I waited a long time to get this "Have A Nice Decade" box set available from the library...it had about 36 or so holds on it. So just as well I was able to push this show up a week as I'll have to return the box set soon!
Segment 1 and 2: Have a Nice Decade - The 70s
Today we're going to dig a bit deep into the 70s. The 70s were fascinating and interesting for pop culture enthusiasts. It was the era of disco, Watergate, many trends, catch phrases and just plain distinctive looks. Do you remember what you wore back then and do you groan when you think about it and see old pictures of yourself? And how about those old prom pictures? Still have any of those?
A lot of what I'm going to play today will come from a series called Have A Nice Decade: the 70s. For the most part, I stayed away from the overplayed, tried and true and dug out some you probably haven't heard in a long while. As I was looking through the collection, I notice there these were a lot of songs in this decade which were off the beaten path, funny, maybe even ridiculous. Probably a good reason why you don't hear many of these anymore! But let's have some decadent fun and recall some of those songs in this first set. As I mentioned, there were a lot of wild trends during the 70s, and this first song celebrates one...I forgot just how funny it was.
Ray Stevens – The Streak
Daddy Dewdrop – Chick- A Boom
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods – Billy Don't Be A Hero
George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag
Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band – Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)
In the notes for the Have a Nice Decade package, the producer, David McLees, notes that the 70s was the one decade which caused people of all generations to laugh at how we looked. I'm not even going to mention some of the outfits I recall I had during my teen years which I thought were way cool at the time. Well, OK, I mentioned one--the white pantsuit with the large green flowery petals. Why didn't anyone tell us how ridiculous we looked back then!
This set started with a couple of songs good for a Sunday morning.
Godspell – Day by Day (that one jumped in the player a few times..but did so on pitch!)
Ocean – Put Your Hand In the Hand
Coven – One Tin Soldier
Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
First Class – Beach Baby
Segment 3: Soul Stew
If you remember the music of the 70s, you know that some of the best soul music ever came out of that decade. I got a few in as I had time for.
McFadden and Whitehead –Ain't No Stoppin Us Now
Blue Magic – Sideshow
Honey Cone – Want Ads
Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays The Fool
Frequency To The Heart:
The 70s were the "have a nice day" decade, symbolized by that famous "happy face". Going into the holiday season, in that spirit, why not find some ways you can help someone have a nice day? Take somebody to lunch, do the unexpected, or just say something to brighten someone's day. Like perhaps say "have a nice day". (Couldn't resist!)
Next week: Complicated Love...the sequel! We'll play songs about liars, cheaters, players, and I'll have a question for you, too.
Also next Saturday December 5, I'll be sitting in for my buddy T.J. Kirby on T.J. and Company from 3-5 p.m. Central time. That puts me back in my old time slot for a week and I get a shot at a two hour show. I do a guest spot with him once a month but this week "steal the show" while he's away.
I didn't do a current music set this time because I just had so much in the 70s collection I wanted to get to. I apologize to those who missed that..I'll make it up next week and get one or two in on Saturday as well.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Blog/Playlist: 1963 Revisited
Segment #1 – 1963 Revisited
Today is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. If you lived through that time no matter how old or how young you were, you never forget it. (I'm rather surprised that there's been little media notice of the date this year...it being one of the most shocking events in modern history). Last year I had a show on that same date and I played some music from 1963. I'm going to revisit that year again musically this time as well.
On last year's show I mentioned that there was an aircheck on the internet of a Dallas radio station, KLIF to be exact, from the afternoon of November 22, 1963 around the time when the assassination was happening. It starts out as if it were a normal day, and then once the first reports of the shooting came in, the music started to change and become more somber. Eventually it went to all news and stayed that way throughout the weekend. I have a couple of the songs that were played that afternoon on KLIF. I'll start the set with those, the first one being a song conveying the innocence of the times…all of which was about to change later that afternoon...
Chiffons - I Have A Boyfriend
Tommy Roe – Everybody
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs – Sugar Shack
Dale and Grace – I'm Leaving It Up To You
Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him
Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
Beach Boys – Surfin USA
Segment #2/3 – Picking Through the Record Box/Soul Stew
Last year I tried to play this song,If You Want To Be Happy by Jimmy Soul Clark, which I have on cassette, and it didn't work. If I recall, it would have helped to check to see if the power button was actually on, instead of assuming it was turned on, which it wasn't. Now that we have our cassette deck back in the studio, I tried it again. Not only didn't it work again, but the tape got stuck in the machine for a moment or two. Sheesh. Well, if something doesn't work you move on to the next thing. Just like you do in life.
Bobby Vee – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Caravelles – You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
Bobby Vinton – Blue On Blue
Ricky Nelson – Fools Rush In
Four Seasons – Candy Girl
Brenda Lee - Losing You (Followed glitch #2 - meant to play Still by Bill Anderson but the wrong track came up--I think I might have had the wrong disc!)
Impressions – It's All Right
Brenda Lee - My Whole World Is Falling Down (Another unplanned track--so this set became an extended record box set with a little soul thrown in. At that point I wondered if my whole show was falling down! But it turned out to be a pretty good song. Can't do too wrong with Brenda Lee, after all...)
Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger
Shirelles – Foolish Little Girl
Segment #4 – New/current/non-oldie
There's a new CD out by someone who would have hits a couple of years later. B.J. Thomas has a new Brazilian style CD out called "Once I Loved". I played a track from it. It is as its title says...So Nice.
B.J. Thomas – So Nice
Amy Holland – Miracle River
Frequency to the Heart:
This coming week is Thanksgiving. A lot of us are in hard times these days, but there's always something to be thankful for. How about the people in your life you are thankful for? Has it been a while since you've contacted them? Now would be an excellent time to encourage them and tell them how much they've meant to you. Tell them that you're thankful they are in your life.
Here's a link to a good list of songs that were hits in 1963: www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1963.htm
When I play this show back, I'll see how well I vamped through the glitches...
Today is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. If you lived through that time no matter how old or how young you were, you never forget it. (I'm rather surprised that there's been little media notice of the date this year...it being one of the most shocking events in modern history). Last year I had a show on that same date and I played some music from 1963. I'm going to revisit that year again musically this time as well.
On last year's show I mentioned that there was an aircheck on the internet of a Dallas radio station, KLIF to be exact, from the afternoon of November 22, 1963 around the time when the assassination was happening. It starts out as if it were a normal day, and then once the first reports of the shooting came in, the music started to change and become more somber. Eventually it went to all news and stayed that way throughout the weekend. I have a couple of the songs that were played that afternoon on KLIF. I'll start the set with those, the first one being a song conveying the innocence of the times…all of which was about to change later that afternoon...
Chiffons - I Have A Boyfriend
Tommy Roe – Everybody
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs – Sugar Shack
Dale and Grace – I'm Leaving It Up To You
Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him
Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
Beach Boys – Surfin USA
Segment #2/3 – Picking Through the Record Box/Soul Stew
Last year I tried to play this song,If You Want To Be Happy by Jimmy Soul Clark, which I have on cassette, and it didn't work. If I recall, it would have helped to check to see if the power button was actually on, instead of assuming it was turned on, which it wasn't. Now that we have our cassette deck back in the studio, I tried it again. Not only didn't it work again, but the tape got stuck in the machine for a moment or two. Sheesh. Well, if something doesn't work you move on to the next thing. Just like you do in life.
Bobby Vee – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Caravelles – You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
Bobby Vinton – Blue On Blue
Ricky Nelson – Fools Rush In
Four Seasons – Candy Girl
Brenda Lee - Losing You (Followed glitch #2 - meant to play Still by Bill Anderson but the wrong track came up--I think I might have had the wrong disc!)
Impressions – It's All Right
Brenda Lee - My Whole World Is Falling Down (Another unplanned track--so this set became an extended record box set with a little soul thrown in. At that point I wondered if my whole show was falling down! But it turned out to be a pretty good song. Can't do too wrong with Brenda Lee, after all...)
Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger
Shirelles – Foolish Little Girl
Segment #4 – New/current/non-oldie
There's a new CD out by someone who would have hits a couple of years later. B.J. Thomas has a new Brazilian style CD out called "Once I Loved". I played a track from it. It is as its title says...So Nice.
B.J. Thomas – So Nice
Amy Holland – Miracle River
Frequency to the Heart:
This coming week is Thanksgiving. A lot of us are in hard times these days, but there's always something to be thankful for. How about the people in your life you are thankful for? Has it been a while since you've contacted them? Now would be an excellent time to encourage them and tell them how much they've meant to you. Tell them that you're thankful they are in your life.
Here's a link to a good list of songs that were hits in 1963: www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1963.htm
When I play this show back, I'll see how well I vamped through the glitches...
Sunday, November 15, 2009
11/15/09 Blog/Playlist: Double Trouble
I have been on the road and on the go since last Thursday evening, with for the most part only enough time to get home to bed for a few hours each night. Somewhere inbetween it all I had to find time to throw a show together.
Today it's two for the price of one. As we get older, sometimes we have a tendency to repeat ourselves, don't we? I came up with a set of songs in which words in the title are repeated twice. Perfect for us baby boomers!
New Christy Minstrels – Green Green
Drifters – True Love, True Love
Tommy James and the Shondells – Mony Mony
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
Brenda Lee – Dum Dum
Kingsmen – Louie Louie
Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin
I realized I could have also included the Doo Wop song I played last week, Trickle Trickle by the Videos, in this set. But, I wasn't thinking about doing this theme for this week last week. So there ya go!
Segment 2: Picking Through the Record Box
Association – Time For Livin'
Randy and the Rainbows – Denise
Kingston Trio – Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Johnnie and Joe - Over The Mountain Across The Sea
(Last minute change--that's what happens when you get into your music,don't pay attention and forget to cue the next track!)
Segment 3: Soul Stew
Joe Jeffrey Group – My Pledge Of Love
Aretha Franklin – Since You've Been Gone
Michael McDonald – Love TKO
Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone
Segment 4: Non-oldie/Current/New
Last weekend I went to a wonderful house concert by an artist introduced to me by Laurie McClain, who was a guest on my show a couple of months ago. When she was here she brought along a CD by Dublin born singer/songwriter Danny Ellis. He has a CD called "800 Voices" which chronicles his childhood life in an Irish orphanage. Music was one of the things that kept him going. I played track off that CD, appropriately called Radio.
Danny Ellis – Radio
Kim McLean – Faith, Hope and Love
Frequency To The Heart
Hug someone today. Hug someone that needs some comfort. Hug somebody that did something sweet and wonderful for you. Hug someone just for being who they are. It's a great way to encourage. Hug somebody now, while they are around to be appreciated.
Today it's two for the price of one. As we get older, sometimes we have a tendency to repeat ourselves, don't we? I came up with a set of songs in which words in the title are repeated twice. Perfect for us baby boomers!
New Christy Minstrels – Green Green
Drifters – True Love, True Love
Tommy James and the Shondells – Mony Mony
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
Brenda Lee – Dum Dum
Kingsmen – Louie Louie
Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin
I realized I could have also included the Doo Wop song I played last week, Trickle Trickle by the Videos, in this set. But, I wasn't thinking about doing this theme for this week last week. So there ya go!
Segment 2: Picking Through the Record Box
Association – Time For Livin'
Randy and the Rainbows – Denise
Kingston Trio – Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Johnnie and Joe - Over The Mountain Across The Sea
(Last minute change--that's what happens when you get into your music,don't pay attention and forget to cue the next track!)
Segment 3: Soul Stew
Joe Jeffrey Group – My Pledge Of Love
Aretha Franklin – Since You've Been Gone
Michael McDonald – Love TKO
Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone
Segment 4: Non-oldie/Current/New
Last weekend I went to a wonderful house concert by an artist introduced to me by Laurie McClain, who was a guest on my show a couple of months ago. When she was here she brought along a CD by Dublin born singer/songwriter Danny Ellis. He has a CD called "800 Voices" which chronicles his childhood life in an Irish orphanage. Music was one of the things that kept him going. I played track off that CD, appropriately called Radio.
Danny Ellis – Radio
Kim McLean – Faith, Hope and Love
Frequency To The Heart
Hug someone today. Hug someone that needs some comfort. Hug somebody that did something sweet and wonderful for you. Hug someone just for being who they are. It's a great way to encourage. Hug somebody now, while they are around to be appreciated.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
11/8/09 Blog/Playlist: Library Finds-Anthology Day
It was "anthology day" on Never Too Old this morning. As I was keeping my show log, I realized that most of what I played came from various "anthology" collections.
I also had a case of the "flying mic" this morning. The microphone kept bouncing up to a higher level and I couldn't keep it lowered down close enough for me, so I had to hold it to talk. It helps when I have two hands free to do things instead of one.
Segment 1: Library Finds - Association and Doo Wop
I enjoy going to the local library to try and find music for my show. I often find many gems among the collections. This week I found two great compilations: one put out by Rhino Records called "The Only Doo Wop Collection You'll Ever Need" and an anthology collection on the popular 60s rock band The Association called "Just the Right Sound" that has a bit of interesting stuff on it. I played some songs in this first set from both of those collections. I'm going to throw a song in here that you may recognize as done by another group...but many of you may not be as familiar with this earlier version. But first, something from the Doo Wop box set.
Fiestas – So Fine
Association – Goodbye Columbus (From the movie of the same name - two different group members submitted songs for the movie but one won out. The band also recorded the other song and renamed it "Goodbye Forever")
Videos - Trickle Trickle (Also covered a few years ago by the Manhattan Transfer)
Association – Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (You all may remember it done quite differently by Led Zeppelin)
Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl
One of the things I love most about these compilations is the package liner notes. Now, unfortunately, when you get items out of the library, there's a chance some things may be missing with all the passing around a CD might get. I would expect there probably was some kind of annotation with the Doo Wop package, being it's a Rhino release and all, but unfortunately I don't have one. I do have one for the Association collection. The introduction was written by Bill Inglot, one of the producers of this project and, as I have discovered, he's had a hand in several other compilations put out by Rhino and other labels. He also was involved in the "Soul Shots" CDs I play here a lot. I just love what he says here...it's a marvelous insight on how growing up with the music in the 60s impacts your life.
"Once Gepetto dies, the toys just aren't the same anymore...
The 60's were a vast sea of energies, synergies, colors, and yes, trouble, which won't repeat and perhaps shouldn't. Even more than that, they can't.
I can't go back there and I know most times I don't want to, except when I long to see those colors again. There is plenty of pop music today that conveys the happiness and joy that life can be. But those colors are missing..."
Man, I wish I wrote that!
Segment 2: Picking Through the Record Box
I started with this other Association tune, a song that I have been teased with for most of my life since the thing came out in 1967. Whenever anyone would see me back when this song was out, I would unfailingly hear a rendition of the chorus of this song. I kept correcting people, no, no, I'm WENDY, not WINDY! Didn't matter. Even at times to this day, people will start singing it.
Association – Windy
Chimes – Once In Awhile
Johnny Horton – North To Alaska
Bobby Darin – Things
Beatles – What You're Doing
Segment 3: Soul Stew
We'll hear a couple from the Tops and the Tempts in this set!
Four Tops – Standing in the Shadows of Love
Temptations – You're My Everything
Four Tops – Something About You
Temptations – It's Growing
Segment 4: Non-oldie/Current/New
I started with this cut from George Adams, who you might remember was my guest last month (boy, the time does fly!). He played another gig at Red Tree Coffee in Kingston Springs this past Thursday. I requested him to play this song, he did and it's a beauty...it's off his "Anthology" CD.
George Adams – Hold On To Love
Semisonic – Closing Time
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end"...what a great, poignant lyric and one that has been very comforting to me. The song was written by the talented Dan Wilson, of the Twin Cities, who at the time was lead singer/principal songwriter of Semisonic. It's off one of my favorite albums, "Feeling Strangely Fine". I got hooked on this album when I went to a couple of Matchbox 20 and other shows at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and it would be played before the show started. It was one of those released around that time that had songs that spoke to my spirit. I'll play another track or two on upcoming shows.
Frequency To The Heart
Wendy V's Encouraging Words – November 2009: Show Your Heart...Show Your Appreciation
Different closing theme today: Booker T and the MGs - Time Is Tight (and indeed it was...). Reason: forgot to put the CD with "Soul Serenade" in my bag when I changed things out this weekend. Gotta watch that.
Still getting used to the new board setup..only my second time out with it. Also we've got a technical gremlin or two to yet work out. It'll get there.
I also had a case of the "flying mic" this morning. The microphone kept bouncing up to a higher level and I couldn't keep it lowered down close enough for me, so I had to hold it to talk. It helps when I have two hands free to do things instead of one.
Segment 1: Library Finds - Association and Doo Wop
I enjoy going to the local library to try and find music for my show. I often find many gems among the collections. This week I found two great compilations: one put out by Rhino Records called "The Only Doo Wop Collection You'll Ever Need" and an anthology collection on the popular 60s rock band The Association called "Just the Right Sound" that has a bit of interesting stuff on it. I played some songs in this first set from both of those collections. I'm going to throw a song in here that you may recognize as done by another group...but many of you may not be as familiar with this earlier version. But first, something from the Doo Wop box set.
Fiestas – So Fine
Association – Goodbye Columbus (From the movie of the same name - two different group members submitted songs for the movie but one won out. The band also recorded the other song and renamed it "Goodbye Forever")
Videos - Trickle Trickle (Also covered a few years ago by the Manhattan Transfer)
Association – Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (You all may remember it done quite differently by Led Zeppelin)
Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl
One of the things I love most about these compilations is the package liner notes. Now, unfortunately, when you get items out of the library, there's a chance some things may be missing with all the passing around a CD might get. I would expect there probably was some kind of annotation with the Doo Wop package, being it's a Rhino release and all, but unfortunately I don't have one. I do have one for the Association collection. The introduction was written by Bill Inglot, one of the producers of this project and, as I have discovered, he's had a hand in several other compilations put out by Rhino and other labels. He also was involved in the "Soul Shots" CDs I play here a lot. I just love what he says here...it's a marvelous insight on how growing up with the music in the 60s impacts your life.
"Once Gepetto dies, the toys just aren't the same anymore...
The 60's were a vast sea of energies, synergies, colors, and yes, trouble, which won't repeat and perhaps shouldn't. Even more than that, they can't.
I can't go back there and I know most times I don't want to, except when I long to see those colors again. There is plenty of pop music today that conveys the happiness and joy that life can be. But those colors are missing..."
Man, I wish I wrote that!
Segment 2: Picking Through the Record Box
I started with this other Association tune, a song that I have been teased with for most of my life since the thing came out in 1967. Whenever anyone would see me back when this song was out, I would unfailingly hear a rendition of the chorus of this song. I kept correcting people, no, no, I'm WENDY, not WINDY! Didn't matter. Even at times to this day, people will start singing it.
Association – Windy
Chimes – Once In Awhile
Johnny Horton – North To Alaska
Bobby Darin – Things
Beatles – What You're Doing
Segment 3: Soul Stew
We'll hear a couple from the Tops and the Tempts in this set!
Four Tops – Standing in the Shadows of Love
Temptations – You're My Everything
Four Tops – Something About You
Temptations – It's Growing
Segment 4: Non-oldie/Current/New
I started with this cut from George Adams, who you might remember was my guest last month (boy, the time does fly!). He played another gig at Red Tree Coffee in Kingston Springs this past Thursday. I requested him to play this song, he did and it's a beauty...it's off his "Anthology" CD.
George Adams – Hold On To Love
Semisonic – Closing Time
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end"...what a great, poignant lyric and one that has been very comforting to me. The song was written by the talented Dan Wilson, of the Twin Cities, who at the time was lead singer/principal songwriter of Semisonic. It's off one of my favorite albums, "Feeling Strangely Fine". I got hooked on this album when I went to a couple of Matchbox 20 and other shows at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and it would be played before the show started. It was one of those released around that time that had songs that spoke to my spirit. I'll play another track or two on upcoming shows.
Frequency To The Heart
Wendy V's Encouraging Words – November 2009: Show Your Heart...Show Your Appreciation
Different closing theme today: Booker T and the MGs - Time Is Tight (and indeed it was...). Reason: forgot to put the CD with "Soul Serenade" in my bag when I changed things out this weekend. Gotta watch that.
Still getting used to the new board setup..only my second time out with it. Also we've got a technical gremlin or two to yet work out. It'll get there.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
11/1/09 Blog/Playlist: Grab and Go!
So here's the deal. Saturday afternoon our transmitter blew. The station managers didn't think we'd have things up and running in time for my show Sunday morning. So I called Lance Hoppen (of the group Orleans), who was my scheduled guest, and told him we needed to postpone his guest appearance until December. I got up Sunday morning, went on Facebook and learned we had a loaner transmitter in place. I turned on the radio and there we were. But I hadn't heard anything from the station on whether or not I should show up. Would my hour be automated, or were they expecting me? There was only one thing to do: grab a few CDs and my computer and go over to the station and see what was up. I got hold of Ginny and Greg (station managers) also showed up. Both told me to go for it and give doing a live show a shot. So what the heck. I did. (No, I did not call poor Lance and rouse him out of bed and tell him to come on down!) I winged this one solo. I momentarily lost my script but found it so I at least had my first set I originally planned and my "frequency to the heart".
There were a couple of technical flubs in the beginning but those were to be expected. I did a lot of explanations about how the shows work and such. I started with a 70s set, with one flub-prompted change:
Grass Roots - Sooner or Later
Grass Roots - Two Divided By Love
Pickettywitch - Same Old Feeling
Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel
Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
Record Box:
Gene McDaniels - 100 Pounds of Clay
Marcie Blaine - Bobby's Girl
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - Bad To Me
Shangri-Las - Give Us Your Blessings (a Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich rarity played from a rather interesting collection of "death" songs called "Dead: The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits")
Los Bravos - Black Is Back
Soul Stew:
Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway
Supremes - Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Temptations - You've Got To Earn It
Current/Non-Oldies:
Grabbed a quick couple of tracks this morning from some past guests:
Boomer Castleman - Never Say Never Again
Les Kerr - Camellia Grill
Frequency To The Heart:
I was just looking at the calendar here at the station one day and happened to see a quote on one page from Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Some of us tend to be the type that says "yes" to a lot of things. But we need to say "no" to comparing ourselves to others and buying in to feelings of inferiority. So when it comes to those things...don't give your consent.
Closer - King Curtis - Soul Serenade
This was also my first time trying out the new broadcast board at the station. We had been using a board more typical of a sound mixer, but we now have one with "pots" you turned up and down. This is more like the board I learned radio on when I was in college. There is a big difference in the sound on the microphone...much better clarity and fidelity. Of course, it also picks up all your vocal tics better.
It was cool in a way to be the one to "inaugurate" the new board for the weekend programmers. I didn't think it would happen. We were told today would be sort of a "dress rehearsal" for us since we are at lower broadcast power until we get technical things to full speed. Not bad, considering it was a "grab and go" show.
Next weekend we put up the new antenna. Depending when that happens, I may or may not be on. I'll keep you posted. Thanks to those who tuned in (I know of at least one who did!) and rolled with me this morning.
There were a couple of technical flubs in the beginning but those were to be expected. I did a lot of explanations about how the shows work and such. I started with a 70s set, with one flub-prompted change:
Grass Roots - Sooner or Later
Grass Roots - Two Divided By Love
Pickettywitch - Same Old Feeling
Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel
Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
Record Box:
Gene McDaniels - 100 Pounds of Clay
Marcie Blaine - Bobby's Girl
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - Bad To Me
Shangri-Las - Give Us Your Blessings (a Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich rarity played from a rather interesting collection of "death" songs called "Dead: The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits")
Los Bravos - Black Is Back
Soul Stew:
Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway
Supremes - Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Temptations - You've Got To Earn It
Current/Non-Oldies:
Grabbed a quick couple of tracks this morning from some past guests:
Boomer Castleman - Never Say Never Again
Les Kerr - Camellia Grill
Frequency To The Heart:
I was just looking at the calendar here at the station one day and happened to see a quote on one page from Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Some of us tend to be the type that says "yes" to a lot of things. But we need to say "no" to comparing ourselves to others and buying in to feelings of inferiority. So when it comes to those things...don't give your consent.
Closer - King Curtis - Soul Serenade
This was also my first time trying out the new broadcast board at the station. We had been using a board more typical of a sound mixer, but we now have one with "pots" you turned up and down. This is more like the board I learned radio on when I was in college. There is a big difference in the sound on the microphone...much better clarity and fidelity. Of course, it also picks up all your vocal tics better.
It was cool in a way to be the one to "inaugurate" the new board for the weekend programmers. I didn't think it would happen. We were told today would be sort of a "dress rehearsal" for us since we are at lower broadcast power until we get technical things to full speed. Not bad, considering it was a "grab and go" show.
Next weekend we put up the new antenna. Depending when that happens, I may or may not be on. I'll keep you posted. Thanks to those who tuned in (I know of at least one who did!) and rolled with me this morning.
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