Earlier
with Lee Rosevere

Happy birthday today to a wonderful songwriter and human being, Carrie Newcomer.

Brian in Penticton had a request for Linda Ronstadt, from her appearance in The Pirates of Penzance.

Yes today is Towel Day, held every 2 weeks after the death of Douglas Adams... AND it's also the 35th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie, I have a novelty record you're not likely to hear anyone else today...and thanks to Tom in Victoria for this:

Two birthdays to mark today, one for Rosanne Cash and thanks to Don in Nakusp, who requested one of his fave tunes by birthday boy Bob Dylan (oh and also Queen Victoria's birthday too).

Also, an obscure tune from the Addrisi Brothers and have you seen the list of tunes entered into the National Library of Congress?  Everything from Edison to Prince... and I've chosen a couple of instrumentals from the list by Sol Ho'opi'i and his Novelty Five, and also Booker T. And the MG's.

Interestingly, one of the entries is a live recording of the Grateful Dead from May 8, 1977.  And guess what? You can listen to the whole show in streaming mp3 (yes, it runs about 3 hours).

If that isn't enough for you, and you've got a lot of time on your hands, check out the National Jukebox: Historial recordings from the National Library of Congress in streaming audio.

Paul McCartney released his deluxe version of one of his best albums Ram yesterday, and I have a track from the bonus disc of previously unreleased material.

A request from Penny Sue of Vernon for Patti Page, and birthday today for Rosemary Clooney.

It's World Turtle Day, and Pink Turtle drop by for an ABBA cover, and also if you've been to Google today, you'll know it's Robert Moog's birthday.

40 years ago this year, Dan Fogelberg released his first album Home Free and we start with the first song on the album.

It's International Museum Day - the theme is Museums in A Changing World, and Chumbawamba wrote a song that ties in nicely, about what would happen if we didn't preserve our museums.

And as reported yesterday, Donna Summer died of cancer at the age of 63.  Although most known for her disco hits, I've chosen a track from her self-titled 'turning-point' about from 1982, covering Jon and Vangelis, produced by Quincy Jones.

In addition to that, I always thought "The Wanderer" should've been a bigger hit.  Here she is live on the Tom Snyder show:



Enjoy the long weekend!

We begin with a lovely interpretation of Satie's Gymnopedie No.1 by Canadian pianist Francine Kay, as it is Satie's birthday today.

A Girl Called Eddy released one album back in 2004, and I'm *still* waiting for the follow-up. 

And before the program yesterday, I was blasting "Rhinestone Cowboy" in the studio - I decided to tweet it, and I got a reply from Larry Weiss, the man who wrote the song.

And Jennifer in Vancouver was introduced to the Wonderful World of Mrs. Miller last week, and wanted to hear more!  In the words of Pauline Collins... no, honestly!

A very nice piano piece from Carly Paradis - going out to Bev in Vancouver, who I met yesterday, hopefully this is the piece she mentioned liking.

New Shawn Colvin album next month (as well as a new Mary Chapin Carpenter the week after!), so going back into her catalog this morning ... as well as something from The Weepies first album.

It's the late Ray Condo's birthday today, still greatly missed... and Little Feat's Sailing Shoes was released 40 years ago, May 1972.

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Based on a suggestion from a co-worker, I'm playing all tiki-lounge-hi-fi-exotica this morning by the likes of Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Yma Sumac, Dean Elliot and his Swinging Big, Band, Les Baxter and Esquivel!


 
..and check out this neat film made by Ernie Kovacs set to Esquivel's music:

Something from Red Sky July's latest disc to start off the show..that free covers EP is still available for download.

And speaking of that, local artist Jonathan Anderson has released a covers EP (pay what you want) under his band name Jonathan Inc. which includes a very nice Magnetic Fields song.

We give away the final copy of Arthur Black's Looking Blackward, and play a song he requested from Monty Python... and it's Dance Like A Chicken Day - I'm really hoping someone will come up with an actual dance for the Chicken Neck Boogie.

And sad news for Stax fans this weekend as bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, famous for playing with Booker T and the MG's (and a ton of others) died this weekend at the age of 70.