Category: MMMM (New Music)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP28 July 2013 (subtitle: One Busy Summer for Goat)

chris at ob hmls sunday june 16 2013Too busy.  Yesterday was my youngest son’s wedding in Castle Rock.  It went well until after the ceremony, when the rain came down and washed out the party that featured Chris Daniels & the Kings.  Today, somehow or another, I have to pull spins for Aug News Notes and Spins column .. and take my grand daughter to the movies lol.  Have a great day 🙂

I don’t have too many pics of me with my two youngest, Christopher and Elisha.  Elisha says I have to wait until I’m 80 before she gets married … yeah, right kid 😉

Friday night I was at the Alibi in Laramie, Wyoming – one of my favorite venues anywhere – doing sound for my pals Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams.

Thursday night I was emceeing the Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live show in Fort Collins that featured Wasteland Hop.  Next Thursday night it’s the return of Diana Castro …

Next Friday night, Aug 2, I’ll be in Fort Collins to emcee for the Downtown Summer Sessions, featuring The Holler! with the Gromet, produced by the Fort Collins’ Downtown Business Association.

Next Saturday, August 3, it’s the 6th Annual Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival in Dacono featuring the Samples, Face, Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown, After Midnight Jazz Band, Monocle, Jaden Carlson Band, Jake Miles and more.

Video Pick of the Week – new from Strange Americans frontman Matt Hoffman off his solo EP Lateral Moves 

PLAYLIST S7 EP28 July 2013

Doug Kershaw “Louisiana Man” from Diggy Diggy Lo (1999)
The Starlite Ramblers “I’m Walking The Floor Over You/Oh Lonesome Me” from Ain’t It the Truth (1979)
(D) Escape Goats “I’ll See You Again” from On The Lam (2013)
Andy Palmer “The Monk” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
Wendy Woo Band “Drunk In Love” from Live (2013)
Dawson James “Workin’ My Life Away” from Our Country (2013)
Remus Tucker Band “Night Thang” from South of New Orleans (2013)
Drew Emmitt “Gypsy In My Soul” from Long Road (2008)
Big Head Blues Club: Featuring Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Preachin’ Blues” from Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (2011)
Rachel & the Kings “Not Giving Up” from Tonic (2013)
P-Nuckle “The System” from The System (2013)
Manuel Lopez Trio “Searching Out” from Searching Out (2013)
Judy Collins “Both Sides Now” from The Very Best of Judy Collins (2001)
Judy Collins “Someday Soon” from Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1988)
(D) The Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Petals of Spain “Shine” from Soul Canon (2013)
Joshua Novak “Infomaniac” from Ephemeron (2013)
(D) Mr. Anonymous “Great One” from Bus Sounds featuring Brando (2013)
Great American Taxi “Get No Better” from Reckless Habits (2010)
Johnny Hickman “Another Road” from Tilting (2012)
Kevin Dooley “Silvery Moon” from Moonlight Highway (2011)
(D) Matt Hoffman “Mural” from Lateral Moves (2013)
(N) Gregory Alan Isakov “Suitcase Full of Sparks” from The Weatherman (2013)
Jon Wirtz “Country” from Tourist (2013)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP26 July 2013

chris at ob hmls sunday june 16 2013When you get to do what I do for my life and living everyday it stands to reason that I am very lucky goat.  Thursday night I got to host the Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Downtown Concert Series with Dave Beegle & the Jurrassicasters .. one of the region’s most popular classic rock cover bands the past couple of decades now… and it showed based on the overcapacity record setting crowd we had Thursday night.

Friday night I hosted the Fort Collins Downtown Business Association Summer Sessions – this week with the Matt Skinner Band opening for the Patti Fiasco… and let me say that band leader Alysia Kraft  is one of the most entertaining front persons I’ve ever seen .. locally or nationally.  The band will be up in front of Born in the Flood at Bohemian Nights at New West Fest on Aug 17 … they’ll also (hopefully) be releasing their new album in time for Bohemian Nights at New West Fest, Aug 16-18.  Dave Beegle is currently mixing and mastering … they have, they said, one more mixing session left to go… I heard one specific cut Friday night called “Black Magic” (at least that was the refrain) – that is sure to be a “hit” with Colorado djs.

This week’s headlines were not all included in the show itself. Churchill has broken up.  However, at the time of this writing I can find only one source for this information – and that source quoted a “band representative.”  I imagine this story will be more deeply researched and reported on this coming week by either Westword’s Dave Herrera or the folks at HeyReverb.com which is where the story broke.

In other news …

I got the new Escape Goats release “On the Lam” but not in time for this week’s show … so look for that next week.  No good news on any forthcoming Dave Beegle record however.  He and I talked on Thursday night when his band the Jurassicasters played Old Town Square … he said basically he’s got it going, but can’t determine when it will get done.. it’s been in the “it’s going stage” for over a year now and he’s so busy with other projects right now he can’t find time to work on his own.  He’s also working hard to get the new Lion Drome release done.

Other titles that came in this week – for next week’s show – new releases from Esther Sparks & the Whiskey Remedy, Taylor Mesple, and Foxfield Four.

This week I look forward to hosting Selas​ee & Fafa Family on Thursday night  … and two of my BFGFs (can goats have BFGFs?) .. Liz Barnez and Hazel Miller on Friday night.  All shows are FREE, ALL AGES, and begin promptly at 7PM.  Thurs nights done by 9-ish, Friday nights done at 10:30PM.

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK:  Leftover Salmon has launched a promotional drive for each of the next four singles + Breckenridge Brewery … so about the only way you can get this killer new jam is by grabbing some BB ale … that’s all I know really … enjoy … 

PLAYLIST S7 EP26 July 2013

Acoustic Junction “Goodbye World” from Strange Days (2000)
Kip Winger “Sure Was A Wildflower” from Songs from the Ocean Floor (2000)
(D) AdrienneO “Innocence” from Superchromatic (2013)Monroe Monroe “Adore” from Hello Moon (2011)
Lion Drome “Curve of the Earth” from Curve of the Earth (2013)
(D) Gristle Gals Band “Jukie’s Ball” from Sweet Pea (2013)(N) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Beaver Hat Boogie” from Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (2013)
Cary Morin “Live A Little” from Streamline (2013)
(N) Whiskey Bottles “Baby, Your Bad Luck” from Grandville (2013)
(D) Rossonian “Garuda” from Rossonian (2013)Varlet “Eastern” from The Drifter (2012)
Rose Hill Drive “Baby Don’tcha Know Your Man” from Americana (2011)
Jon Wirtz “Watching The World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)
String Cheese Incident “Sirens” from Untying the Not (2003)
Kyle Hollingsworth “The Way It Goes” from Then There’s Now (2009)
(D) Leftover Salmon “High Country” from High Country (2013)
Cassie Taylor “Again” from Out Of My Mind (2013)
(D) Joe Johnson “Who’s Gonna Go Your Bond” [advance single] (2013)
Achille Lauro “Hard Pressed” from Flight or Flight (2012)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Everything’s Alright” from Spools of Thread (2010)
(D) John Gunther’s Safari Trio “Sisters (featuring John Hadfield)” from Surrender (2013)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP25 July 2013

chris at ob hmls sunday june 16 2013So I had an interesting meeting this week.  I met with Clear Channel NoCO market manager Stu Haskell, whom I’ve known for a few decades now – and 107.9 The Bear morning man and program director Doc Jarnagin (he’s been on the air at the Bear for 13 years now .. WOW … who knew?) –  about the new station, Radio 94.9FM.  Essentially, it’s a transponder frequency tied to their HD2 signal (HD radio is not the same as HDTV).

At 100 watts of radiant power, don’t expect to hear this station outside of Fort Collins, Loveland, and perhaps Greeley (I haven’t made the drive to check it out).  Once you drop south of Berthoud you lose it.  However, iHeart Radio and their website are both good places to listen in at if you’re out of listening range to the terrestrial signal.

From a programming perspective, it’s what is known as a AAA station (adult album alternative) – akin if you will to KBCO with considerably more depth, and touches of early era KTCL programming philosophy.  Both Doc and Stu made it a point that this new station would have a CO focus – but the details are still being worked out.  The actual percentage of CO music to be focused upon appears to be up in the air.  Stu commented at one point they might do one featured CO cut an hour (roughly 7-8% of an hourly playlist).

We agreed in principle that The Colorado Sound would be a nice addition to the programming, as well as my help in consulting them on what’s hot in CO. The actual day and time they’d place The Colorado Sound is also still being considered, with Stu suggesting Sunday nights.  The conversation has only just begun –

— in the meantime don’t forget to check out The Colorado Sound @ Live365 for an all day all Colorado musical experience … stream it on your tablet, laptop, or pc … or via the Live365 app.  G3 and G4 data plans work really well, and surprisingly doesn’t eat that much data as I’ve learned from listening to the station in the car and at the gym every day.

New music coming next week from:  Dave Preston, Joe Johnson, the Escape Goats, AdrienneO, the Gristle Gals Band and more … make sure to check out the stations and schedules page ..

No new music shares this week — other than the Video of the Week pick from The ReMinders out of Colorado Springs – who I happened upon when I was invited to vote for the best of the Springs here recently …

PLAYLIST S7 EP25 July 2013

Bob Lind “Elusive Butterfly” from Elusive Butterfly (1966)
(D) Bob Lind “How Dare You Love Me” from Finding You Again (2013)
(N) 3 Twins “Now I See” from De Nada (2013)
Thom Chacon “Ain’t Gonna Take Us Alive” from Thom Chacon (2013)
The Lumineers “Big Parade” from The Lumineers (2012)
WhiteWater Ramble “Dear Mr. Bankman” from Roots & Groove (2013)
String Cheese Incident “Walk This Way” from The String Cheese Incident (1997)
Chris Thompson “Traffic” from The Road Ahead (2010)
Leftover Salmon “Sing Up to the Moon” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Otis Taylor “Blue Rain In Africa” from My World Is Gone (2013)
Sera Cahoone “Naked” from Deer Creek Canyon (2012)
SHEL “On My Way” from SHEL (2012)
H2 Big Band “Singing In the Rain” from You’re It! (2011)
Dianne Reeves “Afro Blue” from I Remember (1988)
Electric Swingset “Middle Ground” from Inebriated Witchdoctor (1996)
Devotchka “Along the Way” from Live With the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Face” from Strange (2012)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Time Machine” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
(D) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Zombies!” from Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (2013)
Cassie Taylor “New Orleans” from Out Of My Mind (2013)
Dressy Bessy “Who’d Stop the Rain” from Electrified (2005)
Bad Weather California “When You Smile” from Sunkissed (2012)
Elephant Revival “Don’t Drift too Far” from It’s Alive (2012)
Joe Sampson “Moon Up Above” from Kill Our Friends (2012)
Fingers of the Sun “The Leaves Were So Green” from Fingers of the Sun (2011)
Andrew Vogt “Jeep is Jumpin’” from Cats Afoot (2010)