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Texas road trip mix

Posted by WillGilbert on 05/30/2006

The Landaus are taking a drive through Texas to visit family and take in the sights. I put together this mixtape for the occasion.
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Tracks

1. Doug Sahm - (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
Doug's take on this Charley Pride classic gets things started right.
2. Dickey Betts - Long Time Gone
Mr. Betts sings of the old home place.
3. Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Pancho
Buddy song par-excellence.
4. Tom T. Hall - That's How I Got To Memphis
Sad.
5. Nitty Gritty Dirtband - Some of Shelley's blues
Good-time music.
6. Jerry Jeff Walker - Song For The Life
Celebrating the life.
7. Ron Elliott - All time green
I've got an idea what this is about, but it's the feel I relate to the most.
8. The Byrds - Tulsa County
I love to sing along to this song. And the subtle little emphasis the band gives the last "Mex-i-co" is genius.
9. Terry Melcher - Just a Season
Terry's finest hour. I love how the strings respond when he says "people goin' crazy," and also his beautiful falsetto.
10. Jerry Jeff Walker - Gettin' by
"Just gettin' by on gettin' by's my stock in trade / Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall / Just livin' my life / easy come, easy go"
11. Johnny Darrell - Willin'
In my mind this Lowell George-penned number is my theme song for an old friend who, no matter what, was always willin'.
12. Don Williams - If Hollywood Don't Need You
Kind of a companion piece to Jackson Browne's Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood, I always liked the chorus: "If you see Burt Reynolds would you shake his hand for me?"
13. Sir Douglas Quintet - Texas Me
A song about a guy asking himself what happened to the person he used to be.
14. Johnny Darrell - Why You Been Gone So Long?
Clarence White at his twangy, string-bending best.
15. John Phillips - Topanga Canyon
About scoring drugs and hanging out and taking it easy.
16. Tim Hardin - Black Sheep Boy
I love this song.
17. Langley Schools Music Project - Desperado
This little girl's version of this song clued me in to how much I like this song. It's a good way to go out.
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