Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 16, 2026: Blonde on Blonde 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/595/75850.html

Theme: Blonde on Blonde Revisited.

Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan’s monumental seventh album, was released 60 years ago on June 20, 1966.

Ben Sidran- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Greg Brown- Pledging My Time

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Julie Felix- Visions of Johanna

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

Emma Swift- One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Cliff Eberhardt- I Want You

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Cat Power- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

I’m Not There (Columbia)

Janet Planet- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Janet Planet Sings the Bob Dylan Songbook, Vol. 1 (Stellar Sound Productions)

The Brothers & Sisters- Just Like a Woman 

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Temporary Like Achilles

Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Jason & The Scorchers- Absolutely Sweet Marie

Fervor (EMI)

Yo La Tengo- Fourth Time Around

I’m Not There (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Obviously 5 Believers

Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Joan Baez- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Any Day Now (Vanguard)

The final three songs were recorded by Bob Dylan during the Blonde on Blonde sessions, but not included on the album.

Peter Keane- I Wanna Be Your Lover

Milton Street (Broken White)

Marianne Faithfull- I’ll Keep It with Mine

Strange Weather (Island)

Bob Dylan- She’s Your Lover Now

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Next week: Remembering Bruce Murdoch (1947-2026).

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday December 3, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

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

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded on November 27 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/58514.html

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

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

Lynn Miles- Wintery Feeling

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Jesse Winchester- Snow

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow

A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)

Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton

One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)

John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City

Bright Side of Down (Red House)

Graham Lindsey- Fractions

The Next Best Thing (Graham Lindsey)

Shelley Posen- We’ll Get Through This

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Miranda Hardy- Far as I Can Tell

Reverie (Miranda Hardy Music)

Seth Avett- The Poet Game

Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown (Ramseur/Thirty Tigers)

Joan Baez- Rexroth’s Daughter

Bowery Songs (Koch)

Greg Brown- Our Little Town

If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996 (Red House)

James Talley- Give My Love to Marie

Touchstones (Cimarron)

Undertakin' Daddies- Pictou County Coal

Post Atomic Hillbilly (Caribou)

Dave Gunning- Ghosts of Pictou County

The Same Storm (Wee House of Music)

Lloyd Maines- Steel Guitar Rag

Eagle Number 65 (Lloyd Maines)

In 1965, Elektra Records released an LP called Singer Songwriter Project that included the first recordings of four singer-songwriters: Bruce Murdoch; Patrick Sky; David Blue, who was then still known as David Cohen; and Richard Fariña. The next four songs are cover versions of a song by each of those songwriters that was on the Singer Songwriter Project.

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days

Journey Home (Red House)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- Many a Mile

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

David Bromberg- I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning

Midnight on the Water (Columbia/Legacy)

Caroline Doctorow- Bold Marauder

Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Fariña (Narrow Lane)

Bruce Murdoch- When I Cannot Sleep at Night

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Patrick Sky- The Lovin’ Kind

Reality is Bad Enough (Verve Forecast)

David Blue- Sister Rose

Stories (Wounded Bird)

Richard & Mimi Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif, Bruce Murdoch & Sneezy Waters (2014)

Sneezy Waters- I’m So Lonesome I Coud Cry

Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)

Blue Velvet Band- Ramblin’ Man

Sweet Moments with the Blue Velvet Band (Warner Bros.)

Melissa Carper- Ramblin’ Soul

Ramblin’ Soul (Mae Music/Thirty Tigers)

Julian Taylor- Wide Awake

Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)

Adler & Hearne- I’ve Been Here Before

The Ties That Bind Us (Howlin’ Dog)

Tone of Voice Orchestra- He Loves Her for It

Tone of Voice Orchestra (Stunt)

Eliza Carthy & The Restitution- Accordion Song

Queen of the Whirl (Hem Hem)

Paul Mills- The Dallas Rag

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mercedes Sosa- Las Estatuas

Mercedes Sosa ’76 (Philips)

Perla Batalla- Mexico de mi Alma

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

John Fusco- Dance of the Seven Veils

Borderlands (Rocket 88)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Jai Alai

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Wesli- Makonay

Tradisyon (Wes Urban Productions)

Robert Johnson- Walkin’ Blues

The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)

Geoff Bartley- Robert Johnson Wrote the Celebrated Walkin’ Blues

Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)

Kim Beggs- They Shut the Greyhound Down

Steel and Wool (Out of a Paper Bag Productions)

Steve Lundquist- Mary Anne

Acting a Fool (Steve Lundquist)

Diane Coll- Rising Tide

Happy Fish (Happy Fish)

Brian Campbell- Wild and Free

By the River’s Blue (Brian Campbell)

Carole Laure- Save the Last Dance for Me

Western Shadows (Secret)

Ben E. King- Spanish Harlem

The Very Best of Ben E. King (Rhino)

Tracy Chapman- Stand By Me

Greatest Hits (Elektra/Rhino)

Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song

Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Bill Garrett- Stubbs Stomp

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on December 31. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif