[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 Campbellsville, in the heart of Kentucky.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Ray Charles: I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
Today's show was brought to us by the Bommarito Automotive Group (bommarito.com) -- they're Missouri's #1 automotive group, you know....
It's a grade of A+ for the inclusion of songs by Dan Fogelberg and Mama's Pride and there was so much great music that it just might have merited that grade apart from three truly dreadful tracks: the almost-weekly REO Speedwagon nightmare, the rarely-played (thank goodness!) Boston and their horrible yawn-o-rama, and the live track by Ted Nugent, wherein i suppose he was trying to make amorous sounds (à la Donna Summer?) but sounded like he was puking instead.
Otherwise, though, there were loads of excellent tunes and i was reminded yet again of why this show is the highlight of my week. (That isn't really saying much these days, i understand that: just negotiating a trip to the grocery store without wanting to punch someone in the throat for not following the arrows on the floor is also a highlight, but somehow that's different.)
I loved hearing City Boy -- they show up here far too rarely for me and they were such a great band. Likewise The Hooters: i have often felt that, if i had been born with any kind of musical talent at all, i would have liked to have been in a band like that. It was great to hear Led Zeppelin, too: they don't often drop by of a Sunday morning. There were twenty-two songs that are in my own record collection today -- which is pretty neat when you thing about it!
One thing i learned this morning: the excellent Chicago track was written by their keyboard player Robert Lamm and was inspired by his seeing Richie Havens in a club in L.A. Personally i don't see a connection but what do i know? It must be true: it was on the radio....
Anyway, here's the list and a photo of Marilyn Monroe for no reason :-)
Starz -- She's Just A Fallen Angel
George Harrison -- Awaiting On You All
Poco -- Bad Weather
The Moody Blues -- Dear Diary
Dan Fogelberg -- Promises Made
REO Speedwagon -- Tough Guys
Tony Carey -- First Day Of Summer
Boston -- A Man I'll Never Be
Procol Harum -- A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Bruce Springsteen -- Badlands
Roger Daltrey -- After The Fire
Chicago -- Beginnings
Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- Fanfare For The Common Man
Nazareth -- Another Year
Gary Wright -- Can't Find The Judge
Supertramp -- From Now On
Donnie Iris -- Ah Leah
City Boy -- Cigarettes
The Hooters -- All You Zombies
Neil Young -- Cinnamon Girl
Steve Winwood -- Arc Of A Diver
The Little River Band -- Happy Anniversary
Billy Rankin -- Baby Come Back
Jackson Browne -- Here Come Those Tears Again
Yes -- Time And A Word
Shooting Star -- Hollywood
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -- I Need To Know
Manfred Mann's Earthband -- Don't Kill It Carol
The Beatles -- I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Journey -- Girl Can't Help It
The Grateful Dead -- Hell In A Bucket
Led Zeppelin -- How Many More Times
Mama's Pride -- In The Morning
Ted Nugent -- Papa's Will
Eagles -- Outlaw Man
My own personal playlist isn't an especially long one this time, partly thanks to a couple of multi-disc sets, partly thanks to the fact that, in spite of lockdown i was working more than i have been of late:
Mike Oldfield -- Tr3s Lunas
Harmonium -- L'Heptade (2 CDs)
Django Reinhardt & Stèphane Grappelli -- Souvenirs
Terje Rypdal -- After The Rain
The Electric Prunes -- Mass in F Minor
Nanci Griffith -- Flyer
Hot Tuna -- Burgers
The Electric Light Orchestra -- Early Years
Van der Graaf Generator -- H To He Who Am The Only One
Rocket 88 -- Rocket 88
Steve Winwood -- The Finer Things (4 CDs)
Yes -- Fragile
Zaz -- Paris
Max Webster -- Max Webster
Various Artists -- A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg
Various Artists -- Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration
T. Rex -- Tanx
James Taylor -- JT
Judy Collins -- Judy Sings Dylan: Just Like A Woman
The Musicians Of The Nile -- Luxor To Isna
The Sutherland Brothers -- Lifeboat / When The Night Comes Down
John Hiatt -- Walk On
Peter Gabriel -- Rated PG
Various Artists -- Summer Festivals '98
New Musik -- From A To B
Wishbone Ash -- Nouveau Calls
Fairport Convention -- XXXV
Outback -- Baka
The Beatles -- Revolver
The Kinks -- Everybody's In Show-Biz, Everybody's A Star
Humble Pie -- As Safe As Yesterday Is
Jefferson Starship -- Red Octopus
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