01. George McGregor & the Bronzettes "Temptation is Hard to Fight"
02. Otis Redding "Security"
03. Snooks Eaglin "Nothing Sweet as You"
04. Barbara & the Browns "Please Be Honest with Me"
05. Smiley Lewis "Someday You'll Want Me"
06. Sam Cooke "(What A) Wonderful World"
07. The Nightingales "Just a Little Overcome"
08. Jimmy Hughes "I Stand Accused"
09. Lonnie Johnson "I'll Get Along Somehow"
10. Big Bill Broonzy "Trouble in Mind"
11. Peter Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar "Sleep Walk"
12. Louis Armstrong "La Vie En Rose"
13. Django Reinhardt "Time on My Hands"
14. Paul Clayton "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone)"
15. Elvis Presley "That's When Your Heartaches Begin"
16. Billie Holiday "(I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a Chance"
17. Teddy Wilson "Don't Blame Me"
18. Dinah Washington "Embraceable You"
19. Henry Hall & the Gleneagles Hotel Band "Home"
20. Baden Powell "Round About Midnight"
21. Vashti Bunyan "Winter is Blue"
22. John Jacob Niles "Go 'Way from My Window"
23. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band "A Closer Walk with Thee"
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The cold months are certainly upon us. Thanksgiving has passed and now it's a time of hibernation. Pull the chairs in from the porch and start reading wrapped in blankets. I'll be damned if six o'clock doesn't feel like about midnight these days. I hope this mix brings ya a little warmth. It's heavy on the blue soul and jazzy twists this time. I tried to avoid outright winter themed songs and stick with things that feel like winter but there's just no denying that Vashti tune. Also, you might recognize track two as being the same song from the last mix (that time spun out by Thane Russal & Three) but this time we've got the original tune from Otis Redding. They both stand on their own and have their time and place. It just so happens that winter is a good time for Otis.
A big mug of yerba mate with mint and a touch of honey will make even the most terrible cold day a little bit better.
Note: The cover is from the New York Tribune, 1905
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