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Colorado Playlist – S11 EP47

AND THE NOMINEES ARE

WEEK 2
COMES DOWN DEC 20

Last year when I put this list out I had 80 titles up for consideration.  This year there are 120.  That’s a 50% increase in the number of titles that made it onto the list of nominations, and over a 50% increase in the number of titles submitted for consideration, which I lost track of.

If you’re unfamiliar with the titles on the list I do encourage you to do a little digging and discover something new.

VIDEO PICKS OF 2017 

I went through all of the videos that I collected from this past year and put together what I consider my top 26 (yeah, I know) picks of the year.  The rest is up to you to decide.  We’ll narrow it all down in our year end Best Of edition.

 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 SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP47

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

HOUR 2

Dusty Drapes & the Dusters “Talkin’ Boogie” from The Red Album (1981)
Hillbilly Hellcats “Hillbilly Cat” from Our Brand (1998)
Colony Funk “Coming After You” from CF1 (2017)
Megan Burtt “Fast as I Go” from The Bargain (2015)
Brothers Keeper “Days Go By” from Todd Meadows (2014)
Gasoline Lollipops “Soul Mine” from Soul Mine (2018)
Brent Cowles “9th & Lafayette” from Cold Times (2017)
Otis Taylor “My World Is Gone” from My World Is Gone (2013)
A. Tom Collins “Mambo” from Stick & Poke (2013)
The Lonesome Days “Chasin’ Down the Whiskey” from The Lonesome Days (2017)
The Wood Brothers “American Heartache” from Paradise (2015)
Katey Laurel “Old Man Winter” from This Is Christmas (2016)
GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)

HOUR 2

Soul Survivors “Have It All Your Way” (1966)
The Trolls “I Don’t Recall” (1966)
(D) Navy “Los Angeles” from TRES (2018) 
SHEL “Enter Sandman” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Danny Shafer “Barbeque” from Weddings, Floods and Funerals (2015)
(N) The Burroughs “Solid Gold” from Got To Feel (2018)
Dragondeer “When I See” from Topanga Canyon Sessions – Vol. 1 (2017)
Gregory Alan Isakov “Second Chances” from The Weatherman (2013)
Montropo “Letter to Mary” from Follow Me (2015)
(D) Sunny & the Whiskey Machine “The Ballad of Becky Tait” from New American Dream (2018)
The Yawpers “Burdens” from American Man (2015)
(D) King Cardinal “Winter Waltz” from Winter Waltz (2018)
Dana Landry Trio “Sherry” from Memphis Skyline (2014)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians affected by natural and personal disasters.

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP45

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

NEWS NOTES & THOUGHTS

Tuesday DEC 5 is Colorado Gives Day … there are some very worthy charities here in the state including many that are music focused.

No doubt that this week’s big news is the impending release of the first new album in eight years from the Railbenders.  If you heard the show, you got to hear the statewide debut of the first single, “Hard Road.”  The digital release date is set for Dec 19.

If you didn’t tune into the show, bummer .. the new Christmas single from Face Vocal Band is also not available to be embedded – and it’s a truly excellent re-imagining of Led Zepplin‘s “Misty Mountain Hop”  from their new album Bring On Christmas.

VIDEO PICKS OF 2017 

I went through all of the videos that I collected from this past year and put together what I consider my top 26 (yeah, I know) picks of the year.  The rest is up to you to decide.  We’ll narrow it all down in our year end Best Of edition.

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 SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP45

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

HOUR 1

Firefall “Mexico” from Firefall (1976)
(D) Corsicana “Revelry” from Haven (2016) 


Grim & Darling “Quicksand” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
Drew Schofield “Break it down” from 150 Million (-1) (2014)
(D) Florea “Running of the Bulls” from Florea (2018) 


OneRepublic “Future Looks Good” from Oh My My (2016)
Poco “Neil Young” from All Fired Up (2013)
Andy Palmer “Heart of Colfax” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
(D) Michael Morrow & the Culprits “Blue Skies” from Raucoud (2017)

Longest Day Of The Year “Black Horse Canyon” from Carapace (2015)
Monocle Band “Medicine” from The Clearing (2017)
Keith Oxman “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” from East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2

Souther Hillman Furay Band “Fallin in Love” from The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band (1974)
(D) Crowboy “Twilight” from Coming Into View (2018)
Treehouse Sanctum “Pilot & Crew” from Pilot & Crew (2015)
The Wild After “Meant for You” from Lesson Learned EP (2014)
(D) A Brothers Fountain “Don’t Need No More” from Pine Needles & Streams (2018)
Coal Town Reunion “Eden” from Though I’d Die In This Place (2017)
A. Tom Collins “Baby Doll” from Stick & Poke (2013)
Raven and the Writing Desk “Tiny Terrors” from Bonedale (2011)
(D) The Railbenders “Hard Road” from The Medicine Show (2018)
The Yawpers “American Man” from American Man (2015)
(D) Face “Misty Mountain Wonderland” from Bring On Christmas (2018)
Matt Skellenger “The Curve” from New Radio (2014)

Happy Holidays — see you in 2018

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP44

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

NEWS NOTES & THOUGHTS

David Booker’s Prostate Cancer Fundraising Event, Thursday, Nov.30th,7:30pm, The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO  2199 California St., Denver

David Booker is a local living link to first generation blues legends who moved to Denver from Manchester, England, in 1981. This past June, David was diagnosed with prostate cancer.  Since beginning treatment, David has not missed an opportunity to perform.  Over the years, David has himself hosted several benefits for other musicians.

On November 30th, legendary Colorado Music Hall of Fame member Chris Daniels and Freddi Gowdy of Freddi Henchi Band fame (both cancer survivors) are performing as a duo (with special guests) to raise funds to help David’s medical costs. 

Donations can be made anytime at: https:www.gofundme.com/musician-david-booker-fights-cancer prior to Nov. 30th, 2pm.

Early donations are recommended because seating is limited. An early donation is your ticket into the benefit.  After 2PM, if seating is available, donations for admission can be made by cash or check.

All donations are automatically entered to win a $50.00 Chris Daniels & the Kings gift basket. (Must be present to win)

Names of advance donor’s are automatically sent to the promoter of this event, Vera Ptak. Please bring identification for admittance. Questions? Call Vera: 303-241-0814

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Bands do not often rise to popularity or acclaim without some level of tribulation.  Beginning with the departure of the band’s guitarist in 2015 and the death of drummer Luke Mehrens’ fiance the same year, the trio has been pretty much hell bent on succeeding on their own terms.  The SIR Band’s new album, “So Cold,” comes out Dec 8th.

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 SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP44

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

HOUR 1

Beast “Move Mountain (You Got It)” from “Beast” (1970)  – One of Colorado’s best from the late 60s and early 70s. Featured Bob Yeazel and Mike Ferris who moved on to Sugarloaf, and Kenny Passarelli who moved on to Joe Walsh’s Barnstorm. Kenny moved on prior to this album being released.

(N) Deep Pocket Thieves “Sunshine Rise” from Fate (2017)
The Blue Rider “Rattlesnake” from Year Of The Horse (2016)
Leftover Salmon “High Country” from High Country (2015)
(N) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Mind” from New World Arisin’ (2018)
Elephant Revival “Ring Around the Moon” from Break in the Clouds (2010)
The Subdudes “Message Man” from Annunciation (1994)
The Fremonts “Tillman’s Wall” from We Don’t Live There (2017)
Gabrielle Louise “Love on the Rocks” from If The Static Clears (2016)
(N) Cousin Curtiss “Honey Bee” from Remember Me When (2017)
Ben Haugland “Big foot” from A Million Dreams (2015)

Hour 2

Earth, Wind & Fire “Devotion” from Gratitude (1975)
Dianne Reeves “32 Flavors” from Beautiful Life (2014)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Fried Food Hard Liquor” from Blues With Horns (2017)
Great American Taxi “We Can Run” from Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show (2017)
Grant Farm “Get in Line” from Kiss The Ground (2016)
Ark Life “Very Fine Friends” from The Dream of You and Me (2014)
These United States “I Want You to Keep Everything” from Everything Touches Everything (2009)
(D) SYLVA “The Game” from The Game (2018)

Megan Burtt “Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” from The Bargain (2015)
(N) Dearling “Rock Steady” from Inheritance (2017)

Erik Applegate “Get Outta My Head” from Two’s Company (2017)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)