Stonehenge Playlist 6-26-09

This week's show was again a no-show for me: I was out of town for work.

The classic rock album was the Doors' 'The Soft Parade', released 40 years ago to the very month. Here's the doors playing with some funny old guys with suits on on the Smothers Brothers Show! Spot the sax player who wasn't part of the house band!



Artist - Album - Song

• Oda - The Black Album -- Mable
• The Stooges - Funhouse -- T.V.Eye
• Euclid - Heavy Equipment -- Lazy Livin
• Steve Morgen - Morgen -- Welcome to the Void
• Q65 - Revolution -- The Life I Live
• It's All Meat - It's All Meat -- Roll My Own
• Yesterday's Children - Yesterday's Children -- Hunter's Moon
• Blood Sweat & Tears - Child is Father to the Man -- Overture / I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
• Chase - Ennea -- Cronus (Saturn)
• Ambergris - Ambergris -- Walking on the Water
• If - If -- What did I say about the box, Jack
• Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority -- South California Purples
• Pete Brown & Piblokto - Thousands on a Raft -- Aeroplane Head Woman
• Cream - Wheels of Fire -- As You Said
• Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride -- Nantucket Sleighride
• Warhorse - Red Sea -- Red Sea
• Keef Hartley - Halfbreed -- Think it Over / Too Much to Take
• Humble Pie - Smokin -- 30 Days in the Hole
• Chicken Shack - Imagination Lady -- The Loser
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath -- Wizard
• Ten Years After - SSSH -- Bad Scene
• Ivory - Ivory -- Free and Easy
• John Mayall - Back to the Roots -- Accidental Suicide
• Todd Rundgren - Faithful -- If 6 was Nine
• Lou Reed - Rock N Roll Animal -- Rock N Roll
• Drama - Drama -- Dreamed I Was the President
• Mason - Harbour -- Harbour
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy -- Living Sin
• Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By -- Hammerhead
• Camel - Camel -- Arubaluba
• Yes - Going for the One -- Parallels
• Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train -- Hellbound Train
• Loggins & Messina - On Stage -- Angry Eyes
• Max Frost and the Troopers -- Wild in the Streets -- Shapes of Thing to Come

Stonehenge Playlist 6-19-09

I was AWOL for this show, yet again. I was actually in Bethlehem, PA to see VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR and STEVE HILLAGE at nearfest.

Van Der Graaf were absolutely amazing, by the way: one of the best shows I've seen. In stark contrast, Steve Hillage really disappointed: a half-arsed set, under-rehearsed and indifferently delivered.

Nearfest is pretty cool. It's a bit sterile for this young rocker, as it has more of the atmosphere of a convention than a rock festival, but the guys who run the thing really work their butts off, and it shows (the line-up is consistently remarkable). Plus, any festival that has it's own artisan beer (this year called 'Atom Heart Pilsner') has to be doing something right. It was good beer, too. Apparently, the larger part of Gentle Giant are confirmed for next year as 'Three Friends', so I may well go up there again!

Anyway, D.R. and TVS were laying it down at home with 4 solid hours, all killer, no filler. The classic rock album was Taste, the self-titled debut from Rory Gallagher's band, aka the Irish Cream (not Baileys). As with all the classic rock LP's this year, this one was celebrating the 40th anniversary of its release in June 1969.

Here some great live at the Isle of Wight footage from Taste from 1970:



Artist - Album - Song

• The James Gang - Soundtrack for Zachariah -- Laguna Salda
• The Morley Grey - The Only Truth -- You Came to Me
• Haystacks Balboa - Haystacks Balboa -- Spoiler
• Ancient Grease - Women and Children First -- Women and Children First
• Groundhogs - Split -- Cherry Red
• Free - Tons of Sobs -- Walk in my Shadow
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis; Bold as Love -- Bold as Love
• Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute -- Bad News
• Alex Taylor - With Friends & Neighbors -- Southbound
• Allman Brothers Band - Dreams -- Dimples
• Duane Allman & Eric Clapton - Duane Allman Anthology -- Mean Old World
• Greg Allman - The Greg Allman Tour -- Where Can You Go (by Cowboy)
• Elias Hulk - Unchained -- Yesterday's Trip
• Birth Control - Rebirth -- She's Got Nothing On You
• The Third Power - Believe -- Like Me Love Me
• Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck -- More Than I Am
• Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself -- July Morning
• Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen -- Medicated Goo
• Backstreet Crawler - Koss -- Sidekick to the Stars
• McKendree Spring - 3 -- Down by the River
• Amazing Blondel - Koss -- Hole in the Head
• String Driven Thing - The Machine that Cried -- The Machine that Cried
• Family - Bandstand -- Glove
• Tempest - Tempest -- Gorgon
• Epitaph - Epitaph -- Changing World
• Gravy Train - (A Ballad of ) A Peaceful Man -- Won't Talk About It
• Quicksand - Home is Where I Belong -- Seasons / Alpha Omega
• Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII -- Catherine Parr
• Janis Joplin - Pearls -- It's a Deal (w/ Big Brother & the Holding Company)
• Roger McGuinn and Band - Roger McGuinn and Band -- My New Woman
• Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly -- Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
• Paul McCartney - Paul McCartney -- Junk
• Mom's Apple Pie - Mom's Apple Pie -- Mr. Skin
• Spirit - The Family that Plays Together -- I Got a Line on You
• Robin Trower - Live -- Little Bit of Sympathy
• Ventures - Surfing -- Pipeline

The Missing Show: 6-12-09

The show this week was me flying solo (with a little help from my friends) but largely due to me being a complete space cadet, the playlist sheet is missing. I did play all of Deep Purple's self-titled 3rd LP, and probably some Hawkwind, but beyond that, we'll all have to wait till the sheet turns up to find out anything further.

The third Deep Purple LP was the last to feature Nick Simper (Bass) and Rod Evans (Vocals), who went on to form Warhorse and Captain Beyond, respectively.

I tried to find some video of DP in 1969 with Rod on vocals, and stumbled across this excellent live instrumental from that year. That might be Evans or Gillan on the fringes of the stage, I can't tell, but with this kind of organ and guitar work, I don't care!

Stonehenge Playlist 6-05-09

This week, Ben (that's me) was driving to Athens to play a show. However, on the way, I listened to (and thoroughly enjoyed) this show, with the Doctor in residence, and TVS on the wheels of steel.

The classic album this week was the self titled debut from Crosby Still Nash, in anticipation of their debut performance at Woodstock later that year. This album, like all the others this year, was celebrating it's 40th birthday. Happy birthday, CSN.

Artist - Album - Song

• Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers -- We Can Be Together
• Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire -- Let's Go Together
• David Crosby - CSN Demos -- Deja Vu
• Stoned Circus - Revisited -- Trust
• The Legends - High Tower -- Jefferson Strongbox
• Kak - Kak Ola -- Electric Sailor
• The Steve Miller Band - Sailor -- Living in the USA
• Canned Heat - Living the Blues -- Going up to the country
• Janis Joplin - I got dem Kozmic Blues again -- Kozmic Blues
• Cold Blood - Cold Blood -- I just wanna make love to you
• Savoy Brown - Street Corner Talking -- Tell Mama
• Hydra - Hydra -- Feel a Pain
• Chilliwack - Chilliwack -- Lonesome Mary
• Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You -- Sleeping for Years
• Aardvark - Aardvark -- The Greencap
• Electric Sandwich - Electric Sandwich -- Nervous Creek
• Tin House - Tin House -- Silver Star
• Writing on the Wall - Power of the Picts -- Virginia Water
• Deep Purple - In Rock -- Black Night
• Atlanta Rhythm Section - Champaign Jam -- Large Time
• Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep -- Real Turned On
• Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash -- Blind Eye
• PFM - Cook -- Alta Nine till Five
• Fleetwood Mac - Mr. Wonderful -- Coming Home
• Kraan - Kraan -- Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald (Sarah's ride thru the Black Forest)
• Still Life - Still Life -- Time
• Strawbs - Grave New World -- New World
• Stray - Suicide -- Son of the Father
• Le Orme - Uomo di Pezza (Man of Rags) - Alienazione (Alienation)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- Knife Edge
• King Crimson - Red -- Red
• Derek and the Dominos - Live -- Why does love got to be so sad
• Koobas - Koobas -- Barricades
• Humble Pie - As Safe as Yesterday Is -- Bang
• Guess Who - Canned Wheat -- No Time

Stonehenge Playlist 5-29-09

No Classic album, and a truncated show this week due to sportzzzzzz... Yawn.

Here's the short list of nonetheless amazing music that we were able to blast into the ears of our listening faithful.

Here's the Move (Jeff Lynne edition) with a storming performance on the great German show Beat Club (I'm guessing this is from late 1970):



Artist - Album -- Song

• Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm -- Damnation Alley
• Algarnas Tradgard - Framtiden -- Rings of Saturn
• Genesis - Foxtrot -- Watcher of the Skies
• Grobschnitt - Grobschnitt -- Travelling
• Steppenwolf - 7 -- Earschplittenloudenboomer
• Johnny Winter And - Live -- Jumpin Jack Flash
• It's a Beautiful Day - Live at Carnegie Hall -- Good Lovin
• James Gang - Live in Concert -- Stop
• Humble Pie - Rockin the Filmore -- Four Day Creep
• Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees -- Subhuman
• Birth Control - Plastic People -- Plastic People
• Frijid Pink - Earth Omen -- Miss Evil
• Gary Moore Band - Grindin' Stone -- Time to Heal
• Deep Purple - Machine Head -- Pictures of Home
• Crystals - Crystals -- If She's Still Mine
• Jeff Beck - Truth -- I Ain't Superstitious
• Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck -- No Name Face
• The Move - Looking On -- When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
• Strawbs - From the Witchwood -- Glimpse of Heaven

Stonehenge Playlist 5-22-09

After more than 30 years on Atlanta's airwaves, Stonehenge continues to bring you the very best in rock music that you won't hear on your radio anywhere else! We pooh-pooh the classic rock radio stations that have just 10 bands and 20 songs on their entire playlists, and we celebrate the great depth and breadth of truly 'classic' rock!

Every week, we begin the show at 8pm with a classic rock album played in it's entirety, and this week was no exception! All this year we've been showcasing the swath of wonderful records released 40 years ago in 1969. This week we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Neil Young's excellent album - 'Everybody Knows This is Nowhere', the first of his albums with Crazy Horse, who Neil had recruited from the LA group the Rockets. It's a really wonderful, loose and creative record, and one that has quietly turned platinum over the years.

Not really any good video of Crazy Horse from 1969 online, so here's CSNY performing 'Down by the River' that very same year, after Neil joined their ranks. Love it or leave it!



Artist - Album -- Song

• Nazareth - Loud 'N" Proud -- Go Down Fighting
• Green Bullfrog - Green Bullfrog -- Bullfrog
• Taste - Taste -- Born on the Wrong Side of Time
• Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak -- Angel from the West Coast
• Kraan - Kraan -- M.C. Escher
• Fields - Fields -- A Friend of Mine
• Randy California - Kapt.Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds -- Downer
• Grand Funk Railroad - On Time -- High on a Horse
• Who - Live at Leeds -- Young Man Blues
• Badfinger - Badfinger -- Give it up
• David Bowie - Sound & Vision -- White Light White Heat
• Fuse - Fuse -- Permanent Resident
• Badger - One Live Badger -- Wheel of Fortune
• Mothers of Invention - We're Only in it for the Money -- Flower Punk
• Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) -- The True Wheel
• 801 - 801 Live -- Diamond Head
• The Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams -- Down by the Sea
• Focus - In and Out of Focus -- House of the King
• Arcadium - Breathe Awhile -- Walk on the Bad Side
• Baker Gurvitz Army - Elysian Encounter -- Time
• Flying Burrito Brothers - Last of the Red Hot Burritos -- Ain't that a lot of Love
• Black Oak Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas -- I could love you
• Guess Who - Live at the Paramount -- Pain Train
• Black Merda - Black Merda -- Cynthy-Ruth
• Chris Bell - I am the Cosmos -- I Got Kind of Lost
• Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron -- The Things that Concern You
• Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn -- Matilda Mother
• Ten Years After - Alvin Lee and Company -- The Sounds
• Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun -- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
• Pazop - Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius -- Harlequin of Love
• Soft Machine - Volume 2 -- 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom
• King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic -- Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt. 2
• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next -- Swampsnake
• Mark Almond - Mark Almond -- Love (Renaissance/Prelude/Pickup/Hotel Backstage)
• Ray Manzarek - The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll now it's out of Control -- Bicentennial Blues(Love it or Leave it)
• The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter -- Mercy I Cry City

Stonehenge Playlist 5-15-09

This week, our good friend and regular contributor Timothy Von Schaaf took the reins for a full show flying solo! Thanks Tim, and as ever, good job. The Classic Rock Album this week was the Debut Self-Titled LP from Todd Rundgren's band the Nazz (named after the classic Yardbird's tune 'The Nazz are Blue'.

From '69, here's a rare TV appearance from Todd et al:



Artist - Album -- Song

• Todd Rundgren - Runt -- Broke Down & Busted
• Todd Rundgren - The Ballad of Todd Rundgren -- Parole
• Krokodil - Krokodil -- Morning Dew
• Little Free Rock - Little Free Rock -- Dream
• Humble Pie - Humble Pie -- I'm Ready
• The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers -- Sister Morphine
• Johnny Winter And - Johnny Winter And -- Prodigal Son
• Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk -- Inside Looking Out
• Betty - Handful -- Boogie With You
• Ancient Grease - Woman and Children First -- Mother Grease the Cat
• Art - Supernatural Fairy Tales - Supernatural Fairy Tales
• Wishbone Ash - Argus -- Warrior
• Pancake - Roxy Elephant -- Roxy Elephant
• Golden Earring - Golden Earring -- Big Tree Blue Sea
• Long John Baldry - It Ain't Easy -- Intro / Conditional Discharge
• Long John Baldry - It Ain't Easy -- Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock & Roll
• Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless -- Evil Men
• Tin House - Tin House -- Be Good and Be Kind
• Andromeda - Andromeda -- Return to Sanity; Breakdown / Hope / Conclusion
• Groundhogs - Hogwash -- You Had a Lesson
• Barclay James Harves - Once Again -- She Said
• Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy -- The Lady Rachel
• The Strawbs - Hero and Heroine -- Hero and Heroine
• Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte -- A Tower Struck Down
• Odin - Odin -- Life is Only
• I Drive - I Drive -- Down Down Down
• Kopperfield - Tales Untold -- Moonride
• Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame -- The Dance of Maya
• Frumpy - Frumpy 2 -- How the Gypsy was Born
• Yes - The Yes Album -- Starship Trooper
• Cream - Disraeli Gears -- Outside Woman Blues
• Cactus - One Way or Another -- One Way or Another
• Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush all over the World -- Jezebel