Tampa Calling

Okay, last month we stumbled, both technically and performance wise, through the debut podcast. Come month two, we’re ready to drop the cream of Americana podcasts (from one of the best Americana blogs) on you, and our tech is prepped for the amount of awesome that you’re likely to find yourself listening to multiple times a week. I know I’m coming off like the Kanye West of the Americana blogging community, but I don’t give a fuck. I like fish sticks and I’m telling you, you’re gonna love it and you’re gonna listen to it numerous times. I feel that confident.

So, here is the tracklisting for what very well may be the only thing you listen to for the rest of this week:

1. Drive-by Truckers – Nine Bullets
2. Autopsy IV Commentary
3. Strawfoot – Cursed Neck
4. Pinebox Serenade – Woven Arms
5. Uncle Sinner – When Jesus Comes
6. Autopsy IV Commentary
7. Olin & The Moon – Call Me Up
8. American Aquarium – California
9. Eileen Jewell – Sea of Tears
10. Autopsy IV Commentary
11. Drag The River – Old Sad Songs [extended] (Lucero Cover)
12. Gillian Welch & Old Crow Medicine Show – The Weight (The Band Cover)
13. Scott H. Biram – Sinking Down (FD Session)
14. Jon & Chad (Drag The River) – Dancin’ In The Moonlight (Thin Lizzy Cover)
15. Autopsy IV Commentary
16. Grayson Capps – Going Back To The Country
17. Chris Knight – Enough Rope
18. Autopsy IV Commentary
19. Two Cow Garage – Should’ve California

IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS AND ENJOY IT PLEASE FORWARD IT TO SOMEONE ELSE!

Strawfoot is “an angry preacher and a bunch of foul-mouthed heathens” from somewhere in St. Louis. The moment I heard the track “Damnation Way” from the Rodentia compilation I was excited almost to the point of being giddy to hear more music from them.  Within 5 minutes of hearing them for the first time I was downloading their complete album from Amazon MP3.

Often in times like these you find that your hopes are met by inconsistent music that never quite measure up to the song that got you there. By the time I had gotten to the third track, “Chasing Locusts,” I knew that “Damnation Way,” the tune that had introduced me to Strawfoot, wasn’t even their best.

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