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

March 17th, 2013

Hi All,

Today was an "encore presentation" of the recent show featuring Guy Clark, John Prine, Steve Goodman, and John Hiatt.  I was unable to get to the studio this week and figured I couldn't go wrong playing these guys again.

The playlist went like this...

1) Guy Clark; Walkin' Man; Workbench Songs

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Goodman; Unemployed; Words We Can Dance To

5) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues

6) Steve Goodman; Old Fashioned; Words We Can Dance To

7) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

8) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball

9) John Prine; Paradise; German Afternoons

10) Steve Goodman; Souveniers; No Big Surprise

11) Guy Clark; Like a Coat for the Cold; Old #1

12) John Hiatt; Old School; Master of Disaster

13) John Prine; Onomatopoeia; Sweet Revenge

14) Steve Goodman; Chicken Cordon Blues; No Big Surprise

March 10, 2013

This week was guest hosted by Ben Leonard. Some of the levels were too high, some of the jokes were too lame, but he meant well. Thanks for not complaining to Dave so he still gets to do this from time to time. Here it goes...

1) Laura Cantrell; Cellar Door; Laura Cantrell

2) Wilco; Listening to the Wind that Blows; Mermaid Avenue III
3) Middle Brother; Wilderness; Middle Brother
4) Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan; Girls, Gather Round; Retrospect

5) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; Sink/Let it Sway, Sink/Let it Sway
6) Old 97s; Big Brow Eyes; Too Far to Care
7) Fountains of Wayne; Valley Winter Song; Welcome Interstate Managers

8) Joe Pug; A Gentle Few; The Great Despiser
9) Johnny freaking Cash; The One on the Right is on the Left; Essential Johnny Cash
10) Bellwether; Baltimore; Home Late

11) Dave Rawlings Machine; Ruby; A Friend of a Friend
12) Jonathan Coulton; Code Monkey; Best. Concert. Ever.
13) Todd Snider; Pick-Up Truck Song; Todd Sings Jerry Jeff

14) Josh Ritter; Joy to You Baby; The Beast in Its Tracks
15) John Prine; Frying Pan; The Singing Mailman
16) Beta Radio; Either Way; Seven Sisters [faded out]

March 3rd, 2012

Hi Everyone,

Well, better late than never with the posts.  I'm still perfect in 2013 (all playlists posted) but got a touch behind this week.

At any rate, the playlist on the 3rd went like this...

1) Levon Helm; Ophelia; Ramble at the Ryman

2) Golden Smog; V.; Pecan Pie
3) Golden Smog; Pecan Pie
4) Neil Young; Jesus' Chariot; Americana
5) Gillian Welch; Six White Horses; The Harvest and the Hallow

6) Story from Kevin Kling; Demo Derby; Wonderlure
7) Sheryl Crow; No Depression; The Unbroken Circle (tribute to Carter Family)
8) Levon Helm (with John Hiatt); The Weight; Ramble at the Ryman

Then four songs from Bruce Springsteen--one from each of his first four releases

9) The Angel; Greetings from Asbury Park
10) Wild Billy's Circus Story; The Wild the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
11) Born to Run; Born to Run
12) Streets of Fire; Darkness on the Edge of Town

13) Mumford & Sons; The Boxer; Babel

Thanks for listening...Ben Leonard is in next week as a guest host.

February 24th, 2013

Hi All,

The show on the 24th featured some really good family music and a few recent Grammy winners.  The playlist went like this.

1) Mumford & Sons; Roll Away Your Stone; Babel

2) Bonnie Riatt; You Can't Fail Me Now; Slipstream
3) Kathleen Edwards; A Soft Place to Land; Voyageur
4) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta

5) John Prine; Linda Goes to Mars; German Afternoons
6) Steve Goodman; I Just Keep Falling in Love; No Big Surprise
7) Hayes Carll; Long Way Home; Little Rock

8) Okee Dokee Brothers; Can You Canoe; Can You Canoe
9) Okee Dokee Brothers; Campin' Tent; Can You Canoe
10) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; If Momma Had Four Hands; Go Wagaloo
11) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Take Me to Show and Tell; Go Wagaloo

12) Greg Brown; Brand New '64 Dodge; The Live One
13) Dave Alvin; Fourth of July; King of California
14) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twin; The Big Guns; Rabbit Fur Coat

February 17th

Hi All,

The show on the 17th featured music from four of my favorites:  John Prine, Steve Goodman, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.

The playlist went like this...

1) Guy Clark; Walkin' Man; Workbench Songs

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Goodman; Unemployed; Words We Can Dance To

5) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues

6) Steve Goodman; Old Fashioned; Words We Can Dance To

7) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

8) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball

9) John Prine; Paradise; German Afternoons

10) Steve Goodman; Souveniers; No Big Surprise

11) Guy Clark; Like a Coat for the Cold; Old #1

12) John Hiatt; Old School; Master of Disaster

13) John Prine; Onomatopoeia; Sweet Revenge

14) Steve Goodman; Chicken Cordon Blues; No Big Surprise

February 10th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 10th went like this...

1) Dave Alvin; Surfer Girl; West of the West

2) Neil Young; Oh Susannah; Americana
3) Neil Young; This Land is Your Land; Americana
4) Gillian Welch; Hard Times; The Harrow and the Harvest

5) The Evening Rig; Pullin' Strings; Nothin' to Hear Here
6) Dean Batstone; Not Jaded Yet; Lonely in America
7) Caleb Fletcher; Where it Comes From; Where it Comes From

8) A story from Kevin Kling (who is great!) called "Buying Art" from his cd Wonderlure
9) Bob Dylan; Duquesne Whistle; Tempest
10) The Jayhawks; Stand Out in the Rain; Mockingbird Time

A couple from the Cactus Blossoms who will be performing at Patrick's in St. Peter on Saturday Feb. 16th at 7 PM.  They're really, really good.  Check em' out.

11) The Cactus Blossoms; A Sad Day to be You; The Cactus Blossoms
12) The Cactus Blossoms; Blue Railroad Train

13) Dave Carter & Tracy Grammar; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; Little Blue Egg 

Feb 3 2013 Part 2

There is a formal playlist, it's just that Ben Leonard is super lazy. Here it is (finally):

1) Secret Sisters; Tennessee Me; The Secret Sisters

2) Guy Clark; I Don't Love You Much Do I; Boats to Build
3) Buckaroo; Attention; Buckaroo
4) Joe Pug; The Door Was Always Open; Messenger

5) Joshua James; Ghost in Town; From the Top of Willamette Mountain
6) Patrick Park; Life is a Song; Everyone'e in Everyone
7) Romany Rye; Country Girls; Quicksilver Sunbeam

8) Matt the Electrician; All I Know; Accidental Thief
9) Blitzen Trapper; Love the Way You Walk Away; American Goldwing
10) Trampled by Turtles; Still In Love With You; Trouble

11) Be Good Tanyas; Little Black Bear; A Collection
12) Greg Brown; Four Wet Pigs; Iowa Waltz
13) Sea Wolf; Middle Distance Runner; Leaves in the River

14) Jerry Reed; East-Bound and Down; Hit Row
15) Pinch Brothers; Down Along the Dixie Line; Ahoy!
16) Nathan; Emelina; Jimson Weed

17) Bob Dylan; Soon After Midnight; Tempest
18) Wilco; Bob Dylan's 49th Beard; Sunken Treasure

February 3rd, 2013

Hi All,

Super Bowl Sunday features an "encore presentation" of a Ben Leonard hosted program that aired late last year.  No formal playlist for this one...but hope you tuned in and heard some good music.  I'll be back next week with a new show.

Meanwhile...here's my annual Super Bowl prediction...made at 8:50 AM on game day.  

San Fran 24

Baltimore 21

January 27th, 2013

Hi All,

Today's show featured mostly new/old music I purchased during a recent stop at Cheapo Records up in the Twin Cities.

The playlist went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Stepping Out; Carry Me Back

Three from Greg Brown's 1995 live cd called, The Live One

2) Just by myself
3) 1952 Vincent Black Lightening
4) Brand New 64 Dodge (man, what a great song)

Four from the tribute cd to The Louvin Brothers--Livin', Lovin', Losin'

5) Joe Nichols & Rhonda Vincent; Cash on the Barrelhead
6) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell; My Baby's Gone
7) James Taylor & Allison Krauss; How's the World Treating You
8) Pam Tillis & Johnny Cash with the Jordanaires; Keep Your Eyes on Jesus

Three from the outstanding family cd from Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family, Go Waggaloo

9) Don't I Fit in My Daddy's Shoes
10) Go Waggaloo
11) Brush Your Teeth Blues

12) Lucinda Williams; Blessed; Blessed
13) Gillian Welch; Six White Horses; The Harrow & The Harvest

14) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family; Take Me to Show and Tell; Go Waggaloo

Thanks for listening...

January 20th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 20th went like this...

1) Tony Rice; Changes; Night Flyer

2) Bob Dylan; Song to Woody; Bob Dylan
3) Bob Dylan; You're No Good; Bob Dylan
4) Bob Dylan; Talkin' New York; Bob Dylan

5) Gillian Welch; Scarlet Town; The Harrow and the Harvest
6) Gillian Welch; Dark Turn of Mind;  The Harrow and the Harvest
7) Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; Mr. Columbus; This is Somewhere
8) Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; Ain't No Time; This is Somewhere

9) City Mouse; Faithful; Goodtime Music 1973
10) Guy Clark; Somedays You Write the Song; Somedays the Song Writes You
11) Loudon Wainwright III; Things; Here Come the Choppers

12) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Face on the Cutting Room Floor; Tribute to Steve Goodman
13) John Hartford; Gentle on My Mind; Tribute to Steve Goodman
14) Rodney Crowell; Shelter from the Storm; The Outsider

15) John Prine; Please Don't Bury Me; Tribute to Steve Goodman

January 13th, 2013

Hi All,

Lots of stuff today that has been played lots of times over the years--some of my favorites from a collection of 40 songs I'm putting together for a friend who turned 40.  The playlist on the 13th went like this...

1) Redbird; Ships; Redbird (I love, love this song...haven't a clue exactly what it's all about, but it gets me every time I hear it)

2) Warren Zevon; Hit Somebody; My Ride is Here
3) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan
4) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; In Lieu of Flowers; Exploration

5) Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; In Concert--November, 1975
6) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag
7) Gillian Welch; Orphan Girl; Revival
8) Drive by Truckers; George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues; The Fine Print

9) John Prine; My Old Man; A Tribute to Steve Goodman
10) Iris Dement; Go On Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta
11) Alejandro Escovedo; Down in the Bowery; Street Songs of Love
12) The Decemberists; I 4 U and U 4 Me; Long Live the King (home demo)

13) Robert Earl Keen; Train Song; Ready for Confetti

January 6th, 2013

Happy New Year Everyone,

I'm posting the playlist about ten minutes after the show--so far keeping my resolution to be better about getting these lists posted.  As always, thanks for listening and for supporting community radio!

Before the list...here are links to the items I mentioned on today's show...the great blog post connecting a haircut to Bruce Springsteen, the book about former champ Floyd Patterson, and the magazine article called "Frank Sinatra has a Cold"--enjoy.  Oh, and I also shared my affection for the song, The Rose--heard it the other day while putting gas in my car and am not ashamed to say I was moved.  Well, maybe kinda ashamed, but...

The playlist for the 6th went like this...

1) John Prine, Spanish Pipedream; In Person and On Stage

2) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss; Killing the Blues; Raising Sand
3) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss; Gone, Gone, Gone; Raising Sand
4) Steve Goodman; Old Fashioned; Words We can Dance To

5) The Avett Brothers; The Once and Future Carpenter; The Carpenter
6) The Avett Brothers; I Never Knew You; The Carpenter
7) Redbird; Buckets of Rain; Redbird
8) The Yellow Room Gang; Simple Faith; The Yellow Room Gang

9) Bruce Springsteen; Cadillac Ranch; The River
10) Jay Farrar and Friends; Hoping Machine; New Multitudes
11) Iris Dement; Hobo Bill's Last Ride; The Songs of Jimmie Rogers

12) Old Crow Medicine Show; Mississippi Saturday Night; Carry Me Back
13) Doc Watson; Stream of Whiskey; Doc Watson
14) Old Crow Medicine Show; Country Gal; Carry Me Back

15) Townes Van Zandt; If I Needed You; First Album

December 9th, 2012

Hi All,

Today's show featured a whole lot of Steve Goodman and John Prine--mostly because I got some great deals the other day at Oh Boy Records.

Ben Leonard guest hosts on the 16th--all Xmas and Holiday music I'm told.

The playlist for the 9th went like this...

1) John Hiatt; My Business; Mystic Pinball

2) Drive By Truckers; Like a Rolling Stone; The Fine Print
3) Bruce Springsteen; Born to Run; Born to Run
4) Keb Mo; Imagine; Peace--Back by Popular Demand

5) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Son; Somebody Else's Troubles
6) Steve Goodman; I'll Fly Away; Live at the Earl of Old Town
7) Steve Goodman; Don't Do Me Any Favors Any More; Somebody Else's Troubles
8) Steve Goodman; Old Smoothies; Live at the Earl of Old Town

9) John Prine; Lulu Walls; German Afernoons
10) John Prine; Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian; German Afternoons
11) John Prine; I Just Want to Dance With You; German Afternoons

12) Billy Joe Shaver; White Freightliner Blues; Poet--A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
13) Emmylou Harris; Snake Song; Poet

December 2nd, 2012

Hi All, The playlist for the 12th featured a whole lot of Warren Zevon--just in the mood, I guess. It went like this...

1) Warren Zevon; Studebaker; Preludes

2) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin; The Open Road
3) Fred Eaglesmith; Cigarette Machine; 6 Volts
4) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs

5) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta
6) Greg Brown; Let the Mystery Be;  Freak Flag
7) Iris Dement; There's a Whole Lot of Heaven; Sing the Delta
8) Greg Brown; Where are You Going When You're Gone; Freak Flag

9) Warren Zevon; Empty Hearted Town; Preludes
10) Warren Zevon; French Inhaler; Preludes
11) Bruce Springsteen; The River; The River
12) Caroline Herring; Travelling Shoes; Camilla

13) Steve Earle; Every Part of Me; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
14) The Decemberists; I 4U & U4 Me; Long Live the King (ep)

November 25th, 2012

The Thanksgiving weekend show was repeated from late September...an all Avett Brothers set that went like this...

1) Closing Night; Country Was

2) About Love; The Mourning, The Silver, The Bell

3) Sanguine; The Gleam

4) A Father's First Love; The Carpenter

5) If It's the Beaches; The Gleam

6) Murder in the City; The Second Gleam

7) I and Love and You; I and Love and You

8) Me and God; Carolina Jubilee

9) Swept Away (sentimental version); Mignonette

10) Famous Flower of Manhattan; Four Thieves Gone

11) The Weight of Lies; Emotionalism

12) The Once and Future Carpenter; The Carpenter

13) Tear Down the House; The Second Gleam

The show was another playlist from Troy Murphy--an old friend from Michigan who sends in a playlist every so often.  

November 11th, 2012

Hi All,

I'm gong to admit defeat on getting older playlists up...but here's the most recent one.  And thanks to everyone who contributed during the fall pledge drive--much appreciated.

The show on the 11th was designed to get everybody ready for Bruce Springsteen's dates on November 11th and November 12th up in St. Paul.  I was there on the 11th and am kicking myself for not going back on the 12th.

All Springsteen songs...

1) Cadillac Ranch; Live 1974-85

2) Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball
3) Death to My Hometown; Wrecking Ball
4) Youngstown; Ghost of Tom Joad
5) Born to Run; Born to Run

6) The E Street Shuffle; The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
7) The Ties That Bind; The River
8) Ain't Good Enough for You; The River
9) You Can Look but You Better Not Touch; The River

10) Reason to Believe; Nebraska
11) This Land is Your Land; Live 1975-85
12) My Oklahoma Home; The Seeger Sessions

13) It's Hard to be a Saint in the City; Greetings from Asbury Park