Ooops forgot George's Birthday

Yer Birthday and My Birthday too...........

Last Wednesday George Harrison would have been 66 years old. Jennifer forgot to remind me and so I didn't play any of his songs on the Red Neck Blue Collar Power Hour. We will make up for that little error by playing some George and the Beatles on All Vinyl Night March 2. It'll be sitars and Concert For The Bangladesh..........All Things Must Pass..................Traveling Wilburys

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Until The End of the Line.......

Playlist for Wednesday 25 Feb 09

Thanks for listening and also pledging during our "Stay Warm Pledge Drive". It is the best bargain around and also a great investment in your community.

1. Showgoats Lift Off Lift Off
2. Young Dubliners Saints and Sinners Saints and Sinners
3. Bruce Springsteen My Lucky Day Working On A Dream
4. Vetiver More of This Tight Knit
5. Neko Case Prison Girls Middle Cyclone
6. Benjy Ferree Whirl Pool Of Love Come Back To The Five And Dime Bobby Dee
7. Clem Snide Born A Man Hungry Bird
8. Cotton Jones Gotta Cheer Up Paranoid Cocoon
9. PSAPP Somewhere There Is A Record Of Our Actions The Camel's Back
10. Samantha Crain And The Midnight Shivers You Never Know Songs In The Night
11. Chris Loid Son Of The Sticks Back Road Home
12. The Gourds Country Love Haymaker
13. Damon Fowler I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal Sugar Shack
    
14. Connor & Christian One Toke Over The Line Southern Gothic 90 Proof Lullabies
15. Flogging Molly Between A Man And A Woman Float
16. Buddy & Julie Miller What You Gonna Do LeRoy Written In Chalk
17. Ryan Adams And The Cardinals Go Easy Cardinalogy
18. Emith San Bernardao 13 Seasons
19. Megan Munroe Angel On My Shoulder (devil on my back) One More Broken Store
20. Toni Childs Mama's In The Kitchen Keep The Faith
21. Dex Marshall Kitchen Table Kitchen Table
22. Elvin Bishop Yonder's Wall The Blues Roll On
23. Rolling Stones Under My Thumb Hot Rocks
24. John Nemeth Daughter Of The Devil Love Me Tonight
25. Joe Pitts Blue Light Rain Just A Matter of Time
26. Delbert McClinton Squeeze Me In Nothing Personal
27. Guy Davis Hoochi Coochie Man Sweetheart Like You
28. Alex Wilson Looking Good Tell Me Why
29. Bobby Jones featuring the Mannish Boys I Must Be Crazy Comin Back Hard
30. Sam Roberts Love At The End Of The World Love AT The........
31. Tony Furtado Raise Em Up Deep Water
32. Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire Only By The Night
33. Dave Alvin Wanda And Duane Best Of The Hightone Years
34. Back Porch Mary The Girl Time Of The Broken Heart
35. Tejas Brothers Sweet Lolita Selftitled
36. Robin Rogers Treat Me Right Treat Me Right

Stay Tuned and see you Monday night for THE ALL VINYL SHOW

Any Requests?

Playlist for 23 Feb 09 10-1 OTR

1. Soho Happiness is a Warm Hippy Hippychick
2. Bloodkin Wait Forever Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again
3. True Nature My Freedom Lies Behind the Sun Feels Like Centuries
4. Bloodkin The Viper Baby They Told Us We .......................
5. True Nature Woman Feels Like........
6. Safire, the Uppity Blues Women Goin Down To the River Havin the Last Word
7. Robin Rogers Can You Hear Me Now Treat Me Right
8. Bex Marshall Stand Up Kitchen Table
9. Ruthie Foster Truth The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
10. Tribute Artists Hot Toddy's Snake Oil Hornography
11. Bloodkin My Name is Alice Baby, They..............
12. True Nature Too Close to See Who We Are Feels Like........
13. Bloodkin Rhododendron Baby, They...............
14. True Nature Truth I Have to Steel (Simple Head) Feels Like..........
    
15. Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 I'm Falling Goodnight Oslo
16. Serena Ryder Blown Like the Wind at Night Is It OK
17. Caroline Doctorow Reno, Neveda Another Country
18. Emith Let's Live for Today 13 Seasons
19. Brigid Kaelin Watch Out West 28th Street
20. Goodbye to Pretty Annabelle Self Titled
21. A. C. Newman The Heartbreak Rides Get Guilty
22. Portastatic Not The Same Some Small History
23. Beck Where It's At Odelay
24. Bloodkin A Place to Crash Baby, They...............
25. True Nature The Color of Daylight Feels Like........
26. Bloodkin Ghost Runner Baby, They...........
27. Sam Roberts Fixed to Ruin Love at the End of the World
28. Bacon Brothers Wild Life New Years Day
29. Tony Furtado The Fools Progress Deep Water
30. Joe Bonamassa The Ballad of John Henry The Ballad of John Henry
31. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Folsom Prison Blues Swinging From the Chains of Love
32. Stephanie Chapman Train of Love This Song is to You
33. Big House Never Ending Train Never Ending Train
34. Dan Auerbach Street Walkin Keep It Hid

Next Monday, 2 Mar 09, is the first Monday of the month and that means All Vinyl Night with The Elusive Bebo, DJ the DJ and Dug Baker. It'll be Blame It On The Stones, The Chix Mix, Hairband Half Hour and 3 Sides Live, some 45's and some comedy cuts. Stay Tuned.

Playlist Friday 20 Feb 09

1. Gram Parson & The Fallen Angels Drug Store Truck Drivin Man Live 1973
2. Johnny Cash Thirteen American Recordings
3. Clash Straight to Hell Combat Rock
4. Social Distortion Bad Luck Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
5. Pearl Jam Alive Ten
6. Link Wray Rumble Jenny McCarthy's Surfin Safari
7. Social Distortion Story of My Life Live at the Roxy
8. Yo La Tengo Big Day Coming Painful
9. Three5Human Disco Ragdoll A Swig from the Acid Bottle
10. Martin Zellar All I Need Best of the Brewhouse
11. The Jeff Beck Group All Shook Up Beck Ola
12. BR5-49 Little Romona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts) Self Titled
13. George Thorogood Long Gone Baddest
14. X Soul Kitchen Los Angeles
15. Sex Pistols Holidays in the Sun Never Mind The Bollocks
16. Stone Coyotes Bang Bang Bang Bang Rise from the Ashes
17. Kings of Leon Holy Roller Novocaine Youth and Young Manhood
18. Joe Bonamassa Last Kiss The Ballad of John Henry
19. Bobby Jones/Mannish Boys Mystery Train Comin Back Hard
20. Heartless Bastards Sway The Mountain
21. Julia Brown Low on Jays Strange Scars
22. Ruthie Foster Love in the Middle The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
23. Amy Trail Its Time Luscious Life
24. Mitch Kashmar Song for my Father Live at Labatt
25. Blue Rodeo 5 Days in May Live at Massey Hall
26. Umphrey's McGee Cemetery Walk Mantis
27. Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Goodnight Oslo Goodnight Oslo
28. Guy Davis Hoochie Coochie Man Sweetheart Like You
29. John Nemeth Blues in my Heart Love Me Tonight
30. Goodbye to Pretty Wrong Self Titled
31. Damon Fowler I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal Sugar Shack
32. Andy Friedman & the Other Failures The Friedman Holler Weary Things
33. Powderfinger Who Really Cares (featuring the Sound of Insanity) Dream Days at the Hotel Existence

See you On The River Monday Night 23 Feb 09 from 10-1

Red Neck Blue Collar Power Hour Playlist

Showering before or after work doesn't have the same ring as Red Neck Blue Collar..... Started off the show with the Bloodkin's new cd, Baby, They Told Us We Would Be Saved and the song Rhododendron and True Nature and Truth I Have To Steel (Simple Heart), our featured artists for Feb 23.

Playlist for 18 Feb 09

1. Bloodkin Rhododendron Baby, They Told Us..........
2. True Nature Truth I Have................ Feels Like Centuries
3. Pavement And Then Brighten The Corners
4. The Dears Dream Job Missiles
5. Julia Brown In Hurt's Arms Strange Scars
6. Amy Trail Girl With Out A Heart Luscious Life
7. Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers Rising Sun Songs In The Night
8. Heartless Bastards Could Be So Happy The Mountain
9. Blue Rodeo Bad Timing Live at Massey Hall
10. Split Lip Rayfield I'll Be Around I'll Be Around
    
11. BoDeans Willin Still
12. Sam Roberts Love At The End Of The World Love At The.................
13. Tony Furtado Raise Em Up Deepwater
14. Deleted Waveform Gatherings Tiger Rider Self Titled
15. Umphreey's McGee Red Tape Mantis
16. Pillbugs Soundman Everybody Wants A Way Out
17. Enchanted Ape 27 Miles Off The Ground
18. What Bird Highway Song Good Night, Good Riddance
19. Kaiser Cartel Okay Okay...and Other Things
20. Honeyhoney Come On Home First Rodeo
21. Serena Ryder Is It Ok Is It Ok
22. Brandon Jenkins Faster Than A Sone Faster Than...........
23. The Gourds Fossil Contender Haymaker
24. Damon Foster Some Fun Sugar Shack
25. Jeff Kral Live Again This Road
26. John Nemeth Daughter of the Devil Love Me Tonight
27. Steve Herberman Trio I Want To Be Happy Ideals
28. Joe Bonamassa The Great Flood Ballad of John Henry
29. Alex Wilson You Used To Know Me Tell Me Why
30. Bobbi Jones w/Mannish Boys How Long Will It Last Comin Back Home
31. Ruthie Foster (You Keep Me) Hangin On The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
32. Gin Wigmore Under My Skin EP
33. Bex Marshall Bad Bad Girl Kithcen Table
34. Robin Rogers Drunkards Alley Treat Me Right
35. Los Campesinos Miserabilia We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed
36. Portastatic All I Need Is You Some Small History
37. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 What You Is Goodnight Oslo
38. Goodbye To Pretty Somethings Gotta Give Self Titled
    

See You On The River Feb 20 10-1 for a rockin good Friday Night

Next Feature Artists

While playing Jason Isbell, Mother Truckers and Bettye LaVette last night I came across two new cd's that will be our next feature artist Feb 23, Bloodkin and True Nature. Bloodkin is from Athens, Georgia and their new album is Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again. I played the song Rhododendron because it fits my criteria, its a long song and it rocks. Patterson Hood of The Drive By Truckers is a big fan of them. Bloodkin.net





True Nature is Lou Barlow NYC based singer/songwriter, Tony Levin Bassist (John Lennon and Peter Gabriel), Aaron Comess Drums (Founding member of the Spin Doctors) and Gerry Leonard Guitarist (David Bowie and Rufus Wainwright). Their new 5 song EP is called Feels Like Centuries. Tune in next week for Monday Edition of On The River with our feature artists True Nature and Bloodkin. truenatureband.com

Dug Baker will be on from 7-10 and I will follow with 10-1. Did you stay tuned last night till 1am to hear the song Dug closes every show with?

Play List Monday 16 Feb 09

1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Good Self Titled
   
2. Drive By Truckers Daddy's Cup The Dirty South
   
3. Drive By Truckers Outfit Decoration Day
4. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Cigarettes and Wine
5. Bettye LaVette I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now The Scene of the Crime
6. Ashleigh Flynn Last Chance Saloon American Dream
7. Keri Noble Redwine till Daylight Keri Noble
8. Bex Marshall Black Guitar Kitchen Table
9. Brandon Jenkins Probably Die Alone Faster Than A Stone
10. Damon Foster James Sugar Shack
11. Ernie and the Automatics Low Expectations Low Expectations
12. Brian Molner and the Naked Hearts I Did What I Did Temperance and the Devil
13. Split Lip Rayfield Fallen I'll Be Around
14. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Seven Mile Island
15. Drive By Truckers Danko/Manuel The Dirty South
16. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Soldiers Get Strange
17. Bettye LaVette Talking Old Soldiers The Scene of the Crime
18. Drive By Truckers That Man I Shot Brighter Than Creation's Dark
19. Ruthie Foster Tears of Pain The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
20. Amy Trail You You You Lucious Wife
21. Golden Animals The Steady Roller Free Your Mind and Win a Pony
22. Mitch Kashmir Whiskey Drinkin Woman Live at Labatt
23. John Nemeth Love Gone Crazy Love me Tonight
24. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit The Last Song I will Write
25. Drive By Truckers Daylight Blessing and a Curse
26. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Streetlights
27. Bettye LaVette I Still Want to be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am) The Scene of the Crime
28. Drive By Truckers Hell No, I Ain't Happy Decoration Day
29. Drive By Truckers Buford Stick Dirty South
30. Bloodkin Rhododendron Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again
31. True Nature Too Close To See Who We Are Feels Like Centuries
32. Honeyhoney Come On Home First Rodeo
33. Blue Rodeo 5 Days In May Live at Massey Hall
    

Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite corpse is a collaborative poetry game. To write a poem writers agree on a sentence form before beginning. For example adjective, noun, adverb, verb, adjective, noun. Tenses and articles are added later. The only real rule is each writer is unaware of the previous words. So as the words are written the paper is folded and passed to the next writer. Hilarious and beautiful poems can result. Here are some results from the Valemtines Party:

The pretty lady slowly fished out a salty swimmer.

I was quickly blue in this city till I danced with a moody basketball.

The boy quickly jerked the disgusting puppy.

The beautiful flower quickly hunted shiny Mr. Taylor.

The smooth chainsaw slowly staggered towards the tall bear.

The flaming sky felt sassy, not grumpy, as it begin to run ooze.

Gentle moment of purple sky, the snotty nosed skier climbed upwards.

The sleazy Banana Slug slowly ran and kissed the sassy rat.

The bad Baboon stinking, jumped on the supper table.

The little bicycle slowly went smiling home.

Friday the 13th and Love Bites

These are entries to a Washington Post Competition for a two line rhyme with the most romantic first line and the least romantic second line:

My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you has screwed up my life.

I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.

Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.

I thought I could love no other
--that is until I meant your brother.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.

I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.

I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
Damn, I'm good at telling lies.

My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?

My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe 'Go to hell.'

What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.


Your turn now: two line rhyme----first one romantic----second line least romantic

Jason Isbell and The Drive By Truckers

Monday 16 Feb 09 On The River 7-10 and our featured artist will be Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Formerly a member of The Drive By Truckers Jason has broken away and formed a new group that has released a great new cd. I'll include some music from The Truckers too. I love The Truckers and the song "Daddy's Cup"....about the son of a stock car driver, not a hockey player.

















And then stay tuned for Dug Baker and three more hours of OTR. Stay with him until one o'clock to hear the song that he ends every Monday night with........

STRAC

STRAC

Back in my day when you said a soldier was STRAC that meant he had his spit and polish together. He was squared away. He was sharp, smart and well prepared. It wasn't an official term but has since been officialized and means Skilled, Tough and Ready Around the Clock. Today I saw the honor guard at CWO Windorski's funeral and they were STRAC. These guys know what they're doing and they do it with great pride and perfection. Their uniforms were perfect. They moved with precise perfection. Their presence was awesome. I am impressed with the level of professionalism in our military today. They did CWO Windorski proud. RIP

Qualifications

All week we have been hearing about appointees dropping out because they forgot to pay their taxes. Former Senator Daschle forgot to pay over $150,000 in taxes. It would take most of us several years to make that amount of money let alone the taxable amount he forgot. Then he forgot to tell us about the driver and limo he was given for free. Oh yeah, there is also the $5,000,000 like in $5 million he got from the health care industry in 3 years for speaking engagements. These do not sound like qualifiers to me but more like disqualifiers. I am sorry folks, but when does the CHANGE begin??? The audicity I am seeing is the audicity of the same old politics. The more things change the more they stay the same.

See you On The River tonight.

A moment of silence for a Fallen Hero, CWO Philip Windorski, Jr.

Chief Warrant Officer Philip Windorski was killed in his third tour of Iraq when two helicopters collided Monday, January 26, 2009. CWO Windorski is survived by his mother, two brothers, wife and three children.

Visitation will be at Rowe Funeral Home in Grand Rapids Friday, February 6, 2009 from 4-7pm. His funeral service will be at Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 1:oopm.

Lots of music comes into the studios of KAXE every week and my job is to play it. Here's a little secret, my shows are based on these principals, 1. pick the newest 2. pick someone you know 3. pick the longest song 4. pick someone you don't know 5. repeat step 3. How does it work? Because Mark Tarner, Program Director and his alter ego, M. T. Hedd screen the music before it gets in the grubby hands of the on-air hosts. Here are 6 of the best new stuff I have been playing based on my criteria:
Pillbugs-Everybody Wants A Way Out
Umphrey's McGee-Mantis
The Showgoats-Lift Off
Heartless Bastards-The Mountain
Deleted Waveform Gatherings-Baby Warfare
Pavement-Brighten The Corners
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit-(self-titled)
Tune in Friday night 10-1 to hear more from these new releases.

All Vinyl Night

Every first Monday of the month is All Vinyl Night with DJtheDJ, The Elusive Bebo and Dug Baker. Join us for "Blame It On The Stones", "Get The Led Out", The Chix Mix, "The Hair Band Half Hour" and "Three Sides Live". We even have some 45's to play and humor from Steve Martin, George Carlin and Cheech and Chong. So get ready for us to drop the needle on the record.