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Mulligan Stew Dec 4th 2021-Guest, Eric Wright/The Fretless

December 4, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Welcome to the first Stew of December 2021!

Eric Wright, a founding member of the Juno winning The Fretless,  is the guest.  Their album Open House is #1 on the CKUA Top 30.

That means it got the most plays last week. Every one of the hosts can play anything they like,  so to get the most plays of ANY album is a triumph.

Eric says the Fretless are modern folk. To the ear, they sound like a rock band with violins, violas, and Eric on cello.  They happily share their creative space with other artists.

I’ve chosen four to talk about and play

Dan Mangan – Troubled Mind

Celeigh Cardinal – Earthly Days

Nuela Charles  – Stay

The Bros Landreth – Let it lie

This is one fine album.  Eric Wright ends The Stew in the second hour.

Also in that second hour

  • Blood Sweat and Tears
  • Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
  • Jon Batiste
  • Willy Nelson
  • The Band and Steely Dan (both live)

Hour One includes New tracks from

  • Joey Landreth
  • Darlene Love
  • Kenny Roby and Amy Helm
  • The Hip
  • Nathaniel Rateliff
  • Brandi Carlile

Plus

  • Ray Charles
  • Tom Petty
  • 2 from the Rolling Stones
  • Randy Newman
  • CoCo Love Alcorn
  • Los Lobos
  • Carole King
  • Darlene Love

Enjoy and stay safe.

-TDM

 

PLAYLIST:

The Stew Dec 4 2021
Welcome to Year 26 of Mulligan Stew special guest -#1 on CKUA Top 30 – The Fretless
Two Trains Joey Landreth All that you dream
Someday Los Lobos Just another band from East LA
Mr Fit it Darlene Love Single
Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats The Future
Up on the roof (live ) Carole King Live at the BBC
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Brandi Carlile, CoCo, Randy Newman & Stones
You and me on The Rock Brandi Carlile with Lucius In these silent days
Unbreakable CoCo Love Alcorn Wonderland
I think it’s going to rain today (live) Randy Newman Randy Newman Live
www.coyotesbanff.com Coming up – Interview with The Fretless
Shine a light (live) The Rolling Stones 50 Years of The Rolling Stones
Down the road apiece The Rolling Stones Not fade away
Don’t do me like that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits
This is Muligan Stew Next – Amy Helm. Ray Charles and The Hip
Too much to ask Kenny Roby and Amy Helm Highway Butterfly (The spirit of Neal Casal)
Imagine Ray Charles and the Harlem Gospel Choir Sings for America
The last of the unplucked gems The Tragically Hip Road Apples (Deluxe)
The Stew – with tdmuligan www.mulliganstew.ca
Bruise Cruise Scarey Goldings with John Scofield single
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – The Fretless, Blood, Sweat etc, Jon Batiste, Stelly Dan
You made me so very happy Blood, Sweat and Tears Blood, Sweat and Tears
High and Lonesome Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise the Roof
Adulthood Jon Batiste We Are
Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca Willie, The Band, Steely Dan and The Fretless Interview
On the road again Willie Nelson The Collection
It makes no difference (live) The Band The Last Waltz
Kid Charlemagne (live) Steely Dan North East Corridor – Steely Dan Live
Eric Wright (The Fretless) Interview www.thefretless.com New album Open House
Stay The Fretless with Nuela Charles Open House
Eric Wright (The Fretless) Interview www.thefretless.com
Troubled Mind The Fretless with Dan Mangan Open House
Eric Wright (The Fretless) Interview Complete interview coming up on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Earthy Days Celeigh Cardinal Open House
We thank Eric Wright and The Fretless www.thefretless.com
Let it lie The Fretless with The Bros Landreth Open House
Gone Gone Gone The Everly Brothers Gone Gone Gone

EP 185 | Shawn Edwards

December 3, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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The Critics Choice Association will present the annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television on Monday, Dec 6 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel LA.

Since 2014, the Celebration of Black Cinema has honored standout achievements in Black filmmaking.

This year, for the first time, the awards ceremony will also celebrate achievements in television.

Our guest, as in the past 3 years,  is Shawn Edwards, Executive Producer. He’s based in Kansas City.

I rode the movie junket buses with Shawn for many years – to and from screenings and after-parties.

Shawn was always talking about this dream he had.  To celebrate Black filmmaking and cinema.

As the world around us changed (BLM) the celebration changed from fantasy to fact.

And here we are Year Four.  Honorees include:

Halle Berry, Anthony Anderson, Barry Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson, Antoine Fuqua

Plus Will Smith, Ruth Negga, and many more.

The broadcast can be seen on KTLA-TV Los Angeles (which is available on many cable providers across Canada)

#criticschoice #celebrateblackcinema

The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing almost 500 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com.

Mulligan Stew Nov 27th 2021-Guest Leeroy Stagger and the Flood of 2021

November 27, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Wow – what a line up ..

We start with a birthday salute to Al Jackson, the legendary drummer of Booker T and the MG’s and every third hit to ever come out of Stax. Then he would drive across town and record with Al Green at Hi Records. He’s long gone now but the records he played on remain…

Steve Cropper – Funky Broadway

Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady

Hard to Handle – Otis Redding

Let’s stay together – Al Green

Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd

Good to me – Mavis Staples

New music from

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss

Bahamas

Nathaniel Rateliff

Blue Rodeo

Jr. Gone Wild

Colin James

The Band

Steve Marriner

Leeroy Stagger guests to give us an update on the situation in his flooded studio. His friends have started a GoFundMe effort.

He could use our help!

Did I mention we will also be playing tracks by

Dylan

The Black Keys

Chrissie Hynde

George Harrison

Jimi Hendrix – it’s his birthday

Jon Batiste

John Mayall and Peter Green

Santana

Ann Peebles

Enjoy!!

The Mulligan Stew Podcast will feature Miami Steve van Zandt  Part 2. 

Steve kicks things off with an extended jam on The Big Bang

Steve and many music fans believe it was Feb 9, 1964, when The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show but Steve also riffs on the Summer of 1965 when Bob Dylan released Subterranean Homesick Blues and he’ll tell you WHY that was the Real Big Bang.

Check out the pod on Spotify,  Google Play, and Apple Podcasts

 

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EP 184 | Stevie Van Zandt pt2

November 27, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Who, what and when was the “Big Bang” of Popular music?

Who changed rock into an  “art form” in 1965 and with what song?

What songs did Steve suggest to close the Sopranos?

How much did Sopranos change his life?

What does Steve consider the world’s “universal music” and who is the star of that music?

All those opinions and lots more from Steve van Zandt are included in his new autobiography Unrequited Infatuations.

It’s a great read.

We all know about growing up pals with Bruce Springsteen and forming the E Street Band but this book reveals all of the other stories and events that shaped not only his life but in no small part the history of the World. (Think of  his single  Sun City and the dismantling of Apartheid government in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela)

Steve van Zandt is in the Rock Hall of Fame. Frankly, he’s a human Rock Hall.

He’s an actor and an activist, a musician, and a mentor. He’s Miami Steve van Zandt and this is his story Part two

EP 183 | Stevie Van Zandt pt1

November 20, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Little Steven

Miami Steve Van Zandt

Silvio Dante (Sopranos)

Frankie The Fixer Tagliano (Lilyhammer)

Steve is every one of those guys and a lot more.

He turns 71 on Nov 22nd and celebrates the release of his new autobiography Unrequited  Infatuations.

Steve and Bruce Springsteen found each other because they both really weren’t interested in going to school but both did have guitars and a keen sense that that was the road they wanted to walk. Steve played in  Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band. It all came together when he became a permanent member of The E Street band in 1975 just in time for The Born to Run album and tour. From musician and performer, he became a songwriter, arranger, producer, actor, director, Broadway producer, TV and film composer, activist, teacher, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ( now is very much a part of the committee that decides future nominees). Last but not least, he’s one of the World’s most knowledgeable authorities on the history of rock and roll. He also created two radio shows that became singular channels on Sirius – Little Steven’s Underground Garage and Outlaw Country.

He formed his own label Wicked Cool Records. Stevie also leads his large solo band The Disciples of Soul

Perhaps his finest moment?  In 1985 he forms United Artists Against Apartheid and released Sun City a song protesting the Apartheid system in the South African resort Sun City. Over 50 artists were involved. It leads to the removal of Apartheid and the release from the jail of Nelson Mandela.

Here’s a link to all of these events and a staggering list of all the others.  It makes you instantly want to read the story of his life. That’s what Unrequited Infatuations is all about.

www.littlesteven.com/bio

This is part one of our conversation.  We start with the early roots of rock and roll and the beginnings of  Bruce and The E Street Band. What happened to the sounds of rock records in the ’70s and why after leaving Bruce’s E Street Band his first thought was  “I thought my life was OVER”

Read the book – you’ll realize his life  had just begun. Enjoy!

Part Two next Week

Mulligan Stew Nov 20th 2021-Special Guest Little Stevie Van Zandt

November 19, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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He is Miami Steve

Little Steven

Stevie van Zandt

He has been there and done that.

and a great guy.

His wonderful new autobiography is called Unrequited Infatuations 

Stevie Van Zandt guests on the entire second hour of The Stew.
Right off the bat, he reminds us of the lasting power and legacy of the original late 50’s/early 60’s rockers, Bruce Springsteen’s place in that music history, leaving the E Street Band.

“I thought my life was over”

BUT he surprised even himself by creating another life. Leading the fight against South African Apartheid through the Sun City single.  Helping to free Nelson Mandela and shutting down Apartheid.

Fighting for Aboriginal rights in the USA through numerous events and fundraisers.

Then the amazing transformation into acting on Sopranos and Lillehammer series.
Creating two Sirius channels. Little Steven’s Underground Garage and Outlaw Country.

A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Teacher, Mentor, Activist, Producer, Visionary.

And many more projects.

Saturday. Hour two of the Stew. 

Heads Up
Check out Part One of the Complete 50-minute interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast this week.

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Nov 20 2021
Welcome to The Stew Very special guest – Miami Steve Van Zandt www.mulliganstew.ca
Mess Around Dr John Gumbo
It ain’t fair Aretha Franklin and Duane Allman Anthology Two
Life’s been good Joe Walsh But seriously folks
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Steve Van Zandt – stories from his new autobiography
More love than money Leeroy Stagger Dystopian Weekends
Oh I Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats The Future
Modern Man Bahamas and Madison Cunningham Live to Tape Vol 2
Miami Steve Van Zandt brings new autobiography in Hour 2 www.mulliganstew.ca
Angel next to me Colin Linden bLOW
That’s where it at The California Honeydrops Covers from The Cave
Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett A man and a half
www.coyotesbanff.com www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP _ Steve Van Zandt
A song for Barcelona Jackson Browne Downhill from Everywhere
River Tami Neilson Single
Here comes the Sun The Beatles Abbey Road
This is Mulligan Stew – Year 26
NEXT – Steve Van Zandt. New autobiography Unrequited Infatuations
10thAve Freeze Out (live) Steve Van Zandt and Disciples of Soul with Bruce Springsteen SoulFire Live
Steve Van Zandt Interview Autobiography – Unrequited Infatuations
The Fat Man Fats Domino Best of
Slipping and Sliding Little Richard Best of
Steve Van Zandt Interview Autobiography – Unrequited Infatuations
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born to Run
Steve Van Zandt Interview Complete interview on MulliganStew Podcast
Glory Days Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born in the USA
Complete Little Steven Interview on MulliganStew Podcast Spotify – Apple Podcasts – You tube
Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan Bringing it all back home
Steve Van Zandt – Unrequited Infatuations Complete interview – Mulligan Stew Podcast
I am a Patriot (live) Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Summer of Sorcery Live! at Beacon Theatre

EP 182 | Dan Mangan-All Together Now

November 13, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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I did my first interview with Dan Mangan years ago on a hot and dusty day at the Calgary Folk Festival. Had never met him or heard him perform.

He was one of half a dozen interviews I was scheduled to do.  I started with the lame opening of…

Please tell our at-home audience your real name.

“I’m Dan.  Dan MAN-GAN”

I was hooked. My kind of guy.

Dan Mangan

Many years later,  The Dusty Dan of the folk festival has become a winner of 2 Juno Awards.  Each tour has gathered more and more fans around the World.

EP’s, albums, tours, festivals, film scoring, co-creating Side Door Access, and full-on family guy.

Now comes the latest project! A beautifully crafted concert documentary by Amazing Factory called, All Together Now, recorded at his homecoming concert in 2019 at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.

It’s unlike any other concert film you might have seen. There’s a sense of truth, honesty, and clarity in every song. Pure MAN-GAN.

And best of all   I still see “the guy” behind the songs. Dusty Dan.

Mulligan Stew Nov 13th 2021- 4 Guests: Colin James-Steve Marriner-David GoGo-Roy Forbes

November 12, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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That’s right – four guests but still a lot of music.

Tracks I  tried to play during fall fundraising but never got played.

Tedeschi Trucks Band, early Chicago, Aretha, Taj, Nathaniel Rateliff, Joni, Stevie Ray, and a three-song tribute to Curtis Mayfield, featuring Mavis, Rod Stewart, and the man himself.

Colin James, Steve Marriner, David Gogo

Colin James talks about his 20th studio album – Open Road

Steve Marriner talks about his new solo album Hope Dies Last and touring with Colin.

David Gogo takes us through his latest album Silver Cup. (Produced by Steve)

And they ALL talk about the 2021 Maple Blues Awards nominations. Between them, they have 12!!!!

Right at the end of the show I finally find my pal  Roy Forbes who’s doing his first live stream on the Internet Web machine.

Saturday night at the Blue Frog Studios in Whiterock, BC

Have a memorable Saturday Night – Turn it UP

 

PLAYLIST:

Thank You Donors – The Stew Nov 13 2021 4 Guests Colin James Steve Marriner David GoGo Roy Forbes Podcast: Dan Mangan
Don’t play that song Aretha Franklin Spirit in the Dark
Hello Josephine Taj Mahal Maestro
Something ain’t right Nathaniel Rateleff and the Night Sweats The Future
Raised on Robbery Joni Mitchell Songs of a Prairie Girl
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Colin James Interview Podcast: Dan Mangan
Life by the Drop Stevie Ray Vaughn Archives
Colin James Interview New Album – Open Road
Leave this House Colin James Open Road
Colin James Interview www.mulliganstew.ca
Open Road Colin James Open Road
Down on the Bottom Colin James Open Road
Colin James Interview Complete Interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Can’t you see what you’re doing to me Colin James Open Road
Colin James Interview Complete Interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
It takes time Colin James Open Road
www.mulliganstew.ca NEXT – Steve Marriner and David GOGO
Bruise Cruise Scarey Goldings and John Scofield Bruise Cruise
This is Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
I’m a man Chicago Chicago Transit Authority
Bound for Glory (Live) Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator EP Live
You’re not alone Our Native Daughters Songs of our Native Daughters
www.coyotesbanff.com
It’s All Right The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield Greatest Hits
Keep on Pushing Mavis Staples I believe to my soul
People get Ready Rod Stewart A tribute to Curtis Mayfield
Steve Marriner and David Gogo Interview Talking Maple Blues Nominations
Petite Danse Steve Marriner Hope Dies Last
Steve Marriner and David Gogo Interview Talking tours and 2022
Never Gonna change David Gogo Silver Cup
Roy Forbes Interview Doing a live stream Tonight – at Blue Frog Studios
Lydia Ann Roy Forbes Edge of Blue

 

EP 181 | Colin James

November 5, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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November 5th Colin James releases his 20th studio album Open Road.

Colin found a way to write and record music during the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Gather your music friends and create.

Colin co-wrote and made music with pals Tom Wilson (Toronto) & Colin Linden (Nashville) Both are members of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Craig Northey (Vancouver) From Odds.

He also reimagined covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Albert King, Tony Joe White, and Otis Rush.

Colin is a road warrior. The road is his second home.

He’s back on it right now on Vancouver Island and then works his way through to double dates in Alberta. March finds him opening for Buddy Guy in the USA and playing on Austin City Limits.

 Check out the Zoom Interview here!

This is the complete interview  – with four tracks from Open Road.

Tour dates found here:

https://colinjames.com/tour/

Mulligan Stew Oct 30th 2021-CKUA Fall Fundraiser!

October 30, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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MULLIGAN STEW

It’s the Fall Fundraiser.

For Mulligan Stew, it’s this weekend and next Saturday and Sunday.

As always,  with my friend and partner Allison Brock from Wide Cut Country.

I’ll co-host with Al on Saturday mornings 10-noon Mtn  and she will sit in with me on The Stew 5-7 Mtn

We get to wrap up the final Sunday, Nov 7th. 3-6 Mtn. (2-5 Pacific)

I guarantee these next two Stews are going to rock the joint.

Please donate and fuel the fire!!!

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