We wished Johnny Cash a happy 88th birthday and celebrated Angela Perley’s one day late. We also played tunes from Dead Horses, Renee Wahl & the Sworn Secrets and Bronte Fall, all of whom Bill says to add to your playlist.
Ghosts attacked the machine at the beginning of the show, but Bill remained calm and bounced back to play good music on the first episode of Year 7. Unfortunately, none of Bill’s words were picked up by the microphone, so this show is all music. “Thank You” from Sly & the Family Stone was scheduled to open the night as a gift for everybody who has supported BS&B for six years, but that was lost to the glitch. However, the evening closed with the haunting “Family Affair,” another reminder that we’re all in this together.
Is it possible to pack too much awsomeness into a single radio broadcast? Radio theorists have argued about this since the time of Marconi. But Bob and Bill are doers, not talkers. OK, they are talkers, but last night they were also doers. They have done proved that you can have unlimited awsomeness in a single radio show. To wit, last night the guys celebrated the show’s sixth anniversary AND Bill’s birthday. They did this while hosting a studio chock full of guests and playing a heap of great music and juggling a sometimes fickle audio board. Who says men can’t multitask? The real question is, “How much awsomeness can you handle?”
Cripes, not again!! You know how there are some things you can’t get right no matter how hard you try? Well, we seem to have issues recording this show. Two weeks ago, we ended up with 25 5-minute tracks that had to be edited together before we could post it. This week, the flash drives were the culprits. As Rosanne Rosannadanna was happy to remind us, “It’s always something!” But turn that frown upside down, gentle listener. Next week the guys celebrate this show’s sixth anniversary, and, like everything they do, they’re marking the occasion in style. The studio will be chock full of guests and music and reminiscences. Be sure to tune in 6-8 PM next Wednesday on WAIF-FM (88.3) or stream the show.
Thanks to our friends Nikki Kingery and Bill Cieslewicz at the Cincinnati Business Courier for spotlighting the show in their daily must-read newsletter, “5 Things You Need to Know Today.” We hope the new fans who tuned it liked what they heard.
Olivia Frances, who grew up in Cincinnati and is making her way as a singer-songwriter in Nashville these days, played songs, told stories and charmed Bob and Bill in the studio.
No Depression magazine chose four Artists of the Decade, each of whom is a familiar presence on the show: Rhiannon Giddens, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile and Chris Thile.
With the prestigious Best of BS&B award in their trophy cases, Rhiannon Giddens (No Depression’s Artist of the Decade) and Hayes Carll (Americana Music Association Album of the Year) humbly urge everybody to help put Bob and Bill in their rightful place atop CityBeat’s Best of the City. Go to CityBeat.com and vote now. If you’re from Chicago, vote early and often!
As we prepare for our annual Best of the Year show Dec. 18, we take time to wish Darryl Jones a happy birthday. The bass player replaced Bill Wyman in the Rolling Stones in 1993 and still doesn’t get to take a curtain call as a full member of the band. Come on boys, make Jones a real Stone.
Count Bob and Bill as superfine superfans after the Farmer Keenan and Grace Adele (plus bassist John Allen and fiddler Jack Bird) visited the show before their gig at the Southgate House. They played music, told tales and charmed the suits in the station for the monthly board meeting. Oh, that headline? That’s their website. (minus the parentheses).
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