Monday, 5 August 2019

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, August 4th, 2019


Quotation Of The Week ~ Oscar Wilde: Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

[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 Brandon, Florida. I've never listened from there before, although Brandon is in the Tampa area and i've been to Tampa in what we laughingly call “real” life. ]

Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is what i call radio!

Playing Dan Fogelberg (and it was one of his most beautiful songs, too) automatically gives the show a grade of A+ but the fact is, it would have earned A+ even without that. I've never actually gone to the trouble of listing my top 500 favourite songs ever – it would be a pretty fluid list, anyway – but eight or nine of this morning's selections would definitely be included. The Allmans, Billy Joel, Camel, Steely Dan, Robin Trower, Dan's song of course....

Oh sure, there were some annoyances. Ted Nugent and REO Speedwagon of course – although their songs weren't really all that bad. The worst was the Eric Clapton. Does that surprise you? I'm not a Clapton-basher as so many of my fellow Rory Gallagher fans are. But he hit the low point in his career during the seventies and “I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart” is just dull, dull, dull – and this music has nothing to do with rock 'n' roll whatsoever.

Anyway, just clock this playlist and rejoice, and welcome to Brandon, Florida!



The Allman Brothers Band – Statesboro Blues
Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
Billy Joel – The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Triumph – Young Enough To Cry
The James Gang – Midnight Man
The Charlie Daniels Band – Orange Blossom Special
Deep Purple – Lazy
Ted Nugent – Free For All
John Mellencamp – Minutes To Memories
Kansas – The Wall
Nazareth – Razamanaz
Eric Clapton – I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Camel – Who We Are
The Rolling Stones – Mixed Emotions
Van Morrison – Wavelength
The Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band
The Doors – Waiting For The Sun
Joe Walsh – County Fair
The Hollies – Magic Woman Touch
Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
Jesse Colin Young – Mornin' Sun
Missouri – Movin' On
The Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
REO Speedwagon – How The Story Goes
The J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
Allan Clarke – Slipstream
Rod Stewart – Foolish Behaviour
Robin Trower – Caledonia
Queen – Dragon Attack
Pure Prairie League – You're Between Me
Steely Dan – Bodhisattva
Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm
Automatic Man – My Pearl
Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride
Runner – Fooling Myself
Sugarloaf – Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Rush – Ghost Of A Chance

My psychotherapist has done it again! She gave me this list of albums to play at home this week – as stress-relievers – and they worked. Not once did i devastate anyone at work with sarcasm.

Chelsea Williams – Boomerang
Rory Gallagher – Defender
Propaganda – A Secret Wish
Van der Graaf Generator – I Prophesy Disaster
Terje Rypdal – Waves
Wishbone Ash – Argus
Dixie Chicks – Taking The Long Way
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
The Kinks – Collection
Eliza Carthy – Restitute
Natalie Maines – Mother
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli – Jazz Club
Joan Osborne – Love And Hate
Jon & Vangelis – The Friends Of Mr Cairo
Garmarna – Vittrad
Clannad – Dulamán
Renaissance – Azure D'Or
A Fine Frenzy – Bomb In A Birdcage
Steve Reich – Different Trains
London Grammar – Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
Marc Jordan – Mannequin
Peter Gabriel – Up
The Soft Machine – Third
George Harrison – Cloud Nine
Runrig – Heartland
Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints
Saga – Saga
Van der Graaf Generator – World Record

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