Well, Bob and Bill managed to squeeze in two hours of their scintillating repartee in the first hour…and still get lots of good music played. Bill, doing his best Big Mike impression, ducked out early but not before recounting seeing Bob Dylan…and…drumroll, meeting Ernie and one of the Rays at the Amy Helm show.
Bill is back behind the microphone for the first time in three weeks, and his sonorous voice is, well, music to our ears. The guys waste no time getting down to it by first paying tribute to Bob’s favorite Belgian and inventor of the saxophone, Adolph Sax, on his birthday. Songs by the Rolling Stones, the Blasters, and Big Jay McNeely are testament to the awesomeness of Adolph’s invention. The real star of tonight’s show is Bill’s Aunt Helen. Streaming the show from Springfield, she became a member of WAIF to support community radio and Bill and Bob’s on-air antics. As a thank you, the guys played the Quebe Sisters ridiculously excellent cover of the Hank Williams classic “Cold, Cold Heart”. It’s Aunt Helen’s favorite song.
Bill ghosted the show tonight to catch Boz at the Taft, but Bob played a long list of vaguely Halloween related songs from Joan Osbourne, Lou Rawls, Norman Greenbaum, and others. He also featured new music from the Quebe Sisters, aka the Three Fiddle Army.
Bill was in Akron probably buying tires so birthday boy and BS&B Fifth Beatle, Jack Greiner, sat in on our scintillating tribute to lawyers. Jackson Browne, the Byrds, Warren Zevon, Drive By Truckers, and others weighed in on the exalted profession. We also celebrated Dwight Yoakam’s birthday along with Jack’s. (Hint: Jack is younger).
Elaine Diehl, who grew up on the West Side playing music (Elaine & the Biscaynes, Bromwell Diehl Band), has carved out an illustrious radio (WNKU, WGUC and WVXU) career as well. This kick-ass musician and consummate broadcasting professional shared tricks of the trade and stories from her eclectic career. Listen in as Elaine shows what radio should be.
In a year of standout music documentaries, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” dives deep into the singer’s life to show a strength that might not have been apparent when she was among the best-selling artists of the 1970s.
Kate Thompson, in town from Washington, D.C., for the Bourbon & Beyond festival, talks about her musical tastes and gives her mother credit for shaping them as she plays Foo Fighters, Live, Edie Brickell and Hall & Oates. among others.
Mike Oberst of the Tillers visits the studio to play and talk about his new solo album, and Bill revisits the Summer of ’69 one more time, saluting longtime Piqua friends Julie and Brett Davis on their 50th anniversary.
Bill paid tribute to guitarist Neal Casal (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans), who died at 50, and Donnie Fritts, one of the Muscle Shoals pioneers, who passed away at 76. Plus an early listen to September’s crowded concert calendar.
Did you hear that long, mournful wail last night? That was us when we realized we messed up the recording of last night’s show. “So what?”, you’re saying. “You’ve done that before.” True, we have. But never when the wonderful and delightful and very talented Maria Carrelli was in the studio. Now, you don’t get to hear her perform some of her songs and talk about opening up for Robbie Fulks (yes, that Robbie Fulks) August 15 at the Woodward Theater. If we can get a copy of the show from the station’s archives, we’ll post it here. In the meantime, we endeavor to persevere.
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