KAOS Olympia 89.3FM

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A broadcast service of the Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

KAOS Olympia 89.3FM
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Retroactive

May 4, 2019 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With J.J. Syrja

Roots rock from the 1940s to the present: blues, soul, traditional R&B, jazz, folk, pop, punk, garage, surf.

Retroactive
9:00 AM
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers - Summer On Signal Hill
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers Summer On Signal Hill
A Woman's Got the Power Columbia 1983 7 Inch Rock
Intro music (non-LP B-side)
9:05 AM
Odetta - Hard, Oh Lord
Odetta Hard, Oh Lord
Bluesville Original Classics V/A Bluesville 2003 Blues
Odetta sounding wonderful with a full band. Recorded April 1962
9:09 AM
Chris Smither - Everything On Top
Chris Smither Everything On Top
Call Me Lucky Signature Sounds 2018 Folk
9:13 AM
Lynn Miles - You Don't Love Me Anymore
Lynn Miles You Don't Love Me Anymore
Slightly Haunted Philo 1996 Folk
Canadian singer-songwriter I haven't played lately
9:18 AM
Peter Himmelman - Always In Disguise
Peter Himmelman Always In Disguise
Rare on Air, Vol. 1 V/A Mammoth 1994
Live at KCRW/Santa Monica, November 1993
9:22 AM
Valerie June - Love You Once Made
Valerie June Love You Once Made
The Order of Time Concord 2017
Valerie June Hockett
9:26 AM
Wee Willie Walker & the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra - Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
Wee Willie Walker & the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
After a While Blue Dot 2017 R&B/Soul
A first rate cover of the Mable John chestnut from the '60s
9:34 AM
The Seldom Scene - With Body and Soul (with John Starling & Emmylou Harris)
The Seldom Scene With Body and Soul (with John Starling & Emmylou Harris)
Long Time...Seldom Scene Smithsonian Folkways 2014 Bluegrass
Sorry to lose singer-guitarist John Starling (1940-2019), with the Seldom Scene for many years and periodically rejoining them. The group first recorded this song in 1972
9:39 AM
The Rationals - Leavin' Here
The Rationals Leavin' Here
Leavin' Here A-Square 1966 7 Inch Rock
Russ Gibb (1931-2019) ran the Motor City's legendary Grande Ballroom and was the host of WKNR/Detroit's "Is Paul (McCartney) Dead?" radio broadcasts in 1969; he didn't believe the hoax yet welcomed the commentary that was pouring in from all over the world
9:45 AM
The Eric Reed Quartet - Yesterday/Yesterdays
The Eric Reed Quartet Yesterday/Yesterdays N
Everybody Gets the Blues Smoke Sessions 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
9:51 AM
Roberta Flack - Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Roberta Flack Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers V/A Nostalgia Ventures 2005
For a world so lacking in kindness and civility these days
9:55 AM
Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores & Cesar Castro - Nothing Can Be Done
Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores & Cesar Castro Nothing Can Be Done N
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration V/A Decca 2019
Live in LA, November 1975 and doing Joni Mitchell proud. And by the way...happy Cinco de Mayo!
10:00 AM
Cowboy Junkies - Dead Flowers
Cowboy Junkies Dead Flowers
Gimme Shelter Vol. 2: 16 Amazing Covers of Classic Rolling Stones Songs V/A Uncut 2001
One listener called to say they wished a horse would run over Mitch McConnell at today's Kentucky Derby
10:04 AM
Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit - Trench Warfare
Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit Trench Warfare
Full Circle Trio 1982 IDM/Experimental

Bassist Wobble joins two members of Can--keyboardist Czukay and drummer Liebezeit--for an enjoyable sonic project

10:15 AM
Pete Seeger - River of My People
Pete Seeger River of My People
Love Songs of Friends and Foes Smithsonian Folkways 1958
Pete Seeger's (1919-2014) 100th birth anniversary was May 3
10:18 AM
Pete Seeger - English Is Cuh-Ray-Zee
Pete Seeger English Is Cuh-Ray-Zee
Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs Smithsonian Folkways 1999 Folk
Live and hilarious from November 1996--a new track added to this ace collection of vintage PS
10:23 AM
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - The Emperor Is Naked Today-O
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer The Emperor Is Naked Today-O
If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2 V/A Appleseed 2001 Folk

The fab Northwest duo ahead of Carter's unexpected death in 2002

10:27 AM
Pete Seeger - Talking Atom
Pete Seeger Talking Atom
Gazette, Vol. 1 Smithsonian Folkways 1958 Folk
Bombs don't discriminate, although their proponents do
10:30 AM
Pete Seeger - Garbage
Pete Seeger Garbage
Pete Living Music 1996 Folk
Where Seeger brilliantly connects our overflowing waste to the garbage views of politicians. You are so missed, Pete
10:35 AM
The Brats - Be a Man
The Brats Be a Man
All the Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks V/A Cherry Red 2019 Rock
Three from the terrific new glam rock box set with 60 tracks. This one is from 1977
10:38 AM
The Jets - Yeah!
The Jets Yeah!
All the Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks V/A Cherry Red 2019 Rock
Trashy and cool--a 1973 A-side
10:41 AM
Milk 'n' Cookies - Wok 'n' Woll
Milk 'n' Cookies Wok 'n' Woll
All the Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks V/A Cherry Red 2019 Rock
Throttling cut that was released around 1975, the same time as the band's self-titled debut album
10:44 AM
Will Vinson - In the Pines
Will Vinson In the Pines N
It's Alright With Three Criss Cross Jazz 2018 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Community Billboard
10:48 AM
Katie Webster - Two Fisted Mama
Katie Webster Two Fisted Mama
Two Fisted Mama! Alligator 1989 Blues
Title cut. What a shame that singer-pianist KW isn't with us anymore
10:52 AM
Teisco Del Rey - Seville
Teisco Del Rey Seville
Teisco Del Rey Plays Music for Lovers Upstart 1996 Rock
A grand surf rock instrumental from guitarist Del Rey
10:55 AM
Thee Midniters - Never Knew I Had It So Bad
Thee Midniters Never Knew I Had It So Bad
Unlimited Whittier 1967 Rock
Groundbreaking band from East LA
10:58 AM
Ex Hex - Radiate
Ex Hex Radiate N
It's Real Merge 2019 Rock
A killer riff and much more
11:02 AM
Lacuna Coil - Losing My Religion
Lacuna Coil Losing My Religion
Dark Adrenaline Century Media 2012 Rock
Hard rock cover of R.E.M. with an attractive keyboard part added
11:06 AM
Soundgarden - Mood for Trouble
Soundgarden Mood for Trouble L
Ultramega OK Sub Pop 1988 Rock
Chris Cornell's song from the 2017 remix album (first on SST, 1988)
11:12 AM
James Brown - My Thang
James Brown My Thang
Hell Polydor 1974 Funk
James Brown's (1933-2006) birth anniversary is May 3
11:16 AM
James Brown - Money Won't Change You
James Brown Money Won't Change You
Raw Soul King 1967 R&B/Soul
Raw and amazing, indeed
11:23 AM
The Who - I Don't Mind
The Who I Don't Mind
My Generation Brunswick 1965 Rock
The Who, just like James Brown, is one of most exciting live acts of all-time. This is one of two James Brown songs cut for their first album
11:27 AM
James Brown & the Famous Flames - I'll Go Crazy
James Brown & the Famous Flames I'll Go Crazy
Live at the Apollo King 1963 R&B/Soul
The phenomenal live album, costs paid by JB himself, was recorded in October 1962
11:30 AM
James Brown with the JBs - Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2
James Brown with the JBs Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2
Star Time Polydor 1991 Funk
From the astounding box set. Track was released as a 1970 single
11:34 AM
Ellen Rowe Octet - Anthem
Ellen Rowe Octet Anthem N
Momentum: Portraits of Women In Motion Smokin' Sleddog 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
11:39 AM
Lucinda Williams - Disgusted
Lucinda Williams Disgusted
Ramblin' Smithsonian Folkways 1979 Folk
An ancient blues from LW's first LP
11:42 AM
Squeeze - F-Hole
Squeeze F-Hole
East Side Story American Beat 1981 Rock
Stunning tune with dissonant strings from one of the group's greatest albums
11:46 AM
Squeeze - Labelled With Love
Squeeze Labelled With Love
East Side Story American Beat 1981 Rock
Wondering if a country artist ever covered this
11:51 AM
Dee Dee Warwick - Do It With All Your Heart
Dee Dee Warwick Do It With All Your Heart
Do It With All Your Heart Blue Rock 1965 7 Inch Soul
A beautiful record from Dionne Warwick's younger sister
11:54 AM
Charles Brown - (One) Mint Julep
Charles Brown (One) Mint Julep
Blues and Other Love Songs Muse 1992 Blues
Outro music