Bill flies solo for this week’s show since Bob is on a boat. In France. Meandering down a river. Probably sipping a crisp chardonnay. He’ll regret taking that trip when he hears about Bill’s playlist for tonight which includes songs by Rodney Crowell, Brandi Carlile, Birds of Chicago, and Weezer’s excellent cover of Toto’s “Africa”. C’est la vie, Bob.
There are only a few days before Bob leaves on a French vacation. Before he takes off, he surrenders his playlist of “songs to cruise down a river in France by”. Also, the guys get political and take Roseanne to the woodshed.
With Bob’s 60th birthday only a few days away, we use tonight’s show to celebrate and wish our favorite Gemini a happy birthday. As someone probably once said, “It’s not how old you are. It’s the music you play.” Or something like that. Probably.
Bill has Bruce Springsteen on the brain as he anticipates sitting in the audience for “Springsteen on Broadway”. Bob plays music from two seminal albums released on this date in 1966: The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” and Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde”.
April showers bring May flowers. April also brings the latest inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Bob and Bill have spent mucho time ruminating about this year’s inductees, and they share their thoughts about who should be in as opposed to who is added each year. And Dick Dale is at the top of that list.
As loyal listeners, you have come to expect three things: great music, rapier-like wit and technical difficulties. You always get the great music, the other two are sporadic. But tonight, gentle listener, you’ve hit the trifecta! Bill’s microphone stopped working, so don’t focus on the weird speech-like sounds emanating from deep in the background. Do, however, enjoy the great music and fabulous interview with John and Brenda Madden of JBM Productions, the premier purveyors of live roots music in the Tristate.
The Cowslingers’ very excellent truckin’ song “Two Ton Load” kicks us off tonight, and we’re all over the proverbial road after that. Bob plays some art-related tunes (whatever that means), and Bill pulls out some of his favorite cover tunes.
John McCarthy, co-host of WAIF’s “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” joined Bill for an early program less than two months after BS&B debuted. The night featured music from the Jayhawks and solo projects from its two main songwriters, Mark Olson and Gary Louris. This is one of the rare three-hour shows before the boys settled into the 6-8 p.m. time slot on Wednesdays.
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