[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.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Lester Bangs: Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.
Now that was more like it! After a couple of programs that were “merely” good, The Klassics Show was back on form this week with loads of bona fide classics and absolutely nothing annoying. It's a grade of A today, no question.
Unfortunately there was a pall over the show – the death from a heart attack of Rusty Young on Thursday. Rusty was a founding member of Poco and spent his last years in Steeleville, Missouri and was, from what i have heard, one heckuva nice man. I can't honestly say that i was a huge fan of Poco's, but they recorded one of Rusty's songs which is one of my all-time favourite tunes, Rose Of Cimarron....
Uman shared this story from Rusty's NBC News obit. When it became clear that [Richie] Furay was leaving [Poco]to start up the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Young said, there was a meeting where Geffen "starts with Tim and says, 'Now, Tim, you write songs and sing, don't you?' And Tim says, 'Yes' So he says, 'Well, don't you worry about Richie leaving; you'll be fine.' And he looks at Paul, and he says, 'You play guitar and sing and write songs, don't you?' And Paul says, 'Yes.' ... Then he looked at me and George, and he looked me in the eye, and he said, 'Now, you don't sing, and you don't write songs, do you?' And I said, 'No, I don't.' So he said, 'Well, you're in trouble.' And that was the day I became a singer-songwriter, and if it weren't for David Geffen saying that to me, it never would have happened, and I owe him greatly for that."
Otherwise, the show's highlights (for me) included The Kinks, Hendrix, ELO, Nilsson and Mott the Hoople (with a song by Mick Ralphs that was later recorded by Bad Company – i hadn't heard Mott's version before). It was nice to have a rare appearance by The Groundhogs, too. Lowlights, and they're not all that low, included Dave Mason (not a fan of most of his solo work) and Derek & The Dominos. Really. There is some nice schtuff on their album, but mostly it's an over-produced drugs-and-alcohol-infused mess.
Here's Rusty, and this week's playlist:
Eddie Money – Rock And Roll The Place
The Kinks – Sleepwalker
Dave Mason – So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away)
Derek & The Dominos – Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
Journey – Spaceman
The Groundhogs – Split Part 2
Poco – Rose Of Cimarron
Steve Winwood – Valerie
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Bad English – When I See You Smile
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Spaceship Orion
Golden Earring – Vanilla Queen
Jefferson Starship – St Charles
GTR – When The Heart Rules The Mind
The Rolling Stones – When The Whip Comes Down
Poco – Stealaway
Kansas – Portrait (He Knew)
Electric Light Orchestra – Telephone Line
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Stand Back
Planet P Project – Why Me
Eric Clapton – The Core
Sammy Hagar – You Make Me Crazy
Poco – Call It Love
Harry Nilsson – Spaceman
Randy Pie – Stand Up
38 Special – You Keep Runnin' Away
Journey – Stay Awhile
Poco – Crazy Love
Foghat – Stone Blue
The Doors – The End
Mott The Hoople – Ready For Love
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Still ... You Turn Me On
April Wine – Like A Lover, Like A Song
Barclay James Harvest – Titles
The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post
Ace – You're All That I Need
My personal playlist is a long one this week, yes, but not as long as i anticipated because, let's face it, people are stupid. Two weeks ago we went into lockdown #3. That worked so well (not!) that last week, a “stay-at-home” order was issued and that started off okay but it disintegrated. At the beginning of this week, i left work early every day. By the end i was staying late, and it really ate into my music-listening time. I hate people. Anyway, here y'are:
Mark Knopfler – Local Hero
Zaz – Recto Verso
Peter Hammill – Live At Rockpalast, Hamburg 1981 (2CDs)
Afrocelts – Seed
The Band – Music From Big Pink
Various Artists – Hard Cash
Rod Stewart – If We Fall In Love Tonight
Various Artists – A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg
John Fogerty – Blue Moon Swamp
Court Yard Hounds – Amelita
Steeleye Span – Est'd. 1969
Roger Payne (comp.) -- Songs Of The Humpback Whale
Kate Bush – Aerial (2 CDs)
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading.
The Kinks – Lola vs Powerman And The Moneygoround
Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters
The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We
Sky – Sky 4: Forthcoming
Peter Green – In The Skies
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig
Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship
Ian Dury – New Boots And Panties!!
Sandy Denny – The Best Of Sandy Denny
Radiohead – Pablo Honey
Pink – Greatest Hits ... So Far!
The Waterboys – Dream Harder.
Dan Fogelberg – High Country Snows
The Dave Weckl Band – Live In St Louis At The Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019
Joan Osborne – Songs Of Bob Dylan
Fairport Convention – Fame And Glory
Kirsty MacColl – Galore
The Albion Band – The Vice Of The People
Tyrannosaurus Rex – Prophets, Seers And Sages, The Angels Of The Ages
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