KAOS Olympia 89.3FM

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Retroactive

Nov 23, 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)
9:00 AM
Gail Davies - Heat It Up
Gail Davies Heat It Up
Eclectic Little Chickadee Productions 1995
Gail Davies had a hit with John Prine's "Unwed Fathers" in the 1980s
9:13 AM
The Devil Makes Three - Poison Trees
The Devil Makes Three Poison Trees
Do Wrong Right Milan Entertainment 1993 Americana
Band from Santa Cruz, CA
9:17 AM
Brantley Gilbert - Welcome to Hazeville (with Lukas Nelson, Colt Ford & Willie Nelson)
Brantley Gilbert Welcome to Hazeville (with Lukas Nelson, Colt Ford & Willie Nelson)
Fire and Brimstone Valory Music 2019 Country
Praising pot in a tune with Willie's shortest cameo ever: he sings the title of the song at the very end
9:20 AM
Eleanor Murray - The Sunlight
Eleanor Murray The Sunlight L
Compass self-released 2019
The only track on this beautiful album I hadn't spun yet
9:24 AM
The Del Lords - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
The Del Lords How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
Frontier Days American Beat 1984 Rock
The underrated roots rockers updating an ancient classic by Blind Alfred Reed
9:27 AM
Joanna Connor - Flip (with Keithen Banks)
Joanna Connor Flip (with Keithen Banks) N
Rise M.C. 2019 Blues
Her first release in several years
9:32 AM
Montrell Darrett - Rain
Montrell Darrett Rain
Music from the HBO Film Boycott (Start Walkin') V/A HBO/EMI Gospel 2001
A terrific soundtrack with slinky soul, uplifting modern gospel and blues as well
9:36 AM
Mike Zito - Wee Wee Hours (with Joe Bonamassa)
Mike Zito Wee Wee Hours (with Joe Bonamassa) N
Rock'n'Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry Ruf 2019
Several guest stars join Zito--Bonamassa's guitar is as torrid as one can imagine
9:42 AM
Victor Gould - What Do We Need?
Victor Gould What Do We Need? N
Thoughts Become Things Blue Room Music 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
9:47 AM
GA-20 - My Soul
GA-20 My Soul N
Lonely Soul Karma Chief 2019 Blues
Gritty blues that has real presence
9:50 AM
Eilen Jewell - 79 Cents (The Meow Song)
Eilen Jewell 79 Cents (The Meow Song)
Gypsy Signature Sounds 2019 Americana
Sensational track about women making 79 cents on the dollar to what a man gets; "grab them by the meow" is a rather cutting line
9:53 AM
Tracy Nelson - After the Fire Is Gone
Tracy Nelson After the Fire Is Gone
Live From Cell Block D Memphis International 2003 Blues
Live at a West Tennessee prison in December 2002
9:57 AM
North Mississippi Allstars - Snake Drive
North Mississippi Allstars Snake Drive
World Boogie Is Coming Songs of the South 2013 Americana
Bluesy with modern touches
10:00 AM
Jesse Powell & his Orchestra with Fluffy Hunter - Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out)
Jesse Powell & his Orchestra with Fluffy Hunter Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out)
Ride, Daddy Ride! And Other Love Songs V/A Charly 1991 R&B/Soul
Should have named the collection "And Other Lust Songs." Track cut in November 1951
10:03 AM
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes - Shot Down
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes Shot Down
Doctor Velvet Blind Pig 2003 Blues
Tough blues version of the Sonics' Northwest gem
10:08 AM
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends - Yanksgiving
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends Yanksgiving
The Pros and Cons of Collaboration Mint 2004 Americana
Hilarious take on the American custom of beer, food and football from Canada's CM. Edited for radio; don't want any "shit" in there
10:12 AM
Chris Cornell - Thank You
Chris Cornell Thank You L
Songbook Universal 2011 Rock
Soundgarden's CC on his Canadian solo tour in April 2011 covering the song from Led Zeppelin's sophomore LP
10:18 AM
Jean Shepard - A Satisfied Mind
Jean Shepard A Satisfied Mind
The Melody Ranch Girl Bear Family 1996 Country
Jean Shepard's (1933-2016) birth anniversary was November 21. Perhaps her best known song, cut in 1955
10:21 AM
Jean Shepard - Under Suspicion
Jean Shepard Under Suspicion
Beautiful Lies: The Early Years Jasmine 2009 Country
Love wars: a common theme in this groundbreaking artist's work. From 1956
10:24 AM
Jean Shepard - That's What Lonesome Is
Jean Shepard That's What Lonesome Is
Honky Tonk Heroine Country Music Foundation 1995 Country
Recorded 1963
10:29 AM
Peter Laughner - Sylvia Plath
Peter Laughner Sylvia Plath N
Peter Laughner Smog Veil 2019 Rock
Recorded in 1976 with some help from Albert Dennis. This is quite a box set!
10:33 AM
Richard Thompson - When the Spell Is Broken
Richard Thompson When the Spell Is Broken
Watching the Dark: The History of Richard Thompson Hannibal 1993 Rock
Sensational performance from the Paradise in Boston, November 1986. Clive Gregson & Christine Collister sing backup
10:41 AM
Devonte Hynes/Third Coast Percussion - Cradle
Devonte Hynes/Third Coast Percussion Cradle N
Fields Cedille 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Community Billboard
10:46 AM
Tish Hinojosa - Road Songs and Bygones
Tish Hinojosa Road Songs and Bygones
Our Little Planet Continental Song City 2008
A fine song from the sweet voice of TH
10:49 AM
Johnny Rawls - I Can't Let Nobody
Johnny Rawls I Can't Let Nobody N
I Miss Otis Clay Third Street Cigar 2019 R&B/Soul
A heartfelt tribute from JR to his friend Otis Clay, who passed in 2016
10:53 AM
Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps - Don't Make a Habit of It
Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps Don't Make a Habit of It N
Live! Jesi-Lu 2019 Blues
Teresa James is in great voice on this album cut live but without crowd noise
10:57 AM
Olivia Jean - Siren
Olivia Jean Siren N
Night Owl Third Man 2019 Rock
A blast of an outing from Olivia Jean
11:00 AM
T. Rex - Jeepster
T. Rex Jeepster
Electric Warrior Reprise 1971 Rock
THAT'S the scratchy rock'n'roll Joni Mitchell was writing about in "Carey." Maybe not and yet it's a fun rocking tune
11:04 AM
Janiva Magness - Someday Never Comes
Janiva Magness Someday Never Comes N
Change In the Weather: Janiva Magness Sings John Fogerty Blue Elan 2019 Blues
Covering Fogerty can only further enhance JM's formidable singing and songwriting skills
11:12 AM
Ike & Tina Turner - I'm Jealous
Ike & Tina Turner I'm Jealous
I'm Jealous Sue 1961 7 Inch R&B/Soul
Tina Turner is 81 on November 26
11:15 AM
Ike & Tina Turner - Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Ike & Tina Turner Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Outta Season Blue Thumb 1968 R&B/Soul
A fine, funky record
11:19 AM
Tina Turner - Afterglow
Tina Turner Afterglow
Break Every Rule Capitol 1986 R&B/Soul
The moody, understated side of TT doesn't seem to receive the acclaim it deserves
11:23 AM
Tina Turner - Fire Down Below
Tina Turner Fire Down Below
Rough United Artists 1978
A gem of an LP that covers R&B and rock tunes--in this case, Bob Seger
11:27 AM
Meshell Ndegeocello - Private Dancer
Meshell Ndegeocello Private Dancer
Ventriloquism Naive 2018 R&B/Soul
A smart covers album that takes the Tina Turner classic to another degree of loneliness
11:32 AM
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue - All I Could Do Is Cry
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue All I Could Do Is Cry
A Date with John Waters V/A Watertown Music 2007 R&B/Soul
Live circa 1965 and simply thrilling. From a collection of filmmaker Waters' fave tunes, some used in his movies
11:37 AM
Tina Turner - Addicted to Love
Tina Turner Addicted to Love
Tina Live In Europe Capitol 1988
TT playing huge arenas (in London, in this case) following her breakthrough as a solo act in 1984
11:42 AM
Ike & Tina Turner - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
Ike & Tina Turner Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
Proud Mary Liberty 1970 7 Inch R&B/Soul
Cool stuff--an unexpected bonus is you bought their biggest hit single. Covered by Nina Simone and others
11:45 AM
Tomas Janzon - Iris
Tomas Janzon Iris N
130th and Lenox Changes Music 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
11:49 AM
Bobby Blue Bland - You've Got Bad Intentions
Bobby Blue Bland You've Got Bad Intentions
The 3B Blues Boy: The Blues Years, 1952-1959 Ace 1991 Blues
The incredible vocalist, recorded in 1956
11:52 AM
The Mainliners - Queen Sativa
The Mainliners Queen Sativa
Bring On the Sweetlife Get Hip 2005 Rock
Rippling garage rock
11:55 AM
Charles Brown - (One) Mint Julep
Charles Brown (One) Mint Julep
Blues and Other Love Songs Muse 1992 Blues
Outro music