Contemporary rockers like to go back to the old songs and make covers. It’s been like that since the earliest days of rock’n’roll. Pandemic lockdowns have forced musicians to stay home and pause their tours. In confinement, many found inspiration in old songs. Today’s show is just a mere selection to illustrate this phenomenon. Glam, power pop, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, 60s rock… that’s on our program tonight, but in renewed and refreshed makeovers from today’s artists.
Willie Nelson – With a Little Help from My Friends
The Flashcubes featuring Steve Conte – Gudbuy T’Jane
Bill Lloyd – Let Her Dance
The Jack Cades feat. Frankie Fuzz – For Your Love
The Zack Static Sect – Have You Seen My Baby
The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs – Slow Death
The Loud Family – Rocks Off
Hollis Brown – Stupid Girl
Melvins – Sway
The William Loveday Intention – Hurricane
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Brad Marino – Another Sad and Lonely Night
Mod Fun – Day After Day
Jeff Beck/Johnny Depp – Venus In Furs
Sounds Incarcerated – Porpoise Song
Valerie June – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home
John Wesley Coleman – Everybody’s Talking
Phosphorescent – To Love Somebody.
Today we check in with new music fro some true singer songwriting legends: Willie Nelson, John Doe of X, Lyle Lovett and Calexico. Nitty Girtty Dirt Band make a whole album of Bob Dylan covers and they don’t just do Nashville Skyline. Lada, Dinko and Hrvoje from Bambi Molesters have a new band called LHD and it fits very well with their previous work. We also check in with Tyler Bejoian and his Names. But the show opens a newcomer, Peter Donovan from Seattle, WA.
The Americans – Give Way
Peter Donovan – This Better Be Good;
Willie Nelson – I Don’t Go to Funerals;
Green On Red – Time Slips Away;
Daniel Romano – I Don’t Fit In;
Tyler & the Names – OB’s;
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You;
Bob Dylan – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You;
Tom Troccoli’s Dog – Girl from the North Country;
John Doe – The Cowboy and the Hot Air Balloon;
Lyle Lovett – Her Loving Man;
Lyle Lovett – LA County;
Giant Sand – Yer Ropes;
Calexico – Then You Might See;
LHD – Boiling Water, Dreamy Girl;
Amy Lavere – Girlfriends.
Twenty years ago, on a Saturday morning of January 14th 2001, I walked into KLSU studio and broadcasted the very first Little Lighthouse over the radio. Soon after that, I had an idea to put mp3 recordings of the show on my website and basically created the first podcast in the world (maybe?!). Twenty years later, I still do this weekly, delighting a negligible amount of listeners. And so we go into the 21st year with some new music from Kelley Stoltz, Radio Days, Mark Crozer, Andy Bopp, Guided By Voices, Pushups. But we start with good old Dukes of Stratosphear that inspired all this that I do and we end with a bouquet of Bob Dylan tunes.
Dukes of Stratosphear – 25 O’Clock;
XTC – Reel By Reel;
Dukes of Stratospear – Little Lighthouse;
Kelley Stoltz – Never Change Enough;
Radio Days – I Got a Love;
Tim Lee 3 – Magnolia Plates;
Redd kross – Dancing Queen;
Mark Crozer – The Winner Takes It All;
Andy Bopp – Bicycle Parts;
The Sandwich Police – Splinters;
Stutter Steps – Floored;
Guided By Voices – King Flute;
Guided By Voices – Stops;
Pushups – Can’t Help Myself;
Bob Dylan – I Contain Multitudes;
Emma Swift – Queen Jane Approximately;
Lucinda Williams – Queen Jane Approximately;
The William Loveday Intention – Positively 4th Street;
Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Sweetheart Like You;
Bob Dylan – Sweetheart Like You.
We’re at the end of this historic crappy year. Still, there’s a good handful of albums that we kept coming back to at the Little Lighthouse. So, let’s take a look back and try to list those albums. Before the complete list of top 30 albums is complete in a week for now, let’s dig into the lower end of that list. For a crappy year, overall, the music was really good.
Datura4 – Mother Medusa;
Fuzz – Close Your Eyes;
X – I Gotta Fever;
All Them Witches – Lights Out;
The Third Mind – Claudia Cardinale;
Levitation Room – Stars Speak Softly;
The Sonic Dawn – UFO;
Bob Dylan – False Prophet;
Fred And Rose – In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night);
Nicole Atkins – These Old Roses;
Saba Lou – Penny Roll;
Natural Child – Farm;
The Berries – Passing Scene;
Honey Radar – Almanac Singer;
Bipolaroid – In My Cave.
We have a couple of new names today. We start off with Coffis Brothers from Santa Cruz, CA. Daniel Donato comes from Nashville and we have a new one from Molly Tuttle from San Francisco with a phenomenal cover of She’s A Rainbow. Coming back, we have Kathleen Edwards from Canada and legendary Mary Chapin Carpenter featuring Duke Levine on killer lead guitar together in a stunning tribute to The Rolling Stones. We also check out John Dowler’s new track and we are especially delighted to hear Dan Penn’s new tunes. Emma Swift has a new record and it’s entirely consisted of Bob Dylan covers. The record is cleverly titled Blonde on The Tracks.
Swampmeat Family Band – Friends In The Floor;
The Coffis Brothers – Play It Loud;
Dan Penn – I Didn’t Hear That Coming;
Dan Penn – Come Into My Heart;
Bob Dylan – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands;
Emma Swift – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands;
John Dowler’s Vanity Project – Ordinary Man;
Fred and Rose – Midnight Train;
Daniel Donato – Angel from Montgomery;
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Between The Dirt And The Stars;
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses;
The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow;
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow;
Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern;
Detroit Cobras – Bad Girl.
Today at the lighthouse we have nothing but the heavyweight legends of rock’n’roll, all mostly with the new material. We start off with Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Bob has a new record and Neil released unpublished recordings from 1975. We also have two ex members of Green on Red with new records for each of them: Chris Cacavas and Chuck Prophet. Their buddy from the same scene, Russ Tolman, who used to be in True West also has a new single out. Their buddy from the same town, Howe Gelb, has a piano solo record and we check it out. Our good friend from Louisiana, a legendary songwriter in his own right, Damien Youth has a new band Belladonna Lovers and we check it out in this episode of the show. We close the show with the new projects from the Trotsky Icepick camp. They are extraordinarily active these days: Vitus Matare and John Rosewall have a new album as Petrified Max and John Talley Jones is with Strikeslip.
Chris Cacavas – Truth;
Neil Young – Vacancy;
Bob Dylan – Goodbye Jimmy Reed;
Bob Dylan – Standing in the Doorway;
Giant Sand – Warm Storm;
Howe Gelb – Steadfast;
Russ Tolman – The Trees Are In Love With You;
True West – You;
Green On Red – We Shall Overcome;
Chris Cacavas – We Can Dream;
Chuck Prophet – Womankind;
The Stone Roses – Sally Cinnamon;
Damien Youth – Susie Cinnamon;
Belladonna Lovers – Frankenstein Head;
Petrified Max – Snowshoe;
Strikeslip – Stuporstar;
Trotsky Icepick – Imaging Neptune.
Flesh Eaters new album I Used To Be Pretty is in our hands and we check it out. Legendary Evan Dando and his Lemonheads announce their future release with the new single. The first singer of All, Dave Smalley is back as well with the new record. But, we kick off with the new stuff by Th’ Losin’ Streaks from Sacramento, CA. Then we check out the new music from Heavy Drapes. They come from UK and cope with the loss of their beloved member Garry Alexander Borland, but they continue strong without him. Over in Croatia, we introduce stoner rockers by the name of Stonebride. Residents founder Hardy Fox has passed away and so did Clydie King, legendary backup singer and Bob Dylan’s muse from the 80s. We pay respects to both of them.
The Beatles – Not Guilty (Take 102);
Th’ Losin’ Streaks – Trouble You Find;
Heavy Drapes – Should I Suck or Should I Blow;
The Flesh Eaters – Miss Muerte;
The Flesh Eaters – Miss Muerte;
Stonebride – Animal on Display;
Stonebride – Lay Low;
The Machine – Kamikaze;
All – 10 (Wet);
Dave Smalley & The Bandoleros – Stand or Kneel;
The Lemonheads – Can’t Forget;
Dirtbombs – Super Stupid;
The Residents – Boxes of Armageddon;
The Residents – Outro;
Little Clyde & The Teens – A Casual Look;
The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose;
Bob Dylan – Every Grain of Sand.
Today’s show starts with two new loud bands, Control Freaks from San Francisco and Golden Pelicans from Orlando, FLA. We continue with the new singer from Nashville, Chely Wright with a mighty cover of a Bob Dylan song Tomorrow Is A Long Time. Also from Nashville, we chack out the new song from Last Daze, fronted by Katy Cole. From Canada, we check out Suzanne Elizabeth Ungerleider who goes under the moniker Oh Susanna. Vaguess from California are also back with the new album Guilt Ring and we finish off with Vasko Atanasoski from Macedonia and a track from his upcoming album.
Part-Time Lover – Living In The Past;
Control Freaks – Sweet Dreams;
Golden Pelicans – Complete Destruction;
Low Cut Connie – Dirty Water;
Paul Westerberg – Silver Naked Ladies;
Rod Stewart – Tomorrow Is a Long Time;
Chely Writh – Tomorrow Is a Long Time;
Bob Dylan – Tomorrow Is a Long a Time (Live 1963);
Juliana Hatfield – Heartless;
Last Daze – Nothing But Trouble;
Oh Susanna – My Old Vancouver;
Meat Puppets – Whiskey in a Jar (Live in CLE);
Big Hogg – When We Were Young;
Vaguess – Guilt Ring;
Personal and the Pizzas – Joanie;
Ramones – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend;
Thee Melomen – Cosmic Ted;
Vasko Atanasoski (Featuring Mike Watt) – Cosmic Ted;
Vasko Atanasoski – Nisto nema da ne’ razdeli.
We bring you new music from some good old groups that we used to like in the 80s: Thurston Moore and Paul Roessler and Howe Gelb with his one man project Arizona Amp And The Alternator. We also introduce new bands from Melbourne, Australia – Brad Pot, Philadelphia PA – The Improbables, Nashville TN – Blackfoot Gypsies. I am especially excited about the newly discovered recordings from Gun Club, which are not assembled into their posthumous album entitled In My Room. Old Crow Medicine Show (and Little Lighthouse!) celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s masterpiece Blonde on Blonde. So many good albums have their 50th anniversary this year! 1967 was insane.
Paul Roessler – Galatea pt1;
Brad Pot – Bullshit;
The Improbables – Disappear;
Chris Mars – No Bands;
Chuck Berry – Promised Land;
Blackfoot Gypsies – Promise to Keep;
The Gun Club – L.A. is Always Real;
Jason and The Scorchers – Absolutely Sweet Marie;
Bob Dylan – Absolutely Sweet Marie;
Old Crow Medicine Show – Absolutely Sweet Marie (Live);
Arizona Amp and The Alternator – Contraception;
Marshall Crenshaw – Cynical Girl (Live in CLE);
The Modulators – She’s So Cynical;
BT’s – Givin You Everything;
John Wesley Coleman III – Hang Tight;
Guided By Voices – Overloaded;
Thee Melomen – Bez Prevoda
Paul Roessler – Galatea pt2;
Thurston Moore – Smoke of Dreams.
Our show today brings the new music from Mitski, Kate Maki and duet of Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle. We introduce the new band out of Boston Sandwich Police, that features Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, who made a surprise Cleveland show recently. Starling Electric from Ann Arbor is another new band introduced in today’s show. We also hear newly surfaced recording of Allen Toussaint which were made shortly before him passing away this year. Another tribute today is to Chips Moman, a legendary producer and songwriter in Memphis, who sadly passed away on June 13. Mojo magazine put together an interesting compilation that covers Bob Dylan’s album Blonde on Blonde song by song and we check out the contribution from Seattle’s Night Beats.
Jackie DeShannon – Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right;
Blaak Heat – Anatolia;
Mitski – Dan the Dancer;
Webb Wilder – Yard Dog;
Kate Maki – Message Delivered;
Kate Maki – Keep Right;
Colvin & Earle – Come What May;
Dan Penn – The dark end of the street;
Aretha Franklin – Dark End Of The Street;
Elvis Presley – Suspicios Minds;
Otis Clay – Do Right Woman, Do Right Man;
Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights;
Night Beats – Obviously 5 Believers;
Bob Dylan- Obviously 5 Believers;
The Miamis – I Want a Girlfriend;
The Sandwich Police – Hard Drive (Live in CLE);
Starling Electric – (Save Me From This) Amy.
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