[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 back in Cheney, Kansas – where i was
becoming a regular at China's Bar & Grill, but of course it,
along with almost everything else, was closed thanks to coronavirus.
I had to pack a lunch.]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ Mark Twain: Apparently there is nothing that cannot
happen today.
A
grade of “A+” is inevitable this week. As you probably know, such
a grade is automatic whenever Uman (i.e.,
John Ulett, the host) plays either Rory Gallagher or Dan Fogelberg
and Dan was here but even without him there was so much fabulous
music – and nothing annoying – that that rating would have been
merited regardless. I have often stated that this radio show is the
highlight of my week. After the week we have just had, with
everything shutting down, thousands of people now out of work and
everyone in fear, slipping and falling and landing in mud would have
been a highlight. And yes, i did that on Thursday. This was a lot better.
Just
in the first hour alone there were several much-loved numbers.
Overall, there were for sure a few songs that i'd be hard-pressed to
rate as brilliant. Michael Stanley, for example, whose music i enjoy
but who would never make it onto any top-100 list chez
moi. And what about
the group Alexis? Even the host admitted that they were a one-hit
wonder and that their song wasn't even that big a hit. It was all
right, but nothing more.
Then
we had almost every single performer in my list of fave classic-rock
artists: Tull, Neil Young, Yes, Hendrix, The Kinks, Jackson Browne,
Genesis (not the Peter Gabriel version, but that's okay), Rod Stewart
when he was still relevant, Chicago when they
were still relevant.... The list goes on. I couldn't possibly pick a
favourite song from today's show, but it was amazing to hear the
full, seven minute version of Fleetwood Mac's “Oh Well.” Gad, i
love this program!
Here's
a curious instance of synchronicity: my friend Tommy, who used to be
the overnight man at KSHE until they eliminated that position a few
years ago (the overnight deejay on almost every radio station in the
world has been replaced by some dude called Otto Mation) and now
works as morning man at KRRR in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was talking about
Paul Kossoff, the brilliant but doomed lead guitarist in Free and
Back Street Crawler, a couple of days ago. He suggested that i should
email Uman and ask to hear some of his music on The Klassics Show. I
jokingly replied that i'd Tweet him instead. I didn't get around to
it, but what did he play this morning? A song by Crawler, which is
what Back Street Crawler became after Koss's tragic demise. I'm not
sure how relevant this is to anything but it's kinda cosmic tra la.
Anyhoo,
here's a pic of Paul Kossoff, and the playlist:
Jethro
Tull – The Whistler
Jackson
Browne – For Everyman
Yes
– Wonderous Stories
The
Grateful Dead – Friend Of The Devil
The
Climax Blues Band – Hey Mama
The
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
Dave
Mason – Look At You Look At Me
Neil
Young – Cowgirl In The Sand
The
Clash – Lost In The Supermarket
The
Kinks – Destroyer
Genesis
– Man On The Corner
Todd
Rundgren – Can We Still Be Friends
Firefall
– Mexico
The
Michael Stanley Band – Hearts On Fire
Lou
Gramm – Midnight Blue
Rod
Stewart – Handbags And Gladrags
Janis
Joplin – Move Over
Chicago
– I'm A Man
The
J. Geils Band – Musta Got Lost
Charlie
– L.A. Dreamer
Steve
Hackett – Narnia
Bachman-Turner
Overdrive – Lookin' Out For #1
Alexis
– Fly By Night
John
Parr – Naughty Naughty
Roy
Buchanan – Can I Change My Mind
The
Rolling Stones – Neighbours
Gypsy
– Don't Get Mad (Get Even)
Ambrosia
– Nice Nice Very Nice
Bob
Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue
Stanley
Clarke – Rock 'N' Roll Jelly
Jesse
Colin Young – California Child
Fleetwood
Mac – Oh Well
Dan
Fogelberg – Face The Fire
Canned
Heat – On The Road Again
Steely
Dan – The Caves Of Altamira
The
Stabilizers – One Simple Thing
Nantucket
– Quite Like You
Kansas
– People Of The South Wind
The
Beatles – The Night Before
Crawler
– Sail On
Loverboy
-- Jump
Thanks
to the coronavirus-related shutdown of both of my usual clinics
(a.k.a. pubs, taverns, inns, alehouses, taprooms, whatevers) (along
with almost everything else) on Tuesday, i was forced to come up with
my personal playlist for the week almost single-handedly. Although
i'm a rank amateur, i don't think i did too badly, although
sandwiching Kiri Te Kanawa between The Doobie Brothers and Court Yard
Hounds maybe wasn't the best idea i've ever had. It's also a long
list because, well, with the “clinics” all shut, i've been doing
a lot of self-isolating:
The
Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame
James
Taylor – Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
The
Doobie Brothers – One Step Closer
Kiri
Te Kanawa – French Opera Arias
Court
Yard Hounds – Court Yard Hounds
Elbow
– Little Fictions
Jethro
Tull – A Passion Play
The
Kinks – Everybody's In Show-Biz
Mark
Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
Steely
Dan – Pretzel Logic
Richard
& Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Barbra
Streisand – The Broadway Album
Kate
Bush – The Sensual World
Genesis
– The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Paula
Cole – Revolution
10,000
Maniacs – In My Tribe
Roy
Wood – Mustard
The
Hooters – Hooterization: A Retrospective
Wings
– Band On The Run
Jane
Siberry – A World Without Music
Bill
Bruford – One Of A Kind
Eliza
Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey
Various
Artists – Hard Cash
The
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
James
Taylor – James Taylor
Bruce
Springsteen – The Rising
Marc
Jordan – Mannequin
Linda
Ronstadt – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Roy
Wood Wizzo Band – Super Active Wizzo
Richard
Thompson – Henry The Human Fly
Renaissance
– Novella
The
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Radiohead
– OK Computer
Sheryl
Crow – Threads
Various
Artists – Big Blue Ball
The
Doobie Brothers – Farewell Tour
Various
Artists – Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Roxy
Music – For Your Pleasure
Afro
Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release
Alan
Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue
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