Daily Planet

Today Jeff Lang is our guest presenter so he’ll be choosing the music for The Daily Planet and explaining how it has influenced him and his great new CD, Half Seas Over.

Some of the artists Jeff has put on his eclectic short list are Richard Thompson, Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder, Jim Moray, John Fahey, Bill Frisell, Leo Kottke, Bonnie Prince Billy, AC/DC and Hound Dog Taylor.

Playlist

1421
Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)

JEFF LANG HALF SEAS OVER TOUR ALERT:
16 Fri Fly By Night (*) Fremantle, WA Tix
17 Sat Her Majesty's Theatre (*) Adelaide, SA 131 246
18 Sun Ruby's Lounge Belgrave, Vic Tix
21 Wed Kinross Woolshed Hotel Albury, NSW Tix
22 Thurs The Home Tavern Wagga Wagga, NSW 02 6921 3117
23 Fri Candelo Town Hall Candelo, NSW 02 6492 3533
24 Sat Milton Theatre Milton, NSW 02 4455 3056
25 Sun Heritage Hotel Bulli, NSW 02 4284 5884
28 Wed The Clarendon Katoomba, NSW Venue or
02 4782 1322
29 Thurs Lizotte's Ettalong Beach, NSW Info
30 Fri The Brass Monkey Cronulla, NSW 02 9544 3844
31 Sat The Basement Sydney, NSW Venue or
June
1 Sun The Street Theatre Canberra, ACT 02 6247 1223
6 Fri The Loft Warrnambool, Vic 03 5562 2803
7 Sat The National Hotel Geelong, Vic Tix
13 Fri Harmony Row Vineyard Pipers Creek, Vic 03 5423 5286
14 Sat Peninsula Lounge Moorooduc, Vic Venue or
03 5978 8955
20 Fri Launceston Country Club Launceston, Tas 1300 795 257
21 Sat The Republic Bar Hobart, Tas Tix
26 Thurs The SoundLounge Gold Coast, QLD Tix
27 Fri Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Brisbane, QLD Venue or
07 3872 9000
28 Sat Bangalow Catholic Hall Bangalow, QLD Tix
29 Sun Joe's Waterhole Eumundi, QLD 07 5442 8144

1423
CD Cut 8 - 'The Suffolk Miracle'
Traditional, arr. Jim Moray
Pub Not Spec
Niblick Records NIBL 003 www.jimmoray.co.uk
Jim Moray - 'Sweet England'
5:13
(Jim's sweet tenor voice and layers of electronic and acoustic instruments in his innovative arrangement of a traditional English song)

Segue

1428
CD Cut 4 - 'Five Letters'
Jeff Lang
Assume APRA/AMCOS
ABC Music 5144271282 ( in Australia through Warner Music.
Available at ABC shops & online: www.abcshop.com.au ) www.jefflang.com.au
Jeff Lang - 'Half Seas Over'
3:38
(Austral comp and perf: Grant Cummerford's acoustic bass and Jeff's acoustic guitar, clarinet, harmonium and voice in death/love song with Celtic overtones)

1436
CD Cut 4 - 'Louise'
Paul Siebel
Leeds Music Ltd.
Beat Goes On Records BGO CD 134, licensed from EMI Records
Leo Kottke - 'My Feet Are Smiling'
4:19
(Live recording of Leo's twelve string acoustic guitar and voice in song about the quiet death of a woman on the fringes of society)

Segue

1440
CD Cut 8 - 'Mooncoin'
Jeff Lang
Assume APRA/AMCOS
ABC Music 5144271282 ( in Australia through Warner Music.
Available at ABC shops & online: www.abcshop.com.au ) www.jefflang.com.au
Jeff Lang - 'Half Seas Over'
4:45
(Austral comp and perf: Jeff's vocal and 12 String guitar in story of a lonely woman, on her own at her death)

1448
CD 2, Cut 1 - 'Baby Don't Know What to Do With Herself'
Richard Thompson
Beeswing Music
Capitol 7243 8 33704 2 9 (Through EMI)
Richard Thompson - 'You? Me? Us?'
3:35
(Danny Thompson's double bass and Richard's acoustic guitar and voice in minimalist story-song)

Segue

1452
CD Cut 1 - 'Southern Highlands Daughter'
Jeff Lang
Assume APRA/AMCOS
ABC Music 5144271282 ( in Australia through Warner Music.
Available at ABC shops & online: www.abcshop.com.au ) www.jefflang.com.au
Jeff Lang - 'Half Seas Over'
3:38
(Austral comp and perf: Grant Cummerford's double bass and Jeff's fluid acoustic guitar and voice in song about, he says, bad behaviour, regret and fear of retribution)

1458
CD 1, Cut 2 - 'Blues for Los Angeles'
Bill Frisell
Friz-Tone Music (BMI)
Nonesuch 79863-2 ( if issued in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
Bill Frisell - 'East/West'
One minute excerpt
(Bill's menacing electric guitar with Victor Krauss' bass and Kenny Wollesen's drums in abstract 12 bar blues)

Presenter

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Producer

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