Theme:

DANNY GATTON w/DELBERT McCLINTON – Sun Medley: Mystery Train/My Baby Left Me/That’s All Right, Mama – Cruisin’ Deuces (1993 Elektra)

 

Train Song:

1.    RAY BONNEVILLE – It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (by Bob Dylan) – A Nod To Bob 2 (2011 Red House Records)

‘Texas Sheiks’ is dedicated to guitarist Stephen Bruton, who passed away on 9th May, 2009 from cancer. These “sheiks” are Geoff Muldaur (guitar, 6-string banjo, vocals), Suzy Thompson (fiddle, accordion), Cindy Cashdollar (acoustic slide, steel guitars), Stephen Bruton (guitar, mandolin, 6-string banjo), Johnny Nicholas (guitar, harp, mandolin, 6-string banjo, kick drum, vocals), and Bruce Hughes (upright bass, guitar, vocals)

Guest “sheik” – Jim Kweskin (guitar, 6-string banjo, vocals)                                                                                                                           

T-BONE BURNETT notes

“The Texas Sheiks’ record is Traditional American Music of extremely high calibre. I think of it as modernist classical music. Folk music, folk blues, country blues, country music, blues music, jog band music, rag time music, string band music, swing music, old time music. These musicians have risked their years. Geoff Muldaur and his virtuosic band of friends, my great and lifelong friend Stephen Bruton among them, have filled this music with history. A beautiful record by any measure.” 2009

2.    GEOFF MULDAUR & THE TEXAS SHEIKS – The World Is Going Wrong (by The Mississippi Sheiks) – Texas Sheiks (2009 Tradition & Moderne)

3.    JIM KWESKIN & THE JUG BAND feat. MARIA D’AMATO (MULDAUR) – Richland Woman (by Mississippi John Hurt) – Acoustic Swing & Jug (1966/1998 Vanguard Records)

4.    TEXAS SHEIKS feat. JIM KWESKIN – Blues In The Bottle (trad.) – Texas Sheiks (2009 Tradition & Moderne)

5.    GEOFF MULDAUR – The Wild Ox Moan (by Vera Hall/Ruby Pickens Tartt) – The Secret Handshake (1998 HighTone Records)

6.    TEXAS SHEIKS feat. JOHNNY NICHOLAS – Hard Time Killin’ Floor (by Nehemiah ‘Skip’ James) – Texas Sheiks (2009 Tradition & Moderne)

7.    JOHNNY NICHOLAS – John The Revelator (trad.) – Thrill On The Hill (1994 Antone’s Records)

8.    CINDY CASHDOLLAR w/JOHNNY NICHOLAS – Milk Cow Blues (by Kokomo Arnold) – Slide Show (2004 Silver Shot Records)

9.    CINDY CASHDOLLAR – Locust Grove – Slide Show (2004 Silver Shot Records)

10.    TEXAS SHEIKS feat. BRUCE HUGHES – Don’t Sell It, Don’t Give It Away (by Oscar Woods) – Texas Sheiks (2009 Tradition & Moderne)

11.    GEOFF MULDAUR – Got To Find Blind Lemon (Part Two) – Password (2000 HighTone Records)

12.    CYNDI LAUPER feat. ALLEN TOUSSAINT – Mother Earth (by Peter Chatman aka Memphis Slim) – Memphis Blues (2010 Mercer Street/Inertia)

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