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CHRIS DANIELS & THE KINGS WITH FREDDI GOWDY “40: BLUES WITH HORNS VOLUME II” A REVIEW

Next to Firefall (1976), Chris Daniels and the Kings (1984) is the longest running band in Colorado with a founding original member.  40 years. Chris’s 20th album. Two Colorado Music Hall of Fame singers, entertainers and songwriters teaming up for their fourth album of funky mayhem since 2010. Freddi Gowdy, one-half of Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductees the Freddi-Henchi Band and the legendary hall of fame musician, music educator and former executive director of Swallow Hill, Chris Daniels.  

The story of the band is best told by Chris in the 24-page booklet that accompanies this 40th year celebration of joy, love for each other and danceable funk and rhythm and blues grooves due for release on August 9th.   

My personal favorites are, in no particular order, the Freddi-Henchi classics I Like Funky Music and I Like Your Shoes, the Sonny Landreth classic Congo Square and the still wonderful duet Stealin’ Candy with fellow Colorado Music Hall of Fame artist, Hazel Miller.  Two other tracks that warrant serious consideration are I Need Some Good Luck Bad on the blues side and Everybody’s a Millionaire on the horn-drenched Cory Wong side of things. 

I guess you could say I’m a bit biased in my praise.  I’ve been a fan of Chris Daniels and the Kings, the Freddi-Henchi Band and Hazel Miller since the 80s.  Chris, Freddi and Hazel have each become great friends in my life over the past twenty plus years now. 

Over the years, Chris and I have done business together with me booking his band and helping him promote every album since “The Spark” and I became a guest lecturer and eventually adjunct faculty at CU Denver thanks to Chris.  I’ve also had the tremendous pleasure of appearing with my band, Goatz!, along with the Kings and Hazel at the legendary Mishawaka Amphitheatre in the Poudre Canyon, outside of Fort Collins, CO.

The music on “40” brought me to tears of joyous memories of dancing to some of the greatest and most loved musical legends our state has ever produced.  Congratulations Chris … what a marvelous and wonderful experience you’ve brought us all. Happy “40.”

Chris “K” Kresge / Rocky Mountain Music Network / The Colorado Playlist 

Join Chris Daniels & the Kings with Freddi Gowdy appearing with the War & Treaty at the 16th Dacono Music and Spirits Festival on AUG 3.
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CP S18 EP25 2024

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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

CP S18 EP25 HR1

Dianne Reeves – Welcome to My Love – Welcome To My Love (1982)
(D) Kick and the Hug – Contagious (2024)
Rob Drabkin – Let Out the Love – Spring to December (2023)
Tyler T. – I’ll Be Fine – Wildflower (2020)
Morning Bear, Ellsworth – Learning How (2024)
Paper Bird – Sunday – Paper Bird (2016)
Tennis – Needle and a Knife – Ritual in Repeat (2014)
Megan Burtt – Electricity – Witness (2024)
(N) The Burroughs – New Walk (Another Trip Around the Sun Remix by JBMusic) (2024)
Andy Frasco & the U.N. – I’ve Got a Long Way to Go – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Hunter Stone – Mars – Portrait of the Old West, VOL 2 (2023)
Euforquestra – Instant Coffee – Fire (2014)

CP S18 EP25 HR2

Sherri Jackson – Time & Time – Sherri Jackson (1997)
Acoustic Junction – Never Until Now – Acoustic Junction (1996)
(N) Lady Gang – Ones and Twos – Brave Traveler (2024)
Jobi Riccio – Whiplash – Whiplash (2023)
Bison Bone – Alright – Find Your Way Out (2020)
A.J. Fullerton – Sorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024)
Leftover Salmon – House of Cards – Something Higher (2018)
piKziL – Can’t Get Started – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Thom LaFond – I Will Love You – Lawless (2024)
(D) Sugar Nova – Darkness Turns to Dawn (2024)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) (2020)
2MX2 – Arriba y Abajo (2023)
Steve Denny Trio – Wig’s Ears – Life in New York (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

#COMUSIC WK JULY 14-20 2024

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 65 TITLES TRACKED
*includes Colorado Playlist spins
(2) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(1) 2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) 3. THOM LAFOND – Lawless LP (Feb-24)
(3) 4. ASTRAL PLANES – Rent LP (Apr-24)
(3) 5. DVNEHPPY – W.O.A.H. LP (Nov-23)

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CP S18 EP24 2024

http://www.starrsguitars.com

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

CP S18 EP 24 HOUR 1
Mary Flower – Jane Jane (f. John Magnie and Steve Amadee) – Blues Jubilee (1994)
Leftover Salmon – Baby Hold On – Euphoria (1997)
(D) Mike Finders and Spidercat – You Don’t Mean Nothin’ to Me – Breaking Like a New Day (2024)
Gregory Alan Isakov – Before the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Dancin’ Around My Grave (2021)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Heartless – South of Here (2024)
Lannie Garrett – Nature Boy – Under Paris Skies (2005)
Mojomama – The Big Easy – Red White and Blues (2018)
In Plain Air – A View From the End Of A Dream (2023)
(D) Jeff Finlin – Unknowing – Myth of the Giver (2024)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Unknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Dragondeer – New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023)
Keith Oxman – (I’ve Got) Beginners Luck – East of the Village (2017)

CP S18 EP24 HOUR 2
Judy Roderick – Woman Blue – Women Blue (1965)
(N) Earl Nelson & the Company – Raise My Window – Drinkin’ Muddy Water (2024)
Angela Heart – Red (2023)
Sweet Virginia – Blue Skies – Leaving Again (2022)
Ed Mozingo – Streets of Mars – Ed Mozingo EP (2024)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Rocksteady – Rocksteady (2010)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Under Your Spell – City of Love (2019)
Eminence Ensemble – Moonshine – Inside Looking Out (2024)
(D) Jeremy Facknitz – Breakfast (2024)
The Still Tide – Keep It – Between Skies (2020)
Kind Hearted Strangers – In the Blue – Now.here (2023)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker – Homecoming – Ghost Orchid (2022)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles available)

#COMUSIC WK JULY 07-13 2024

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 67 TITLES TRACKED
*includes Colorado Playlist spins
(2) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(1) 2. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. ASTRAL PLANES – Rent LP (Apr-24)
(D) 3. DVNEHPPY – W.O.A.H. LP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. LATINSOUL – Queendom LP (Jun-24)