Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 17, 2024: Hank Williams 101

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/595/66859.html

Theme: Hank Williams 101.

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Hank Williams 101 as the air date for this show –  September 17, 2024 – is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams. Hank was just 29 years old when he died on January 1, 1953, but his contributions to the history of music are immense. Most of the songs on this show were written by Hank Williams or are from his repertoire – the rest were inspired by him.

Hank Williams- Move It On Over

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Ball & Chain- I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’

Trouble All the Time (Ball & Chain)

Robert Jones & Matt Watroba- Mind Your Own Business

Common Chords (Common Chords)

Hank Williams- Lost Highway

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Kevin Head- Thanks Hank

Live (Kevin Head Music)

Norah Jones- Cold, Cold Heart

Come Away with Me (Blue Note)

Leon Redbone- Long Gone Lonesome Blues

No Regrets (Sugar Hill)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Your Cheatin’ Heart

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Hank Williams- Moanin’ the Blues

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

John Gorka- Hank Senior Moment

The Company You Keep (Red House)

The Lonesome Ace Stringband- The Log Train

The Log Train – single (The Lonesome Ace Stringband)

The Wailin' Jennys- Weary Blues from Waiting

Fifteen (True North)

Jim Byrnes- Honky Tonk Blues

I Hear the Wind in the Wires (Black Hen Music)

Mose Allison- Hey, Good Lookin’

V-8 Ford Blues (Epic/Legacy)

Hank Williams- Settin’ the Woods on Fire

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Tom Russell- Hank and Audrey

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Sneezy Waters- Lovesick Blues

Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)

Steve Young- Ramblin’ Man

Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)

Jim Rooney & Rooney's Irregulars- House of Gold

My Own Ignorant Way (JRP)

Hank Williams- I Saw the Light

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Lou Dominguez- Hank Songs at the Luna Star

Hanging at the Luna Star (Lou Dominguez)

Hans Theessink- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Saul Broudy- Alone and Forsaken

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

Linda Ronstadt- I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)

Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Jambalaya

American Legacies (McCoury)

Hank Williams- My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Robin & Linda Williams- Rolling and Rambling (The Death of Hank Williams)

Devil of a Dream (Sugar Hill)

Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings- The Night Hank Williams Came to Town

Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (Mercury)

Next week: Leonard Cohen at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 12, 2020

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/49004.html

Gathering Time- You Were On My Mind

Old Friends (Triple-G Records)

Turtle Grenade- Turn, Turn, Turn

Put Down That Weapon – Make Music Not War (Y&T Music)

Kronos Quartet w/Lee Knight- Which Side Are You On?

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Pete Seeger- Old Devil Time

Singalong, Sanders Theatre, 1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Beppe Gambetta- Wise Old Man/Forget About Me Not

Where the Wind Blows/Dove Tia O Vento (Borealis)

Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton- Willie Moore

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton (Smithsonian Folkways)

Steel Rail- Once in a While

Coming Home (Crossties)

Lynn Miles- We’ll Look for Stars

We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)

Rachelle Garniez- Frank Mills

Gone to Glory (StorySound)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- After You’ve Gone

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Cris Cuddy- (Long and Lonesome) Old Freight Train

Concert at the Slab (Vanishing Castle)

Bill Garrett- Northshore Train

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Boxcar Boys- Freight Train

Rye Whiskey (Fedora Upside Down)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Mountain City Four)

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers- K.C. Moan

Volume 1 (Stony Plain)

Leonard Cohen- Tower of Song

I’m Your Man (Columbia)

Extended Feature – A Hundred Floors above in the Tower of Song: A Tribute to Hank Williams. Most of the next 20 songs were written by Hank Williams (“My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” is a traditional New Orleans song that he adapted). The fifth song in each of the four 5-song sets was inspired, in one way or another, by him.

Ranch Romance- Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)

Western Dream (Sugar Hill)

Rosanne Cash- Take These Chains from My Heart

The List (Manhattan)

Oh Susanna- You Win Again

Sleepy Little Sailor – Deluxe Edition (MVKA)

Hank Williams- Move It On Over

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Kevin Head- Thanks Hank

Live (Kevin Head Music)

Hank Williams 1951

Robert Jones & Matt Watroba- Mind Your Own Business

Common Chords (Common Chords Records)

The Wailin' Jennys- Weary Blues from Waiting

Fifteen (True North)

Norah Jones- Cold, Cold Heart

Come Away with Me (Blue Note)

Hank Williams- Honky Tonk Blues

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

John Gorka- Hank Senior Moment

The Company You Keep (Red House)

Sneezy Waters- Jambalaya

Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)

Ball & Chain- I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’

Trouble All the Time (Ball & Chain)

Leon Redbone- Your Cheatin’ Heart

From Branch to Branch (Emerald City)

Hank Williams- My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Tom Russell- Hank and Audrey

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Blue Velvet Band- Ramblin’ Man

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

Tim Williams- I Heard That Lonesome Blow

Sorrow Bound: Hank Williams Re-examined (Ruby Moon)

Jenny Reynolds- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Any Kind of Angel (Jenny Reynolds)

Hank Williams- Moanin’ the Blues

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings- The Night Hank Williams Came to Town

Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (Mercury)

Jamie Anderson- Six Feet Away

Songs from Home (Jamie Anderson)

Lorin Sklamberg & Polina Shepherd w/A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus- Kh’hob dem kheyshek (I am willing)

150 Voices (Lorin Sklamberg & Polina Shepherd)

Lara Herscovitch- Now Hear This

Highway Philosophers (Lara Herscovitch)

Jesse Winchester, the self-titled debut album by my late friend Jesse Winchester, was released 50 years ago. The next four songs mark that milestone.

Jesse Winchester- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

James Taylor- Payday

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Blind Boys of Alabama- Pray for Peace

Almost Home (BBOA)

Bettye LaVette- Strange Fruit

Blackbirds (Verve)

Ronnie Earle & The Broadcasters- Blues for George Floyd

Rise Up (Stony Plain)

Mike Glick- We Shall Be Free

Alternative Facts & Other White Lies (Generations Music)

Jane Godfrey- The Moon Tonight

Imagine We Have Wings (Jane Godfrey)

VickiKristinaBarcelona- God’s Away on Business

Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)

Jim Wurster- For What It’s Worth

Put Down That Weapon – Make Music Not War (Y&T Music)

Brian Blain- Water Song

I’m Not Fifty Anymore (Brian Blain)

David Broza- Saturday Morning

En Casa Limón (S-Curve)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 10.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Katie Moore & Andrew Horton – Six More Miles

KATIE MOORE & ANDREW HORTON

Six More Miles

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After several solo albums, Montreal-based country and folk singer-songwriter Katie Moore is joined by Andrew Horton for Six More Miles, a lovely set of (mostly) sad duets of eight country and folk classics and four original songs – two each by Katie and Andrew.

Katie and Andrew have a musical history together. Andrew played in Yonder Hill, a bluegrass band from about a decade ago that was fronted by Katie, Dara Weiss and Angela Desveaux, and has since played and sung in Katie’s bands. He also plays bass and sings harmony and occasional lead vocals in Notre Dame de Grass. They have developed a seemingly natural ease at singing together as lead and harmony vocalists.

They lead off the album with the title track. A lesser known Hank Williams composition, “Six More Miles (to the Graveyard)” sets the sad tone for the album as the narrator – Katie and Andrew singing in harmony – prepares to say a last farewell to his (her) “darling.”

A couple of my other favorites include a gorgeously haunting version of Bill Monroe’s “The One I Love is Gone,” that seems to come from deep in the well, and Shel Silverstein’s older but wiser song “A Couple More Years.”

Although there is a slow pace to most of these songs (they are, after all, sad songs), the pace does pick up on the traditional murder ballad (and sad story) “Wild Bill Jones” and the Carter Family classic “Lover’s Return.”

As mentioned, Katie and Andrew each contribute a couple of original pieces and these blend seamlessly with the classics. Katie’s “When We Reach the Valley” could easily be mistaken for an old-time country song while her “Blue Days” is an achingly beautiful song of lost love. Andrew’s “Since My Baby Been Gone” could be a companion song to “Blue Days,” while his “Owen’s Lullaby” is a gentle guitar composition – the album’s only instrumental – presumably written to send a baby off to sleep.

Katie and Andrew on vocals and guitars are ably and unobtrusively supported by Joe Grass on Dobro, mandolin and guitar; Alex Kehler on nyckelharpa (a bowed Swedish instrument) and fiddle; and Sage Reynolds on bass.

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--Mike Regenstreif