Today's Date In Music History:two years ago,
Elana James and The Continental Two performed at Ballard Park in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Elana James is a masterful violinist and vocalist who is reknowned for her work with
the Hot Club of Cowtown. She and her duo (
Whit Smith on guitar and
Beau Sample on bass) produced a dazzling mix of sound, predominantly
old-timey dance tunes and foot tapping
western swing played with enormous verve and spirit.
This performance was a part of the
"C.H.I.R.P." (Concert Happenings In Ridgefield's Parks) series.
Disc 11.) intros, 2.) Exactly Like You, 3.) Ragtime Annie,
4.) Down The Line, 5.) Emily, 6.) Cotton Eyed Joe,
7.) Devil's Dream, 8.) The Little Green Valley, 9.) Dinah, 10.)
Ida Red, 11.) 'Deed I Do, 12.) Fuli Tschai, 13.) Run Away With Me, 14.) Mississippi Delta Blues, 15.) Twenty-Four Hours a Day,
16.) Eva's Waltz, 17.) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette), 18.)
Orange Blossom SpecialDisc 21.) Oklahoma Rag, 2.)
Oklahoma Hills, 3.) Oh, Baby, 4.) One More Night, 5.) It Stops With Me,
6.) Hamilton County Breakdown, 7.) I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), 8.) Stomp, Stomp,
9.) Dev'lish Mary, 10.) Blue Bonnet Lane, 11.) Tchavolo Swing, 12.) Atomic Cocktail,
13.) Cherokee Shuffle, 14.) I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me, 15.) Sally Goddin'
Play show here:
Download full show here.
Special thanx to
MC for the C.H.I.R.P. photo.
Texas natives Lynda Kay and Danny B., first met in the wilderness country of New Zealand while they were there with their local 4H club studying the art of sheep-herding. Their studies turned out to be a very important, but extremely boring, so to pass the time, Lynda Kay and Danny B. entertained the sheep, other US national 4H members, local shepherds and the town folk by playing their odd mixture of honky-tonk, rockabilly and garage music. Being as there were no drummers in the 4H class that year and longing for the clickety-clack of a train, Lynda Kay took her raggedy old suitcase, found in a second hand store outside of Austin, rigged up a dried out gourd with some bailing wire and, before long, turned her suitcase into a bona fide drum. By the time their summer program came to an end, they had forged their own unique, original sound, and had penned over 50 original compositions. They called themselves 'The New Zealand, Honky-Tonk Sheep Herding Garage Duo of Outrageously Clever 4-H Students'. Realizing that this name was somewhat long, they later would be become the LONESOME SPURS.
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