HAPPY LABOR DAY. Here’s the playlist for this week’s show. I’ll publish the SPT NEWS NOTES & SPINS on SPT 2.
The VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK and the NEW MUSIC SHARE of the week come courtesy of THE CONGRESS. Enjoy.
Hour 1
The Apples in Stereo “Strawberryfire” from Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999) Born in The Flood “I Am the Walrus” from Mountain Homegrown Vol IV (2005) The Scones “Wishing Well” from Like Ripples Across the Pond (2014) The Swayback “Lost Lake Woods Club” from Double Four Time (2012) Mosey West “Hurricane Eyes” from Bermuda (2014) Isa and JoeAlan “Slumlord” from Lifelines (2014) Spoke In Wordz “Sugar Pills” from Sugar Pills (2012) String Cheese Incident “Stay Through” from Song In My Head (2014) Jeff Finlin “Jesus Was A Motorcycle Man” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008) Gabrielle Louise “Oh Caroline” from Cigarettes & Sentiments (2008) Monocle Band “Falling” from Monocle Band (2013) Jim Stranahan Little BIG BAND “Blues and a Half” from MIGRATION TO HIGHER GROUND (2014)
Hour 2
Gary Stites “Lonely for You” from Lonely for You (1960) Dan Fogelberg “Part of the Plan” from Souvenirs (1974) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Everything About You” from Black Beehive (2014) (N) John Oates “Don’t Cross Me Wrong” from Good Road to Follow (2014) The Congress “Distance” from Whatever You Want (2012) (N) Such (Su Charles) “Open Book” from Trial and Error (2014) Pandas & People “On My Way” from Pandas & People (2014) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Crystal Ball” from Living Asleep (2014) Nina Storey “Think Twice” from Think Twice (2013) Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from Small Town Lights (2013) Aakash Mittal Quartet “Monsoon Blues” from Ocean (featuring Ron Miles) (2013)
Now where was I? Sunday night. 9PM. End of the weekend. A blur. Grandson moved in. Redecorated guest room for teenage boy. Listened to lots of music. Include: Trial and Error by SuCH.
I’m a sucker for soul. Growing up as a teenager in and around Philly and New York I couldn’t escape it. The first concert my mother took me to was the Temptations with the Fifth Dimension. I spent from 1973-1986 spinning records at parties and in clubs in North Dakota, New York, Connecticut, and Colorado. Soul was and is a vital part of my regular listening diet to this day.
SuCH(Su Charles) intrigued me last year, both by the underground soul hit “Sugar Maple”, which spent 2 weeks in August 2013 at #1 on the UK Soul Charts … and which swept our fan poll last December … AND … by the fact … that she won the Henry Award for Best Actress for her role as Celie in the Color Purple. SuCH is a Boston born, New York raised, Chicago groomed Soul singer, living, working, and performing locally in Denver – on music and theater stages.
Old skool soul fans have lots to love about this record. It immediately raised feelings of nostalgia for the great soul hits of the 70s and early 80s … with enough modernism that I’m not left feeling like the arrangements are stuck in the past. Guests include local actor Mathenee Treco (P’s and Q’s (Playing Games)), who will be appearing in the role of Bobby in the musical MEMPHIS at the Arvada Center for the Arts next month.
Lovin’ “Open Book” … seriously want to do the hustle to this one LOL. … “P’s and Q’s (Playing Games) … “Where You Left Me” … and the title track. SuCH’s fan base is sure to vote this one to the top of the Best of 2014 fan favorite poll again, this coming December.
PS: my grandson listens to different music than I do LOL. Go figure. He likes metalcore (?). Part alt.rock part screamo (?) I’ve got some catching up to do I see. Metal never was my thing.
PLAYLIST S8 EP32 2014
The Samples “Close to the Fires” from Samples (1990) Subdudes “Help Is On the Way” from The Subdudes (1989) (D) Blake Brown & American Dust Choir “Get Out” [single] (2014) Ark Life “Proud of Me Out There Mama” from The Dream of You and Me (2014) My Body Sings Electric “Outside” from Changing Color (2011) Soul School “Touch My Body” from Chapter One (2014) The Fray “The Fighter” from Scars and Stories (2012) Calder’s Revolvers “See To Believe” from Sunday Morning (2014) Blue Canyon Boys “Up On The Hill” from Next Go ‘Round (2012) (D) Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “The Other Side” from The Other Side (2014) Cowboy Dave “Cowboy Dave Theme Song” from Saddle Up, Pal (2009) (D) The Outfit “Station Wagon Apocalypse” from Station Wagon Apocalypse (2014) Ben Haugland “Lift” from The Point Of No Return (2012) Soul Survivors “Have It All Your Way” [single] (1969) Boenzee Cryque “I’ve Never Known A Girl” from Psychedelic States: Colorado in the Sixties (2007) Poco “Regret” from All Fired Up (2013) Richie Furay “Hand in Hand” from Hand In Hand (2014) John Oates “Stone Cold Love” from Good Road to Follow (2014) (D) SuCH (Su Charles) “Trial and Error” from Trial and Error (2014) AdrienneO “Take It In” from Lines EP (2014) Felonius Smith “Whiskey and Gin” from Before the Rooster Crows (2014) Silent Bear “The Green Lion” from The Green Lion (2014) Strange Americans “The Scene” from That Kind of Luster (2014) El Toro de la Muerte “Things In My Head” from Dancer These Days (2011) Brad Goode “St. Louis Blues” from Chicago Red (2013)
OH YEAH … WAIT … BEFORE YOU GO. Here’s the grandson’s bedroom I spent all weekend doing 🙂
Sad news to report this weekend. As we approach the 10th anniversary of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest, this week’s show was to be a preview of the event. As part of the preview I featured a cut from the original lineup of the subdudes, who were slated to appear at this year’s festival in a featured slot, headlining the Library Park stage directly in front of the festival headliner, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo on Saturday night. Unfortunately, original bassist and band co-founder Johnny Ray Allen passed away on Friday morning, August 8, at age 56, from unknown causes. Being the weekend, there has been no public statement released by anyone from the band, or from anyone at Bohemian Nights festival organizers. As soon as one is available I will post it here. More on the storyhere.
OFFSTAGE …BEYOND THE MUSIC EP2 PT1
When I started thinking about this podcast series, I envisioned it being a chance for me to go visit some folks in the business of making music who we as listeners and fans of live music don’t normally get to hear from. David Glasser is the founder and owner of Airshow Mastering in Boulder. From his bio: “A three-time nominee [himself], he has earned two GRAMMY awards for mastering and restoration of the culturally significant Anthology of American Folk Music (1997) and Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (2002).”
VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK
I’ve got footage from nearly every show I attend or work at. You can find all that I’ve edited at the youtube page .
PLAYLIST S8 EP31
the Jekylls “You’re Probably Right” from The Sweet Factory (2012) Calder’s Revolvers “Leave Ya Be” from Sunday Morning (2014)Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013) Knocean “Against the Wall” from Knocean (2014) Soul School “Out of Your League” from Chapter One (2014) The Wild After “Meant for You” from Lesson Learned EP (2014) Pandas & People “My Oh My” from Pandas & People (2014)Bonnie and The Clydes “Song For You” from Music For People (2014) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Just Don’t Care” from Live @ Hodis (2012) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Dreaming of Things to Come” from Living Asleep (2014) Jeff Brinkman “Don’t Bring Me Down” from Strange (2012) H2 Big Band “Singing In the Rain” from You’re It! (2011) Subdudes “Any Cure” from The Subdudes (1989) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Josephina” from Black Beehive (2014) Katie Herzig “Drug” from Walk Through Walls (2014) Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Thy Will Be Done” from Unentitled (2011) the Patti Fiasco “Oil” from Small Town Lights (2013) Devotchka “Contrabanda” from 100 Lovers (2011) Ian Cooke “Fortitude” from Fortitude (2011) Elephant Revival “Birds and Stars” from These Changing Skies (2013) Drag the River “Not that Kind” from Drag The River (2013) Euforquestra “The Price is Right” from Fire (2014) Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade “Rudy-Go-Round” from Quiver (2012)
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 