North Fork Sound Top 20 - June 28th '09

1. The Low Anthem: Charlie Darwin
2. Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
3. Graham Parker: Bullet Of Redemption
4. Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & The True Loves: Ace Of Spades
5. Jim Jones Revue: Rock ‘n’ Roll Psychosis
6. Ray Davies & The Crouch End Festival Chorus: Do You Remember Walter?
7. Tapper Zukie: MPLA
8. Swamp Dogg: Total Destruction To Your Mind
9. Ian McNabb: You Must Be Prepared To Dream
10. Björk: Declare Independence
11. Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians (excerpt)
12. Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers: Bustin’ Loose
13. Amy Winehouse: Do Me Good
14. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Goodnight Oslo
15. Muddy Waters: (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
16. Sandy Denny: For Shame Of Doing Wrong
17. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Who's Sharing The Moon
18. Suicide: Be Bop Kid
19. Hank Jacobs: East Side
20. Peggy Lee: I’m A Woman

NoFoSo Alb o’ The Week:

Amy Allison: Sheffield Streets (Urban Myth Records)

AA meeting
Lindsay Hutton, Amy Allison, Avy Carroll
photo: Karen McBurnie

The Guilty Pleasure:
Girls Can’t Help It: Baby Doll (Virgin Records, UK)

Last Week’s Listener Thumbs-Ups:
Jill Sobule: A Good Life
Spirit: Prelude/Nothing To Hide
The Flamin’ Groovies: Shake Some Action
Paul Westerberg: Dyslexic Heart
Andy Fairweather-Low: Wide Eyed And Legless
Peter Hammill: Ghost Of Planes
The White Stripes: Icky Thump
Billy Fury: Wondrous Place
AC/DC: Stiff Upper Lip
Pink Floyd: Careful With That Axe Eugene
Café Tacuba: El Punal Y El Corazón
Led Zeppelin: Communication Breakdown
Jackie Wilson: Doggin’ Around
Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep Mountain High
The Yayhoos: A Bottle And A Bible
Willie Nelson & Winton Marsalis:
Garbage: Special
Pete Townshend: Let My Love Open The Door
The Seeds: Up In Her Room
10,000 Maniacs: Scorpio Rising
John Doe & The Sadies: I Still Miss Someone
Bob Seger: Get Out Of Denver
New York Dolls (w/Iggy Pop): Gimme Luv (And Turn On The Light)
Doug Sahm & The Tex Mex Trip: Beautiful Texas Sunshine
Rickie Lee Jones: Walk Away Renee
Tim Buckley: Dolphins
The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink
ZZZ: Lalala
James Hunter: Don’t Do Me No Favours
Van Der Graaf Generator: Interference Patterns
Blur: Parklife
Alex McMurray: Where K-Doe Lives
Dusty Springfield: Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees
Carlene Carter: Every Little Thing
Ian Hunter: Girl From The Office
Amy Allison: Dream World
Chairmen Of The Board: Give Me Just A Little More Time
James Brown: Out Of Sight
Wilbert Harrison: Let’s Work Together (Pts 1&2)
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I’m Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight
Bonnie Raitt: Let Me In
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
'23A Swan Hill/Sweet Angeline'
Rockefeller Park, NYC
June 24 '09
Andy Burton - keyboardss
MC Bosch - guitar
Ian Hunter - vocals, guitar, piano
Steve Holley - drums
Paul Page - bass
James Mastro - guitar

It could have poured, but it didn't. And a freshly turned 70 year-"officially old" Ian Hunter could have phoned it in, but he didn't. Instead, he and his superb band kicked out the jams Wednesday night to a strong-in-numbers and appreciative crowd in the shadow of Battery Park City and what was once the World Trade Center.
Starting with 'Once Bitten, Twice Shy' he pulled songs from most stages of his career, including a few choice Mott The Hoople tunes. However, despite a rousing encore of 'Saturday Gigs/All The Young Dudes', the song of the night - no question - was the title track from his new album, 'Man Overboard'. It just might be his best song ever and it's no fluke, as the new album - out July 21st, and previewed here on North Fork Sound - is chock-full of classic Hunter tunes.
Finally, one of the people I went to the show with, Ed Hamell (of Hamell On Trial), has a new dvd coming out soon. Check this trailer: