Today we’ve got some new music, some rockin’ classics, a look ahead to the Trout Forest Music Festival, and a tribute to a recently departed legend!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike June – The Darkness – Poor Man’s Bible
Mike June – Baseball Song – Poor Man’s Bible
Sweet Alibi – Not a Fight – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper – For Everybody – The Wrestling Album – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Burning Hell – Amateur Rappers – People – CDN
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Valentine – From the End of your Leash
Cracker – Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker Greatest Hits Redux
The Lowest of The Low – 4 O’clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Kieran Kane – Dirty Little Town – Dead Reckoning
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Hard town – Little Victories – CDN
Nick Rose – Light at Dawn – The Cloverhill EP – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Hemingway Corner – On The Run – Speed Of Life – CDN
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under The Big Sky – CDN
Scott Dibble and Watertown – I Run to You – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Gordon – CDN
D. Rangers – Viscosity Breakdown – D. Rangers – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

D. Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – June off of Drinking – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Son of Dave – Low Rider – 03 – CDN – WPG
Shred Kelly – Cabin Fever – In the Hills – CDN
Federal Lights – We Were Found in the Fog – We Were Found in the Fog – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Fortunate Ones – The Bliss – The Bliss – CDN

A few great shows to preview today before we launch into another weird, wild theme show. Today I’m taking the kids (and my inner kid) to Marvel Universe Live, and the world of heroes and villains offers plenty of great song ideas, so we’ll explore the theme. These shows allow me to play things that I wouldn’t normally play on the show, so today we’ve even got some heavy metal and a song from Wussy!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – You’re the Moment – Under Lemonade Skies
Martyn Joseph – Not A Good Time for God – Songs for the Coming Home
Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Ol’ Fort Mac – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond – The Lonely One – There Will Always Be A Small Time – CDN
Corin Raymond – Record Lonesome Night – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
D.Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
D.Rangers – Love, Lust And Loneliness – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Brock Zeman – Superman’s Song – Live at The Sunset Saloon, July 13, 2015 – CDN
Pat Robitaille – No Superman – Summer Of Love – CDN
The Kinks – (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman – Low Budget
The Weepies – Learning to Fly – Sirens
Rodney Crowell – Still Learning how to Fly – Fate’s Right Hand
Drive-By Truckers – Daddy Learned To Fly – The Big To-Do

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Wussy – Fly, Fly, Fly – Strawberry
Ryan Adams – Defenders Of The Galaxy – Orion
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – We Dare Defend Our Rights – Dereconstructed
Mike Dubue – Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero – Kelp 16 – CDN
The Smithereens – Batman Theme – Live In Concert – Greatest Hits And More!
Bob Schneider – Batman – Live At The Paramount Theatre
Lee Hazlewood – Batman [Instrumental] – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’: The Complete MGM Recordings
Parker Millsap – The Villain – Parker Millsap
Ana Egge – Evil – Bad Blood – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – The Great Battle – The Great Battle

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sean Rowe – Flying – The Salesman And The Shark
Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch – I’ll Fly Away – O Brother Where Art Thou
The Flaming Lips – Fight Test – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
John Bottomley – Battle Of The Trees – Blackberry – CDN
James McMurtry – Fight (Tonight’s the Night) – The Man of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chri
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues

Episode #601

Today we preview some more exciting upcoming shows, and we reveal the truth behind some lies that we told on this show last week, exposing the true list of most played songs in TTBTGH history. Lastly, it’s National Ice Cream Day! Did you know that there was a day for that? That’s plenty reason to celebrate in song!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Lynn Miles – My Road – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brock Zeman – Superman’s Song – live recording – CDN
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits 1986-1996 – CDN
Mike Lynch – Hard Times on the Left Hand Trouble on the Right – Transitions – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

George C. W. Douglas – I Am – Music from Big Muddy – CDN
George C. W. Douglas – I Remember Willie – Music from Big Muddy – CDN
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Canadian Amplifier: Official Bootleg Series Vol.2 – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – It’s Hard To Keep A White Shirt Clean – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Willie P Bennett – One Vessel – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Kaizers Orchestra – Whiskey Rabbi – Festival Man
Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) (with Geoff Berner) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
Geoff Berner – Volcano God – We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End – CDN
The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight (edit) – The King Is Dead

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – Don’t Spend It Honey – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Tom Waits – Ice Cream Man – Closing Time
Jenny Orenstein – Ice Cream – Astroturf – CDN

Episode #600

It’s our 600th episode today, and so we took a look back at the past 599 episodes to see how we’ve been doing. We’ve compiled some facts and figures about our most played albums, songs, and artists, and we’ll run down those lists today! Plus, a brief look ahead to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, which kicks off this week!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Papa Razzi and The Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home! – The Maniac Genius Piano Song Person Again
Nathan Wiley – Black Bones – Bottom Dollar – CDN
Geoff & Maria Muldaur – New Orleans Hopscop Blues – Pottery Pie

Songs we love & play a lot:
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Bruce Springsteen – Pay Me My Money Down – We Shall Overcome; The Seeger Sessions; American Land Edition

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – Election Day – Cold, Cold Wold
Gurf Morlix – Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – Legend
Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Some albums that we play from a lot:
Del Barber – Running On A Wire – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You That I Loved You – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else – The North Side Benches – CDN

And some of our most played artists:
Leeroy Stagger – Slowly Sinking – Dear Love – CDN
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan – This Time – Postcards – CDN – WPG
David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN

It’s Winnipeg Folk Festival time again!:
Steve Poltz – Some Things About Me You Should Know – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Steve Poltz – Salt Suit – Noineen Noiny Noin and a Haff – CDN
Wilco – Outtasite (Outta Mind) – Being There