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Playlist 7th May

MYSTERY TRAIN

“Roots Music With Soul”

w/Sista Mary


Features: JAMES “YANK” RACHELL & mostly BLUES MANDOLIN


Song/Writer/Performer/Album/Release Date/Label



1.    MYSTERY TRAIN – (by Herman Parker) Little Junior’s Blue Flames 1953 Sun Single #192

2.    MYSTERY TRAIN Part IISteve Earle, vocals & mandolin w/Peter Rowan, mandolin, mandola & vocals ’Train A Comin’  1995 Winter Harvest

3.    MANDOLIN WINDRod Stewart w/Ray Jackson from Lindisfarne on mandolin ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ 1971 Mercury


4.    SHE CAUGHT THE KATY AND LEFT ME A MULE TO RIDE – (Yank Rachell, arranged by Taj Mahal) Taj Mahal ‘The Natural Blues’ 1969 CBS/ 1989 Edsel Records

5.    DIVIN’ DUCK – (by Yank Rachell) Greg Ashby w/Mike Butler on Schwab electric 5-string mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008

6.    FRANCE BLUES – (Trad. arranged by Alvin Youngblood Hart) Alvin Youngblood Hart w/Taj Mahal on mandolin ‘Big Mama’s Door’ 1996 Okeh/Sony

7.    SLIDE MANDOLINSteve James on slide mandolin ‘Short Blue Stories’ 2008 Hobemian Records
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8.   WHY THE BLUES DON’T WORRY ME (Part 2)Steve James on guitar, mandolin and vocals ‘Short Blue Stories’ 2008 Hobemian Records



9.   KING OF CALIFORNIADave Alvin w/Greg Leisz on mandolin ‘King Of California’ 1995 HighTone Records

10.   RAG MAMA RAG – (by Robbie Robertson) The Band w/Levon Helm on mandolin & lead vocals ‘The Band’ 1969/1989 Capitol Records

11.    WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE – (by Bob Dylan) The Band w/Levon Helm on mandolin & lead vocals ‘Cahoots’ 1971/1989 Capitol Records


12.    IT AIN’T LOVE – (by John Hadley) Mollie O’Brien w/Tim O’Brien on mandolin ‘Tell It True’ 1996 Sugar Hill Records
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13.    CANARY YELLOW CARRay Bonneville w/Tim O’Brien on mandolin ‘Gust Of Wind’ 1999 Stony Plain
 
14.    GET UP AND GO/FIDDLE TUNESDavid Bromberg on guitar & mandolin ‘How Late’ll Ya Play ‘Til? 1989 Fantasy


Feature” JAMES “YANK” RACHELL 1910 – 1997

‘A Tribute To The Legendary Blues Mandolin Man’ 2008 Yanksville Records
www.yankrachell.com

15.    BROKEN HEARTED AND DIRTY TOO  – Sleepy John Estes w/Yank Rachell on mandolin ‘Highway 49’ 1998 Mastersound

16.    BROWNSVILLE BLUES – (by Sleepy John Estes) Gordan Bonham w/Jim Richteron Kimble on mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008

17.    SHOTGUN BLUES – (by Yank Rachell) Rich Delgrosso on mandolin, Fiona Boyes & Mookie Brill ‘Live From Bluesville’ 2008 Blue Empress Records
www.mandolinblues.com

18.    MOONSHINE WHISKEY – (by Yank Rachell) Jerome Mills w/Mike Butler on Yank’s Harmony mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008

19.    SEBASTIAN SPEAKS – about meeting & playing w/Yank Rachell.

20.    TAPPIN’ THAT THING – (by Yank Rachell) John Sebastian w/David Grisman on mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008


21.    RICHLAND WOMAN – (by John Hurt) Jim Kweskin Jug Band w/Maria D’Amato on lead vocals, Geoff Muldaur on mandolin 1966 ‘Acoustic Swing & Jug’ 1998 Vanguard

22.   THE MEMORY OF YOUR SMILE – (by Ruby Rakes) Mike Seeger w/Maria Muldaur on vocals, David Grisman on mandolin ‘Hills Of Home’ 1995 Rounder

23.   RACETRACK BLUES – (by David Olney) Nashville Jug Band w/David Olney & Sam Bush on lead vocals, Sam Bush on mandolin ‘Hills Of Home’ 1995 Rounder


24.    MY BABY’S GONE – (by Yank Rachell) Andra Faye on vocals, mandolin & upright bass ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008

25.    SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD – (Trad.) Peter Rowan w/Lowell Levinger on National steelbody mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008
www.peterrowan.com

26.    LAKE MICHIGAN BLUES – (by Yank Rachell) Sheena Rachell on vocals w/Mike Butler on Schwab electric 5-string mandolin ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008

27.    FREEDOM – (Trad.) May Nell & Willia B. & Sheena Rachell on vocals – Yank’s favourite gospel song performed by his two daughters & granddaughter ‘A Tribute To James “Yank” Rachell’ 2008


28.    RIVER ROADJimmy LaFave w/Warren Hood on mandolin ‘Blue Nightfall’ 2005 Red House Records


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Also, the best Australian “Roots” magazine RHYTHMS www.rhythms.com.au