KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, March 24th, 2019

Quotation du jour ~ Cat Stevens: The words of the songs speak for themselves.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey yet again.]

I think that this week's installment deserves a grade of A, although an A- was tempting. But i'm in a good mood, i'll give it an A.

There was certainly enuff schtuff this morning that i can honestly say that i love, but there was also a lot of music that was just plain ordinary. Pleasant but not exceptional. At least there was nothing that made me want to throw the laptop out the window, and it's always great to hear Cheryl Dilcher, which doesn't happen very often. Wishbone Ash and Renaissance were probably the highlights for me, oh, and Genesis, too. And Chicago and The Sutherland Bros....

It was nice to hear Max Webster, too – one of my favourite Canadian bands. I'm sorry, though, that “Battle Scar” seems to be the only song of theirs that is ever aired on KSHE – they did so many that are much better, Dave. Maybe i should get my own radio program – I have the perfect face for radio, at least....

That's Cheryl Dilcher down there, btw. It may not be her real hair.

Symphonic Slam – Modane Train

Michael Stanley Band – Hearts On Fire

John Waite – Change

Rod Stewart – Handbags And Gladrags

Aldo Nova – Fantasy

Wishbone Ash – Persephone

The Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw

Ambrosia – Life Beyond L.A.

Gamma – I'm Alive

The Animals – It's My Life

Nick Gilder – You Really Rock Me

Climax Blues Band – I Am Constant

Blue Öyster Cult – Shooting Shark

Cheryl Dilcher – High

April Wine – Oowatanite

Real Life – Send Me An Angel

Chicago – I'm A Man

Bob Welch – Ebony Eyes

Charlie – L.A. Dreamer

Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

The Dixie Dreggs – Take It Off The Top

Renaissance – Mother Russia

Dave Mason – So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away)

The Firm – Radioactive

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Arms Of Mary

Flash And The Pan – Hey, St Peter

Alexis – Fly By Night

Glass Moon – Killer At 25

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Spooky

Graham Parker – White Honey

Headboys – The Shape Of Things To Come

Patti Smith – Because The Night

Roy Buchanan – Can I Change My Mind

Headstone – Turn Your Head

The Grateful Dead – I Need A Miracle

Santana – Samba Pa Ti

Gypsy – Don't Get Mad (Get Even)

Max Webster – Battle Scar

Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue

Jim Capaldi – Living On The Edge

Jackson Browne – Rock Me On The Water

My computer tech repair guy suggested that i play these CDs this week, as it would be a lot cheaper than constantly bashing co-workers' heads with the laptop. So i did.

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country

Mama's Pride – Mama's Pride

Sheila Chandra -- “This Sentence Is True” (The Previous Sentence Is False)

Dixie Chicks – Home

Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel

Richard Thompson – Strict Tempo!

Frank Zappa – Hot Rats

Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears

Tim Renwick – Privateer

Black Country Communion – Afterglow

Steeleye Span – Commoner's Crown

George Harrison – Cloud Nine

The Sugar Cubes – Life's Too Good

Linda Thompson – Give Me A Sad Song

Jane Siberry – When I Was A Boy

Fleetwood Mac – Shrine '69

Fairport Convention – Over The Next Hill

Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan

Various Artists – Boys On The Side (O.S.T.)

Eagles – On The Border

Ute Lemper – Illusions

Joe Jackson & Friends -- Heaven And Hell

Runrig – The Story

Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading

Jan Akkerman – Tabernakel

Weezer – Six Hits

The Beatles – With The Beatles

Bob Seger – Beautiful Loser

Rory Gallagher – Tattoo

P.J. Harvey – Stories From The City Stories From The Sea

Mott The Hoople – Mott

Atlanta Rhythm Section – A.R.S.: The Best Of Atlanta Rhythm Section

Nazareth – Loud 'N' Proud

Gryphon – Red Queen To Gryphon Three

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, March 17th, 2019

Quotation du jour ~ Brendan Behan: It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey again – zip code 07047, to be more exact.]

It was a special St Patrick's Day edition of the show today, and Uman was broadcasting live from Helen Flanagan's Irish Pub And Grill, 3650 S. Lindbergh Boulevard in south St Louis. At least half of the songs were by Irish performers, and almost every song was by an artist with a (sometimes tenuous) connection to Eire (Sammy Hagar is of Irish ancestry? Who knew?) or at least had the word “green” in its title.

Some of the music had no Hibernian connection at all – at least, not as far as i could tell. I mean, Santana? Jimi Hendrix? Really?

The inclusion of Rory Gallagher (b. Ballyshannon, County Donegal) and Mama's Pride (a couple of whose members, the Liston brothers, are of Irish descent) automatically means that this week's show is graded an A+ and the fact is i probably would have awarded that grade anyway, but in some ways it was strangely unsatisfying. For instance, why were there two songs each by U2, Horslips and Thin Lizzy, but only one Rorysong? And why Steely Dan's “Chain Lightning” when their song “Green Earrings” would have been more appropriate? Further, as much as i love Peter Gabriel's music, there's no Irish in him whatsoever.

Anyway, here's the playlist. There was one song i was unable to identify, although i'd heard it before, but i think the title is “Come Ride The Highway With Me.” And there's a picture of Helen Flanagan's. I didn't get there when i was in St Lou, and to be honest it doesn't look like my type of place particularly: not specially cosy. I'm sure the regulars love it :-)

Horslips – Sure The Boy Was Green

Eddie Money – Get A Move On

Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar

The Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides

Rory Gallagher – Moonchild

U2 – Two Hearts Beat As One

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River

The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine

????? - Come Ride On The Highway With Me (?)

Wings – 1985

Sammy Hagar – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

Thin Lizzy – Showdown

Horslips – The Man Who Built America

U2 – Gloria

Steely Dan – Chain Lightning

Gerry Rafferty – Right Down The Line

Michael Martin Murphey – Medicine Man

Moon Martin – Rolene

Ian McLagan – Li'l Troublemaker

Heart – How Deep It Goes

The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays

Joe Cocker – The Letter

Chris de Burgh – Don't Pay The Ferryman

The Beatles – Baby You're A Rich Man

Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady

Jethro Tull – The Whistler

Santana – Transcendance

Yes – Wondrous Stories

Foreigner – Rev On The Red Line

The Steve Miller Band – Serenade

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing

Jackson Browne – Running On Empty

The Doors – Backdoor Man

Neil Young – Cowgirl In The Sand

Mama's Pride – Young And Free

Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill

The Kinks – Destroyer

Van Morrison – Wild Night

Kansas – Go To Rock On

One final note: one of these weeks i'm going to get my stopwatch out. Uman always announces “four hours of KSHE classics” but there are so many commercials i'm sure the actuality is that it's less than three hours' worth. It's still the highlight of my week, though!

My specialist in internal medicine recommended these albums for me this week, and who am i to argue with him?

Cat Stevens – The Best Of Cat Stevens

Jonathan Edwards -- Jonathan Edwards

Peter Hammill – In A Foreign Town

Chicago – Chicago VI

Afro Celt Sound System – Flight

The Beatles – Help!

The Waterboys – Room To Roam

Ten Wheel Drive – The Best Of Ten Wheel Drive

Max Webster – Mutiny Up My Sleeve

Happy Rhodes – The Keep

Renaissance – Novella

Paul McCartney – Ram

Eliza Gilkyson – Paradise Hotel

Focus – Hamburger Concerto

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog

Colin James & The Little Big Band – II

Jon & Vangelis – Page Of Life

Eagles – Greatest Hits Volume 2

Bruce Guthro – Guthro

Saga – Images At Twilight

Melissa Etheridge – Your Little Secret

Sparks – Lil' Beethoven

Various Artists – World Of Noise

Foo Fighters – St Cecilia

Yes – Fragile

Van der Graaf Generator – A Grounding In Numbers

Siouxsie & The Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

Fish – Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Greatest Hits

Taste – The Best Of Taste

Various Artists – Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints

Richard Thompson (w. Danny Thompson) -- Industry

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, March 10th, 2019

Quotation du jour ~ Ringo Starr: So this is America. They must be out of their minds.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey again.]

This week, i'm doing something i've only done once before (as far as i can remember): grading the show A++ -- or, eight stars out of a possible five. Yes, it was that good. Hot damn!

Rory Gallagher, of course, automatically means an A+ but there was so much else that was pure magic i felt i had to bump it up. The Rorysong was brilliant, of course, but i think that the highlight of the show (for me) was Diesel's “Sausalito Summernights,” which had me playing air bass guitar (very badly) and trying to dance in my chair! (Also very badly). The Records' “Starry Nights” pretty much had the same effect. Power pop for the ages.

Even the REO Speedwagon song – and i'm on record as stating that i can't stand REO Speedwagon – wasn't all that bad.

Oh, and we had The Beatles, the most important group in history. Uman rarely plays them, but said that he thinks he'll play them more often, which would be great – if it happens. (A while back he said he'd be playing Renaissance more often, but so far he hasn't.)

A couple of technical notes: my Internet connection died in the middle of the Peter Gabriel song, but i have the KSHE app on my 'phone and immediately switched to that, and then rebooted my router, and the connection came back up for the second half of The Doors' song. Nevertheless, i did miss a tiny bit of the program. Secondly, Uman announced Cat Stevens' “Oh Very Young” but didn't actually play the song, which was a bit of a bummer as it's such a beautiful piece of music. Oh, well, i have the CD and played it right after the show ended.

Here's the playlist:

The Little River Band – Statue Of Liberty

Pink Floyd – San Tropez

Eddie Money – Rock And Roll The Place

Journey – Dixie Highway

Rory Gallagher – Calling Card

Jethro Tull – Sossity (You're A Woman)

Ten Years After – I'd Love To Change The World

Steely Dan – Green Earrings

Peter Gabriel – Red Rain

The Doors – Moonlight Drive

Ian Gomm – Hold On

The Moody Blues – Dear Diary

The Beatles – Act Naturally

It's A Beautiful Day – White Bird

Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Don't Kill It Carol

Gerry Rafferty – City To City

Little Feat – Oh, Atlanta

Pete Townshend – Let's See Action

REO Speedwagon – In Your Letter

Touch – When The Spirit Moves You

Billy Thorpe – In My Room

Paul McCartney – Smile Away

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – American Dream

Chuck Francour – Under The Boulevard Lights

Journey – Spaceman

Santana – Let The Children Play / Jugando

Diesel – Sausalito Summernights

Blind Faith – Had To Cry Today

Cat Stevens – Oh Very Young (announced but not played)

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Neon Nights

Unicorn – Bull's Eye Bill

Danny Spanos – Hot Cherie

Nantucket – California

The Records – Starry Eyes

Barry Goudreau – Dreams

George Harrison – What Is Life

Jay Ferguson – Shakedown Cruise

Rusty Wier – Midnight Angel

Jefferson Starship – Save Your Love

And here's what i played at home this week, as prescribed by a medical professional:

Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands

Genesis – Abacab

Various Artists -- A Life In Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute

Max Webster – Max Webster

Ben Waters – Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute To Ian Stewart

Donovan – The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours

Paul Simon – Graceland

Renaissance – Ashes Are Burning

Supergrass – In It For The Money

Wishbone Ash – There's The Rub

Jeff Beck – Who Else!

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Propaganda – A Secret Wish

The Beatles – Past Masters, Vol. I

This Mortal Coil –Filigree And Shadow

Various Artists – Flower Power Hits Of The 60's

Oysterband – The Big Session, Vol. 1

Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas

Lil' Kim – Hard Core

King Crimson – THRAK

Walewa – Walewa

Max Webster – High Class In Borrowed Shoes

The Eagles – Their Greatest Hits

Jimi Hendrix – Blues

Eliza Carthy – Anglicana

Joan Armatrading – Show Some Emotion

Nik Kershaw – The Best Of Nik Kershaw

Great Big Sea – Fortune's Favour

Crash Parallel – World We Know

Weezer – Six Hits

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – The Best Years Of Our Lives

Donovan – What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, March 3rd, 2019

Quotation du jour ~ Nick Lowe: The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey, just a hop, skip 'n' a jump from NYC, where i spent the last few Sundays.]

I confess i approached this week's show with a little trepidation after the last two relatively uninspiring installments, but i was worried for naught. Definitely grading the show an A+ -- which is automatic when there's a Dan Fogelberg track, of course, but the fact is it would have merited A+ even without Dan.

There was one song which actively annoyed me, and that was the Blood, Sweat & Tears number: i think i hated everything they did after Al Kooper left the group and David Clayton Thomas took over the vocals – i can't stand the guy. I met him once and he's a complete pillock. (Admittedly, he made some decent music in Toronto back in the sixties, with his band The Shays: i had a few of their 45s and they weren't bad at all. But he himself was always a fuckwit.) And, oh sure, there were a few songs that were unexceptional (Benny Mardones? Really?), but, wow, look at that list down there: so many great songs.

The Steve Miller Band – Your Saving Grace

Jackson Browne – For Everyman

Randy Meisner – Hearts On Fire

Jon & Vangelis – State Of Independence

Genesis – Dance On A Volcano

Dan Fogelberg – Promises Made

The Kinks – Sleepwalker

Blood, Sweat & Tears – You Made Me So Very Happy

Nazz – Under The Ice

The Electric Light Orchestra – Poker

The Rolling Stones – Neighbours

New England – Don't Ever Want To Lose Ya

Kansas – Reason To Be

Gamma – Voyager

Neil Young – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Heartsfield – Racin' The Sun

Santana – Stand Up

Rod Stewart – Blondes (Have More Fun)

Eddie Money – Runnin' Away

707 – I Could Be Good For You

Manassas – Johnny's Garden

Pete Townshend – And I Moved

LeRoux – The Last Safe Place On Earth

Grinderswitch – Kill The Pain

Wings – Let Me Roll It

Shooting Star – Tonight

Jefferson Starship – With Your Love

Novo Combo – Citybound (“E” Train)

The Who – A Legal Matter

38 Special – Chain Lightnin'

Survivor – Poor Man's Son

Journey – La Do Da

Dave Mason – Headkeeper

Billy Joel – The Stranger

Spirit – I Got A Line On You

Robert Palmer – Bad Case Of Loving You

The Doobie Brothers – Turn It Loose

Benny Mardones – Mighta Been Love

Trooper – Raise A Little Hell

David Gilmour – There's No Way Out Of Here

The Marshall Tucker Band – Ramblin'

My psychiatrist committed suicide last week, and she mentioned me in her note. R.I.P., Doctor, i shall miss you. Before she shuffled off her mortal coil, though, she told me to play these albums:

Joan Armatrading – Show Some Emotion

Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin

Eliza Gilkyson – Paradise Hotel

Happy Rhodes – Warpaint

Frank Zappa – Strictly Commercial

Rory Gallagher – Wheels Within Wheels

Survivor – Vital Signs

Neil Young – Harvest

Talk Talk – Natural History

Mark Hollis – Mark Hollis

Gryphon – Red Queen To Gryphon Three

George Harrison – Wonderwall Music

Various Artists – Africa Rising

Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release

Roxy Music – The Best Of Roxy Music

Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat: The Best Of Paul Young

Max Webster – High Class In Borrowed Shoes

Nilsson – The Point

Weezer – Six Hits

Ten Years After – A Space In Time

Kesha – Rainbow

Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited

Fairport Convention – Jewel In The Crown

The Beatles – Love

Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand

Dead Can Dance – Dionysus

Dixie Chicks – Taking The Long Way

Rod Stewart – Smiler

Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow

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