Radio Show 91 Thursday December 18, 2014 9-11PM Eastern US Time WBKM.ORG
Words by Tim Lewis.
I just got back from doing my local music radio show on internet only Wbkm Dot Org. I played a lot of Christmas songs and some songs about what Christmas could mean.
Song before: Blue Light Shines – Gabrielle Douglas and the Dwellers
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From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. I’m going to play a bunch of local artists doing Christmas songs but before I get into it, earlier today I was chatting with a musician about songs having value and being worth buying. He had a new single out and offered to give me a copy but I opted to purchase it instead. This is Old Souls Of Chatham County by Jeremy Gilchrist on WBKM, and this is Burlington’s Kind Of Music.
1.) Old Souls Of Chatham County – Jeremy Gilchrist 2.) I donwannago (Surfin) – Super Music Band 3.) Beautiful Bones (live) – Lobot 4.) Christmas Sled – The Mountain Says No
Love that song by Mountain. Can’t wait to see them January 3rd at The Monkey House with Black Rabbit and Dino Bravo VT. Chris Farnsworth plays guitar with Dino and Lobot and just got me a collection of 6 leftover Lobot songs. What a great guitar player. Dino also are playing tonight at Club Metronome. Another new song from Doug McAllister‘s new band. He’s in California now but has deep Vermont roots. Great song from Jeremy, totally worth the $ 1.00 I paid. OK, let’s dive into Christmas songs.
5.) Carol Of The Bells – Gordon Stone Trio 6.) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Electric Halo 7.) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Greg Alexander 8.) Merry Christmas Baby – Sandra Wright.
Great version of the song by Sandra, who used to play all the time in town. Beautiful singing by Greg. Beautiful saw by Johnnie Day Durand on the Halo song. Love the banjo work on Bells. This next song is by a great supporter of the local music scene and great local musician.
9.) Santa Baby – Samara Lark Brown 10.) Frosty The Snowman – Construction Joe 11.) Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Linda Bassick 12.) The Christmas Song – Motel Brown 13.) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Scott Managan
Very elegant version of that song! Motel did a great version of that classic. I really like Linda’s take on Rudolph. That’s a fun instrumental version of Frosty. OK let’s step away from Christmas songs for a while. Last week I finished off the last song on Lipstick And Dynamite. It’s time to start a new album to play one song a week and go through the whole album. This next album features a great guy and a ton of great VT musicians. This is the first song from Many Things & Many Scenes.
14.) The Mime – Joe Adler 15.) Give Me All Your Love – Madaila 16.) Neighborhood – Black Rabbit 17.) Finally Found The One – When Particles Collide
That was not a Christmas song, but the idea of finding the one for you and using that to step forward into life is reminiscent of the love of family that we focus on at Christmas. Congratulations Particles on winning the award for best new band in Boston. That feeling of love can easily extend beyond your direct family to your friends in the neighborhood. Nice song about love by Madaila, and thanks to Mike Luoma for getting me a copy of the song just before i went on air. Seven Days did a nice article on some of the people behind the music scenes in VT, and showcased a lot of wonderful people who make it all happen. I think Mike is one of those, even if he, and hundreds of others, were not directly mentioned. This next song is not a Christmas song but is a song about love, and choosing love and is very much in the spirit.
18.) You Can Love If You Want To – Peg Tassey MUSIC 19.) Silent Night – Tammy Fletcher 20.) Jingle Bell Rock – Sarah Stickle
Great version of the classic by Sarah. Wow, what amazing singing by Tammy! Great song by Peg. Let’s keep the Christmas songs flowing.
21.) Winter Wonderland – Joshua Glass 22.) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Viperhouse 23.) Little Drummer Boy – Aaron Flinn 24.) Merry X-Mas (War Is Over) – Joshua Glass Music
Wow, it’s been so many years since John Lennon wrote that song. You’d have though humanity would have caught up by now. Apparently not, but we can any time we choose. Great song by Aaron! That was a fun acid jazz version by Viper. This next song is not a Christmas song but truly invokes the spirit of peace on earth, good will toward people. They are playing right now at Manhattan Pizza and Pub but I’m on the air. I will have to catch up with them soon.
25.) Sequoia 3 – Binger 26.) It’s Just A Ride – Bill Hicks 27.) Silver Bells – Josh Glass and Jackie Buttolph 28.) White Christmas – Giovanina Bucci
Beautiful version of the classic. Great song by Josh and Jackie. I get the feeling Bill is still hanging at the evolution bell curve waiting for humanity to catch up. Maybe some day. This next song is not a Christmas song, but is seasonally appropriate.
29.) Winter – David L. Jarvis 30.) TFAY – Elephants of Scotland
Check your list, you don’t want to forget about anyone. My brother Ken is having a birthday tomorrow, and I know he likes rocking music, so I’m sending that one out to him. This next song is for my father, your father, everyone’s father and you if you are a father.
31.) The Fathers Of The Year – I See Fish People 32.) Oh Holy Night – Cait Hoffman
Beautiful version of that song. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town, let’s do it again next week, shall we?
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Song after: Cliche – Fish
This post was originally published by Tim Lewis at his personal blog, https://timstriangletribune.wordpress.com.