KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, MAY 23rd, 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 in order to spoof an American address, and this week i was listening from Atlanta, Georgia.

Quotation of the week: Kate Bush ~ In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.

And that quotation pretty much sums up this week's Klassics Show, with it's okay but not wonderful grade of “B+”.

As usual of late, has featured a few bona fide classics, one truly disagreeable track (in this case, the Blood Sweat & Tears vomit-o-rama) and a lot of schtuff that, while perfectly enjoyable, was far from exceptional.

Right in the very first hour, we had an all-time favourite by Jeff Beck. Then George Harrison, a Moody Blues fave, Thin Lizzy and all 20+ minutes of Echoes.

Some weeks ago i remarked on the conspicuous absence of female solo artists on this radio show. I couldn't think, at that time of any other than Cheryl Dilcher and Janis Joplin. Sure, there's the female singers in Heart, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac etc., but i was thinking of solo singers. OK, sure, destroy my point by having one (but only one) almost every week since. Today it was Patti Smith and, oh, look, here she is, along with the playlist:

Touch – When The Spirit Moves You

Uriah Heep – Easy Livin'

Trapeze – Don't Ask Me How I Know

The Jeff Beck Group – I Ain't Superstitious

The Steve Miller Band – Your Saving Grace

Jefferson Starship – With Your Love

Michael Bolton – She Did The Same Thing

Foghat – Somebody's Been Sleepin' In My Bed

George Harrison – What Is Life?

Hudson Ford – Take A Little Word

Eddie Money – Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star

Dave Mason – World In Changes

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – A New Rock And Roll

Blood, Sweat & Tears – And When I Die

Patti Smith – Because The Night

Van Morrison – Caravan

Novo Combo – City Bound (“E” Train)

Thin Lizzy – Don't Believe A Word

Bob Welch – Ebony Eyes

The Moody Blues – For My Lady

U2 – Gloria

Ian Gomm – Hold On

Climax Blues Band – I Am Constant

Foreigner – I'll Get Even With You

Pink Floyd – Echoes

Glass Moon – Killer At 25

Manassas – Johnny's Garden

Neil Young – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Kayak – Periscope Life

Lou Gramm – Ready Or Not

Moon Martin – Rolene

The Marshall Tucker Band – Running Like The Wind

The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp

Jackson Browne – Rock Me On The Water

Michael Fennelly – Shine A Light

Jesse Colin Young – Songbird

Here's my own personal playlist for the week and, as we're still under the stay-at-home order, it's another long one:

James Taylor – Before This World

Beryl Davis – I'll Be Seeing You

Various Artists – Until The End Of The World

The Albion Band – Lark Rise To Candleford

Ofra Haza – Queen In Exile

John Fogerty – Blue Moon Swamp

Kirsty MacColl – Tropical Brainstorm

Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now

Marillion – This Strange Engine

Saga – Full Circle

Sheryl Crow – Threads

Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine

The Kings – The Kings Are Here And More

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy

Pink Floyd – Echoes (2 CDs)

Fairport Convention – Off The Desk 2020

June Tabor – Some Other Time

Steppenwolf – 16 Greatest Hits

Roxy Music – Avalon

Chicago – Chicago VI

Jethro Tull – Stormwatch

Kate Bush – The Red Shoes

John Tams – Unity

Various Artists – Angel-Headed Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T.Rex (2 CDs)

Various Artists – Sun Jammin' 2

Martha Velez – Fiends And Angels

Joan Osborne – Righteous Love

Rory Gallagher – Deuce

Steve Hackett –Defector

The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night

Elbow – Little Fictions

Peter Gabriel – Passion

Marillion – With Friends From The Orchestra

THE KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, MAY 16, 2012

[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, i was in Boise, Idaho, which was a surprise. I'd never been there before.]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Billy Joel: I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

The fact that Uman played Rory this morning makes it easy to grade the show as an “A+” but if it hadn't been for that it would have been a lot tougher to decide. For sure there were some bona fide classics, er, Klassics, but there was also a lot that was merely ordinary, and the Jonathan Round interpretation (i can't call it a song) of Sympathy For The Devil is so dire i left the room. REO Speedwagon's song was unrecognisable as being REO, thus didn't suck.

Otherwise, everything was pretty good. 10c.c., Eagles, Hendrix, The Moody Blues (one of my favourite songs of theirs), Wings and Yes were highlights and i'm really liking Gamma's cover of the old Hollies song. I've heard it here a few times.

Oh, and a slap on the wrist to KSHE for mis-identifying the Finnigan & Wood song as being by Kendi. I do believe he's a rap artist of some kind – which is a pretty egregious error!

Here, have a pic of Boise, Idaho, and the playlist:

Chuck Francour – Under The Boulevard Lights

Grand Funk Railroad – Walk Like A Man

Billy Joel – The Stranger

Nazz – Under The Ice

Robin Trower – Sweet Wine Of Love

10 c.c. -- The Wall Street Shuffle

George Harrison – Sue Me, Sue You Blues

Jerry Garcia – Sugaree

The Steve Miller Band – Wild Mountain Honey

Jonathan Round – Sympathy For The Devil

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

The Rolling Stones – All Down The Line

Eagles – Try And Love Again

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?

Loggins & Messina – Be Free

Rory Gallagher – Calling Card

38 Special – Chain Lightnin'

REO Speedwagon – Dead At Last

Michael Murphey – Wildfire

Triumph – Fight The Good Fight

Sammy Hagar – Give To Live

Roger Hodgson – Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy)

Finnigan And Wood – Highway NOT Kendi

Gamma – I'm Alive

Grinderswitch – Kill The Pain

Wings – Let Me Roll It

The Moody Blues – New Horizons

Trooper – It's Been A Long Time

Michael Quatro – In Collaboration With The Gods

Rusty Wier – Midnight Angel

The Alan Parsons Project – One More River

The Michael Stanley Band – Say Goodbye

Yes -- Parallels

The “stay-at-home” order continues which means my personal playlist is another long one this time:

Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water

Dick Gaughan – Handful Of Earth

Max Webster – Mutiny Up My Sleeve

The Mamas And The Papas – 16 Of Their Greatest Hits

Renaissance – Azure D'Or

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Alphaville – Forever Young

Rod Stewart – Unplugged ... And Seated

The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour

Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places

Ian Anderson – Thick As A Brick 2

Yes – The Yes Album

Zaz – Recto Verso

Enya – A Day Without Rain

Dick Gaughan – The Definitive Collection

Kate Bush – The Red Shoes

Afro Celt Sound System – Flight

Fairport Acoustic Convention – Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand

Anca Parghel – Muzic De Colectie

Randy Newman – Little Criminals

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy

Alison Krauss – Essential Alison Krauss

Steeleye Span – Tonight's The Night ... Live

Spirit – Clear

Various Artists – Ultimate Songwriters

Rory Gallagher – Defender

Be+Bop Deluxe – Electrical Language

Pet Shop Boys – Please

Bangles – Greatest Hits

Van der Graaf Generator – Maida Vale

U.K. -- Night After Night

Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden

June Tabor & Oysterband – Fire & Fleet

Soft Machine – Land Of Cockayne

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, May 9th, 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, i was in Houston, Texas. I don't recall ever being there before.]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Dan Fogelberg: And it looks like you're gonna hafta see me again, Illinois.

I was vacillating this morning. No, really. It's all right – i have a permit (only cost me $199.95 online and it's good for a whole year). I was shilly-shallying (and, as a permit-holder, i'm allowed to use synonyms) about the grade to give to today's show. The Pavlov's Dog song annoyed me and having to use the Duck to find a couple of songs was a pain – and Gypsy was definitely not The Black Crowes, as the website suggested.... These were points against, but ultimately i went with a grade of “A” because i'm a wonderful person, loved by young and old alike.

Well, that, plus most of the music was fan-freak'n'-tastic. And it included the only Grateful Dead song i really like! Congrats, too, to our host for playing the original British version of The Who's Substitute rather than the American release: in the former, the song goes “I look all white but my Dad was Black,” but for sensitive racialist American listeners of the sixties it was changed to “I try walking forward but my feet walk back.”

I noticed that Steve Winwood – who used to be in Traffic, of course – was immediately followed by James Taylor's Traffic Jam. I wonder if that was by design? That's the sort of juxtaposition that Radio Paradise would make.

Highlights for me were ... too many to mention. Here, have a picture of Houston, and the playlist:

The Clash – Train In Vain (Stand By Me)

George Harrison – So Sad (No Love Of His Own)

The Grateful Dead – Touch Of Grey

Pavlov's Dog – She Came Shining

Steve Winwood – Time Is Running Out

James Taylor – Traffic Jam

Cream – Strange Brew

Rainbow – Street Of Dreams

Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey

Jefferson Starship – Stranger

Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind

Horslips – Sure The Boy Was Green

Deodato –Super Strut

Santana – Transcendance

The Moody Blues – Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) / (Evening) Time To Get Away

Elvin Bishop – Travelin' Shoes

Eddie Money – Trinidad

Wet Willie – Street Corner Serenade

Sherbs – We Ride Tonight

The Who – Substitute

The Allman Brothers Band – Trouble No More

Jon & Vangelis – State Of Independence

The Doobie Brothers – Turn It Loose

Gypsy – Tomorrow Is The Last To Be Heard

Rod Stewart – True Blue

The Grateful Dead – Sugar Magnolia

Eric Clapton – The Shape You're In

The Doors – When The Music's Over

Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues

The Steve Miller Band – True Fine Love

David Gilmour – There's No Way Out Of Here

Rush – Time Stand Still

Shooting Star – Tonight

My own personal playlist is another long one this week, as the “stay-at-home” order continues. Plus, also, too a lot of these were the original albums rather than re-released “deluxe” editions with loads of bonus tracks that were left off the original albums for a reason.

Bruce Cockburn – In The Falling Dark

Eagles – Desperado

U.K. -- U.K.

Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love

Lesley Garrett – A Soprano At The Movies

Gryphon – Red Queen To Gryphon Three

Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue

Runrig – Amazing Things

New Musik – Anywhere

Amazing Blondel – Evensong

Kirsty MacColl – Tropical Brainstorm

Paul McCartney – Wingspan: Hits And History (2 CDs)

Jeff Beck – Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop

Mike Oldfield – Platinum

Genesis – Duke

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Bangles – Greatest Hits

Rhiannon Giddens w. Francesco Turrisi – They're Calling Me Home

Roxy Music – Siren

Blues Traveler – Four

The Nice – Ars Longa Vita Brevis

Rory Gallagher – Wheels Within Wheels

Heart – Heart

Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans (2 CDs)

Eagles – One Of These Nights

Mike Oldfield – Islands

Oysterband – Diamonds On The Water

Kim Mitchell – Ain't Life Amazing

Terje Rypdal – Odyssey

Jimi Hendrix – Rainbow Bridge

King Crimson – Thrak

Paula Cole – Revolution

Amon Düül II – Wolf City

Sixpence None The Richer – The Best Of Sixpence None The Richer

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, May 2nd, 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 Chicago again.]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Alice Cooper: When musicians are telling people who to vote for, I think that's an abuse of power. You're telling your fans not to think for themselves, just to think like you. Rock 'n' roll is about freedom and that's not freedom.

A very, very good program this morning which well deserved its grade of “A.” It wasn't an auspicious start – i've never been a big fan of Steve Miller's although his music is tolerable enough. After that, though, it was almost unbeatable. Even the REO Speedwagon song didn't piss me off – it was an early number, before jackass and self-proclaimed golden god Kevin Cronin became their singer and the song was far better than the live version they later recorded with Mr Cronin.

Great to hear Cheryl Dilcher, Rod Stewart when he was relevant, Genesis, Deep People and Fleetwood Mac's Hypnotised. Apparently, Bob Welch wrote that song for some dude named David Walker, who was supposed to join Fleetwood Mac at one point. He didn't, though, and Bob made the song his own. (David Walker was a member of Black Sabbath for a very brief while; no idea where he is now – selling insurance maybe.)

So many highlights it's impossible to choose one and that song by Lake has been stuck in my head ever since, so thanks for that ha ha. (Good song, though.) Anyway, here's the list and a totally gratuitous photo of Tal Wilkenfeld:

The Steve Miller Band – Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash

Saga – Wind Him Up

Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well

Deep Purple – My Woman From Tokyo

REO Speedwagon – 157 Riverside Avenue

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – C'est La Vie

Kansas – Fight Fire With Fire

The Smithereens – The Blues Before And After

Van Morrison – Domino

Kenny Loggins – Easy Driver

Genesis – Paperlate

The Rolling Stones – She's So Cold

The Tubes – Sushi Girl

The Charlie Daniels Band – The South's Gonna Do It Again

Electric Light Orchestra – Tightrope

The Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides

Cheryl Dilcher – High

Sammy Hagar – The Ice Man

Dire Straits – Industrial Disease

Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized

Ten Years After – I'd Love To Change The World

Lake – Time Bomb

The Michael Stanley Band – Last Night

Ian MacLagan – Little Troublemaker

Strawbs – To Be Free

Harry Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire

Rush – Making Memories

Bruce Cockburn – Tokyo

Pretenders – Message Of Love

The Who – New Song

Little Feat – Oh Atlanta

The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today

Journey – Too Late

The Illinois Speed Press – P.N.S. (When You Come Around)

Heartsfield – Racin' The Sun

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Ripplin' Waters

Jefferson Starship – Save Your Love

My personal playlist is.... Well, yes, we're still under a “stay at home” order, so it's long:

Jeff Beck – Emotion And Commotion (CD + DVD)

U.K. -- Danger Money

Pink Floyd – The Division Bell

Rory Gallagher – Deuce

Various Artists – Plus From Us

Donovan – What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid

The Rolling Stones – December's Children (And Everybody's)

Joan Osborne – Trouble And Strife

Dead Can Dance – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

Martha Velez – Fiends And Angels

Mike Batt – Tarot Suite

Dire Straits – Money For Nothing

The Kinks – Something Else

The Moody Blues – To Our Children's Children's Children

The Pointer Sisters – Jump: The Best Of The Pointer Sisters

Yes – Going For The One

Art Garfunkel – Simply The Best

Roxy Music – Country Life

Peter Hammill – The Noise

Wizzard – Introducing Eddy & The Falcons

Zaz – Paris

Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Eliza Carthy – Restitute

Fish – Weltzschmerz (2 CDs)

Tyrannosaurus Rex – My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair....

Van der Graaf Generator – The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

Dead Can Dance – In Concert

Various Artists – The British Invasion, Vol. 9

Art – Supernatural Fairy Tales

Blodwyn Pig – Getting To This

Fairport Convention – Gladys' Leap

Judy Dunlop & Ashley Hutchings – Sway With Me

Steve Earle – El Corazȯn

The Bothy Band – Out Of The Wind, Into The Sun

Sandy Denny – The North Star Grassman And The Ravens

The Sugarcubes – Stick Around For Joy

Rival Sons – Pressure And Time