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)
This has been an exhilarating week. Four days of doing sound for or emceeing three shows and a festival – and countless people coming up to me and saying they heard the show. When I walk around crowds at shows I work and people tell me they heard and love the show I’m blown away.
In response to the handful of queries about the Colorado Sound on KUNC (and its statewide network) — KUNC airs only HOUR 2 of the show on Saturday at 2PM following American Routes. HOUR 1 is heard on KRFC (Front Range), KDNK (Carbondale / Glenwood), KWMV (Westcliffe), KFVR (Pueblo), and Radio 94.9 (Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley). See Stations and Times.
If you haven’t had the opportunity yet to download the current episode of “Offstage …Beyond the Music” .. each new episode or part of an episode will be published here every other week. Grab EP1|PT1 of my conversation with Chris Daniels.
A correction / retraction is in order. In the show this week, and in this blogpost I incorrectly wrote/stated that the Deadwood Saints were from Portland — this was a typo in the original press release. I followed up with SpokesBUZZ PR to make sure there were not TWO Deadwood Saints – one in CO and one in OR … there’s only one .. .from Fort Collins. Glad I got that taken care of. For more on the BandSwap program go here. SpokesBuzz is a major supporter of The Colorado Sound. Please go see what they’re up to; it’s pretty cool.
RICHIE FURAY – HAND IN HAND
I debuted another new track from the upcoming Richie Furay album “Hand In Hand,” due out this September. For old fans, this is a lifetime achievement record – worthy of anything he’s ever done in the past with Buffalo Springfield or Poco. At 70, this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Coloradan still has a remarkable voice, with some pretty stellar guests pickin alongside him … among whom is honorary Coloradan Sam Bush (mandolin, fiddle), Keb Mo (guitar), Pate Wasner (keys, piano … Vince Gill, Alison Kraus), and Richie’s vocal sidekick, his daughter Jesse.
This is easily at the top of my list for album of the year in Colorado. The album was impeccably well produced by Richie and Colorado Grammy Award winning engineer, producer and pedal steel guitarist John Macy, in Nashville and Denver. Songs of note include the title track, and “We Were the Dreamers.” “Love at First Sight” is a 10th wedding anniversary song written for his daughter Jesse and her husband Tom, that took 10 years and a shower to complete. Richie’s wonderful stories about each song in the liner notes is an elegant touch, on what is truly one of the most elegant records in my collection – Colorado or not.
This year’s festival is the most ambitious the City of Dacono and I have worked on together over the past 7 years. It has been expanded to include a show on Friday night from 5-9. We are bringing back the Samples (featuring founding member / lead singer and songwriter Sean Kelly) to headline the debut of our Friday night show. Joining them will be the Matt Skinner Band who I had the pleasure of working with this weekend on two shows in Fort Collins and in Lyons.
Saturday’s show is going to be fun I think. Five youth acts lead off the day from 1:45 to 5PM, including students from Mojo Music Academy in Longmont, along with Slow Caves, Savage Cabbage, and Alterity. Mojomama kicks off the main part of the evening at 5, with Chris Daniels & the Kings, celebrating their 30th anniversary at 6:30. The Richie Furay Band goes on at 8:30 — and ends at 10 with a fireworks display.
Here is some video of the Matt Skinner Band from Friday night July 18 in Fort Collins …
COMING TO THE MISH
EOTO
Friday August 22nd, 8:00 PM with special guest Dr Fameus of The Disco Biscuits and The Echo Chamber
This 100% improvisational dubstep duo EOTO consists of String Cheese Incident members Michael Travis and Jason Hann. The duo mixes the organic sounds of live drums, bass and guitar through a variety of programs and gadgets to create a cacophony of catchy dance music. An Eoto fan best described it as “a raging dance party that nobody should miss. An indescribable feeling that lingers for hours“. For information.For tickets.
PLAYLIST S8|EP29
The Rainy Daze “That Acapulco Gold” [single] (1967) Beast “Floating (Down By the River)” from “Beast” (1969) (D) Lion Drome “Winter” from Curve of the Earth (2014) Ivory Circle “We Will Run” from Equilateral (2014) String Cheese Incident “Let’s Go Outside” from Song In My Head (2014) Mama Lenny and the Remedy “In Danger” from Time (You’re Doing Fine) (2014) Lionel Young Band “Blues & Boogie Woogie” from On Our Way to Memphis (2011) Jeff Finlin “What’s the Big Idea” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008) Railsplitters “Jackson Town” from The Railsplitters (2013) OneRepublic “Everybody Loves Me” from Waking Up (2009) Whiskey Blanket “Blatto Nox” from From the Dead of Dark (2014) (D) Analog Son “A Trip Around the Sun” from Analog Son (2014) Bob Lind “Colorado Line” from Colorado Line (1971) Acoustic Junction “Penny For Your Thoughts” from Love It For What It Is (1993) Philip Bailey “Won’t Waste Time” from Love Is Real (2010) Five Iron Frenzy “It Was a Dark & Stormy Night” from Engine of a Million Plots (2013) (D) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Dreaming of Things to Be” from Living Asleep (2014) Drag the River “Not that Kind” from Drag The River (2013) (N) Richie Furay “Hand in Hand” from Hand In Hand (2014) Sofie Reed “Down by the River” from Red Hen (2014) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Jackhammer” from Is My Love Enough (1993) Monocle Band “Can’t Get By” from Monocle Band (2013) Jeff Brinkman “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012) (D) Paa Kow “Life Is Good” from Ask (2014)
My wife loves this picture. She says it is only the second time she’s seen me smile in 15 years. I don’t believe that, do you? 😉 LOL
I hope your holiday weekend was a blast. It was a week long festival in my life beginning with the 25th Annual Colorado Brewers Festival last weekend (a HUGE success) … with the Delta Sonics on July 5 and Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown and Merrian “MJ” Johnson on the 3rd … here’s some video. 🙂
NEW STATIONS – NEW DAY – NEW TIME – NEW FEATURE
“Starting July 12, KUNC’s weekend lineup will change with a new focus on music, creativity, and storytelling. Many favorites are moving back to requested times, while we are pleased to announce that KUNC is debuting several new future favorites.” – KUNC Content Director Kirk Mowers
Very happy and proud to announce that KUNC has added The Colorado Sound to their newly revamped weekend lineup. You can now hear The Colorado Sound on KUNC every Saturday at 2PM.
Front Range (inc. Denver, Longmont, Greeley, Fort Collins) 91.5
Grand County 91.9
Haxtun/Holyoke 90.5
Julesburg/Ovid 89.1
Leadville 91.7
Morgan County 96.7
North Park 90.7
Salida 89.9
Steamboat Springs 88.5
Sterling 90.3
Vail 90.9
Wray 93.5
Yuma 88.3
NEW FEATURE
Along with the addition of KUNC and its 20 frequencies is the debut of OFFSTAGE …BEYOND THE MUSIC. You will be able to download the podcast from KUNC, Radio 949, and from our SoundCloud page. My first guest is Colorado Music Hall of Fame member Chris Daniels.
SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Funding for the Colorado Sound has been provided by several fans, and by my friends Chuck and Bill Grewe at Colorado Case Company, and Dani Grant at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre, and SpokesBUZZ. It would mean a lot if you’d visit their websites and look at what they’re doing for Colorado music and musicians.
Crucifix is a relatively newcomer to the Colorado music scene. Originally from Atlanta GA, Crucifix hooks up with a couple of his pals from the southland for this up date remake of the Journey classic.
PLAYLIST S8 EP26 JULY 2014
(D) – album, ep, or single played for the first time
(N) – new cut from previously debuted album or ep.
Jill Sobule “Too Cool To Fall In Love” from Things Here Are Different (1990) Wendy Woo “Sundrops” from Wide Awake and Dreaming (1999) The Samples “Warm & Sunny” from Black & White (2004) (D) Slopeside “Moonshine” from One Lane Town (2014) Jeff Scroggins & Colorado “Wheels” from Western Branches (2013) (D) Bukshot, Boondox, Crucifix “Don’t Stop” [single] (2014) Katey Laurel “Hurricane” from Periscope (2014) Soundrabbit “From The World I Have Known” from Tree Trunk Airplanes (2009) Instant Empire “Keep Up!” from Keep Up! (2013) Tallgrass “Old Town” from Better Than Medicine (2014) Head for The Hills “Never Does” from Blue Ruin (2013) Raincheck “Right There” from Raincheck (2012) Dianne Reeves “Today Will Be A Good Day” from When You Know (2008) Zephyr “Sold My Heart” from Sunset Ride (2000) Acoustic Junction “Strange Days” from Strange Days (2000) (D) Pandas & People “On My Way” from Pandas & People (2014) Nathaniel Rateliff “Nothing to Show For” from Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2014) Nina Storey “Think Twice” from Think Twice (2013) Yo, Flaco! “American Music” from Goin’ At It (2002) (N) Calder’s Revolvers “Wash Away My Sins” from Sunday Morning (2014) Blue Canyon Boys “Up On The Hill” from Next Go ‘Round (2012) Churchill “Change” from War Within EP (2013) Mosey West “Old Stone” from Bermuda (2014) Jim Stranahan “Hip Street” from Free For All (2010)
Now back to work with you! LOL. And don’t forget to keep The Colorado Sound Live365 tuned in at your desk. Download the app.
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 