Country sweethearts...
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Upbeat love songs was a cracking theme and there were some really joyful tunes. It鈥檚 always good to hear the more unusual tracks and I liked this message we got from Brian Doig after playing Julie鈥檚 Blossom Dearie suggestion: 鈥淪ong of the night - Doop Doo De Doop... That was amazing... Never heard that before but smiled from the first beat to last... Is that not just what music is for?鈥
Tomorrow鈥檚 classic album is Sweetheart of the Rodeo and the theme is the women of country and americana. This show should really be an embassment of riches so make sure you get in early with your top shouts鈥
Comment number 1.
At 10th Jan 2012, Will Power wrote:Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go
Jo Dee Messina - You're Not In Kansas Anymore
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At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Coal Miner's Daughter ~ Loretta Lynn , Sheryl Crowe, & Miranda Lambert (from A Tribute To)
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At 10th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:Today the postie delivered "The Complete Introduction To Northern Soul" box set complete with booklet about Wigan Casino etc. really well put together and well worth the 拢20 for 100 soul tracks, each more wonderful than the last. Some real gems on these, quite a lot of them new to me.
I'm indebted to Frank in Denny who kicked my interest off with a shout for Frank Wilson's 'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do), the other week. I was interested in Frank Wilson because of his later production/arrangement work for Motown ( Keep On Truckin' etc). I think Northern Soul may be my campaign for this year, and I commend this box set to the blogotariat.
Hopefully this post won't get moderated.
regardez youse
henri
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At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Prior shouts for this crew have gone unanswered... so howzaboot
Petty Booka with the Meat Purveyors ~ How Can I Be So Thirsty Today?
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Comment number 5.
At 10th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:Well, this is really Mr Git's territory but I'll throw my tuppence worth in:
The Rhythm Of The Blues - Mary -Chapin Carpenter a mystery why this has never been played on GIO. The ultimate country song about the living death phase of a dead relationship.
My First Night Alone Without You - Bonnie Raitt Absolutely luminous rendition of Ray Charles's beautiful song of post relationship lonliness, wonderful, mystery why never palyed on GIO.
and now the blindingly obvious:
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle love it.
maybe more to follow.
regardez youse
henri
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At 10th Jan 2012, norriemaclean wrote:Mary Chapin Carpenter - Almost 成人快手
Roseanne Cash - Sea of Heartache
Carla Olson - The DRifter
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Iris DeMent - Let The Mysatery Be
Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind
Trisha Yearwood - Believ Me Baby I Lied
Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel
Alison Kraus - Killing The Blues
Jennifer Nettles in Sugarland - All I Want To Do
Kim Richey - Chinese Boxes
Patricia Hardin w Tom Russel - Joshua Tree
Tift Merrit - Good Hearted Man or Morning Is My Destitantion
Maria McKee - Ophelius (Sweet Relief)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Indigo Girls - Gallileo or Power of Two
Emmylou Harris - Tragedy
Kathy Mattea - Nobodys Gonna Rain On Our Parade
Ani Difranco-Mariachi
Shawn Colvin - One Cool Remove
kd lang - Last Cigarette
Madison Violet - Cindy Cindy
Dar Williams - Iowa
Caitlin Rose - Learning To Ride
Gretchen Peters - Saint Francis
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At 10th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:Oh and I forgot...
Sleeping By The Fryis River - Ane Brun strictly speaking the wrong nationality, but undoubtedly completely deserving to be included among the greatest of her peers.
k d lang - Perfect word/ heaven/ helpless and many others..
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 8.
At 10th Jan 2012, Will Power wrote:Piney Gir Country Roadshow - I Was Born In A Thunderstorm
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At 10th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:Oh and I like
Different Drum - the Stone Pony's
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henri
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At 10th Jan 2012, joe-k-brown wrote:Happy to second anything from Norrie's great list. Plus:
Oklahoma sky - Miranda Lambert
Easier to forget - Allison Moorer
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Outstanding list Norrie, reckon you'll have topped Scotch in quantity ;-0
P.S. You missed one...
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore ~ June Carter
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At 10th Jan 2012, norriemaclean wrote:Joe you remind me:
Buddy and Judy Miller with Patti Griffin - Chalk
Gillian Welch - The Way That It Goes
thanks for your kind remark!
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At 10th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:oh and...
Bobby Gentry.. I'll Never Fall In Love Again .. obvious, but great.
regardez youse
henri
PS bet Patrick Mccafferty doesn't come up with such a knowledgeable list, Norrie.well done!
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At 10th Jan 2012, Thing-Fish wrote:Great to hear THE PHLORESCENT LEECH AND EDDIE on GIO tonight.
Thanks Bryan!
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At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:No seriously, well done Norrie! If you ever fancy some Insurgent Country get yourself onto www.bloodshotrecords.com
Tennessee Waltz ~ Sally Timms
Gary Gilmour's Eyes ~ Sally Timms with Dean Schablowske
Homicide ~ Sally Timms with Skid Marks
Green Green Grass Of 成人快手 ~ Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts
ps Who's Patrick McCafferty?
pps Who's Henri Hannah?
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Comment number 16.
At 10th Jan 2012, paolopablo wrote:If ever there was a theme.....and yet its sung by a man So might not count
A song about a guy who has to raise his daughter snd look after his old horse as his wife goes off to be a rodeo star
Everything that glitters is not gold / England Dan Seals
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Comment number 17.
At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Whoops... I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive ~ Rosie Flores
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At 10th Jan 2012, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Great list Norrie...and 'Chalk' is a wonderful song...love it!
Devon Sproule - 'Plea For A Good Night's Rest'
Carlene Carter - 'Every Little Thing' or 'Unbreakable Heart'
Eliza Gilkyson - 'Borderline'
Suzy Bogguss - 'Part Of You' or 'I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart'
The Ditty Bops - great harmonies and guitar playing on 'Wishful Thinking'
Mindy Smith - 'It's Amazing'
Asleep At The Wheel's Elizabeth McQueen's cover of Graham Parker's 'Local Girls.
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Comment number 19.
At 10th Jan 2012, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#18...I meant Suzy Bogguss - 'Part Of ME'
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At 10th Jan 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Ach, we can't forget the First Lady of Rockabilly...
Funnel Of Love ~ Wanda Jackson with The Cramps >8-0
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At 10th Jan 2012, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
An embassment of riches richt enough! What a great theme!!!
One's on the Way -
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He's a Good Ole Boy -
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Don't Tell Me What to Do -
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God May Forgive You (But I Won't) -
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Does My Ring Burn Your Finger? -
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Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That? -
...and massive support for Norrie (see #6)
I'm Down to My Last Cigarette -
:o)
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Comment number 22.
At 10th Jan 2012, DC wrote:Does Country Girl fit the theme?
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At 10th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:- Kathleen Edwards
- Alison Krauss
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At 10th Jan 2012, norriemaclean wrote:That Kathleen Edwards track is superb ericinelgin I am going to look her up. Well her cd's it is a bit early in our relationship for stalking.....
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At 10th Jan 2012, joe-k-brown wrote:#12 - Norrie, you reminded me: Mary by Patty Griffin
#23 - Eric - Kathleen Edwards is a great suggestion (but I'd prefer "back to me")
Also:
I've been loved by you - Kimmie Rhodes
God's acre - Gillian Welch
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 11th Jan 2012, paolopablo wrote:#3 well done Henri. Ive had the Frank Wildon track on as well, the most expensive vinyl single sold at auction. The most fascinating thing about the whole northern soul scene to me was the way the DJs owned the records. They would go out and find rare soul songs or b sides and turn them into favourites on the motthern soul scene. However they would often cover up the labels so nobody knew what the song was or who it was by so mo other DJ could go out and get it. O ce I am on my laptop tomorrow night if I remember I will post you some interesting links.
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Comment number 27.
At 11th Jan 2012, paolopablo wrote:And when i get back onto a decent sized keypad i promise my spelling will improve as well
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At 11th Jan 2012, paolopablo wrote:Try this Henri if it works on my phone
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Comment number 29.
At 11th Jan 2012, gaie wrote:I commend you all, and norrie in particular, on your knowledgeability of a genre I know absolutely zero about.
Wouldn't mind being the sweetheart of the rodeo though.
Think of all the lovely horses.
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Comment number 30.
At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:- Kendel Carson - Great fun
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At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:Sound
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At 11th Jan 2012, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Think this'll be a busy show tonight, hopefully with BB being allowed to use his knowledge of the genre to pick good (not just the best-known) tracks to play.
HH/Paolo...no surprise that I'd be more than happy for more Northern Soul to be played. Keep plugging away and I'll 'keep on keepin' on' with my occasional NS requests. Don't you just love when you go to a party where there's dancing and see the most of unlikely of middle-aged people who know how to do proper Northern Soul dancing? Used to have a particularly 'mumsy'-looking neighbour...never looked in the least bit energetic...who amazed us all at a party by getting up to dance only once during the evening but she danced as if she was at an all-nighter at Wigan Casino! She was great! Shouldn't judge a book...blahbedy-blah etc etc...
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At 11th Jan 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:I salute your optimism Bloggers!
#32 How do you define a "busy show", JFE? Bryan often says this and I assume he means when there is an increase in request traffic. For us the listener though would a "busy show" mean more records played? Not sure thats true because in general the same amount of records are played every night (one or two less when Babs is on). Of course a "busy show" for Bryan should mean a less "busy show" for us coz he needs to spend more time giving mentions and less time playing music.
Thought of the Day on your favourite Blog
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Comment number 34.
At 11th Jan 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#30
Ripped off from this, shurely!
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Comment number 35.
At 11th Jan 2012, Daddyrugbytaxi wrote:Hello all bloggers, contributors and listeners....
Sadly I will be busy from 630 tonight...Chairing a Meeting...... and will only be able to listen to the prog in the car til then......blah blah blah.......
my usual ladies of the americana are :
MCC......Passionate Kisses
Shut up and Kiss Me
Stones in the Road
Suzy Bogguss.....Drive South
Outbound Plane
My favourite and not much heard on the radio is DAR WILLIAMS :
The melancholic....February
or
Upbeats.......WHen I was a Boy
AS COOL AS I AM
Sure that the programme will be as great as usual.......
DRT
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Comment number 36.
At 11th Jan 2012, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#32. I meant that there would be a high number of requests.
You're probably right...but I hadn't thought that much about it.
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Comment number 37.
At 11th Jan 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#36
Well then, I would disagree with you there.
I'm not so sure that this theme will generate a high number of requests from the wider GIO audience..... but lets see.
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At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:A "busy" show is one where initial requests do not fit the playlist (approved at the monthly meeting) and some effort is then required to find the missing ones.
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Comment number 39.
At 11th Jan 2012, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:haha! They're asking for Ryanetta Adams and Grammy-Lou Parsons via facebook!
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At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:#35
You should get a radio for your house.
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Comment number 41.
At 11th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:Tonight's show will be busy enough, no doubt, but it will be the show's hard core supporters doing the requesting.
Not that it's going to be under subscribed or anything, but I suspect lots of multiple requests for the same artists/s - so in that sense, it might not be that busy.Once you've played an MCC track, that wipes a couple of dozen requests.
Big article in the Herald today about my old hero, Jack Bruce, who's doing a gig with Lau at Celtic Connections - that'll be plain weird.
We'll see,
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 42.
At 11th Jan 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Hey Henri, a wee birdie told me that someone made that Krankies comment over on the Dark Side.
Is there no Moderation on F***book??
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Comment number 43.
At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:I'm worried about my popularity on Facebook. My five friends have now dwindled to three (no, two of them aren't The Krankies).
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At 11th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:#42
Well, to be fair, I didn't mention the Krankies. I think I got moderated for speculating on how the meaning of words changes over time -it was all quite innocent stuff really - but perhaps my descriptions were too racy for the moderator to believe the blogotariat could cope with them.
regardez - youse
henri
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At 11th Jan 2012, norriemaclean wrote:Sweetheart Of The Rodeo is a great album. He said randomly. Especialyy the Legacy re-release with more Gram Parsons lead vocals.....
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At 11th Jan 2012, norriemaclean wrote:#43 I will always be your friend Eric.
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At 11th Jan 2012, gaie wrote:#39 see what you mean, Julie - it's even worse than when everyone on the blog was asking for drummers ;0)
there aren't that many different names altogether so far are there?
here's my only contribution, guaranteed to make the die-hards scream and tear their hair out
Country Strong - Gwyneth Paltrow
Norrie, won't it be confusing for eric if you're his friend eric?
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Comment number 48.
At 11th Jan 2012, dale_kelvin wrote:classic vintage
'there's poison in your heart'........................kitty wells
cheers frae the dale
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At 11th Jan 2012, Thing-Fish wrote:DEAD FLOWERS by MIRANDA LAMBERT
If this was on the playlist, it bain't now - yeeha!
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At 11th Jan 2012, henri hannah wrote:do you think we could do a soul week?
Mon: Motown
Tues: Northern Soul
Wed: Southern Soul ( Stax/Atlantic)
Thurs: Philly
Fri: Disco
Just a thought...
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 51.
At 11th Jan 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#50
Well me and Pablo would back you there HH, however some might think it all a bit samey for a week.
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At 11th Jan 2012, ericinelgin wrote:#46 #47
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
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Comment number 53.
At 11th Jan 2012, Scotch Get wrote:#50, #51
The Blues night was spoiled by too much soul music. We should get a Blues week by way of compensation.
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