "Something to Keep Me Going"- Heart of Stone Will Kimbrough "Another Train"- Americantis Lucero "I Can Get Us Out of Here Tonight"- Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers -----Ben Nichols in town Nov. 16 with the Revival Tour------
Todd Mathis "This Bottle"- The USC Demos Todd Mathis "Jazz All Day"- The USC Demos Phil Lee "Somebody 'Oughta Do Something About That Guy"- The Might King of Love The Hold Steady "Magazines"- Stay Positive ------Todd Mathis (of American Gun) demos are just him and guitar and not really intended for release yet, but hey if I like it, i play it---------
John Prine "Down By the Side of the Road" Justin Townes Earle "Hard Livin"- The Good Life Mary Gauthier "Prayer Without Words"- Mercy Now Gram Parsons "In My Hour of Darkness"- Grievous Angel
Josh Roberts & the Hinges "Shine A Light (live)"- Live At 5 Pts. Pub, 07-12-2008 Leeroy Stagger "Lay Down Your Guns"- Depression River Leeroy Stagger Jealous & Drunk"- Depression River ------Leeroy Stagger is fucking awesome!.....he has new solo record coming out soon, as well as a record with Tim Easton and Evan Phillips (of the Whipsaws) called One For the Ditch, which I will be playing next week--------- ESP
Leeroy Documentary type thing
Crooked Fingers "Ship to Spain"- 11 Years of Sin: Bloodshot Records Billy Bragg & Wilco (feat. Natalie Merchant) "Birds and Ships"- Mermaid Avenue Crooked Still "Captain, Captain"- Still Crooked Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet "Captain"- S/T
Carrie Rodriquez "The Big Mistake"- She Ain't Me Kristen Andreassen "Like The Snow"- Kiss Me Hello Cary Ann Hearst "The Straits of Out Love"- Dust and Bones
American Gun "Drunk Girls"- The Means and the Machine The Daylight Hours "Only One Juliet"- How To Make A Mess Of Things Danny Schmidt "California's On Fire"- Little Grey Sheep Mac Leaphart "Flags, Flowers, and Bibles"- Line, Rope, Etc. --------American Gun at the 5 Points Fountain: September 18th-------- --------Mac Leaphart at the Salty Nut (w. Joe Good Band) on Sept. 13------
Joseph Montoya "Intermezzo, Op. 116"- Recital: March 19, 2008 Andre Previn "Excursions, Op. 20"- Barber: Adagio for Strings Leifa Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano "Road Movies"- Road Movies
American Aquarium "Come Around This Town"- The Bible and the Bottle The Avett Brothers "Murder In The City"- The Gleam II [EP] Anders Parker "Tell It To the Dust"- Tell It to the Dust The New Familiars "Walkin' the Whiskey Blues"- The Storm
Jonathan Byrd "The Law and the Lonesome"- The Law and the Lonesome
Uncle Earl "Wallflower"- Waterloo, TN Gillian Welch "Red Clay Halo (live)"- Music From the Revelator Collection The Roches "Acadian Driftword"
Sunshone Still "The Winning of Waa-ni-Beh"- Ten Cent American Novels Hannah Miller "So Much To Say"- Into the Black Carrie Rodriquez "El Salvador"- She Ain't Me Grayson Capps "A Love Song for Bobby Long"- If You Knew My Mind ---------Hannah Miller and Sunshone Still at The Watershed on Aug. 22
Drag the River "Mr. Crews"- Its Crazy. Jesse Malin "Downliner"- Fine Art of Self Destruction Chuck Brodsky "The Boys In the Backroom"- Two Sets (Set Two) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit "Goddamn Lonely Love (live)"- Live At Twist & Shout, 11.16.07 -----really into Drag the River right now, Isbell was awesome last Thursday
Adam Carroll "Elvis (live)"- Adam Carroll Live Don Chambers + Goat "Sweetest Flower"- Don Chambers and Goat Drive-By Truckers "Space City"- A Blessing and A Curse Jenny Scheinman "I Was Young When I Left Home"- Jenny Scheinman -------DBT, Don Chambers at Headliners, Sept. 17
Loch Ness Johnny "Modern Art Blues"- Evil Shenanigans The Replacements "Achin' To Be"- Don't Tell A Soul Mark Olson "Salvation Blues"- Salvation Blues Anthony da Costa "Back of My Mind"- Typical American Tragedy
Todd Mathis "Drunk Girls (live)" Todd Snider "Beer Run (live)"- Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Sometymes Why "Let Down"- Sometimes Why Sometymes Why "The Middle"- Sometimes Why ---------rumors abound of a Todd Mathis solo album ( I hear its gonna be composed entirely of Loch Ness Johnny covers)
Porter Wagoner "The Late Love of Mine"- The Wagonmaster Richard Buckner "Lil' Wallet Picture"- Devotion + Doubt Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit "Brown Trout Blues"- A Larum Hayes Carll "Don't Let Me Fall"- Trouble In Mind
Drive-By Truckers "The Living Bubba"- Gangstabilly --- by request, in honor of Jerry Garcia birthday
Tim Easton "Poor, Poor L.A."- Break Your Mother's Heart Buddy and Julie Miller "The Rivers Gonna Run"- Buddy and Julie Miller American Gun "Horses"- The Means and the Machine American Gun "Saint of Alcohol"- Dark Southern Hearts -------American Gun on Aug. 16th at the Art Bar
Crooked Still "Undone In Sorrow"- Still Crooked The Avett Brothers "St. Joseph's"- The Second Gleam II Swing Set "Empty House"- How To Make A Living Selling Yourself Short Abbie Gardner-Anthony da Costa "Someday"- Bad Nights- Better Days
Levon Helm "Wide River to Cross"- Dirt Farmer Grace Potter & the Nocturnals "Big White Gate"- This Is Somewhere Uncle Tupelo "Sin City (live)"
Murry Hammond "I Believe, I Believe"- I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But I'm On My Way Old Crow Medicine Show "We're All In This Together"- O.C.M.S. Otis Gibbs "Murder At the Read House"- One Day Our Whispers
American Gun "Moonshiner"- The Means and the Machine
The Kennedys "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall"- Songs for the Open Road Tony Rice "Girl From the North Country" Steve Earle "My Back Pages"
Drive-By Truckers "Like A Rolling Stone" Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks "Ballad of A Thin Man" Cat Power "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" Ramblin' Jack Elliott "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
Jim James & Calexico "Goin' to Acapulco" Buddy Guy "Lay Lady Lay"- Bring 'Em In Gillian Welch "Billy (live)"- Music From the Revelator Collection Todd Snider "Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live)"- Doing Dylan
My Morning Jacket "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (live)"- Bonnaroo 2005 Darrell Scott "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"- Modern Hymns
Etta James "Gotta Serve Somebody"- Matriarch of the Blues Mark Lanegan "Man In the Long Black Coat" Adele "Make You Feel My Love"- 19
Paul Westerberg- 49:00 -----full album, one track- available for 49 cents on Amazon.com
The Avett Brothers "Bella Donna"- The Second Gleam [EP] The Wailin' Jennys "One Voice"- 40 Days Tres Chicas "Still I Run"- Bloom, Red, and the Ordinary Girl Abbie Gardner- Anthony Da Costa "Better Days"- Bad Nights-Better Days
The Mammals "Alone on the Homestead"- Departure Carrie Rodriquez "Rag Doll"- She Ain't Me Red Molly "The Mind Of A Soldier"- Love and Other Tragedies Catherine MacLellan "Emily's Song"- Church Bell Blues ---Uncle Gram really liked this set, an undercutting theme of soldiers being gone from the home.........
The Infamous Stringdusters "Won't Be Coming Back"- The Infamous Stringdusters
Drew Emmitt "Get er Rollin"- Long Road
Supergrass "Ghost of A Friend"- Diamond Hoo Ha
Hayes Carll "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart"- Trouble In Mind
Lucero "The Mountain"- Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers
Drag the River "Me & Joe Drove Out of California..."- Its Crazy.
Swing Set "My Side of the City"- How To Make A Mess of Things
Dylan Sneed "Look Inside"- No Worse For the Wear [EP]
Mac Leaphart "No Way"- Line, Rope, Etc.
Mac Leaphart "Cold Hard Truth"- Line, Rope, Etc.
Mac Leaphart "Flags, Flowers, and Bibles"- LIVE in studio
Mac Leaphart "Losing Young"- LIVE in studio
Hayes Carll "She Left Me For Jesus"- Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll "I Got A Gig"- Trouble In Mind
TUESDAY NIGHT!!!!
Hayes Carll w/Mac Leaphart at the Handlebar in Greenville, SC
Danielle Howle "While I Miss You- Moonlight Night"- Unreleased
The Avett Brothers "Murder In the City"- The Gleam II [EP]
Buddy Guy "Skin Deep"- Skin Deep
Adam Carroll "Sacred Love"- Old Time Rock N Roll
Kentucky Shoes "Settle Down"
Chris Gervais "Spark"
Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies "Downtime Eloise"- Dog Ears
Abbie Gardner- Anthony Da Costa "Note"- Bad Nights-Better Days
Danny Schmidtz "Girl Whiskey"- Enjoying the Fall
Don Williams "If Hollywood Don't Need You"
American Aquarium "Lover Too Late"- The Bibles and the Bottle
Jason Isbell "In A Razor Town"- Sirens of the Ditch
Jason Isbell "The Magician"- Sirens of the Ditch
Crowfield "Love Is Hell On the Lonely"- Goodbye, Goodnight, So Lone Midwestern
American Gun "Find Our Way Home"- The Means and the Machine
The Gougers "Rosaline"- A Long Day For the Weathervane
Carrie Rodriquez "She Ain't Me"- She Ain't Me
Deadstring Brothers "Sacred Heart"- Starving Winter Report
The Mother Truckers "Dynamite"- Let's All Go to Bed
Old 97's "My Two Feet"- Blame It On Gravity
Red Molly "Wayfaring Stranger"- Love and Other Tragedies
Grayson Capps "Daddy's Eyes"- Wail & Ride
Tim Easton "Troublesome Kind"- Special 20
The Backsliders "If I Was King"- Throwin' Rocks at the Moon
Justin Townes Earle "Turn Out My Lights"- The Good Life
Uncle Earl "I May Never"- Waterloo, TN
Dan Bern "Black Tornado"- New American Language
The Whigs "Right Hand On My Heart"- Mission Control
---------Anthony Da Costa is my new favorite artists, check out this video below, great, funny, song
Jason & the Scorchers "If You Got the Love (I've Got the Time)"- Midnight Roads & Stages Seen Jason & the Scorchers "Absolutely Sweet Marie (live)"- Midnight Roads & Stages Seen
Shovels & Rope "Gasoline"- EP Shovels & Rope "Mother's Scorn"- EP The Felice Brothers "Radio Song"- The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers "Whiskey in My Whiskey"- The Felice Brothers
----saw Shovels & Rope yesterday, great act straight up country rock with only an acoustic guitar, tambourine, and boot stompin' percussion
Susan Tedeschi "Don't Think Twice"- Wait for Me Susan Tedeschi "You Got the Silver"- Hope and Desire Ben Sollee "A Change Is Gonna Come"- Learning to Bend Ben Sollee "A Few Honest Words"- Learning to Bend
------love all these covers, Ben Sollee is a really cool cello player with an R&B like voice that is wholly unexpected, but really, really good
Hayes Carll "Beaumont"- Trouble In Mind Hayes Carll "She Left Me For Jesus"- Trouble In Mind Mac Leaphart "White Line Mercy"- Rope, Line, Etc. Mac Leaphart "Confederate Roses"- Rope, Line, Etc.
------ Mr. Leaphart will be doing an in studio with us next week, so be sure to tune in for that.....he and Hayes Carll have a gig the following Tuesday in Greenville- not to be missed
The Waybacks "Lowdown"- Loaded The Waybacks "Beyond the Northwest Passage"- Loaded American Gun "This Old Town"- The Means and the Machine American Gun "Man vs. Nature"- The Means and the Machine
-----The Waybacks are at Headliners on Wed.----American Gun is just awesome (they can't help it)
Sometymes Why "I'm Trying to Remember Which City I Know You From"- Sometimes Why Sometymes Why "Seasick Dawn"- Sometimes Why Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet "A Fuller Wine"- S/T Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet "Great Big Wall In China"- S/T
-------saw both these acts at Bonnaroo, both were very good, but Sometymes Why was a suprise....their performance was one of the most intimate all week (despite Death Cab's intusion)---their S/T record is very good and highly recommended, but you must see them live......
Emmylou Harris "Hold On"- All I Intended To Be Emmylou Harris "A Broken Man's Lament"- All I Intended To Be American Aquarium "Betting Man"- Bones [EP] American Aquarium "Bigger In Texas"- Bones [EP]
------American Aquarium Tuesday 22 at Trackside Tavern
Abbie Gardner- Anthony da Costa "Spent"- Bad Nights- Better Days Abbie Gardner- Anthony da Costa- "Red Barn"- Bad Nights- Better Days Abbie Gardner- Anthony da Costa- "Crazy In Love"- Bad Nights- Better Days Abbie Gardner- Anthony da Costa- "Let Me Die In Your Arms"- Bad Nights- Better Days
------quite possibly my favorite record released this year....as Uncle Gram put it to me this afternoon "da Costa does Ryan Adams better than Ryan Adams does"
The Daylight Hours "Old 7"- How To Make A Mess of Things The Daylight Hours "Try To Understand"- How to Make A Mess Of Things Todd Snider "Waco Moon"- New Connection Todd Snider "Play A Train Song"- East Nashville Skyline
Crooked Still "Captain, Captain"- Still Crooked Crooked Still "Tell Her to Come Back Home"- Still Crooked Old 97's "Here's to the Hacylon"- Blame It On Gravity Old 97's "Color of the Lonely Heart Is Blue"- Blame It On Gravity
--------two really good new releases
Josh Roberts & the Hinges "The True and the Obscene"- My War Cry Is Amor Josh Roberts & the Hinges "The Hardest Part of Winter"- My War Cry Is Amor Red Molly "Honey On My Grave"- Love and Other Tragedies Red Molly "Witchia"- Love and Other Tragedies
Slobberbone "Haze of Drink"- Barrel Chested Slobberbone "Little Drunk Fists"- Barrel Chested Alejandro Escovedo "Sensitive Boys"- Real Animal Alejandro Escovedo "Sister Lost Soul"- Real Animal
