Almost a year and a half ago now my friend Craig came round to record a podcast about early blues which we, somewhat unimaginatively, called the Craigcast.

A great deal of that conversation centred around Fat Possum Records (Wikipedia), and how Matthew Johnson struggled for years to keep it trundling along, despite being near bankruptcy for most of the time.  It wasn’t until soul legend Solomon Burke decided to release his comeback record with them that they finally got out of the financial woods with some finality.

Craig’s interest in the label is based around an obsession with old blues music, but from a modern indie kid’s perspective Fat Possum are still one of the best record labels in the world – The Walkmen, AA Bondy, Andrew Bird, Sonny and the Sunsets, Band of Horses, The Black Keys, Dinosaur Jr., The Felice Brothers, Wavves and Yuck all release with them.  So this is absolutely all about Fat Possum and their bands.  Sort of a tribute, and sort of a public demonstration of me being absolutely green with envy.

Direct download: Toadcast #163 – The Fat Possumcast

01. R.L. Burnside – Snake Drive (00.15)
02. Dinosaur Jr. – Almost Ready (14.11)
03. Junior Kimbrough – Meet Me in the City (21.34)
04. Andrew Bird – Plasticities (Live) (28.46)
05. Johnny Farmer – Ocean Blues (38.37)
06. Solomon Burke – Fast Train (46.26)
07. Sonny & the Sunsets & Death Cream (59.02)
08. The Walkmen – Donde Esta la Playa (61.45)
09. Cedell Davies – Keep on Snatchin’ it Back (68.03)
10. T-Model Ford – Take a Ride With Me (76.47)