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VA – The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides (2002)

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VBR~235 kbps | 104 MB | UL | UA

Before any insurgent country diehards rush out to purchase this album, they should be forewarned: it’s a collection of children’s songs — though not necessarily an album for children. In fact, the results are just twisted and subversive enough to give mom and dad some listening pleasure (assuming that mom and dad went to college in the halcyon days of Uncle Tupelo and have a subscription to No Depression magazine). There aren’t only tried-and-true kid’s songs on this collection — such as Rosie Flores’ wonderfully swinging “Red, Red Robin” — there are also, believe it or not, some fine originals. Examples include Alejandro Escovedo’s touching birthday tune “Sad and Dreamy (The Big 1-0)” and a song that Cornell Hurd (leader of Austin, TX, Western swing revue the Cornell Hurd Band) originally wrote for his young sons called “Don’t Wipe Your Face on Your Shirt.” This compilation is a lot of fun and good listening without trekking down the novelty path.

Tracks:

1. Red, Red Robin (Rosie Flores)
2. Senor Don Gato (Kelly Hogan)
3. Hinky Dinky Dee (One Riot One Ranger)
4. Sad and Dreamy (The Big 1-0) (Alejandro Escovedo)
5. Godfrey (Robbie Fulks)
6. Camptown Races [Instrumental] (Jon Rauhouse)
7. Down in the Arkansas (Jim and Jennie & the Pinetops)
8. Snowball (The Handsome Family)
9. Don’t Wipe Your Face on Your Shirt (Cornell Hurd Band)
10. On Top of Spaghetti (Jane Baxter Miller)
11. I Am My Own Grandpa (Asylum Street Spankers)
12. It’s Not Easy Being Green (Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys)
13. Cartoon Chicken [Instrumental] (Jon Rauhouse)
14. The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Carolyn Mark)
15. Three Little Fishes (Jon Rauhouse & Andy Hopkins)
16. Crazy Dazy (Chris Ligon)
17. The Weasel, The Bean, The Frog & the Dog (Split Lip Rayfield)
18. The Fox (Waco Brothers)
19. Cheese, Peas, Pickles & Bananas (Nora O’Connor & Steve Frisbie)
20. Funky Butt (Devil in a Woodpile)
21. The Crawdad Song (The Meat Purveyors)
22. Down on the Farm (Kim Lenz)
23. Little Red Riding Hood (Freakwater)
24. Rubber Duckie (Kelly Hogan)
25. Lullaby (Trailer Bride)


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