Today we have two obituaries. Jazz vibraphonist from Zagreb, BoÅ¡ko Petrović, better known as B. P, died on January 10. The Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty died on January 4. He is best known for his hit singles Stuck In The Middle and Baker Street, but he actually had a pretty consistently good songbook through the entire recording career. We pay tributes to B.P. and Gerry in today’s show. Bubblegum Lemonade is a new Scottish band that’s out to continue their countryman Rafferty’s work. They, however, roughly belong to the new 80s revival, with sound that’s resembles what once was on The Creation label or Paisley Underground, even a good dose of shoegaze. Jump Back Jake from Memphis are here again with yet another ep. Tim Lee has a new double LP called Raucous Americanus – the first truly (and literally) big record for 2011. Gentleman Jesse has yet another new 45. Kyle Thomas’ band Happy Birthday (he’s also in King Tuff) has an LP that came out quite a few months ago, but I only got it now. It’s a really phenomenal record with great pop tunes. Thomas’ proves again that he’s a very talented songwriter.
BP Convention – Mali djecak sa velikim srcem;
The Monkees – The Last Train To Clarksville;
Bubblegum Lemonade – Last Train to Clarkston;
Bubblegum Lemonade – A Billion Heartbeats;
The Parties – Suite: Feet Back On The Ground/I’m Sorry/Going Away Girl;
King Tuff – A Pretty Dress;
Happy Birthday – 2 Shy;
Gentleman Jesse And His Men – You’ve Got The Wrong Man;
Gentleman Jesse – The Rest of My Days;
Jump Back Jake – If I Ever Go Back;
Jump Back Jake & The Echo-Friendly – Flash the Lights;
Tim Lee 3 – Bigger;
Tim Lee – Speak Up Girl;
Eagles Of Death Metal – Stuck In the Middle with You;
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle;
Stealers Wheel – Good Businessman;
Gerry Rafferty – Don’t Count Me Out;
Josipa Lisac and BP Convention Big Band – Nesto.
This is the last Little Lighthouse episode for this summer. Radio SC goes for a summer break and this show will take a rest together with them. We will be back in September together with the regular Radio SC programming schedule. For the last show of this season, we prepared some 20 minutes extra content for you. The most exciting thing this time is definitely the new Tav Falco album called Conjurations. Texas Tornados reunited without Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender, and have a new album called Esta Bueno!. Esta bueno is also the new garage band Davila 666 from Puerto Rico. The Half Rats is another good new garage band from Lafayette, IN. The main songwriter from King Tuff, Kyle has a new band called simply Happy Birthday. Mark Olson of the Jayhawks is also back with a new solo album called Many Colored Kite. So plenty of fresh stuff to chew on until we return in September! Keep checking The Little Lighthouse for occasional bonus shows and let me know if you’d like to see some of our older shows repeated while we’re on the break.