KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, November 24th, 2019

Quotation Of The Week ~ Fran Lebowitz: There are two kinds of music – good music and bad music. Good music is music that i want to hear. Bad music is music that i don't want to hear.

[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 Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.]

I'm sorry to say it but i can't give a grade higher than B+ to this week's program, in spite of the inclusion of one of my all-time favourite songs, “Sweet Baby James” (a song that literally helped save my life) (long story). “Like A Rolling Stone” is a work of genius – too bad the audio stream failed half way through but never mind, i'll listen to the album later. And, oh, for sure there was a fair bit of music this morning that i loved. ELP, George Harrison of course, Neil Young, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac leap to mind. But there was also far too much that was just ordinary. OK music, but nothing special.

Some of the problems i had with the show: all 15 minutes (!) of the Midnight Sun track were extremely tedious and the Joe Perry Project's song was so bad it was almost painful to listen to (yes, even worse than Ted Nugent!). And two tracks by Journey?? I actually do like some of Journey's schtuff – i have their Greatest Hits album and every song on it is terrific. But i don't think i have ever heard anything else by them that i liked.

It may just have been my imagination, but there seemed to be more ads this week than normal, too. I don't mind hearing the St Louis ads – they add the local colour – but so many, and yet another week with no ad from Bart Inman.... Sad.

Anyway, here's a pic of Santa Clara and the playlist:

Russ Ballard – Voices

Rare Bird – Turn Your Head

George Harrison – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tank

Eric Clapton – Let It Rain

The Joe Perry Project – Let The Music Do The Talking

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – If I Only Knew

Queen – Liar

Tom Cochrane – Life Is A Highway

Billy Rankin – Baby Come Back

Neil Young – Like A Hurricane

Loggins & Messina – Peace Of Mind

Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone

Journey – Line Of Fire

The Beatles – Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Listen To Her Heart

The Kingbees – My Mistake

Strawbs – Little Sleepy

Angel City – Out Of The Blue

Ted Nugent – Live It Up

Firefall – Livin' Ain't Livin'

Fleetwood Mac – Shake Your Moneymaker

Traffic – Medicated Goo

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Mixed Emotions

The Who – Happy Jack

The Steve Miller Band – Living In The U.S.A.

Bryan Adams – Lonely Nights

Journey – Look Into The Future

James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

Bob Seger – If I Were A Carpenter

The Kinks – Livin' On A Thin Line

Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression

Midnight Sun – Living On The Hill

Jim Capaldi – Living On The Edge

The Little River Band – I'll Always Call Your Name

Heart – Love Alive

And, as usual, i'd like to share my own personal playlist for the week. I chose these all by myself, with no help from any therapists (a.k.a. bartenders) (although my cat did have some input):

James Taylor – Covers

Genesis – Archive 1967-75

Dick Gaughan – The Definitive Collection

Rory Gallagher – Rory Gallagher

Rockpile – Seconds Of Pleasure

Chrissie Hynde – Stockholm

The Kinks – Misfits

Van der Graaf Generator – The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

The Kinks – Lola vs Powerman And The Money-Go-Round

Mott The Hoople – Mott

Simon Nicol – Consonant Please Carol

Eliza Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey

Joan Osborne – How Sweet It Is

Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Last Time Around: Live At Legends

King Crimson – Red

Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance

David Lindley – El Rayo-X

Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway

Wendy Carlos – Clockwork Orange

London Grammar – If You Want

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love

Pink Floyd – Animals

Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 2

Afrocelts – Seed

Capercaillie – Sidewaulk

Rhiannon Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn

Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture – The Collection

Electric Light Orchestra – Zoom

Max Webster – High Class In Borrowed Shoes

Jethro Tull – Minstrel In The Gallery

Free – Tons Of Sobs

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, November 17th, 2019

Quotation Of The Week ~ Voltaire: The ear is the avenue to the heart.

[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 stuck inside of Cheney (Kansas) with the Memphis blues again.] [Hey, it's a small town – not much to do here but listen to the radio.]

It's a difficult one to grade this week. Yes, it gets A+ for including Dan Fogelberg, but his two albums with Tim Weisberg are a long way from being favourites. Ironically, considering the fact that the track was “The Power Of Gold,” Weisberg sued Fogelberg for breach of contract after their second collaboration CD. I guess the message (i.e., money is evil) was lost somewhere....

Otherwise, it was a very good if not a Snuffles the dog floating to the ceiling in ecstasy edition. We had Humble Pie, we had The Allman Brothers, Greg Kihn, Van Morrison, The Sutherland Brothers, Eagles, Poco and Steely Dan. But then we also had U2 (a group i don't really believe belongs on this show – although i do like some of their music). REO Speedwagon (ugh) and, er, Wiggy Bits (?), and a Styx song about romancing a 17-year old girl, which made me feel more than a little uncomfortable to be honest...

Oh, look! There's Snuffles! Guess he was listening to last week's show....

Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – The Power Of Gold

Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre – So Sad (No Love Of His Own)

Chris Rea – Working On It

Humble Pie – I Don't Need No Doctor

Gary Wright – Love Is Alive

Spirit – Nothin' To Hide

Bluejays – I Dreamed Last Night

Rare Earth – I Just Want To Celebrate

Buckwheat – I Just Can't Turn My Habit Into Love

April Wine – I Like To Rock

Heart – How Deep It Goes

Wiggy Bits – Love Track

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know

The Babys – California

REO Speedwagon – I Need You Tonight

Supertramp – From Now On

The Allman Brothers Band – Wasted Words

U2 – I Will Follow

The Little River Band – It's Not A Wonder

Toto – I'll Supply The Love

Van Morrison – Into The Mystic

Charlie – Don't Look Back

Bruce Springsteen – I'm A Rocker

Styx – Jennifer

Status Quo – Is There A Better Way

Eagles – James Dean

The Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Slipstream

Frank Zappa – Joe's Garage

Black Oak Arkansas – Jim Dandy

The Tubes – Don't Touch Me There

Kenny Loggins – Keep The Fire

Poco – Legend

Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary

Stillwater – I Reserve The Right

Dave Mason – Let It Go, Let It Flow

Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind

Lake – Angel In Disguise

Rush – Lakeside Park

The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed

My own personal playlist this week.... I may have mentioned that i fired all of my psychiatric health-care professionals (a.k.a. bartenders). Some were good, but the one who was forced upon me the most often was terrible. I have new prospects and i'm hopeful but yet again i had to choose this week's albums on my own. I don't think i did too badly. Here's the list and yes, Christmas music is creeping in early this year....

Richard Thompson – Mock Tudor

Jeff Beck – Beckology

Max Webster – Max Webster

Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance

Deep Purple – Machine Head

Dan Fogelberg – River Of Souls

The Kinks – Soap Opera

Roy Wood – Mustard

The John Renbourn Group – Live In America

The Beatles – Help!

James Taylor – Greatest Hits

Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure

Squeeze – The Best Of Squeeze

Tomita – Snowflakes Are Dancing

Kate Bush – The Sensual World

Natalie Maines – Mother

Genesis – Duke

Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn

Afro Celt Sound System – Anatomic

Roy Wood Wizzo Band – Super Active Wizzo

Court Yard Hounds – Amelita

The Kinks – Arthur (Or, The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)

A Fine Frenzy – Oh Blue Christmas

Marillion – With Friends From The Orchestra

Cat Stevens – Buddha And The Chocolate Box

Nik Kershaw – The Best Of Nik Kershaw

Jon & Vangelis – Short Stories

Dixie Chicks – Taking The Long Way

Sheryl Crow – Threads

Genesis – Selling England By The Pound

Eliza Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey

Steeleye Span – Winter

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, November 10th, 2019

Quotation Of The Week ~ Lewis Carroll: Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

[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 Cheney, Kansas, yet again.

Right, well, this week's program scores an A+ for sure! Rory Gallagher means that that grade is automatic, but there was so much more than dear old Rory. “Hocus Pocus” by Focus is such an amazing piece of music – Bill, the deejay at that other station i listen to, said that when he first heard it in 1971, his first thought was “what the hell was that?!?” and his second thought was, “i want to hear it again!” -- it's always great to hear Cheryl Dilcher, “I Can't Explain” is one of my favourite Who singles, anything from Deep Purple's “Machine Head” album is fine by me, and that Nazareth song is one of my favourites of theirs. Oh, and Todd Rundgren, too!

It wasn't all joy, health, love and peace, however. Two songs by Ted Nugent? Aw, c'mon, John. I can barely tolerate The Nuge at the best of times and today's selections were egregious. Sloppy guitar playing, stupid lyrics, just full-throttle annoying. However, thanks to the excellence of the rest of the show, you are forgiven. (And to paraphrase Anderson Cooper on CNN last week, some of you may need to look up what “egregious” means, and by “some of you” i mean Donald J. Trump, Jr. I don't think D.J.T.J. reads this blog, though....)

But enough about politicians. On to the music (and one photo of Denver – which looks gorgeous).

Bob Seger – Get Out Of Denver

Rory Gallagher – Brute Force And Ignorance

Firefall – Goodbye, I Love You

The Marshall Tucker Band – Twenty-Four Hours At A Time

Hall & Oates – Goodnight And Good Morning

Michael Murphy – Renegade

Ted Nugent – Great White Buffalo

Unicorn – Ooh Mother

Cheryl Dilcher – Who's The Captain (Of Rock 'N' Roll)

Nantucket – Heartbreaker

Ace – Found Out The Hard Way

Brian Auger & Oblivion Express – Happiness Is Just Around The Bend

Derek & The Dominos – Have You Ever Loved A Woman

Supertramp – Lady

Def Leppard – Hello America

Asia – Only Time Will Tell

Grinderswitch – Higher Ground

Wet Willie – Street Corner Serenade

Deep Purple – Highway Star

Chilliwack – Roll On

Rare Bird – As Your Mind Flies

Focus – Hocus Pocus

Kansas – Hold On

Hudson Ford – Free Spirit

Nazareth – Holiday

Shooting Star – You Got What I Need

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Homesick

Danny Spanos – Hot Cherie

Lake – Key To The Rhyme

Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Call Of The Wild

Loverboy – Hot Girls In Love

Santana – Everything's Coming Our Way

The Who – I Can't Explain

Todd Rundgren – We Gotta Get You A Woman

Phil Collins – I Don't Care Anymore

Journey – Stay Awhile

Jimmy Spheeris – I Am The Mercury

In personal news:

OK, that's it, i have fired all of my therapists (a.k.a. bartenders). The good ones never seem to be at the clinic (i.e., pub) when i go there and i'm stuck with Neanderthals who wouldn't recognise a playlist if they found one in their soup. I had to choose my week's playlist all on my own-ee-o. I did a pretty good job, i think. Here's the list, make up yer own minds:

Wishbone Ash – There's The Rub

Court Yard Hounds – Amelita

Jane Siberry – The Walking

Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well

Chelsea Williams – Boomerang

London Grammar – Truth Is A Beautiful Thing

Paula Cole – Revolution

Lindisfarne – The Very Best Of Lindisfarne

Fairport Convention – Angel Delight

Siouxsie & The Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

Loggins & Messina – Sittin' In Again

Steve Winwood – The Finer Things

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Steeleye Span – Storm Force Ten

Kim Mitchell – Kimosabe

Saga – Saga

Propaganda – A Secret Wish

Roy Wood – Mustard

Renaissance – Scheherazade And Other Stories

Terje Rypdal – Descendre

Amazing Blondel – Evensong

Steely Dan – Aja

Sharon Shannon – Each Little Thing

Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up

Nik Kershaw – To Be Frank

Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons

Pink – I'm Not Dead

The Beatles – Help!

The Etchingham Steam Band -- The Etchingham Steam Band

Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig

The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, November 3rd, 2019

Quotation Of The Week ~ Clarence Clemons: As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes up to you and says “I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and i knew it was you. I don't know the song, but i knew it was you on sax.”

[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 Cheney, Kansas, again.

It was a wonderful program this week: it definitely earned a grade of “A.” Just look at that list down there – lots of music i can honestly say i love, nothing i hated, and only one song that was just the teensiest bit tedious. (That would be J.F. Salt's yawn-o-rama.)

What a great start, too, with the often wonderful Wishbone Ash (still going strong after an incredible fifty years in the biz). Other favourites included George Harrison, The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck (incidentally my second favourite guitarist of all time), The Beatles (of course!), Jon & Vangelis and Jimi Hendrix.

As usual, it ended far too soon.

Wishbone Ash – Blind Eye

Styx – Father O.S.A.

Little Feat – Cold, Cold, Cold / Tripe Face Boogie

Fandango – Feel The Pain

Kansas – Can I Tell You

Humble Pie – Fool For A Pretty Face

Triumph – Fight The Good Fight

George Harrison – All Things Must Pass

Grand Funk Railroad – Footstompin' Music

The Moody Blues – For My Lady

Frozen Ghost – Should I See

J.F. Murphy & Salt – Last Illusion

The Yardbirds – For Your Love

Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn

Pink Floyd – Free Four

Jeff Beck – Freeway Jam

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Free Girl Now

The Beatles – I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Loverboy – Lucky Ones

Molly Hatchet – Gator Country

Jon & Vangelis – Friends Of Mr Cairo

Jimi Hendrix – Stone Free

Slade – Get Down Get With It

Billy Joel – Get It Right The First Time

Outlaws – Hurry Sundown

Journey – The Girl Can't Help It

Steppenwolf – The Pusher

Dust – From A Dry Camel

Angel – Feelings

Crabby Appleton – Go Back

Dave Mason – Show Me Some Affection

Tucky Buzzard – Gold Medallions

Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping

Toto – Georgy Porgy

Bad Company – Gone, Gone, Gone

And here are the albums my therapist a.k.a. bartender told me to play at home this week, suggesting that the music might delay my impending nervous breakdown....

Dixie Chicks – Home

Afro-Celt Sound System – Anatomic

Peter Gabriel – So

Amazing Blondel – England

Peter Hammill – And Close As This

ABBA – Gold: Greatest Hits

Pretenders – Learning To Crawl

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy

A Fine Frenzy – Pines

Elton John – Madman Across The Water

Nanci Griffith – Other Voices / Other Rooms

Dan Fogelberg – Souvenirs

The Home Service – A New Ground

Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run

Yes – Fragile

Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now

Fleetwood Mac – Tribute To The Blues

Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance

Court Yard Hounds – Court Yard Hounds

Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

The Sugarcubes – Life's Too Good

Outback – Baka

Kate Bush – The Other Sides

Eliza Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey

Deep Purple – Machine Head

Marillion – Fugazi

Van der Graaf Generator – H To He Who Am The Only One

Peter Hammill – Nadir's Big Chance

Mike Oldfield – Five Miles Out

Green Day – American Idiot

Coleman Hawkins – Body And Soul

Natalie Maines -- Mother