A bit of everything this week on The Stew.

Much like other Stews it has a mix of thoughts, people, places and things.
All set to music.

But there’s a melancholy with the host this week.

This week we lost one of the best broadcasters  ever to speak into a
microphone and play what his head and heart willed him to play.

Bill Coull was the heart and soul of CKUA Radio for many years. His jazz
program lifted by spirits and touched my soul.

I knew nothing about the greater part of his life.  Sadly, it’s only now I
get the whole picture in reading peoples comments. It’s like a jigsaw
puzzle. I was missing way too much of the total man.

I did, however, get to listen to one of the very best broadcasters I had ever
heard.

From one curmudgeon to another..I’ll miss you Bill.

In his honour, I’ve included a couple of jazz tracks in today’s Stew.

We have two guests on Saturdays Stew

Quick interviews at the drive-through window with Jenn Grant and Tariq.
Both will be featured in much longer form on Mulligan Stew Podcast, starting
with Tariq – posted this very day. Both have Alberta dates. Jenn this
weekend and Tariq next weekend. And both have new albums. Jenn’s is Love,
Inevitable.  Halfway through writing and recording the album, she
discovered she was pregnant.  Her son is on the road with her now.

Tariq’s is Telegrams.  What’s really interesting is that Tariq lectures on
lyrics and songwriting at UBC.  Is he a student of his teaching? Let’s find
out.

We start with

The Temps, Grupo Fantasma  Van the Man, Paul Simon Live, the amazing Lizz
Wright sings Ray Charles and Thunder Road from Born to Run.

Then four voices

Joey Landreth

Kingfish Ingram (with Buddy Guy)

And Mark Knopfler.

Hour two rips with…

Tommy Castro

The Band and Dylan – Last Waltz

Jackson Browne

Chris Isaak

T Heads

Stevie Wonder

Herby Hancock, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis pay
tribute to Bill Coull

NEXT week

Melissa Etheridge

June 15th

Keb Mo

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