Monday, 11 January 2021

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, Jan. 10, 2021

 [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 Herndon Virginia. I haven't been there very often. It's a suburb of Washington D.C. and i certainly wouldn't want to be there in the next little while!]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Eddie Izzard: Before birds get sucked into jet engines, do they ever think, is that Rod Stewart in first class?

After an entirely uninspiring first forty-five minutes (oh, okay, the Santana song was all right), the show roared into life with the quintuple whammy that began with The Allmans and included Rory -- who automatically means a grade of A+ for this week's show. Even the ads were mostly not too obnoxious and there was even a spot by my ole buddy Bart Inman and it's always great to hear his droll sense of humour.

There was, as usual, a mix of so-so music and brilliant music this morning and there was nothing that was painful to my ears. (I find a lot of U2's music painful but today's song was from their debut album, recorded before Bono decided he was God's gift to humanity.)

I particularly enjoyed hearing Immigration Man (the only decent song on Nash & Crosby's bo-o-ring album) and Steely Dan and Deep Purple and one of the few songs from Eric Clapton's drug-drenched seventies that i like a lot. Hearing Eric Burden (with The Animals) before he became an awful poseur is never a problem.

One thing, though: i'm not 100% certain about the identity of the song played between Traffic and Project P. I think it's by Night Ranger (i had to Google the lyrics, as the KSHE website didn't name it) and Night Ranger was the most likely suspect, even though i don't recall them being played here before.

Here's the most hated man in Missouri these days: junior Republican senator and spoiled little rich boy Josh Hawley, who cheered on the insurrectionists at the Capitol on Wednesday and who wants to run for president in 2024 so much that he bought the tie. His nickname in Missouri is "weasel boy," which i think is an outrageous slur on weasels. I know, i shouldn't introduce politics here but it's hard to avoid these days.





Stanley Clarke -- Rock 'N' Roll Jelly

U2 -- I Will Follow

The J. Geils Band -- Looking For A Love

Santana -- Winning

Nils Lofgren -- No Mercy

Couchois -- Roll The Dice

The Allman Brothers Band -- One Way Out

Billy Joel -- Captain Jack

Steve Winwood -- While You See A Chance

Wet Willie -- No No No

Rory Gallagher -- Country Mile

Rare Bird -- Peace Of Mind

Graham Nash & David Crosby -- Immigration Man

Nektar -- Show Me The Way

Deep Purple -- Space Truckin'

Morningstar -- Sad Lady

The Animals -- We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- Spaceship Orion

Shooting Star -- Last Chance

Zebra -- Who's Behind The Door?

Uriah Heep -- Stealin'

Toto -- I'll Supply The Love

38 Special -- Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

Jackson Browne -- That Girl Could Sing

String Driven Thing -- Circus

April Wine -- Just Between You And Me

Steely Dan -- Black Friday

Bliss Band -- Doctor

The Painter -- West Coast Woman

Grinderswitch -- Higher Ground

The Edgar Winter Group -- Round And Round

Sniff 'N' The Tears -- Driver's Seat

Pete Townshend -- Rough Boys

Michael Fennelly -- Touch My Soul

Traffic -- Light Up Or Leave Me Alone

Night Ranger -- Running Out Of Time???????????????

Planet P Project -- Why Me

Tony Carey -- A Fine, Fine Day

Triumvirat -- March To The Eternal City

Eric Clapton -- Let It Rain

Denim -- Throw Away

My own personal playlist is a fairly lengthy one this week, in spite of the inclusion of the 4-CD Led Zeppelin set and the fact that i spent a lot of time glued to CNN on Wednesday. Well, we're back in lockdown, which means i'm often leaving work early and have extra music-listening time -- which is okay by me, obviously, although not so great for the country. Here's the list:

Mary-Chapin Carpenter -- Stones In The Road

Steely Dan -- Countdown To Ecstasy

The Kinks -- Sleepwalker

Davy Spillane -- Atlantic Bridge

Zaz -- Zaz

CANO -- Aù Nord De Notre Vie

John Kirkpatrick -- Sheepskins

Roy Wood & Wizzard -- Main Street

Jeff Beck -- Jeff

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- The Very Best Of The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

Various Artists -- Songs Of Our Native Daughters

Jackson Browne -- Lives In The Balance

Fairport Convention -- Fame And Glory

Dixie Dregs -- Night Of The Living Dregs

Dan Fogelberg -- High Country Snows

Zaz -- Effet Miroir

Steve Earle -- Guitar Town

Warren Zevon -- Genius: The Best Of Warren Zevon

Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin (4 CDs)

Pink -- Try This

Tony Banks -- A Curious Feeling

Steeleye Span -- Est'd '69

Luna -- Luna

Dire Straits -- Money For Nothing

Art Garfunkel -- Simply The Best

ABBA -- Gold: Greaest Hits

Joan Osborne -- Trouble And Strife

Richard Thompson -- Bloody Noses

Roxy Music -- For Your Pleasure

Dead Can Dance -- Into The Labyrinth

Heart -- Heart

Portishead -- Portishead

Mike Oldfield -- QE2

Rory Gallagher -- Fresh Evidence

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