So, it's been almost two years since I have put together an actual mix CD. Since then, I have added to the Anthology Collection (which doesn't count as a mix CD), a couple of iTunes playlists, and a Facebook playlist. Still, nothing compares to sitting down and making the list, listening to it, make a rough draft disc, and figuring out what works and what doesn't. There were some songs that didn't make the cut to this on (Ray Charles's version of Eleanor Rigby, for one).
There is a bit of a pattern here, as there has been in some of my more recent mixes. There is a Tori Amos cover, an Elvis Costello song (also a cover), and Tom Waits. Sounds oh so much like every mix I've put together since 2002. However, since D likes all three, they are in (she is the one I'm making this for—and that she likes all three is more proof that I am marrying the right woman). There are eight covers on this CD (unintentional at first, but then it became a game of how many I could fit in), vocals by an Evansville native, and a couple of songs that I have rediscovered because of the huge CD backup project (which is still in progress).
Track List
House of the Rising Sun – Nina Simone
Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson
I Put a Spell on You – Screaming Jay Hawkins
Baby, Please Don't Go – Them
Lady Godiva's Operation – The Velvet Underground
Angel – Jimi Hendrix
Behind Blue Eyes – Sheryl Crow
Oh Darling – Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (with John Cowan)
Let's Get it On – Jack Black
You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
Falling in Love in a Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
Place To Be – Nick Drake
The Drugs Don't Work – Ben Harper
For You – Format
War Torn – Nicole Atkins
Thoroughfare – Rebecca Martin
All Through the Night – Tori Amos
Mama Told Me Not To Come – Randy Newman
Innocent When You Dream – Elvis Costello
Straight to the Top (Vegas) – Tom Waits
Chevelure (am I right?) Playlist created 7 June, 2009 for his beautiful fiancée. An Ian Shane Joint.
