It's a family affair...
Thanks to Vic for looking after the show over the past week. It’s good to get a break but I am looking forward to being back in the studio, especially as the festive season is now well underway. We begin our countdown to the 25th with our 12 days of Christmas theme. We’ll do a different theme every night using the famous song as inspiration.
As well as coming up with great lists of tunes every night, Patrick McCafferty is pretty handy with theme ideas. The concept is all his so I’m expecting some even bigger lists in the next 12 days.
The first day sees a member of The Partridge family hanging out in our pear tree so the focus will be on musical families. There are no shortage of possibilities - in fact we could fill an entire show with the Cash dynasty. I’m sure Dylan, Paul Simon and Kate McGarrigle will all have their famous offspring suggested and let’s not forget Scotland’s musical families.
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At 2nd Dec 2011, Jesus wrote:Ìý
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- The Allman Brothers Band
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At 2nd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
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At 2nd Dec 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Oh for goodness sake...look out some Rusty and Doug Kershaw...
Hey Mae'
'I Never Had The Blues'
'Love Me To Pieces'
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At 2nd Dec 2011, DC wrote:BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY OF .... .........
ach forget it
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At 2nd Dec 2011, joe-k-brown wrote:Alone - Heart
Three wishes - the Pierces
Strawberry letter 23 - the Brothers Johnson
Misguided Angel - the Cowboy Junkies
More to follow
Joe
Linlithgow
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Comment number 6.
At 2nd Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:My Friend The Sun - Family - As requested on this thread one week ago
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At 3rd Dec 2011, gaie wrote:Musical Families. I love Uncle Vic, he's my favourite Uncle.
Brothers - The Brothers Vaughan
(°°)
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At 3rd Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Last night was pretty dull but next week it's back to parritch and auld claes.
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
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Comment number 10.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
#9 refers to #₇
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
Great GIO moments.......
"You know! Richard whatsisface. Him ootae' the Carpeneters..."
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Goodbye to Love - The Carpenters
;o)
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
Carpeneters...?
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At 3rd Dec 2011, joe-k-brown wrote:Blame it on the boogie - the Jacksons
Jive talkin' - Bee Gees
A soft place to fall - Allison Moorer (sister of Shelby Lynne)
Is it enough I luuv you - Stacey Earle (Steve's sister)
Harsh - Baskery
Forever young - Audra Mae (the great-great-niece of Judy Garland)
Don't it make my brown eyes blue - Crystal Gayle (Loretta Lynn's sister)
Joe
Linlithgow
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Comment number 14.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Spent career
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
Pear Centres
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Nectars Peer
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Comment number 17.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:We have the "12 Days" every other year, but this is a new twist I suppose.
Do we get to choose the connections for the other Days or is that done already?
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Comment number 18.
At 3rd Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:I don't know but Seven Swans A-swimming will surely herald the bleating of Marc Bolan.
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Comment number 19.
At 3rd Dec 2011, RoxyJohn wrote:I'll never be stuck no matter what the theme is:
Bryan Ferry's 'Reason Or Rhyme' has his son Tara Ferry on Drums and his youngest son Merlin on Guitar.
Tara plays on the entire 'Olympia' album and Otis is credited for 'whip' on 'Cruel'
J.O'B.
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Comment number 20.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#19
I believe she was named after Brian Eno's parting words when he left Roxy Music.
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At 3rd Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#18
Maybe, but the theme would need to be wider - what other things do you find on or around lakes? Or what other things are protected by Royal Decree?
I'm of course hoping that one of the days can take us into Space or a Day at the Farm.
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Comment number 22.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:He! She! what is it to be? Bloody stupid name anyhow.
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Comment number 23.
At 3rd Dec 2011, henri hannah wrote:I stumbled upon this whilst researching the numbers theme, which feels like a long time ago:
Standing Eight Count - Jakob Dylan
which is really rather good.
regardez youse
henri
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At 3rd Dec 2011, gaie wrote:another bon mot from Mr Bonfire.
families
Partytime in Heaven - The Silencers, Aura and father Jimme O'Neill
City With No Children in It - Arcade Fire, husband Win Butler and wife Régine Chassagne
An Sabhal Aig Neill - Runrig Calum & Rory Macdonald
#9 [ ✔]
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Comment number 25.
At 3rd Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#19
What ever happened to the twins, Renfrew and Erskine?
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Comment number 26.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:@ ya #25
That's no way to talk about Norrie and Jim!
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Comment number 27.
At 3rd Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Wouldn't catch them sabotaging a Berkeley Hunt.
Persuasion - Richard & Teddy Thompson
Hit Somebody - Warren Zevon (with son Jordan)
Bachelor Boy - Cliff and Keith Richard
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Comment number 28.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues - Kinks
- Marshall Tucker Band ~ Brothers Toy (lead vocal) and Tommy (bass) Caldwell
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Comment number 29.
At 3rd Dec 2011, gaie wrote:January Wedding - the Avett Brothers (Scott & Seth)
Conversation 16 - the National (2 pairs of brothers, Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf
Jig Along ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Woodie & Arlo Guthrie
- Johnny Winter (bro Edgar)
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Comment number 30.
At 3rd Dec 2011, paolopablo wrote:There's gonna be a lot of themes about birds coming up
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Comment number 31.
At 3rd Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:"It Takes a Worried Man" (AKA: "Worried Man Blues") - DEVO's (Mothersbaugh brothers) cover of the folk song by The Carter Family!
Keep it New Wave or Country!
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At 4th Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
A day of mourning in
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Comment number 33.
At 4th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Smoked, drank, died at 57 - Scots ancestry presumably.
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At 4th Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#32 & #33
Yeah, sad. He was a good bloke.
Interestingly the EBC chose this to celebrate his greatness
BTW, Glen Eric, I floated the Robbie Coltrane Samba Sausage idea but the feeling was that this wouldn't be attractive to the health conscious, body beautiful Brazilian. So the latest idea is to re jig the Gilbert O Sullivan classic along the lines of "A Lorne Again, Naturally". I'll keep you posted.
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At 4th Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#30
Imagination stretching required, Paolo, however, I'm sure we can come up with some 'crackers'.
But do we get to do it or has it all been done and listed??
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At 4th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#34
The high water mark of Scottish football, followed by 29 years of inexorable decline.
You can't have heard of the Lorne Bacall low fat range.
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Comment number 37.
At 4th Dec 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Lorne Donegan - Cumberlaund Suasage Gap
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At 4th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Is this is the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all for Lorne?
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At 4th Dec 2011, henri hannah wrote:Ah well ... that's Socrates away, yet another outlived by Megraghi.
National mourning is Brazil, Adam?
regardez - youse
henri
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At 4th Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#37
What's it called?
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At 4th Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
The Ponderosa is in Nevada, as Norrie will testify!
Lorne & Adam & Little Joe. Just like the blog!
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At 4th Dec 2011, DC wrote:The Moderator?
He's that Darn Blocker
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At 4th Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:The Ponderosa was due south of Virginia City... i.e. Montana!
Death... die young as late as possible!
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At 4th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:None of it was real. left to pursue a singing career. I remember him on Sunday Night at the Palladium. Audiences were less demanding then.
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At 4th Dec 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg's daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg - 'Songs That We Sing' (written by Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon...who are not related).
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At 4th Dec 2011, paolopablo wrote:Caravan of love / isley brothers
The way it should be sung.
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At 5th Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#43
OH, NO IT WASN'T!
>8-D
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At 5th Dec 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#44
I can't remember Adam Cartwright, but I think my mum had a crush on him.
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At 5th Dec 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:What? Not Rowdy Yates?
BTW the deeds to the Ponderosa went up in smoke.
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#48
Did your mum have dark hair?
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Comment number 51.
At 5th Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Are we going to have the theme from Bonanza tonight in celebration of the Cartwright family?
If we are, then can someone tell me if these really were the lyrics to the tune or not.
Dont pick a fight in the middle of the night
Bonanza!
Dont pick a fight in the middle of the night
Dont pick a fight with me.
(repeat and repeat)
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#50
I think I may have been confusing him with (scout in Wagon Train). Just forget I ever asked that question.
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#51
I don't know but it's good advice anyway.
I do remember childish Spoonerist jokes about a seldom-seen sister called Fanny.
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Comment number 54.
At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:With the release of Amy Winehouse's album and the discovery of unheard Hendrix tracks, it would be a good time for a re-run of the posthumous pop theme. At this special time of year it's uplifting to be reminded that we may fade away but our earning potential will live on.
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At 5th Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#54
I'm sure Jesus would agree with you there.
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:We seldom differ. Is everyone snowed in?
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At 5th Dec 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Ziggy Marley - 'Look Who's Dancing'
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At 5th Dec 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#56
Sunny 28C here, now that the Moore Toor is over.
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Now that industry's wiped out we only have major sporting events and pandas. We're one step away from the guy who used to travel with a dancing bear.
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Comment number 60.
At 5th Dec 2011, Kene Gelly wrote:'You'll Be Mine' ~~ The Pierces
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At 5th Dec 2011, paolopablo wrote:Sunday night at the SECC approx 8.30pm
Bouncer 'Can I help you?'
Me 'aye we are just goin out'
Bouncer 'fraid you ain't mate'
Me 'sorry?'
Bouncer 'if you go out mate you don't get back in'
Me 'I don't want back in'
Bouncer 'But you'll miss 'Duran duran'
Me 'That's the general idea. I only came to see aerials up'
He just gave that big eyed stare that Bouncers do whilst they try to engage their brain in comprehend mode.
So my boy has now played most of the places he used to go and watch bands
playing himself including Tuts, The SECC and T in the Park. Unfortunately his lifelong ambition is to play the Barrowlands. And that ain't happened yet.
But I must admit I did have a wee glow of pride last night.
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Comment number 62.
At 5th Dec 2011, Will Power wrote:#61 One day I'm sure ☺
Tonight:
Alisha's Attic - The Incidentals
(Sisters Shelly and Karen Poole, daughters of Brian Poole)
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Comment number 63.
At 5th Dec 2011, Will Power wrote:Kevin McDermott Orchestra - Wheels of Wonder
Kevin's brother Jim on drums.
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Comment number 64.
At 5th Dec 2011, Willie B wrote:Keep it Christmas!The Roches "We Three Kings"
Jeff Buckley "The Other Woman"or "Lilac Wine"
Mavis Staples "Jesus is on the Mainline"
Staple Singers "I'll Take You There"
the Mcgarrigles "Talk to me of Mendocino" Cheers,Willlie Bartke
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Comment number 65.
At 5th Dec 2011, joethejamman wrote:The Delevantes(Bob and Mike)-Driving At Night.
The Finn Brothers-Bullets In My Hairdo
The Avett Brothers-I And LoveAnd You
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At 5th Dec 2011, caroline-hall wrote:The Springfields "Island Of Dreams", with the late, great Dusty......
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At 5th Dec 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Dusty was, of course, in before that.
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