Cafe Vaquera: August 31, 2010

Wow. Here we are at the end of August! That means the sun will come out here at the coast and we can all get outside! Love fall....

1. "Calamity Jane Theme," The Play-Rite Boys, by Teddy Deane, (single.)

2. "Just Add Water," The Hafler Duo, by Jeff Hafler, Demo.

3. "Millie in the Garden," Spigot, by Nann Alleman, Bait and Switch, (Cameltoad Music 2001.)

4. "Farm Fresh Onions," Robert Earl Keen, by Robert Earl Keen, Farm Fresh Onions, (Koch 2003.)

5. "Dirt Gardener," Erin McKeown, by Erin McKeown, Distillation, (Signature Sounds 2000.)

6. "Back to the Wild," Langhorn Slim, by Langhorn Slim, Be Set Free, (Kemado 2009.)

7. "Lion's Jaw," Neko Case, by Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, (Anti 2006.)

8. "Powerful Stuff," Sean Hayes, by Sean Hayes, Run Wolves Run, (Ambient Egg 2010.)

9. "New Asleep in the Deep," Peter Stampfel and Baby Gramps, Outertainment, (Frederick Productions 2010.)

10. "Summer Wages," Bill Morrissey and Greg Brown, by Ian Tyson, Friend of Mine, (Rounder 1993.)

11. "One More Cup of Coffee," Frazey Ford, by Bob Dylan, Obadiah, (Nettwerk 2010.)

12. "Love is my Umbrella," Simon Lynge, by Simon Lynge, A Beautiful Way to Drown, (Bright Orange Records.)

13. "You Are," Punch Brothers, by Punch Brothers, Antifogmatic, (Nonesuch 2010.)

14. "Begin," The Wailin' Jennys, by Nicky Mehta, Firecracker, (The Wailin' Jennys 2006.)

15. "Darkness Darkness," Jesse Colin Young, Live on the Dharma Wheel on KBOO Radio/ Portland.

16. "What am I Living For?" Doc Watson, by S. Jacobson/A. Harris, Docabilly, (Sugar Hill 1995.)

17. "Cocktails and Wishful Thinking," Lisa and Her Kin, by Lisa Miller, Cocktails and Wishful Thinking, (Lisaandherkin.com 2010.)

18. "Help Me Make It Through the Night," John Doe and The Sadies, by Kris Kristofferson, Country Club, (Yep Roc 2009.)

19. "Since I've Been Around," The Waifs, by J. Cunningham, Up All Night, (Jarrah 2003.)

20. "Lover's Prison," Stone River Boys, by M. Barfield, Love on the Dial, (Cow Island 2010.)

21. "Somebody PIck Up My Pieces," Bettye LaVette, by Willie Nelson, The Scene of the Crime, (Anti 2009.)

22. "Love That Man," Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, by Robert Williams, Turntable Matinee, (Yep Roc 2006.)

23. "Honey Babe Blues," Maria Muldaur, by Clarence Ashley, Waitress in a Donut Shop, (Reprise 1974.)

24. "Can You Hear the Rain?" Tony Furtado, by Tony Furtado, Roll my Blues Away, (Rounder 1997.)

25. "Weather and Water," The Greencards, by Jedd Hughes, Weather and Water, (Dualtone 2005.)

26. "Five Miles of Ellum Wood," Foghorn String Band, by Unknown, Reap What You Sow, (Foghorn String Band 2004.)

27. "99 Years," Woody Pines, Traditional, Counting Alligators, (Woody Pines 2009.)

28. "You're Gonna Change or I'm Gonna Leave," Hot Rize, by Unknown, Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers, (Flying Fish 1982.)

29. "San Juan Island Girls," The Play-Rite Boys, by Teddy Deane, Goin' Home to Friday Harbor, (Teddy Deane Music 2010.)

30. "See You When I See You," Denise Drake, by Denise Drake, Read My Lips, (Smokin' Mamma.)

Cafe Vaquera with Calamity Jane

Peter Stampfel and Baby Gramps have a NEW ALBUM TOGETHER on Frederick Productions! OUTERTAINMENT can be found at www.frederickproductions.com

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RIP Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs...

1. The Play-Rite Boys, "Calamity Jane Theme," by Teddy Deane.

2. The Fugs, "I Am An Artist for Art's Sake," by Tuli Kupferberg, (Be Free-The Fugs Final CD Part 2.)

3. The Fugs, "Greenwich Village of My Dreams," by Tuli Kupferberg, (Be Free-The Fugs Final CD Part 2.)

4. Holy Modal Rounders, "Mr. Spaceman," by Steve Weber, (Holy Modal Rounders I&II, Fantasy 1999.)

5. Holy Modal Rounders, "Moving Day," Traditional, (Holy Modal Rounders I&II, Fantasy 1999.)

6. Shawn Colvin, "Wall of Death," by Richard Thompson, (Telluride Bluegrass Festival-REFLECTIONS, Vol.1, Planet Bluegrass 2003.)

7. Hohn Hiatt, "The Tiki Bar is Open," by John Hiatt, (The Tiki Bar is Open, John Hiatt 2001.)

8. Everyday Dirt, "Gypsy Moon," (Instrumental, Siren Music.)

9. Freak Mountain Ramblers, "Lonesome Summer," by Jimmy Boyer, (Calling all Freaks, McMenamins 2006.)

10. Ollabelle, "The Storms are on the Ocean," (Ollabelle, Sony 2004.)

11. C.W. Stoneking, "Jailhouse Blues," by C.W. Stoneking, (Jungle Blues.)

12. Martin Sexton, "Folsom Prison," by Johnny Cash, (Wild Angels, DEMO, Kitchen Table 2007.)

13. Phoebe Snow, "Poetry Man," (Phoebe Snow, Shelter 1974.)

14. The Heavy Guilt, "Heavier than Mist," (DEMO, The Heavy Guilt, 2009.)

15. Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, "After You've Gone," by Creamer/Layton, (The Hot Club of France.)

16. Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, "Limehouse Blue," by Furber, Braham, (The Hot Club of France.)

17. The Du-Tels with Peter Stampfel and Gary Lucas, "Man in the Moon," (No Knowledge of Music Required, Shimmy Disc 2000.)

18. The Du-Tels with Peter Stampfel and Gary Lucas, "Shortnin' Bread," (No Knowledge of Music Required, Shimmy Disc 2000.)

19. Leon Redbone, "Bittersweet Waltz," (Up the Lazy River.)

20. John Hiatt, "What Love Can Do," (Same Old Man.)

21. Jill Sobule, "Palm Springs," by Jill Sobule, (Call From Hear.)

22. Blind Pilot, "Get it Out," by Israel Nebaker, (I-Tunes Session.)

23. Brewer and Shipley, "One Toke Over the Line," (TARKIO, Kama Sutra 1970.)

24. Fugs, "Exorcising the Evil Spirits from the Pentagon-1967," by Ed Sanders, (Fugs.)

25. Fugs, "War," by Sanders/Pine/ Weaver, (Fugs.)

26. Del McCoury Band, "Bulest Man in Town," (Telluride Bluegrass Festival- REFLECTIONS 2003, Planet Bluegrass.)

27. Bela Fleck and Tony Trischk, "John Hardy," (Telluride Bluegrass Festival- REFLECTIONS 2003, Planet Bluegrass.)

28. Joan Armatrading, "People," by Joan Armatrading, (Joan Armatrading, Rondor 1976.)

29. Peter Rowan, "Land of the Navajo."

30. Denise Drake, "See You When I See You," by Denise Drake, (Read My Lips, Smokin' Mamma.)

RIP: Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs.

Cafe Vaquera with Calamity Jane

Tonight we are celebrating a One-Day Fund Raiser for our other station in Warrenton. We need to raise the frequency. The fund raiser will end with a fabulous on-air party at 10PM tonight. Cafe Vaquera is on from 9-11PM, so tune in and enjoy the fun and drop us a few bucks if you are able. Thanks... CJ

Joshua Tree Music Festival Article for HIPFISH, June 2010

Joshua Tree Music Festival 2010

By Jane E. Herrold

HIPFISH, June 2010

Finally it’s June and I’m as giddy as a bride! April (then May) showers bring hefty cabin fever to our rainy Northwest, while June, thankfully, heralds summer festival season. Festivals celebrating anything from garlic to Steampunk, run the gambit of imaginable to unimaginable. Craving some dry heat and creative input, I chose the mid-May Joshua Tree Music Festival, an intriguing California mystical hip desert oasis, to warm up my toes and expand my horizons. Part art gallery, part international music fiesta, part desert camping experience, part sun and dance therapy workshop; this gathering was inspired and inspiring. I’m excited to share a few “Picks of Show” and encourage you to get out amongst ‘em and stretch your own boundaries at this summer’s festivals.

As the 8th Annual Joshua Tree Music Festival set in motion, resembling a miniature village going up around itself, festival-goers gathered, unraveled and assembled innovative temporary environments. A desert New Moon promised to provide an unfettered celestial backdrop for various art instillations, impressive laser beam shows, and two music stages complete with rugged dance floors. The organizers mixed up and introduced fresh new acts throughout the three-day “Happening,” an evolving showcase for bicycle rim walls, bottle cap mosaic shrines, live painters, and day-glow spray-painted Dead Sea fish-on-sticks.

As day morphed into night, indie Americana music transformed into exciting electronic experimentation that kept the festival grounds palpitating in a collective trance. I was wondering how I was going to possibly take it all in. “You need to employ the disco nap,” advised a heavily tattooed man wearing a cut-up Tickle-Me-Elmo doll as jock strap. The costume show apparently also began at dusk, and me without a tutu.

The music launched with Amy LaVere, a personable petite brunette with a big stand-up bass. This songbird’s style of bluesy, jazzy ballads, her cool stage presence, and entertaining stories don’t fit into a tidy category, as is the case with most acts at Joshua Tree. I bought her engaging CD, “Anchors & Anvils,” to accompany my northward drive through the spring California scenery. The Heavy Guilt, young guys from San Diego, caught my attention. A current trend of mixing older acoustic with newer electronics presents itself in surprising teamwork; complex, pleasant and intriguing. Organs, computers, vintage sound boards galore, along with an acoustic stand-up bass were orchestrated with voice and electric guitar. I was loving California all over again.

The band, D Numbers from New Mexico, was billed as “Psychedelic live improvisational dancetronic rock.” That explains it! The cat behind the massive drum set-up kept waving his hand over what I think was a theremin. The electric guitar player, again with various soundboards and electronic doodads, constantly altered and adjusted. I think spotted an iBook or two on-stage. Orgone, old school funk with their hot female singer and LA delivery, had everyone dancing all afternoon and into an endless “after hours” party. After hours. Ya, right... no such thing at Joshua Tree Music Festival! Giant gyration from the Mexican Institute of Sound from Mexico City, urged the audience, “Come on! Come on!” Italian born Gaudi, electro-dance favorite, pounded the crack of dawn. I definitely required that disco nap, along with a couple of Advil, to keep up, even as an observer.

Green-haired Bulgarian born rocker, Geri-X, commanded the stage with an unusual black guitar with flayed-out strings. “I never want to see you again!” the petite pixie belted with a sweet, haunting intensity. In contrast, a gentler “A Kiss on Both Eyelids” charmed the listeners into submission. Wally Ingram, David Lindley’s percussionist extraordinaire, teamed with songwriter Jerry Joseph (Jackmormons) for the Joshua Tree performance.

Long, lanky dancin’ powerhouse, Wunmi, sported a braided Mohawk hairdo, metal bra, and red cargo jeans, hails from London via Nigerian parents. This amazing singer and mesmerizing performer had the crowd throbbing toward the stage, as she contorted deep-knee bends for which I would have required a rope-tow for recovery. Floating the international vein, Midnight, reggae band from St. Croix, filled the hot desert afternoon with delicious island harmonies. San Francisco based, LoCura, a Flamenco influenced urban rockin’ ensemble rounded out the international mix with another impressive female lead vocalist.

Bonerama celebrate the New Orleans style with their own twist, and as the program promised, were “Kickin’ brass and takin’ names.” Three trombones, clear vocals, and funky groove carried the festival away, along with family band Evaro, songwriter Eric McFadden, and the intriguing Delhi 2 Dublin. The Staxx Brothers, whose lead guy reminded me of Jack Black wearing a super hero cape, surprised the crowd with a fun theatrical presentation of rock and soul. A duo of stunning plus-sized gogo girls, along with an intermittent, prancing rap artist, provided full-on harmonies and entertaining back-up.

Check out what’s outside the box, friends. ‘Tis the season. Might I recommend our own fairly local Pickathon, held at Pendarvas Farm the first weekend of August? You never know what you might experience. Don’t forget your tutu and that disco nap.

Listen to Cafe Vaquera on Tuesday nights from 9-11PM on www.coastradio.org.

www.joshuamusicfestival.com

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Cafe Vaquera with Calamity Jane and the Joshua Tree Music Festival~

I'm hot off the California Trail, bringing you music from the Joshua Tree Music Festival, where they also FEAR NO GENRE! Keep tuning in folks, it just gets better!

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CAFE VAQUERA: May 25th, 2010...

1. The Play-Rite Boys, "Calamity Jane Theme," by Teddy Deane, SINGLE.

2. Amy LaVere, "I'll Remember You," by Bob Dylan, (Anchors and Anvils, Archer Records, MMVII.)

3. The Heavy Guilt, "No Ceremony," by The Heavy Guilt, DEMO.

4. Eric McFadden, "Ship Without a Dock," by Eric McFadden, (Let's Die Forever... Together.)

5. Amy LaVere, "Ovecome," by Amy LaVere, (Anchors and Anvils, Archer Records, MMVII.)

6. Bonerama with OK Go, "I Shall be Released," by Bob Dylan, (You're Not Alone-EP.)

7. Geri-X, "You're Half Mine," by Geri-X, (The Bedroom Session.)

8. Jerry Joseph, "The Night I got Drunk," by Jerry Joseph, (April Nineteenth.)

9. Evaro, "Little Woods," by Evaro, (In Your Eyes, Evaro Music, 2010.)

10. Orgone, "Who Knows Who?" by Orgone, (The Killion Floor.)

11. The Heavy Guilt, "Heavier than Mist," by The Heavy Guilt, DEMO, www.theheavyguilt.com.

12. Wunmi, "Message in a Bottle," by Sting, (A.L.A.)

13. Haale, "Off Duty Fortune Teller," by Haale, (No Ceiling.)

14. Jerry Joseph, "Daddy Bruce," by Jerry Joseph, (April Nineteenth.)

15. Geri-X, "Kiss on Both Eyelids," by Geri-X, (The Bedroom Session.)

16. Amy LaVere, "Tennessee Valentine," by Amy LaVere, (Anchors and Anvils, Archer MMVII.)

17. Evaro, "Got My Own Heartache," by Evaro, (In Your Eyes, Evaro Music, 2010.)

18. Mexican Institute of Sounds, "White Stripes," (Soy Sauce.)

19. Bonerama with OK Go, "A Million Ways," (You're Not Alone-EP.)

20. LoCura, "Una Ola," by Bob Sanders and Kathy Miletich, (Animals, LoCura 2008.)

21. Po'Girl, "'Til It's Gone," by Jeremy Lindsay, (Home to You, Nettwerk, 2007.)

22. Lewi Longmire, "When Your Time Comes a Callin'," by Lewi Longmire, (Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival 2006.)

23. Wally Ingram and Eric McFadden, "Crucify," by Eric McFadden, (Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival 2006.)

24. Victoria Williams, "Hitchhiker's Smile," by Victoria Williams, (Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival 2006.)

25. Kevin "Bingo" Richey, "God What Am I Doing Here?" by Kevin "Bingo" Richey, (The Cicada, Hoopsnake Music 2004.)

26. LoCura, "La Escencia," by Bob Sanders and Kathy Miletich, (Animals, LoCura Music 2008.)

27. Denise Drake, "See You When I See You," by Denise Drake, (Read My Lips, Smokin' Mamma Music.)