Genya RavanPlaylist for
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Arpil 11, 2008

Hosted by Greg Lyon on FRIDAYS at 2-4 pm
on WPVM Asheville (103.5 FM and www.wpvm.org)

Notes:

– First of two Spring Fund Drive shows. Trains and the French were the themes. There was no reason for this other than whimsy. Thanks to all who donated, and it’s not too late–ever–to donate to WPVM.

– My favorite track of the week, however, was brought in by Shaina, namely the Genya Ravan nugget, "I Won’t Sleep on the Wet Spot," a sentiment that truly needed a song written about it. And it had nothing to do with trains or the French. In fact, we had a plan to do a "women’s music" segment at the end of the show (because I love "women’s music" so much), and we managed to do so for the last two sets, but of course it was insufficient to cover such a ridiculously broad topic. You’ll just have to listen to WPVM’s women’s music show, Siren’s Muse, which airs Sundays 3-5 pm with hosts AJ and Susan. And if you want to hear more French music, check out the wonderfully original Paris of the South Radio Hour, with host François, which airs on WPVM Wednesdays from 9-10 am and again on Saturdays 7-8 pm.

Background Music 1: Steam in 60’s Volume 2 (Mobile Fidelity)
Background Music 2: Verve Records and Esquire Magazine, Sound Tour: France (Verve)

Artist Song Album Label Comments New
Hound Dog Taylor Down Home Special VA - Blues Rarities Chess 1967 recording  
Jessie Mae Hemphill Streamline Train Feelin’ Good High Water 1987  
Selma Rich Brody I’m a Train Be A Train  
Captain Beefheart Click Clack The Spotlight Kid Reprise  
MX-80 Train to Loveland Big Hits  
A-Frames Death Train Black Forest Sub-Pop  
Nikki Sudden Ringing on My Train Waiting on Egypt Secretly Canadian 1982  
Lee Hazlewood No Train to Stockholm Cowboy in Sweden Smells Like Records originally released 1970  
Bill Monroe Kansas City Railroad Blues Live Recordings 1956-1969 Smithsonian Folkways  
Johnny Cash Come Along and Ride This Train Come Along and Ride This Train Columbia  
The Oblivians Ride This Train Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron Again Crypt  
The Gun Club She’s Like Heroin To Me Fire of Love Ruby  
The Flesh Eaters Digging My Grave A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die Ruby  
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig Dig Lazarus Dig Anti *
The Fall Tommy Shooter Imperial Wax Solvent Castle new Fall album, and it’s good! *
Casino Music Viol af dis VA - BIPPP French Synth Wave *
Patrick Abrial Slag Machine La Guêpe 2  
Don Cavalli Wonder Chairman Cry Land Everloving *
Ophiucus Darbouka Ophiucus  
Jean-Claude Vannier L’enfant au royaume des mouches L’Enfant Assassin des Mouches  
Brigitte Fontaine Le Goudron Comme à la radio  
Tennie Komar and the Silencers S.I.G.H.S. Future Stories Shaina pick  
Genya Ravan I Won’t Sleep on the Wet Spot …And I Mean It! Shaina pick  
Kleenex You Liliput  

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