The show is almost "in the can".
This evening (Friday) when I got home I had two great treasures.
First off, we have the new Craig Woolard Band cd "Come Get To This".
Yes, we'll be adding cuts to the rotation.
Craig is a great horn player and even better vocalist .
The entire band is terrific. I would urge the listeners to order both of Craig's cd's
www.craigwoolard.com
Second treasure:
Thanks to the power of the internet, I have a near mint copy of
The Magnificent Men's "World Of Soul".
Of the four albums they made, this happens to be my personal favorite, musically.
I love the songs although I could do without the strings......
We'll be playing two cuts from the album, on Monday's show, so be sure to be here.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
February 25th & The Cruelest Month
We have a pretty good mix of songs this week, even some country.
There's the history timeline and birthdays, of course.
What I'd like to talk about, here, is the casualties in the Iraq War.
Since the war began the coalition forces (read mostly United States)
have lost 4,277 personnel according to our Defense Department.
That pales in comparison to the civilian losses.
Iraqi casualties are estimates, it's a bit difficult to get accurate figures in a war zone. The total is mind boggling. Up to 88,976 have been lost. I tried to get my mind around that number so I did some googling.
Imagine the entire population of one of the following cities, simply gone. Trenton New Jersey, Halifax England, Port Melbourn Australia, Brantford Canada or Calais France. Can you picture the world outcry if such a disaster happened? That's the kind of tragedy we're looking at.
On a far more personal note, I received sad news last night (Friday evening). Class Act featuring Rita lost their lead male vocalist to cancer.Rick Shouck was a talented musician and a great singer. He loved performing with the band and with Class of 60 Somethin'. More than this, he was also a nice man, devoted to his family. His battle with cancer and his attitude during the fight was and remains an inspiration to all of us.
Rick was 57 years old.
Rick's death, coupled with the loss of Tom Hoover in late January, has been like two terrific body punches. I debated what to do or say "on the air" after Tommy's death and decided on not mentioning it. That was the wrong decision.
I have no idea what either man's religious beliefs were. It doesn't matter. Mahalia Jackson's "How Great Thou Art" will be played for both of them, tonight.
There's the history timeline and birthdays, of course.
What I'd like to talk about, here, is the casualties in the Iraq War.
Since the war began the coalition forces (read mostly United States)
have lost 4,277 personnel according to our Defense Department.
That pales in comparison to the civilian losses.
Iraqi casualties are estimates, it's a bit difficult to get accurate figures in a war zone. The total is mind boggling. Up to 88,976 have been lost. I tried to get my mind around that number so I did some googling.
Imagine the entire population of one of the following cities, simply gone. Trenton New Jersey, Halifax England, Port Melbourn Australia, Brantford Canada or Calais France. Can you picture the world outcry if such a disaster happened? That's the kind of tragedy we're looking at.
On a far more personal note, I received sad news last night (Friday evening). Class Act featuring Rita lost their lead male vocalist to cancer.Rick Shouck was a talented musician and a great singer. He loved performing with the band and with Class of 60 Somethin'. More than this, he was also a nice man, devoted to his family. His battle with cancer and his attitude during the fight was and remains an inspiration to all of us.
Rick was 57 years old.
Rick's death, coupled with the loss of Tom Hoover in late January, has been like two terrific body punches. I debated what to do or say "on the air" after Tommy's death and decided on not mentioning it. That was the wrong decision.
I have no idea what either man's religious beliefs were. It doesn't matter. Mahalia Jackson's "How Great Thou Art" will be played for both of them, tonight.
In Memory Of
Rick Shouck
1950 -2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
OOPS! System Problems
Due to circumstances beyond FNST's control, we lost the station for about 12 hours on Tuesday - Wednesday. It wasn't our fault..........honest.
Anyway, it's back up and running. The techie gnome has decided to repeat the Smokey Robinson Tribute show for Thursday, February 21st. We hope you enjoy hearing it one more time.
BTW, we could sure use some e-mails, response to the blog and requests.
Thank you reading and listening
Anyway, it's back up and running. The techie gnome has decided to repeat the Smokey Robinson Tribute show for Thursday, February 21st. We hope you enjoy hearing it one more time.
BTW, we could sure use some e-mails, response to the blog and requests.
Thank you reading and listening
Thursday, February 14, 2008
NEW FOR FEB. 18th & 19th
I've just finished gathering the music for Monday's and Tuesday's shows. Monday is complete with
the history time line for the week of February 18th - 25th, lots of "new" songs, birthdays and of course
some jokes..................please hold the applause
Tuesday, normally for Lovers and Other Losers, is a bit different. It's Smokey Robinson's birthday,
so we're going to spotlight not only his own music and the songs he wrote for other artists, we're also going to have a listen to some songs he covered. (now, that is a run-on sentence)
Anyway, tell your friends, lovers, enemies and casual aquaintances. We need all the listeners we can get.
PD
the history time line for the week of February 18th - 25th, lots of "new" songs, birthdays and of course
some jokes..................please hold the applause
Tuesday, normally for Lovers and Other Losers, is a bit different. It's Smokey Robinson's birthday,
so we're going to spotlight not only his own music and the songs he wrote for other artists, we're also going to have a listen to some songs he covered. (now, that is a run-on sentence)
Anyway, tell your friends, lovers, enemies and casual aquaintances. We need all the listeners we can get.
PD
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