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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Theme: Hank Williams 101.
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Hank Williams 101 as the air date for this show – September 17, 2024 – is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams. Hank was just 29 years old when he died on January 1, 1953, but his contributions to the history of music are immense. Most of the songs on this show were written by Hank Williams or are from his repertoire – the rest were inspired by him.
Hank Williams- Move It On Over
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
Ball & Chain- I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’
Trouble All the Time (Ball & Chain)
Robert Jones & Matt Watroba- Mind Your Own Business
Common Chords (Common Chords)
Hank Williams- Lost Highway
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
Kevin Head- Thanks Hank
Live (Kevin Head Music)
Norah Jones- Cold, Cold Heart
Come Away with Me (Blue Note)
Leon Redbone- Long Gone Lonesome Blues
No Regrets (Sugar Hill)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Your Cheatin’ Heart
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Hank Williams- Moanin’ the Blues
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
John Gorka- Hank Senior Moment
The Company You Keep (Red House)
The Lonesome Ace Stringband- The Log Train
The Log Train – single (The Lonesome Ace Stringband)
The Wailin' Jennys- Weary Blues from Waiting
Fifteen (True North)
Jim Byrnes- Honky Tonk Blues
I Hear the Wind in the Wires (Black Hen Music)
Mose Allison- Hey, Good Lookin’
V-8 Ford Blues (Epic/Legacy)
Hank Williams- Settin’ the Woods on Fire
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
Tom Russell- Hank and Audrey
Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)
Sneezy Waters- Lovesick Blues
Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)
Steve Young- Ramblin’ Man
Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)
Jim Rooney & Rooney's Irregulars- House of Gold
My Own Ignorant Way (JRP)
Hank Williams- I Saw the Light
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
Lou Dominguez- Hank Songs at the Luna Star
Hanging at the Luna Star (Lou Dominguez)
Hans Theessink- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)
Saul Broudy- Alone and Forsaken
Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)
Linda Ronstadt- I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)
Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Jambalaya
American Legacies (McCoury)
Hank Williams- My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It
40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)
Robin & Linda Williams- Rolling and Rambling (The Death of Hank Williams)
Devil of a Dream (Sugar Hill)
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings- The Night Hank Williams Came to Town
Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (Mercury)
Next week: Leonard Cohen at 90.
--Mike Regenstreif
