Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 27, 2023: Songs of Bruce Cockburn

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/595/60977.html

Theme: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

The show features songs from Bruce Cockburn’s new album, O Sun O Moon, and versions of some of his songs by other artists.

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- On a Roll

O Sun O Moon (True North)

3's a Crowd- Bird Without Wings

Christopher’s Movie Matinee (Dunhill)

Tom Rush- One Day I Walk

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World

North By South (Compass)

Claudia Schmidt combines Bruce Cockburn’s song, “For the Birds,” with her poem, “Replenish.”

Claudia Schmidt- For the Birds/Replenish

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Bruce Cockburn- When You Arrive

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Canadian Brass- 13th Mountain

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know

O Sun O Moon (True North)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)- Lovers is a Dangerous Time

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

David Wiffen- Up on the Hillside

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Colin Linden- Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

Raised By Wolves (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Colin Went Down to the Water

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Salamander Crossing- Child of the Wind

Henry Street – A Retrospective (Signature Sounds)

Special Consensus- Mighty Trucks of Midnight

Great Blue North (Compass)

The Squirrel Hillbillies Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

Rhizomes (The Squirrel Hillbillies)

Bruce Cockburn- Into the Now

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Judy Collins- Pacing the Cage

Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Maria Muldaur- Southland of the Heart

Southland of the Heart (Telarc)

Christine Collister- The Whole Night Sky

The Dark Gift of Time (Koch)

Bruce Cockburn- O Sun By Day O Moon By Night

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Haiku

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 20, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2

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/595/60948.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

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.

Dylan cites the 1956 version of “Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?” by The Osborne Brothers.

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?

Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)

Dylan cites the 1958 version of “Volare” by Domenico Modugno.

The Gipsy Kings- Volare

The Best of The Gipsy Kings (Nonesuch/Elektra)

The Clash- London Calling

London Calling (Epic)

Hank Williams- Your Cheatin’ Heart

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Roy Orbison- Blue Bayou

In Dreams (Monument)

Dylan cites the 1970 version of “Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers.

Greg Allman- Midnight Rider

T-Bone Burnett presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from The Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory)

Carl Perkins- Blue Suede Shoes

The Rockin’ Guitar Man: The Singles 1955-1962 (Jasmine)

Little Richard- Long Tall Sally

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Warren Zevon- Dirty Life and Times

The Wind (Artemis)

Mose Allison- Everybody Cryin’ Mercy

I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ (Atlantic)

Johnny Cash- Big River

The Legend of Johnny Cash (American Recordings)

Ernie K-Doe- A Certain Girl

Finger Poppin’ and Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit Records 1960-1962 (Crescent City Soul)

Dylan cites the 1964 version of “Blue Moon” by Dean Martin.

Ian Tyson- Blue Moon

Live at Longview (Stony Plain)

Waylon Jennings- I’ve Always Been Crazy

Nashville Rebel (RCA/Legacy)

Judy Garland- Come Rain or Come Shine

Judy (Capitol)

Jimmy Reed- Big Boss Man

Found Love (Vee-Jay)

Dylan cites the 1928 version of “Old and Only in the Way” by Charlie Poole.

Loudon Wainwright III- Old and Only in the Way

High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Nina Simone- Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Broadway-Blues-Ballads (Philips)

Pete Seeger- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (Columbia)

Elvis Presley- Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas (RCA)

Dylan cites the 1996 version of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by Jimmy Webb.

Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer- By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Learn to Smile Again (Justin Time)

Frank Sinatra- Strangers in the Night

Greatest Love Songs (Reprise)

Santana- Black Magic Woman

Abraxis (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 17, 2023

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 the Saturday Morning show.

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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/60881.html

 

The Persuasions- Mr. Tambourine Man

Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)

Stan Rogers- The Last Watch

From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Tex König- Northwest Passage

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Ian Robb- Make and Break Harbour

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Priscilla Herdman- Forty-Five Years

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- The Flowers of Bermuda

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Artisan- Mary Ellen Carter

Driving Home (Bedspring Music)

Mountain City Four- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Moonshiner

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Rufus Wainwright with Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche & Martha Wainwright- Wild Mountain Thyme

Folkocracy (BMG)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Apostrophe to the Wind

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Vance Gilbert- Honeysuckle Fences

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- Enough About Me

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Larry & Joe- Los Doce

Nuevo South Train (Larry & Joe)

The Refugees- Monday Monday

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Rufus Wainwright with Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow- Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)

Folkocracy (BMG)

The Mamas & The Papas- Dancing Bear

The Mamas & The Papas (MCA)

Natalie Merchant & The Klezmatics- The Dancing Bear

Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)

Dave Van Ronk- Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Tom Russell- Tulare Dust/They’re Tearing the Labor Camps Down

Tulare Dust: a songwriters’ tribute to Merle Haggard (RockBeat)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Merle Haggard- Basin Street Blues

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Good Friends

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Bruce Cockburn- King of the Bolero

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Here Comes the Night

Home (Realiza)

William Prince- Tanqueray

Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)

Bob Dylan- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mary Chapin Carpenter- Sparrow

Home (Realiza)

Chris Vallillo- Ma Belle

Forgottonia (Go Ridge Music)

Tim O'Brien- Cup of Sugar

Cup of Sugar (Howdy Skies)

Queen Esther- All That We Are

Rona (EL)

Tim Grimm- Stirrin’ Up Trouble

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Jaspar Lepak- Ever Gonna Fly

Desert Ghosts (Jaspar Lepak)

Michael Jerome Browne, Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne with J.J. Milteau & Eric Bibb- Shake ‘Em on Down

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Eric Bibb with Taj Mahal & Jontavious Willis- Blues Funky Like Dat

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Taj Mahal- Summertime

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters- The Way to Sam’s Throne

The Legend of Sam Davis and Other Stories of Newton County, Arkansas (Aaron Smith)

The Sherpas- A Ways to Go

Promise to Harry (Trifecta)

John & Sheila Ludgate- The Gift of an Ordinary Day

The Kitchen Sessions (John & Sheila Ludgate)

Matthew Alexander- My Children’s Children

Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)

The Bombadils- Bicycle

Dear Friend (The Bombadils)

Jay Linden- I Wish

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Lea Michele- Don’t Rain On My Parade

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Lea Michele & Ramin Karimloo- Sadie, Sadie

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Tovah Feldshuh & Jared Grimes- Who Taught Her Everything She Knows

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Meredith Moon- Needlecase Medley

Constellations (True North)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 15. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 13, 2023: Train Songs, Volume II

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/595/60788.html

Theme: Train Songs, Volume II.

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Railroad Line

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Chattanooga Choo Choo

Forty (Daring)

Jackie Washington- Sleepy Town Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Rory Block- Midnight Train to Georgia

Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women of Song (Stony Plain)

The Whiteley Brothers- When the Train Comes Along 

Bluesology (Pyramid)

Doc & Merle Watson- Freight Train Boogie

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Golden Rails

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Paul Mills- Last Steam Engine Train

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Guysborough Train

From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)

Anne Hills- Maria Took the Train to Town

Tracks (Hand & Heart Music)

Steel Rail- (Just) Waiting for a Train

Coming Home (Crossties)

David Mallett- Dulcimer

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Doug McArthur- Tears Like Rain

Tears Like Rain (Doug McArthur)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Southern Train

London, 1958 (Jasmine)

Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones- Southern Special

Old Tin (Dittyville Music)

Larry & Joe- Nuevo South Train

Nuevo South Train (Larry & Joe)

Bill Staines- Railroad Blues

Third Time Around (Catfish)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight

Borderland (HighTone)

Caitlin Hanford- That Lonesome Whistle Sound

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Ronny Cox (2013)

Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark

How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury (Bay Sound)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Whistle Stop

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

NRBQ- Next Stop Brattleboro

High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective (Omnivore)

Next week: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 6, 2023: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Later Years

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/595/60720.html

Theme: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Later Years.

These songs were written by Leonard Cohen from about 1990 until his death in 2016, the period covered by the book Leonard Cohen – Untold Stories: That’s How the Light Gets In, the third in a series of three books of oral history about Leonard Cohen by Michael Posner.

Leonard Cohen- Waiting for the Miracle

The Future (Columbia)

Judy Collins- Democracy

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Teddy Thompson- The Future

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

Art of Time Ensemble featuring Tom Wilson- Closing Time

Songs of Leonard Cohen Live (Art of Time Recordings)

Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

Leonard Cohen- By the Rivers Dark

Ten New Songs (Columbia)

Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving

Points of View (Appleseed)

Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson- Boogie Street

Ten New Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Amen

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Born in Chains

Popular Problems (Columbia)

Jack & Amanda Palmer- You Got Me Singing

You Got Me Singing (8ft/Cooking Vinyl)

Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir- You Want It Darker

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Norah Jones- Steer Your Way

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Barb Jungr- Happens to the Heart

Barb Jungr Sings Leonard Cohen: Live at The Crazy Coqs (Kristalyn)

Leonard Cohen- Listen to the Hummingbird

Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Train Songs, Volume II.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 30, 2023: Songs of Bertolt Brecht

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/595/60634.html

Theme: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956).

Bertolt Brecht, who died in 1956 at age 58, was a German playwright and poet who believed in the power of the arts to advance progressive causes. One of his most famous quotations is, “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”

Brecht collaborated worked with a number of composers – including Kurt Weill, Hans Eisler and others – to put his words to music.

Songs from The Threepenny Opera (1928). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill.

Dave Van Ronk- Mack the Knife

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Judy Collins- Pirate Jenny

Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

The Fowler Brothers & Stan Ridgway- Cannon Song

Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M)

Beatrice Arthur- Barbara Song

The Threepenny Opera – 1954 Off Broadway Cast Recording (Decca)

William S. Burroughs- What Keeps Mankind Alive?

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (Sony Classical)

Lotte Lenya- Solomon Song

The Threepenny Opera – 1954 Off Broadway Cast Recording (Decca)

Dave Van Ronk & Frankie Armstrong- Tango Ballad

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Bertolt Brecht- Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (Sony Classical)

Songs from Happy End (1929). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill.

Martha Schlamme- The Bilbao Song

A Kurt Weill Cabaret (MGM)

Lotte Lenya- Sailor’s Tango

Lotte Lenya Singt Kurt Weill (Philips)

Will Holt- Mandalay Song

A Kurt Weill Cabaret (MGM)

Bette Midler- Surabaya Johnny

Bette Midler (Atlantic)

Songs from The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1944). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

The songs from The Caucasian Chalk Circle have been set to music by many composers – with many productions of the play commissioning unique settings. These settings were composed by Dave Holt for a 1970s production by The Camp Meeker Players in Sonoma County, California. These unreleased recordings were recorded seven or eight years ago at a reunion of the cast. Thanks to Mitch Greenhill for sending the recordings and securing permission to use them on this program.

Carol Burleson, Mitch Greenhill & Dave Holt- Song of the Adoption

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (unreleased recording – used with permission)

Carol Burleson, Mitch Greenhill & Dave Holt- Song of the Child

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (unreleased recording – used with permission)

Carol Burleson, Mitch Greenhill & Dave Holt- Song of the Return

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (unreleased recording – used with permission)

Songs from The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1927). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill..

Dave Van Ronk- We All Make the Bed That We Lie In

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Marianne Faithfull- Alabama Song

20th Century Blues (RCA)

The Persuasions- Oh Heavenly Salvation

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (Sony Classical)

Songs with words by Bertolt Brecht and music by Hans Eisler.

Pirate Jenny Trio- To the Little Radio

Cabaret Blues (Pirate Jenny Trio)

Frankie Armstrong- The Love Market

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Pirate Jenny Trio- Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife

Cabaret Blues (Pirate Jenny Trio)

Frankie Armstrong- The Song of the Little Wind

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Pirate Jenny Trio- Song of a German Mother

Cabaret Blues (Pirate Jenny Trio)

The program ends with an instrumental version of the song we started with.

Oscar Peterson & Itzhak Pearlman- Mack the Knife

Side By Side (Telarc)

Next week: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Later Years.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 23, 2023: The Traditional Folk & Blues Songs of Bob Dylan

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/595/60463.html

Theme: The Traditional Folk & Blues Songs of Bob Dylan.

I’ve always felt that the best songwriters have a deep understanding and appreciation of traditional music, and Bob Dylan is among those who set the standard for that. All the songs on this program have been part of Dylan’s repertoire at some point over the past 60-plus years.

Bob Dylan- Man of Constant Sorrow

Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

The Norfolk Broads- Fennario (Pretty Peggy-O)

Yonder Green Grove (The Norfolk Broads)

Michael Jerome Browne with Tielhard Frost- Fixin’ to Die Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

The Be Good Tanyas- In My Time of Dying

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis with The Blind Boys of Alabama- See That My Grave is Kept Clean

Juba Dance (M.C.)

Dave Van Ronk- House of the Rising Sun

Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)

Odetta- No More Auction Block

Odetta at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Garnet Rogers- Corrina, Corrina

Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Deborah Robins- Tell Old Bill

Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music) 

Joni Mitchell- Copper Kettle

Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)

Kim Beggs- Moonshiner

Beauty and Breaking (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rocks and Gravel

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Tom Russell- Rambler, Gambler

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Railroad Bill

Hard Travelin’ (Fantasy)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Dink’s Song

Delia’s Gone: Murder Ballads & Other Songs of Love & Death (Marc Nerenberg)

Martin Grosswendt- Delia

Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Happy Traum- The Water is Wide

Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hard Times Come Again No More

Songs of the Civil War (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Days of ‘49

Another Self Portrait 1969-1971: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Songs of Bertolt Brecht.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday May 20, 2023

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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/60547.html

 

Bob Dylan- Mr. Tambourine Man

The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert (Columbia/Legacy)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Push Comes to Shove

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Martha Trachtenberg with Dede Wyland- Ticket Back

It’s About Time (Mom and Pop)

Robinson & Rohe- Where I’m Coming From

Into the Night (Righteous Babe)

Michael Jerome Browne with Harrison Kennedy- Monday Morning Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Colleen Peterson- Richland Woman Blues

Beginning to Feel Like Home (Capitol)

Mississippi John Hurt- Pay Day

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower & John Sebastian- Coffee Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Happy & Artie Traum- Mississippi John

Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)

Daniel Janke- Remember My Name

Songs of Small Resistance (Northern Town Films)

Annie Capps- The Punch

How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Bruce Murdoch- Daly’s Song

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Linda Morrison- Barcelona

Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)

Alison Brown featuring Anat Cohen- Choro ‘Nuff

On Banjo (Compass)

Geoff Bartley- Baby Boomers

The Ballad of Billy Bridger (Magic Crow)

Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson- Roll with the Punches

Pay Day (Blue Groove)

The Refugees- Good Vibrations

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

William Prince- Take a Look Around

Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)

Orit Shimoni- Sing Back to Me

Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)

Garnet Rogers- All That Is

Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)

Rachelle Garniez- Anthem

Gone to Glory (StorySound)

Iggy Pop- You Want It Darker

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Dom Flemons- Saddle It Around

Traveling Wildfire (Smithsonian Folkways)

Andy Hedges featuring Dom Flemons- Dodgin’ Joe

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

The Rifters- At the Foot of the Mountain

The Enchanted World (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Wind River and You

Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

John Gorka- Mennonite Girl

True in Time (Red House)

Russ Kelley- Somewhere Later Down the Road

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Fu-Fu-Fu-Fu-Fu

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Love is the Answer

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Franklin Tango

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Unsolicited Advice

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Closer to the Light

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Two Peas in a Pod

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Liz Miller- Bittersweet

Lucky Me (Liz Miller)

Tom Russell- Old Heart

Love & Fear (HighTone)

Lynn Miles- Hide Your Heart

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Tom Mitchell- A Little Longer with You

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Jim Wurster- Brand New Start

Three Silly Love Songs (Y&T Music)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- God and The Orange Clown

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

Bruce Cockburn- Orders

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Tim Grimm- I Don’t Know This World

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Too Sad for the Public with Ana Egge- Old Alabama

Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade: American Folk Fantasies Written and Arranged by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on June 17. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 16, 2023: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot

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/595/60419.html

Theme: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023).

One of our greatest singer-songwriters – whose songs have done much to help define Canadian identity and culture – Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1st at age 84.

Gordon Lightfoot- Long River

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Bruce Cockburn- Ribbon of Darkness

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Matthew Alexander- Steel Rail Blues

Soul River (Caravan)

Ilsey Juber- The Way I Feel

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Gordon Lightfoot- Bitter Green

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Johnny Cash- For Lovin’ Me

The Man in Black 1963-’69, Plus (Bear Family)

George Hamilton IV- Did She Mention My Name

In the 4th Dimension (RCA)

Stephen Fearing- Early Morning Rain

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Gordon Lightfoot- Alberta Bound

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Murray McLauchlan- Home from the Forest

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Katy Moffatt- Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Connie Kaldor- If You Could Read My Mind

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Gordon Lightfoot- Cold on the Shoulder

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

The Kennedys- Cotton Jenny

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Special Consensus- Brave Mountaineers

Great Blue North (Compass)

John McLachlan with Marc Atkinson & Scott White- The Patriot’s Dream

50 Years Since Don Quixote: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (John McLachlan)

Gordon Lightfoot- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Darling West- Sundown

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Tony Rice- Walls

Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (Rounder) 

Quartette- Song for a Winter’s Night

Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Gordon Lightfoot- A Painter Passing Through

A Painter Passing Through (Reprise)

Next week: The traditional folk and blues songs of Bob Dylan.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 9, 2023: Remembering Harry Belafonte

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/595/60382.html

Theme: Remembering Harry Belafonte (1927-2023).

Harry Belafonte – the inspiring African American singer, actor, and activist – passed away from congestive heart failure on April 25 at age 96. My parents had a copy of his 1959 album, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall and I listened to it many hundreds of times. It was my essential introduction to folk music.

Harry Belafonte- Day-O

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Sylvie

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Cotton Fields

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- John Henry

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- The Midnight Special

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Fare Thee Well

Belafonte Sings the Blues (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Angelina

Jump Up Calypso (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Jamaica Farewell

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Suzanne

Belafonte (RCA)

Harry Belafonte & Odetta- A Hole in the Bucket

Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Man Piaba

Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Oh Freedom

My Lord What a Mornin’ (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- The Dog Song

Belafonte On Campus (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Merci Bon Dieu

An Evening with Belafonte (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte & The Belafonte Folk Singers- Hené Ma Tov

Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba- Bamotsweri

The Many Moods of Belafonte (RCA)

Harry Belafonte- Matilda

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Next week: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023).

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 2, 2023: Stompin’ at the Savoy

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/595/60257.html

Theme: Stompin’ at the Savoy.

The Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem section of New York City was a major music venue from 1926 until 1958, and in the liner notes to Savoy by Taj Mahal, Holger Peterson notes that 13 of the 14 songs on the album would likely have been heard at the Savoy during its long run. And that’s what gave me the idea for this theme. All the songs on this show were performed during that period and might well have been heard at the Savoy at some point.

Taj Mahal- Stompin’ at the Savoy

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Ella Fitzgerald with The Chick Webb Orchestra- A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Swingsation (Verve)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Diga Diga Do

Rattle Them Bones (Savoy Jazz)

Howard Armstrong- Lady Be Good

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- He Ain’t Got Rhythm

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Taj Mahal- Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Catherine Russell- Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Alone Together (Dot Time)

Taj Mahal- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Barney Bigard & Orchestra- C Jam Blues

The Great Ellington Units (BMG)

Ella Fitzgerald with The Duke Ellington Orchestra- I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- Take the “A” Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Nina Simone- Mood Indigo

Let It All Out (Liberty)

Taj Mahal- Caldonia

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown- Salt Pork, West Virginia

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan (Black & Blue)

Asleep at the Wheel- Choo Ch’Boogie

Having a Party: Live (Goldenlane)

Louis Jordan- Let the Good Times Roll

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (JSP)

Taj Mahal- Sweet Georgia Brown

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Dave Van Ronk- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Oscar Brown, Jr.- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)

The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Count Basie & His Orchestra- Jumpin’ at the Woodside

The Count Basie Story, Vol. 1 (Columbia)

Cab Calloway- Minnie the Moocher

Are You Hep to the Jive? (Columbia/Legacy)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- Stompin’ at the Savoy

Ella and Louis Again (Verve)

Next week: Remembering Harry Belafonte (1927-2023).

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 25, 2023: Willie Nelson at 90

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/595/60138.html

Theme: Willie Nelson at 90.

Willie Nelson will turn 90 on April 29th and as Bob Dylan wrote in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, “Willie Nelson could, as they say, sing the phone book and make you weep – he could also write the phonebook.”

Willie Nelson- My Own Peculiar Way

My Own Peculiar Way (RCA)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (PolyTel)

Lucinda Williams- Funny How Time Slips Away

Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of ‘60s Country Classics (Highway 20)

The Little Willies- Night Life

The Little Willies (Milking Bull)

Willie Nelson- Mr. Record Man

Absolutely the Best, Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)

Bobby Bare- One Day at a Time

Constant Sorrow (RCA)

k.d. lang & the reclines- Three Days

Absolute Torch and Twang (Sire)

Colleen Peterson- Sad Songs and Waltzes

Beginning to Feel Like Home (Capitol)

Willie Nelson- Hello Walls

Absolutely the Best, Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)

Willie Nelson- Time of the Preacher

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Doc & Merle Watson- I Couldn’t Believe it was True

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Willie Nelson- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Stardust (Columbia)

Kerri Powers- Always On My Mind

Words on the Wind (Must Have Music)

Emmylou Harris- Sister’s Coming Home

Blue Kentucky Girl (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Willie Nelson- Me and Paul

Wanted! The Outlaws (RCA)

Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel- Hesitation Blues

Willie and the Wheel (Bismeaux)

Willie Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes- I Just Drove By

Just One Love (Justice)

Kinky Friedman & Willie Nelson- Bloody Mary Morning

The Loneliest Man I Ever Met (Avenue A)

Judy Collins & Willie Nelson- When I Go

Strangers Again (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

Wynton Marsalis Septet featuring Willie Nelson- Milk Cow Blues

United We Swing: Best of the Lincoln Centre Galas (Blue Engine)

Willie Nelson & Bonnie Raitt- Getting Over You

Across the Borderline (Columbia)

Townes Van Zandt & Willie Nelson- Marie

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Mary Kay Place & Willie Nelson- Something to Brag About

The Ahern Sessions 1976-1977 (Raven)

Next week: Stompin’ at the Savoy.

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Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 22, 2023

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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/60194.html

Judy Collins- Mr. Tambourine Man 

Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Temple of Dendur (Wildflower)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Whose Garden Was This

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

The Rifters- The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth

The Enchanted World (Howlin' Dog)

Jaeger & Reid- Fire (For Greta)

Fire (For Greta) – single (Judi Jaeger & Bob Reid)

Debra Mann- Big Yellow Taxi

Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell (Whaling City Sound)

Kuné- Earth I

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Lynn Miles- Moody

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Stephen Fearing- As the Crow Flies

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Jason Lang- Carry On Children

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Penny Lang- Ain’t Nobody Got the Blues Like Me

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Meredith Moon- Constellations

Constellations (True North)

Gordon Lightfoot- Sixteen Miles

The Original Lightfoot: The United Artists Years (EMI)

Chris Coole & John Showman- The Julia Belle Swain

Much Further Out Than Inevitable: A Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford (Chris Coole)

Dom Flemons- Tough Luck

Traveling Wildfire (Smithsonian Folkways)

Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble- Longford Tinker

Peggy’s Dream (Faction)

Colleen Kattau- In the Garden

In the Garden – single (Wind Light Studios)

Amelia Hogan- The Woodthrush’s Song

Taking Flight (Amelia Hogan)

Kuné- Earth II

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Kuné- Earth III

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Tom Chapin- This Pretty Planet II

This Pretty Planet (Sundance Music)

Eddie Redmayne & Cast- Wilkommen

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – London Cast Recording (Decca)

Jessie Buckley & Cast- Cabaret

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – London Cast Recording (Decca)

Coco Love Alcorn- Good News

Wonderland (Coco Love Alcorn)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Jenny Whiteley- Needle in a Haystack

Hopetown (Black Hen Music)

Tim Grimm- Lonesome All the Time

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Ray Lemelin- Grandma’s Hands

Dark/Out of Phase (Ray Lemelin)

Eric Bibb featuring Harrison Kennedy- Call Me By My Name

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Dakota Dave Hull- Oh, Didn’t Ramble

Better Late Than Never: The Classic American Guitar-Banjo (Arabica)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- All Wigged Out

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Amy’s of Denmark

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Car Wash

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Tipsy All the Time

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Where’d You Get That Hat

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Jesus is My Backstreet Driver

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Pork Roast and Poetry

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- Singing in the Country

Report from Grimes Creek (Green Linnet)

Andy Hedges & Tom Russell- Old Dolores

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Flatbush Sunset

Hello World (Crooked Cyclone)

Mike Ward- The Currency of Forgiveness

Love Never Rests (Psychosongs)

Grace Morrison- Oh, Colorado

Maybe Modern (Grace Morrison)

Chris Coole- Where the Light Begins

The Old Man and the C Chord (Chris Coole)

Greg Greenway- That’s Where the Hope Comes From

Between Hello & Goodbye (Greg Greenway)

Polky- Kolomyjka

Songs from Home (Polky)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 20. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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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