[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 somewhere in the Los Angeles area. That was as specific as they were able to get....]
Quotation Of The Week ~ A.E. Housman: "That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."
Today's program was brought to us by Red's Tavern in Imperial, Missouri. Judging by some of the pictures on their Facebook page, it looks like the type of place i'd stay well clear of! (Not that i go to taverns any more....)
It was a rather disappointing first hour this morning. I love a lot of Manfred Mann's music, for instance, but their song was tedious and too long, the Neil Young was not one of my favourites of his, and i vastly prefer Jefferson Airplane to any of its later incarnations. Ambrosia was, for me, the highlight of hour one.
But then the second hour roared in with the extraordinary track by my second all-time favourite guitarist, Jeff Beck and as my very favourite player showed up later on (Rory, of course), i cannot grade this week's episode as anything other than “A+”. It was great to hear The Beatles again, after an absence of several weeks; Genesis, Wishbone Ash and James Taylor were all magic, and although i'm not especially a fan of The Marshall Tucker Band, their song was a live recording, which allowed the band members the opportunity for some lengthy soloing. I don't know the names of any of the band members – although i do know that there's no one named Marshall Tucker in the group – but the musicianship was very impressive.
It never ceases to surprise me how much Canadian music is played on this show: Chilliwack, Neil Young, Loverboy, Frozen Ghost and The Guess Who all dropped in today, with songs that are rarely played on Canadian stations. (IIRC, that is – it's been a long time since i listened to a Canadian station!)
In the “KSHE Is Entertaining And Educational” department, i learned a few things this morning. Neil Young felt that “A Man Needs A Maid” was over-orchestrated. It was Bob Dylan who told him to keep the orchestra in. Also, there's a line in the song that goes “i fell in love with the actress.” This was a direct reference to Carrie Snodgress, with whom ol' Neil was in a relationship at the time, and in fact the entire “Harvest” album was inspired by her. I must listen to it again with this in mind.
I also didn't know that Carly Simon sang backing vocals on “Shower The People” and of course you all remember the harpsichord on The Yardbirds' “For Your Love”? That was played by Brian Auger.
Here's a pic of Carrie Snodgress in 1971, and the playlist:
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Father Of Day, Father Of Night
The Dwight Twilley Band – Could Be Love
Ian Hunter – When The Daylight Comes
Ambrosia – Holdin' On To Yesterday
Jefferson Starship – Ride The Tiger
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Free Spirit
Supertramp – Crime Of The Century
Neil Young – A Man Needs A Maid
Hammersmith – Daybreak
The Babys – Turn And Walk Away
Jeff Beck – Rice Pudding
Chilliwack – Baby Blue
Genesis – Eleventh Earl Of Mar
Wishbone Ash – Blind Eye
Kansas – Can I Tell You
James Taylor – Shower The People
Humble Pie – Fool For A Pretty Face
Poco – Stealaway
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
The Beatles – Girl
Loverboy – Lucky Ones
Frozen Ghost – Should I See
Dust – From A Dry Camel
Dave Mason – Show Me Some Affection
Angel – Feelings
The Outlaws – Hurry Sundown
Sons Of Champlin – Saved By The Grace Of Your Love
The Marshall Tucker Band – Twenty-Four Hours At A Time
Toto – Georgy Porgy
Michael Murphy – Renegade
Rory Gallagher – Brute Force And Ignorance
Unicorn – Oooh Mother
Brian Auger – Happiness Is Just Around The Corner
Shooting Star – You Got What I Need
Lake – Key To The Rhyme
Santana – Everything's Coming Our Way
Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Call Of The Wild
The Guess Who – No Time
Journey – Stay Awhile
Gary Wright – Love Is Alive
Here's my personal playlist for the week. It's not a long one. Rumours abound that we may have to go back into lockdown but meanwhile i've been working a lot of hours, plus the Fleetwood Mac was a four-disc box:
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Vol. II
Stan Rogers – Fogarty's Cove
Jeff Beck – Wired
Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden
Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl
Peter Gabriel – Security
Nic Jones – In Search Of Nic Jones
Rob Hyman et al. -- Largo
Joan Osborne – Songs Of Bob Dylan
Mike Oldfield – Islands
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame
Blondie – No Exit
Yes – Close To The Edge
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain: 25 Years
Eagles – Desperado
Rhiannon Giddens – There Is No Other
Wishbone Ash – Nouveau Calls
Martin Carthy – Shearwater
Alison Krauss & Union Station – So Long So Wrong
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity -- Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
The Lovin' Spoonful – Greatest Hits
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 3
Wizzard – Introducing Eddy And The Falcons
O.S.T. -- Angel Heart
Joan Osborne – Trouble And Strife
New Musik – From A To B
Sheryl Crow – Threads
Talk Talk – History Revisited: The Remixes
Heart – Heart
James Taylor – American Standard
The Kinks – Misfits
Fish – A Feast Of Consequences
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