Totem Figures - Steve Dawson
Totem Figures - Steve Dawson
Audio Interview with Steve Dawson
Steve Dawson’s won five Juno awards for playing guitar, dobro, lap steel, pedal steel, banjo and for producing records. He heads up his own label: Black Hen Music. He gigs and tours a lot. His totems include Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, The Band, Bill Frisell and Daniel Lanois.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
If you can stand the shaky camera work, watch Bill Frisell play a solo acoustic rendition of a Hank Williams classic.
Watch Steve Dawson play two instruments in this clip - first guitar and then pedal steel, one over the other.
This podcast is replete with music. Here are the song titles, artists an album names, in the order they’re used.
The Driving of the Year Nail - Leo Kottke - 6 and 12 String Guitar
Big Bully - Steve Dawson - Bug Parade
The Spanish Entomologist - Leo Kottke - from a live recording in Worcester, MA in 1973
Crow Black Chicken - Ry Cooder - Boomer’s Story
I Can Tell By the Way You Smell - Ry Cooder - Get Rhythm
Vigilante Man - Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley
Chain Gang - Ry Cooder and the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces - from a live recording in Santa Cruz, CA in 1987
My Walking Stick - Jim Byrnes - My Walking Stick
The Band - Rockin’ Chair - The Band
Bacon Fat - Levon and the Hawks - from the Band’s box set The Band: A Musical History
Home Cookin’ - The Band - from The Band: A Musical History
Tales from the Far Side - Bill Frisell - Tales from the Far Side
Shucks - Bill Frisell - Nashville
The Pioneers - Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man
Chris Gestrin - Steve Dawson - Telescope
Shame About It - Zubot and Dawson - Chicken Scratch
Everywhere I Go - Willie Nelson - Teatro
Same Brown Earth - Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys
Slipknot - Steve Dawson - Bug Parade
Ry Cooder and the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces play the classic Sam Cooke song Chain Gang, with Bobby King on lead vocals. This concert was filmed but never given the release they’d planned. But you can find all of it, song by song, on youtube.
Watch a young Leo Kottke play the song Vaseline Machine Gun. Yep, it’s just one guy, with no pedals, no effects.
Steve Dawson’s a fan of Daniel Lanois’ solo albums. This is a song from his album Shine.