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 Jane Voss; Part 2 – Remembering David Clayton-Thomas.
Remembering Jane Voss (1948-2026)
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| Jane Voss |
Jane Voss was a fine singer of her own original material as well as songs drawn from traditional sources and other contemporary songwriters. Most of her albums were collaborations with Hoyle Osborne, her partner in life and music for 50 years.
I first met Jane in the early 1970s when she came to do a gig at the Yellow Door Coffee House in Montreal. Our paths would cross from time to time over the decades, particularly on the folk festival circuit, and I always enjoyed the times I spent with her and Hoyle.
Jane Voss- Free at Last (Let Me Find My Wings)
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Gateway Blues (Blues for Bessie)
Get to the Heart (Ripple)
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Having a Drink with Jane
Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Things About Coming My Way
Beyond the Boundaries (Ripple)
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- I Am There
Beyond the Boundaries (Ripple)
Dave Van Ronk- To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places
To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)
Jane Voss- Farther Down the Road
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)
Remembering David Clayton-Thomas (1941-2026)
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| Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006) |
David Clayton-Thomas began his music career singing with R&B bands on Yonge Street in Toronto in 1962. In 1966, David went to New York and began singing in basket houses and clubs. Judy Collins heard him one night and told her friend, the drummer Bobby Colomby, about him. Bobby’s band, Blood, Sweat & Tears had pretty much fallen apart after their first album came out and Bobby reformed the group with David as its lead singer. The new Blood, Sweat & Tears with David became a major recording and touring ensemble. David stayed with Blood, Sweat & Tears until 1972 when he relaunched his solo career, returning to Blood, Sweat & Tears sporadically over the years until 2004.
The first time I met David was at a party in Toronto in 1975 after a Rolling Thunder Revue concert. On that trip to Toronto, I was staying with Tex König, a veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early-‘60s who later moved to Montreal, where we became friends, before he moved to Toronto. David and Tex knew each other from the Greenwich Village basket houses and David gave Tex and me a ride back to Tex’s place in Cabbagetown.
David and I got reacquainted in 2006, when David came to Montreal for a concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival and was my studio guest on Folk Roots/Folk Branches, my program on CKUT in Montreal. In subsequent years, we occasionally kept in touch via email and Facebook.
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Spinning Wheel
Definitive Collection (Columbia)
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Lucretia Mac Evil
Definitive Collection (Columbia)
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Go Down Gamblin’
Definitive Collection (Columbia)
David Clayton-Thomas- Summertime
Combo (Antionette)
David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
Soul Ballads (Antoinette)
David Clayton-Thomas- Sonny’s Dream
Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)
David Clayton-Thomas- Suzanne
Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)
David Clayton-Thomas- Holy Moses
A Blues for the New World (Antoinette)
David Clayton-Thomas- This Town
Say Somethin’ (Linus)
David Clayton-Thomas- The Circus
Say Somethin’ (Linus)
David Clayton-Thomas- And When I Die
In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)
Next week: ‘Round Midnight.
--Mike Regenstreif
