The Songs Vin Played for 09/04/2004

The Songs Vin Played SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2004 - 8 PM - 12 MIDNIGHT we all have earned a lightness carry my joy on the left carry my pain on the right ... - Bjork, "Who Is It" Eric Ambel and Chip Robinson - guests - conversation and acoustic performance Eric Ambel, known to his friends and fans as "Roscoe", is the famed New York guitarist/songwriter/producer (remember his band The Del Lords back in the 80s?), bar owner (The Lakeside Lounge), long distance cyclist, downhill skier and extraordinary musicologist. He took some time off tonight before preparing to hit the road this fall as lead guitar in Steve Earle's band The Dukes, a gig he's held in that group for several years now in addition to his many other credits (google this cat some day when you have a couple hours to spare!). He's just released a new album, "Knucklehead," on his recently launched Lakeside Lounge Records, as well as re-issued two earlier solo albums which have been out of print for years. Chip Robinson is a member of The Backsliders, one of the many bands Eric has produced over the years; he also plays in several versions of Eric's ever-changing Roscoe's Gang. Since this was the Saturday following the RNC in New York, we talked a lot of politics; but when we moved down to Studio A for the guys to play, Eric noted that he's been in a "George mood" lately - make that Harrison, not Bush - as you'll see from the some of the songs he chose to play live. He and Chip played acoustic guitars; Chip sang backup and did one of own as well, a beaut called "Two Candles." These are the kind of intuitive musicians who follow each others eyes as well as fingers as they wing their way through a song; their interplay - both instrumentally and vocally - was positively amazing. As Eric would put it, Right On! For info: www.ericambel.com Jack McDuff, Walking The Dog, B-3in': Organ Jazz (V/A) (opening theme music) Rokia Traoré, M'Bifó, Bowmboï Bjork, Who Is It, Medulla Leonard Cohen, First We Take Manhattan, I'm Your Man Steve Earle, The Revolution Starts Now, The Revolution Starts Now Eric Ambel, Hole In My Head, Knucklehead Eric Ambel, Judas Kiss, Knucklehead The Yayhoos, Love Train, unreleased Joe Flood, In The Meantime, unreleased Eric Ambel, Does It Look That Bad? Knucklehead Nils Lofgren, You, Crooked Line Johnny Cash, I Walk The Line, The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Jason Ringenberg, She Hung The Moon (Until It Died), Empire Builders Eric Ambel, You Were Always On My Mind, Knucklehead Carla Bruni, Toute le monde, Quelqu'un m'a dit Brad Mehldau, Things Behind The Sun, Live In Tokyo Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson, Beware Of Darkness, live performance Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson, I Want To Tell You, live performance Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson, Two Candles, live performance (Chip Robinson lead vocal) Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson, Look At Miss Ohio, live performance Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson, Wah Wah, live performance Eric Ambel & Chip Robinson Forever Came Today, live performance The Comfy Chair, Dubya Blues, unreleased new recording J.B. Lenoir, Eisenhower Blues, J.B. Lenoir: Chicago Blues Mabel Scott, Elevator Boogie, The R&B Box: 30 Years Of Rhythm and Blues Roy Acuff, Great Speckled Bird, The Essential Roy Acuff Medeski Martin & Wood, End Of the World Party End Of The World Party (just in case) Chumbawamba, On eBay, Un Julia Vorontsova, Older, From St. Petersburg With Love Dayna Kurtz, Amsterdam Crown, Beautiful Yesterday Leonard Cohen, Take This Waltz, I'm Your Man Richard "Groove Holmes, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, B-3in': Organ Jazz (V/A) (closing theme music) Thanks to Engineer Erich, Producer Kim ... and, as always, to Producer "Booker T" Manning ... Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight is a broadcast-only program on 90.7 PM. It is not streamed or archived on the WFUV website. For further information, please go here: http://www.wfuv.org/streamdmca.html The direct link to past Idiot's Delight playlists at WFUV.org is here: http://www.wfuv.org/wfuv/playlists/indexvin.html However, there is a feature entitled "Vin Scelsa's Be My Guest" - an internet only archive of selected guest slots from both recent and past shows - not entire shows just the guest portions. The direct link to the page at the WFUV site is here: http://wfuv.venaca.com/cgi-bin/colinker.cgi?colink=105724750222209 Interviews currently in the VSBMG archives: Paul Auster Jeff Buckley June Carter Cash Alejandro Escovedo Marianne Faithfull Frogholler Joseph Heller Eddie Izzard Mark and Rae Jacobson Mary Lee's Corvette Juana Molina Norah Jones Allan Pepper with Meg Griffin Tim Robbins *John Sayles Tom Waits Kurt Vonnegut * newly added UPCOMING GUESTS SEPT 25 ELLY BROWN. Elly first came to my attention back in the late 80s when she sang with a band called Grace Pool. She's been living a life outside the music world for a while, taking time off to have a family. She's finally decided to test the waters (of the Grace Pool?) again and has just released her first solo album "Wax The Roses," a fact which pleases me greatly. www.ellybrown.net OCT 16 AMY CORREIA. When last Amy last appeared on the show (back in March) we had been playing her fully realized demo album "On Second Thought" - the long overdue follow-up to her 2000 debut "Carnival Love" - for several months and wondering when some smart record company would finally sign this wonderful songwriter and release this terrific record already! Well, Nettwerk America got hip to the woman's grooves and is releasing that very same CD - with a new title, "Lakeville" - in early October. Amy comes back tonight to celebrate ... and give us the skinny on her latest attempts to find the meaning of life and true happiness via too many hours spent surfing the Internet. NOV 6 WFUV Fall Membership Drive. NOV 13 WFUV Fall Membership Drive.