Here is a double CD that acts as a soundtrack to noted music and travel writer Garth Cartwright’s book More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music (Serpents Tail). From early Memphis blues to LA barrio raps, More Miles Than Money gets off the main road and digs out more than 30 rough diamonds of American roots music. The compilation gathers a huge variety of music; many never released in Europe and largely unknown in the US. More Miles Than Money features blues, soul, country, funk, rock’n’roll, Tex-Mex, Native American song and powwow, mariachi, banda-rap and more, providing a vast overview of the richness of America’s regional music forms. Alongside older household names such as Hank Williams and Memphis Minnie there are contemporary US icons too, including Mexican-American rapper Jae-P and the Navajo singer Radmilla Cody. Sam the Sham, Charles Wright, the Dells, T-Model Ford, RL Burnside, Lefty Frizzell, Dale Watson, Billy Joe Shaver, Johnny Cash, the Goodees and other musical icons are featured with extremely rare songs.
1. SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT - Junior Wells
2. WOMAN OF THE GHETTO - Marlena Shaw
3. HEY LEROY YOUR MAMA'S CALLING YOU - Jimmy Castor
4. IT'S ALRIGHT - Bobby Rush
5. ABLE MABLE - Mable John
6. I COULDN'T SPELL !!*@! - Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
7. CASTANETS - Alejandro Escovedo
8. BIDI BIDI BOM BOM - Selena
9. TRAFICANTES MICHOACANOS - Mariachi Los Gavilanes De Oakland
10. STANDING ON THE CORNER (BLUE YODEL # 9) -Jimmie Rodgers
11. NOTHING IN RAMBLING - Memphis Minnie
12. GIMME A PIGFOOT AND A BOTTLE OF BEER - Bessie Smith
13. SITTING AT HOME ALONE - Hound Dog Taylor
14. TURPENTINE - J.J. Grey & Mofro
15. DOWN SOUTH - Big George Brock
16. AINT THAT LIVIN' - Dale Watson
17. JOHN HENRY BLUES - Furry Lewis
18. CRAZY LOVE LIFE - Pipestone
19. I GOTTA KEEP ON MOVIN' - The Impressions
20. I DON'T KNOW - Linda Lyndell
1. DEATH LETTER - Johnny Farmer & Organised Noize
2. SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY - The Dells
3. THAT'S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS - O.V. Wright With The Keys
4. A MOTHER'S LOVE - Charles Wright
5. MIGHTY LONG TIME - Sonny Boy Williamson
6. OVER THE HILL - R.L. Burnside
7. YOU JUST CAN’T BEAT JESUS CHRIST - Billy Joe Shaver & Johnny Cash
8. ASTONISHED (IN MEMPHIS) - Giant Sand
9. FLYING SHOES - Townes Van Zandt
10. MI PROBLEMA - Lydia Mendoza
11. MY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU - Diana Jones
12. CORN GRINDING SONG - Radmilla Cody
13. SAD DAYS, LONELY NIGHTS - Junior Kimbrough
14. EVERY NOW AND THEN - Honeyboy Edwards
15. RAMBLIN' MAN - Hank Williams
16. TEXAS HOOD SONG - Kell Robertson
17. HOW FAR DOWN CAN I GO - Lefty Frizzell
18. DIDN'T KNOW LOVE WAS SO GOOD - The Goodees
19. IF I HAD WINGS - T-Model Ford & Shrive Alive