“Monk’s royal-like aura made him an effective bandleader. Musicians weren’t sure how to act around him, so they followed him seemingly spellbound.” —
Sam Stephenson in “ Thelonious Monk: Is this home?”
Featuring the music of Eldridge Homes, Karen Dalton, Betty Davis, Amy LaVere, Thelonious Monk, Dwight Yoakam, and many more.
Essays by Sam Stephenson, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Sven Birkerts, Amanda Petrusich, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Hal Crowther, Jeff Sharlet. Fiction by John Rolfe Gardiner and Kevin Brown.
CD Tracks:
1. If I Were a Carpenter / Eldridge Holmes
2. Look Out Dog, Slow Down Train / Hackensaw Boys
3. One Mint Julep / The Clovers
4. I Take It Back / Sandy Posey
5. Morning Train / Reverend Charlie Jackson
6. G-Man Hoover / Van Dyke Parks
7. Bad Girl / Zakary Thaks
8. Katie Cruel / Karen Dalton
9. I Feel Like Singing / Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
10. Hey Lawdy Papa / Teddy Grace
11. Anti Love Song / Betty Davis
12. Yet to Succeed / Dwight Yoakam
13. Killing Him / Amy LaVere
14. That Blue Eyed Baby from Memphis / Don Redman
15. The Lesson / Mayo Thompson
16. I Must Be Somebody Else You’ve Known / The International Submarine Band
17. Parchman Farm / The Parchman Prison Band
18. Bayou Rock / Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones
19. Trinkle, Tinkle / Thelonious Monk
20. Cadillac on 22’s / David Banner
21. Little Bit of Rain / Fred Neil
22. Cry to Me / Betty Harris
23. Ha Ha in the Daytime / Percy Mayfield
24. Sweet Is the Melody / Iris DeMent
25. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievances / Daniel Johnston
26. Hammond Song / The Roches