Chuck Berry Is Rock n Roll: Rolling Stones, Beatles, Elvis
Original air date April 1, 2017 | Time 59:00
Born in St Louis MO, Chuck was 90 yrs old when he passed away at his home in March 2017, only 10 miles from the city where he was born. We hear the British musicians who were infatuated with American rock from the 50's - The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and recordings by Elvis Presley. Chuck Berry was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame when it opened in 1986 and was honored for taking the lead guitar lines of Country Western and fitting them into a R&B song, creating the sound and performance energy of Rock n Roll.
Music and Poetry of Ireland: Van Morrison, U2
Original air date March 18, 2017 | Time 59:00
"The Streets of Arklow", a city on the east coast of Ireland, by Van Morrison from "Veedon Fleece" 1974.
Willaim Butler Yeats was born in Ireland in 1985 and we hear two of his poems set to music: Judy Collins "Isle of Innisfree" composed by William Butler Yeats, Hamilton Camp from "LIVING" in 1971; Joni Mitchell "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" from "Night Ride Home" 1991.
Van Morrison was born in Belfast Ireland: "Pagan Heart"from "Born to Sing, No Plan B" 2012; "Into the Mystic" from "Moondance" 1970; "Going Down to Bangor" from "Keep Me Singing" 2016.
U2 is from Dublin, lead singer Bono was born there in 1960, we hear "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from LIVE in Germany 1983 and then from the recent 2014 Songs of Innocence "The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)" and "Iris" a song dedicated to his mother.
Merry Christmas 2016!! - Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr
Original air date Dec 24, 2016 | Time 59:00
Peter Paul and Mary Holiday Celebration; Sting "If On a Winter's Night"; James Talyor "In the Bleak Midwinter"; Neil Young "Light a Candle"; Joni Mitchell "River"; Ringo Starr "Winter Wonderland"; John Lennon "war is Over"
Neil Young "PEACE TRAIL"
Original air date Dec 17, 2016 | Time 59:00
Neil Young "PEACE TRAIL" new Dec 2016. Performed at his recent visit to the Dakota Pipeline Protest at Standing Rock. You can hear the influence of Native American drums and flutes in the title track. Neil Young "Peace Trail","John Oaks","Texas Rangers" from "Peace Trail" on Reprise. Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Driftin' Back". "Psychedelic Pill","For the Love of Man". Neil Young "Light a Candle" from "Fork in the Road" 2009.
- David Crosby and Graham Nash - New Music
- Three Part Harmony! - Peter Paul and Mary, Beatles, CS&N, Uncle Walt's Band
- Paul Simon "Stranger to Stranger"
- Cloud Cover on Revelations Book II
- Bleecker St. Reality Band "Fourth of July, 1993"
- Cloud Cover on Hyperjinx Tricycle
- Bleecker St Reality Band - History and Time Line
- The Barber of Seville - Berta's Aria
- "Lady of the Harbor" by Lee Hoiby
- Recital March 2015 - Ned Rorem "For Poulenc"
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