The theme this week on Stranger Songs is The Original Sloth Band at 60.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| The Original Sloth Band – teenaged brothers Chris and Ken Whiteley and their friend Tom Evans – played their first gig in 1965. Their band name for that gig was Tubby Fats Original Allstar Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band but they soon evolved into the Original Sloth Band. Sadly, Tom Evans passed away from cancer in 2009, but, in June, Chris and Ken with some guest musicians played a concert at Hugh’s Room in Toronto to mark the milestone anniversary. |
| The New Heartbreak Blues Original Sloth Band - Whoopee After Midnight - Sloth
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| (I Just Want to Be) Horizontal Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band - I Just Want to Be Horizontal - Kingswood |
| Temperance Reel Tony Rice - Tony Rice - Rounder |
| Sheik of Araby Jeff Healey - The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues - Stony Plain
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| Johnson Rag Amos Milburn - Rockin’ and Drinkin’: Greatest Hits and More 1946-1959 - Jasmine |
| Heaven Original Sloth Band - Whoopee After Midnight - Sloth
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| Stealin' The Dumptrucks - Selections - Laughing Cactus
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| I’m a Vulture (for Horticulture) Original Sloth Band - Whoopee After Midnight - Sloth
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Leon Redbone - Champagne Charlie - Warner Bros. |
| Things are Coming My Way Jenny Whiteley - The Original Jenny Whiteley - Black Hen Music
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| Sunny Side of the Street Jay McShann - Still Jumpin’ the Blues - Stony Plain |
| How Long Blues Mose Scarlett - The Fundamental Things - Pyramid
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| Get a Job Original Sloth Band - Whoopee After Midnight - Sloth
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| Organ Grinder Blues (with Tuba Skinny) Maria Muldaur - One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey - NOLA Blues 
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| Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep the Blues Away) Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson - Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) - Legacy |
| Diga Diga Do Duke Ellington & The Mills Brothers - Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) - Legacy |
| It's Tight Like That Jimmy Bracken’s Toe Ticklers - Jack Teagarden: The Definitive Collection - Master Tape |
| Shout Baby Shout Original Sloth Band - Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ - Woodshed
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| Cheek to Cheek The Boswell Sisters - Cheek to Cheek - Classic |
| Honeysuckle Rose The Central Park Sheiks - Honeysuckle Rose - Flying Fish |
| Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) Bessie Smith - Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection - Big3 |
| Memphis Shakedown Carolina Chocolate Drops - Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson - Music Makers Recordings |
| Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby Original Sloth Band - Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ - Woodshed
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| Fast Freight Train Ken Whiteley - Unseen Hands: 12 Songs 12 Strings - Ken Whiteley
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| I've Got to Split Chris Whiteley - It’s the Natural Thing to Do - Electro-Fi
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Programming note: At the end of this show I mention that next week's theme will be Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs. That's actually the theme scheduled for September 2. Next week's themes are Songs of August and Highway 61 Revisited - Revisited.
4:41 PM, August 13th, 2025