My Generation of Sunday 09 & Tuesday 11 December: San Francisco 1968, Robben Ford [Ed’s Show, 2018-49]

NEW SHOW: San Francisco 1968, Robben Ford with Jimmy Witherspoon and Joni Mitchell *** Repeated: The Merseys, Dino Coccia  & Friends (Shakey Vick, Rod Demick, Gordon Smith, Alan Glen, etc.) *** Sunday 09 Dec.., 12 noon till 12 midnight, repeated Tuesday 11 Dec., 12 noon till 20:00 hrs *** Time Zone: CET Brussels *** Ed’s Show, 2018-49, *** RADIO 68: all the sounds and all the voices that shaped the sixties ***

THE PLAYLISTS

1 MY GENERATION (NEW) SPECIAL San Francisco 1968.
LOVE & PEACE  THE GREAT SOCIETY.
FORGOTTEN & OVERLOOKED  HARMONY GRASS, HERMAN’s HERMITS, BERYL MARSDEN.
SPECIAL  SAN FRANCISCO 1968 with The Beau Brummels, The Family Tree, Frumious Bandersnatch, Neigb’rhood Childr’n, Mad River, Salvation, The Other Half, The Grateful Dead.
LONGLAYTIME  JIM FORD Harlan County (same, 1969).
FREE SPEECH:  David Bowie and Long Hair, Brian Jones on The Beatles and The Stones

2 BLUESIDE (NEW): SPECIAL ROBBEN FORD

THE ORIGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS SHIRLEY & LEE, JUNIOR WELLS, LONNIE JOHNSON.
SPECIAL ROBBEN FORD: Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford Live (1976) + Jimmy Witherspoon (Jay’s Blues, 1962) + Joni Mitchell feat. Robben Ford (The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975) + ROBBEN FORD (Talk To Your Daughter, 1988) + ROBBEN FORD (Purple House, cd, 2018).
KEEPERS OF THE BLUES : MARTHA FIELDS (Fare Thee Well < cd ‘Dancing Shadows’, 2018) + ROCKY ATHAS (Lifeline, < cd ‘Shakin’ The Dust’, 2018, www.rockyathas.com).
FREE SPEECH Jim Hightower: War Is Stupid www.jimhightower.com
THANKS TO V2 Records Belgium  and e-a-r@music for Robben Ford + Continental Recrd Services (CRS) for Martha Fields + Rocky Athas for his latest cd ‘Shakin’ The Dust’,  www.rockyathas.com)

3 MY GENERATION (repeated) SPECIAL The Merseys

LOVE & PEACE  H.P. LOVECRAFT:  Let’s Get Together
FORGOTTEN & OVERLOOKED: THE WHO: Sad About Us + LES BAROQUES: Sure He’ A Cad + The McCOYS: Sorrow.
SPECIAL  THE MERSEYS: Sorrow, The Cat, Penny In My Pocket, Sad About Us, Rhythm Of Love, Honey Do [as The Crackers (singles A-side, 1966-68) + JOHNNY and JOHN: Bumper to Bumper + THE JOHNNY GUS SET: Sweet Day.
LONGLAYTIME BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY: Catch Me Daddy (Live) + JETHRO TULL (Cat’s Squirrel, LP ‘This Was’, 1968) + MOBY GRAPE (Murder In My Heart For the Judge, LP ‘Wow’, 1968).
FREE SPEECH Hippie Chick + Ken Kesey  on LSD.

4 BLUESIDE (REPEATED):DINO COCCIA

LOVE & PEACE Guy Davis: Wear Your Love Like Heaven (cd ‘Kokomo Kidd’).
HOMAGE TO CATALONIA Blues de Picolat: Diumenge a la tarda (Carrer de l’Angel).
THE ORIGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS : Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns.
SPECIAL DINO COCCIA, drummer
The Shakey Vick Blues Band feat. Dino Coccia + Chris Youlden: cd ‘Got Blues Of You Wannit’, 2007
Dino Coccia: cd ‘Widespace’ , 2001, feat. Gordon Smith and Rod Demick.
The Incredibe Blues Puppies, feat. Dino Coccia + Gypie Mayo, cd In The Doghouse, 2008
The Barcodes feat. Dino Coccia with Alan Glen & Zoot Money, cd ‘With Friends Like These’, 2006.
KEEPERS OF THE BLUES FLAME Starlite Campbell Band: Heart Of Stone (new single).
FREE SPEECH Barbara Dane: Join The GI Movement.
THANKS TO Dino Coccia for Dino Coccia’s ‘Widepace’ and Shakey Vick Blues Band’s  ‘Got Blues If You Wannit + Alan Glen & Blake Powell of Note Records for The Incredible Blues Puppies and The Barcodes + The Starlite Campbell Band for the new single.

ACHTERGRONDINFORMATIE ** BACKGROUND

ROBBEN FORD

Robben Ford: : “I used to deliberately write blues and rhythm and blues. The Blue Line, that band really focused on blues and rhythm and blues. Traditional. But over the years I’ve really tried to expand that and this new record, more than anything I’ve ever done, is a real departure from tradition in terms of the song-writing.”
On Purple House we hear special guests appearances such as blues powerhouse vocalist Shemekia Copeland; she sings a duet with Ford on “Break In The Chain.” Travis McCready, the lead singer of the Natchez, Mississippi band Bishop Gunn, contributes the lead vocals on “Somebody’s Fool.”  And we hear a fantastic guitar solo of Bishop Gunn’s guitarist Drew Smithers on the album’s closing track “Willing To Wait”. Quoted From / All Rights Reserved: www.robbenford.com

THE MERSEYS
 

“The Merseys had a big pop/rock hit in the U.K. in 1966 with “Sorrow,” later covered by David Bowie on ‘Pin Ups’ – but never followed up on the promise of this successful debut. They were a spinoff group from The Merseybeats, who were one of the more popular Liverpool bands of the British Invasion although they never managed to land a hit in the United States (UK hits ‘ I Think Of You’, ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’). The Merseybeats split up in 1966, with lead guitarist  Tony Crane and bassist Bill Kinsley forming The Merseys”. (Quoted From / All Rights Reserved: Richie Unterberger, www.allmusic.com ).
RADIO 68 PLAYS: five singles by The Merseys + one as The Crackers plus two by groups led by former Merseybeats member Johnny  Gustafson + originals by The Who and The McCoys + cover by Les Baroques.

DINO COCCIA

Dino Coccia is a British freelance jazz and blues drummer , who has played with a wide variety of artists, but who was equally a member of groups like The Barcodes, The Incredible Blues Puppies and Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes. He also recorded a few solo albums, notably ‘Widepace’ with a great number of guests (Gordon Smith, Rod Demick, Sonny Blak, Alan Glen…). Coccia has also  written or co-written a number of blues originals.
Follow Dino Coccia: https://www.facebook.com/WidespaceOriginal/
Biography: http://www.paullamb.com/The%20King%20Snakes/dinococcia.html
RADIO 68 plays tracks from Dino Cccoia’s solo album ‘Widespace’ , The Incredible Blues Puppies, The Barcodes and The Shakey Vick Blues Band.

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