[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 an American address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from Santa Clara, California, where there have now been 406 deaths due to COVID-19.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Franz Schubert: Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.
Well, who can one trust these days? There was an ad on this morning's program, placed by Uniting Missouri PAC, attacking Missouri state auditor Nicole Galloway, who's running for governor against Republican incumbent Mike Parsons, accusing her and her husband of corruption and abuse of office and stating that she was under investigation for felonies. I subscribe to the St Louis Post-Dispatch and i try to keep up, especially with the election so close and i'd never heard of any of that before, and i like Nicole, so i dug a little deeper and discovered that the charges are a load of old cobbler's. 100% false. I expect advertisers to maybe bend the truth a bit, but that was egregious. She should sue. Vote for Nicole, folks! (At least she'd beautify the Governor's Mansion. Yes, i know, i'm shallow.) (Editor's note: can we cool it with the politics, please, Dad?)
OK, on to the music, Today's show came within a hair's breadth of being graded an “A+”, but it lost points for the appearance of Yoko Ono, as a backing vocalist on “Instant Karma!” and it "merely" earns an "A". I love the song, of course, and as there are quite a few backing vocalists, her voice is pretty buried in the mix, but it's there: an audible screech. Shudder!
Otherwise, it was a magical morning. Hardly anything annoying, just the one song by Blend which actually was all right until you learn that the prize of the title is the carcass of a bear that was shot by some dipshit hunter who ventured forth to blow the brains out of furry woodland creatures. Otherwise, a lot of it was taken from my very own record collection and there was much that i can honestly say i love love LOVE. And as we all know and as Todd Rundgren (who popped in twice today) said, “love is the answer.”
Right off the top we had Steely Dan, followed closely by Yes, Renaissance (a track that featured the excellent Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash on electric guitar), Dylan, Todd, Camel, Nazz, Captain Beyond, Flash & The Pan... all music that i adore. I think that my favourite song was the one by Nazz, but there were so many to choose from. The Buddy Miles track was excellent, but i prefer the version he recorded on Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys album.
Here's the playlist and a picture of Nicole Galloway. Vote early and vote often! If the United States hasn't devolved into complete anarchy after the election, i'll see you next week.
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Chris Rea – Working On It
Jefferson Starship – No Way Out
Little Feat – Rocket In My Pocket
Yes – Changes
Renaissance – Ashes Are Burning
Todd Rundgren – Hello It's Me
Uriah Heep – The Wizard
The Steve Miller Band – Winter Time
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
Camel – Lady Fantasy
Traffic – Empty Pages
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Southern Cross
Nazz – Open My Eyes
Fleetwood Mac – Emerald Eyes
Jim Capaldi – Living On The Edge
Joe Cocker – The Letter
Captain Beyond – Sufficiently Breathless
The Climax Blues Band – Using The Power
Russ Ballard – Voices
Flash And The Pan – Hey, St Peter
The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre – So Sad (No Love Of His Own)
Lucifer's Friend – Spanish Galleon
Ray Gomez – Make Your Move
Bad Company – Painted Face
The Babys – Looking For Love
John Lennon – Instant Karma!
The J. Geils Band – First I Look At The Purse
Genesis – Home By The Sea
Paice Ashton Lord – Remember The Good Times
Schon & Hammer – The Ride
Buddy Miles – Them Changes
Ironhorse – You Gotta Let Go
Blend – The Prize
The Michael Schenker Group – Cry For The Nations
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Break Away (From Those Chains)
The Zombies – Time Of The Season
Shoes – She Satisfies
Here's what troubled my optical drive this week:
Luna – Luna
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Volume 8
Pyewackett – Sheffield Hallum Wakes Folk Festival 1991 (ssh, it's a bootleg)
Elvis Costello – The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years
Ray Davies – Working Man's Cafe
Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship
Steve Earle – Transcendental Blues
Jack Bruce – SomethinEls
The Kinks – Sleepwalker
Paul McCartney – Ram (deluxe edition)
Home Service – Alright Jack
Fairport Convention – Nine
Steeleye Span – Est'd 1969
Warren Zevon – Genius: The Best Of Warren Zevon
Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release
Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls
Wizzard – Introducing Eddy & The Falcons
Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl
10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe
James Taylor – Greatest Hits
Cat Stevens – Laughing Apple
ABBA – More ABBA Gold
Oysterband – Granite Years: Best Of ... 1986 To '97
Various Artists – World Of Noise
Alan Stivell – Live In Dublin
Van der Graaf Generator – Still Life
Marillion – Brave
Eagles – On The Border
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Volume 9
The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 3: Further In Time
James Taylor – American Standard
Various Artists – Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration
Jerry Douglas -- Traveler
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