Bonnie Simmons Show
Nov 10, 2022 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Music
The Bonnie Simmons Show
8:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays
Bonnie Simmons
has been programming her mix of singer/songwriter, folk, rock, country
and R&B on KPFA since the very late 1980’s. One of the best loved
personalities of Bay Area music radio, she was raised in New York, and
then moved to San Francisco from Denver in 1968 and became a pioneer of
free form radio. During her eight years, from 1970 to 1978, at the
legendary KSAN, she served as Program Director, Music Librarian, and
Disc Jockey.
After leaving KSAN, she worked at Warner Bros as National Album Director, promoting Prince as well as the first Dire Straits and Rickie Lee Jones albums, amongst others, and also worked at Hightone Records. She moved in and out of radio at KFOG, LIVE 105, KOFY-FM, KVRE, KDBK “Double 99” and KUSF.
As the Audio Director for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she created the disc jockey audio exhibit and many of the exhibits involving sound at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
On a local level, Bonnie spent several years working as a sandwich-maker at Ozzie’s Soda Fountain in Berkeley, and currently hosts her eclectic weekly show on KPFA. Bonnie managed the band Cake for eight years, and represented Noe Venable and Etienne de Rocher for many years. For the past 14 years, she has been happily involved in Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the extraordinary free festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and has been the Executive Director of The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation since 2009.
8:00 PM |
| Kieran Kane Hartford Unguarded Moments Dead Reckoning Records 2016
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8:03 PM |
| Bonny Light Horseman Sweetbread Rolling Golden Holy MERLIN - 37d03d 2022
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8:07 PM |
| Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams Live Forever Live Forever New West Records, LLC 2022
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8:09 PM |
| Charley Crockett I'm Just a Clown I'm Just a Clown Son of Davy 2022
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8:13 PM |
| Los Lobos When the Circus Comes David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez Kiko Rhino/Warner Bros. 2009 World
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8:16 PM |
| Bonnie Raitt Angel from Montgomery Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 Oh Boy Records 2021
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8:22 PM |
| Tom Petty I Won't Back Down An American Treasure Reprise 2018 Rock
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8:25 PM |
| Dave Alvin Kern River West of the West MERLIN - Yep Roc Records 2006 Rock
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8:29 PM |
| Joni Mitchell For Free For Free WMG - Warner Rhino Off Roster-Audio 2014
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8:34 PM |
| Elvis Costello I Do (Zula’s Song) Hey Clockface UMG - Concord Records 2020 Rock
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8:38 PM |
| Danielle Ponder Some Of Us Are Brave Some Of Us Are Brave Future Classic 2022
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8:41 PM |
| Amos Lee See The Light See The Light Dualtone Music Group, Inc. 2022
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8:50 PM |
| Chuck Prophet You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) Age of Miracles MERLIN - New West Records 2004 Rock
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8:55 PM |
| The Marvelettes The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971 UMG - UNI/MOTOWN 2013
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9:03 PM |
| Seth Avett Laughing River Laughing River Ramseur Records 2022
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9:08 PM |
| Bonnie Raitt That Song About the Midway (Remastered) Streetlights WMG - Rhino/Warner Records 2001
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9:13 PM |
| Buddy Miller & Julie Miller Chalk Written in Chalk MERLIN - New West Records 2013
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9:19 PM |
| Gabriels Love and Hate in a Different Time (Alt. Version) Love and Hate in a Different Time (Alt. Version) WMG - Gabriels LLC 2021
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9:22 PM |
| Frazey Ford Holdin' It Down U kin B the Sun UMG - Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. 2020
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9:26 PM |
| Rickie Lee Jones The Gospel of Carlos, Norman and Smith Balm in Gilead UMG - Fantasy Records 2009
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9:30 PM |
| Darrell Scott American Tune Modern Hymns Appleseed 2008
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9:34 PM |
| Angel Olsen Big Time Big Time Jagjaguwar 2022
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9:38 PM |
| Dobie Gray Drift Away Music From The Motion Picture Wonderland Universal Music S.A. 2003
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9:42 PM |
| Steve Earle The Rain Came Down The Definitive Collection 1986-1992 MERLIN - Humphead Records 2013
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9:50 PM |
| Oddisee Trust (Remix) Instrumental Mixtape - Volume 2 ORCHARD - Halftooth Records LLC 2006
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9:50 PM |
| Oddisee Hey Instrumental Mixtape - Volume 2 ORCHARD - Halftooth Records LLC 2006
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9:59 PM |
| Psapp Marshrat The Camel's Back MERLIN - Domino Recording Co 2009
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