9/13/08 Playlist (first show!!)

The first show went well, with only a couple of minor technical glitches (thank you, Geo on the Radio, for your help in getting me set up!). They have a new catalog system and a couple of us are going through a learning curve on it. Watching and doing are two different things, but once I was comfortable, all was cool.

I also learned that there were a couple of calls from people saying they liked the show. Thank you, thank you so much. What an encouragement for the first time out.

Here's the playlist:
Beatles - Rock and Roll Music
Beatles - I Feel Fine
Randy and the Rainbows - Denise (I liked this one so much I almost played it twice...first of the technical glitches!)
Chiffons - One Fine Day
Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Intruders - Cowboys To Girls
Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Steppin' Out
Steve Alaimo - Every Day I Have To Cry Some
Blood Sweat and Tears - My Days Are Numbered
Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love

(This part of the playlist is devoted to current music, local/regional artists, so I will include album info in parenthesis and artist site links for these tracks)
Michael Loonan - My Aunt Annie (Share the Disguise)
TD Mischke - Jazz On the Radio (Whistle Stop)
Buddy Greene - Happy Man (Happy Man)

J.J. Jackson - But It's Alright (it was supposed to be "In Crowd" by Ramsey Lewis but I lied. No, it was the second technical glitch due to my forgetting to cue the right track.)

Topic notes:
Aircheck site links:

Reel Radio.com
Airchexx.com

I also talked a little about Michael Loonan and TD Mischke, two artists I played in my last set. I lived in St. Paul MN for 18 years before moving to Nashville last year and came across these guys when I found the late Don Vogel, a comic genius doing a talk show on KSTP-AM 1500 in the Twin Cities. TD (Tommy) Mischke was a sidekick on the show at the time (he's since gone on to his own show with a huge following), and he and Michael Loonan provided some very creative and musically superb bumper music for the show. On separate occasions, I went to hear both Tommy and Michael do shows in a small cafe about the size of the Bluebird--perhaps smaller. Both shows rocked my world and made me look around to see just how much other undiscovered talent there was in the area. It also ended up changing my life...I've been proactively supporting local/indie musicians for almost 20 years. It's been an incredible blessing and to able to now do this here in Nashville is a hardly describable joy. So, I do encourage all of you to get to a writers night in town and hear someone new. You never know how it will impact you and these artists are so appreciative of any support.

Back at you next week when my in-studio guest will be singer/songwriter Randi Perkins, who has a new CD release, "Life Is Good". We'll be talking about it and hearing some music from it.