May 11th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 11th went like this...

1) Son Volt; Brick Walls; Honky Tonk

2) Richard Thompson; Waltzings for Dreamers; Watching the Dark
3) Richard Thompson; Wall of Death; Watching the Dark
4) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is to Fly; Sunshine Boy

5) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; Here We Are; Old Yellow Moon
6) R.C. & Emmylou; Black Caffeine; Old Yellow Moon
7) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper; Johnson City; The Comeback Album

8) Bruce Springsteen; Nebraska; Nebraska
9) Chrissie Hynde & Adam Seymour; Nebraska; Badlands--A Tribute to B.S.'s Nebraska
10) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska
11) Aimiee Mann & Michael Penn; Reason to Believe; Badlands--A Tribute to...

12) Billy Bragg; Do On to Others; Tooth and Nail
13) Various Artists; Take Me Home Country Road; The Music is You--A Tribute to John Denver
14) My Morning Jacket; Leaving on a Jet Plane; The Music is You--A Tribute to John Denver

April 28th, 2013

Hi All,

Well, it happened here in 2013.  Missed last week's post and cannot find the darn thing.  It was a new show featuring, among others, Joe Pug.  But alas, gone it seems to be.  I'll get things back on track this week.

Today was a live pledge drive edition of the program.  Thanks to everyone who called in--on two different occasions we had three lines all taking pledges at the same time.  We raised $425 in an hour.  Really appreciate your support of community radio.  Thanks to Jim Gullickson and Shelley Pierce for taking calls and helping with the show.

The playlist went like this...

1)  Townes Van Zandt; T for Texas; Sunshine Boy--Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos--1971-72

2) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth & Nail
3) Richard Thompson; Stony Ground; Electric

4) Steve Goodman; City of New Orleans; Live at the Earl of Old Town
5) Steve Goodman; Old Smoothies; Live at the Earl of Old Town

6) Nick Drake; Pink Moon; Pink Moon
7) Lucinda Williams; Right in Time; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

8) John Prine & Iris Dement; We're Not the Jet Set; In Spite of Ourselves
9) John Prine & Melba Montgomery; Milwaukee Here We Come; In Spite of Ourselves
10) Jon Prine & Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Spite of Ourselves (requested by Shelley Pierce)

If you haven't yet pledged and would like to do so, feel free to call 507-389-5678 or 1-800 456-7810.  Head over to the KMSU webpage and you'd like to pledge online or learn more about the thank you gifts.

April 14th, 2013

Hi All,

Last week's show was an "encore presentation" and I'm not quite sure where the playlist is...but this week's show was brand new and went like this.

1) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill; It's Not Big, It's Large

2) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
3) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball
4) Bruce Springsteen; If I Should Fall Behind; Live in Dublin

5) Stan Rogers; The Badger Drive; For the Family
6) Garnett Rogers; This Shirt; Summer Lightening
7) The Bills; Hallowed Hall; Yes Please

8) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway; Songs & Stories
9) Robert Earl Keen; Laughing River; The Rose Hotel
10) The Civil Wars; I've Got This Friend; Barton Hallow

11) Rodney Crowell; I'm A Mess; Kin
12) Doc & Merle Watson; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Doc & Merle Watson

March 31st, 2013

Hey Everyone,

All baseball songs today.  The playlist was created by Troy Murphy who has been kind enough to send several sets our way.  The playlist went like this...

1) Doc and Merle Watson; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; Doc and Merle Watson

2) Robert Earl Keen; Laughing River; Rose Hotel
3) Bruce Springsteen; Glory Days; Greatest Hits
4) Wilco & Billy Bragg; Joe Dimaggio Done it Again; Mermaid Avenue II

5) The Felice Brothers; Cooperstown; Yonder is the Clock
6) Reckless Kelly; April to October; The Homerun EP
7) Peter Paul & Mary; Right Field; No Easy Walk to Freedom

8) John Foggerty; Center Field; Center Field
9) Chuck Brodsky; Letters in the Dirt; Letters in the Dirt
10) Todd Snider; America's Favorite Pastime; Homerun EP
11) Kenny Rogers; The Greatest; She Rides Wild Horses

12) Steve Goodman; A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request; Affordable Art
13) Terry Cashman; Talkin Baseball (Tony, the Killer and Carew); Talkin Baseball

March 24th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 24th featured a bunch of really long songs and went like this...

1) The Avett Brothers; Pretty Girl from Michigan; The Carpenter

2) David Bromberg; Mr. Bo Jangles; The Player
3) Gurf Morlix; Clay Pigeons; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
4) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Alice Mayhew Jackson; Tiny Pilot

5) The Faces; You're My Girl; Five Guys Walk into a Bar
6) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightening; The Live One
7) Bruce Springsteen; We are Alive; Wrecking Ball

8) Wilco; Born Alone; The Whole Love
9) Jay Farrar & Friends; Happy Machine; New Multitudes
10) Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; Ain't No Time; This is Somewhere

11) Lucinda Williams; Blessed; Blessed

March 17th, 2013

Hi All,

Today was an "encore presentation" of the recent show featuring Guy Clark, John Prine, Steve Goodman, and John Hiatt.  I was unable to get to the studio this week and figured I couldn't go wrong playing these guys again.

The playlist went like this...

1) Guy Clark; Walkin' Man; Workbench Songs

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Goodman; Unemployed; Words We Can Dance To

5) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues

6) Steve Goodman; Old Fashioned; Words We Can Dance To

7) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

8) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball

9) John Prine; Paradise; German Afternoons

10) Steve Goodman; Souveniers; No Big Surprise

11) Guy Clark; Like a Coat for the Cold; Old #1

12) John Hiatt; Old School; Master of Disaster

13) John Prine; Onomatopoeia; Sweet Revenge

14) Steve Goodman; Chicken Cordon Blues; No Big Surprise

March 10, 2013

This week was guest hosted by Ben Leonard. Some of the levels were too high, some of the jokes were too lame, but he meant well. Thanks for not complaining to Dave so he still gets to do this from time to time. Here it goes...

1) Laura Cantrell; Cellar Door; Laura Cantrell

2) Wilco; Listening to the Wind that Blows; Mermaid Avenue III
3) Middle Brother; Wilderness; Middle Brother
4) Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan; Girls, Gather Round; Retrospect

5) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; Sink/Let it Sway, Sink/Let it Sway
6) Old 97s; Big Brow Eyes; Too Far to Care
7) Fountains of Wayne; Valley Winter Song; Welcome Interstate Managers

8) Joe Pug; A Gentle Few; The Great Despiser
9) Johnny freaking Cash; The One on the Right is on the Left; Essential Johnny Cash
10) Bellwether; Baltimore; Home Late

11) Dave Rawlings Machine; Ruby; A Friend of a Friend
12) Jonathan Coulton; Code Monkey; Best. Concert. Ever.
13) Todd Snider; Pick-Up Truck Song; Todd Sings Jerry Jeff

14) Josh Ritter; Joy to You Baby; The Beast in Its Tracks
15) John Prine; Frying Pan; The Singing Mailman
16) Beta Radio; Either Way; Seven Sisters [faded out]

March 3rd, 2012

Hi Everyone,

Well, better late than never with the posts.  I'm still perfect in 2013 (all playlists posted) but got a touch behind this week.

At any rate, the playlist on the 3rd went like this...

1) Levon Helm; Ophelia; Ramble at the Ryman

2) Golden Smog; V.; Pecan Pie
3) Golden Smog; Pecan Pie
4) Neil Young; Jesus' Chariot; Americana
5) Gillian Welch; Six White Horses; The Harvest and the Hallow

6) Story from Kevin Kling; Demo Derby; Wonderlure
7) Sheryl Crow; No Depression; The Unbroken Circle (tribute to Carter Family)
8) Levon Helm (with John Hiatt); The Weight; Ramble at the Ryman

Then four songs from Bruce Springsteen--one from each of his first four releases

9) The Angel; Greetings from Asbury Park
10) Wild Billy's Circus Story; The Wild the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
11) Born to Run; Born to Run
12) Streets of Fire; Darkness on the Edge of Town

13) Mumford & Sons; The Boxer; Babel

Thanks for listening...Ben Leonard is in next week as a guest host.