People come up to me on the subway and say, hey Mister Anchovy, you post this Daily Dose business all the time but I never hear any Hip Hop. What gives? I’d just like to say that I like all kinds of folk music. Here’s… Read More
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Diggy Liggy Lo
Today’s Daily Dose comes from Louisiana. Interesting intro by Johnny. I couldn’t even name 28 instruments (much less play them)….but here’s Doug Kershaw.. Since we’re in Louisiana, let’s listen to the most awesome Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys performing the Hick’s Wagon Wheel Special… Read More
If a head cold gets bad enough, you start to think about….ukuleles
I know you’ve been waiting for it….a uke version of The Girl from Ipanema….yes, it’s that bossa nova uke head-cold groove. Regular programming will resume when I once again feel like a human being. OK OK, a bonus cut…..here’s Anarchy in the UK for uke….
The Cowboy Yodel
Is it a dying art form? Here’s cowboy singer Don Edwards… Maybe you have to be named Don to be a really good yodel-man? Here’s Don Walser. Let me say here that if it weren’t for my buddy East Texas Red I might not know… Read More
When only a cowboy tune will do…
Here’s Nanci Griffith performing the Michael Burton tune Night Rider’s Lament, with help from Don Edwards. He sure can yodel nice, can’t he? And now a taste of Ian Tyson. I like this tune a lot. And finally, Tom Russell performing tonight we ride, with… Read More
Broke Down Engine
I feel like a broke down engine ain’t got no drivin’ wheel. Tonight’s Daily Dose takes us back to Blind Willie McTell and his 12-string guitar. Here he is from 19 and 33. I was a teen-aged blues freak, and it didn’t stop into early… Read More
Melodica
Tonight’s Daily Dose takes us to the world of the melodica. Of course the melodica goes goes great with a uke…Tequila! Fantastico indeed… Not sure what to say about this next number… And one more for all the melodica freaks out there, here’s Augustus Pablo
Pee Wee King
Pee Wee King was born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski in 1914 and lived until 2000. He was Polish-American from Milwaukee Wisconsin and he is best known as the co-writer of the Tennessee Waltz. His co-writer on that tune was Redd Steward. They wrote the tune… Read More
Métis Fiddle
Your Daily Dose…. Did I mention I love fiddle music?
Yves Lambert before breakfast
Among the joys of a stay-cation is that I can dig up a Daily Dose anytime I feel like it. Here’s Yves Lambert, a favourite here at 27th Street, with his trio, performing Le Père Tanasse
27th Street 