Today we play Namedropper, where each and every song is either about another song or songwriter, or mentions one or more of ’em! See if you can keep score at home and pick out all of the mentions, there’s a lot of them! I found so many of these songs that we will surely revisit this topic in the not-too-distant future, so if you’ve got other suggestions, let me know!
This is one of our standby series of pre-recorded episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!
Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB = Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Oh Susanna – My Old Vancouver – A Girl in Teen City – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Name Droppin’ – Growl
Jon Dee Graham – Dan Stuart’s Blues – Knoxville Skyline
Mike June & the Dirty Doves – The Ballad of the Ballad (of John and Yoko) – Lovesick
Dala – Lennon & McCartney – Best Day – CDN
The Damnwells – I’ve Got You – Air Stereo
Kevin Roy – Heartworn Highways – Heartworn Highways – CDN – WPG
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Del Barber – Miles & Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Gastown – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Richard Inman – Sunday Morning – Richard Inman – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Nashville 1972 – Close Ties
Ellis Paul – Singer-Songwriter Heaven – Singer-Songwriter Heaven: The Songs of Kevin Faherty
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Under the Belly of the Night – single
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – Veronica – Paper Nickels – CDN
Luke Doucet – Long Haul Driver – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Adrien Sala – Andrew Neville – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years Vol. IV – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Poor Choices Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years Vol. IV – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Nine Inch Nails – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – The Ballad of Billy Cowsill – Orion – CDN
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Ry Cooder – Johnny Cash – I, Flathead – CDN
Emisunshine – Johnny, June, and Jesus – Ragged Dreams – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Johnny Cash – Six Volts – CDN
Wagons – Willie Nelson – Rumble, Shake and Tumble – CDN
The Replacements – Alex Chilton – Pleased to Meet Me
Broomsticks & Hammers – Moe Berg – Mirror Box – CDN
Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Feel Lucky – Come On Come On
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals Starvation League – Visit Me in Music City – From the End of your Leash