Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited

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/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August

The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)

Jay Linden- August Night

Satchel (Jay Linden)

The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night

So Lucky (Patio)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights

That’s It (Legacy)

Joan Baez- The 33rd of August

Blessed Are (Vanguard)

Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years

Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon

Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues

Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)

Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6

Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)

Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited

Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Bill Camplin- Desolation Row

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street

The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)

Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence

The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 18, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Stranger Songs was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51999.html

Theme: The Times They Are A-Changin’: A Nod to Bob Dylan at 80, Part 1. Bob Dylan, arguably, the most important and influential songwriter ever, will turn 80 on May 24 and this is the first of three shows I will present on CKCU in the week surrounding Dylan’s 80th. 

Part 2 will air on the May 22 edition of the Saturday Morning show and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/52060.html

Part 3 will be on the May 25 edition of Stranger Songs and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52102.html

Visit https://frfb.blogspot.com/2021/05/bob-dylan-at-80.html to read my essay, “Bob Dylan at 80.”

Finest KInd- The Times They Are A-Changin’
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle)

Dave Van Ronk- Song to Woody
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)
Jenny Whiteley- Oxford Town
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen)
Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- When the Ship Comes In
Live (Sneezy Waters)
Eliza Gilkyson- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
2020 (Red House)
Bob Dylan- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Bettye LaVette- Mama, You Been On My Mind
Things Have Changed (Verve)
Penny Lang- One Too Many Mornings
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Bob Dylan- She Belongs to Me
Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia/Legacy)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jane Lewis- I Shall Be Released
Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)
Jimmy LaFave- My Back Pages
Peace Town (Music Road)
The Brothers & Sisters- Chimes of Freedom
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)
Bob Dylan- Restless Farewell
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Ian Hanchet- Ballad of a Thin Man
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Bill Camplin- Desolation Row
Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Duke Ellington- Blowin’ in the Wind
Ellington ’65 (Reprise)

Next week – A Nod to Bob Dylan at 80, Part 3 (A Nod to Bob Dylan at 80, Part 2 will be heard on the Saturday Morning show on May 22)

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--Mike Regenstreif