[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 Chicago – zip code 60602, to be precise.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Albert Einstein: If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
I was pondering, the other day, the fact that The Klassics Show and KSHE in general play very few solo female artists. Sure, the play groups with female lead singers occasionally – just today we had Renaissance (with Annie Haslam) and Heart (the Wilson sisters) and although she wasn't on today's Jefferson Starship track, Grace Slick. But solo? Cheryl Dilcher and Janis Joplin are the only two who come to mind. I was planning to write something about misogyny in the radio industry and what happened? Janis Joplin shows up! Nice.... (Incidentally, the guitarist on Janis's track was John Till, who lives in my town. I've never met him but i know his son, Mike – in fact i taught Mike how to do cryptic crossword puzzles.)
Grace Slick, now. Loved her in Jefferson Airplane and some of the music she made with Jefferson Starship was brilliant but apparently she had a love / hate relationship with the latter ensemble, especially after Micky Thomas joined as singer: she kept quitting and re-joining. She wasn't on today's track and i'm glad: it was a low point of the morning, Mr Thomas's caterwauling really was annoying. Also annoying was the Joe Perry “rock 'n' roll for dummies” number. Surprisingly, this morning's REO Speedwagon song wasn't annoying at all, just boring and banal.
I'm grading this morning's instalment an “A+”. Yes, sure, Dan Fogelberg showed up which would have automatically given it supersonic status, but i think i merited irrespective of that. For one thing, it was such a delightful surprise to hear Fairport Convention! Although i've heard Fairport on KSHE before – on my friend and their former dee-jay Tommy T's overnight show – i don't recall them ever stopping in on a Sunday morning before. Plus we had one of The Who's finest moments, along with ELO, Wings, The Moody Blues and The Byrds. Just magic.
A couple of technical notes: contrary to what the KSHE website posted, It Keeps You Runnin' was not The Black Crowes' Black Moon Creeping, and Motherless Children was not Queen's Fun It.
Here's poor old Janis, and the playlist:
Queen – Keep Yourself Alive
The Joe Perry Project – Let The Music Do The Talking
Kenny Loggins – Lady Luck
The Doobie Brothers – It Keeps You Runnin'
Firefall – Livin' Ain't Livin'
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Lookin' Out For #1
The Little River Band – It's Not A Wonder
REO Speedwagon – Keep The Fire Burnin'
The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
The Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
Bryan Adams – It's Only Love
Jefferson Starship – Mary
Wings – Listen To What The Man Said
Starcastle – Lady Of The Lake
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression
Eddie Money – Love The Way You Love Me
Journey – Line Of Fire
Renaissance – Midas Man
The Steve Miller Band – Living In The U.S.A.
Eric Clapton – Motherless Children NOT Fun It by Queen
Heart – Little Queen
The Doors – Moonlight Drive
The Michael Stanley Band – Misery Loves Company
Dave Mason – Look At You Look At Me
Fairport Convention – Matty Groves
Steve Hackett – Narnia
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself
The Who – Love, Reign O'er Me
Dan Fogelberg – Missing You
Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender
Yes – Love Will Find A Way
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Mixed Emotions
Janis Joplin – Move Over
John Parr – Naughty Naughty
The Moody Blues – New Horizons
The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
Ambrosia – No Big Deal
My own personal playlist isn't an especially long one this week, partly because of the three multiple-disc sets and also because work has been busy – and that's okay with me, but it does interfere with my music-listening time.
Fairport Convention -- Nine
Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue
Loggins & Messina – Sittin' In Again
Various Artists – Dylan Covered
The Beatles – Revolver
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – La Vache Qui Pleure
Bert Jansch – Avocet
The Yardbirds – Greatest Hits
Kate Bush – Before The Dawn (3 CDs)
Sarah Fimm – Karma Phala (2 CDs)
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
James Taylor – Hourglass
Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth
Texas – By The Hush
Strawbs – A Choice Collection Of Strawbs
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance
Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow
Great Big Sea – Play
Stėphane Grappelli – Afternoon In Paris
Various Artists – Summer Festivals '98
Garmarna – Guds Speleman
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame
Led Zeppelin – Box Set 2 (2CDs)
Marillion – Clutching At Straws
The Beat – I Just Can't Stop It
Renaissance – Scheherazade And Other Stories
Elvis Costello – The Very Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
Stan Rogers – The Very Best Of Stan Rogers
Tori Amos – From The Choirgirl Hotel
Sky – Sky
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