Kris Delmhorst and 2 Years of 10 Dollars

From the desk of Peter Crowley:

 

One of the most satisfying things about doing this radio show for the last two years has been getting musicians to record here in our bomb shelter studio (yes, it was originally built as a bomb shelter) and finding out that they're not jerks but are actually a lot like us - also, that they're easy to talk to and have a lot in common with me and appreciate the small-town radio thing. Of course, I still suspect that the music business is full to bursting with jackasses, but they never seem to make it through the long, arduous weeding process to get onto this show. Thank goodness.

 

So on that note, Kris Delmhorst performed at Saranac Lake's Bluseed Studios Saturday night and managed to fit a four-song Ten-Dollar session in between the gig and and some family time with her 1-year daughter and her husband (Jeffrey Foucault, a singer-songwriter of equal prominence as his wife). She's so cool and down-to earth that she made it easy. The lowlight is that I should have turned up her mic when she talked (it was fine when she sang), but that's compensated by the pure flawlessness of her performance and the awe-inspiringly rich tone of her Gibson J-50 guitar. You can see my pictures of her in the studio here and at Bluseed here.

 

From there, it's a haul by camper, truck, submarine and who knows what-all through the U.S. and Canada, ending up two years back in time, when Ned and I starting this show in September 2007. What songs we would play on our first episode was a huge deal to us, and we made sure to bring our A-list. The last 40 minutes or so of this show is filled with some of those all-star tunes.

 

The Ten Dollar Radio Show - still sounds like a million bucks and plays for free.

 

This week's playlist:

---Enter Kris Delmhorst

Riverwide

Juice and June

Light of the Light

Early Everlasting

---Exit Kris Delmhorst

One of These Days - Camper Van Beethoven

Drag-n-Fly - Dale Watson

Truck Stop in LaGrange - Dale Watson

Miller's Cave - The International Submarine Band

Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) - Drive-By Truckers

The Great Car Dealer War - Drive-By Truckers

When My Light Comes Shining - Rich Hope

Sweetest of Hearts - Dustin Bentall

The Love of One - Lee Harvey Osmond

Black Panther - The Johnny Shines Band

Oklahoma City Woman Blues - The Deep Vibration

Stranger - Hopewell

What Is Home? - The Black Crowes

That's All Right - Elvis Presley

My Back Pages (live) - BobFest (Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, etc.)

You Send Me --> Bring It on Home to Me (live) - Sam Cooke

Drunken Angel - Lucinda Williams

Down the Line - Buddy Holly

Fury - Prince

The Fever (live) - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Friday Night Fever - Silver Jews

Connection - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) - Otis Redding

 

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