Today we pay a tribute to Pete Overend Watts, bass player of Mott The Hoople who passed away from throat cancer on January 22 this year. His old buddy from the band, Ian Hunter, is going strong, with a new record and we check it out today. We also sample the new Chuck Prophet’s new album loosely based on the mysterious death of Bobby Fuller. We introduce Dexateens from Alabama, Last Night and Automatic City from France, Grumbling Fur from London UK and Rank Strangers from Minneapolis.
Leonard Cohen – On the Level;
The Dexateens – Boys With Knives;
Last Night – Friendly Fire;
Cobra Verde – Something About The Bedroom;
Bash And Pop – Anybody Else;
Grumbling Fur – Love Me Till the Sun Shines;
The Kinks – Love Me Till The Sun Shines;
Ian Hunter – White House;
Mott The Hoople – Born Late ’58;
Mott The Hoople – Mother’s Little Jewel;
Datura4 – Hairy Mountain;
Automatic City – Spoonful;
Willie Dixon – Spoonful;
Rank Strangers – Little Shiva’s Song;
Chuck Prophet – Rider Or The Train.
Today we pay tribute to four artists that passed away in the recent days. Kevin Junior was an institution of the larger Cleveland and Chicago scenes. Music that he created with The Chamber Strings was much larger than the attention they were given. He passed away on January 17. Dale Buffin Griffin from Mott The Hoople passed away on the same day after 10 years struggling with alzheimer’s. Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane passed away on January 28 and the original singer of Jefferson Airplane Signe Toly Anderson passed away as well on the same day. But amidst of all those tragic news, we find time to hear some new music as well. Our friends at Blue Arrow Records released the new album by Jonathan Richman entitled Ishkode! Ishkode!. Ty Segall has a new record called Emotional Mugger. Night Beats come from Seattle and we check out their new album Who Sold My Generation. We open up with The I Don’t Cares, which is a new duet featuring Paul Westerberg and Juliana Hatfield.
We have a couple of interesting new albums today. Bonnie Prince Billy as a new record called Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues and it turns out to be a much more accessible version of his older album Wolfroy Goes to Town from three years ago. John Wesley Coleman III also has a new album which is a much more produced ordeal than his previous record (and I think that’s really a good direction for him). Chuck Prophet is back with Night Surfer LP which appears to be influenced by Ian Hunter’s songwriting style. Talking about Hunter, Mott The Hoople issued an excelled new double live record, recorded in 2013. Venerable bluesman Elvin Bishop also has a new record. In our segment Live in Cleveland, we introduce Cleveland band Shale Satans, who had an acoustic live set at our sponsor