Colorado Playlist – S11 EP33

Happy Labor Day.  From Wikipedia:  Labor Day “…honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws and well-being of the country…”

CO MUSIC & MEDIA FOR HOUSTON

I’ve had the well being of our brothers and sisters in TX on my mind this past week.  Last Monday we launched CO MUSIC & MEDIA for HOUSTON on Facebook.  To date almost six hundred people have signed up to participate in mobilizing to help professional working musicians in TX affected by the flood.

Over the past week, a number of volunteers have begun to successfully move the mission forward. Our first organizational meeting is Tuesday Sept 5. We’ll build committees and begin the actual work of getting this all done.

Our 1st INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT EVENT is on Friday SPT 15 at the Oriental Theater.  I’m honored that my friends John Magnie, Steve Amadee and Tim Cook (the subdudes) will be appearing as the 3 Twins…. along with two of Denver’s true legacy artists – Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore …joined by (to the best of my knowledge) the only blues-folk artist alive using a dulcimer as their primary instrument – Sofie Reed.

The 2nd INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT EVENT will be Sunday SPT 17 at Dazzle Jazz in the Baur building Denver from 6-9 featuring Channel 7 News anchor Shannon Ogden and guests tba.


IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY

Rickie Lee Jones

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

THE GUESTLIST – “Lonely” 


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloudBandCampReverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP33

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Earth, Wind & Fire “Imagination” from Spirit (1976)
(D) Cass Clayton “Woman In the Way” (2017)
The Wood Brothers “Singin’ to Strangers” from Paradise (2015)
Dragondeer “Don’t Feel That Good” from Don’t That Feel Good (2014)
Instant Empire “Spotlight” from Last of the Lovers (2017)
Slow Caves “Desert Minded” (2016)
Richie Furay “We Were The Dreamers” from Hand In Hand (2015)
Megan Burtt “In a Minute” from The Bargain (2015)
Head for The Hills “Suit and Tie” from Potions and Poisons (2017)
Paper Bird “Don’t Want Half” from Paper Bird (2016)
Cary Morin “Tiny Town” from Tiny Town (2014)
Erik Applegate “Standing Room Only” from Two’s Company (2017)

HOUR 2

Joe Walsh “Mother Says” from Barnstorm (1971)
(N) Rusty Young “My Friend” from Waitin’ For the Sun (2017)
SHEL “You Could Be My Baby” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “Let’s Do This Thing!” from Let’s Do This Thing! (2015)
Strange Americans “Pollos” from Borrow You, Brother (2017)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Damaged One” from Damaged One (2017)
Bad Weather California “Let It Shine” from Sunkissed (2012)
Beats Noir! “Not for You” from 13 Tracks From the Dark Side of The Beat (2011)
Analog Son “Big Easy (feat. Devon Parker)” from Black Diamond (2017)
The Burroughs “Cut You Down” from SpokesBUZZ Vol VI: Band Together (2015)
Brent Cowles “Lift Me Up (Leave Me Here)” from Cold Times (2017)
Annie Booth “Queen bee” from Wanderlust (2014)



Sept 9 = GOATZ! and Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene at Avogadro’s Number in Fort Collins

Sept 10 = GOATZ! at Oskar Blues Original Grill and Brew in Lyons 

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP31

Rusty Young

Rusty Young is a Colorado music native.  As not only an original member of Poco, but its enduring remaining original member, he is enshrined in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame along with fellow Colorado music native George Grantham, with whom Rusty was a member of the 60’s Front Range based psych-rock band Boenzee Cryque.

Rusty just released his first non-Poco named solo album, Waitin’ for the Sun .. that I spotlighted a track from in this blog  a couple of weeks ago.  I will say I’m far more impressed with this solo effort than I was with the last Poco album that Rusty fronted.  Produced by Rusty with fellow Poco member and songwriter Jack Sundrud, Rusty’s voice stays as strong and true as you’d hope for someone in their 70s now, with well over 50 years of singing experience.

Rusty doesn’t leave the sound of Poco too far behind on this solo effort – songs like “Heaven Tonight” could have easily been a marquee track for Poco circa 1980s.  “Honey Bee” lies a little closer to something I might have expected from say Levon Helm stylistically – a bit more “dirt” than the polished SoCal country-rock that Poco is most well known for.

Waitin’ for the Sun won’t win Rusty any new millennial fans .. but rather, with his tired aching “rusty” voice it’s those of us old enough to remember him as a “kid” who will appreciate what’s left of this unsung country-rock legend, and the life he speaks of in this record.

Gotta send some love to the Coteries and Hey, Lady! (the B-52s Tribute) for an exemplary job at the final Wellington Downtown Summer Concert Series this year.  Folk fans are going to love the Coteries as they develop their fanbase regionally – and Hey, Lady! is already one of the region’s TOP 5 tribute bands … much love and thanks for a great show.

Hey, Lady! Wellington Downtown Concert – Aug 19 2017

Sept 9 = GOATZ! and Kerry Pastine & the Crime Sceneat Avogadro’s Number in Fort Collins

Sept 10 = GOATZ! at Oskar Blues Original Grill and Brew in Lyons 


IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY
Manassas

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloudBandCampReverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP31

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Leftover Salmon “Highway Song” from Euphoria (1997)
(N) The Yawpers “Reunion” from Boy In A Well (2017)


SHEL “Enter Sandman” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Bad Weather California “Keep it Together” from Back Seats (2013)
(N) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Fried Food Hard Liquor” from Blues With Horns (2017)
Great American Taxi “Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show” from Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show (2017)
Raven and the Writing Desk “Tiny Terrors” from Bonedale (2011)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “My Last Black Scarf” from Unentitled (2011)
(D) The S.I.R. Band “So Cold” (2017) 


OneRepublic “A.I. (feat. Peter Gabriel)” from Oh My My (2016)
Analog Son “Ain’t Lyin (feat. Jonathan “Skippy” Huvard)” from Black Diamond (2017)
Gerald Albright “Slam Dunk” from Slam Dunk (2014)

HOUR 2

Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Broken Hearted Savior” from Sister Sweetly (1993)
(N) Francis and the Wolf “Feels Like A Memory” from Ladies & Gentlemen (2017) 


SuCh (Su Charles) “You (Icytat Vocal Mix)” from You (Icytat Vocal Mix) (2016)
Tennis “Needle and a Knife” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
(D) All Chiefs “Fast Friends” (2017) 


Slow Caves “Glares” (2017)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014)
FY5 “Driftwood” from FY5 (2015)
(N) A.J. Fullerton “Smoke & Mirrors” from Kalamath (2017)
The Lumineers “Cleopatra (Acoustic Demo)” from Cleopatra (2016)
Gasoline Lollipops “Homesick” from Resurrection (2017)
Ben Haugland “Second sight” from A Million Dreams (2015)

Colorado Playlist S11 EP30

WOW … another year of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest is over.  If you attended, I hope you discovered a new band to love – and enjoyed our out of state guests – Cake, Brandi Carlile and Todd Snider.

New music shares this week from Francis and the Wolf and from Strange Americans …

This coming Saturday, Aug 19, I’ll be hosting the Wellington Main Street Concert Series with Hey, Lady!, the wonderful B-52s tribute band.


IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY
KENNY VAUGHN


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloudBandCampReverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP30

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Sixteen Horsepower “Brimstone Rock” from Low Estate (1997)
(D) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Sweet Memphis” from Blues With Horns (2017)
The String Cheese Incident “Get Tight” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)
Safe Boating is No Accident “Bonus Features” from Bonus Features (2014)
(D) Francis and the Wolf “Call of the Wild” from Ladies & Gentlemen (2017) 
Andy Palmer “The Switch” from The Switch (2017)
Liz Barnez “Simple Song” from Welcome Back (2015)
Finnders & Youngberg “Nebraska” from FY5 (2015)
(D) Grant Sabin & the Juke Joint Highball “Sanctuary” from Bourbon & Milk (2017)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Just Human” from The Terrible Dinner Guest (2016)
Megan Burtt “Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” from The Bargain (2015)
Jeff Jenkins Organization “Heavy Eddie” from The Arrival (2015)

HOUR 2

Dan Fogelberg “Face the Fire” from Phoenix (1980)
(D) Strange Americans “No Punches” from Borrow You, Brother (2017) 
The Lumineers “Angela” from Cleopatra (2016)
Jeff Austin “15 Steps” from The Simple Truth (2015)
(D) MLIMA “StankFace” from MLIMA (2017)
Brent Cowles “Lift Me Up (Leave Me Here)” from Cold Times (2017)
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake “Evil Eye” from Totem (2015)
Land Lines “Etiquette” from Natural World (2014)
(D) Cousin Curtiss “Home To You” from Remember Me When (2017)
Blue Rider “Rattlesnake” from Year Of The Horse (2016)
Chemistry Club “Navigator” (2013)
Keith Oxman “Breeze (Blow My Baby Back)” from East of the Village (2017)