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The Colorado Sound S7 EP38 OCT 2013

BN NWF 2012 GOAT ON STAGEOne thing I find difficult is sharing information before it’s time.  I did that in this week’s show … when I suggested that it would likely be the first of the year before essential infrastructure would allow Lyons to reopen to the public.  Turns out it’s more likely we’re heading for a mid-November reopening.  Not to say there isn’t a lot of work to do, but from what I heard yesterday from friends at the 4th anniversary of Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids in Longmont mid-November is a reasonable target.

Video of the Week — I tried like hell to get the new Fray single “Love Don’t Die” in time for this week’s show … nope … couldn’t do it … but damned sure will have it by episode 39.  In the meantime – enjoy this audio only video of the week.  This could be their biggest hit yet.  

PLAYLIST S7 EP38 OCT 2013

Joe Walsh “Mother Says” from Barnstorm (1972)
Beast “Spaceman” from “Beast” (1969)
(D) Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels “Honky Tonk Bastard World” from Honky Tonk Bastard World (2013)
(N) The Whiskey Bottles “Rosaline” from Grandville (2013)
Dave Tamkin “Drift” from Cedar (2013)
(D) Tyler Ward “Forever Starts Tonight” from Forever Starts Tonight (2013)
Ten Pound Elephant “Talk to Me” from Ten Pound Elephant (2012)
Petals of Spain “Lady Luck” from Petals of Spain (2013)
(D) Moors & McCumber “Against the Grain” from Against The Grain (2013) 
Head for The Hills “Never Does” from Blue Ruin (2013)
Andy Ard “That’s What She Did to Me” from What She Did (2009)
gogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)
Dusty Drapes & the Dusters “Talkin’ Boogie” from The Red Album (1981)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Choo-Choo-Ch’ Boogie” from Stealing the Covers (2008)
(D) John Oates “Close” from Close (2013)
The Patti Fiasco “Oil” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Poco “Regret” from All Fired Up (2013)
(D) The Yawpers “Sweet Emotion” from Good Songs Shitty Versions (2013)
The Swayback “Double Four Time” from Double Four Time (2012)
(N) Cassie Taylor “That’s My Man” from Out Of My Mind (2013)
Five Iron Frenzy “It Was A Cold and Stormy Night” from It Was A Cold and Stormy Night (2011)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Time Machine” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
Selina Albright “Why Does Life” from Brighter (2013)
Katey Laurel “Hurricane” from Periscope (2013)
Matthew Moon “Silver Lining” from I Am the Wind (2013)
(D) Maxwell Hughes “Tales of the American West” from Only In Dreams (2013)

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 S7 EP36 OCT 2013

chris at ob hmls sunday june 16 2013(Sunday OCT 6 2013)  I spent last night emceeing the Spokesbuzz Bandswap show at Hodi’s Halfnote in Fort Collins.  bandswapColorado bands Common Anomaly, Echo Chamber, and the Epilogues all performed with Madison Wisconsin’s Sexy Ester filling in the middle (that’s didn’t come out right did it? … Hmmmm … better get off this train of thought real fast) .. but the girl did rock a fab mohawk and pretty little red boots … very happy to have been a part of something so cool.  If you haven’t had the chance yet to check out what bandswap is all about, hit the link …

…Spokebuzz will be advancing their newest compilation to radio in November – the official release date set for mid-December I believe.  The current lineup of Spokesbuzz bands is:  Better Thank Bacon, Common Anamoly, Grant Farm, Justin Roth, Lindsey O’Brien Band, Maxwell Hughes, Shatterproof, The Deadwood Saints, The Echo Chamber, the Yawpers, Wasteland Hop, and Winchester Holiday.

I got to chat with Lindsey O’Brien a bit.  We haven’t had any time to catch up since she moved back to Chicago last January – and who is expecting – in January maybe?  She and and guitarist P-Mann were both very excited about a new single they recorded yesterday at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins for the new Spokesbuzz compilation.

So the whole flood thing is far from over and now that the gov’t has partially shut down so too have many of the sources of federal funding meant to help out our friends and neighbors … to that there’s a wonderful compilation out right now that features 28 live tracks from both CO jambands and national ones .. the compilation called River’s Rising: Front Range Flood Relief 2013 was put together by jam scene fixtures and Colorado residents Tony Hume and Annabel Lukins who called upon their musical friends to help flood victims. frontrangealbumcoverThe compilation features 28 live tracks from Colorado bands like Leftover Salmon, Jeff Brinkman, Elephant Revival, String Cheese Incident, DeVotchKa, Yonder Mountain String Band, Head for the Hills, and the Motet, and national jam acts including Furthur, Widespread Panic, Dumpstaphunk, Umphrey’s McGee and Soulive.

Video Pick of the Week

It’s not too often when something comes through here that surprises me – so this brand new effort featuring Shawn King (DeVotchKa) and Stephen Brackett (Flobots) with Boston native Erin McKeown comes through and does just that – surprises me.  This will no doubt be the great “fall season” (3rd quarter?) single of 2013 – although because it’s digital only I don’t expect to see it spun at most of the mountain stations…

PLAYLIST S7 EP36 OCT 2013

Acoustic Junction “Oh Me Oh My” from Strange Days (2000)
The Soul Thieves “Starting Tonight” from Microphone In the Sugarbowl (2000)
Mercury Project “Refuge” from Soapbox Jive (2004)
(D) Toad In the Hole “Peace” from APT 203 (2013)
Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk “The Phoenix” from Sirens and Pipers (2013)
Silversmith “Can We Try This Again” from Silversmith (2013)
Places “Honesty” from No More Wasted Days (2012)
(D) Dave Tamkin “Drift” from Cedar (2013)
Paper Bird “As I Am” from Rooms (2013)
Emmitt-Nershi Band “I Come From the Country” from New Country Blues (2009)
Darryl Purpose “Orange Raincoat” from Next Time Around (2012)
Aakash Mittal Quartet w/ Ron Miles “Monsoon Blues” from Oceans (2013)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “(All I Have To Do Is) Dream” from Symphonion Dream (1975)
Firefall “Livin’ Ain’t Livin’” from Firefall (1976)
Poco “Regret” from All Fired Up (2013)
Eric Shiveley “Crybaby” from Crybaby (2011)
Monocle Band “Can’t Get By” from Monocle Band (2013)
(D) Star Jaguar feat. Erin McKeown “The Jailer: Part 2” from The Jailer: Part 2 (2013)
Wheelchair Sports Camp “A is for Anything” from Blank Spaces EP (2013)
(N) Pretty Lights “All I’ve Ever Known” from A Color Map of the Sun (2013)
DeVotchKa “Contrabanda” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(D) Distant Correspondent “Listen” from Distant Correspondent (2013)
John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2011)
Raincheck “Boogalues” from Raincheck (2012)