Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals, Devils 3 - Rangers 2.
I couldn’t be more pleased!
I don’t know if you noticed, but back when I did this show I had far more vinyl records than CD’s.
And listening to it now I can tell we played at least as many of those wonderful warm records- if not more- than those cold, fidelity-challenged compact discs, lol!
It’s all Heart songs again, with more wonderful quotes about them.
I will say this, one Eagle led to another, and I played the other McGarrigle song by Linda among other things.
And I ended with a very surprising song, but one that lyrically said what I wanted.
Fun to hear my working with my old friend Engineer Ken Stanley.
All YOU have to do is enjoy this, and it’s a wrap, lol
Happy Heart!
 
Mike

Keeping it honest, this is an old show that for some reason I never put out for listening.
I remember that they wanted me to talk more back in those days, which didn’t bother me as long as I could pick any songs I wanted to play without interference.
As it still is!
What I am titling this show is just a variation of the quote, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love”.
Didn’t seem fair to leave out the fancy of young women, lol!
It is from the poem Locksley Hall by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and I will read, not the whole thing thankfully, but that portion I am referencing.
Never one to waste what I consider a good idea, these are songs I didn’t play on the previous Valentine’s Day- the first time I played all “Heart” songs!
These are not the scrubs, not the ones that weren’t good enough.
I just couldn’t fit them all in for Valentines.
I have some nice quotes in here about the Loving Heart, and of course Music I hope you will enjoy.

Mike

 

Welcome to The Way (Part 2).
A compilation I put together in the year of 2005.
Again I guess I was a little more mellow in my
younger age, at least on this show!
Gems on this show:: I would have to give it to
Muddy Waters and a very deep track by early Chicago.

Music includes

HARMONICA ROCKIN’  (Live )   
——MUDDY WATERS Feats. Dizzy Gillespie
LET THE SKY FALL    -    TEN YEARS AFTER 
SPOOKY    -    CLASSIC IV
PARDON MY HEART    -    NEIL YOUNG
I TRY    -    MACY GRAY
IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY    -    SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
PLEASE FORGIVE ME    -    DAVID GRAY
SLEEPS WITH BUTTERFLIES    -    TORI AMOS
AN HOUR IN THR SHOWER        - CHICAGO
…..A HARD MORNING WITHOUT BREAKFAST
…..OFF TO WORK
…..FALLIN’ OUT
…..DREAMIN’ HOME
…..MORNING BLUES AGAIN

Sound Bites include :::::

WHYI

(Ft. Lauderdale-Miami) Hits Station / Radio I.D.
This is the end / Sound Bite from The End by The Doors
The End (By George he’s got it -It is the end
—–Sound Bite from Rocky & Bullwinkle

Well this is it, at long last the Finale- until I get the itch to do Rain again someday.
By the way, it was pouring outside the morning I did this chapter.
I was losing myself in the Music and feeling comfortable again.
I knew weeks ago what song I would end this series with, so it was just a matter of setting a mood for me and for you until I got there.
You can decide how well I did regarding both mood and ending.
I openly admitted that I knew I undoubtedly left somebody’s favorite Rain song out.
But hey, I sure played an awful lot of them…there had to be some good ones in there, lol!
A big thank you to everyone who joined me for all or some of this wet, soggy, long and fun trip!
And a Happy Mother’s Day to all who qualify!
 
Mike

So much for my preventing Rain with this series,
It has been raining or threatening to, virtually every day since I opened my mouth about it.
This is the next-to-last episode, and not because I am running out of Rain songs.
In fact, I have so many left over, I decided this would be a Kitchen Sink presentation.
I would just throw the Kitchen Sink at you with Rain songs as they came into my head.
Actually that’s not much different than usual, lol!
I think most of these will be known to you, but maybe not.
One was banned by Radio Stations, one by a group that had begun in the early 60’s and was trying to keep up with the times and dip into what was starting to be called Progressive Rock, another is one of my favorite Oldies from the 50’s, one I really like was sent to me from Mother Hen Productions, and so on.
This first half of the show required less thought, as I had to work through a sadness- if Rain falls, so do Tears, and I don’t mean that in some philosophical sense.
I was feeling the shock, the disbelief, the mourning over the loss of Pete Fornatale, the most creative DJ I have ever heard.
He couldn’t REALLY have died, could he?
As I went along, I couldn’t help wondering how he would have handled this Rain series…what he would have played?
And I was slowly getting out of the funk, and getting back to the pride I have both in the similarities and the differences Pete and I always had.
In the near future I will find a way to honor him on Rockollections.
 
Mike

Keeping it real. Contact the artists at the links below, thanks!

Aaron English - Believe
Steven Stewart - Leave Me In The Rain
Simon Fagan - Water’s Edge
Sarah Beth Keeley - Time
Emerson Hart - Cigarettes and Gasoline
Doug Gill - Stronger Back
Andrew Cole - All You Need

OK! I posted this on May 5th of 2012.
Yes! I know I have a tune on the show called Cinco De Mayo.
No! This wasn’t planned. It just work out that way.
Now if I only can be this lucky with the lottery.

Welcome to “The Way”  (Part 1).  A compilation I put together
in the year of 2005.  I notice posting these older shows
from year to year my musical taste in selecting these
songs changes every so slightly. I’m more rock selected now
than I was in the past.
Well in any case I hope you will still enjoy !
Gems on this show is of course by War with Cinco De Mayo and
this live version of Old Man Down The Road by John Forgerty.
I feel this live version is far better than the studio version.

This show is ONE BIG MP3 for your listening enjoyment.
Check it out by clicking the play button
and / or downloading. Also you can subscribe to the
show through I-Tunes.
I also would like you to share this show with
the music lovers in your life..

Music includes

BEAUTIFUL    -    MOBY
SOMETHING’S ALWAYS WRONG    
——TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
THE WAY    -    FASTBALL
6TH AVENUE HEARTACHE    -    THE WALLFLOWERS
CINCO De MAYO      -       WAR
SITTING, WAITING, WISHING     -     JACK JOHNSON
NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN     -     THREE DOG NIGHT
THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD ( Live)    -     JOHN FOGERTY
DAUGHTER     -     JOHN MAYER
I WAS WRONG     -     KEB MO’

Sound bites includes ::::::

Time now for a lost 45 - Computer Generated Sound Bite
Real Men Of Genius..( Mr. Tiny ThongWearwear ) - Bud Light Commercial
Papa got a brand new bag  
—–Sound Bite from John Trovota in the movie Faceoff

Visit the artist in today’s show and say hello!

Fort Atlantic - Let Your Heart Hold Fast
The Vespers - Will You Love Me
Severin Browne - When It’s Right It’s Right
Kelly Carpenter - Summer Rain
Green River Ordinance - Heart Of Me
Rosie Thomas -  All the Way to New York City
Jim O’Keeffe - Double Blues
Jackson Cage - White Line
Mike Whitney - Same Blues
ANTIQCOOL - Full Metal Jacket
Amr Diab - Training Wheels
Paul Thorn -  Every Little Bit Hurts
Patti Rothberg - Double Standards

As we conclude our musical Kentucky Derby, I know a horse I would bet on but he is for a very good reason not on the field, not a contender.
Then I’ll play a couple of songs that are not only about Horses, but RACEhorses!
After that, just for kicks let’s become children again, and go to a place beyond the Derby, where nobody bets on the ponies- into a world of dreams and magic for a ride on and with the Pony Man.
Then what’s that expression, “You can lead a horse to water, but…”?
Followed by a song that seems to bring out strong emotions in people, both for and against.
Finally, and all out of breath, I will leave you with a perfectly named song that was # 2 on the charts in 1968.
Let me know if I came in Win, Place or Show.
I ran my ass off, lol!
Good luck picking the winner at the Kentucky Derby.
May he or she go on to the Triple Crown!

Mike

Listen to and visit the artists links below!

David Wilcox - Modern World
Copper Box - Take a Picture
Jess Penner - Built To Break
Five A.M. - Just Say Anything
Elvin Bishop - Oklahoma
8 Ball Aitken - Yellow Moon
Alexa Carter - Ballerina
Jeff Ronay - Slipping Away Again

Well it only took many years, but I finally realized in time to do something about it!
A show that has been bouncing around in my head for all those years, dedicated to the Kentucky Derby.
Because the only 2 vices I have avoided in my life are gambling and drugs, I never bet the ponies or the Derby, so it always sort of sneaked up on me.
But this year…voila…I am aware, lol!
So there will be much horsing around, and even imbibing in that famous traditional beverage.
There are some wonderful listeners I am blessed to have, who think along with me in these free-form-radio ventures.
And I am sure they figure there is a Rolling Stones song I HAVE to play.
They are correct of course, but I am going to throw them and everybody else a surprising curveball with that one, lol!
Something you may never have known about regarding that classic song.
Plus I have the chance to play within a Theme a song I have always loved, exquisite in its open to interpretation symbolism, that goes far beyond merely catching a horse.
Ah, there’s a lot here if you like Horses.
And we are only at the halfway marker- with a photo finish still to come.
You are invited to saddle up and join me.

Mike

OK ! The teachers has left the building.
So here are the substitutes take over the class.
These are the remnants of the compilation of Teacher Teacher.
A longer show I might add.
The gem I feel on this show is a song I discovered from
another listener Marion Ferro here in Massachusetts, and is
a host once a week,  on Rock Under the Radar:
Marian Ferro LIVE on WCAC Radio.
The track and CD she turn me on to is Seven Moons by Jack Bruce
of the Cream fame and Robin Trower, a collaboration made in
2008 from the CD Seven Moons. Thx Marion !

Also people here in Southern New England, remember Carolyn Fox.
Well she’s been away from the mic for a while and I’m please to say
she is back on FreeForm WBCN. Happy to have this little clip of her during
her first month on BCN explaining how she got the name Fox.

So enjoy the mix

Music includes :::::::

WATCHIN’ YOU SLEEP - BLEU
THE LOOK - ROXETTE
IT’S YOUR THING - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
DREAM CITY - FREE ENERGY
MAMA COCO - GINO VANNELLI
TIMES LIKE THESE - THE FOO FIGHTERS
TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS - STYX
LAUGHING - THE GUESS WHO
LORD GRENVILLE - AL STEWERT
LIDO SHUFFLE - BOZ SCAGGS
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMN - C & C MUSIC FACTORY
LOVE INTERRUPTION - JACK WHITE
SEVEN MOONS - JACK BRUCE AND ROBIN TROWER
A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY - GENE McDANIELS

Sound bites includes ::::::

RR360 into - What Knockers and snoring
—-Sound bites from Young Frankenstein & my significant other
Carolyn’s Fox first day on Freeform WBCN
—–Freeform WBCN radio bite from March 2012
And now for something completely different
—–Sound Bite from Monty Python
WXPK - The Peak - White Plains N.Y. - Radio I.D. ( AAA)
Raiding the 20th Century ! Go Back ! No order !
—–WFMU sound bite
—–Sound Bite from TV’s Battlestar Galactica
Now I’m done - Sound Bite from TV’s - Archer

When I was recording this second half of the show, it actually was RAINING!
A real downpour- the kind you want to walk in…well, maybe not, lol!
And April Showers has since been living up to its name.
I had decided to go Folk in this chapter beforehand, and that Sweet Rain made it so much more enjoyable.
Included in this episode is one of my Go-To-Guys…TWICE!
The urgent thought, during the old Cold War, of Rain as Song Metaphor for Nuclear War and Radioactive Fallout- hang on to something if you have never heard these- the poetic words will come fast and furious!
A Randy Newman song dripping with sadness and sarcasm, I’ll be playing my favorite version interpreted by someone who may surprise you.
Followed quickly by one that will pick you right up and make you feel glad you have those good times, bad times, true friends.
All the ingredients that are usually contained in these shows are here, but with a Folk & Folk/Rock bent.
I will give Rain a rest next week, then continue the following one with what I think will be the Series Finale- although man, I have so many Rain Songs left!
Next week, it’s Off To The Races.
But first, give this one a listen- a close, get-back-to-when-the-lyrics-mattered listen!
You won’t be disappointed.
 
Mike

Fort Atlantic - No One Will Know
Alexa Carter - It’s Too Late
Haley Bonar - Raggedy Man
The Vespers - Tell Your Mama
The Civil Wars - 20 Years
Christopher Leigh & the Boogie Chillens - Goin’ Down
Warren Zevon - Mama Couldn’t Be Persuaded (1976 Live at The Main Point)
Danny Gatton - Sun Medley (Mystery Train, My Baby Left Me, That’s All Right)

Somebody help me!
For the past two weeks I have been caught in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, watching 2, 3, 4, sometimes 5 games in a day- tough, nasty, mesmerizing old-time Hockey the way I like it, lol!
Where’s that been the last bunch of years?
So I am behind on everything, those damn intrusions of life!
I have a correction to make.
Last time out, I must have thought I was going to tell a story- I incorrectly identified the Rascals album as Once Upon A Time…it is in fact Once Upon A Dream.
This time in, I asked a few friends Why People Walk In The Rain?
I’ll have their answers, but I didn’t say in the show that most of them said they didn’t like it at all, lol!
You have to go somewhere, it’s raining, so you walk in it- end of story.
Another portion of this chapter will deal with People Who Want It To Rain.
For reasons that will become quickly clear to you.
A nice cross-section of Music in here.
And a rushed out blog, lol!
Enjoy!

Mike

Arrogant Worms - The Fishing Song
SwampDaWamp - Do Things
The Gousters - Closed For  Repairs
Jeff Ronay - Good Day
The Afters - Someday
Stars Go Dim - Love Gone Mad
Meghan Cary - Live!

 

Welcome to another new compilation for April 2012.

Part 1 consist of a tribute and heavily themed show
for the teachers of the world.
Sorry to say no new tunes here. All CLASSIC ROCK !

A great gem here is a great actual crank call made to a demolition
company with little 8 year Irish girl named Becky calling about knocking
down her school in Dublin, Ireland.

Enjoy and share with all the teachers in your life !

Rock On and Enjoy The show !!

Music includes :::::

SCHOOL DAYS - CHUCK BERRY
TEACHER TEACHER - 38 SPECIAL
HOT FOR TEACHER - VAN HALEN
DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - THE POLICE
TEACHER TEACHER - ROCKPILE
TEACHER - JETHRO TULL
THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
&  ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL ( Part 2 ) -  PINK FLOYD
SCHOOLS OUT  -  ALICE COOPER

Sound bites include ::::

Ever try to fight 35 guys at one time, Teach
——- Sound bite from the movie Blackboard Jungle
School bell ringing - Sound effect
Bueller , Bueller, Bueller - Sound bite from the movie
——- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Motivate Students / Pound Erasures - Sound bite from TV’s
——- House and Peanuts
Recess is over - Sound bite from the movie  Bad Teacher
What did you learn in school today  
——- Sound bite from song by Pete Seeger
Your ripping my card - You dick !  
——– Sound bite from the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High
School bell ringing & Class Dismissed  
——– Sound effect and cut from Van Halen
Demolition Call ( Comedy - Prank phone call )  
 ——– Little Irish girl named Becky real prank call.

Mike Whitney - Martin
Michelle Featherstone - You Belong To Me
Phil Ayoub - Bad Habits
Downtown Money Wasters - Rest My Bones
Worlds Best Band KLII - Danger Zone
Rabble Rousers - Travelin’ Blues
Severin Browne - Is It Really True
Alona Raevska - Destroyed
Jamie Marshall - Stir My Soul
Heather Waters - Stone and Concrete
Jim Brooks - Is It Raining At Your House
Jeff Ronay - Me And Carlos
The Vespers - Better Now
John Roy Zat - Long Train Coming
Taylor Hicks - Somehow

Before anything else, let’s all remember Dick Clark.
He did a lot for Rock & Roll and always seemed like a decent guy to me.
This show will note his passing as soon as I get the opportunity.
Continuing with our April Showers series, I’ll get a little serious regarding Farmers.
Too little Rain or too much Rain and you are in a world of hurt, it’s a tricky balance.
Don’t make enough money, you might lose your farm!
After that, a lighter touch as we lay back and groove while it rains and we dream.
Plus there is no finer time for romance (or even more if you handle it right, and find a willing partner) than a Rainy Day…well maybe a Snowy Day…but we get more Rainy ones, lol!
And I’ll have one of my very favorite Rain songs from the brilliant wordsmith John Sebastian with the Lovin’ Spoonful.
Sweet, happy, and saying so much in its brief simplicity- right up Sebastian’s alley.
Lastly, I want to let you know that Sunday, April 22nd is April Showers Day!
As the sign above says, enjoy the Day- I’m doing my part, lol!
The Showers and Rain will continue next week.

Mike

There has been far more Rain in these shows than we have actually had in April.
I’m not sure if it has really rained at all here where I live!
How difficult is it to be a Weatherperson in a continuously warm-weather location?
It must be mind numbing to say the same things every day, however that’s what they get paid for, and handsomely so.
I guess they must possess an entertaining quality about them- although if it’s a Weatherwoman, a short skirt and cleavage would make me tune in, lol!
Among other things, I’ll take a look at Rainmakers in this episode- those who say they can do it and those who believe in them.
Included in this chapter, a song I once considered myself too hip to play, an old FM Turntable Hit for those of us who remember it, and a cautionary tale straight out of The Twilight Zone.
Let it Rain!

Mike

I was thinking during the break about that somewhat lame Rain sound effect I used in the first half.
That got me to thinking about songs that have the Sound Of Rain in them.
And what was the first one I remember hearing?
I should have done this during the Academy Awards, lol!
So in this episode I will present, and it’s just my opinion, the Award For Best Song That Contains Rain Sound Effects!
A sort of Golden Pell!
What would be your favorite, or do you agree with me?
Have a listen and find out.
 
Mike

This is another of those Theme Series I have long thought about doing.
I am finally getting around to it.
I like the Rain- of course I like Snow better- but Rain can be very enjoyable, romantic, calming and a whole lot of other things…including ruining a special day, lol!
Without a doubt, I will hit on some songs you have forgotten about and have not heard in years in this Series.
And for the sake of accuracy, I will even start with that period just before it Rains.
Let’s have some musical fun and get wet together!
 
Mike

 

Enjoy Part 2 of this older compilation.
Not Ready To Make Nice !

This show is ONE BIG MP3 for your listening enjoyment.
Check it out by clicking the play button
and / or downloading. Also you can subscribe to the
show through I-Tunes.
I also would like you to share this show with
the music lovers in your life..

Next week an updated brand new compilation dedicated to
Teachers through out the world here in April 2012.

Music includes ::::: 

HITCH A RIDE   -   BOSTON
ROOM TO MOVE   -   JOHN MAYALL
JIM DANDY   -   BLACK OAK ARKANSAS  feats. Ruby Starr
BLACK BETTY   -   RAM JAM
TELL ME ‘BOUT IT   -   JOSS STONE
TRAVELIN’ RIVERSIDE BLUES   -   DION
DREADLOCK HOLIDAY   -   10cc
THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL   -   HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
ROCKIN’ WITH RED   -   PIANO RED

Sound bites include :::

RR360 Quite A Guy WLSO.FM Intro
The NASA Channel - Comedy from WBCN / WZLX
Groove Yard Intro - Sound Bite from WBRU
Do you mind if we dance with yo’ dates
—–> Sound Bite from Animal House
93 KHJ And the Hits just keep on coming - Radio Jingle
No freezing rain - Sound Bite from CFBR in Ottawa, Canada
I recall Central Park in the fall
—–> Sound bite from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
She’s dead - Sound Bite from The Sopranos

First of all, I just have to say for all of Rockabilly Music, thank God for Sam Phillips and Sun Records!
Mr. Perkins was an artist I had always wanted to spotlight, and being left alone at the station I was able to.
We’ll close out our featured artist in this final episode, beginning with a song I would have bought based on the title alone.
I’ll have the 3rd of the songs the Beatles covered by Carl.
This should be pointed out, it is extremely noteworthy that the Beatles released more songs written by Carl Perkins than any artist other than THEMSELVES!
Plus it is fascinating to note that Carl late in his career discovered that he was a legend in England…a country he had never even performed in!
But eventually he did play there.
So we will end this show with an All-Star Jam Medley featuring Gentleman Carl Perkins from a TV Special, accompanied by some indisputable Rock & Roll heavyweights!
It was real fun for me to do this one, particularly back working with my old buddy Engineer Ken Stanley.
Again, enjoy and ROCK!
 
Mike

Among all my favorite kinds of music, Rockabilly has always been right up there.
There is a raucous letting go that appealed to me as a kid, and still does it for me.
Among the names that should always come up regarding this kind of Music is Carl Perkins.
And rightly so!
While there may be more familiar names, there are very few better.
Here’s what Charlie Daniels said about him:
“Carl Perkins’ songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins’ sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed.”
Perkins’ songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Cash, which further cemented his place in the history of popular music.
Called “the King of Rockabilly”, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll, the Rockabilly, and the Nashville Songwriters Halls of Fame; and was a Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipient.
So my man Carl clearly has the pedigree.
Let’s Rock!

Mike