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ROCKOLLECTIONS: ORLONS, MORE THAN A FABRIC PT.2 FINISH

Continuing on with the music of the Orlons.
Please pay particular attention to this 2nd half, where I got to play a SET of songs I have wanted to do for many years, and finally got the chance. And I hope I did not reveal a male gender secret in doing so, lol!
Also I ended with a couple from Marv Johnson, another non-household name.
The first you should definitely know, as it has been done by many over the years- the Dave Clark Five immediately springs to mind.
The second is a personal fave of mine, having found myself humming it over the years but never actually having it to play.
It must have been over 25 years since I last heard it, and happily I now own the song Move Two Mountains.
A show that was fun to put together, and hopefully that comes across in the playing!

The Keeper Of The Obscure, Forgotten, and Mainly Good Or Sometimes Just Fun Music,
Mike       

Tags: Dave Clark Five, Marv Johnson, Move Two Mountains

Longtown Sound 486 Friday Weekend Edition Featuring- Jennifer Brantley, In Retrospect, Antiqcool, Thomas Earl, Dan Sheehan Conspiracy, Jack Falk, The Stone Coyotes, SwampdaWamp

Friday’s Longtown Sound features indie artists - new and growing - along with established national and world wide acts. Enjoy the tunage and please pass it on to your pals and friends around the web. Hey! Follow your friends and Uncleshag on Twitter. Invite your contacts and discover how easy it is to stay connected 140 characters at a time! Here’s hoping everyone’s weekend is outta sight jam-up and jelly tight! If jam or jelly doesn’t do it for you, try apple butter! 

-unc.

PS- Thanks to Antiqcool for the Cool Promo!

Today’s Featured Artists-
Jennifer Brantley - You Left Me Crying
In Retrospect - Hypnotized
Antiqcool - Full Metal Jacket
Thomas Earl - On My Way
Dan Sheehan Conspiracy - Patterns of the Rain
Jack Falk - Going To A Party
The Stone Coyotes - Tomorrow is Another Day
SwampdaWamp - I’m Feeling Saturday

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ORLONS, MORE THAN A FABRIC PT.1

Here is a show I did a while back.

It is an odd one, but I think I think it’s an interesting one, unless you absolutely hate anything pre-Beatles.

And that would be a shame!

But there are certain of you I KNOW will like this- right Mick, Beanie, Dave, Lou, Jen, D3, Brenda, Dan, Dee, Denise, Georgia and Billy?

The show features the Orlons, a girl group (although that guy who sings bass is vital!) from around 1962-63, one of the many casualties of the British Invasion of 1964.

The idea for the show arose when I played one of their songs during the Telephone Anniversary shows.

Was it even possible to DO a show on the Orlons?

Well happily the answer is YES! I think I pulled it off (OUCH!).

With the usual blend of the familiar, the long forgotten and the never heard, I should have the synapses of your brain racing around with memories, and wonder at why SO MANY good songs have rarely or sometimes never been played.

This is just the first half.
Mike

Longtown Sound 485 Peanut Butter Monday! Chrissy Coughlin, David Berkeley, Jody Lee Petty, Lewis Copeland, Mike Whitney, Paul Thorn, Taylor Hicks, Uncleshag

It’s a Peanut Butter Monday! Uncleshag hopes everyone had a great weekend, cold or hot, wherever your world may be. Today’s tunage is eclectic, open and easily absorbed for maximum nutritional value. Hear the artists latest efforts from the PMN, Ariel Publicity and Uncleshag’s email. The bomb ain’t got nuttin’ on Longtown so c’mon, you know you gotta dig it!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Taylor Hicks - What’s Right is Right
David Berkeley - High Heels and All
Jody Lee Petty - Roll On Dixie
Lewis Copeland - Waylon Callin’
Uncleshag - Don’t You Know
Mike Whitney - Joyful Noise
Chrissy Coughlin - Wait for You
Paul Thorn - All About People

Tags: Chrissy Coughlin, David Berkeley, Jody Lee Petty, Lewis Copeland, Mike Whitney, Paul Thorn, Taylor Hicks, Uncleshag

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MELLENCAMPCOUGARJOHN PT.4 END

Alright, putting a cap on the Mellencamp Chronicles.
We are at the point where John gets divorced (something I have never done, lol!).
And discover that he never drank or took drugs, but from what I hear and see about divorces he must have been tempted!
He released a somber LP as a result, Big Daddy.
His next album went back to the basics, Dance Naked- an album that was only 29 minutes long.
While on tour, he had a heart attack and didn’t know it.
He performed from Aug.8 to Sept.2 before seeing a doctor, sensibly quitting the tour after that.
He had been smoking 4 packs of cigarettes a day, so he drastically cut down and changed his diet.
Got another song by him I had forgotten about, a real good one that namedrops John Lennon.
Then his version of a Van Morrison song, dueting with someone whose name I wouldn’t dare try to write.
It was ballsy enough of me to pronounce it, if I did so correctly- and it is just as hard to spell.
I will close this whole thing out with a song helping me be polite, as my parents tried to teach me.
Succeeding somewhat…lol!

Mike

Tags: Big Daddy, Dance Naked, John Lennon, Van Morrison

Longtown Sound 484 Monday, Monday! Featuring- Amy Speace, The Rescues, The Malibus, Ingrid Michaelson, Chris Staig, Mike Whitney, Adrienne Gray, Josh Charles

Monday, Monday and Old Man Winter is still with us in a big way. Uncleshag and Co. hope that wherever you are that you and yours are warm and dry. Check out the artists at the links offered below. Just great music from email, disc and the PMN all for you in today’s Longtown Sound! Have a great Monday and a productive week!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Amy Speace - Step Out of the Shade
The Rescues - Lost Along the Way
The Malibu’s - Maui Breeze
Ingrid Michaelson - Lady In Spain
Chris Staig - Breathe
Mike Whitney - Ten Degrees
Adrienne Gray - I’m Still Here
Josh Charles - It Ain’t Easy

Tags: Adrienne Gray, Amy Speace, Chris Staig, Ingrid Michaelson, Josh Charles, Mike Whitney, The Malibus, The Rescues

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MELLENCAMPCOUGARJOHN PT.3

Still at death’s door with this flu/virus or whatever the hell I have, I push on, lol!
I started this one out using a record executive’s buzzword, just for fun.
We are up to John’s 1985 LP Scarecrow, a classic American rock album.
That year was also the start of Farm Aid, and I remember the hours & hours long telecast.
Farm Aid continues to this day, and while I do not doubt John’s concerned sincerity, it also marked the beginning of his opening his mouth other than to sing.
Singers sing, actors act- just don’t freakin’ preach to me!
You know who I am talking about…the list is endless.
If I need a celebrity to make a decision for me, I am a bigger asshole than they are!
Overall, I am not the least bit impressed with the intellectual capacity of celebrities, politicians or even doctors. I’d wipe ‘em out on any given night of Jeopardy!
Rant aside, I like Mellencamp’s music a lot, and he forced his band to learn vintage rock, r&b and soul songs.
Good move.
One of the great joys in life is hearing a song you forgot existed.
Even after looking at the list on an album or CD, you don’t recognize the title- and it is not until you actually hear the song that you realize how much you loved the old bugger!
That happened a few times with these shows, and I’ll point them out to you in case you had forgotten their existence too.
Gonna end this one by setting off a Cherry Bomb.
Appropriate too, because I must be feeling better- I’m getting back to my aforementioned rebel, cantankerous, mischievous streak, lol!
One more Mellen to go.

Mike

Tags: Cherry Bomb, Farm Aid, Jeopardy, Scarecrow

Longtown Sound 483 Finally Friday! Chris Staig, Chrissy Coughlin, CLEEMANN, Gerry Lane, Mike Whitney, Peter Michael Cardella, Wendy And Lisa

Friday and the coldest weekend on record in some time is about to overtake the Southeast USA. Heat and treat your ears to the hot tuneage in this show and pass it on, cause you know you want to! Great weekend y’all!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Chrissy Coughlin - Do it Out of Love
Chris Staig - She Haunts These Rooms
Wendy And Lisa - Balloon
Gerry Lane - Deep Water Blue
Peter Michael Cardella - The Boy from Illinois
Mike Whitney - Saturday
CLEEMANN - Repairman

Tags: Chris Staig, Chrissy Coughlin, CLEEMANN, Gerry Lane, Mike Whitney, Peter Michael Cardella, Wendy And Lisa

Longtown Sound 482 Pancake Wednesday Chris Staig, Doublethink, Wendy and Lisa, Chrissy Coughlin, Peter Walsh, Ray Younkin, Richy Kicklighter

Pancake Wednesday demands a ceasefire! Hot rock in the first half and chilling indie to close us out.
The kitchen temps have risen and no human can withstand the heat!
Therefore all the flapjacks served today have ne’er been touched by human hands!
Longtown Got Monkeys!
Trained culinary craft-chimps from the suburban wilds of Gay Pareee!
Okay. The cooking sherry was great this morning, so hype the show and see your luck kick in!
-unc.

Chris Staig - Fight or Flight
Doublethink - California Doll
Wendy and Lisa - Niagra Falls
Chrissy Coughlin - Back to You
Peter Walsh - Forbidden Road
Ray Younkin - Wild Ocean
Richy Kicklighter - See Ya

Tags: Chris Staig, Chrissy Coughlin, Doublethink, Peter Walsh, Ray Younkin, Richy Kicklighter, Wendy And Lisa

Longtown Sound 481 Pegasus Actual, Doublethink, Tony Deziel, Adrienne Pierce, Tom Gary, Chris DeMarco

Monday, Monday. Back in the indie groove on this day so come on along and hear all new music guaranteed to kick start the week and get your revs and BP up to specs. Have a great one and pass it on!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Pegasus Actual - We Dream
Doublethink - You Think We’re In Love
Tony Deziel - Toredown
Adrienne Pierce - Downside of Love
Tom Gary Blues Band - Ten Fingers
Chris DeMarco - Let Me Go

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MELLENCAMPCOUGARJOHN PT.2

Sorry for the delay, been somewhat under the weather- but then we are all always under the weather, aren’t we?
Continuing on, Mellencamp’s breakthrough album was American Fool.
He won a Grammy and had his only # 1 song on Billboard.
I mentioned in this episode that in my life I have always been known to be somewhat rebellious.
Engineer Ken started laughing hysterically.
Even after the show, and I had forgotten about it, he was still laughing and breaking my chops about it!
Since he knows me so well, he found great humor in my rather casual statement.
In fact, I am a Class A Rebel and always have been, lol!
So, a song for that, which is how the subject came up, and I have loved it since the first time I heard it.
And IT ALWAYS MAKES ME DANCE- even sitting down!
“Been doing it since I was a young kid…”
We’ll close this chapter with an interesting contrast.
One by John and one by a group that did their song 7 years earlier.
And an awful lot of people think they sound a little too much alike!
More John Whatshisname coming.

Mike

Tags: American Fool, Engineer Ken

Longtown Sound 480 Amy MacDonald Josh Woodward Dire Straits The Rescues Underdog Shedd Paul Carpenter Sylvia Bennett

Where did the week go? Friday and the Sound is ready to carry every listener to a higher peak. Come on don’t you want to get higher? If you beat a tomato will it not cry red tears? Follow Uncleshag on Twitter!
Sure it does. Ha! Just great music! Have a grand weekend.
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Amy MacDonald - Let’s Start A Band
Josh Woodward - 20/20
Dire Straits - Twisting By the Pool
The Rescues - California Rain
Underdog
Shedd - Weatherman
Paul Carpenter - Where Were You
Sylvia Bennett - Since I Fell For You

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MELLENCAMPCOUGARJOHN PT.1

First off, I was disappointed that as I got to the radio station it wasn’t snowing.
I had a brought a song with me to play, and the forecast was for wonderful snow!
However, I was able to open the show with a rare demonstration of my excellent interviewing ability- something I just don’t often get to do, lol!
The featured artist is John and the Cougars and Mellencamps and Smiths and Jones…
His first album was a total failure, and his manager had changed John’s name on the record to Johnny Cougar, without John’s knowledge or permission.
His 2nd album was not even released in America!
But it yielded a # 1 hit in Australia that eventually found its way here.
Johnny boy continued to improve in his singing and songwriting.
And before I am done, I will verify that with some simply GREAT Rock & Roll!
This is the first of four parts- listening to them will make you a fan if you are not already.

Mike

Longtown Sound 479 Patti Rothberg, Spirit Number 5, Wendy and Lisa, Sabrina Shaheen, Miranda Vettrus, Eli Reed and The True Loves, Sylvia Bennett

 

Wednesday Pancake Special is loaded with slices of female vocals and a memory of Liberace. Like salt on strawberries today’s show shouldn’t exist yet, it does. Not content with simply being, the show grows as you listen, taking control of the parts of your brain you, the listener, has not utilized in decades. Care to check it out? Do it today, won’t you?
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Patti Rothberg - Double Standards
Spirit Number 5 - Good Night Cigarette
Liberace - Smoke ‘em!
Wendy and Lisa - Invisible
Sabrina Shaheen - In My Life
Miranda Vettrus - Book of Lies
Eli Reed & The True Loves - I’m Gonna Getcha Back
Sylvia Bennett - Someone To Watch Over Me

Longtown Sound 478 Dave McCormick, Bruce Springsteen, Lone Ranger, Jay Thomas, Hot Buttered Rum, Johnny Cash, Loo Wood, Pegasus Actual, Kenny Chesney

Monday and the first of many to come in the new year.
As is the first new show of the year,  today’s offering is vastly similar yet entirely different. Oh yeah, Unc’s back!
Enjoy the tunage and the memories invoked along with new indie music from tomorrow’s artists, today! Pass it on!
-unc.

Dave McCormick - You Could Be Home
Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
Lone Ranger and Jay Thomas Story
Hot Buttered Rum - Reckless Tex
Johnny Cash - Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Loo Wood - Hideaway
Pegasus Actual - Reverend Sunburst
Kenny Chesney - A Lot Of Things Different

Longtown Sound 477 Roy Orbison Doc Roberts Eagles Josh Woodward Bill Monroe ABBA Tom Gary Blues Band

Morphing in this New Year, Uncleshag’s Longtown Sound now features Oldie Favorites and Newest Indie releases. Just Great Music! Thanks to all who listen, have listened and those yet to find nirvana in an mp3. Join the throng that do today!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Roy Orbison - Cryin’
Doc Roberts - When Blue Eyes Went Away
Eagles - Wasted Time
Josh Woodward - Grey Snow
Bill Monroe - My Last Day on Earth
ABBA - Waterloo
Tom Gary Blues Band - Long Distance Blues