Tell the Band to Go Home

Episode #1003

The big news this week is the Winnipeg return of one of the greatest live bands I’ve ever seen, the original Mike Plume Band! In the late 90s/early 200s, Mike and this band toured relentlessly and along the way, crafted some of the greatest Canadian albums of all time. They get together every once in a while, but haven’t played in Winnipeg for over 20 years, so it’s kind of a big deal that they’ll be back in the cozy confines of Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club on Tuesday. To prove the point, get you ready, and hopefully win over a few more folks, I present the official Mike Plume Band Primer, where I dive into three outstanding albums that the band made. If these tunes don’t convince you, I’m not sure what would. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mike-plume-band-tickets-585979058137

In addition, we’ve got some timely tunes, an overdue tribute to Robbie Robertson, and a pile of old classics!

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mike Plume Band – Greetings – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Sound Check Song – The Steel Belted Radio EP – CDN

Mike Plume Band – Straight Back Home – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – The Back of My Hand – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – The Graveyard Shift – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Another Train Song – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Big American Headliner – Simplify – CDN

Matt Mays & El Torpedo – What are we gonna do come the month of September? – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN
Big Star – September Gurls – Radio City
Melissa Payne – September Skies – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Rosanne Cash – September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash) – Rules Of Travel

Kings Of The Moon – White Polar Bear – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Danny Michel – Snowglobe – In The Belly Of A Whale – CDN

Mike Plume Band – Silver Lining – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Rattle the Cage – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Girl in Green – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Wind at My Back – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Acadian Driftwood – Old Settler’s Music Festival, TX 4/16/09 (Live) – CDN
Harry Manx – It Makes No Difference – Mantras for Madmen – CDN
Reid Jamieson & Michael Johnston – Twilight – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
The Sadies – Evangeline (w/ Neko Case) – In Concert Volume One – CDN

Johnny Cash – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – John R. Cash
Ian & Sylvia – Get Up Jake – You Were On My Mind – CDN
King Curtis – The Weight (feat. Duane Allman) – An Anthology Vol. 2

Mike Plume Band – Dreamer – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – She’s Still Everything to Me – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Walkin’ By – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Bird’s Eye View – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Promise Me You’ll Never Tell – Fools for the Radio – CDN

Lindy – Beautifully Undone – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN
Ladybird Sideshow – Jaded – demo – CDN
Treeline And Shaela Miller – Daylight Savings – Curtains – CDN

Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN
Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down – Cicada – CDN
Jason Collett – Bitter Beauty – Motor Motel Love Songs – CDN
Dan Pelletier – Flattered – Wild Heart Rodeo
Justin Rutledge – I’m your Man, You’re my Radio – The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park – CDN

Episode #1002

Pre-recorded today as we’re off celebrating super friend/supporter Annie’s big birthday! In her honour, we’ve got a lot of songs about Mariannes, Annies, and a few songs about Mary made it in there. We’ve got new music, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest albums to ever come out of this city or country, and look ahead to some fun shows happening next week across the border!

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

David Francey – Annie’s House – Skating Rink – CDN

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Hey Mary Anne – When We Ruled (The Best Of The Pursuit Of Happiness) – CDN
Todd Hunter Band – Marianne – Life Is Good – CDN – WPG
Jesse DeNatale – Marianne – Dreamer’s Holiday
Gordon Lightfoot – The Mountains and Maryann – Songbook – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Will You Miss Me?/Mary Ann – Live 1978 – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Mary Anne – Falling Stars and Broken Hearts – CDN

Ben Folds – Annie Waits – Rockin’ The Suburbs
Kevin Fox – Sweet Dreams – Songs For Cello & Voice – CDN
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – Anne – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound – Annie Get Your Gun – Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
Paul MacLeod – Listen Mary – Close And Play – CDN
Bob Snider – Anna Marie – Stealin’ Home – CDN
Sarah Borges – Miss Mary – Silver City

Jake Vaadeland – I Ain’t Going Back to Nashville – single – CDN
John R. Miller – Conspiracies, Cults & UFOs – Heat Comes Down
Margo Cilker – With The Middle – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
Jeffrey Martin – There Is a Treasure – Thank God We Left The Garden
Al Green – Perfect Day – single

DOSES – Runaway – single – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Waters – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN
No-No Boy – The Onion Kings of Ontario! – Empire Electric
Charlie Mars – Country Home – Times Have Changed

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version) – Tim: Let It Bleed Edition
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – Man Of Constant Sorrow – single – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Rise Up With Fists – Covers Collection – CDN

Tyler Childers – In Your Love – single
Ocie Elliott – Free – single – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – Wanderlust – single – CDN

The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Benediction (w/Sarah Harmer) – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – One Great City! – One Great Tribute! a Love Letter to the Weakerthans – CDN – WPG

The Hold Steady – Massive Nights – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Killer Parties – Almost Killed Me
The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive

Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame – Walk of Shame
Nikki Lane – Gone, Gone, Gone – Walk of Shame
Nikki Lane – Seein’ Double – All or Nothin’

Andrew Combs – Heavy – Worried Man
Lissie – When I’m Alone – Catching A Tiger

Episode #1001

To commemorate the 1000th episode of the program, I present the recording of a live event that we put on in October of last year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the show. We recorded a live version of Tell the Band to Go Home at The Park Theatre with special guests Keri Latimer, Nicky Mehta (The Wailin’ Jennys), and JP Hoe, three longtime friends and favourites. I had a conversation with each, then they played some of their songs. As usual, we also heard some new music and talked about some exciting upcoming events.

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Papa Razzi and The Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home! – The Maniac Genius Piano Song Person Again

Keri Latimer – Hot Tomato – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Glorious Exhast – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Stone – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – John Paul’s Deliveries – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – (new song) – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Paramjit’s Sonnet – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG

Terra Lightfoot – Cross Border Lovers – Healing Power – CDN
Shannon McNally – Hello – single
Scott Nolan – Old Friends (Eight-Ball Over Old Vienna) – single – CDN – WPG
The Paper Kites – I Don’t Want to Go That Way – At the Roadhouse
Brent Cobb – When Country Came Back to Town – Southern Star

Nicky Mehta – Arlington – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – Swing Low Sail High – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – As I Walk this Road – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – I Tried – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG

Belle Plaine – Laila Sady Johnson Wasn’t Beaten by No Train – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Slow Leaves – American Band – Meantime – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Leaning (Side A Version) – On The Other Side – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN

JP Hoe – Out of the Darkness – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nobody Ever Cried – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Where the Bullets Lie – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Beautifully Crazy – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe, Nicky Mehta, Keri Latimer – Across the Universe – TTBTGH 20 live recording – CDN – WPG

** SPOILER ALERT! This show will air on UMFM on Aug. 13 but is being released early as a podcast to commemorate Jim Bryson’s appearance in Winnipeg and at The Trout Forest Music Festival. Enjoy it in advance of the live broadcast, load it up for the ride home from Trout, or just ignore this and listen “live” on Sunday, as you wish! **

Episode #1000

It’s our 1000th episode, but in true TTBTGH fashion, we’re going to forego the festivities for another week so we can do something a little special. In hour 1, we’ve got some exciting upcoming shows to preview. This show was recorded just before our friend Jim Bryson came to town for a show at my house and to head out to the Trout Forest Music Festival. I’ve said for years that Jim is a true cornerstone of my collection, and of Canadian music in general, because he’s helped, inspired, and produced an incredible list of artists. To prove that, I dug up as many of the projects that Jim’s been a part of as I could. In the end, I had more than 4 hours of material to fit into two hours of the show, so there’s plenty left over, but I think it presents a pretty in-depth look at the remarkable career of one of Canada’s true most valuable musicians. If you’re looking for a more straight up “best of” Jim’s own material, check out last week’s show.

Next week, I plan to have something special to mark the 1000th episode.

** Note: This show was recorded before news broke that Robbie Robertson had died. Obviously, his influence on the music that I play on this show is immense, so we’ll pay proper tribute soon. **

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Kathleen Edwards & Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else – live recording – CDN

upcoming shows:
Andrina Turenne – Out of Luck – Bold as Logs – CDN
Mike Boguski – Five Days in May – Detour – CDN
Whitehorse – Dark Angel – The Road To Massey Hall – CDN
Blue Rodeo w/Suzie Ungerleider – Bad Timing – live recording – CDN

Shawna Caspi – Lay Low Shadow – Hurricane Coming – CDN
Sarah Hiltz – Retching In The Wings – Calm Fury – CDN
Rebekah Hawker – Lonely – Lonely – CDN

Sean Burns – Destroy Me – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Drinkin’ Me Six Foot Under – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan Band – If I Could Only Leave Here – American Hotel – CDN – WPG
The Burning Hell – Men Without Hats – Public Library – CDN

Jim Bryson’s Associates:
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory – Asking for Flowers – CDN
David Myles – Cape Breton – On The Line – CDN
Graven – Legend of You – Years – CDN
Ken Yates – Keep Your Head Down – Huntsville – CDN
Tanya Davis – Tra-La-La – Clocks and Hearts Keep Going – CDN

Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Oh Susanna – Oregon – Namedropper – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Sundays – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Kate Maki – Over – Confusion Unlimited – CDN

Sarah Harmer – Silver Road – All Of Our Names – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Greenwich Time – Man Descending – CDN
Skydiggers – Questions of Love – Let’s Get Friendship Right – CDN

Early & Rare material:
Punchbuggy – Dressed For Success – Grand Opening Going Out Of Business Sale – CDN
Punchbuggy – Pat Benatar – All Nite Christian Rollerskate – CDN
Jim Bryson – I’m Not The One – “I Said Sometimes!”～A Tribute To Bum – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Same Time Every Year – Kelpmitzvah – CDN
Jim Bryson – Grey Cup Sunday – A Country Blues Christmas: The 2010 Zunior Holiday Album – CDN
Jim Bryson – Half Price (featuring Amanada Rheaume) – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VI – CDN
Jeremy Fisher & Jim Bryson – Mama I Know – Catch & Release Vol. 2 – CDN
OwlMountainRadar – I dreamed I was sweeping – Bluey Pink ep – CDN
Jim Bryson – Dressed – unreleased – CDN

Michael Feuerstack – Lost and Found (feat. Jim Bryson) – Singer Songer – CDN
Chris Page – Guilt Trip Fashion – Sell Out Slow – CDN
Owen Meany’s Batting Stance – The Androgynous Hockey Stick – Feather Weights – CDN
Astral Swans – Bird Songs – Astral Swans – CDN
Andy Swan – Can I Pay You With Sunshine? – Ottawa – CDN

Alanna Gurr – Life of the Party – Life of the Party – CDN
Skye Wallace – Long Way Down – Something Wicked – CDN
Larissa Tandy – I won’t Let You Go – The Grip – CDN
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – The Wake – Theory of Ice – CDN
Kalle Mattson & summersets – pass me by – small town sunday – CDN

Episode #999

A tribute to the late, great Sinead O’Connor, new music, a look back at an amazing Calgary Folk Festival, and we look ahead to some exciting upcoming local shows, including Jim Bryson’s show at my new house!

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Paul MacLeod – Black Boys On Mopeds – Tell The Band To Go Home – CDN

Sinead O’Connor – War (SNL 1992) – live recording
Joshua Ray Walker – Nothing Compares 2 U – What Is It Even?
Bettye LaVette – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise
Sinead O’Connor – Trouble Will Soon Be Over – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Sinead O’Connor – All Apologies – Universal Mother
Kris Kristofferson – Sister Sinead – Closer to the Bone
Kris Kristofferson – Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down – Broken Freedom Song – Live from San Francisco

Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
David Francey – I Called It Love – The Breath Between – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Pressure – Modern Hope – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Beauty in This World – Living in the Future (Live) – CDN
Ray LaMontagne – It Takes Me Back – single
Lydia Loveless – Runaway – Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again

Major Love – So Good – Major Love – CDN
Hurray for the Riff Raff – SAGA – LIFE ON EARTH
Kendel Carson – I Like Trucks – Rearview Mirror Tears – CDN
Tanya Tucker – Delta Dawn – Delta Dawn

Del Barber – On My Way Out The Door – Almanac – CDN – WPG
Carter Felker – The Bad Guy – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Ryland Moranz – If I Had Wings – Xo, 1945 – CDN
Kyle McKearney & Sarah McKearney – Whispering Pines – A Traveler’s Lament – CDN
Adam Baldwin – Dark Beside the Dawn – No Rest for the Wicked – EP – CDN
Boy Golden – Mountain Road – For Jimmy – CDN – WPG

The Wood Brothers – Luckiest Man – Ways Not To Lose

Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN
Jim Bryson – Without Piano – The Occasionals – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN
Jim Bryson – Flowers – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust And Fade – Kelp 16 – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Paper Plates – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Jim Bryson – All The Same Things (For The Same Reaction) – Country Wifi – CDN

Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – Rootsy House Session – CDN
Shaela Miller – Good Woman – Big Hair Small City – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN