Buried Alive in the Blues
Big Dave
"Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions." - Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen by Steven Leacock
Yesterday was the Fourth of July, a day in which we celebrate some fo the best things about our country. The themes of freedom and independence are paramount. I figured the best way to support those ideas is to celebrate KDVS and independed freeform radio. How to do that, you ask? Well, I'm going to program my blues show completely free of blues this week. Prog rock, country, jazz, funk, low rock, progressive bluegrass - it's all here. DIG!
Genre
Blues & Folk & Funk & Jazz & R&B & Rock
Missed the Show?
Saturday 7/05/2014 @ 6:00AM - 9:00AM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Beyond | Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air) | Captain Beyond | Capricorn | Weird southern prog rock. Songs all written by the drummer, and nothing's in 4/4. |
| Captain Beyond | Mesmerization Eclipse | Captain Beyond | Capricorn | |
| Captain Beyond | Raging River of Fear | Captain Beyond | Capricorn | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Levon Helm | Tennessee Jed | Electric Dirt | Dirt Farmer Music | Electrified folk cover of a Dead song, done by the Band's drummer who was told he'd never be able to sing again before this. |
| Levon Helm | When I Go Away | Electric Dirt | Dirt Farmer Music | |
| Levon Helm | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | Electric Dirt | Dirt Farmer Music | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tower of Power | Down to the Nightclub (Bump City) | Live and in Living Color | Warner Brothers | East Bay Grease from the masters of horn funk, and recorded up the road at Sacto's Memorial Auditorium! |
| Tower of Power | You're Still a Young Man | Live and in Living Color | Warner Brothers | |
| Tower of Power | What is Hip? | Live and in Living Color | Warner Brothers | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Django Reinhardt | Minor Swing | The Indispensable Django Reinhardt | BMG | |
| Django Reinhardt | Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde) | The Indispensable Django Reinhardt | BMG | |
| Django Reinhardt | Swing Guitars | The Indispensable Django Reinhardt | BMG | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton | There Stands the Glass | The Humbler | NRG | One of the greatest guitarists to ever live, covering... a Webb Pierce song? Better believe it. |
| Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton | Cruisin' | The Humbler | NRG | |
| Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton | Black Slacks | The Humbler | NRG | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Michael Tilson Thomas | Rhapsody in Blue | Gershwin Rhapsodies | CBS Masterworks | Genius piano work, original arrangements brought up to speed. Genius. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Who | Leaving Here | Live at the BBC | MCA | MAXIMUM R&B! |
| The Who | Boris the Spider | Live at the BBC | MCA | |
| The Who | Substitute / My Generation | Live at the BBC | MCA | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Herbie Hancock | Fat Mama | Fat Albert Rotunda | Warner Brothers | An american jazz genius, writing music for a cartoon. |
| Herbie Hancock | Oh! Oh! Here He Comes | Fat Albert Rotunda | Warner Brothers | |
| Herbie Hancock | Fat Albert Rotunda | Fat Albert Rotunda | Warner Brothers | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| James Gang | Tend My Garden | Rides Again | MCA | Joe Walsh, keyboard player? A more diverse album than you'd expect. |
| James Gang | Garden Gate | Rides Again | MCA | |
| James Gang | There I Go Again | Rides Again | MCA | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Morphine | Come Along | Bootleg Detroit | Ryko | Low rock! A band made up of two string slide bass, baritone sax and drums. |
| Morphine | My Brain | Bootleg Detroit | Ryko | |
| Morphine | You Speak My Language | Bootleg Detroit | Ryko | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Bill Kirchen | Swing Fever | Hot Rod Lincoln - Live! | HighTone | Country guy does swing. |
| Taj Mahal | Six Days on the Road | Giant Step | Columbia | Blues guy does country. |
| The Meat Puppets | We Don't Exist | Too High to Die | London | Acid fried desert hardcore boogie. |
| The Meat Puppets | Roof With a Hole | Too High to Die | London | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ry Cooder | Get Rhythm | Get Rhythm | Greatest Johnny Cash cover ever. | |
| John Scofield | Chicken Dog | A Go Go | Verve | Acid jazz at its finest. |
| David Grisman | Hot Dawg | Devlin' | A&M | Mellow bluegrass jazz. Dig. |