Monday, 5 November 2018

KSHE Klassics Show, Nov. 4th, 2018


Quotation du jour: Tom Waits ~ A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here. I have to connect via a VPN to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/, i was listening from San Francisco. I didn't mind at all: it was 18º there, a fair bit warmer than home (-1º).]

Vote for Claire McCaskill on Tuesday, folks! If you're a registered voter in Missouri, that is. I'm not, but if i were, i would.

Sorry to interject that rare political note into this week's post, but the Klassics Show for the past few weeks has been full of very malicious McCaskill vs Josh Hawley ads – they're candidates for the U.S. Senate and the campaign has turned quite nasty as election day approaches – nastier than usual for politics. I mean, most politicians are liars anyway, not interested in much other than getting re-elected. But Hawley's a wimp (and Trump is stumping for him, 'nuff said). Vote for Claire, she works for Missouri. I have spoken. The end. No more politics, at least until 2020, i promise. On to a more enlightening subject: the music.

This week's show definitely rates an A on the Jim Spriggs Scale Of Excellence: five stars out of five. There was nothing at all that i disliked. Probably the worst song this morning was that by Mark-Almond and it certainly wasn't bad, it just dragged a bit. I didn't even hate the Ted Nugent song, which was a surprise: it was all right. I certainly can't choose one song to name as the highlight, there was so much that i love. Eagles, Focus, Steely Dan, Buffalo Springfield, Humble Pie, The Allman Bros., Mott The Hoople.... All magic. I'm also delighted that Uman has played Renaissance a few times recently, i loved that band – and have a personally autographed photo of their singer, Annie Haslam, on my living room wall.

Here's the playlist, and that pic down there is Claire McCaskill. (My cat writes: no more politics, please!)



Eagles – On The Border
Eddie Money – Trinidad
The Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw
Manfred Mann – Father Of Day, Father Of Night
Supertramp – Crime Of The Century
Focus – Hocus Pocus
Steely Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Ted Nugent – Hey Baby
UFO – Rock Bottom
Renaissance – Carpet Of The Sun
Humble Pie – Thirty Days In The Hole
Armageddon – Buzzard
Aldo Nova – Fantasy
Le Roux – Addicted
The Atlanta Rhythm Section – Champagne Jam
Dire Straits – Lady Writer
Mark-Almond – What Am I Living For
Ian Hunter – When The Daylight Comes
Strawbs – Heartbreaker
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
Novo Combo – City Bound ("E" Train)
Rush – Here Again
Michael Martin Murphey – Carolina In The Pines
The Jon Butcher Axis – Don't Say Goodnight (this was the video of the week, a regular feature i think i'll start including: https://www.kshe95.com/kshe-klassics/jon-butcher-axis-dont-say-goodnight/)
Blackfoot – Highway Song
April Wine – Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
Bad Company – Live For The Music
Traffic – Rock & Roll Stew
Steve Walsh – Every Step Of The Way
Foghat – Stone Blue
Buffalo Springfield – Bluebird
The Allman Brothers Band – Revival
Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone
Dwight Twilley – Twilley Don't Mind

These are the CDs we bothered the optical drive at headquarters with, this week:

Maddy Prior – Woman In The Wings
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Oysterband – Deep Dark Ocean
Silly Wizard – A Glint Of Silver
Poco – Poco
Juicy Lucy – Lie Back And Enjoy It
John McLaughlin – The Promise
Peter Hammill – In A Foreign Town
Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago Transit Authority
Cheryl Dilcher – Special Songs
Renaissance – Novella
Pink – Greatest Hits … So Far!!!
Stan Rogers – The Very Best Of Stan Rogers
Highly Strung – Bagatelles And Belgian Lace
The Beatles – With The Beatles
Small Faces – Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising
Fairport Convention – Full House
Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser
Steve Earle – Jerusalem
Brass Monkey – Sound And Rumour
Happy Rhodes – Many Worlds Are Born Tonight
Emerson, Lake & Powell – Emerson, Lake & Powell
Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth
Kate Rusby – The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
Simon Nicol – Before Your Time
Paul Simon – In The Blue Light
Paula Cole – This Bright Red Feeling
T. Rex – Electric Warrior
The Doobie Brothers – Best Of The Doobies
Fernhill – Ca' Nôs
Yes – Keystudio

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