18 November 2012

We celebrated Neil Young's 67th Birthday last Monday. I hope everyone enjoyed the music and discussion of Neil's life and works. This day sponsorship is in it's 3rd or 4th year...for sure 3rd. :) I plan on keeping it up as long as possible, or at least until I get all the albums on vinyl.

I attempted to tribute this last week, but time constrains one's ability to cover the massive span of this great artists portfolio. We're back this week with another edition of "Meet the Sadies" and maybe a guest host or two.


November 18, 2012

Tell Me Why -- 1970 After the Gold Rush
Mr. Soul -- 1968 Sugar Mountain
If I Could Have Her Tonight -- 1968 Sugar Mountain
On The Way Home -- 1971 Massey Hall
Bad Fog of Loneliness -- 1971 Massey Hall
The Loosing End -- 1969 Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Time Fades Away -- 1973 Time Fades Away
Revolution Blues -- 1974 On The Beach
Mellow My Mind -- 1975 Tonight's The Night
Old Ways -- 1985 Old Ways
Days The Used to Be -- 1990 Ragged Glory
The Old Laughing Lady -- 1993 Unplugged
Transformer Man -- 1993 Unplugged
This Old Guitar -- 2005 Prairie Wind

November 5, 2010 Rock Rock Rock

Only 3 days left till, what I predict, will be the greatest show of 2010 in Minnesota! First there's the Evening Rig from Minneapolis...

They are still taking their 2009 album, "Is Doin' Stuff" to the masses. I saw this act in December of 2008 when they opened 2 nights for Lucero at the Triple Rock, great shows. I am excited as heck to see them again.

Next is this guy, Franz Nicolay

Franz is most famously known as the Multi-Instrumentalist for The Hold Steady. He has also played with World/Inferno Friendship Society, toured with Against Me!!, as well as 3 solo albums and tons of session work. I saw Franz's last show with the Hold Steady last November at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. It was a weird show: No Booze, No Jackets. I was very stunned when I heard about his departure from the Hold Steady, but not surprised. Franz is making awesome music these days and I'm not quite sure that is the same path the rest of that band is taking. I was trying for a short interview with Micah of Two Cow Garage:

Two Cow opened for the Hold Steady. Turns out the band had van problems and time ran short before the show. I ended up having a nice conversation with Shane about their label, Suburban Home Records, touring, favorite places to play and his picks for music. He brought me over to meet Micah who was so cool about everything.

$8. That's what will get you into the show. We'll see you there...

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KMSU Listener Appreciation Show

I knew this day was going to be huge. Never even had the chance to see the Fleshtones or The Ledge and to get that chance for free in Mankato was a real treat. It embodied the reason why I love KMSU so much, normal good people making awesome things happen in a great community. Thank you a thousand times to Tim and Shelley for all their hard work. You two do more for Mankato than the people know. Thanks also to Gully, Karen, The Red Sky Lounge, Tune Town, all the volunteers at KMSU and most of all...you the listener! Here is a bunch of pics I was able to get that day. The best is the Legendary Stardust Cowboy playing the trumpet my Mother bought me 20 years ago, thanks Mom!!


The day started by listening to Shuffle Function and hearing a call out for a bugle. Seems as if the Ledge forgot to pack his. The old straight bugles are tough to come by, I suggested he needed to get in contact with a boy scout. I could offer my trumpet, which seemed to work well enough.


Next up was the in-store performance at Tune Town. I proper Rock-Star fashion, it started at 5pm instead of 4pm. But, what a great opportunity to spend some time browsing at the store, where I picked up an awesome Pavement DVD. After their in-store performance, which is the only in-store I've ever been to, I knew the show tonight would be one not to miss.


Then the show...The Ledge blew our socks off in only the way he can and the Altamont Boys tore it up! Down to his Dark Knights, the Ledge left the stage and stuck around to socialize and autograph whatever was handed to him. " I never autographed so many plates!" The Fleshtones ripped it up! I even got in on the push-up man schtick. Let it be known that these guys are rock stars! I can't wait for them to come back and rock Southern Minnesota again. I got some autographs and an impromptu picture with Klaus Fluoride, bass player for the Altamont Boys and founding member of the Dead Kennedys, after an extensive conversation about his daughter, his cell phone, and Embrace the Sound.








The single greatest night of music I have ever experienced in Mankato.