Tierra Sessions Volume 5 – Bryan Harkness
“The songs in this list are songs that inspired me as a musician and as a writer. As you can tell, I am a fan of all music. My guitar inspirations, Pat Metheny, George Benson, and Pat Martino are great players and their music is timeless. I find myself exploring their music endlessly. As for the country songs, listen to the writing as some of the songs tell more than one story. I hope you enjoy listening to my mixtape as much as I enjoyed putting it together!” – Bryan
Alan Jackson- Drive – Buy on iTunes
Blues Traveler – Hook – Buy on iTunes
Collective Soul – December – Buy on iTunes
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams – Buy on iTunes
George Strait – Texas Cookin – Buy on iTunes
Lyle Lovett – If I Had A Boat – Buy on iTunes
Thomas Hulten – Cambiando Camas – Buy on iTunes
Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home – Buy on iTunes
Robert Earl Keen - Front Porch Song – Buy on iTunes
Robert Earl Keen - Don’t Turn Out The Lights – Buy on iTunes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Wildflowers – Buy on iTunes
Waylon Jennings – Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? – Buy on iTunes
Tierra Sessions Vol. 4 – Spettro aka Edward Scott – ”Dr. Skibba”
My sister (Candace Skibba) defends her dissertation today @ Univ. of Madison, Wisconsin to obtain her Ph.D in Spanish Literature & Film. It’s been a long road and needless to say, I am so proud of her for stickin it out!
She requested I put together a few “feel good” songs for her for this monumental point in her life. I was to make sure to include the house music classic “Follow Me” by Aly-Us. I was quite surprised with this request, as she’s not really a house head. I was thinking “Dope!” -HA.
So, a couple days ago I sat down to zip some trax for her. After an hour of diggin through my library I found myself itching to make a mixtape. Many of these cuts are 90′s classics…the era we grew up as teenagers. I have vivid memories of hangin out with her at my parents house, dancing in front of the mirror, making high-fives when our favorite song would come on Dallas’ “The Edge” radio station.
1/2 way through the mix, I noticed how many party tracks I had burned through already. Keeping my “all over the place” reputation in-tact, I threw in Fela Kuti and Sister Nancy to get back to the “feel good” vibe. Then, back to the party vibe, and then onto a genre I call “comedy music”, Sagat “Fuck Dat”. Believe it or not, this was a top 40 hit in 1994 and was featured on Beevis & Butthead’s MTV show. Wow, flashbacks.
Candace’s response to the mix: ”FOLLOW ME ..[but] DON’T QUOTE ME BOY ‘CUZ I AIN’T SAYIN’ SHIT..[however] EVERYDAY I´M HUSTLIN´”
This mix is raw, and out of time in places. I am in a new place in my DJ career…now I’m thinking that sometimes raw and out of time is just perfect.
1. Aly-us - ”Follow Me” - Buy on iTunes
2. Daft Punk - ”Too Long (acid girls edit)” - Buy Original Version on iTunes
3. Planet Soul - ”Set U Free (Fnl Mix) (128-92-128 Bpm)” - Buy Original Version on iTunes
4. Ice Cube - ”We Be Clubbin” - Buy on iTunes
5. Bizmarkie - ”Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz” - Buy on iTunes
6. Digable Planets - ”Rebirth Of Slick” - Buy on iTunes
7. Eazy-E - ”Boyz-N-The-Hood” - Buy on iTunes
8. Afrodisiac Soundsystem - “Jimi & Jill” -
9. Fela Kuti - ”2 Gentleman” - Buy on iTunes
10. Sister Nancy - ”Bam Bam” - Buy on iTunes
11. Eric B. & Rakim - ”Paid in Full” - Buy on iTunes
12. Digital Underground - ”Doowutchalike” - Buy on iTunes
13. Sagat - ”Fuk Dat” (Raw Mix) - Buy on Beatport
14. The Jones Girls - ”Nights Over Egypt” – phazed by Splice - Buy Original (Live) on iTunes
15. Daz-i-cue - ”Come With Me” (J Boogie Remix) - Buy on Beatport
16. Mahala Rai Banda - ”Mahalageasca” (Felix B Jazzhouse Dub) - Buy on Beatport
17. Joe Montana - ”Sunrise” - Buy on Beatport
18. Rick Ross - ”Hustlin” (xxxchange Remix) -
