What a weird weekend. For inexplicable reasons, KUNC ran last week’s episode of the show, and Radio 94.9 ran hour 2 of this week’s show twice. Weird huh? It was also the one year anniversary of “The Flood.” So, apologizes to those expecting to hear cuts they thought they might hear over the weekend. I’ll attempt to made that up in a future episode.
Speaking of the show … expect some minor adjustments. I’m taking the interview segment out longer beginning this week. The next segment of Offstage …Beyond the Music with Eddie Turner will be uploaded on September 22nd. That will run for two weeks. After that, my next guest will be Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay, who I had the incredible pleasure of working with this summer on two shows. I’m not a star struck kind of goat, but daaaaaaaaaaamn I’m nervous for this one. Richie’s interviews will run beginning October 6th.
This coming weekend you can find me at Fortober Fest in Fort Collins. I’m looking forward to this last festival weekend of the season. It features some incredible friends: Sofie Reed, the Young Ancients, Soul School, Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts, Van Halen Tribute Band Romeo Delight, featuring Drug Under/S.I.C.K lead vocalist Romero who I’ve had the great pleasure of knowing and working with the past 14 years now. Here’s the complete lineup:
FRIDAY OLD TOWN SQUARE STAGE
• 5PM-6PM = SOFIE REED
• 6:30-8PM = BETTER THAN BACON
• 8:30-10:30 = YOUNG ANCIENTS
SATURDAY OLD TOWN SQUARE STAGE
• 12:00-1:00 = BLUE CANYON BOYS
• 1:30-2:30 = CHOICE CITY SEVEN
• 3:00-4:30 = WHISKEY BLANKET
• 5:00-6:30 = FUTABA
• 7:00-9:00 = SOUL SCHOOL
SATURDAY WALNUT STREET MAIN STAGE
• 11AM-12:30 = EEF & THE BLUES EXPRESS
• 1:00PM-2:30 = KNOCEAN
• 3:00PM-4:30 = THE BURROUGHS
• 5:00PM-6:30 = SHATTERPROOF
• 7:00PM-8:30 = RYAN CHRYS & THE ROUGH CUTS
• 9:00PM-10:30 = ROMEO DELIGHT VAN HALEN TRIBUTE BAND
PLAYLIST S8|EP35
HOUR 1 **
did not run on Radio 94.9 Sunday morning
Electric Swingset “Middle Ground” from Inebriated Witchdoctor (1996) Psychodelic Zombiez “Desert Flower” from S.A.C. (1996) (N) Slopeside “Better Off This Way” from One Lane Town (2014) The Heyday “Had A Feeling” from Till We See the Sun (2010) Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “The Other Side” from The Other Side (2014) (D) Gumbo le Funque “Funky Way” from Funky-Dangerous Party Music, Volume 1 (2014) Moors & McCumber “Against the Grain” from Against The Grain (2013) Darryl Purpose “Orange Raincoat” from Next Time Around (2012) Chemistry Club “Navigator” from Navigator (2013) John Oates “Stone Cold Love” from Good Road to Follow (2014) Paa Kow “Life Is Good” from Ask (2014)
HOUR 2 **
Ran 2x on Radio 94.9 Sunday morning, did not run on KUNC Saturday afternoon
The Simpletones “Rain Inside” from Squiggly (1996) The Christines “In Your Space” from Living At the Bottom of the Sea (1996) (N) Tennis “I’m Callin’” from Ritual In Repeat (2014) Dressy Bessy “New Song (From Me To You)” from Dressy Bessy (2003) Fierce Bad Rabbit “In and Out of Mind” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013) (N) Ark Life “You’re With Me” from The Dream of You and Me (2014) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Mr. Pain” from Sinners & Saints (2010) Otis Taylor “Naggin’ Woman Blues” from When Negroes Walked the Earth (1997) Eddie Turner “Booty Bumpin’” from Miracles And Demons (2010) (D) Reed Foehl “The Kill” from Lost in the West (2014) Aakash Mittal Quartet “Jeeju’s Jeeju” from Ocean (featuring Ron Miles) (2013)
Happy September. August is just about the craziest month of the year for me. Well… I guess really June, July, Aug and Sept – as those are the main months for festival work, and I do a lot of that it seems. The following video playlist tells the story of my August + added attractions from the String Cheese Incident, Something Underground, and the Congress.
Lots of folks have commented on my new hair cut … LOL. Who knew it would be such a hit 🙂
The blog set a record for page views for a July, and set the monthly views record for the year to date. I can’t help but attribute that to all the new listeners via KUNC – since that’s when the traffic really began to grow.
This is a great story I came across about how the newest John Oates single, Stone Cold Love, came about – featuring two guys a lot of folks don’t associate with Colorado, despite both of them living here – and both of them performing here. John Oates will be appearing in Fort Collins on Sept 5. … PS the show is SOLD OUT.
NEW FEATURE
Offstage …Beyond the Music EP2|PT1 & 2 featuring David Glasser … click on the link on the right sidebar. Coming next week, a conversation with guitarist Eddie Turner (Zephyr).
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The Mishawaka is hosting the Motet on September 5 & 6, For Locals x Locals with Fox Street, Rob Drabkin and more on Sept 19 & 20, and Paper Bird and You, Me & Apollo on September 26th … make plans to enjoy the end of the summer at one of the most historic mountain venues in the state.
Join me in person on September 19th and 20th at Fortober Fest, with Van Halen Tribute Band Romeo Delight, Soul School, The Young Ancients, Sofie Reed, the Burroughs, Whiskey Blanket, Blue Canyon Boys, Eef and the Blues Express, and more… a great weekend of music to end the summer. It’s free .. all ages .. rain or shine in and around Old Town Fort Collins.
TOP 40 Spins August 2014
259 titles tracked
130 (50%) titles reported as played at least once in the reporting period
Stations/shows surveyed: 15
(CC) = Colorado Connection
(D) = album/ep/single debut on chart
(R) = re-enter
[date] = Date added to reporting list
X number = number of stations playing
(7) 1. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies (Its Evolving Records) Folk [August 1, 2013]
(1) 2. String Cheese Incident– Song in My Head (SCI Fidelity) Rock/jamband [April 12, 2014]
(2) 3. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Mod y Vi Records) Folk [September 1, 2013]
(D) 4. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me (Greater Than Collective) Rock [June 28, 2014] (6) 5. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) Rock [January 25, 2014]
(5) 6. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey (CAM Records) Indie/alternative [April 26, 2014]
(3) 7. Eurforquestra – Fire (self) Rock/jamband [February 22, 2014]
(23) 8. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning (self) Rock [ June 13, 2014]
(15) 9. Gregory Alan Isakov– The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music) Folk [June 22, 2013]
(D) 10. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep (self) Rock/pop [July 19, 2014]
(R) 11. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill (PS Records) Pop/adult contemporary [April 24, 2014]
(17) 12. The Patti Fiasco – Small TownLights (self) Rock [July 23, 2013]
(4) 13. The Motet– The Motet (self) Urban Contemporary/funk [January 4, 2014]
(D) 14. Pandas & People – S/T (self) Rock/AAA [July 5, 2014] (18) 15. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (self) Americana/alt-country-rock [July 7, 2013]
(31) 16. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock/blues-rock [January 10, 2013]
(R) 17. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World (8 Minutes 20 Seconds) Urban Contemporary/EDM [July 2, 2013]
(R) 18. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (Blank Tape) Indie/New Alternative [January 19, 2013]
(R) 19. Aakash Mittal Quartet – Ocean (self) Jazz/Instrumental [July 13, 2013]
(8) 20. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore– Love Runner (Remington Road Records) Folk [December 21, 2013]
(D) 21. SuCH – Trial and Error (Edclectic Ent.) Urban Contemporary/soul [August 23, 2014]
(R) 22. Joe Johnson – New West Sound (Blank Tape) Americana/country-folk [August 1, 2013]
(R) 23. My Body Sings Electric – Pt I The Night Ends (self) Rock/alternative [February 8, 2014]
(16) 24. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind (Yellow Dog) Blues/rhythm and blues [May 18, 2013]
(32) 25. Young Ancients – Y/A (self) Americana/roots [February 22, 2014]
(9) 26. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters (self) Americana/bluegrass [October 1, 2013]
(20) 27. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls (Marion-Lorraine) Pop/adult contemporary [April 26, 2014]
(R) 28. AdrienneO – Lines EP (self) Rock/alternative [May 10, 2014]
(D) 28. Felonious Smith – Before the Rooster Crows (self) Blues/roots [August 2, 2014]
(32) 29. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Folk/rock [February 16, 2013]
(R) 30. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Americana/bluegrass [January 16, 2013]
(R) 31. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Time (You’re Doing Fine) (self) Blues/rhythm and blues [December 7, 2013]
(33) 32. Head for the Hills– Blue Ruin (self) Americana/bluegrass [June 1, 2013]
(11) 33. Chimney Choir – (compass) (self) Folk [ June 1, 2013]
(20) 34. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [January 20, 2013]
(24) 35. Drag The River – Drag the River (Xtra Mile Records) Rock [October 1, 2013]
(R) 36. Tallgrass – Better Than Medicine (self) Americana/roots [March 1, 2014]
(13) 37. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (Swingfingers Records) Americana/bluegrass [August 1, 2013]
(12) 38. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [April 5, 2014]
(14) 39. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time (self) Rock/country-rock [May 10, 2014]
Analog Son – S/T
Barbarosa – Barbarosa
Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – Get Out [single]
Felonious Smith – Before the Rooster Crows
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene – The Other Side
Leash of Foxes – It Sounds Like This [single]
Molina Speaks – Everyday Denver
Paa Kow – Ask
Pandas & People – S/T
Richie Furay – Hand in Hand
Silent Bear – The Green Lion
Slopeside – One Land Town
Strange Americans – That Kind of Luster
SuCh – Trial and Error
Taylor Mesple – Elusive
Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
The Outfit – Station Wagon Apocalypse
STATION BY STATION
[X] = number of titles reported
Stations reporting / showing under 10 current titles not shown.
KAFM (Grand Junction) [21]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
2. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
2. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner
3. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
4. Gipsy Moon – Eventide
KDNK (Carbondale/Glenwood) [25]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
1. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
1. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
2. Aakash Mittal Quartet – Ocean
KDUR (Durango) [12]
1. Eurforquestra – Fire
1. The Motet – The Motet
2. Ark Life – The Dream of You
2. Chain Station – Dancin’ With the Law
3. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
KGNU (Boulder) [15]
1. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
1. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time
2. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
3. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me
3. Eurforquestra – Fire
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [10]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
2. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
3. Ark Life – The Dream of You
3. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
4. Joe Johnson – New West Sound
KRFC (Fort Collins) [62]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You and Me
2. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights
3. Pandas & People – Pandas & People
4. Euforquestra – Fire
5. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
KUNC (Greeley) [13]
1. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
2. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
3. Young Ancients – Y/A
5. 3 Twins – De Nada
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) [40]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me
2. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
3. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
4. Ivory Circle – Equilateral
5. Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – Get Out [single]
THE COLORADO SOUND [42]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
1. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill
1. SuCh – Trial and Error
1. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights
2. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
It’s Tuesday. The weekend is done. I’m slowly recovering. Takes longer to recover now it seems.
Yes, I cut my hair. Sorry to say the drugs I took to cure the hepatitis pretty much destroyed my hair. I also took the advice of a friend (hey Rob) … LOL … my wife hates it … my kids and many of my friends on FB love it. It feels healthy to me. I’m all good.
Love this shot captured by the Coloradoan …. long live the hair.
Goat Introducing Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Here’s the video recap of day two … sorry I was unable to capture useable video of the ReMinders .. .:(
What a weird weekend. For inexplicable reasons, KUNC ran last week’s episode of the show, and Radio 94.9 ran hour 2 of this week’s show twice. Weird huh? It was also the one year anniversary of “The Flood.” So, apologizes to those expecting to hear cuts they thought they might hear over the weekend. I’ll attempt to made that up in a future episode.
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 