John Mayall was one of the musicians I had a deepest respect for. He had a career that spanned 60 years and he was always relevant. He had a nose and ear for talent and the list of names that passed through his Bluesbreakers is nothing short of impressive. From his blues laments, through concept albums about his youth and life, fantastic live albums, incredible Memphis and New Orleans albums all the way to his last album which found it’s way to our year end list, John never released a dud. And he worked virtually until his last year. John Mayall leaves a deep void behind. John Mayall not only left a mark on rock’n’roll and blues. He is a thread in this fabric without which it just wouldn’t hold together the same way. This is an hour long tribute to Mayall and it contains music only from the first 10 years of his career. Other 50 years were sparser with releases, but always strong. Checking out what’s new with Mayall was always exciting and now all we can do is admire his legacy.
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Rubber Duck
John Mayall – When I’m Gone
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – I’m Your Witch Doctor
John Mayall – Burn Out Yout Blind Eyes
John Mayall – Mr James
John Mayall – Doreen
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Little Girl
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – It’s Over
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – The Death of JB Lenoir
John Mayall – Don’t Kick Me
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Bare Wires Suite Pt 1
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Vacation
John Mayall – Room To Move
John Mayall – Don’t Pick A Flower
John Mayall – Took The Car
John Mayall – Travelling
John Mayall – Back From Korea
John Mayall – Mess Around
John Mayall – Worried Mind
Newest in roots rock and among the singer songwriters today with new music from Nicolette Larson and the Nobodies, Emily Nenni from Nashville, Heather Little from Texas and Lyn Drury from New Orleans. Dawn Landes from Chapel Hill is back with new tunes. Nashville 90s legend Kim Richey is also back with a new record. Hello Darlings is is from Canada and they are fronted by a Romani singer Candace Lacina. Mavericks are collaborating with Maggie Rose on a new tune and we close things off today with the one and only Willie Nelson and a track from his latest album.
Rosali – Rewind
Nicolette & The Nobodies – Don’t You Dare
Kim Richey – Floating On The Surface
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said
Bella White – Numbers
Ruth Moody – Seventeen
Emily Nenni – Get To Know Ya
Hannah Kaminer – Irene (It’s a big old world)
Son Volt – What About Tomorrow
Heather Little – Five Deer County
Lynn Drury – Fade
Jenny Don’t and the Spurs – My Baby’s Gone
Range Rats – Fast Freight Train
Dawn Landes – One Hundred Years (1852)
The Hello Darlings – What Is A Broken Heart For
Colin Cutler – Save Your Life and Drive
Murlocs – Initiative
The Mavericks -. Look Around You (with Maggie Rose)
Willie Nelson – how much does it cost
Dean Owens – How The West Was Stolen
Garage extravaganza today leading with three rockers from Spain The Gagarins, F.A.N.T.A and Boston Babies. Down in Oceania, we check out Better Vics and Soul Movers from Australia and The Cavemen from New Zealand. Mochines are here from Boston, Bad Beats are from Vancouver and Martin Savage comes from the UK with his Jiggerz.
Split System – Hold It
The Gagarins – Space Cocktail
The Cavement – Without You
The Judges – The House Always Wins
The Ramones – You Should Never Have Opened That Door
F.A.N.T.A. – Jorge y Maria
Corrupted Ideals – Ignite It
Lava Fangs – Make Up Your Mind
The Mings – Timebomb
The Soul Movers – You-Turn
Boston Babies – Mullets y Cigarrilos
The Sleeveenss – Full Dollar
Deniz Tek – Blood From A Stone
Bitter Vics – Lonesome Rider
The Mochines – This is Rock and Roll
The Liqorice Experiment – Man of Action
Zerodent – Headshot
The Bad Beats – Drive Slow
Martin Savage And The Jiggerz – On The Run
Alien Nosejob – The Executioner
Ladrones – Todo Me Fascina
Franky Says
Today we start off with a small tribute to one of the greatest: Steve Albini. He passed away on May 7th and a new posthumous Shellac album followed just days after the tragic event. We also check out new music by Las Nubes from Florida, Glitter Wizard from San Francisco, The Anti-Queens from Tornoto, Gone as Gone from Canada, Stonebride from Croatia Handsome Jack from Buffalo and Custody from Finland.
Big Black – Passing complexion
Shellac – Chick New Wave
Las Nubes – Pesada
Rapeman – Up Beat
Pink Mexico – Swear Words
Glitter Wizard – Motorider
The Anti-Queens – Bulldozer
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
Street Panther – Heathen
Good As Gone – The Ticket
Stonebride – In Presence
Appalooza – Killing Maria
Motorpsycho – Young Man Blues
Custody – Hollow Times
Handsome Jack – It’s Understood
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant – Please Read The Letter
If you like round numbers, then you should be excited that this is the 800th episode of “shortened” Little Lighthouse, since I moved to Ohio. If you add over 200 episodes from Utah and Louisiana, we’re way pass 1000 episodes. Other than that, we give you another average Little Lighthouse show (which is way beyond anything in the podcast universe). We start off with veterans: Paul Weller and Richard Thompson. Another veteran is our good friend Mike Watt, who has a new album with his Italian friends Stefano Pilia and Paolo Mongardi. We also have new tunes by John Larson from Providence, Lava Fangs from Melgourne, Sticker Clun from Sydney, Magic Fig from San Francisco and Street Panther from Montreal. A special treat is a great new singer, debuting at The Little Lighthouse, Grace Cummings from Melbourne.
Paul Weller – All The Pictures On The Wall [Demo]
Paul Weller – jumble queen
Richard Thompson – The Fear Never Leaves You
Richard and Linda Thompson – Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
Fernando Perdomo – The Silent Sun
John Larson and The Silver Fields – Don’t Look Too Fast
Lava Fangs – Photograph
Daniel Romano – Where’s paradise_
Mike Watt – Piss-Bottle Man
If Sogno Del Marinaio – Purple, Orange, Green + Yellow
The Sticker Club – Way Up High
Motorpsycho – Hey, Jane
The Loons – Daffodils Or Despair
Magic Fig – Goodbye Suzy
Grace Cummings – Ramona
Doris Troy – A School For Fools
The Stems – Leave You Way Behind
Lucius – Hey, Doreen (The New Recording)
Street Panther – Aggro
Gyasi – Cheap High
The Rolling Stones visited Cleveland for the last time on June 15th this year, so we’re doing a small tribute to the greatest band in the world. Not much else to add here! Enjoy!
The Rolling Stones – I Wanna Be Your Man
The Rolling Stones – Fortune Teller
Idoli – Hajde!
Partibrejkers – Stoj Johnny
Elektricni Orgazam – Bejbe ti nisi tu
Lado Leskovar – To ni za me zadoscenje
Elvis J. Kurtovich and his Meteors – Da bog da crk’o Rokenrol
Elvis J. Kurtovich and his Meteors – Bascharshy Hanumen
Elektricni Orgazam – Citadel
VIS Mladi – Mona
Siluete – Uzmi ili ostavi
Zona B – As Tears Go By
Zlatni Akordi – Ostajes sama
Prele – Necu da se predam
Azra – Zadovoljstina
Legija – Odlazi dusa moja
Don Mentony Band – Mrtve roze
Laibach – Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones – Poison Ivy
Power pop edition today with new albums from legends Redd Kross, Arizona faves The Resonars and Mo Troper over, introducing Christopher Peifer in New York and Highway Patrol in Germany. Plus checking in with Shannon and The Clams, LA’s Sofia Bolt, Ohio’s Andy Gabbard and Bad Moves from Washington. Nicole Atkins collaborates with Hamilton Leithauser on her new tune.
Mo Troper – Jumbotron
Mo Troper – Bleach
Christopher Peifer – Anywhere
anonymous – time
Redd Kross – Play My Song
Redd Kross – Candy Coloured Catastrophe
Shannon and The Clams – Oh So Close Yet So Far
Shannon and The Clams – It’s Gonna Go Away
The Resonars – Fell Into a World
The Resonars – Gold To Blue
Highway Patrol – My Friend Jack
Fendahlene – Anyone Who’s Anyone
Andy Gabbard – Home Suite
Andrew Gabbard – Real Time
Bad Moves – Let The Rats Inherit The Earth
Bad Moves – Toward Crescent Park
Nicole Atkins – Maybe Tonight
Nicole Atkins with Hamilton Leithauser – A Little Word
Sofia Bolt – Martini
Sofia Bolt – Waves
Blues and roots rock special today with new music from Mesas’s Little Albert, R.L. Burnside’s son Cedric, Sam Morrow from Texas and Bywater Call from Canada. Introducing Irish child prodigy Murieann Bradley, Japanese septet Bloodiest Saxophone in collaboration with Crystal Thomas. Michelle David and The True-tones from Amsterdam is also new to us. One of the highlights today is Delta 21, blues band from Vinkovci, Croatia, lead by Igor Djeke (ex Disciplina Kicme).
fIREHOSE – vastopol
Delta 21 – Titty Twister
Little Albert – Still Alive
Little Albert – Outside Woman Blues
anonymous – death rattle blues
Sam Morrow – Straight and Narrow
Cedric Burnside – Love You Music
North Mississippi Allstars with Cedric Burnside – Catfish
Charlie Parr – Ten Watt
Muireann Bradley – Vestapol
Bywater Call – Holler
Bywater Call – Go Alone
The Hypos – My Kind Of Party
Bloodest Saxophone with Crystal Thomas – Mailman’s Sack
Michelle David & The True-tones – That Is You
The Amplifier Heads – They Came To Rock
Elizabeth Cotten – Freight Train
Most of the artists we feature today gravitate around the University of Lafayette in Louisiana. This is a place dedicated for preservation of cajun and zydeco culture in Louisiana, and a place where many musicians happily experiment with their French-spoken heritage. So, today, we feature Corey Ledet with his new record, Louis Michot with his solo record and a gorgeous album with Lost Bayou Ramblers and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Ann Savoy gathered her recording in the last couple of years and had them published by Smithsonian. A bunch of bands from several parishes around Lafayette recorded really fun French versions of classic rock songs, and that’s also scattered around the playlist. Louisiana heritage isn’t just cultivated in one small area of Louisiana, but all around the world. So we check out new music from Joe Le Taxi in Wales, Baton Rouge’s Le Roux covered CCR, The Carnivals joined forces with Becky Lynn Blanca to sing about New Orleans and Robert Finley plays his swamp blues up in the North of Louisiana.
Malfecteurs – Wooly Bully
Corey Ledet – Alon kouri laba
Joe Le Taxi – Zydeco – Bernadet
Anders Osborne – Le Grande Zombie
BeauSoleil – Le Jig Creole
Louis Michot – Le cas de Marguerite
Ann Savoy – Triste Samedi A Hurricane Song (A Sad Saturday)
BeauSoleil – Ca Me Rend Fou
Al Berard Et Les Filles – Tout Les Jour Tout Les Soirs
Le Roux – Lookin’ Out My Back Door
The Carnivals – M’amuser Avec Mon Ami (with Becky Lynn Blanca)
Leyla McCalla – Tree
Brass Bed et Feufollet – Des promesses
Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Granny Smith
Robert Finley – What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Feufollet – Le Bord Du Chemin
Lilli Lewis – Ciel Éternel
Yugo rock special today! We hear new music from Špurijus and Pridjevi in Split, Slick Stings, Tidal Pull and Zen from Zagreb, Gazorpazorp from Belgrade, Izae from Dubrovnik and Nemi pesnik from Novi Sad. We also check out a new single from Kojoti in Vinkovci. They held an unforgettable show this February which I was lucky to attend. We also hear a few tunes from the Novi Sad new wave scene which were super rare until they recently appeared on a compilation CD. We close the show with one of the new songs from Marko Artukovic in Sabac who keeps cranking exciting new songs on a regular basis.
Speaking of Yugo rock, for Clevelanders, Slovenian National Home is organizing a Yugo Rock event on May 31st at 6pm. So, if you want more of this…..
Grad – Noc
Špurijus – Dobar Covjek
Kojoti – Danima
Kojoti – Trese lupa udara
Majke – Zbunjen i osamucen
Slick Stings – Control You
Tidal Pull – Uvijek dvanaest
Pop Masina – Zemlja svetolsti
Dah – Ako pozelis
Ggazorpazorp – Dišemo zajedno
Nemi pesnik – Kako
Luna – Metropolis (brzi)
Yu Grupa – Noc je moja
Izae – Trik
libertybell – Pismo Mileni
Boye – Takav dan
Žen – Nedamise
Pridjevi – Solar Maximum
Divlje jagode -Sejla
Marko Artukovic – Zanos
Podcasting from Cleveland, Ohio. Broadcasting on Radio Kragujevac, every Sunday from 4-5pm (Central European Time). Streaming on Rock XS every Thursday at Midnight (Eastern European Time).
