Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 26, 2023: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973)

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/62049.html

Theme: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

Gram Parsons, one of the most influential musicians in the development of country rock, flamed out and died of an overdose of alcohol and morphine, 50 years ago this past week, on September 19, 1973. He was only 26 years old.

International Submarine Band- Luxury Liner

Safe at Home (LHI)

The Byrds- Hickory Wind

Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Columbia)

Christian Parker- One Hundred Years from Now

Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrds ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)

The Byrds- You’re Still On My Mind

Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Columbia)

Christian Parker- Drug Store Truck Driving Man

Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrds ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)

The Flying Burrito Brothers- Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise)

The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M)

The Good Lovelies- Juanita

Live at Revolution (Six Shooter)

The Refugees- Sin City

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gene Clark & Carla Olson- I’m Your Toy (Hot Burrito #1)

So Rebellious a Lover (Rhino)

Emmylou Harris- Hot Burrito #2

Evangaline (Reprise)

The Flying Burrito Brothers- Cody, Cody

Burrito Deluxe (A&M)

The Seldom Scene featuring Emmylou Harris- Wheels

15th Anniversary Celebration (Sugar Hill)

The Wailin' Jennys- Boulder to Birmingham

Fifteen (True North)

Gram Parsons- She

G.P. (Reprise)

Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield- $1000 Wedding

Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (Almo Sounds)

Gram Parsons- Ooh Las Vegas

Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Brass Buttons

Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- Joshua Tree

Road to Bayamon (Philo)

Gram Parsons- The New Soft Shoe

G.P. (Reprise)

Lucy Kaplansky- Return of the Grievous Angel

Flesh and Bone (Red House)

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts

Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Emmylou Harris- The Road

Hard Bargain (Nonesuch)

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- In My Hour of Darkness

Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble; Part 2 – “I’ll sing you this October Song.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 19, 2023: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61962.html

Theme: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Cheryl Wheeler- Summer’s Almost Over

Defying Gravity (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- 75 Septembers

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Rosanne Cash- September When It Comes

Rules of Travel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Rickie Lee Jones- September Song

Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Randall Kromm- Late September

Late September (Randall Kromm)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Julie Gold- It’s Hard to Love September

Try Love (Gadfly)

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East

Unreleased 1969 tape – used with permission

Kate Wolf- September Song

Safe at Anchor (Rhino)

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Rod Stewart- Maggie May

Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury)

The Kennedys- Late September Breeze

Headwinds (The Kennedys)

Jesse DeNatale- Late September

The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)

Lynn Miles- Deep September Blue

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Klezmer-ish- September Sun

Dusty Roads (Riverboat)

Next week: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 12, 2023: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61910.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter.

Part 1: Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt. My conversation with David was recorded on August 14 via Zoom. The songs heard before and during the interview are by artists featured in David’s new book, Musicians Under the Radar: 36 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information about David and his books. 

Theresa Tova- Der Saksofon Shpiler (The Saxophone Player)

You Ask Me Why: Tova Sings Beyle (Tova Entertainment)

Colin Linden- Angel Next to Me

bLOW (Highway 20)

Nikki Yanofsky- Comes Love

Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

David Buchbinder- Freylekhs Tumbao

Odessa/Havana (Tzadik)

Socalled (Josh Dolgin) with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme

Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter (1952-2002)

Dave Carter was a very fine singer and songwriter who died suddenly of a massive heart attack on July 19, 2002, less than a month before he would have turned 50. Dave was in his mid-40s when he teamed up with fiddler and singer Tracy Grammer to form a duo that took the folk music world by storm.

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Annie’s Lover

When I Go (Dave Carter)

Ronny Cox- When I Go

Ronny Cox Live (Ronny Cox)

Priscilla Herdman- Gentle Arms of Eden

The Road Home (Redwing Music)

Tracy Grammer- Mother, I Climbed

Flower of Avalon (Signature Sounds)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Tanglewood Tree

Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)

Lucy Kaplansky- Cowboy Singer

The Red Thread (Red House)

Diane Zeigler- Gentle Soldier of My Soul

Paintbrush (Diane Zeigler)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- I Go Like the Raven

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Seven is the Number

Seven is the Number (Tracy Grammer Music)

Full Frontal Folk- Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover

Sweet Mystery of Life (Full Frontal Folk)

The Kennedys- Gypsy Rose

Songs of the OPEN ROAD (Appleseed)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Farewell to Saint Delores

Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)

Next week: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 9, 2023

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61892.html

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Mr. Tambourine Man

HARP: A Time to Sing (Appleseed)

Jay Linden- 10 Dollar Show

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- New Stranger Blues

A Stranger Here (Anti-)

Jesse DeNatale- Streets of Sorrow

The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)

Eliza Gilkyson- True North

Home (Realiza)

The Rifters- Gentle On My Mind

The Enchanted World (Howlin’ Dog)

Noah Zacharin- Done Gone Gone

Points of Light (Noah Zacharin)

Nellie McKay- Driftin’

Hey Guys, Watch This (Hungry Mouse)

Allison Brown- Don’t Wait Too Long

Just Another Memory (Allison Brown)

Coco Love Alcorn- This Little Light of Mine

Rebirth (Coco Love Alcorn)

In memory of Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)

Note: Based on a published report, I mentioned that Jimmy Buffett died from lymphoma. However, after the show was recorded, it was announced that his cause of death was "complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer."

Jimmy Buffett- He Went to Paris

A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (MCA)

Jimmy Buffett- The Captain and the Kid

Havana Daydreamin’ (MCA)

Jimmy Buffett- I Wave Bye-Bye

Songs from St. Somewhere (Mailboat)

Jesse Winchester- Biloxi

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Rachel Anne Goodman- Slow Down Time

California Morning (Coastridge)

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer- Ol ‘55

Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone)

David Bradstreet- Grapefruit Moon

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Priscilla Herdman- I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Tom Waits- Martha

Closing Time (Elektra)

Hank Woji- Sitting in Limbo

Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams (KZRecords)

Linda Ronstadt- Many Rivers to Cross

Prisoner in Disguise (Asylum)

Sneezy Waters- The Harder They Come

Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)

Jimmy Cliff- You Can Get It If You Really Want

The Harder They Come (Island)

April Verch & Cody Walters- Up in the Ottawa Valley

Passages and Pairings (Slab Town)

Stan Rogers- Acadian Saturday Night

From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)

Notre Dame de Grass- Saturday Night

New Canada Road (Notre Dame de Grass)

C. Daniel Boling featuring Tom Paxton- Old Friends

New Old Friends (Berkalin)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Faces and Places

New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)

Tom Russell- These Friends of Mine

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Christian Parker- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrd’s ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)

Julian Taylor- Wide Awake

Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)

Allison Russell- Persephone

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Iggy Pop- You Want It Darker

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

In memory of Len Chandler (1935-1988)

Len Chandler & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

Len Chandler- Keep On Keeping On

To Be a Man (Columbia)

Dave Van Ronk- Green, Green Rocky Road

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Len Chandler- I’m Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (Folk Era)

The Kennedys- The Sky Doesn’t Look Right

Headwinds (The Kennedys)

Sultans of String featuring Duke Redbird- Our Mother the Earth

Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

Annie Gallup- The Sky at Night

Small Fortune (Flyaway Hair)

Too Sad for the Public- Hey Now (pt 1)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Last Forever- Buddy’s Blues

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- Hey Now (pt 2)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Wynton Marsalis- St. James Infirmary

Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (Blue Engine)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 7. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 5, 2023: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61791.html

Theme: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

Brandi Carlisle- Introduction

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Lusius- Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle & Marcus Mumford- A Case of You

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Taylor Goldsmith- Amelia

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- Just Like This Train

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- Summertime

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle- Carey

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Celisse- Help Me

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Taylor Goldsmith- Come in from the Cold

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle- Shine

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- The Circle Game

Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Ian & Sylvia- C.C. Rider

Live at Newport (Vanguard)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Drink Muddy Water

Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)

Mississippi John Hurt- Candy Man

Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)

Joan Baez- Farewell, Angelina

Live at Newport (Vanguard)

Tom Paxton- Ramblin’ Boy

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Reverend Gary Davis- I Won’t Be Back No More (I’m Going to Sit Down on the Banks of the River)

Live at Newport (Vanguard)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had My Way (Samson and Delilah)

At Newport 1963-1965 (Shout! Factory)

Jean Carignan- Le Reel du Diable (Devil’s Dream)

Newport Folk Festival 1963: The Evening Concerts, Vol 2 (Vanguard)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 29, 2023: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61669.html

Theme: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen (photo: Bell Ebbesen)

Bruce Springsteen- House of a Thousand Guitars

Letter to You (Columbia)

Erik Balkey- Born in the U.S.A.

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit- I’m On Fire

In Good We Trust (Stony Plain)

Dale Boyle- My Hometown

Small Town Van Gogh (Route 132 Productions)

Lucinda Williams- Factory

The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)

Joy Zimmerman & Katie Dahl- If I Should Fall Behind

Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Bruce Springsteen- Land of Hope and Dreams

Springsteen on Broadway (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska

Nebraska (Columbia)

Finny McConnell- Atlantic City

The Dark Streets of Love (True North)

Aoife O’Donovan- Mansion on the Hill

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska (Yep Roc)

Tim Grimm- Johnny 99

Names (Wind River)

Johnny Cash- Highway Patrolman

Johnny 99 (Columbia)

Fafard & Schwartz- State Trooper

Borrowed Horses (Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Open All Night

Nebraska (Columbia)

Amy Speace- My Father’s House

Tuscon (Windbone)

The Blue Warblers- Reason to Believe

Birds (BorderBag Productions)

Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad

The Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia)

Tom Russell- Across the Border

Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Thunder Road

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Bruce Springsteen- Hitch Hikin’

Western Stars (Columbia)

Next week: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 22, 2023: Remembering Robbie Robertson

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61634.html

Theme: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023).

Robbie Robertson (photo: Don Dixon/The Band website)

Robbie Robertson, the great guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, died on Aguust 9, at age 80, following what his family said was a long illness.

The Band- Caledonia Mission

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

The Staple Singers- The Weight

Stax Profiles (Stax)

Colin Linden (with Rick Danko)- Chest Fever

When the Spirit Comes (True North)

The Band- To Kingdom Come

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Come Love

Testimony (Universal)

The Band & Ronnie Hawkins- Who Do You Love

The Last Waltz (Rhino)

Happy & Artie Traum- Going Down to See Bessie (Bessie Smith)

Double-Back (Capitol)

Bob Dylan & The Band- Highway 61 Revisited

Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)

The Band- Up on Cripple Creek

Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)

Jack Williams- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Four Good Days (Wind River)

Rosanne Cash- The Unfaithful Servant

Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)

The Band- Rockin’ Chair

The Band (Capitol)

The Band- The Shape I’m In

Stage Fright (Capitol)

Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Daniel and the Sacred Harp

Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)

Colleen Rennison- Stage Fright

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

David Clayton-Thomas- Ophelia

Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)

The Roches- Acadian Driftwood

Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)

The Band- The Saga of Pepote Rouge

Islands Cross (Capitol)

The Band- The Weight

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 15, 2023: Remembering Tony Bennett

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61550.html

Theme: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

Tony Bennett (photo: Mark Seliger)

Tony Bennett, the great jazz and pop singer, died on July 21, less than two weeks before his 97th birthday. All the songs on this show were part of Bennett’s repertoire.

Tony Bennett- Let’s Begin

The Beat of My Heart (Columbia)

Peggy Lee- I Left My Heart in San Francisco

I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)

Willie Nelson- Let’s Face the Music and Dance

Let’s the Face the Music and Dance (Legacy)

Diana Krall- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)

When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)

Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Anything Goes

Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette)

Mariane Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams

20th Century Blues (RCA)

David Clayton-Thomas- When I Fall in Love

Combo (Antionette)

Tony Bennett- Just One of Those Things

Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet

Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)

Holly Cole- Whatever Lola Wants

Montreal (Universal)

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga- Love for Sale

Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse- Body and Soul

Duets II (Columbia)

Missy Burgess- Smile

Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)

Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Sophie Milman- I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby

Sophie Milman (Linus)

Dave Van Ronk- As Time Goes By

Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)

Tony Bennett- Play It Again, Sam

I’ve Gotta Be Me (Columbia)

Tony Bennett- Blues in the Night

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Catherine Russell- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

Bring It Back (Jazz Village)

Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me

Long Ago (Out of the Past)

Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang- Keep the Faith Baby

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Are You Having Any Fun

Strike Up the Band (Roulette)

Next week: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). 

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 12, 2023

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61559.html

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Mr. Tambourine Man

Trail Three (Music Road)

In memory of Sinéad O’Connor (1966-2023)

Sinéad O’Connor- Rivers of Babylon

Theology: Dublin Sessions (Koch)

Kris Kristofferson- Sister Sinéad

Closer to the Bone (New West)

Sinéad O’Connor- The Parting Glass

Sean-Nós Nua (Vanguard)

John Hartford- The Tall Tall Grass

Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (RCA)

Chris Coole & John Showman- The Long Hot Summer Days

Much Further Out Than Inevitable: A Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford (Chris Coole)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Rob Moose- Uncle Bunting (pt 1)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Katie Dahl- Temperance River

Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)

Ed Snodderley- Just Like You River

Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)

Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower- I’ve Got the Big River Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Mara Levine- River

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- Cripple Creek

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Shannon Leigh Reynolds- The Piney Wood Hills

Triple Shot (Good Bygone)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- Tall Trees in Georgia

I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)

Penny Lang- Spanish Moss

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Rayna Gellert & Chaim Tannenbaum- Uncle Bunting (pt 2)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Eliza Gilkyson- Sunflowers

Home (Realiza)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Song of Berhomet

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Annie & Rod Capps- Anything but You

Love and Rain (Yellow Room)

The Bombadils- Through and Through

Dear Friend (The Bombadils)

Raye Zaragoza- Bittersweet

Hold That Spirit (Rebel River)

Aleksi Campagne- Prairie Wind

For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)

Connie Kaldor- Bigger Than Anywhere Else

Out of the Blue (Coyote)

Hart Rouge- Destination

Beaupré’s Home (Highway 13 Musique)

Al Qahwa- Salma Ya Salama (Peace and Safety)

Weyn Allah (Al Qahwa)

Aviva Chernick- La Serena

La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

Dave Gunning- The Same Storm

The Same Storm (Wee House of Music)

Allison Lupton- Away

Words of Love (Allison Lupton Music)

Rachel Anne Goodman- Waiting for the Rain

California Morning (Coastridge)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Melody from Livonia

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Joy Zimmerman- How Shall We Sing

Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Rider on an Orphan Train

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen’s Letter Home

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Mountain City Four- This Train

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Eric Bibb- Sinner Man

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Bob & Sarah Amos- Wayfaring Stranger

Ever Onward (Bristlecone)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- He Ain’t Got Rhythm

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Road of Stone

Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble featuring Martha Wainwright- There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears

Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)

Too Sad for the Public- Uncle Bunting (pt 3)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Teeyum Smith- Crash and Burn

Participating at Last (Teeyum Smith)

Joe Crookston- Blue Light

Nine Becomes One (Chapters 9 & 8) (Milagrito)

Crowes Pasture- If I Should Fall Behind

Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Steve Howell- Dallas Rag

Gallery of Echoes (Out of the Past Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 9. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 8, 2023: He was a Friend of Mine – Thinking of Dave Van Ronk

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61381.html

Theme: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

Dave – who died of cancer on February 10, 2002 at age 65 – was a tremendously influential artist, both to his contemporaries on the folk scene in the late 1950s and ‘60s – and to countless others who came along later.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan- House of the Rising Sun

Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Dave Van Ronk- Song to Woody

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Bamboo

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Peter Keane- Sunday Street

Another Kind of Blue (Broken White)

Dakota Dave Hull- Sheridan Square Rag

Under the North Star (Arabica)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III- Green Green Rocky Road

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Tex König- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Hans Theessink- He was a Friend of Mine

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- Stealin’

Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

Tom Russell- Van Ronk

Hotwalker (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire

Van Ronk (Polydor)

Dave Van Ronk- Four Strong Winds

Live in Monterey (Omnivore)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

David Massengill- Dave Van Ronk’s Last Cigar

Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)

The Village Dudes- Another Time and Place

Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)

Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- Two Sleepy People

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine

Live at Sir George Williams University (Just a Memory)

Dave Van Ronk- Gaslight Rag

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Tom Paxton- The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dave Van Ronk- The Entertainer

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Next week: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 1, 2023: Art & Artists

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61330.html

Theme: Art & Artists.

Bob Dylan- When I Paint My Masterpiece

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Joni Mitchell- The Gallery

Clouds (Reprise)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- A Thomson Day (For Tom Thomson)

Hourglass (True North)

Ian Tamblyn- A.Y.

Walking in the Footsteps: Celebrating the Group of Seven (Art Gallery of Sudbury)

David Mallett- Phil Brown

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hommage à Grungie

Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Nikki Parrott- Mona Lisa

Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook (Venus)

Jay Linden- Salvador Dali

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Rain Perry- René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War

Internal Combustion (Precipitous)

John McCutcheon- Monet Refuses the Operation

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Michael Johnathon- The Painter

The Painter (PoetMan)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh

Points of View (Appleseed)

Priscilla Herdman- Vincent

Into the Stars (Stardreamer Music)

Gretchen Peters- Picasso and Me

Gretchen Peters (Valley Entertainment)

Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso

Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

June Tabor- Paint Me, Redouté

Rosa Mudi (Green Linnet)

Judy Collins- Gauguin

Paradise (Wildflower)

Doug McArthur- The Painter’s Song

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Ian Tyson- The Gift

All the Good’Uns (Stony Plain)

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders- Fine Artiste

R. Crumb’s Music Sampler (MQ Publications)

Next week: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 25, 2023: Name That Tune

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61281.html

Theme: Name That Tune – every song includes a proper name in its title.

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Christine Lavin- My Sister Mary & My Mother

On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)

Rod MacDonald- Come Out, Annie

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Linda Ronstadt- Gentle Annie

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Dave Clarke- Lucinda

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

The Dumptrucks- Jean Harlow

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Row

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Tom Russell- Annette

Box of Visions (Stony Plain)

Nanci Griffith- Julie Anne

Poet In My Window (Philo)

Paul Siebel- Louise

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Katy Moffatt- Sister Angelina

Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle

Satisfied (Moo Music)

Lynn Miles- Johnny Without June

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Ian Hanchet- To Ramona

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna

The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude

Just Causes (Neworld)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

Next week: Art & Artists.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 18, 2023: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61226.html

Theme: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (Columbia)

Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche- Bleecker Street

Mud & Apples (Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche)

Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers-Homeward Bound

En Duo (Justin Time)

Caroline Doctorow- The Dangling Conversation

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Kate Campbell- America

The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) (Large River Music)

Dave Van Ronk- Punky’s Dilemma

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- The Boxer

Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)

Morgane Imbeaud & Elias Dris- Bridge Over Troubled Water

Homeward Bound: The Songs of Simon & Garfunkel (Fredonia)

Mara Levine- Song for the Asking

Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

The Wailin' Jennys- Loves Me Like a Rock

Fifteen (True North)

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- Boy in the Bubble

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman- Graceland

We Made It Home (Maker/Mender Records)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Homeless

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)

Carrie Elkin- American Tune

The Penny Collector (Carrie Elkin)

Paul Simon’s new album, Seven Psalms, consists of just one track. Simon’s vision is that it is something to be listened to in its entirety so he weaves the seven psalms together into one piece. The seven psalms are The Lord, Love is Like a Braid, My Professional Opinion, Your Forgiveness, Trail of Volcanos, The Sacred Harp, and Wait. The second vocalist heard occasionally in the piece is Edie Brickell.

Paul Simon- Seven Psalms

Seven Psalms (Owl Legacy)

Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow- Gone at Last

Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Name That Tune.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 15, 2023

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61213.html

Bill Camplin- Mr. Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Saul Broudy & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado

Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)

Rosalie Sorrels- Then Came the Children

Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

John Stewart- July, You’re a Woman

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Ed Snodderly- Better Just Ride the Mule

Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)

Montreal- A Summer’s Night

A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)

Johnny Rivers- Summer Rain

A Touch of Gold/Wild Night (BGO)

Kat Goldman- Summersong

Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Summer in the City

Hums of The Lovin’ Spoonful (Sony/Legacy)

Lara Wong with Melón Jiménez- A compás en Usera

Rosa de los Vientos (Lara Wong)

James Talley- La Rosa Montaña

The Road to Torreon (Cimarron)

Perla Batalla- Cuando Sale la Luna

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Tim Grimm- Sowin’ on the Mountain

Heart Land Again (Vault)

Aleksi Campagne- Rome

For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)

The Scooches- Stop This Climate Change

Lift You Up (On the Bol)

Crowes Pasture- Barranco

Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)

David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Johnny Eaton- This is Migration

here’s the thing (Johnny Eaton)

The Klezmatics- Dzhankoye

Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc)

Rod MacDonald- Heal the World

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Eliza Gilkyson- World Keeps on Singing

Home (Realiza)

Stephen Fearing- Christine

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Christine Graves- Hitting My Stride

Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Matt Andersen- Shoes

The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)

Jason Lang- Handle with Care

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves- Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer

Reconvexo (Anzic)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- Railroad Bill (pt 1)

Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home

Folkocracy (BMG)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Chaim Tannenbaum- Railroad Bill (pt 2)

Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Vance Gilbert- Black Rochelle

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Katie Dahl- Both Doors Open

Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Moonruns

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Owen Walsh-Well Well, Hey Hey, Bye Bye

On My Way (Wrong Road)

Allison Brown- Tomorrow Night

Just Another Memory (Allison Brown)

Bob Dylan- Queen Jane Approximately

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Duke Robillard- Watching the River Flow

Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

The Silas Powell Band- All Along the Watchtower

Makin’ a Run (East Run)

Socalled (Josh Dolgin) with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme

Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 12. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 11, 2023: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61133.html

Theme: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

Chances are you’re familiar with most, if not all, of the songs on this show – but some of these versions might be new to you.

Toots & The Maytals- (Take Me Home) Country Roads

Funky Kingston (Mango)

Karen Dalton- When a Man Loves a Woman

In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)

Zazu- Stand By Me

S(w)inging Love (Temps)

Matthew Alexander- Spanish Harlem

Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)

Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- El Paso

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard

Old Friends (Philo)

The Refugees- Good Vibrations

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gordon Lightfoot- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Soul Ballads (Antoinette)

Bettye LaVette- A Change is Gonna Come

Change is Gonna Come Sessions (Anti-)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Candida

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Bonnie Dobson (RCA)

Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Queen Esther- Bohemian Rhapsody

Rona (EL)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- People Get Ready

I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)

Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love

More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Duke Robillard- I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday

Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

Next week: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 4, 2023: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was done live in the CKCU studio can be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61117.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

Sneezy and I reminisced about working together in Montreal, starting 49 years ago, and talked extensively about his career and about the book, Sneezy Waters: A Very Fine Biography by Peter B. Hodgson.The book is available at Sneezy’s website. 

These six songs punctuated our conversation.

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Walkin’ Round Town

Live (Sneezy Waters)

Sneezy Waters- The Last Letter 

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- (You’ve Got) Sawdust on the Floor of Your Heart

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- A Letter Home

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- Bird of Paradise

A Letter Home (Watershed)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Next week: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

--Mike Regenstreif