October 20th, 2013

Hi All,

A different sort of show today...spent the first half of the program listening to Bob Dylan's 1989 release Oh Mercy and the second half of the show listening to John Prine's 1995 release Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings.

The playlist went like this...

From Oh Mercy:

1) Political World
2) Where Teardrops Fall
3) Everything is Broken
4) Ring them Bells
5) Man in the Long Black Coat
6) Most of the Time
7) What Good Am I?

And from Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings:

8) New Train
9) Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
10) All the Way with You
11) We are the Lonely
12) Lake Marie
13) Quit Hollerin' at Me

October 13th, 2013

Hey Everyone,

Today's show was a repeat...and went like this.

1) Caitlin Rose; Shotgun Wedding; Dead Flowers

2) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; The Live One
3) Bob Dylan; New Morning; New Morning
4) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

5) Charlie Robison; Feeling Good; Beautiful Day
6) Son Volt; Jukebox of Steel; American Central Dust
7) Glen Campbell; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Ghost on the Canvas
8) Lucinda Williams; West; West

9) The Rolling Stones; Dead Flowers; Stripped
10) Caitlin Rose; Dead Flowers; Dead Flowers
11) Townes Van Zandt; Dead Flowers; Sunshine Boy

12) Bruce Springsteen & Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Magic Tour Highlights
13) The Rolling Stones; Like a Rolling Stone; Stripped

October 6th, 2013

Hi All,

Today's show featured selections from 40 songs I put together for a friend on her 40th birthday.  Well, actually, she was 43 before I gave her the gift.  But the songs are good all the same...the playlist went like this.

1) Redbird; Ships; Redbird

2) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag
3) Bruce Springsteen; Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball
4) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

5) Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; In Concert, November 1975
6) Uncle Tupelo; No Depression; 89/93 Anthology
7) Alejandro Escovedo; Down in the Bowery; Street Songs of Love

8) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta
9) Patty Griffin; The Cape; This One's for Him
10) John Prine; Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore; The Singing Mailman Delivers
11) Gillian Welch; Orphan Girl; Revival

12) Tom T. Hall; I Love; Country Songs for Children
13) The Avett Brothers; Life; The Carpenter

14) Bob Dylan; Duquesne Whistle; Tempest