Roots rock and blues rock update today with the new music by Joe Ely, Steve Cropper and Duke Garwood. Also, returning to our show we have Shemekia Copeland from New York, Emily Duff, Bywater Call from Toronto and Amy Helm – daughter of Levon Helm of the Band. Introducing for the first time at the Little Lighthouse we have Erin Ross from Calgary, Grace Bowers from Nashville and Emma Donovan from Australia.
Booker T and the MG’s – Tic-Tac-Toe
Amy Helm – Baby Come Back
Emily Duff – She Never Loved You
The Mystery Lights – Mighty Fine & All Mine
Joe Ely – Gulf Coast Blues
Duke Garwood – Satin Warrior
Kyshona – Heaven is a Beautiful Place
Erin Ross – Grease and Gasoline
Bywater Call – As If
Delta 21 – Passion Killer
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge – Dance To The Music
Steve Cropper and The Midnight Hour – Hurry Up Sundown
The Reverend Shawn Amos – Revelation
Emma Donovan – Blak Nation
Shemekia Copeland – Tell The Devil
The War and Treaty – Blank Page
Today we open with a new single for a Melbourne band The Prize. Then we go to Sweden where we check out the new name for us, Finnjavlar. Then we dive into a Blue Arrow Records block with tunes for their new releases by Stutter Steps and The Wind-Ups. Legendary California bands Trotsky Icepick and Rain Parade are back with new tunes. And so is Chris Stamey, legendary founder of The dBs. Natural Child from Nashville are back with a new album. We have a special treat for Guided By Voices fans. They have a new album out and their former member Tobin Sprout has a record of previously unreleased tunes. We hear these two tunes as if they came out together on an album, together with signature low fi and tape dropouts characteristic for the early GBV albums. We close the show with a tribute to Robbie Robertson who passed away on August 9th at the age of 80.
Jackie De Shannon – I Got My Reason
The Prize – First Sight
Finnjavlar – Life For You
The Whiffs – Satellites
Stutter Steps – Lift
The Wind-Ups – Jonathan Says
Trotsky Icepick – Windowpane
Trotsky Icepick – Before My Madness Caves In
Rain Parade – Bring You Back
Rain Parade – What’s She Done To Your Mind
The dB’s – If & When
Chris Stamey – Back in New York
Guided By Voices – Romeo Surgeon
Tobin Sprout – Bad Scenes
Natural Chold – Playin’ In The Band
Natural Child – Little Magic
The Band – The Weight
The Band – Look Out Cleveland
The Band – Time To Kill
The Band – Chest Fever
Today we have new songs for the Sub Pop band Beachwood Sparks who were a big surprise some ten years ago when they first appeared. They are back with the new music after almost a decade of silence. King Tuff aka Kyle Thomas has a new single out and we check it out today. Ty Segall joined forces with White Fence on their new album together called Hair. New name in today’s show is a Nashville group of musicians go by the moniker The Altered Statesman. In our segment Live In Cleveland we have Joe Grushecky. Today’s show is dedicated to Levon Helm, legendary drummer of The Band who died recently.
Don Nix – My Train’s Done Come And Gone;
The Band – The Weight;
The Band – Jemima Surrender;
Beachwood Sparks – Forget The Song;
The Altered Statesman – All Your Goodies Are Gone;
Parliament – All Your Goodies Are Gone;
Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers – Hideaway;
Mike O’Neill – This Is Who I Am;
The Inbreds – Tell The Truth;
King Tuff – Wild Desire;
Gentleman Jesse – Covered Up My Tracks;
Bill Fox – I Only Did It Cuz I Felt So Lonely;
Eamon McGrath – Young Canadians;
Ty Segall and White Fence – Time;
Fotomaker – Pain;
Janis Joplin – A Woman Left Lonely.
Today we say goodbye to the rock’n’roll pioneer Bobby Charles who died on January 14. Bobby Charles is one of those authors that kick-started the entire rock’n’roll, the way we know it today. After Bill Haley with his Comets recorded Bobby’s See You Later Alligator rock’n’roll ghost was out of the bottle forever. In 1972, Bobby Charles resurfaced and recorded a masterpiece record with Rick Danko and The Band. Songs that Bobby wrote will stay forever. This show is dedicated to him. We also presented some new records here at The Little Lighthouse. Miro Kusacic of Messerschmitt is back with a new band Junkers 5, fronted by the new name on the scene – Elizabeta Petric. Sarah Borges covered Clive Gregson’s Yesterday’s Love and Javier Escovedo had a really great new record in 2008, but for some reason, it fell through the cracks and I only got a chance to hear it now. It’s called City Lights and it’s truly exceptional.
John Hiatt – Have a Little Faith In Me;
Koja and Djura – Crveno;
Junkers5 – New Orleans;
Messerschmitt – Have A Little Faith In Me;
The Zeros – Wimp;
Javier Escovedo – See You Around;
True Believers – Tell Her;
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles – Yesterday’s Love;
Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love;
Goree Carter & His Hepcats – Rock Awhile;
Bill Haley & The Comets – See You Later, Alligator;
Fats Domino – Walking to New Orleans;
Clarence “Frogman” Henry – (I Don’t Know Why) But I Do;
The Band – Down South In New Orleans;
Bobby Charles – Street People;
Bobby Charles – Grow Too Old;
Bobby Charles – Small Town Talk;
Bobby Charles – Take It Easy Greasy;
Bobby Charles – I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More;
Bobby Charles – See You Later Alligator.
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