[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/smokey-mountain-bill.mp3|titles=Smokey Mountain Bill and His Song, Delmore Brothers (1934)] Taken from a brilliant 4-disc Delmore Brothers collection called Classic Cuts: Chicago, 1933-1941. This song is even more fun when you know the words, so I’ve done my best to transcribe them here.
Category: old podcasts
Louise Esposito’s Sinatra Story
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/sinatra-story.mp3|titles=Mama Esposito’s Sinatra Story] The following story is told by Louise Esposito, recorded Easter Day, 2004 at the Craine home in Hingham, Mass. “Mama” has a wonderful way of telling stories, and fortunately, there’s no shortage of them.
Ryan Adams covering Bird Song, live ’06
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/bird-song.mp3|titles=Ryan Adams live from Das Haus – Ludwigshafen, Germany] This is from a live recording of Ryan Adams and the Cardinals from Das Haus – Ludwigshafen, Germany on 10/17/06. Bootleg sound is always hit or miss, but this show’s a huge hit. The sound’s pretty much perfect. Bird Song is a Grateful Dead song from…
Jack Gravat needs a personal trainer.
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/personal-trainer.mp3|titles=Jack Gravat (Kevin Nealon) needs a personal trainer] This audio was extracted from the Comedy Central TV program Crank Yankers. Here, Jack Gravat (Kevin Nealon) calls the Power Shop to find himself a personal trainer.
Dave Kennedy’s All By Myself
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/all-by-myself.mp3|titles=David Kennedy – All By Myself ] Dave Kennedy was obviously really psyched to show the world how multi-track recording worked. What’s absolutely fascinating is that–as the story goes–he really did record “All By Myself” all by (him)self.