“Cry Baby Cry”
SONG OF THE WEAK DOUBLEHEADER! “Cry Baby Cry” -the Chandler Travis Three-o, March 17th, 2011, live at the Oyster Company, recorded by The Valet. and “Cry Baby Cry” -the original single by Van & Titus I love this song so
Some of our favorite songs & musicians.
Paulette – “Chequessett Forever”
Though I enjoy golf, it has always been my ambition never to spend any money on it, or to write songs about it. I’ve also never put anyone in “Love To Turn You On” more than once, but Paulette’s version
PJ O’Connell – “Can’t Get it Right”
There is no one I know on Cape Cod more kind and generous than P.J. O’Connell; no one writes better songs, either. He’s also a good neighbor, having lent me many cups of sugar and about 90 million cds somewhere
Zoë Lewis – “Hell But Swell”
There are a great many charming women on Cape Cod, but Zoë Lewis is really one of the truly charming-est. Her voice is playful and liquid and effortless and lovely, plus she’s a major loon. She’s British, and my wife
Duplex Planet
OK, this is going to be tricky, because in this installment we’ll be directing you to something that’s not primarily musical: the Duplex Planet, one of my favorite magazines in the world, and of the most peculiar, consisting as it
Papas Fritas – “Hey Hey You Say”
Tony Goddess has long been one of our faves -his band, Papas Fritas, made some amazing records, esp. their second album, “Helioself”, and Rikki and myself have been working with him since last spring, but only played out a couple
Paulette – “Liquor Store”
Paulette was born in Stockton, California, the ‘son’ of two people who weren’t brother and sister. She has a music degree from San Francisco State University, and taught piano in San Francisco for 6 years. She has been writing songs
Tom Carns – “Iceman”
Tom Carns is an old and very dear friend, going back to when he was a teenager in a band called the Hitchhikers with (Casual) Aaron Spade on the lower cape. He moved out to Oakland, CA., about ten or
Frankie J Meyer – “Dagnabit”
“Dagnabit”, by Frankie J. Meyer w. Karen Mal (and the Philharmonette, natch -small, west coast folk alliance version, incl. Berke McKelvey, Dinty Child, Wendy Sue Rosloff, Chandler Travis, and god only know who else) -in my really pretty goddam lengthy
Laurie McClain – “My Heaven”
Of all our “discoveries” at the San Diego Folk alliance, none was more captivating than Nashville’s Laurie McClain, who popped up on our first night there with the gorgeous “My Heaven” (mandolin and harmony added here by the equally captivating