A guided tour through the chthonic regions of 20th century Western culture and the society it reflected; shamelessly brought to you by the curators of ‘If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats.’
Today’s Host: Syd Nathan
The Content
First Sequence: Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra - Song of the United Front Saul Aarons - Old Paint (The Horse with the Union Label) The New Singers - Rise Up (Comintern) Paul Robeson - Spring Song Billy Bragg - The Internationale
Second Sequence: The Miracles - Way Over There Bob Kayli - Tie Me Tight Debbie Dean - A New Girl Mary Wells - I Don’t Want to Take a Chance The Satintones - Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Third Sequence: The Beatles - September in the Rain Eddie Kirkeby & His Orchestra - Too Many Tears Tony Bennett, w. Count Basie & His Orchestra - With Plenty of Money and You Bing Crosby, w. Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians - Young and Healthy Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - By a Waterfall
Fourth Sequence: Coley Jones - Army Mule in No Man’s Land Lonnie Johnson - Got the Blues for Murder Only Honeyboy - Bloodstains on the Wall Hattie Burleson - Sadie’s Servant Room Blues Ishman Bracey - I’ll Overcome Someday
Summation: The Flaming Lips - Slow Nerve Action
Link: http://tsutpen.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/radio-free-gunslinger-4-race-business.html