Alejandro Escovedo's Real Animal

Mellencamp filmed for A&E's "Back Where We Started"

Surreal, in several respects . . . he is what he is, and part of my "chip" as a 42-year old Hoosier. And hey, we were close to the front, and it was DAMN GOOD!

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 9/3/08

* Alejandro Escovedo, "Golden Bear," Real Animal
* David Bowie, "Ashes to Ashes," Scary Monsters
* The Impossible Shapes, "I Loved Every One of your Daughters," Impossible Shapes
* Sam Roberts, "Bridge to Nowhere," Chemical City
* Grant Lee Phillips, "Boys Don't Cry," Nineteeneighties
* Jerry Reed, "Guitar Man," The Essential Jerry Reed
* Clint Black, "The Claw," Sounds of Wood & Steel
* Damien Jurado, "Go First," Caught in the Trees
* Rodney Crowell, "I Want You #35," Sex & Gasoline
* Gob Iron, "Death's Black Train is Coming," Death Songs for the Living
* Fleet Foxes, "Your Protector," Fleet Foxes
* My Brightest Diamond, "From the Top of the World," A Thousand Sharks' Teeth
* The New Pornographers, "All the Old Showstoppers," Challengers
* Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, "Waiting on June," Begonias
* Patty Griffin, "Makin' Pies," 1,000 Kisses
* Gentleman Caller, "Hotel Key," Gentleman Caller vs. The Elephant
* Peter Bruntnell, "Here Comes the Swells," Ends of the Earth
* Marah, "Christian St.," Kids in Philly
* The Whipsaws, "60 Watt," 60 Watt Avenue
* Okkervil River, "Singer Songwriter," The Stand-Ins
* Lucero, "That Much Further West," That Much Further West
* Calexico, "House of Valparaiso," Carried to Dust
* Chris Stills, "100 Year Thing," 100 Year Thing
* Josh Ritter, "Monster Ballads," The Animal Years
* Josh Rouse, "Dressed up Like Nebraska, Dressed up Like Nebraska
* Loudon Wainwright, III, "School Days," Recovery
* Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, "A Fuller Wine," AW & SQ

Jerry Reed, RIP

(1937-2008)