The 115th Dream Looks Ahead to 2010 and Beyond

As you may have noticed the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been radio silent for the last quarter of the year. We wanted to chime in today to let you know we haven't flat-lined completely. There will be a few changes in store for the 115th Dream in the early part of 2010.

In the meantime we will be counting down our top 15 albums of 2009 over at Twitter (@doctormooney) and with each tweet we will be including a link to an MP3-starting now. Feel free to join us over there until we relaunch the new Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream.

Woody Guthrie 'My Dusty Road'

This Stethoscope Kills Fascists

Today the doctors and nursemaids picked up Woody Guthrie’s My Dusty Road - a Rounder Records released 4 disc, 54-song box set filled with dose after dose of magic medicine from the dustiest of the dust bowlers. A stockpile of antique treasures - collections of polished and unreleased tracks from a six-day 1940s session that would of had roses growing through the cracks after the black rollin' blizzards swept over the great American desert.

Woody's Basement Tapes

The definitive collection comes from bins of immaculate 78-rpm metal masters that were discovered in a Brooklyn basement. My Dusty Road captures the dust bowl raconteur at his peak. The ol' Folk-Okie sounds like he has never sounded before during these unreleased cuts and now well-known ballads.

Our rock 'n roll stethoscopes dig it. Do yours?







Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk

Doctor Mooney Advises You to DL Yer Daily Dosage of Tuneage

Enjoy this single cc of Woody Guthrie...

"Bad Repetation"

Who Left The Water Running? Maurice & Mac (1968)

Lord have mercy patients, yer rock 'n roll stethoscopes should know that yer pill box isn’t complete without the searin' soul side "You Left The Water Running" by Maurice and Mac. Not versions by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave or Wilson Pickett... the track released by former members of the Radiants, Maurice McAlister and Green 'Mac' McLauren.

We ran this song through some medical studies and it was revealed that "You Left The Water Running" will leave you with a case of earphoria. Dig.

From 2120 Michigan Avenue to 603 Avalon Avenue

Recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and released as their second single on Chess subsidiary Checker records in 1968, "You Left the Water Running" b/w "You're The One" is a genius blast of cool grooves. Believe it or not patients it never even came close to chartin' on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.

From the polished production to the rhythm to the soul chuggin' vocals "You Left the Water Running" has to be one of the hottest tracks laid to wax and is without a doubt one of the favorite tracks that the doctors and nursemaids have unearthed here at the asylum in recent times. Give 'er a listen and let us know yer thoughts.







Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk

Doctor Mooney Advises You to DL Yer Daily Dosage of Tuneage

Enjoy this single cc of Maurice & Mac...

Checker 1197
Written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
Performed by Maurice & Mac

Side A: "You Left The Water Running"
Side B: "You're The One"