Threads and Tangents Music Hour

This week's musical thread is Flying.  I'll play songs about being up in the air, in one way or another.We'll hear music from: Chuck Berry, The Box Tops, The Byrds, Eddie Floyd, Kinky Friedman, Arlo Guthrie, John Hartford, Joni Mitchell, Tom Paxton, Pink Floyd, William Shatner, Frank Sinatra, Todd Snider, and Townes van Zandt. 
Anything on your mind? Email me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week's musical thread is Loose Threads. Each week, I come across way more songs than I can fit in a one-hour program. So this is my chance to go back to a few of the episodes and play some songs that I wished I’d been able to play the first time around, and also to include some songs listeners thought I missed.We'll hear from episodes about:BUGS - Big Jay McNeely, George Crumb, Haley Heynderickx, and Dave Matthews BandWOODY GUTHRIE COVERED - Tony Furtado & Kristin Andreassen, Scott McCaughey/Peter Buck/Jon Neufeld, Pharis & Jason Romero, and Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons1973 - IF, Family, and Weather ReportRIVERS - Loggins & Messina, The Special Consensus, Bill Morrissey, and Fireside Collective.
Anything on your mind? Email me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week's musical thread is the Bellingham Celtic Festival on September 21 - 24.  You'll hear my conversation with the Festival Director Cayley Schmid, and music from: Biddy on the Bench, Baron Collins-Hill, Countercurrent, Timothy Cummings, Feddersen/Gourley/Miller, Kate Gregory, Lindsay Street, The Moving Hats, Ramblxr, Schmid & Guest, Scottish Fish, Alex Sturbaum, and Talisk.Anything on your mind? Email me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org Continued thanks to Mary for her way-cool graphic design work.

This week I’ll play more music from performers that I’ve seen in and around Bellingham over the past twelve months.  I started this thread two weeks ago (with a break for the Kerouac episode) and I'll finish it up tonight. We'll hear music from: Robert Sarazin Blake, Devin Champlin, David Grisman Quintet featuring Matt Eakle, Steve Earle, Jerry Steinhilber Trio featuring George Garzone, Hamell on Trial, Thomas Harris and Miles Black, Cindy Cashdollar & Sonny Landreth, Los Lobos, Jonathan Richman, Three for Silver, and Cedric Watkins & Jourdan Thibodeaux.
Thanks to Mary for her way-cool graphic design work. 

September 5th is the 66th anniversary of the publication of On The Road, so I’m I'll take a deep dive into the music Jack Kerouac listened to, songs that were written about Jack (Neal and Stella too), and Jack reading from On The Road and other works.
We'll hear from: 10,000 Maniacs, Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard, the Slim Gaillard Trio, Dizzy Gillespie featuring Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Gregory Alan Isakov, Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen, King Crimson, Bob Martin, Morphine, the George Shearing Quintet, and Tom Waits.
Hardcore Kerouac fans may recognize the image in the episode graphic. It's from a poster I got (41 years ago!) at the 25th anniversary conference held in Boulder. Thanks to Mary for her way-cool graphic design work.

This week I’ll play music from some of the performers that I’ve seen in and around Bellingham over the past twelve months.  I’m just finishing up my second year here in the City of Subdued Excitement, and I remain happily surprised at the quality of live music in Bellingham.  We’re lucky that we get touring bands needing a gig somewhere between Vancouver and Seattle; and, we’re especially lucky that a number of excellent musicians have made Bellingham their home. We'll hear music from: Mike Allen Quartet, Michael Alpert & Craig Judelman, Big Shoulders featuring Seán Cleland, Matt Dusk, Tony Furtado & Luke Price, Hawktail, Colin James, The Jeremiahs, Gaby Moreno, Joe Pug, Curtis Salgado, Mads Tolling, John Whelan, and Sunny War.

This week, the musical thread is Vegetables. Over the years, there've been a lot of great songs written about vegetables and this week I'll play a few favorites. We'll hear music from: the Beach Boys, Guy Clark, Olu Dara, Mike Doughty, The Four Blues, Steve Goodman, Terra Hazelton, The J.B.’s, the Mothers of Invention, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, The Ronettes, Mem Shannon, Dee Dee Sharp, Chris Smither, and Booker T & the MGs.

This week, I’ll take a really deep dive into the roots of the Woodstock festival songbook.  Forty-four years ago, on 8/15/69, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began on Max Yasgur’s farm.  There were a lot of memorable performances, and a surprising number of the songs were covers, so I’m gonna dig into the earlier recordings of those songs, older versions that influenced the Woodstock artists’ performances.    
We'll hear music from: The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Albert King, Henry Thomas, Ronnie Milsap, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Bob Dylan, The Leaves, The Great Society, Erma Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Jack Bruce, Willie Bobo, J.B. Lenoir, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

This week, the musical thread is The Days Between – the stretch of days from August 1st which was Jerry Garcia’s birthday, to August 9th, the day he died.  Last year on Threads and Tangents, I covered the breadth of Jerry’s work – from his early 60’s folk recordings to his last studio recording in 1995.  This time around I’m going deep into an era – the early 70’s.  The time around 1973, when Jerry lived in Stinson Beach, has been described by David Grisman and Peter Rowan as Jerry’s happiest years. They were also some of his most creative and productive, so I built this show around that time period.  We'll hear music from: David Bromberg, Jerry Garcia, Art Garfunkel, Mickey Hart, Paul Kantner / Grace Slick / David Freiberg, Legion of Mary, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Old & in the Way, Merl Saunders, Stephen Stills, Howard Wales, and Link Wray.

This week, the musical thread is Bellingham's Subdued Stringband Jamboree.  The festival runs from August 10th through August 12th.  In its 23rd year, The Jamboree is a proudly, local festival - one that was created, and managed, to maintain its own community around it. We'll hear music from: Robert Sarazin Blake, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Sam Doores, Ruthie Dornfeld & Forrest Gibson, Kian Dye, FogHoller, Gallowglass, Dean Johnson, Kitty and The Rooster, Caleb Klauder &Reeb Willms, Eugenia Riot, Peter Rowan, Shpilkis, and The Sons of Rainier.