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Flashlite #447

Glen CampbellToday we have the new music from Ben Vaughn, who covered an old Randy Crowell song, When Losers Rule The World. Honeymoon Disease from Sweden are back with the new record, and so are The Forty Nineteens, out of San Francisco. We also introduce the new band from Tim Parnin (also in Cobra Verde and Sweet Apple), called Falling Stars. Their new recordings are produced by Mitch Easter. Sprinters come from Manchester in England and David Nance comes from Omaha, NE. Today’s show is dedicated to Glen Campbell who we lost on August 8 this year.

Glen Campbell – Galveston;
Sweet Apple – World I’m Gonna Leave You;
Falling Stars – Losing Without You;
Sprinters – Good Years;
The Cicadas – When Losers Rule the World;
The Ben Vaughn Quintet – When Losers Rule The World;
David Nance – Honey Don’t;
The Beatles – Helter Skelter;
Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side;
The Forty Nineteens – 08 Time Is On My Side (Good Fortune);
Honeymoon Disease – Night By Night;
Honeymoon Disease – Stargazer;
Delaney And Bonnie (with Eric Clapton) – Comin’ Home;
The Magpie Salute – Comin’ Home;
Mark Sultan – It’s Suicide;
Lemonheads – Galveston;
Monkees – Mary, Mary;
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman.

1. Sweet Apple – Love And Desperation

Sweet Apple - Love And DesperationSweet Apple is a side band for John Petkovic of Cobra Verde, J Mascis of Dinosaur JR and Dave Sweetapple of Witch. It happened in a bitter moment when the trio of these rock’n’roll greats desperately needed a break not only from the music that they worked on in their original bands, but also a break from the situations in life that at the time seemed to choke them. Sometimes the best cure is to run away which a pack of friends, experience something new and return as a richer person. This is exactly what this pack did. A weaker person would cut his wrists, but these three people poored their hearts into a rocker that bursts with energy and desire for life. Casual atmosphere in the record creation allowed J to switch over to drums, totaling only three solos on the entire record. Still, there’s plenty of brilliant guitar work on the record courtesy of Tim Parnin of Cobra Verde and John on his purple Gretch (which he used in the songwriting process). Nothing is forced here, songs are charged with energy, crispy riffs are everywhere only to slow down on Dead Moon which stands out as a dark reminder that a man needs light to live, even if that light comes from a stage light show.