Monday, 24 August 2020

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, Aug. 23rd, 2020

  [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 somewhere in Reno County, Kansas. Strange: my location finder has never been so imprecise before...]

Quotation Of The Week ~ J.R.R. Tolkien: If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

I only have one word to say about today's show: holy meow! (OK, two words.) Definitely a grade of A+ and not only because Uman played Dan Fogelberg, either (It was one of Dan's most beautifullest songs, too – it nearly has me weeping with joy whenever i hear it.) Just look at that playlist! So much gorgeous music: particular favourites included Badfinger, The Moodies, Camel, Dylan, Blind Faith, Saga, Honeymoon Suite, The Sutherland Bros., and of course Bob Seger – whose song, i didn't know until this morning, includes his old pal from Michigan Glenn Frey on guitar and backing vocals. Sure, there was some pretty obscure music (Shoot? Tycoon?) but there was nothing annoying and a good amount of Canadian music, to boot. Alas, again there wasn't one of The Beatles' deeper tracks, but sometimes Uman's plans gang aft agley. A few months ago he suggested that he'd be playing more music by Renaissance and i haven't heard them since!

Some other schtuff i didn't know until today: Night Ranger was originally called Ranger but they didn't know that there was country band of that name and the country dudes threatened to sue. They added the “Night” to their name and thus screwed the lawyers out of their money, and that's always a bonus. Also, the great ska band The Beat is called “The English Beat” in the US because there was an American band called The Beat. I knew that, but i didn't know what the band was ... until today. I'd have to say i prefer the Limeys!

 


Rainbow – Man On The Silver Mountain

Badfinger – Baby Blue

Crawler – Stone Cold Sober

The Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band

Night Ranger – Sing Me Away

The Moody Blues – Watching And Waiting

John Mellencamp – Minutes To Memories

Krokus – Screaming In The Night

Les Dudek – Old Judge Jones

Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands

The Rolling Stones – Dandelion

Bob Seger – Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

Blue Őyster Cult – Black Blade

Michael Bolton – Fool's Game

Queen – Dragon Attack

The Doors – Waiting For The Sun

Triumph – Young Enough To Cry

Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues

Tommy Bolin – Post Toastee

Camel – Who We Are

Aldo Nova – Monkey On Your Back

Paul Collins & The Beat – On The Highway

Barclay James Harvest – See Me See You

The Fabulous Poodles – Roll Your Own

Vinegar Joe – Never Met A Dog

Ambrosia – Ready

Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- Blue Collar

Tycoon – Such A Woman

Blind Faith – Presence Of The Lord

Budgie – Sky High Percentage

Jessie Colin Young – Morning Sun

Shoot – Sepia Sister

Saga – On The Loose

John Mayall – Room To Move

Honeymoon Suite – New Girl Now

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Real Love


My own personal playlist is not an overly long one this week. There was one 2-CD set (Talk Talk) and one 4-disc box (Genesis) but it's shorter than usual because personal business kept me pretty busy away from home after work.


FM – Black Noise

Chrissie Hynde – Stockholm

Sinéad O'Connor – Throw Down Your Arms

The Albion Band – Stella Maris

Jerry Douglas – Traveler

Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour

Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl

Talk Talk – Asides Bsides

June Tabor & Oysterband – Fire And Fleet

10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe

Alison Krauss – Essential Alison Krauss

Three Dog Night – Joy To The World: Their Greatest Hits

Paul Simon – In The Blue Light

Marc Jordan – Mannequin

Cat Stevens – Laughing Apple

Matchbox 20 – Yourself Or Someone Like You

Joan Osborne – Love And Hate

The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come

Susan Tedeschi – Live From Austin, TX.

Wishbone Ash – Nouveau Calls

Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde

Peter Hammill – The Future Now

Alice Cooper – Killer

Genesis – Archive 1967-75

Bob Seger – Beautiful Loser

Rockpile – Seconds Of Pleasure

Free – Heartbreaker

Bill Bruford – Feels Good To Me

Dave Edmunds – The Collection

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers

The Kinks – Sleepwalker

Wizzard – Wizzard Brew

Kim Mitchell – Shakin' Like A Human Being

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