Thursday, March 27, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 1, 2025: Remembering Jesse Colin Young; April Fools; Day


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/595/69610.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools’ Day.

Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025)


Jesse Colin Young
– whose real name was Perry Miller and who died at age 83 on March 16 – was a singer and songwriter originally from New York City who was lead singer of The Youngbloods from 1966 to 1971 and who recorded as a solo artist before and after his tenure with The Youngbloods.

Jesse Colin Young- Four in the Morning
The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Same Old Man
The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)
Jesse Colin Young- Rider
Young Blood (Mercury)
Jesse Colin Young- Doc Geiger
Young Blood (Mercury)

The Youngbloods- Get Together
The Youngbloods (RCA)
The Youngbloods- Light Shine
Good and Dusty (Racoon/Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- California Child
Light Shine (Warner Bros.)
Jesse Colin Young- Songbird
Songbird (Warner Bros.)

Part 2 – April Fools’ Day


Shel Silverstein- Folk Singer’s Blues
Inside Folk Songs (Water)
Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer
From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)
Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine
Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers- Yes! We Have No Bananas
Musical Deprecation Revue! The Spike Jones Anthology (Rhino)
Steve Goodman- Vegematic
No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Nancy White- Leonard Cohen’s Never Gonna Bring My Groceries In
Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)
Christine Lavin- What Was I Thinking?
Live at the Cactus Café: What Was I Thinking? (Philo)
Grit Laskin- The Photographers
Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985 (Borealis)
Al Mamlet- Five Thousand Years of Folk Music
Bring It On Home Volume 1 (Legacy)
Michael Smith- Dead Egyptian Blues
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers- King Tut
Red Bird Alert (Rounder)

Dave Van Ronk- Garden State Stomp
Going Back to Brooklyn (Gazell)
Erik Frandsen- I’ve the Blues
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)
Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You
Old Loves (Well Done Music)
Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture- Dueling Tubas
In Your Living Room (Capricorn)

John Prine & Iris DeMent- In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Next week: A Tribute to Doc Watson.

--Mike Regenstreif

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