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.
Charlie Watts was a steady backbone of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the entire history of the world. This is a little tribute to him. It consists of a playlist that several Internet sources quote as his best performances with The Rolling Stones. I also mixed in some of the rare things that perhaps better illustrate Charlie’s personal tastes outside of the band as well. Charlie Watts wasn’t just influential. He was inimitable.
The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up;
The Rolling Stones – Get off of my Cloud;
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar;
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking;
The Rolling Stones – Gimme shelter;
Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project – Art Blakey;
The End – Shades of Orange;
The Rolling Stones – Neighbors;
The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden;
The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice;
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman – Edward’s Thrump Up;
Rocket 88 – St Louis Blues;
The Charlie Watts Orchestra – Stomping at the Savoy;
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black;
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women;
The Rolling Stones – Stray cat Blues;
Deluxe Blues Band – The Stumble;
The Blues Band – Bad Penny Blues;
The Rolling Stones – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction;
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man;
The Rolling Stones – Undercover Of The Night;
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil;
The Rolling Stones – Little Queenie;
The Rolling Stones – Miss You.
Cover version episode today! We will review some of the most interesting cover versions that came out recently with special focus on Will Coutrney, Joe Emery and Daniel Wilcox doing a Byrds song, Mo Troper, Asteroid B-612 and Cheap Trick all doing a John Lennon song, Nicole Atkins doing a Fleetwoods tune, Mark Lanegan in Alice in Chains tune, Lorenzo Wolf doing a tribute to Judee Sill and Switchblade Symphony going for the Rolling Stones. Ton of other interesting versions too! Be sure to check it out.
Mogollar – Hard Work;
Will Courtney, Joe Emery, Daniel Wilcox – Here Without You;
Mo Troper – Rain;
CTMF – Fire;
Mike Edison – Go Down Moses;
Les Grys Grys – Milkcow Blues;
Asteroid B-612 – Gimme Some Truth;
Cheap Trick – Gimme Some Truth;
Badfinger, Albert Lee – Sweet Tuesday Morning;
Bill Janovitz – Taillights Fade;
Nicole Atkins feat. Mark Lanegan – November Rain;
Mark Lanegan & Maggie Bjorklund – Nutshell;
Nicole Atkins & Marissa Nadler – Mr. Blue;
Altin Gun – Esmerim Güzelim;
The Imperturbable Teutonic Griffin – Talk Talk;
Thurston Moore – Buckets Of Rain;
Lorenzo Wolff – jesus was a cross maker;
Switchblade Symphony – Wild Horses;
Fernando Perdomo – Tiny Demons.
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’s show is dedicated to the wonderful Judy Dyble, the founding vocalist of Fairport Convention and the early singer for the band that grew into King Crimson. She passed away from lung cancer on July 12, this year. Other than that, we check out the new tunes from the 80s underground legends: newly reformed Divine Horsemen, Smudge, Dream Syndicate and The Jayhawks, including their renegade member Mark Olson, with his most recent partner in crime, Ingunn Ringvold. Cherry on top are newly discovered vault music from possibly some of greatest rock’n’roll bands in the history: The Rolling Stones, The Replacements and a project of the Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarty called Together. If this doesn’t turn out to be a great listening, then nothing you ain’t a true rocker.
The Replacements – Alex Chilton;
The Dream Syndicate – Hold Brother Hold;
The Rolling Stones – Criss Cross;
The Rolling Stones – She Said Yeah;
CFM – Black Cat;
The Jayhawks – Dogtown Days;
Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold – April In Your Cloud Garden;
Bob Dylan – My Own Version Of You;
The Third Mind – Journey in Satchidananda;
Dave Alvin – Guitar Rumba;
Divine Horsemen – Mystery Writers;
The Flesh Eaters – The Youngest Profession;
Together – Henry’s Coming Home;
The Lemonheads – The Outdoor Type (Live in CLE);
Smudge – Gotta Pull Myself Together;
Judy Dyble – Faded Elvis;
Fairport Convention – One Sure Thing;
Fairport Convention – Portfolio.
Today we introduce Sherwin from Lancester, PA. We also check out some new tunes from Barreracudas (Atlanta GA) and Step-Panther (from Sydney AU). Good old Keith Richards has a new single and it sounds amazingly fresh. The second part of today’s show is dedicated to my friends Žikica and SkoÄa who lost a good home to their radio shows, because their radio station was shut down. Those shows are my favorites and I can only hope that they will find a new home and a new way to continue with their work as soon as possible. We also say the last goodbye to Wayne Carson Thompson (who wrote The Letter, Neon Rainbow and You Are Always on My Mind) and the keyboard player Eric Wrixon, the founding member of Them and Thin Lizzy (although he stayed with them only long enough to record early singles).
The Flesh Eaters – Radio Dies Screaming;
Sherwin – Disposition;
Step-Panther – Something Must Be Done;
Step-Panther – Jimmy;
The Winkies – Long Song Coming;
Bob Seger – Long Song Comin’;
The Barreracudas – Girl;
The Barreracudas – Shampoo;
Robin Frederick – Been Smoking Too Long;
Dax Riggs – Been Smoking Too Long (Live in CLE);
Elmo Williams – Been Here And Gone (Blues Alphabet);
The Honeybeats – Fa Cone Vuoi;
Fairport Convention – Si Tu Dois Partir;
The Flying Burrito Brothers – If You Got To Go;
The Box Tops – Neon Rainbow;
Them – Gloria;
Keith Richards – Troubled;
The Killer Shrwes – Don’t Let the Bastards Wear You Down (Illegitimi Non Carborundum);
Wayne County – Fuck Off;
Meat Puppets – Six Gallon Pie;
Neil Young – Hey Hey My My;
Green On Red – We Shall Overcome;
Big Star – Thirteen.
Old Testament – Skin and Bones;
Robbing Banks – Search and destroy;
Diamond Rugs – Thunk;
The Rolling Stones – Backstreet Girl;
Don Nix – Backstreet Girl;
Broadway Lafayette – Backstreet Girl;
Shiny Darkly – Under My Thumb;
The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb;
Sonny Terry – Ride And Roll (Blues Alphabet);
The Flamin’ Groovies – Have You Seen My Baby;
Low Cut Connie – Shake It Little Tina;
Eamon McGrath – Cocaine Highway;
Sidewalks – Whoever Said That You Was Cool;
Stevie Moore And Jason Falkner – I H8 Ppl;
Ricked Wicky – Frenzy of Blame;
Miriam – Walking Down the Street;
Doug Gillard – Live in Cleveland
Vasta Popić – Ema;
Bernays Propaganda – Zabraneta Planeta.
December 2 and December 3 of 2014 were two devastating days for rock’n’roll. We lost two true greats, Bobby Keys and Ian McLagan. McLagan started in Small Faces, continued with Faces had some amazing solo records, toured with his Bump Band. Bobby Keys played saxophone and greatly contributed to the golden period of The Rolling Stones – their Sticky Fingers and Exile of Main Street. Ian and Bobby crossed paths several times, on Faces, Ian’s solo records and the most recently actually in Cleveland – for the Rolling Stones tribute organized by the rock hall. This show is dedicated to the two of them. Their sounds are part of the very fabric of rock’n’roll. Thanks comrades!
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar;
Faces – Had Me a Real Good Time;
Faces – Bad n Ruin;
Faces – Three Button Hand Me Down;
The Rolling Stones – Happy;
The Rolling Stones – Live With Me;
Keith Richards – Whip It Up;
The Rolling Stones – Bitch;
Ian McLagan – Not Runnin Away;
Ian McLagan – Little Troublemaker;
The Rolling Stones – Miss You (Mel Collins);
Small Faces – Long Agos and Worlds Apart;
Small Faces – Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire;
Warren Zevon – Join Me In L.A.;
The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint;
Bobby Keys ft Chuck D – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking;
Ian McLagan – Beast of Burden;
Ian McLagan – Never Say Never;
Paul Westerberg – Silver Naked Ladies;
Ian McLagan and The Bump Band – Love Letter.
This is one devastating month for the world of music. We lost some of the really great ones recently. Tommy Ramone is the most recent one, until now, the only remaining original Ramone, writer of Blitzkrieg Bop and producer of The Replacements Tim. His most recent musical effort was a bluegrass duet Uncle Monk, and one touching song which I recorded live in Cleveland from that era finishes our show. We also review some of my favorite Gerry Goffin and Carole King songs. Goffin passed away and left behind an incredible pioneering work in rock’n’roll lyricism. Bobby Womack, who was born in Cleveland OH by the way, also passed away last month. Rock’n’roll audience probably knows him the best as the author of the Rolling Stones first no.1 hit It’s All Over Now, but he was also a great singer in his own right. The we say goodbye to two great jazz bassists. Charlie Haden was definitely one of the greatest in the world. Incredible list of collaborators will never be surpassed. For instance, we check out his most recent album with Keith Jarrett called The Last Dance. It came just one month before the news came about Haden’s departure. MiÅ¡a Blam is the second bassist that passed away recently. He is not very well known outside of the borders of former Yugoslavia, but back home, he was regarded as the greatest one. And finally we also mention the passing of Paul Mazursky, definitely one of my favorite movie directors.
Laura Nyro – Up on the Roof;
Ramones – Mama’s Boy;
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop;
Ramones – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend;
The Replacements – Left of the dial;
Redd Kross – Frostep Flake;
The Animals – Don’t Bring Me Down;
The Byrds – Goin’ Back;
Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday;
Little Eva – The Locomotion;
Elektricni Orgazam – Locomotion;
Zafir Hadzimanov – Stari cadjavi voz;
Albert King – The Hunter (Blues Alphabet);
Misa Blam – Insert 12;
Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden – Dance of the Infidels;
Charlie Haden – Oh Shenandoah;
Bobby Womack – If You Don’t Want My Love;
The Valentinos – It’s All Over Now;
Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now;
Faces – Maybe I’m Amazed;
Uncle Monk – Heaven (Live in CLE).
Today we open up with our good friends Cheap Wine from Pesaro in Italy, one of the best Americana band outside America. We also represent the new album from the Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly. Sarah Borges joined forces with Los Straitjackets for a cover of The Rolling Stones Let’s Spend The Night Together. Buddy Miller joined forces with Jim Lauderdale for a new album together. And Trixie Whitley visited Cleveland with her band and totally rocked the house. We hear a portion of her snow in Beachland in our segment Live in Cleveland.
The Mallard – Shallows;
Cheap Wine – Breakaway;
Cheap Wine – The Sea Is Down;
Green On Red – Cheap Wine;
Dan Stuart – Love Will Kill You;
Paul Kelly – Little Aches And Pains;
Paul Kelly And The Messengers – The Execution;
Guided By Voices – Skin to Skin Combat;
Los Straitjackets and Sarah Borges – Let’s Spend the Night Together;
The Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night Together;
Trixie Whitley – Never Enough (Live in CLE);
Chris Whitley – I’m In Love With A German Film Star;
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Moss and Flowers;
Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale – Vampire Girl;
Buddy And Julie Miller – Everytime We Say Goodbye.
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