The Colorado Sound S7 EP39 OCT 2013

chris at ob hmls sunday june 16 2013Monday / Oct 28, 2013: Good morning. Not a lot of time this morning, and obviously not yesterday either considering this didn’t get done and posted til now. Full day of music yesterday in support of CAN’D AID FOUNDATION at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids in Longmont. Felonius Smith, Grant Farm bluegrass, and Rocktin’ Grove killed it noon to five …and then we had our Sunday evening show upstairs in the loft with David Williams gypsy jazz featuring David and Enion Tiller. All in all a really magnificent day of music.

So, what do Glenn Frey, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, and Rick Derringer have to do with Colorado music history? Three are current or past residents in the state – and two were produced by a famous rock producer who had a label in Denver (Tumbleweed) in the 60s, who recorded the first two records to come out of Caribou Ranch, and who subsequently went on to become the Eagles producer in the mid-70s.

Video Pick of the Week:  Danny Shafer and his family are among those who lost their home and possessions in Lyons this year.  There have been numerous benefits in support of Danny, the Tillers, and the many others who have lost because of the floods.  This video is from one of those benefits… grab the Kleenex kids.  

PLAYLIST S7 EP39 OCT 2013

Glenn Frey “Smuggler’s Blues” from Solo Collection (1984)
Joe Cocker “Hard Knocks” from Hard Knocks (2012)
Joe Johnson “Ketchikan” from New West Sound (2013)
(N) Petals of Spain “Love (Really Breaks)” from Petals of Spain (2013) 
(N) Equally Challenged “All My Love” from Equally Challenged (2013) 
Nathaniel Rateliff “Don’t Get Too Close” from Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013)
(D) Balue “Grow Up” from Quiet Dreamer (2013) 
Dressy Bessy “Anyone Can See” from Holler and Stomp (2008)
Gromet “Sink or Sail” from Colorado Captain (2010)
Whiskey Bottles “Fell In Love With A Stranger” from Grandville (2013)
Alan & Martin “Missin’ Kissin’ You” from Only Boys Back Then (2012)
Palmer Divide “Knockin’ At Your Door” from Shenandoah Train (2009)
Keith Oxman “All Dudes” from Doing All Right (2009)
Joe Walsh “Rocky Mountain Way” from The Smoker You Get The Player You Get (1973)
Rick Derringer “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” from All American Boy (1973)
(D) The Fray “Love Don’t Die” from Love Don’t Die (2013)
Churchill “Ark In A Flood” from Change EP (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Halo” from Strange (2012)
(N) Poco “Rockin’ Horse Blues” from All Fired Up (2013)
Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013)
(D) David Starr “Alive Again” from Alive Again (2013)
String Cheese Incident “Tinder Box” from Untying the Not (2003)
(N) Monocle Band “Water Sky” from Monocle Band (2013)
(N) Taarka “Go to the Ledge” from Adventures in Vagabondia (2013)
Tia Fuller “Ralphie’s Groove” from Angelic Warrior (2012)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP37 OCT 2013

Goat_Logo_color_on_whiteThis week’s playlist features a couple of acts made up of some folks I’ve had the pleasure of following musically for the past fifteen years.  Equally Challenged features guys who were in established Fort Collins bands like Fatty Jenkins, Brakeman Junction, and Zonky Tonk Zydeco.  Toad In the Hole is essentially Kristi VanDeWalker, Geoff Morris, and Mark Serratoni from the band Zeut, all of whom I’ve known now since the late 90s.  Also featured this week, the new Nathaniel Rateliff (and what is more or less The Wheel) release…

Video Pick of the Week:  I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to what’s really popular out of Colorado – and no doubt with over 131-thousand views in just a few days, the new video from former Colorado Springs (Air Force Academy) and Greeley (UNC) resident Tyler Ward qualifies as impressively popular.  Equally, his EP  Hello. Love. Heartbreak. (September 2012) went to #1 across 15 worldwide iTunes singer/songwriter charts.  

PLAYLIST CS S7 EP37 OCT 2013

Sixteen Horsepower “Black Soul Choir” from Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes (1996)
Soul Merchants “Crowns of Glory” from Soul Merchants (2007)
(N) Joe Johnson “Salvation” from New West Sound (2013)
Strange Americans “Plastic Pearls” from A Royal Battle (2012)
The Belle Jar “Union Station” from Union Station (2013)
the Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Petals of Spain “I Gotta Know” from Petals of Spain (2013)
The Apples in Stereo “No One In the World” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
(D) Equally Challenged “Hey Now” from Equally Challenged (2013) (N) Toad In the Hole “Wiser” from APT 203 (2013) Churchill “Made A List” from Change EP (2012)
Jami Lunde “Some Place Tonight” from Big Black Birds (2011)
Jim Stranahan “Hip Street” from Free For All (2010)
the Subdudes “Help Is On the Way” from The Subdudes (1989)
Leftover Salmon “Dance On Your Head” from The Nashville Sessions (1999)
(D) Nathaniel Rateliff “Don’t Get Too Close” from Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013) Elephant Revival “Grace of A Woman” from These Changing Skies (2013)
Varlet “Eastern” from The Drifter (2012)
Paul Sammons “Woke Up This Morning” from A Lifetime Ago (2013)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Rocksteady” from Rocksteady (2010)
Selina Albright “Brighter” from Brighter (2013)
Rob Drabkin “Little Steps” from Little Steps EP (2013)
(D) The Piedmont Brothers Band “And Settlin’ Down” from Back to the Country (2013)
Finnders and Youngberg “Diner” from I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (2013)
Tia Fuller “Descend to Barbados” from Angelic Warrior (2012)

The Colorado Sound Live365 Playlist OCT 2013

support_this_station_125x125The playlist for The Colorado Sound changes a bit each month.  The TOP 40 can change by upwards of 20 or so titles a month.  Occasionally throughout a month I may add and delete a few tracks as somethings break into the market, but for the most part it stays pretty consistent. About every three months I go through and delete the entire database and start over. I am limited by space – 1GB is all I have to work with.  I broadcast at 128kbps, the highest current streaming bitrate available (FM radio is functionally 96kbps).    I do day-part songs .. so edgier stuff later in the day, less edge in the mornings. On the weekends everything gets played without regard to day-parts.  Here’s the current playlist at The Colorado Sound Live365.  

  1. 3 Twins – Station On Down The Line – De Nada
  2. The 8750 Reggae Band – Droppin’ In – The 8750 Reggae Band
  3. 8traC – All I Know – Falling Up
  4. A Boy and His Kite – You Want It, You Got It – A Boy and His Kite
  5. a.Tom Collins – Baby Doll – Stick and Poke
  6. Aakash Mittal Quartet/Ron Miles – Monsoon Blues – Ocean
  7. Achille Lauro – Upward Away From the Ground – Flight or Flight
  8. Acoustic Junction – Broken Mirrors – Acoustic Junction
  9. AdrienneO – Innocence – SUPERCHROMATIC
  10. Air Dubai – All Day – Be Calm
  11. Andrea Ball – Bright Side – Dial Tone
  12. Andy Hackbarth – 1939 – Treadmill Horses
  13. The Apples In Stereo – Ruby – Her Wallpaper Reverie
  14. The Apples In Stereo – Energy – New Magnetic Wonder
  15. The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time
  16. The Astronauts – Baja – Movin’ (American Surf and Sand Album)
  17. Bad Brad and the Fat Cats – Thunder On The Mountain – Eyes On The Prize
  18. Bad Weather California – Stand In My Sunshine – Sunkissed
  19. Beast – Floating (Down By The River) – Beast
  20. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down – Where the Sun Goes Down
  21. Beautiful Loser Society – What I Deserve – The Desperate Promenade
  22. Beki Hemingway – Lay It Down – I Have Big Plans For The World
  23. The Belle Jar – Union Station – Union Station
  24. Big Gigantic – The World Is Yours
  25. Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Please Don’t Tell Her – Beautiful World
  26. Big Head Todd & The Monsters – It’s Alright – Sister Sweetly
  27. Blackwood Creek – Nothing But The Sun – Blackwood Creek
  28. BlueCanyon Boys – Heartaches Welcome – Next Go ‘Round
  29. The Blue Rider – Champagne Problems – The Blue Rider EP
  30. Bobby Walker – Ouy Cucuy – Feelin’ Good
  31. Boenzee Cryque – Still In Love With You Baby – (single)
  32. Bop Skizzum – Do You Want It? – Coloradical
  33. Born In The Flood – Anthem – If this thing should spill
  34. Cabaret Diosa – SonarDel Pelon (Ladon) – Voodoo Pinata.
  35. Carbon Choir – Ordinary Lives – Sakhalin
  36. Cary Morin – Live A Little – Streamline
  37. Cassie Taylor – Out Of My Mind – Out of My Mind
  38. Cat-A-Tac – Past Lies And Former Lives – Past Lies And Former Lives
  39. Catch Bees – Atlanta [featuring Denison Witmer] – Newman’s Open Choir
  40. The Changing Colors – True Love Knows – Joan & The King
  41. Chris Daniels – Sister Delores – Better Days
  42. Chris Daniels – 50/50 – The Spark
  43. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Depot Street – That’s What I Like About the South
  44. Chris Thompson & The Coral Creek String Band – Cucumber Gulch – Forty Years
  45. The Christines – In Your Space – Living At The Bottom Of The Sea
  46. Cique – Crankalakin – Cique
  47. Cocktail Revolution – Mistercool – Better Reception
  48. Coles Whalen – Paper Airplane – I Wrote This For You
  49. The Congress – Loretta – The Congress
  50. The Congress – Killing Me Softly – The Loft Tapes
  51. Covenhoven – A Love Sincere – Covenhoven
  52. Cowboy Dave – Friend In A Bottle – Saddle Up, Pal
  53. Crowboy – Babylon – Making Up For Lost Time
  54. Damon Wood – The Phoenix – Sirens and Pipers
  55. Dan Fogelberg – As The Raven Flies – Souvenirs
  56. Dave Beegle – Ecstatico – Beyond The Desert
  57. Dave Beegle/Beth Quist – Monsters – Clear The Tracks
  58. Dave Preston – Shine – Come Alive
  59. Dave Tamkin – Drift – Cedar
  60. Dawson James – Workin’ My Life Away – Our Country
  61. Debajo Del Agua – Vidas Caidas – The World Upside Down
  62. DeVotchKa – Transliterator – A Mad And Faithful Telling
  63. Devotchka – Along the Way – Live with the Colorado Symphony
  64. Dianne Reeves – Midnight Sun – When You Know
  65. Distant Correspondent – Shatter – Distant Correspondent
  66. Dressy Bessy – Just Like Henry – Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons
  67. Drew Emmitt – Take the Long Way Home – Long Road
  68. DubSkin – Love For Music – No End In Time
  69. Earth Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World – That’s the Way of the World
  70. Eddie Turner – Rise – Rise
  71. El Toro De La Muerte – Things In My Head – Dancer These Days
  72. Elephant Revival – Ring Around The Moon – Elephant Revival
  73. Elephant Revival – Birds and Stars – These Changing Skies
  74. The Epilogues – The Shadow King – Cinematics
  75. Ethyl & The Regulars – Good Morning Blues – Fill ‘Er Up With… Ethyl & The Regulars
  76. Euforquestra – Soup – Soup
  77. Everything Absent Or Distorted (A Love Story) – Aquariums – The Great Collapse
  78. Fafi aka 3Percent – Chegutu – Goove or Die
  79. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Shine A Light – The Maestro And The Elephan
  80. Finnders & Youngberg – Lonely Too Long – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry
  81. Firefall – It Doesn’t Matter – Firefall
  82. Five Iron Frenzy – It Was A Dark and Stormy Night – It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
  83. Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids – Good Times Rock & Roll – Sons of the Beaches
  84. Flashbulb Fires – Dark Ghost (I’ve Got Arms) – Gasconade
  85. Flobots – Handlebars – Fight With Tools
  86. Flobots – Run (Run Run Run) – The Circle In The Square
  87. The Fluid – On My Feet – Purplemetalflakemusic
  88. Fox Street Allstars – Take It Or Leave It – Tough Talk
  89. The Fray – Heartbeat – Heartbeat
  90. The Fray – How To Save A Life – How To Save A Life
  91. Future Jazz Project – Stress – True By Design
  92. Gabrielle Louise – I Propose A Toast – The Bird in My Chest
  93. Gary Stites – Lonely For You (Album Version) – Lonely For You
  94. Glass Delirium – Reality – Diamond Lullabies
  95. Gogolab – Honey Trap – Border Patro
  96. Grant Farm – Tell Me, Tell Me – Grant Farm
  97. Grant Sabin – Dreaming – ANTHROMUSICOLOGY
  98. Great American Taxi – Radiation Blues – Paradise Lost
  99. Gregory Alan Isakov – Living Proof – The Weatherman
  100. The Gromet – Sink Or Sail – Colorado Captain
  101. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Six More Miles – Live! At Hodi’s
  102. Halden Wofford & The Hi*Beams – Beaver Hat Boogie – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
  103. Hazel Miller – Time After Time – Coming to You Live… From KUVO
  104. Hazel Miller – Moon Dance – Icons
  105. Head For The Hills – Dependency Co. – Blue Ruin
  106. Hearts Of Palm – Tip Your Glasses – The Bridge EP
  107. Heather Marie Philipp – Under The Apple – Under The Apple
  108. Hello Kavita – To A Loved One – To A Loved One
  109. Honkytonk Homeslice – Texas Town – Just Passin’ Thru
  110. Hot I.Q.’s – Firecracker – An argument between the brain and the feet
  111. Ian Cooke – Fortitude – Fortitude
  112. The Informants – Salvation – Crime Scene Queen
  113. Instant Empire – Cadillac Road – Keep Up!
  114. Janine Santana – Dignificada – Soft As Granite
  115. JD Feighner – Feel The Way I Do – Sundays At 1620
  116. Jeff Brinkman – Island – Strange
  117. Jeff Scroggins & Colorado – Wheels – Western Branches
  118. Jeremy Dion – Golden Some Day – Golden Some Day
  119. Jill Sobule – I Kissed A Girl – Jill Sobule
  120. Joe Johnson – White Port Wine – New West Sound
  121. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – In My Neighborhood – Beautiful Empty
  122. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Same Scar – Beautiful Empty
  123. John Davis – Okeefenokee – Dreams Of The Lost Tribe
  124. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill – Good Road To Follow
  125. John-Alex Mason – Gone So Long (Featuring Cody Burnside) – Jook Joint Thunderclap
  126. Jon Wirtz – Country – Tourist
  127. Josh Dillard – Every Valley Shall Be Filled – The Bright Light of Shipwreck
  128. Joshua Novak – The Spiller – Ephemeron
  129. Judy Collins – Someday Soon (LP Version) – Who Knows Where The Time Goes
  130. Julie and Andy Monley – Mais Que Nada – And You Could Be the Sun
  131. Juno What?! – Take Control of Your Body – Shameless
  132. Katie Herzig – Free My Mind – The Waking Sleep
  133. Kinetix – Let Me In – Let Me In
  134. The Knew – What’s Hip (Long Walk…)
  135. Kramies – The Wooden Heart – The Wooden Heart
  136. Kyle Hollingsworth – Not Yet – Never Odd Or Even
  137. Kyle Hollingsworth – She – Then There’s Now
  138. Leftover Salmon – Delta Queen – Leftover Salmon
  139. Leftover Salmon – Dance On Your Head – The Nashville Sessions
  140. Lindsey O’Brien Band – Broke My Heart – As Long As It Matters
  141. Lion Drome – Curve of the Earth (Radio Mix) – Curve of the Earth Maxi-Single
  142. Lisa Bell – Bring the Love – The Italian Project
  143. Liz Barnez – Laughin Yellow – Liz Barnez Band
  144. Lonesome Traveler – Walkin’ Shoes – Listen To That Sound
  145. Lord Of Word and the Disciples Of Bass – The Open Door (radio edit) – Westword ’96 Music Awards Showcase
  146. Lothar & the Hand People – L-O-V-E (Ask For It By Name) – Presenting Lothar & the Hand People
  147. The Love Royale – Come Over – Love Letters
  148. Love.45 – Release Me – Into The Ether
  149. The Lovely & Talented – Subbacultcha – The New American Fable
  150. The Lumineers – Stubborn Love – The Lumineers
  151. Matt Hoffman – Mural – Lateral Moves EP
  152. Matthew Moon – I Am The Wind – I Am The Wind
  153. Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love – It Ain’t Love
  154. Molina Speaks – Fam Biz (Clean) [feat. DJ Icewater] – Greatest Rapper Never Heard
  155. Monocle Band – Can’t Get By – Monocle Band
  156. Monroe Monroe – The Salesman – Interiors
  157. The Motet – Afro Disco Beat – Instrumental Dissent
  158. The Motet – The Lesson – Play
  159. My Body Sings Electric – Oceancrest
  160. My Body Sings Electric – Rings – Changing Color
  161. Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang – Working For The Man – White Rabbit
  162. Nathaniel Rateliff – Nothing to Show For – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
  163. Navy – Something Good – Spirit Groove
  164. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – (All I Have To Do Is) Dream (2002 Digital Remaster) – Symphonion Dream (World)
  165. No Fair Fights – Kiss From A Rose – The Sound of Burning Bridges
  166. Old Soul – Oldest Religion – Old Soul
  167. Omniism – Wandering Eyes – single
  168. OneRepublic – What You Wanted – Native
  169. OneRepublic – Secrets – Waking Up
  170. Opie Gone Bad – Little House – Opie Gone Bad
  171. Otis Taylor – Blue Rain In Africa – My World Is Gone
  172. Otis Taylor – Walk Right In – Recapturing The Banjo
  173. P-Nuckle – The System – The System
  174. Paper Bird – As I Am – Rooms
  175. Patrick Dethlefs – While You’re Carrying The Weight – Stays The Same
  176. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights – Small Town Lights
  177. Petals of Spain – I Gotta Know – Soul Canon
  178. The Photo Atlas – Jealous Teeth – To Silently Provoke The Ghost
  179. Poco – Regret – All Fired Up
  180. Poor – The Mind Goes High
  181. Post Paradise – Digging Secrets – Digging Secrets
  182. Pretty Lights – Around The Block (feat. Talib Kweli) – Around The Block
  183. The Primroses – The Jungle – No More Light Of Day
  184. Psychodelic Zombiez – Desert Flower – S.A.C.
  185. Pull the Alarm – Crime Alley – Commando
  186. The Railbenders – Whiskey Rain – Segundo
  187. The Railbenders – Crazy Train – Southbound
  188. Rainville – Broken Flower – Collecting Empties
  189. Rainville – Emma – Longest Street In America
  190. The Rainy Daze – That Acapulco Gold
  191. Reed Foehl – Once An Ocean – Once An Ocean
  192. The Reejers – Coffe Grounds – Erase
  193. The Reminders – Shining Through – Born Champions
  194. The Remus Tucker Band – Night Thang – South Of New Orleans
  195. Richie Furay – When It All Began – Alive
  196. Rick Roberts – Sweet Maria – She is a Song
  197. Rob Drabkin – Feeling Good Again – Little Steps
  198. Rob Roper – The Other Side Of Nowhere – The Other Side Of Nowhere
  199. Rose Hill Drive – Baby Doncha Know Your Man – Americana
  200. Rossonian – Garuda – Rossonian
  201. The Samples – Feel Us Shaking – The Samples
  202. Selasee Atiase – African Gate – African Gate
  203. Selina Albright – Brighter – Brighter
  204. SHEL – The Battle Of Evermore – SHEL
  205. Sherri Jackson – Maple Tree – Sherri Jackson
  206. Sixteen Horsepower – Coal Black Horses – 16 Horsepower
  207. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Viceroy Filter King – Always Say Please And Thank You
  208. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Thy Will Be Done – Unentitled
  209. Soul Merchants – Crowns of Glory – Soul Merchants
  210. Stingray Jones and the Mad Men – Hard Man – Stingray Jones and the Mad Men
  211. Strange Americans – Alamosa – A Royal Battle
  212. Strange Americans – Engine – A Royal Battle
  213. Sugarloaf – Don’t Call Us – We’ll Call You
  214. The Swayback – Lost Lake Woods Club – Double Four Time
  215. Take To The Oars – Morning Coffee – The Bow & The Stern E.P.
  216. Ten Pound Elephant – Talk To Me – EP
  217. Thom Chacon – Ain’t Gonna Take Us Alive – Thom Chacon
  218. Tin Horn Prayer – Call A Priest – Grapple the Rails
  219. Tommy Bolin – Bustin’ Out For Rosey – Private Eyes
  220. VARLET – The Nod – American Hymns
  221. Vices I Admire – The Wicked Sun – Fables
  222. Wendy Woo – Sundrops – Wide Awake And Dreaming
  223. Wendy Woo Band – Hold On – Live
  224. Wheelchair Sports Camp – A is for Anything (explicit) – Blank Space – EP
  225. Whiskey Blanket – Up Up Away – No Object
  226. The Whiskey Bottles – Fell In Love With A Stranger – Grandville
  227. The Widow’s Bane – Don’t Be Afraid; It’s Only Death – Don’t Be Afraid; It’s Only Death
  228. Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk – The Laughing Stalk
  229. The Yawpers – Rock Bottom – Capon Crusade
  230. Yo, Flaco! – Rent (Featuring Ron Miles) – The Skinny
  231. Yo, Flaco! – Too Late (radio edit) – Yo Flaco!
  232. Yonder Mountain String Band – Complicated – The Show
  233. You, Me and Apollo – Oh My Molly – You, Me and Apollo EP
  234. Zach Heckendorf – All the Right Places – The Cool Down
  235. Zephyr – Going Back To Colorado – Going Back To Colorado
  236. Zeut – Little Things – Lion In A Bucket
  237. Zuba – Planet Of Love – South Of Eden