Tell the Band to Go Home

We’re pre-recorded this week, live from the living room, so Jeremy stops in, and we also dig down deep in the basement for some classics that I don’t regularly lug down to the station. We start things off with a birthday tribute to Mary Gauthier, before moving on to some songs from her former producer Gurf Morlix, as well as their collaborator, Patty Griffin. We’ve got some more great collaborations, and a look ahead to shows featuring Sprit of the West and New Country Rehab.

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

2:00 – 2:30

Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 – The Foundling
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Drag Queens in Limousines
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now
Gurf Morlix – I Need You Now – Diamonds to Dust
Gurf Morlix – Music You Mighta Made – Last Exit to Happyland

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Gurf Morlix – Cold, Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Robert Plant – Harm’s Swift Way – Band of Joy
Todd Snider – Cape Henry – Peace Queer
Buddy & Julie Miller – Chalk – Written in Chalk
Bob Schneider – Changing Your Mind – Lovely Creatures
Patty Griffin – Flaming Red – Flaming Red

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jolene w/Patty Griffin – I Read What You Wrote Today – Hell’s Half Acre
Shooting John – Rain Song – Moodswings
John Rauhouse w/Neko Case – East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
John Rauhouse w/Kelly Hogan – Big Iron – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
Dust Poets – Big World – World at Large – CDN
Dustin Bentall w/Romi Mayes – Crash Hard – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Pair of Twos – O Witness – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Spirit of the West – Profiteers – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit of the West – Save This House – Save This House – CDN
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift – CDN
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures – CDN
New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN

Today we pay tribute to Blaze Foley & Gurf Morlix, as well as visits with Greg Brown and the Thompson family. For hour 2, it’s a Johnny Cash Birthday Bash, as The Man in Black would have turned 80 today, and that’s reason enough to celebrate his (ever)lasting musical legacy.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Greg Brown – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – The Live One
Richard Thompson – Walking the Long Miles Home – Mock Tudor
Teddy Thompson – In My Arms – A Piece of what You Need
Greg Brown – Laughing River – If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)
Eliza Gilkyson – Sleeper – Going Driftless: An Artists’ Tribute to Greg Brown
Eliza Gilkyson – Not Lonely – Land Of Milk And Honey

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Robert Earl Keen – 10, 000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar – The Rose Hotel
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Blaze Foley – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back To You? – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit To Happyland
Romi Mayes – Mercy on Me – Achin In Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Everything to Everybody – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shawn Mullins – The Ghost of Johnny Cash – Light You Up
Fred Eaglesmith – Johnny Cash – 6 Volts – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny’s Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash – CDN
Rodney Crowell – I Walk The Line (Revisited) – The Houston Kid
Roseanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box – The Essential
Roseanne Cash – September When It Comes – The Essential

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Porter Wagoner – Committed to Parkview – Wagonmaster
Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
Johnny Cash – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down – Live from Austin, TX
Michael Johnston & Reid Jamieson – I Still Miss Someone – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Harry Manx – Long Black Veil – Johnny’s Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash – CDN
Ry Cooder – Get Rhythm – Get Rhythm
Johnny Cash, Oscar the Grouch – Nasty Dan – Sesame Street: Songs from the Street, Vol. 3

We’ve got lots of new music and lots of tasty cover versions today (and some that fall into both categories). The new Shane Nicholson album had me climbing through the Nicholson/Chambers family tree which sent us off in various directions. We also took a trip to Austin, TX to visit the KGSR Broadcasts archive, and paid tribute to John Prine, who returns to town in May, and Willie P Bennett, who left us four years ago this past week.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From coffee house to concert hall – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Josh Ritter – Darlin’ – Bringing in the Darlings
Roadside Graves – Love Me More – We Can Take Care of Ourselves
Shane Nicholson – The Broken Things – Bad Machines
Shane Nicholson w/Paul Kelly – Whistling Cannonballs – Bad Machines
Kasey Chambers – Everything’s Turning to White – Storybook

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Once in a While – Rattlin’ Bones
Shane Nicholson – Fish And Whistle – Bad Machines
Matt Andersen – Angel From Montgomery – Live at Liberty House – CDN
John Prine – Lake Marie – Live on Tour

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bill Chambers – Letter to Fred – Drifting South
Fred Eaglesmith – Stars – Six Volts – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett w/Daisy DeBolt – One Vessel – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Red Dress – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Emmylou Harris – Step Away – Kings & Queens – CDN
Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain – Hard Bargain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

First Aid Kit – Emmylou – The Lion’s Roar
Kasey Chambers – Tear Stained Eye – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 9
Chris Whitley – Wild Century – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 6
Steve Forbert – Thinkin’ – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 1
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
John Prine – Day Is Done – Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
Del Barber – As Far as I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG