[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 Norfolk, Virginia, a three-hour drive from where i was last week.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ James Taylor: To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life.
Episodes like this week's remind me of why i am a devoted listener to The Klassics Show -- it was magnificent and definitely worthy of a grade of "A+". Of course, the inclusion of Dan Fogelberg (and one of my favourites of his, too) pretty much guarantees that grade, but today's show merited it regardless. It was almost like listening to songs from my own record collection without the bother of having to get up every few minutes to change the album.
Remember last week, when, due to some technical problem, Uman announced that he had played Poco's Rose Of Cimarron when he hadn't? It's one of my top 100 favourite songs; i would have noticed. He played it this morning, yay. (I'd played it myself at home the day before but still, i never tire of it.) Also, you may recall that i'm on record as stating that after the initial successes of The Animals, Eric Burdon became a pretentious little git. Today's installment began with with one of their last great songs, and was immediately followed by the full nine-minute version of Oh Well. What an excellent start!
There was absolutely nothing today that i didn't like -- even the U2 song was perfectly bearable, and there were so many favourites: Peter Gabriel (who doesn't often show up here), Manfred Mann, Bob Dylan, Yes, Robin Trower (a track i wasn't familiar with), Tull and one of my faves by Supertramp. Oh, so good.
Things i learned today: i was listening to the KBC Band, of whom i'd never heard before (AFAICR) and thinking, what a bunch of rip-off artists, they sound so much like Jefferson Airplane! Then i discovered that KBC stands for Kantner (as in Paul) Balin (Marty) Casady (Jack), in other words, three fifths of Jefferson Airplane. Duh! (I could have sworn i heard Grace Slick's voice in there, too, but no, wrong again.)
I also learned that Randy Meisner was a founding member of Poco (see above) but either quit or was fired after their debut album. It must have been pretty acrimonious because his picture on the album's cover was replaced by a picture of a dog!
Oh, it wasn't this dog.
The Animals -- It's My Life
Fleetwood Mac -- Oh Well
Phil Collins -- I Don't Wanna Know
Queen -- Play The Game
The KBC Band -- America
The Little River Band -- Statue Of Liberty
Jethro Tull -- Sossity, You're A Woman
Peter Gabriel -- Red Rain
Supertramp -- It's Raining Again
Molly Hatchet -- Fall Of The Peacemakers
Robin Trower -- I'm Out To Get You
Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Neon Nites
Jefferson Starship -- Caroline
Manfred Mann's Earthband -- You Angel You
Gary Wright -- Blind Feeling
The Grateful Dead -- Estimated Prophet
Charlie -- Fight Dirty
Steely Dan -- Everyone's Gone To The Movies
Poco -- Rose Of Cimarron
Dan Fogelberg -- Illinois
Randy Meisner -- Deep Inside My Heart
Bob Dylan -- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
The Marshall Tucker Band -- Ramblin'
Blind Faith -- Had To Cry Today
Nantucket -- California
Van Morrison -- Caravan
U2 -- Two Hearts Beat As One
Jackson Browne -- For A Rocker
Wings -- Magneto And Titanium Man
Gerry Rafferty -- Right Down The Line
Flo & Eddie -- Keep It Warm
Boz Scaggs -- Dinah Flo
Hellfield -- Too Long
Stillwater -- I Reserve The Right
LeRoux -- Last Safe Place On Earth
Yes -- Wonderous Stories
The Climax Blues Band -- Hey Mama
My own personal playlist is not as long as some have been of late, thanks to the inclusion of some double-disc sets. And, from an extraordinarily selfish point of view, this second lockdown has been great because it has given me time to re-acquaint myself with albums i hadn't played in a long while. For instance i'd nearly forgotten how much i like Carly Simon's music. Anyway, here's the list:
Various Artists -- Angel Haired Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2 CD)
Zaz -- Zaz
Martin Carthy -- Shearwater
June Tabor -- Ashes And Diamonds
Chicago -- Chicago II (2 CD)
Barlow -- Barlow
Jefferson Airplane -- Crown Of Creation
Zaz -- Sans Tsu Tsou
Sinéad O'Connor -- Throw Down Your Arms
Alison Krauss & Union Station -- So Long So Wrong
Jorma Kaukonen -- Quah
The Psychedelic Furs -- Greatest Hits
Talking Heads -- Fear Of Music
T. Rex -- Electric Warrior
Jacques Brel -- Master Serie
Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Greatest Hits
Various Artists -- Tower Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
The Snake Charmer -- Bagpipes Are Coming To Town!
Yes -- Tales From Topographic Oceans (2 CD)
Jane Siberry -- No Borders Here
Carly Simon -- The Best Of Carly Simon
Hothouse Flowers -- The Platinum Collection
Marc Cohn -- Marc Cohn
Steeleye Span -- Hark! The Village Wait
Pink Floyd -- Ummagumma (2 CD)
10,000 Maniacs -- In My Tribe
Poco -- Crazy Loving: The Best Of Poco 1975-82
Fairport Convention -- Rosie
T. Rex -- T. Rex
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble -- The Sky Is Crying
James Taylor -- Hourglass
Soft Machine -- Land Of Cockayne
The Band From Rockall -- The Band From Rockall
Roy Wood -- Mustard
Zaz -- Effet Miroir
Big Wreck -- In Loving Memory Of...
Judy Collins -- Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Joan Osborne -- How Sweet It Is
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