Playlist 29.10.12

Wanda Jackson is 75. She is the Empress of rockabilly, an extant growler and shaker, an embodiment of popular music's vigorous charm. A native of Maud, Oklahoma, she was recording in 1954, shortly before she consorted with Elvis and shocked the old-time country set by dressing like a bad girl. With the voice to back it up. When she sang 'Let's Have A Party', it was a threat, not an invitation.

Wanda was back with us last year, produced by Jack White on the ever-rumbling 'Party Ain't Over' album, and happily there's a new record on the racks called 'Unfinished Business'. This one is produced by Justin Townes Earle who also sings a perfect duet with his charge. You might say that Wanda plays havoc with conventional phrasing, but she means it, man.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

Wanda Jackson - Tore Down (Sugar Hill)

Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs - Be Nice (Heavenly)

Rolling Stones - The Last Time (live 1965) (Universal)

Rachel Austin - Appletree (white)

Rachel Austin - Don't Go (white)

Terry Callier - Be A Believer (Elektra)

Paul Rowan - Radio On (Time To Be Proud)

Old Crow Medicine Show - Mississippi Saturday Nights (Decca)

Dead Fingers - Another Planet (Affairs Of The Heart )

Soak - Sea Creatures (Ryan Vail / Unknown remix) (white)

Rolling Stones - Doom And Gloom (Promotone)

Wanda Jackson - Two Hands (Sugar Hill)

Bobby Womack - Stupid (XL)

Benjamin Gibbard - Something's Rattling (City Slan)

Rufus Wainwright - Perfect Man (Decca)

Terry Callier - It's About Time (Ace)

Bettye Lavette - The More I Search (Anti)

Patrick Watson - Black Wind (Domino)

Terry Callier - No Ordinary Joe (Cadet)

Wanda Jackson - Am I Even A Memory (Sugar Hill)

Grizzly Bear - A Simple Answer (Warp)

Beth Orton, Terri Callier - Pass In Time (Heavenly)