It was a special all-request edition of the show today. Last Sunday, the host, John Ulett a.k.a. Uman, invited listeners to tweet their requests to him @stluman and the show was a special gift to us, his devoted listeners.
I confess i had serious misgivings about this! I was worried that it would result in a load of rubbish being played. St Louisans can have somewhat disturbing tastes: they love REO Speedwagon, for example, a group i can't abide. On the other hand, they once voted Mama's Pride's song "Blue Mist" (played today) as the greatest classic rock song of all time, ever. I wouldn't go that far, personally, but it's certainly damned good.
As it turned out, the show was as good as ever -- the only difference i could discern was that there seemed to be a lot more long songs (+8 minutes) than usual, but as they were great songs, that was hardly a problem.
Yes, i tweeted Uman and requested Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" which is, after all, a seasonal song, but although he liked my tweet, he didn't play the song. Maybe just a little too soft-rock. I should have asked for "Part Of The Plan," maybe....
He played Catieboo's request, though, so for her,
Here's the playlist:
The Marshall Tucker Band -- Twenty Four Hours At A Time
Morning Star -- Sad Lady
Little Feat -- All That You Dream
Mountain -- Nantucket Sleighride
Mama's Pride -- Blue Mist
Tommy Bolin -- Post Toastee
Steve Walsh -- Every Step Of The Way
Trapeze -- Black Clouds
Flash & The Pan -- Hey, St Peter
The Allman Brothers Band -- Whipping Post
The Animals -- The House Of The Rising Sun
Yes -- Heart Of The Sunrise
Rory Gallagher -- Brute Force And Ignorance
Sherbs -- No Turning Back
Crosby, Stills & Nash -- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Chuck Francour -- Under The Boulevard Lights
Boz Scaggs -- Loan Me A Dime
The Kings -- This Beat Goes On / Switchin'
Starcastle -- Lady Of The Lake
Little Feat -- Fat Man In The Bathtub
Iron Butterfly -- Scorching Beauty
Brownsville Station -- The Martian Boogie
Gypsy -- Dead And Gone
Yes -- America
I've been driving Scrooge McDuck – my neighbour upstairs – crazy this week. I don't listen to Christmas music until the week before, but during that week I listen to a lot of it. Here's what i've been annoying him with:
Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising
James Taylor – October Road
Joan Osborne – Christmas Means Love
Kathy Mattea – A Collection Of Hits
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Jethro Tull – A
Enya – And Winter Came
Loreena McKennitt – A Winter Garden
Various Artists – A Christmas Celebration
Amy Grant – A Christmas Album
Steeleye Span – Winter
The Beatles – Past Masters, Volume One
Dan Fogelberg – The First Christmas Morning
Various Artists – Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas
Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
The Baltimore Consort – Bright Day Star
Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour
Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
I Musici – Christmas Concerti
John Kirkpatrick, Rosie Cross, et al. – Wassail! : A Traditional Celebration Of An English Midwinter
The Albion Christmas Band – An Albion Christmas
The Albion Christmas Band – Snow On Snow
Enya – The Christmas EP
Amy Grant – Home For Christmas
Loreena McKennitt – The Visit
Colin James And The Little Big Band – Christmas
Kate Rusby – Little Lights
Waterson : Carthy – Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man
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