Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 5, 2025: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart

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/595/71387.html

Theme: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

The songs in the first half of the show were written or co-written by Steve Gillette (born 1942). 

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- The Old Trail

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Stephen Mendel- Darcy Farrow

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Ian & Sylvia- Molly and Tenbrooks

Play One More (Vanguard)

Chuck Pyle- Share Me with Texas

Keepin’ Time By the River (Bee ‘n’ Flower)

Steve Gillette- Down Where the River Meets the Road

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Ted Hawkins- Happy Hour 

Happy Hour (Rounder)

Don Williams- Healing Hands

Reflections (Sugar Hill)

Fourtold- Two Men in the Building

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name

Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)

Marty Morrissey- Grapes on the Vine

The Ancient Ground (Marty Morrissey)

Carolyn Hester- 2:10 Train

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

The songs in the second half of the show were written or co-written by John Stewart (1939-2008).

John Stewart (1975)

The Kingston Trio- Hope You Understand

Nick Bob John (Folk Era)

John Stewart & Buffy Ford- Mucky Truckee River

Signals Through the Glass (Folk Era)

Dave Alvin- California Bloodlines

West of the West (Yep Roc)

Josh White, Jr..- July, You’re a Woman

By Request (Silverwolf)

Eddy Arnold- Some Lonesome Picker

Standing Alone (RCA)

John Stewart- Mother Country

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Anne Murray- Daydream Believer

The Ultimate Collection (Universal)

John Stewart- Anna on a Memory

Cannons in the Rain (RCA)

Kate Wolf- Some Kind of Love

Give Yourself to Love (Rhino)

Bill Staines- Chilly Winds

Going to the West (Red House)

Buffy Ford Stewart- Same Old Heart

Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)

Nanci Griffith & John Stewart- Sweet Dreams Will Come

Little Love Affairs (MCA)

John Stewart- Shackles and Chains

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Next week: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 18, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 1

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays 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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60086.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 1.

Bob Dylan wrote about each of the songs on this show in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Except where noted, these tracks are the versions of the songs that Dylan cites.

Bobby Bare- Detroit City

The Best of Bobby Bare (Razor & Tie)

Elvis Costello- Pump It Up

This Year’s Model (Radar)

Dylan cites Webb Pierce’s version of “There Stands the Glass.”

Ted Hawkins- There Stands the Glass 

The Next Hundred Years (Geffen)

Billy Joe Shaver- Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me

Old Five and Dimers Like Me (Monument)

Little Richard- Tutti Frutti

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Elvis Presley- Money Honey

Elvis Presley (RCA)

The Who- My Generation

The Who Sings My Generation (Decca)

Dylan cites Harry McClintock’s 1928 version of “Jesse James.”

Bruce Springsteen- Jesse James

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

Dylan cites Ricky Nelson’s 1958 version of “Poor Little Fool.” This is a later live version.

Rick Nelson- Poor Little Fool

A Night to Remember (True North)

Dylan cites Perry Como’s version of “Without a Song.”

The Righteous Brothers- Without a Song

Greatest Hits (Verve)

Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson- Pancho and Lefty

Pancho & Lefty (Epic)

Jackson Browne- The Pretender

The Pretender (Elektra)

Bobby Darin- Mack the Knife

That’s All (Atco)

Dylan cites Bing Crosby’s version of “The Whiffenpoof Song.”

Art Neville- The Whiffenpoof Song

Let New Orleans Rock (Blues Interactions)

Dylan cites Cher’s 1971 version of “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves.” This is a later live version.

Cher- Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

Live in Concert (HBO)

Dylan cites Rosemary Clooney’s version of “Come On-A My House.”

Kay Starr- Come On-A My House

Come On-A My House – single (Capitol)

Eddy Arnold- You Don’t Know Me

You Don’t Know Me – single (RCA)

Johnnie & Jack- Poison Love

Poison Love – single (RCA)

Alvin Youngblood Hart- Nelly was a Lady

Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster (American Roots Publishing)

Dylan cites Johnnie Ray’s version of “The Little White Cloud That Cried.”

Jackie Washington- The Little White Cloud That Cried

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Ray Charles- I Got a Woman

The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)

The Fugs- CIA Man

The Fugs First Album (Fantasy)

Grateful Dead- Truckin’

American Beauty (Warner Bros.)

Dylan cites Vic Damone’s version of “On the Street Where You Live.”

Pat Guadango- On the Street Where You Live

1964 (Campbell Music)

Next week: Willie Nelson at 90.

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--Mike Regenstreif