[FairRetailRecordings] #0081 -- Cross Canadian Ragweed -- Wanna Rock 'N Roll

#0081

A song by Ray Wylie Hubbard, covered by Cross Canadian Ragweed.

Artist: Cross Canadian Ragweed

Date: 2004.05.12

Venue: Ludlow's

Track: Wanna Rock 'N Roll [Too large to email, use the download link that's the track name.]

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

[FairRetailRecordings] #0080 -- Cross Canadian Ragweed -- Leaving Tennessee

#0080

With SXSW in full swing, there's always a strong pro-Indie feel in the air. Despite Ragweed's mainstream successes, I find this song really gives off an antiestablishment vibe. [Thanks to Chuck M for taping and sharing.]

Artist: Cross Canadian Ragweed

Date: 2008.05.14

Venue: The Black Sheep

Track: Leavin' Tennessee

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

The Goings-On in The ATX This Week

Monday and Tuesday are looking slow but then the rest of the week rolls around and there's no shortage of good stuff happening.

Wednesday 9/10
Adam Carroll, Mark Jungers and Danny Santos are playing a song swap at Threadgill's North from 8-10p.

Thursday 9/11
Woodsboss is playing the happy hour (630-9p) slot at the Continental Club.
The Fundamentalists are playing at Threadgill's North from 8-10p.

Friday 9/12
Cross Canadian Ragweed is playing at the Nutty Brown Cafe waaay out in far southwest Austin.
Christian Kjellvander and the South Austin Jug Band are playing at the Parish on 6th starting at 9p.
The Lost Bayou Ramblers are at the Continental Club at midnight.

Saturday 9/13
The Mean Eyed Cat hosts it's 4th year anniversary gig with Texico (8p) and Austin Homegrown (930p).
Mario Matteoli and the Lost Bayou Ramblers are at the Continental Club starting at 10p.

3 Song Trifecta

I was on my bike on the way home from the gym last night and three consecutive songs came on my iPod that I felt were appropriately placed. All three had a geographic and emotional theme be that theme leaving home, hating a place as an extension of a person or relationship or loving a particular place.

The songs, in order, were:
"Caddo County" by Verlon Thompson (site)
"Leavin' Tennessee" by Cross Canadian Ragweed (site)
"New Braunfels Homesick Blues" by the Gougers (site, myspace)

Just, fyi, none of these songs are official, I guess. "Caddo County" is on Verlon's Live At The Ivey's cd. "Leavin' Tennessee" is on a CCRW recording I got from cotapers.org. "New Braunfels Homesick Blues" used to be available their Bootlegs Volume 1 via their snocap but that appears to be inoperable now.

Here are some youtube links for you though.
"Leavin' Tennessee"
"New Braunfels Homesick Blues or "New Braunfels Homesick Blues"