Kitten Kast # 202

Kitten Kast # 202 (right click, save as)

It's Hank Williams' 90th birthday next Tuesday, although he only made it to 29. He died on New Year's Eve 1953 in the back of a Cadillac, surrounded by beer cans and unfinished lyrics, en route to a show in Charleston, West Virginia. I've been obsessed with him since I first heard Long Gone Lonesome Blues about 5 years ago. His voice is so sad. He wrote some of the bleakest music I've ever heard. He sang about lost love, hard living and redemption. I'll shut up now so you can sit back and listen to Hank. Enjoy.



Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Your Cheatin' Heart
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Low Down Blues
There's A Tear In My Beer
I'm A Long Gone Daddy
Alone And Forsaken
Lost Highway
When God Dips His Love In My Heart
I Saw The Light
Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord?
The Wild Side Of Life
Settin' The Woods On Fire
I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
Moanin' The Blues
Lovesick Blues
California Zephyr
I Won't Be Home No More
Dixie Cannonball
Honky Tonk Blues
Weary Blues From Waitin'
You Win Again
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Take These Chains From My Heart
Cold, Cold Heart

Kitten Kast # 176

Kitten Kast # 176 (right click, save as)

Just in case you thought your great grandparents weren't getting just as freaky as your generation. The most recent song in this list is from 1954...



Billy Ward & The Dominos - Sixty Minute Man
Dinah Washington - Long John Blues
Wynonie Harris - Sittin' On It All The Time
Lil Johnson - Press My Button
Lucille Bogan - Till The Cows Come Home
Bo Carter - Please Warm My Weiner
Blind Boy Fuller - Get Your Yas Yas Out
Memphis Minnie - Down In The Alley
Sweet Emma - I Ain't Gonna Give You None Of My Jellyroll
Blu Lu Barker - Don't You Feel My Leg
The Swallows - It Ain't The Meat
Connie McLean's Rhythm Boys - Sissy Man Blues
Bull Moose Jackson - Big Ten Inch
Savannah Churchill - Fat Meat Is Good Meat
Lucille Bogan - Shave Em Dry
The Hokum Boys - Caught Us Doing It
Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot
The Anglin Brothers - Southern Whoopie Song
Blind Willie McTell - Salty Dog
Bull Moose Jackson - I Want A Bowlegged Woman
Lil Johnson - You Stole My Cherry
Blanche Calloway & Her Joy Boys - I Got What It Takes
Clara Smith - Ain't Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee
Julia Lee - Snatch And Grab It
Frankie Jaxon - You Gotta Wet It
Jimmie Gordon - Bed Spring Blues
Georgia White - I'll Keep Sittin' On It
Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman

Kitten Kast # 150

Kitten Kast # 150 (right click, save as)

I decided to put my collection of vinyl to good use, so I made a kast consisting entirely of vinyl rips. It was all run from my turntable through my valve system (kt88s for all you geeks). How hipster is that? The file is a little larger than normal because it's encoded at a higher bit rate, y'know, so you can hear all the crackles and pops properly.




Dennis Crumpton and Robert Summers - Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime (1926)
Coley Jones - Drunkard's Special (1929)
The Memphis Jug Band - Bob Lee Junior Blues (1927)
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers - Baby Please Don't Go (1935)
Blind Blake - Southern Rag (1927)
Blind Willie McTell - Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day (1927)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - That Black Snake Moan (1927)
Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (1937)
Big Bill Broonzy - Detroit Special (1936)
Leadbelly - Blind Lemon (1944)
Charlie Poole - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues (1925)
Hank Williams - We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day (1949)
Ernest Tubb - Crazy Arms (1960)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Old Time Religion (195? )
Johnny Cash - He'll Be A Friend (1959)
David Allan Coe - Texas Lullaby (1975)
Willie Nelson - Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (live) (1976)
Merle Haggard - Misery and Gin (1980)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)