April 28th, 2013

Hi All,

Well, it happened here in 2013.  Missed last week's post and cannot find the darn thing.  It was a new show featuring, among others, Joe Pug.  But alas, gone it seems to be.  I'll get things back on track this week.

Today was a live pledge drive edition of the program.  Thanks to everyone who called in--on two different occasions we had three lines all taking pledges at the same time.  We raised $425 in an hour.  Really appreciate your support of community radio.  Thanks to Jim Gullickson and Shelley Pierce for taking calls and helping with the show.

The playlist went like this...

1)  Townes Van Zandt; T for Texas; Sunshine Boy--Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos--1971-72

2) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth & Nail
3) Richard Thompson; Stony Ground; Electric

4) Steve Goodman; City of New Orleans; Live at the Earl of Old Town
5) Steve Goodman; Old Smoothies; Live at the Earl of Old Town

6) Nick Drake; Pink Moon; Pink Moon
7) Lucinda Williams; Right in Time; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

8) John Prine & Iris Dement; We're Not the Jet Set; In Spite of Ourselves
9) John Prine & Melba Montgomery; Milwaukee Here We Come; In Spite of Ourselves
10) Jon Prine & Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Spite of Ourselves (requested by Shelley Pierce)

If you haven't yet pledged and would like to do so, feel free to call 507-389-5678 or 1-800 456-7810.  Head over to the KMSU webpage and you'd like to pledge online or learn more about the thank you gifts.

April 14th, 2013

Hi All,

Last week's show was an "encore presentation" and I'm not quite sure where the playlist is...but this week's show was brand new and went like this.

1) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill; It's Not Big, It's Large

2) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
3) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball
4) Bruce Springsteen; If I Should Fall Behind; Live in Dublin

5) Stan Rogers; The Badger Drive; For the Family
6) Garnett Rogers; This Shirt; Summer Lightening
7) The Bills; Hallowed Hall; Yes Please

8) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway; Songs & Stories
9) Robert Earl Keen; Laughing River; The Rose Hotel
10) The Civil Wars; I've Got This Friend; Barton Hallow

11) Rodney Crowell; I'm A Mess; Kin
12) Doc & Merle Watson; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Doc & Merle Watson

March 31st, 2013

Hey Everyone,

All baseball songs today.  The playlist was created by Troy Murphy who has been kind enough to send several sets our way.  The playlist went like this...

1) Doc and Merle Watson; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; Doc and Merle Watson

2) Robert Earl Keen; Laughing River; Rose Hotel
3) Bruce Springsteen; Glory Days; Greatest Hits
4) Wilco & Billy Bragg; Joe Dimaggio Done it Again; Mermaid Avenue II

5) The Felice Brothers; Cooperstown; Yonder is the Clock
6) Reckless Kelly; April to October; The Homerun EP
7) Peter Paul & Mary; Right Field; No Easy Walk to Freedom

8) John Foggerty; Center Field; Center Field
9) Chuck Brodsky; Letters in the Dirt; Letters in the Dirt
10) Todd Snider; America's Favorite Pastime; Homerun EP
11) Kenny Rogers; The Greatest; She Rides Wild Horses

12) Steve Goodman; A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request; Affordable Art
13) Terry Cashman; Talkin Baseball (Tony, the Killer and Carew); Talkin Baseball

March 24th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 24th featured a bunch of really long songs and went like this...

1) The Avett Brothers; Pretty Girl from Michigan; The Carpenter

2) David Bromberg; Mr. Bo Jangles; The Player
3) Gurf Morlix; Clay Pigeons; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
4) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Alice Mayhew Jackson; Tiny Pilot

5) The Faces; You're My Girl; Five Guys Walk into a Bar
6) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightening; The Live One
7) Bruce Springsteen; We are Alive; Wrecking Ball

8) Wilco; Born Alone; The Whole Love
9) Jay Farrar & Friends; Happy Machine; New Multitudes
10) Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; Ain't No Time; This is Somewhere

11) Lucinda Williams; Blessed; Blessed