New mix: i’ve come all this way to hold your hand

This has been germinating for a while, and I had to drive to North Carolina and back to finish it. This was the mix of no rules, as you can tell by the length.

  1. Baby, I’m In the Mood for YouBob Dylan (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964) A demo of Dylan’s raunchiest, most rural love song? Sure, why not.
  2. Bring it On Down to My HouseWarner Williams with Jay Summerour (Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways) A raunchy blues song? Sure, why not.
  3. Jake Leg RagNarmour & Smith (Lead Kindly Light) A fiddle tune? Sure, why not.
  4. Where Shall I Go?Sister Marie Knight (When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51) A gospel tune that lifts off into the stratosphere? Sure, why not.
  5. Little Island Walking (Peel Session)Jim O’Rourke (Peel Session) Jim O’Rourke doing a straight-on John Fahey pastiche? Sure, why not.
  6. We Would Be BuildingDaniel Bachman (Orange Co. Serenade) Primitive guitar cover of a Methodist hymn? Sure, why not.
  7. On The Banks Of The OwichitaJohn Fahey (The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites) A primitive guitar evocation of the slow river? Sure, why not.
  8. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be FreeNina Simone (Nina Revisited… A Tribute to Nina Simone) A landmark Nina Simone tune? Sure, why not.
  9. Peace And LoveGary Bartz And NTU Troop (I’ve Known Rivers And Other Bodies). “We got a hand for the Bronx”? Sure, why not.
  10. The Raven SpeaksGary Burton & Keith Jarrett (Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett) A funk number with Keith Jarrett on the Fender and Burton on vibes? Sure, why not.
  11. Brown-Baggin’24-Carat Black (Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth) Straight ahead funk from a very strange concept album? Sure, why not.
  12. DisrobeMedeski, Martin & Wood (The End of Violence) A groove I’ve been sitting on for a very long time? Sure, why not.
  13. Doing It to Death, Pt. 1 (Single)The J.B.’s & Fred Wesley (Pass the Peas: The Best of the J.B.’s). “In order to get down, I got to get in D”? Sure, why not.
  14. You Can’t Blame MeJohnson, Hawkins, Tatum, & Durr (Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label) The world’s weirdest soul hook? Sure, why not.
  15. Everybody Loves the SunshineRoy Ayers Ubiquity (The Best of Roy Ayers (The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy)) A blissed out fusion number? Sure, why not.
  16. Blue LinesMassive Attack (Blue Lines) A genre-creating Tricky rap? Sure, why not.
  17. The Sad PunkPixies (Trompe Le Monde) Changing gears abruptly? Sure, why not.
  18. Marrow (Live)David Byrne & St. Vincent (Brass Tactics EP) St. Vincent backed by a freaking great horn section? Sure, why not.
  19. What We Loved Was Not EnoughThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (F*ck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything) Heartrending Canadians? Sure, why not.
  20. RokedShye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express (Junun) Israeli composer, Indian musicians, Radiohead guitarist? Sure, why not.
  21. %%%%%%%%%% $$$$$$$$$ >>>>>>>> >> >> >> @@@@@@@The User (Symphony #2 For Dot Matrix Printers) Dot matrix printer music? Sure, why not.
  22. Do the DogThe Specials (The Specials) Do the dog, not the donkey? Sure, why not.
  23. You SatelliteWilco (Star Wars) Wilco does late period Sonic Youth? Sure, why not.
  24. Nothing Clings Like IvyElvis Costello & The Imposters (The Delivery Man) Plaintive country rock from a London kid? Sure, why not.
  25. Just One ThingMy Morning Jacket (It Still Moves) Unabashed Southern rock? Sure, why not.
  26. Are You Okay?Dum Dum Girls (Too True) Can’t be flip about this track. The bridge kills me: “I’m reckless at night/I’m sorry for days.”
  27. Shake It OffRyan Adams (1989) A dark rewrite of an infectious Taylor Swift original? Sure, why not.
  28. One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)Wilco (The Whole Love) Eleven minutes of a murder mystery wrapped up in an NPR-friendly arrangement? Sure, why not.
  29. Moonshine Blues [live 1962 10 at Gaslight Café, New York City]Bob Dylan (The Gaslight Tapes [live 1962 10 at Gaslight Café, New York City]) A stark folk original and probably the most harrowing version ever recorded? Sure, why not.
  30. BladesteelDaniel Lanois (Here Is What Is) Four minutes of slide guitar with New Orleans drums by Lanois? Sure why not.
  31. AmyRyan Adams (Heartbreaker) A track that opens with Adams’ most annoying verse melody, but transitions into his most heartbreaking chorus melody? Sure why not.
  32. Stanwell PerpetualDavid Grubbs (The Spectrum Between) Three minutes of unresolved tension building with the horn section from Camoufleur? Sure, why not.
  33. The Things I SayJoanna Newsom (Divers) A straight folk track that resolves to an ascending backtracked vocal cliffhanger conclusion? Sure, why not.
  34. UntitledR.E.M. (Green) Michael Stipe’s paean to his parents? Sure, why not.
  35. Sun Is ShiningThe Fireman (Electric Arguments) Electronica by Paul McCartney and Youth? Sure, why not.