I recently got home from doing a radio show. I found some good selections this time. There were a lot of upbeat and humorous songs. There were two songs about duct tape, a song about toilet training, a song about a petrified pirate, and a song about garlic. Some people say I work too hard on preparing for the show, and it's true that I could get away with spending less time on preparing, but if I just played random songs, that would be pointless, because the reason I enjoy being a DJ is the creativity of putting songs together.
My favorite bands and favorite song of the moment are some uplifting selections from tonight's show.
My favorite song of the moment is "Big Blue Sky" by Rachel Garlin. You can listen to it on Rachel Garlin's myspace page. I was going to make it my profile song, but it's not set up to allow it.
My favorite bands of the moment are Woods Tea Company and Smithfield Fair. Probably I should add Schooner Fare. I haven't listened to them lately, but they are in the same category as Woods Tea Company and Smithfield Fair.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Before I was a folkie
I liked folk music all my life, but I didn't know there was a genre called folk music until a few years after I got out of college. Before that, when someone asked me what kind of music I liked, I might try to explain that I like the songs in Rise Up Singing (or before Rise Up Singing, it was Winds of the People). I also grew up listening to and enjoying music of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. I'm not that old -- I listened to music my parents liked, and then, when I started listening to the radio on my own, the radio played songs that had been hits in the past in addition to the most current hits.
The first popular songs that I liked were "Take Me Home Country Roads" by John Denver and "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Those songs were popular the year that I turned five and somehow made their way into my consciousness even though I didn't listen to the radio much when I was that age. Around that time, I also liked Spirit in Flesh, the band at my father's commune Brotherhood of the Spirit.
Growing up, thanks to my parents, I was surrounded by and came to like the music of Donovan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Buddy Holly, Herman's Hermits, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Ray Stevens, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, and the Serendipity Singers. We also had a single of "Carolina in the Morning."
When I was in kindergarten or so, I drew a picture illustrating Donovan's song "There is a Mountain."
Before meals, my mother's parents would say a silent grace, but my parents thought us little kids would not get so much out of that, so at our house, before meals, we all held hands and sang the first few lines of the chorus of "Everything is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens.
My mother and I sang and/or played on the piano "This Land is Your Land," "Passing Through," "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," "Carry it On," "Both Sides Now," "Joy is Like the Rain," "The George Fox Song," "How Can I Keep From Singing," "Lord of the Dance," "The Magic Penny," "Colours," "Yellow Submarine," "Let it Be," "Hey Jude," "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Cecilia," "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and "Riding in My Car." My family also sang songs with lyrics we had made up. "Yellow Cornfields" was to the tune of "Clementine" and "The Bald Bear Song" was to the tune of "On Top of Old Smoky."
When I was around 13, I started listening to the radio a lot. I liked Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Abba, REO Speedwagon, Supertramp, Seals and Crofts, Kenny Rogers, Journey, Foreigner, and most of all, the Bee Gees. The Bee Gees new stuff (i.e. it was new when I was listening in the 80's) was completely different from their old stuff, and it was and still is considered un-cool to like their newer stuff, but I liked both. In addition to knowing their hits in their old and new styles, I enjoyed an album called Odessa which had songs I never heard on the radio, and which was in their older style (as my father put it, "before their voices changed.")
When I was a teenager, I also heard the music my brother listened to, including Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Weird Al, and AC/DC.
Below is a list of some songs I liked when I was listening to the radio as a teenager. These songs are considered un-cool, but my message to you is, I'm cool and I like these songs, so don't be ashamed if you like them too.
The first popular songs that I liked were "Take Me Home Country Roads" by John Denver and "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Those songs were popular the year that I turned five and somehow made their way into my consciousness even though I didn't listen to the radio much when I was that age. Around that time, I also liked Spirit in Flesh, the band at my father's commune Brotherhood of the Spirit.
Growing up, thanks to my parents, I was surrounded by and came to like the music of Donovan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Buddy Holly, Herman's Hermits, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Ray Stevens, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, and the Serendipity Singers. We also had a single of "Carolina in the Morning."
When I was in kindergarten or so, I drew a picture illustrating Donovan's song "There is a Mountain."
Before meals, my mother's parents would say a silent grace, but my parents thought us little kids would not get so much out of that, so at our house, before meals, we all held hands and sang the first few lines of the chorus of "Everything is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens.
My mother and I sang and/or played on the piano "This Land is Your Land," "Passing Through," "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," "Carry it On," "Both Sides Now," "Joy is Like the Rain," "The George Fox Song," "How Can I Keep From Singing," "Lord of the Dance," "The Magic Penny," "Colours," "Yellow Submarine," "Let it Be," "Hey Jude," "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Cecilia," "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and "Riding in My Car." My family also sang songs with lyrics we had made up. "Yellow Cornfields" was to the tune of "Clementine" and "The Bald Bear Song" was to the tune of "On Top of Old Smoky."
When I was around 13, I started listening to the radio a lot. I liked Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Abba, REO Speedwagon, Supertramp, Seals and Crofts, Kenny Rogers, Journey, Foreigner, and most of all, the Bee Gees. The Bee Gees new stuff (i.e. it was new when I was listening in the 80's) was completely different from their old stuff, and it was and still is considered un-cool to like their newer stuff, but I liked both. In addition to knowing their hits in their old and new styles, I enjoyed an album called Odessa which had songs I never heard on the radio, and which was in their older style (as my father put it, "before their voices changed.")
When I was a teenager, I also heard the music my brother listened to, including Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Weird Al, and AC/DC.
Below is a list of some songs I liked when I was listening to the radio as a teenager. These songs are considered un-cool, but my message to you is, I'm cool and I like these songs, so don't be ashamed if you like them too.
- "How Deep is Your Love" by the Bee Gees
- "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond
- "Weekend in New England" and "Mandy" by Barry Manilow"
- "Funeral for a Friend" by Elton John
- "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer
- "Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy VanWarmer
- "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago
- "Hooked on a Feeling" and "I Just Can't Help Believing" by B.J. Thomas
- "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis
- "Baby I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton
- "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor
- "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
- "The Way I Want to Touch You" by Captain and Tenille
- "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Mostly Folk Playlist, August 10, 2008
Song | Musician | Album
Instrumentals for the fill-in before 6pm
Lobo | Sweet Cider Music | Bassboots and Banjos
Puppy Belly Dance | Peter Ostroushko | Heart of the Heartland
Wildwood Flower | Sam Pacetti and Gabriel Valla | Union
Old Joe Clark | Joe Cunningham and Erik Ian Walker | Music for Squares
The Streets of Laredo | Joe Cunningham and Erik Ian Walker | Music for Squares
Freight Train | Chet Atkins | The Essential Chet Atkins
Yarn Ball Dance | Hedgehogs | Oasis World Volume VII, 3
Scooterpie in the Willows | Paul Bast | Can What You Can't
The Scent of Pencil Shavings | Smithfield Fair | Walking Through This World
Irish Spring | John Starling and Carolina Star | Slidin' Home
Slow Dance from Machu Picchu | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
The House on Vine Street | The Greencards | Weather and Water
Regular Mostly Folk show starting at 6pm
Mwa Uka | The Limeliters | Right From the Start
Big Blue Sky | Rachel Garlin | Oasis Acoustic: Volume V, Number 4
Get on Board | Kim and Reggie Harris | Rock of Ages
Who'll Rock the Cradle | John McCutcheon | Sprout Wings and Fly
Lookout Hill | Stan Rogers | For the Family
The Music in the Wood | Tanglefoot | The Music in the Wood
James of the Glen | Smithfield Fair | 20 for 20
Star of the County Down | Keltish | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Gin Ye Marry Me or Birnie Bouzle | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
De Boatman Dance | The Free Staters | Oasis Acoustic, Voume VII, 17
The Mermaid | The Pyrates Royale | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Perry the Petrified Pirate | Dave Rudolf | Oasis Children's, Volume VIII, 1
Sink the Cheerio | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
One Meatball | Peach Pie | Them There Eyes
You Are What You Eat | Zucchini Brothers | In Your Garden
Java Jump | Duke Davis and Buckshot | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, 3
Love That Garlic | Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, 2
Duct Tape Blues | Joel Mabus | The Naked Truth
Duct Tape Madrigal | Rounds Galore…and More | Oasis Acoustic Volume VII 16
Fine Fine Day | Jefferson Pepper | American Evolution
Alice | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Alice | Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity
Louise | Jackie Morris | Where the Legends Grow Like Weeds
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder | Red Molly | Never Been to Vegas – Live
The Other Side of Town | Robin and Linda Williams | Radio Songs
I Rest in Your Heart | Laura Jai | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Pacé | The Kennedys | Better Dreams
Instrumentals for the fill-in before 6pm
Lobo | Sweet Cider Music | Bassboots and Banjos
Puppy Belly Dance | Peter Ostroushko | Heart of the Heartland
Wildwood Flower | Sam Pacetti and Gabriel Valla | Union
Old Joe Clark | Joe Cunningham and Erik Ian Walker | Music for Squares
The Streets of Laredo | Joe Cunningham and Erik Ian Walker | Music for Squares
Freight Train | Chet Atkins | The Essential Chet Atkins
Yarn Ball Dance | Hedgehogs | Oasis World Volume VII, 3
Scooterpie in the Willows | Paul Bast | Can What You Can't
The Scent of Pencil Shavings | Smithfield Fair | Walking Through This World
Irish Spring | John Starling and Carolina Star | Slidin' Home
Slow Dance from Machu Picchu | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
The House on Vine Street | The Greencards | Weather and Water
Regular Mostly Folk show starting at 6pm
Mwa Uka | The Limeliters | Right From the Start
Big Blue Sky | Rachel Garlin | Oasis Acoustic: Volume V, Number 4
Get on Board | Kim and Reggie Harris | Rock of Ages
Who'll Rock the Cradle | John McCutcheon | Sprout Wings and Fly
Lookout Hill | Stan Rogers | For the Family
The Music in the Wood | Tanglefoot | The Music in the Wood
James of the Glen | Smithfield Fair | 20 for 20
Star of the County Down | Keltish | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Gin Ye Marry Me or Birnie Bouzle | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
De Boatman Dance | The Free Staters | Oasis Acoustic, Voume VII, 17
The Mermaid | The Pyrates Royale | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Perry the Petrified Pirate | Dave Rudolf | Oasis Children's, Volume VIII, 1
Sink the Cheerio | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
One Meatball | Peach Pie | Them There Eyes
You Are What You Eat | Zucchini Brothers | In Your Garden
Java Jump | Duke Davis and Buckshot | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, 3
Love That Garlic | Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, 2
Duct Tape Blues | Joel Mabus | The Naked Truth
Duct Tape Madrigal | Rounds Galore…and More | Oasis Acoustic Volume VII 16
Fine Fine Day | Jefferson Pepper | American Evolution
Alice | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Alice | Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity
Louise | Jackie Morris | Where the Legends Grow Like Weeds
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder | Red Molly | Never Been to Vegas – Live
The Other Side of Town | Robin and Linda Williams | Radio Songs
I Rest in Your Heart | Laura Jai | Oasis World, Volume VII, 5
Pacé | The Kennedys | Better Dreams
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