I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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We’re going to go local today, but I’m going to pick a song from an album that went over well all over the world!
Kenny Parker has been delivering the blues to Detroiters for several decades, and continues to hone his skills!
Last year, he released his Philby Award winner and best album to date, “Hellfire!”
The album is packed with a solid collection of many styles of blues tunes.
But the final song, “Hard Times in the Land of Plenty,” has enough juice to short circuit the rest of that fine album!
It’s a song with a familiar blues theme: In a country as wealthy as ours, it sure is hard to make a living, let alone survive.
The song starts with a guitar riff that sounds like it was borrowed from Paul Burlison when he was with Johnny Burnette!
The driving rhythm takes you hostage until the end of the song!
Dan Devins passionately belts out the lyrics!:
“You gotta rob Peter to payback Paul/
You used to stand up straight, but now you gotta crawl/
Hard times in the land of plenty/
Some got it all/
And the rest ain’t got any.”
Legendary guitarist Jim McCarty keeps things going at warp speed by cutting loose with a wicked guitar solo, then Dan returns for a final verse before the ride rocks to a stop!
Kenny Parker keeps the band tight and going in the right direction!
And as bad as things were when this song was written, world situations now are considerably worse with a pandemic virus, sky high unemployment, racial tensions, and lack of any kind of leadership at the Federal level.
This is angry blues!
This is combustible blues!
This isn’t blues/rock.
It’s damn near punk blues!
We can only hope that things get better!
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “Hard Times in the Land of Plenty” by Kenny Parker!!!
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I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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How ’bout some Friday Music Fun?
I’m not making any suggestions, and certainly don’t want anyone to overdo it, but I have a very tasty song for today by saxophonist Nancy Wright from her “Playdate” album!
Nancy can tear things up with the best sax players you can think of!
I’m not much of an imbiber myself. My addictions are music, junk food, and basketball.
But I probably could get interested in a sip of “Cherry Wine!”
This is a fun tune with a wide open singalong chorus to sing and dance to!
Except her significant other needs to make the “Wright choice” between herself and that “Cherry Wine!”
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “Cherry Wine” by Nancy Wright!!!
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If you’d like to know what I think are even better than the awesome songs, have a look at “The Greatest Songs Ever Recorded”:https://philmaq.com/the-greatest-songs-ever-recorded/! Occasionally, an “awesome song” crosses over to become a “Greatest Song!”
But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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Today’s selection is a nice little folk/rock gem from Cindy Ruenes!
It’s on her 2019 Philby Award winning debut album, “Please Don’t Tell Me How to Dance!”
One of the things that I like about Cindy‘s music, is that she doesn’t talk down to her audience. I also gave her an additional Philby award for “Best Lyrics” for the same reason.
Cindy‘s subjects range from self empowerment, to works of art, to symbiotic relationships.
And she is able to do these things without sacrificing melody!
In “Aimless Knowledge,” the song for the day, the woman in the song doesn’t feel lonely while pursuing a world full of knowledge. She doesn’t have the time.
The listener is pulled along on a river of lush harmonies!
Close your eyes and float along!
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “Aimless Knowledge” by Cindy Ruenes!!!
Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category.
Songs from the albums on this list forms the basis of my countdown list for the “Top 9 at 9:09” segment of my “Prime Time Theme Attic Show,” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
(Here’s the link for when that day comes: http://rdo.fm/r/4qntu)) on mostly alternating weeks, along with my “Phil’s Faves, Songs” lists!
It’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.
I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.
Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.
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Everything is ShwizZtastic at this week’s #1 Faves spot! QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
Top 10 Albums for the Week of May 24, 2020
1. ShwizZ II—ShwizZ 2. Scarecrow—Linden Thoburn 3. Heaven to Me—Jay Stielstra 4. Lost on the Range—The Whiskey Charmers 5. Iterations—Mental Health Day 6. Lines and Spaces—Heather Pierson 7. All Mine—Sarah Morris 8. Here to This—Downriver Dan 9. You and Me and the Sun—Annie Fitzgerald 10.When My Baby Comes Around—Rod Johnson QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
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I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
This is a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.
Most of the songs heard on this list have been played on my radio show, “Prime Time Theme Attic,” “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
This list forms the basis of my countdown list on the “Top 9 at 9:09” segment of my “Prime Time Theme Attic Show” on mostly alternating weeks, along with my “Phil’s Faves, Albums” lists!
Here’s a link for the complete history of all the Fave Songs:
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The Claudettes “decline” the other candidates for this week’s #1 Faves song! QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
I want to emphasize mostly, relatively newer music, just like on my Monday night show, “Prime Time Theme Attic.” (Monday nights 8PM-10PM ET when it returns.)
But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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I don’t like to play songs about seasons until I feel things have changed, so, typically my musical “calendar” is usually a little off.
I want to really feel in my bones that things have changed, and that there’s very little chance of rolling back the seasonal clock.
It may feel more like Summer than Spring right now, so “Dirt Roads and Dandelions by Mike Gentry is a couple of days late. I was concentrating on my Hall of Fame week. but I do know we’re not getting any more snow!
His self titled album has several other good songs on it, and I have chosen another song to kickoff the warmer weather!
“Dirt Road and Dandelions” has a nice folksy charm that makes you just want to take a stroll in some backwoods before things get colder all too soon!
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “Dirt Road and Dandelions” by Mike Gentry!!!
This one is definitely late because I would played it once the daffodils started to show up at the station. Since I didn’t see them this year, I’m adding “Some Velvet Morning” by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood as a Bonus song!!!
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But I can promise this: I will not force my selections. If something doesn’t hit me, I won’t post one.
Everything I do has always been about shining a spotlight on the artist and their music.
Now I will have the potential to shine 365 more spotlights if I want to!
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Several years ago at the station, I ran across an instrumental album with an intriguing title: “Music in Search of a Movie” by Deane Nesbitt Jr.
It turned out to be quite a fortuitous discovery, and he has continued to keep me in the loop for his musical projects!
Deane is a passionate composer who uses music to tap inner feelings in the listener. His attention to detail allows him to paint with a broad anthemic brush or whimsical, intricate themes!
For this Memorial Day, I have chosen a track that can be used for reflection and remembrance, of those who sacrificed so much to keep a “sane world” safe in insane situations, 1.e. war or armed conflicts.
It’s a powerful piece!
The Most Awesomest Song of the Day is “Legacy of War” by Deane Nesbitt Jr!!!
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