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: Remembering Tim Williams, Raul Malo, Steve Cropper and Joe Ely.
Remembering Tim Williams (1948-2025)
Tim Williams – who died on November 28, at age 77, following a short battle with cancer – was born in California and had already recorded his first LP before he moved to Canada in 1970. He was based in Vancouver for several years before moving on to Alberta, where he worked for a time as a cowboy and then began a long career as an acoustic blues and folk artist based in Calgary.
Tim Williams- Pallet on the Floor
Evenings Among Friends (Cayuse)
Tim Williams- Alberta In My Dreams
When I was a Cowboy (Cayuse)
Cindy Church- Trying to Rope the Wind
Just a Little Rain (Stony Plain)
Tim Williams- The Ones Who Made the Blues
Indigo Incidents (Cayuse)
Tim Williams- It’s Enough to Be Remembered
Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer (Cayuse)
Remembering Raul Malo (1965-2025)
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Raul Malo – who died on December 8, at age 60, from cancer – was both a solo artist and the lead singer with The Mavericks.
Raul Malo- Early Morning Rain
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH)
Raul Malo- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH)
Raul Malo- I Guess Things Happen That Way
Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Dualtone)
Remembering Steve Cropper (1941-2025)
Steve Cropper – who died on December 3, at age 84 – was a guitarist, songwriter and record producer and as the guitarist in Booker T. & The MGs, was probably the definitive guitarist of Memphis soul music.
Booker T. & The MGs- Green Onions
Green Onions (Stax)
Wilson Pickett- In the Midnight Hour
In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic)
The Staple Singers- The Weight
Soul Folk In Action (Stax)
Otis Redding- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
The Dock of the Bay (Atco)
Steve Cropper- Crop Dustin’
With a Little Help From My Friends (Volt)
Jesse Winchester- Club Manhattan
Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)
Remembering Joe Ely (1947-2025)
Joe Ely – who died on December 15, at age 78, from pneumonia after a battling Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia – was one of the great Texas singer-songwriters and song interpreters who recorded under his own name and as a member of The Flatlanders.
Joe Ely & Joel Guzman- Because of the Wind
Live Cactus (Rack ‘Em)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Me and Billy the Kid
Friends of Mine (HighTone)
The Chieftains & Joe Ely- The Moonshiner/I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
Further Down the Old Plank Road (RCA)
Tom Russell- Indian Cowboy
Tonight We Ride: The Tom Russell Cowboy Anthology (Frontera)
Joe Ely- Gallo del Cielo
Letter to Laredo (MCA)
The Flatlanders- Right Where I Belong
Now Again (New West)
James Talley & Joe Ely- W. Lee O’Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys
Touchstones (Cimarron)
Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Joe Ely & Joel Guzman- Ranches and Rivers
Live Cactus (Rack ‘Em)
Next week: Lightfoot! Revisited and Kate &Anna McGarrigle Revisited.
--Mike Regenstreif
