My guest mixer this week is Doug Evans
Doug and I crossed paths via a shared love of the Sombrero Fallout podcast. He resides in North Carolina (the 'Tarheel State', apparently), but in a truly random coincidence it turns out that his great-great-grandfather hailed from the same small Welsh village as my wife!
It's great to have musicians, authors, journalists on the show; but it's also a joy to have guests on that are just passionate about the music they listen to...
(YouTube playlist at the bottom of the page)
Spillers Records (Cardiff) - as featured on Doug's t-shirt. The oldest record shop in the UK!
Hit the ground running
1. Southern Culture on the Skids - New Cooter Boogie
To me, 'Cooter' is a character in The Dukes of Hazzard - but it would appear that other meanings in the US...
Something old
2. Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
List of songs that sample Think (About It)
How DJ Kool Herc invented Hip Hop
Something new
3. The Great Indoors - Love Is A Mirror (Reflecting Every Solution)
Something borrowed
4. Cat Power - Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Something Blue
5. Neko Case - South Tacoma Way
Neko Case’s Memoir Is Haunting, Page-Turning, and Revelatory
Take It Down
6. Thelonious Monk - Ba-lues Bolivar Ba-lues Are
Around The World
7. Bo Ningen - Soko
Left Of Centre
8. Bongwater - Nick Cave Dolls
The John Peel Wiki entry on Bongwater
Wildcard
9. Tift Merritt - Mixtape
Finale
10. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
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