The KSHE Klassics Show, Nov. 12th, 2017

Quotation du jour -- John Cleese: You realize as you grow older that almost nobody knows what they are talking about.

Well, another four hours just whizzed by.... (I was whizzing all over the USA, too, according to the ads inserted by listenlive.co: i was in NYC, i was in the San Francisco area, i was even in St Louis!) (Of all places....)

The highlight of this morning's program was definitely the song by City Boy, one of my all-time favourites, but really, there was so much wonderful music today. It was a seamless listening experience, too -- for a change: no BSODs, no connection drop-outs at all.

Here are The Allman Brothers. Scruffy looking bunch, weren't they. But that's an essential album.

The Allman Brothers Band -- Whipping Post
Dave Mason -- Feelin' Alright
Michael Stanley -- Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Bruce Springsteen -- Cadillac Ranch
Tony Carey -- I Won't Be Home Tonight
Supertramp -- Poor Boy
George Harrison -- So Sad
Strawbs -- Keep On Trying
Pousette-Dart Band -- Amnesia
Jethro Tull -- Cross-Eyed Mary
Charlie Daniels -- Saddle Tramp
April Wine -- All Over Town
Jay Ferguson -- Thunder Island
Steely Dan -- The Royal Scam
Novo Combo -- Tattoo
Nazareth -- This Flight Tonight
Blue Oyster Cult -- I Love The Night
Gerry Rafferty -- Baker Street
Pink Floyd -- Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Electric Light Orchestra -- Turn To Stone
Firefall -- Livin' Ain't Livin'
Joe Cocker -- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Martin Briley -- Salt In My Tears
The Steve Miller Band -- Space Cowboy
The Firm -- Radioactive
Joe Walsh -- Turn To Stone
The Fixx -- Red Skies
Journey -- The Girl Can't Help It
The Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Another Man's Woman
The Police -- Driven To Tears
Santana -- All I Ever Wanted
Robin Trower -- Caledonia
The Grateful Dead -- Uncle John's Band
Cream -- Badge
City Boy -- 5.7.0.5.
Sammy Hagar -- The Ice Man
The Alan Parsons Project -- I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

Here's what we've been oppressing the neighbours with this week. It isn't a long list – i've been busy elsewhere!

Rory Gallagher – Deuce
Paula Cole – Ballads
Billy Joel – The Essential Billy Joel
Highly Strung – When The Winds Begin To Sing
Highly Strung – Bagatelles And Belgian Lace
Heart – Heart
Fish – Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Van der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb
Dan Fogelberg – Captured Angel
Gowan – Strange Animal
Murray McLauchlan – Greatest Hits
Five Hand Reel – For A' That
Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor (Platinum Edition)
Roy Wood – Exotic Mixture
Peter Hammill – pH7
Crowded House – Recurring Dream
Fairport Convention – Angel Delight
The Beatles – Help!
Yes – Yesshows
Camel – I Can See Your House From Here
Bill Bruford's Earthworks – All Heaven Broke Loose
Peter Gabriel – Passion
Emmylou Harris – Profile II – The Best Of Emmylou Harris
Steve Earle – El Corazón
Genesis – Abacab

KSHE Klassics, August 6, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Les Dawson: Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.'

It was a pretty miserable listening experience this morning, folks. Not because of the music itself, which was mostly as good as ever. No, it was my Internet connection playing silly buggers again: frequent drop-outs and i know i missed at least two songs.

It was a fairly frustrating morning altogether, cyberspatially. A couple of fairly large downloads (the usual music & porn) kept failing, as did several uploads, and even remote content in emails wasn't loading. If i ever move to St Louis, which i fully intend to do when i win a few millions in a lottery (which is unlikely to happen as i never buy tickets), one reason will be that i'll be able to listen to this show without a DSL connection.

Also, it never fails to stagger me that, after years of writing this blog, mt typing skills aren;t omproving .... Anywat, her's today's platlist:

Crosby, Stills & Nash -- Marrakesh Express

Kansas -- Play The Game Tonight

The Bliss Band -- Doctor

Bruce Springsteen -- Hungry Heart

Jimi Hendrix -- Little Wing

Tommy Bolin -- Post Toastee

Alice Cooper -- Hello Hurray

David Bowie -- Space Oddity

Eric Clapton -- I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart

Jackson Browne -- Redneck Friend

Elton John -- Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

Bob Seger -- Nutbush City Limits

Eagles -- Ol' 55

Steely Dan -- Black Friday

Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- Blue Collar

Jim Capaldi -- Living On The Edge

Dave Mason -- Mystic Traveller

Headboys -- The Shape Of Things To Come

Arthur Brown -- Fire

Symphonic Slam -- Modane Train

Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Georgia Rhythm

The Band -- Up On Cripple Creek

April Wine -- Just Between You And Me

Climax Blues Band -- Couldn't Get It Right

UFO -- Shoot Shoot

Triumvirat -- Spartacus

Foghat -- Rock And Roll Outlaw

Pete Townshend -- Rough Boys

Chicago -- Dialogue (Parts 1 & 2)

Nils Lofgren -- No Mercy

Todd Rundgren -- Just One Victory

Ian Gomm -- Hold On

Gypsy -- Don't Get Mad (Get Even)

America -- Sandman

Kenny Loggins -- Easy Driver

Genesis -- A Trick Of The Tail

Badfinger -- Baby Blue

Chilliwack -- Something Better

J. Geils -- First I Look At The Purse

Rainbow -- Man On The Silver Mountain

Creedence Clearwater Revival -- The Midnight Special

And here's what we played at the world headquarters of the Jim Spriggs Society this week:

Heart – Heart

Bob Dylan – Another Side Of Bob Dylan

Kate Bush – Aerial

The Tea Party – Seven Circles

Rush – Feedback

Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour '74

Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Curved Air – Air Conditioning

John Fogerty – The Long Road Home

Genesis – Selling England By The Pound

Florence + The Machine – Lungs

Chicago – Chicago VI

Maddy Priot & June Tabor – No More To The Dance

Pyewackett – The Man In The Moon Drinks Claret

Various Artists – The Roots Of The Rolling Stones

Five Hand Reel – For A' That

Rob Hyman – Largo

Focus – In And Out Of Focus

The Beatles – Beatles For Sale

Gregson & Collister – The Last Word

Peter Gabriel – OVO

Focus – At The Rainbow

Marillion – F.E.A.R.

Caro Emerald – The Shocking Miss Emerald

Runrig – The Cutter And The Clan

Mike Heron – Smiling Men With Bad Reputations

Colin James – Sudden Stop

Robin Trower – Day Of The Eagle

Afro-Celt Sound System – Anatomic

Ray Davies – Americana

Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints

Cassandra Wilson – Silver Pony

Alan Stivell – Olympia Concert

Jonathan Edwards -- Jonathan Edwards

KSHE Klassics, July 30, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Trent Reznor: It's tough, because the president of the United States is a complete fucking moron. That's what gets me the most, that he's this vulgar, grotesque dope, everything I hate in people.

It wasn't an exceptional Klassics Show this week, although the inclusion of Rory Gallagher made it brilliant. But, hey, you find a radio station you like, you listen because they play schtuff you love and lots of it, they're bound to play shit you can't stand occasionally (Styx, REO Speedwagon, i'm talking to you) but the brilliant outweighs the banal. It's the best show on the wireless.

Captain Beyond -- Sufficiently Breathless

Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- Hey You

Humble Pie -- Thirty Days In The Hole

John Mellencamp -- Small Paradise

Styx -- Father O.S.A.

Alice Cooper -- Under My Wheels

Prism -- Spaceship Superstar

Cream -- I'm So Glad

Chris Rea -- Working On It

REO Speedwagon -- Son Of A Poor Man

Marshall Tucker -- Take The Highway

Eric Clapton -- She's Waiting

Soul Asylum -- Black Gold

Foghat -- Drivin' Wheel

Sammy Hagar -- The Ice Man

Jackson Browne -- In The Shape Of A Heart

Gary Wright -- Love Is Alive

The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- The Wind Cries Mary

Thin Lizzy -- Romeo And The Lonely Girl

Survivor -- Poor Man\s Son

Blind Faith -- Can't Find My Way Home

Kansas -- It Takes A Woman's Love (To Make A Man)

UFO -- Cherry

J. Geils Band -- Musta Got Lost

Jethro Tull -- Living In The Past

Rory Gallagher -- Country Mile

Aerosmith -- Big Ten Inch Record

Traffic -- The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys

Blue Oyster Cult -- Godzilla

Pink Floyd -- San Tropez

The Electric Light Orchestra -- Poker

Head East -- City Of Gold / Fly By Night Lady

The Grateful Dead -- Alabama Getaway

The Who -- Athena

Robin Trower -- My Love (Burning Love)

Honeymoon Suite -- New Girl Now

Steely Dan -- Don't Take Me Alive

Stu Nunnery -- Isle Of Debris

The Little River Band -- It's Not A Wonder

The Rolling Stones -- Wild Horses

And here's what we played at Spriggs Towers this week:

Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places

Paul Simon – Stranger To Stranger

Mama's Pride – Mama's Pride

Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts

Genesis – ...And Then There Were Three...

Peter Hammill – None Of The Above

The Fray – How To Save A Life

Five Hand Reel – For A' That

Sharon Shannon – Each Little Thing

The Trews – Hope And Ruin

Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn

Blodwyn Pig – Ahead Rings Out

Steeleye Span – Live At Last!

Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour

Great Big Sea – Fortune's Favour

Journey – Journey's Greatest Hits

Colin James – National Steel

Marillion – Sounds That Can't Be Made

Mike Oldfield – Voyager

Focus – Moving Waves

John Kirkpatrick – Going Spare

Terje Rypdal – Descendre

Max Webster – High Class In Borrowed Shoes

Pink Floyd – Animals

Alanis Morissette – Under Rug Swept

Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Dancer With Bruised Knees

Pink Floyd – The Endless River

Sandy Denny – Rendezvous

King Crimson – Beat

Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Various Artists -- Passion Sources

KSHE Klassics, July 2, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Terry Pratchett: "It's not worth doing something unless you are doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing."

Happy 4^th of July to my American reader.

It's the “Four On The Fourth” weekend on KSHE, their annual Independence Day feature: listeners submit four songs that they'd like to hear played, and, every hour they feature a set. http://www.kshe95.com/blogs/real-rock-blog/your-4-on-the-4th-weekend-2017

I wasn't especially looking forward to it, though, as, last year, some of the selections were wildly inappropriate. Turns out i was worried for nothing, though. All the songs fit in seamlessly with the theme of the Klassics Show. In fact the only time you knew it was “Four On The Fourth” was when we heard four songs in a row by Mama's Pride, and i'm sure as shootin' not going to complain about that, especially as the listener, Jim Risk, chose four of my favourite songs of theirs! (“Blue Mist,” incidentally, was voted the #1 KSHE Klassic song of all-time, ever, in a poll a few years back.)

And here's the host of the show, John Ulett himself. I met him last year and he's as nice a man as he seems to be on the radio :-)

The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays

Bachman Turner Overdrive – Gimme Your Money Please

Nick Gilder – You Really Rock Me

Beat – Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight

New England – Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya

Sniff 'N' The Tears – Driver's Seat

The Kings – This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide

Jo Jo Gunne – Ready Freddy

Henry Gross – One More Tomorrow

Kenny Loggins – Love Has Come Of Age

Robin Trower – Little Bit Of Sympathy

Todd Rundgren – Can We Still Be Friends

Patti Smith – Because The Night

Def Leppard – Hello America

Nantucket – California

Dan Fogelberg – Illinois

Missouri – Movin' On

Z.Z. Top – A Fool For Your Stockings

Little Feat – Dixie Chicken

Joe Walsh – At The Station

Blues Image – Ride Captain Ride

Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick

The Sutherland Brothers – Slipstream

The Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw

Mama's Pride – Blue Mist

Mama's Pride – Ole St Lou

Mama's Pride – Can I Call You A Cab

Mama's Pride – She's A Stranger To Me Now

The Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band

Finnigan & Wood – Highway

Toto – I'll Supply The Love

Cat Stevens – Bitterblue

Charlie – She Loves To Be In Love

Trooper – Raise A Little Hell

Saga – On The Loose

Santana – All I Ever Wanted

Triumph – Hold On

Big Country – In A Big Country

Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues

Here's my playlist for the week – a long list as i had the week off (though i doubt if anyone will be interested enough to read it):

Jeff Beck – Emotion And Commotion

Sheryl Crow – Be Myself

Caro Emerald – Emerald Island

Jane Siberry – Angels Bend Closer

Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places

Ashley Hutchings – By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down And Wept

Genesis – Foxtrot

Donovan – Sunshine Superman

Uriah Heep – The Magician's Birthday

Trigger Hippy – Trigger Hippy

Yes – Keys To Ascension

Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release

Steeleye Span – Dodgy Bastards

Martin Carthy – Crown Of Horn

Various Artists – Compil Folk 8

Katrina And The Waves – Walking On Sunshine: The Greatest Hits Of Katrina And The Waves

Jonathan Edwards – Jonathan Edwards

Procol Harum – Home

Mama's Pride – Mama's Pride

Terje Rypdal – Waves

Joan Osborne – Love And Hate

The Fray – How To Save A Life

Lyle Lovett – Pontiac

Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes

Baka Beyond – Spirit Of The Forest

Capercaillie – To The Moon

Dead Can Dance – Spleen And Ideal

Electric Light Orchestra – Early Years

FM – Black Noise

Genesis – Wind And Wuthering

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

Steeleye Span – Gone To Australia (On Tour 1975 -84)

Garmarna – Hildegard von Bingen

Iron And Wine – Woman King

Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia

A Foot In Coldwater – A Second Foot In Coldwater

Matchbox 20 – Yourself Or Someone Like You

Kate & Anna McGarrigle – La Vache Qui Pleure

Dan Fogelberg – Live At Carnegie Hall

Rory Gallagher – Against The Grain

Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name

Kronos Quartet – Pieces Of Africa

Ian Anderson – The Secret Language Of Birds

Duke Ellington – It Don't Mean A Thing: Classic Recordings Vol. 2, 1930-1934

Harmonium – L'Heptade

Mike Batt – Tarot Suite

Maddy Prior & Tim Hart – Summer Solstice

Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel

KSHE Klassics Show, January 22nd, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Christopher Hitchens: One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. It is an indispensable thing.

I have one major problem with listening to this program online -- and, i hasten to add, this is not a problem with the show itself, but with the outfit that streams the audio, listen.co. They delete the local St Louis ads and insert songs of their own choosing instead, often wildly inappropriate and often entirely detestable. I mean, "Play It Loud" by KISS must be one of the worst songs in the history of Western civilisation, but, lucky me, i get to hear it every week.

Also, as they don't stream their audio to Canada, i have to use a VPN to listen -- it costs me $10 a month and well worth it -- the VPN tells them i'm connecting from the USA. New York City, i think, judging by the ads they also insert, many of which seem to be aimed at affluent Manhattanites. It wasn't always thus. When i was first told about KSHE over four years ago, i didn't need a VPN and i was able to listen to St Louis ads -- which were one of the things that made me interested in the city!

The first song, the Charlie Daniels, was the first song that John Ulett (the host) played, when he started at the station forty years ago.

Charlie Daniels -- Saddle Tramp
Foghat -- Stone Blue
Dwight Twilley -- I'm On Fire
Eagles -- Ol' 55
Lighthouse -- One Fine Morning
Steely Dan -- Kid Charlemagne
Planet P -- Why Me?
Uriah Heep -- The Wizard
Off Broadway -- Stay In Time
Eric Burdon -- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Chris De Burgh -- Don't Pay The Ferryman
Robin Trower -- Caledonia
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- Chicken Train
Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- Hey You
Billy Joel -- The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Kansas -- Portrait (He Knew)
Elton John -- Grey Seal
Queen -- I Want It All
Angel -- The Tower
Genesis -- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Flash & The Pan -- Hey St Peter
Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Angel (What In The World's Come Over Us)
Shoot -- Sepia Sister
Eric Clapton -- She's Waiting
Supertramp -- Sister Moonshine
Bob Seger -- Heavy Music
REO Speedwagon -- Music Man
Yes -- Heart Of The Sunrise
Nazareth -- Holiday
Electric Light Orchestra -- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
Bruce Springsteen -- Kitty's Back
Blue Oyster Cult -- Godzilla
Little Feat -- Oh, Atlanta
April Wine -- Just Between You And Me

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Bob Dylan -- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Richard Thompson -- Dream Attic
Terje Rypdal -- Descendre
Jane Siberry -- Angels Bend Closer
Roxy Music -- The Early Years
The Kinks -- The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Keane -- Under The Iron Sea
Dan Fogelberg -- Phoenix
T. Rex -- Electric Warrior
Jeff Beck -- Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Fish -- Internal Exile
Robert Plant -- The Principle Of Moments
Dan Fogelberg -- The Wild Places
Kate Bush -- The Dreaming
Thin Lizzy -- Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Dick Gaughan -- Redwood Cathedral
Stevie Wonder -- The Definitive Collection
Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg -- Twin Sons Of Different Mothers
Paula Cole -- This Bright Red Feeling
John Tams -- Unity
Big Wreck -- Albatross
Mike Rutherford -- Smallcreep's Day
Mike Oldfield -- Ommadawn
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris -- Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Collective Soul -- Afterwords
Propaganda -- A Secret Wish
Radiohead -- Hail To The Thief
Richard Thompson -- Mock Tudor
Yes -- Going For The One
Jan Akkerman -- Tabernakel

KSHE Klassics, November 6, 2016

Quotation du jour ~ Jane Siberry: Don't worry about my health, My body is just fine. Don't worry about what other people think of me, just laugh about my ways and be glad that i have faith and for what times is left, let's just enjoy each other's company.

Another exceptionally good morning today!

The Moody Blues -- Questions
George Harrison -- Bangla Desh
Toto -- I'll Supply The Love
Strawbs -- Little Sleepy
David Bowie -- Jean Genie
Thin Lizzy -- Don't Believe A Word
Cheryl Dilcher -- High
The Little River Band -- It's Not A Wonder
Michael Bolton -- Fool's Game
Little Feat -- All That You Dream
Blind Faith -- Sea Of Joy
Charlie -- She Loves To Be In Love
Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes -- Call Of The Wild
Crawler -- Stone Cold Sober
The Grateful Dead -- Estimated Prophet
Wings -- Venus And Mars
Santana -- Winning
The Byrds -- Eight Miles High
Jay Ferguson -- Shakedown Cruise
Journey -- Of A Lifetime
Grinderswitch -- Kill The Pain
Bruce Springsteen -- Thunder Road
Spirit -- Nature's Way
Robin Trower -- Sweet Wine Of Love
Jackson Browne -- In The Shape Of A Heart
Jethro Tull -- Bourée
The Boomtown Rats --I Don't Like Mondays
Rod Stewart -- Handbags And Gladrags
Leon Russell -- Tightrope
Climax Blues Band -- Mighty Fire
Wishbone Ash -- Blowin' Free
Mama's Pride -- Ole St Lou
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- Spaceship Orion
Foreigner -- Headknocker
The James Gang -- Alexis
Heart -- Even It Up
Rick Derringer -- Don't Ever Say Goodbye
The Jeff Beck Group -- I Ain't Superstitious
Head East -- Since You've Been Gone

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Kate Rusby -- 20
Dan Fogelberg -- Greetings From The West (DVD)
Def Leppard -- Rock Of Ages
Florence + The Machine -- Lungs
Dan Fogelberg -- The Wild Places
Collective Soul -- Afterwords
Runrig -- Transmitting Live
Steeleye Span -- Storm Force Ten
Lisa Gerrard -- The Mirror Pool
Colin James -- Fuse
Steely Dan -- Aja
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- Beat Of The Street
Van der Graaf Generator -- Do Not Disturb
Dan Fogelberg -- The First Christmas Morning (I must point out that i generally don't approve of listening to  Christmas music this early in Movember, but i just received this in the mail and so of course had to listen to it. And it's lovely.)
Various Artists -- Great Grandson Of "Morris On"
Rant Maggie Rant -- Latitude
Dan Fogelberg -- Souvenirs
Cassandra Wilson -- Silver Pony
Linda Ronstadt -- Heart Like A Wheel
June Tabor -- Apples
Susan Tedeschi -- The Best Of Susan Tedeschi, Episode One
Jeff Beck -- Loud Hailer
Dan Fogelberg -- Captured Angel