Opening theme: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass-So What's New
Segment 1: Set Theme-Weddings
Today my opening set theme is about getting married. No, I have nothing to announce for myself there..don't get excited! But my dear friend and fellow RFN DJ, TJ Kirby and his lovely Rene did get married this past week—I was there, I took a lot of pictures for them, it was sweet and I had fun at their reception as well. So this set goes out to them today. I'm going to start with a song on that subject which really touched my heart as no other song has. So, I'll play this and I hope you're as moved by this as much as I am.
Johnny Otis – Wedding Boogie (LOL! I heard this song on the NPR show "American Routes" and laughed my head off..so I tracked it down and got it. Had to play it today! I made a "bit" out of it too, as if I were too choked up to spit the intro out..)
Laura Nyro – Wedding Bell Blues
Ronnie and the Hi-Lites – I Wish That We Were Married
I got a kick out of this song—this fellow was only 12 years old and here he is, crying his heart out in this song about wanting to get married. Don't grow up so fast, go out and play baseball or something!
Chuck Berry – You Never Can Tell
Danny Williams – White On White
Julie Rogers – The Wedding
Segment 2: Record Box
Two significant happenings in music history this time of year: one being the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival and the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. So in this set I had some Elvis and music from some of the artists who were at Woodstock.
Richie Havens – San Francisco Bay Blues
Arlo Guthrie – City of New Orleans
Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love
Elvis Presley – (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
John Sebastian – She's A Lady
Elvis Presley – Little Sister
Artists who were NOT at Woodstock (from Wikipedia) because they declined:
The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Byrds, Tommy James and the Shondells, Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell.
Segment 3: Soul Stew
Joe Jeffrey Group – My Pledge of Love
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
Aretha Franklin- Until You Come Back To Me
Segment 3: New/Current
A little bit more into the wedding theme—this song by one of my favorite artists, Samantha Mooney, has been played frequently at weddings, so I thought we'd do this one.
Samantha Mooney – Love of My Life
Louise Mosrie – Maybe I'm Your Angel
Louise is another of the artists who will be at my birthday bash at the Commodore Grille on September 9.
Frequency To The Heart
I was at a job networking meeting the other day and the subject of interview questions came up. One of the questions we asked each other was "if you were a tree, what would you be?" I said I wanted to be a fruit bearing tree, so I chose a cherry tree. It brought up good memories for me as well because when growing up there was a cherry tree in our back yard.
If you were a fruit-bearing tree, what kind of fruit would you bear? Would it be nourishing by being affirming, uplifting, encouraging to those around you? Think about the kind of fruit you bear—make it as sweet and healthy to others as you can.
Closer – Soul Serenade – King Curtis
The show went pretty smoothly. I'm coming close to my first anniversary of doing this show. Maybe I'm getting the hang of it?
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