The Minnesota Connection for mle292
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Hey, Marscon is coming up fast, and if I'm going to prod
wormquartet into burning CDs, I better get on the ball too.
mle292 and I agreed to exchange mix tapes at the con, and here is mine. The CD jewel case will have a listing of the songs and artists, but there's so much more. I'll put this behind a cut for those of you not interested. Generic note: Making the mix got a lot easier when I expanded beyond the subject matter of the songs to include local artists.
The Minnesota Connection
1 The Road – Nate Bucklin 4:54
A great version of this song, from his latest album.
2 Under The Quarter Moon – Carla Sciaky 4:23
3 The Wood-Tick Song – Rich and Roady 3:18
Roady Tate, of Riverfolk fame.
4 Turn Of The Wrench – Dana Lyons 6:50
5 Bummer – Warren King w/Nate Bucklin 3:15 [*]
Warren was a MN-STFer when this was recorded.
6 Recipe for Love – Tetes Noires 2:51 [**]
They gave lots of local concerts in the early 80s.
7 Luntennial Promo – Shockwave Radio 1:32
We had fun.
8 The Fair – Ann Reed 3:22
9 Roseville Fair – Bill Staines 3:26
10 Renaissance Faire – Blackmoor's Night 4:15
The first is about the Minnesota State Fair, the second may or may not be about the burb.
The third song is the only real cheat, since it's not a MN artist or specifically about a MN event, but it certainly fits in here.
11 99 1/2 Won't Do – Sabathani Choir 2:43
12 Preposterous – Nate Bucklin 3:22
Another good version from the album.
13 The Reincarnation Song – Howard Harrison 4:07
14 Fairy Tale – Jane Frietag w/Nate Bucklin 2:30 [*]
Jane was a Milwaukee fan who lived in Mpls for a while.
15 Home – Riverfolk 3:04
16 Rue The Day – Folk Underground 3:11
A slight cheat, as the group is from Wisconsin, but the song is produced in Mpls and written by frequent visitor Jane Yolen.
17 Minnesota Rouser – Minnesota Marching Band :59
The U of M Marching Band!
18 River – Bill Staines 4:20
Recorded in Mpls at the Cafe Extempore
19 Upper Mississippi Shakedown – Lamont Cranston 3:46
20 Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota – Weird Al Yankovic 6:46
21 Marscon 2004: Dr. Demento Bumpers 2:21
A small selection. I don't know if he used any of these on his show, but they were a lot of fun to make.
[*] Recorded by Baron Dave in his living room, circa 1981
[**] Digitized at the request of the artists
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The Minnesota Connection
1 The Road – Nate Bucklin 4:54
2 Under The Quarter Moon – Carla Sciaky 4:23
3 The Wood-Tick Song – Rich and Roady 3:18
4 Turn Of The Wrench – Dana Lyons 6:50
5 Bummer – Warren King w/Nate Bucklin 3:15 [*]
6 Recipe for Love – Tetes Noires 2:51 [**]
7 Luntennial Promo – Shockwave Radio 1:32
8 The Fair – Ann Reed 3:22
9 Roseville Fair – Bill Staines 3:26
10 Renaissance Faire – Blackmoor's Night 4:15
The third song is the only real cheat, since it's not a MN artist or specifically about a MN event, but it certainly fits in here.
11 99 1/2 Won't Do – Sabathani Choir 2:43
12 Preposterous – Nate Bucklin 3:22
13 The Reincarnation Song – Howard Harrison 4:07
14 Fairy Tale – Jane Frietag w/Nate Bucklin 2:30 [*]
15 Home – Riverfolk 3:04
16 Rue The Day – Folk Underground 3:11
17 Minnesota Rouser – Minnesota Marching Band :59
18 River – Bill Staines 4:20
19 Upper Mississippi Shakedown – Lamont Cranston 3:46
20 Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota – Weird Al Yankovic 6:46
21 Marscon 2004: Dr. Demento Bumpers 2:21
[*] Recorded by Baron Dave in his living room, circa 1981
[**] Digitized at the request of the artists
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Your Minnesota artists
Date: 2006-02-23 07:43 pm (UTC)Nate Bucklin
Re: Your Minnesota artists
Date: 2006-02-23 08:16 pm (UTC)shame others into getting their CDs ready by the conencourage the exchange of music for Marscon. Much of my impresario angst is that many of the songs that actually mention "Minnesota" are not my favorites. Should I include, say, Lojo's "Last Time I Saw California" about leaving MN for CA or "I Wanna Be A Powerpuff Girl"? I like the latter a whole bunch. (So does my five-year-old niece.)Warren was never very active, but he hung around meetings for a couple of years; he's in at least one of my pictures of the meetings of that era. Heck, you even wrote a song about him.
The chorus, which you sing with Jane, is:
in fairy tales
and in dreams come true.
Don't you know
I care enough
to say goodbye to you.
Does this spur your memory?
It doesn't surprise me that our tastes in Bill Staines overlap a great deal and then diverge near the top. My favorite of his is "A Place In The Choir", of which I have two versions. For a while I thought one of them was recorded in Mpls, but alas it wasn't so I couldn't shoehorn it into this compilation. I'm pleased that you're pleased with the association!
Warren King
Date: 2006-02-23 08:17 pm (UTC)Nate
Re: Warren King
Date: 2006-02-23 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-24 01:49 am (UTC)You've got actual liner notes, very nice.
I'm also glad to hear that