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.
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Themes: Part 1: Remembering Spider John Koerner (1938-2024) / Part 2: The Enduring Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Part 1: Remembering Spider John Koerner
Spider John Koerner was an influential folk and blues legend who died of cancer on May 18 at age 85.
Spider John Koerner was already one of the leading performers on the Minneapolis folk scene when Robert Zimmerman, still a teenager, moved there to attend the University of Minnesota. Spider John was highly influential in the musical direction that Zimmerman took that year – including beginning to call himself Bob Dylan. In his memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan wrote: “Koerner was tall and thin with a look of perpetual amusement on his face. We hit it off right away … when he spoke he was soft-spoken but when he sang he became a field holler shouter. Koerner was an exciting singer and we began playing a lot together.”
I first discovered Spider John Koerner while I was a teenager. It was probably 1969 or ’70 when I bought an LP called Blues, Rags & Hollers by the trio of Koerner, Ray & Glover – Spider John Koerner, Dave "Snaker" Ray and Tony "Little Sun: Glover. The album, from 1963, was mostly solo cuts by one or another of the three, along with a few duo cuts by two of the three.
Koerner, Ray & Glover- Linin’ Track
Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Ray Wylie Hubbard- Spider, Snaker and Little Sun
Tell the Devil I’m Coming As Fast As I Can (Bordello)
Spider John Koerner & Dave "Snaker" Ray- Black Dog
(Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover- What’s the Matter with the Mill
(Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Spider John Koerner- Froggie Went a-Courtin’
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Been (Red House)
Spider John Koerner- The Roving Gambler
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Been (Red House)
Spider John Koerner- The Days of Forty-Nine
StarGeezer (Red House)
Spider John Koerner- Taking My Time
StarGeezer (Red House)
Part 2: The Enduring Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis, who died in 1972 at age 76, was a street preacher and a highly influential legend of blues, gospel and folk music. His guitar playing influenced many of the artists who came into the folk scene in the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s and continuing to the present.
Reverend Gary Davis- You Got to Move
A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)
Mountain City Four- Motherless Children
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Mr. Rick- I’ll Fly Away
Mr. Rick Sings About God + Booze (Mr. Rick)
Mary Flower- Sit Down on the Banks
Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis (Riverlark)
Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut
Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)
Reverend Gary Davis- I’m Glad I’m in That Number
A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)
Marie Knight- When I Die
Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis (M.C.)
Andy Cohen- Pure Religion
Oh Glory, How Happy I Am: The Sacred Songs of Rev. Gary Davis (Riverlark)
William Lee Ellis- I Heard the Angels Singing
Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis (Riverlark)
Roy Book Binder- The Preacher Picked the Guitar
Singer-Songwriter Bluesman (PEGleg)
Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine
Live at Sir George Williams University (Just a Memory)
Reverend Gary Davis- Buck Dance
Live & Kickin’ (Just a Memory)
Guy Davis- Candy Man
Stomp Down Rider (Red House)
Penny Lang & Friends- God Knows How Much We Can Bear
Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis (Riverlark)
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith- Samson & Delilah
Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis (Riverlark)
Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City
Bone on Bone (True North)
Reverend Gary Davis- I Will Do My Last Singing in This Land Somewhere
Live at Newport (Vanguard)
Next week: Songs for Fathers
--Mike Regenstreif
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