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Mulligan Stew July 15th 2023- The Summer Stews… The Final Tours

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With thanks to Pete Townshend and The Who – lyric from My Generation 1966
Elton John.
The Eagles.
Aerosmith.
Foreigner.
All announcing the final tour of their careers.
Elton finished an epic final tour Saturday in Stockholm.
910 million. In ticket sales.
But before you wave Bub Bye to music heroes of the 70’s and 80’s,  just know there are others out there still moving forward. 
Sting. Clapton. U2. Steely Dan. Fleetwood Mac,  McCartney and Ringo. Dylan. Joni.  Neil,  and The Rolling Stones.
Leading the charge and flying the flag is 73-year-old Bruce Springsteen. 
Bruce is on tour and the other night at the end of a 3-hour set in London’s Hyde Park he told the 63,000 fans about the band he first played with when he was 15.
“Death is like you’re standing on the railway tracks with an oncoming train bearing down on you, but it brings a clarity of thought. It pushes you to seize the day, to savour, with urgency, the time and the people you have left”. And then he sang his final song Last Man Standinga song about the passions of youth, the time in your life when “it’s all hellos” before they are outnumbered by “hard goodbyes”
 
Instead of trying desperately to be 25, as a much older version of himself, he sings about the years in between. What happened to the listener, the song and himself? Poignant, is a shared deep-felt emotion that will stay with many forever.
Having lived my life with their joyous noise I look forward to celebrating…
The Music – The Songs – The Memories with these songs and how the original lyrics have taken on new meaning. Especially Joni’s.
Bruce – Last Man Standing “When all our summers have come to an end /I’ll see you in my dreams” 
Paul – The End of The End
Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eagles – The Long Run
Bob Dylan – Forever Young  (Shadow Kingdom)
Stones – The Last Time
Joni – Both sides Now (live)

 

PLAYLIST:

The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan @CKUA
Weightless (Live) Matt Anderson and The Mellotones Live at Olympic Hall
The World is a Ghetto Los Lobos Native Sons
Funky Rhetoric Lee Oskar Funky Rhetoric
Freedom Highway Rhiannon Giddens (with Bhi Bhiman) Freedom Highway
Deane House – River Cafe Coming UP on Summer Stew New Buckley [email protected]
Prairie Town Dreams Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be (deluxe)
Watching the river flow Duke Robillard Six Strings of Steel
On Broadway Melissa Etheridge On Broadway
The Summer Stews TDMulligan playlist mulliganstewdotca
Dreams to remember Toots and the Maytals Toots in Memphis
Rolling On The Wood Brothers Heart is the Hero
Waiting for the Bus ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Jesus just left Chicago ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Ain’t no sunshine Sting Ten Summoners Tales (deluxe)
These are The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan Year 27
Thoughts and music on ‘hard goodbyes’ Mulligan Stew with tdm mulliganstewdotca
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (live) Elton John One Night Only
The Long Run (Live) The Eagles Legacy (Santa Monica Civic)
The last time Rolling Stones Singles 63-65
Forever Young Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom
The end of The End Paul McCartney Memory almost full
The Summer Stews -TDMulligan Playlist – mulliganstewdotca
Last man standing Bruce Springsteen Letter to you
Mulligan Stew The Summer Stews 2023 Embrace these days
Both Sides Now (live) Joni Mitchell (Brandi Carlile) Newport Folk
Coyotes Banff Please say hello from me Coming UP = Songs for Leilani
Going down to sing in Texas Iris Dement Working on a World
Mulligan Stew – The Summer Stews Songs for Leilani Next week – Mariel Buckley
Say a little prayer for me Aretha Franklin with Royal Symphony A brand new me
Slow Hand The Pointer Sisters Black and White
Sweet Leilani Chris Isaac Baja Sessions
Thanks for listening and donating you ARE donating, right? Next week – Mariel Buckley
Richard Pryor Shawn Hall (Harp and Axe) single

EP 263 | Festival Time in Courtney. Also from 2019 two legends David Hood (Muscle Shoals) and Leland Sklar (LA)

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We start this week with Doug Cox, the artistic director of the Vancouver Island Music Festival. Next weekend. July 14-16 in Courtney, BC This year the headliners are Sarah McLachlan, Rickie Lee Jones and The Bros. Landreth. Doug asked Roy Forbes to return to his BIM character and revisit the tracks from his Thistles Album.

Two legends are appearing. . Dave Alvin and Jimmy Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones. Here’s Doug Cox with backgrounds on all those artists and more events and artists. NEXT WEEK – The Artistic Directors of Folk Festivals in Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Canmore.  Also Terry Wickham reveals his lineup for Edmonton Folk Fest

The second guests on our podcast are two bass playing legends – David Hood (Muscle Shoals ) and Leland Sklar. In 2019, at the very same Vancouver Island Music Festival two of the most famous bass players in popular music met for the very first time.

David Hood – from Muscle Shoals Alabama finally met Leland Sklar from Los Angeles. David Hood was part of the legendary studio musicians at FAME and Muscle Shoals Studios who shaped some of the most famous hits ever made. For Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, and The Staple Singers. In LA, Leland Sklar has recorded over 2000 albums for artists including Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Linda Ronstadt and many more.

They hold the unique distinction of being “makers of memories” through the music they helped to create. Great bass players are the glue that holds the band together. What makes bass players special? Memorable bass tracks? Did they follow each other’s careers? The key to surviving and thriving for all those sessions, all those artists and those albums? Honoured to finally meet these artists.

Enjoy

Mulligan Stew July 8th – The Summer Stew! On Demand @CKUA

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You can find this  Summer Stew on the @CKUA  – ON DEMAND / ckua.com. 

Its up all week. Please Play at will!!!

The Summer Stews are one big groove burger,  looser, lacking deadlines, and  musically organic.

This week The Summer Stew starts and finishes 2 hours later with The Band.

The donor in the first hour suggested Linda Ronstadt, Ella and Billy Holliday. 

I got Linda in.

(Love Ella and Billy. Just have to find the right groove around them)

I played

Brian Wilson

Sam Phillips walked into Dewey Phillips radio studio in Memphis  at 930pm on July 8, 1954, and handed him an acetate he’d just recorded at Sun Studios. Dewey played That’s all right for the first time and the phones went crazy. and so began the Elvis Presley music career.

Also, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Jason Isbell and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rickie Lee Jones, Joan Osborne, Bahamas, Teskey Bros, John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas, Brandi Carlile, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Rolling Stones Live. I play Billy F Gibbons. He plays a song the credits say he wrote called Crackin up – Cept he didn’t  write it – Bo Diddley did. So I play Bo’s version as well.

New Duke Robillard, Jon Batiste.

 

Donor in Hour Two suggested  “Summer music”

Out of that suggestion came

Summertime – Gene Harris Quartet – Live

The Beatles

Walk off the Earth

Sly and the Family Stone

The Beach Boys

The Kinks

 

Summer on folks

 

PLAYLIST:

The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan mulligan stew dot ca
Ain’t got no home The Band Moondog Matinee
Busted John Scofield That’s what I say
Mississippi Phone Booth John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas Left over feelings
The Summer Stews Mulligan Stew with TDM playlist mulligan stew dot ca
A case of you (live) Brandi Carlile and Joni Mitchell Newport 2022
Aja (live) Steely Dan Alive in America
The Summer Stews TDMulligan [email protected]
Deane House River Café Coming UP – Linda Ronstadt covers  The Stones
Tumbling Dice Linda Ronstadt Single Dreams
Nobody knows you when you’re down and out Jason Isbell & Pres Hall Jazz Band Album for Preservation Hall (deluxe)
Call your name Jon Batiste single
Woody and Dutch on the slow train to Peking Rickie Lee Jones Pirates
Quattro (world drifts in) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise the Roof
Surfs up The Beach Boys Surfs Up
TDMulligan The Summer Stews [email protected]
That’s all right Elvis Presley The Boy from Tupelo
TDMulligan The Summer Stews mulligan stew dot ca
Shine a light (live) The Rolling Stones Stones Live
Spider Web (live) Joan Osborne Relish (20th Ann. Deluxe)
I got you babe Bahamas (with 400 unit) Live to Tape Vol 1
Take my Heart The Teskey Brothers The Winding Way
TDMulligan The Summer Stews [email protected]
Crackin’ Up Billy F Gibbons The Big Bad Blues
Crackin’ Up Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
I’m gonna be a wheel someday Duke Robillard Six Strings of Steel
Coyotes Banff The Mains – Lunch and Dinner Hey Chef Lucas.!!
Here comes the Sun The Beatles Abby Road
Summer Vibe Walk off the Earth REVO
Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Summer Stews -playlist mulligan stew dot ca NEXT – Kinks & The Band with Van the Man
Sunny afternoon The Kinks This Time Tomorrow
Thank you for listening -email [email protected] Have a great Summer
Caravan (live) The Band with Van Morrison The Last Waltz

EP 262 | The final 2 interviews with The Last DJ, Red Robinson

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Red Robinson was the first announcer to play rock music on the radio in Canada. He was 16 years old.

Imagine the lives he influenced. Loved by teens. Hated and hounded by parents and adults.

Red made no distinction between black and white artists:  he just played the hits.

That drive and determination took him all the way to induction into the Rock Hall of Fame.

I’m told I did the last interviews with Red Robinson.

He was in a retirement home in Vancouver and living with his memories.

Red was directly responsible for the turning point in my career. He phoned me at CKCK in  Regina and asked “Would you like to come home.? Back to the West Coast?

One of the happiest moments in my life.

We became friends and co-workers.

His timing was impeccable.  He was the right guy. In the right place. At the right time

He got to play and then meet and interview

Elvis Presley

The Everly Brothers

Jerry Lee Lewis

Roy Orbison

James Brown

Bill Haley

Carl Perkins

Johnny Cash

Little Richard

Jackie Wilson

Fats Domino

Chuck Berry

Ray Charles

Rickie Nelson

Buddy Holly

Sam Cooke

Patsy Cline

Peggy Lee

And

The Beatles.

He Introduced The Beatles at their Vancouver Concert.

Started the careers of many many announcers. Me for one.

Changed the lives of millions of teens during the late ’50s and 60’s.

I have a number of interviews with Red…

The last two were Zoom interviews. The first didn’t go well. Red couldn’t hear the questions but the second and last in 2022 went much better.

This Podcast is both of those Zoom interviews back to back. The first was in March 2022 and the second October 2022.

I hope it tells some of the story of his life, the music he played, the lives he changed and his place in Canadian radio.

Red died on April 1, 2023.  He was 86

Terry

Mulligan Stew July1st 2023 – Remembering The original rock DJ Red Robinson (Hall of Fame) and Canadian donors in Texas

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Red Robinson died this year.  A sell-out crowd of fans and many friends filled The Commodore Ballroom to remember the man who singlehandedly brought rock and roll to Canadian airwaves. Millions of listeners truly loved him in and around Vancouver and  Red was directly responsible for the first wild formative years of rock on radio North of the Border.
Red also introduced black artists to a generation who had never heard of them.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Red was directing traffic at the Rock Crossroads.
He was recognized for his place in music history by being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. (also called and hired me on the prairies and brought me back to Vancouver. Red changed my life.)
In the last two years of Red’s life, I decided to ask my friend to sit down on Zoom and allow me to ask questions about the artists he met and became friends with and the lives he changed in his audience.
Just think about it …Red got to interview and introduce
  • Elvis Presley
  • Roy Orbison
  • Fats Domino
  • Little Richard
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Everly Brothers
  • Chuck Berry
  • Johnny Cash
  • Bill Haley
  • Buddy Holly
  • Ray Charles
  • Sam Cooke
  • Bo Diddley
  • James Brown
  • The Beatles
I interviewed him twice… March 2022 and October 2022.
I felt the first one was not his or my best and thus the follow-up.
Those were the last two interviews he did.
That’s Hour Two of The Stew – Hour One as donor-driven suggestions and requests. Connect Canadian artists who toured and recorded in the USA and American artists who chose to play live and record in Canada.  Plus we play the best of us
Joni. Neil. The Band. As many as we can fit in.

 

PLAYLIST:

The Stew-Remembering Red Robinson Terry David Mulligan Canada Day 2023
sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Best of Neil
copperhead road (live) Steve Earle Live in Calgary (Copperhead Deluxe)
A cade of you (Live) Kris Kristofferson and Brandi Carlile Joni 75
Under Pressure (live) Queen Queen Rock Montreal
If you could read my mind Johnny Cash CASH
A Salty Dog (live) Procol Harum Live in Concert. Edmonton Symphony
The last 2 Red Robinson Interviews with Terry David Mulligan Details MulliganStewdotca
Up in Canada The Sheepdogs Changing Colours
Beyond the Stars Tami Neilson and Willie Nelson Kingmaker
Deane House (Stampede) River Cafe (Folk Festival) Make a reservation
Helpless (live) The Band with Neil Young (& Joni Mitchell) The Last Waltz
Four Strong Winds The Band with Neil and Joni The Last Waltz
Suzanne (Live in Vancouver) Leonard Cohen Cohen Live
Manitoba Sunset at Motel 6 Tami Neilson Sassafrass
Mulligan Stew TDMulligan [email protected]
NEXT – Remembering Red Robinson His last 2 interviews with TDMulligan
Red Robinson Interview from 2022 with Terry David Mulligan Red’s inducted in the Rock Hall of Fame
I got a woman Ray Charles Ray Charles
DJ Red Robinson Rock Hall of Fame Interview with TDM Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Heart Break Hotel Elvis Presley 30 #1’s
Red Robinson Interview Complete interview on tdm YouTube channel and Mulligan Stew Podcast
Lucille Little Richard Good Golly
Red Robinson The Last DJ Interview with TDM Rock Hall of Fame
Only the Lonely Roy Orbison Sings Lonely and Blue
Red Robinson – The Last DJ Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame Interviews from 2022
Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry Best of
Red Robinson – Rock Radio Pioneer These are his last two interviews. with terry david mulligan
Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis Goldies R&R
Complete Red Robinson Interview Mulligan Stew Podcast and TDM YouTube Channel
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino Best of
Red Robinson Canada’s first rock DJ Reflections on his career
Trying to get to you Elvis Presley Best of
Coyotes Banff – wishes U Happy Canada Day Red Robinson – The First and Last DJ complete on Mulligan Stew Podcast and YouTube Channel
Since when 54.4 La Difference – A History Unplugged
ooh baby hold me Colin James Miles to go
Drive all night The Bros. Landreth Come Morning
Happy Canada Day How Lucky are weeeeee To live on this spot on Earth?
For loving me Gordon Lightfoot Lightfoot

EP 261 | Bruce Allen: The state of todays music business, his roster and another birthday!

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On the occasion of Bruce Allen’s birthday, I thought I’d sit down for an early morning Zoom call.

Bruce has a roster of talent that plays the World’s stages, so you can find him at 8 am just finishing a call to South Africa.

He’s a full-speed guy. Never outworked,  no matter what the project.

In over 50 years Bruce has become one of the best artist managers in the entire music business.  Bruce Allen Talent.

After a start with BTO,  Bruce decided to take a chance on a young singer/songwriter Bryan Adams. They agreed to be a team with a handshake and started to make music history.

His roster now includes legend Anne Murray, Michael Bublé (there’s a story), Jann Arden, mega-producer Bob Rock and his first band in a while The Offspring.

In the 23 minutes that I have his attention, Bruce tells tales about

The state of the current music business..

The loss of Gordon Lightfoot

Bryan Adams – his place today

Jann – she’s busy Mully

Michael Bublé – we trade Bublé stories. Love it

Bob Rock and Gord Downie – amazing story

The Offspring – first band he’s signed in years.

The Loss of our dear friend – Red Robinson DJ Legend.

Enjoy Big Bad Bruce. Next Week and very special feature on the early rock life of Red Robinson. His last two interviews.

 

Mulligan Stew June 24th 2023- Songs for Summer Solstice, Brits, Kiwi’s and YOU

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Summer Solstice and the changing of time, seasons and earths tilt!

Ben Harper.  Knew the day was coming

Jim Byrnes. Long Hot Summer Days

Eva Cassidy. Time after Time

Fearing & White.  Tomorrow takes a long time

Longhorn Slim.  Sundown

A gaggle of  Brits have Birthdays today

Mick Fleetwood 1947
Jeff Beck 1944
Colin Blunstone (Zombies) 1945
Chris Wood (Traffic) 1944

And we celebrate one of the greatest hits ever.
Released June 24 1967 Whiter Shade of Pale   Procol Harum. (With thanks to Bach)

This week’s donor wanted to remember a NZ friend he lost. He ended living in Canmore because he wanted to walk the mountains.
So Tami, Lorde etc.

Next week. We remember Red Robinson. The first and last DJ and stories of all the star paths he crossed and how playing rock and roll brought out the haters.
These were the last interviews he did.

Thank you

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Terry Mulligan mulliganstewdotca
Knew this day was coming Ben Harper Bloodline Maintenance
Tomorrow takes a long time Fearing and White Tea and confidences
Sundown Langhorne Slim Sundown
Long hot summer days Jim Byrnes Long hot summer days
Time after Time Eva Cassidy Time after Time
Deane House – River Cafe Coming UP – Heading for New Zealand with Tami Neilson
King of Country Music Tami Neilson King of Country Music
Bush Telegraph Fat Freddie’s Drop – MC Slave Wairunga
Everybody wants to rule the World Lorde Hunger Games Sndtrk
TDMulligan Mulliganstewdotca @tdmulligan
Shelter from the storm Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell Shelter from the Storm
Royal Lorde Pure Heroine
The Stew – Year 27 TDMulligan @tdmulligan – [email protected]
Remember the time The Teskey Brothers The Winding Way
The Returner Allison Russell Single
Snake Eyes The Wood Bros Paradise
Honky Tonk Part 2 Bill Doggett Best of
This is Mulligan Stew with Terry David Mulligan [email protected]
Whiter shade of Pale Procol Harum Hits ‘n Flips
Moon River Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck single
Fall in Tedeschi Trucks Band I am the Moon
CKUA – Mulligan Stew Coming UP – Jeff Tweedy- Tanya & Brandi Plus Bob Marley Live
Everything at once Rodney Crowell and Jeff Tweedy single
Breakfast in Birmingham Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile single
Stir it up (live) Bob Marley and the Wailers Live
Coyotes Banff NEXT – Brit Birthday Boys details mulliganstewdotca
Stop messing around (live) Mick Fleetwood – Christine McVie Mick Fleetwood and Friends (Peter Green)
Glad Traffic ( Chris Wood) John Barleycorn must die
Time of the Season The Zombies Best of
Thanks for listening stay in touch [email protected] Next Week – Remembering Red Robinson
Atlantic City The Band Jericho

 

EP 260 | Two culinary and cultural leaders. Ned Bell on BC Seafood Fest and Lisa Ahier on Sobo, The Book and her future.

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Two very special friends. Both are culinary leaders in Canadian food.

Ned Bell.  Executive Chef and co-partner at Naramata Heritage Inn. A spokesperson for multiple culinary and seafood sustainability movements. A true force….leading by doing.

He’s the chef ambassador for the province of BC through the Buy BC Program.

Ned Bell is  a week away from launching the 4th annual BC Seafood Festival. On Mt Washington, Vancouver Island

June 23-25.

Lots to talk about with Ned and his event next weekend.

To Ned’s West on Vancouver Island is the official end of Canada. In Tofino.  A surf and food heaven.

Lisa Ahier started her SoBo restaurant as a food truck, making tacos for the surfers and then the tourists.

Her restaurant has become the epicentre of life in Tofino.

Surrounded by fancier and slicker dining, Lisa just does what her heart asks of her…give your community a place to gather, eat and celebrate how lucky you all are to be there. Lisa’s written and released her second book Together at Sobo.  The celebration continues.

In our interview, Lisa hints at what her future holds as she begins to move beyond Sobo and into our food destinations.

Two Pals. Doesn’t get much better than this.

www.sobo.ca

www.bcseafoodfestival.com

www.buybc

www.buybc.gov.bc.ca

www.experiencecomoxvalley.ca

 

 

 

 

 

Mulligan Stew June 17th 2023- A Fathers Day Weekend Celebration!

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Two hours of hand-harvested music for a Father’s Day Weekend.

Following donor suggestions of Sheepdogs, Justin Townes Earle, Led Zeppelin and The Texas Big Beat from The Doors and a salute to Polaris nominees Dan ManganMariel Buckley and Begonia. we head off into Dad-land with

John Lennon  Beautiful Boy

Sarah McLachlan, Song for My Father

Cat Stevens/Yusef  – Father and Son

Randy Newman  – Memo to my son

Ridley Bent – “but he was a baaaad cop”

Jackson Browne – Daddy’s Tune

Bruce Springsteen on Broadway  – My Father’s House

And

Ry Cooder and David Lindley in concert with their sons and daughters  – Mercury Blues

Thank you /  Happy Father’s Day

TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew/Father’s Day Special Terry Mulligan playlist – mulliganstewdotca
Roll um Easy Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise
Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the Skids Dirt Track Date
Pasadena William Prince Stand in the Joy
Singing in the Band The Sheepdogs No simple thing
Deane House River Cafe Coming UP Father’s Day Tunes
Champagne Corolla Justin Towns Earle Kids in the Streets
The WASP The Doors LA Woman
Darlene Led Zeppelin Coda
Borrow Trouble Feist Multitudes
People get Ready Eva Cassidy Live at Blues Alley
Make it all work out Jesse Roper Make it all work out
I’m looking through you The Beatles Rubber Soul
Mulligan Stew TDMulligan Year 27
Aja (live) Steely Dan Northeast Corridor
Shrimp and Grits Tedeschi Trucks Band Live
This is Mulligan Stew – CKUA Next Hour – A Dad’s Groove Playlist mulliganstewdot.ca
Fire Escape Dan Mangan Being Somewhere
Shooting at the Moon Mariel Buckley Everywhere I want to be
The Only One Begonia Powder Blue
TDM – The Stew Father’s Day Playlist Papa’s got a brand new groove
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) John Lennon Double Fantasy
Song for my Father Sarah McLachlan Shine On
Father and Son Yusef/Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman
Coming UP on The Fathers Day Stew John Lee Hooker/ Jackson Browne etc Ridley Bent/ Randy Newman
Father was a Jockey John Lee Hooker Mr Lucky
David Harley’s Son Ridley Bent BLAM
Memo to my Son Randy Newman Sail Away
Daddy’s Tune Jackson Browne The Pretender
Coyotes Banff NEXT Bruce On Broadway Father’s Day Weekend
My Father’s House Bruce Springsteen On Broadway
Mercury Blues Ry& Joachim Cooder – David & Rosanne LIndley Live at Vienna Opera House
Night Train Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino

EP 259 | The Northern Pikes/New Album Time to Time

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In 2016  stellar  Canadian band 54.40 released an album La Difference: A History Unplugged. It was a brilliant reworking of their greatest hits.

You could instantly tell it was one of their songs but the instrumentation and overall sound had been changed and made fresher. It brought new life to older songs and I thought it was a great move. Clever and classic.  It takes a band working together to allow each member to express what they feel about a song they’ve been playing for years.

7 years later, here comes The Northern Pikes. They also have a nice collection of hits and the commitment to reimagine those hits and bring new life to them. Acoustically inspired.

Before Covid changed the World,  they had planned to release a 30th-anniversary salute to their landmark album Snow in June.

A collection of Pikes songs driven by one of the best radio hits ever released in Canada – She ain’t Pretty.

This interview takes us through the group think about how to carry on and what it would sound like.

The Pikes have just released an acoustically driven album called TIME TO TIME that includes 7 songs from Snow in June and three new songs.

Between my radio life and many years at Much West, I crossed paths and got to hang with Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Don Schmid and the “new kid” in the band Kevin Kane (also a charter member of The Grapes of Wrath)

This Mulligan Stew Podcast features a delightful gathering of Jay, Bryan and Kevin and myself. We could have filled the time just remembering stories from the late ’80s and ’90s but we had new versions of Pikes hits to talk about and play.

Girl with a Problem, a Celtic feeling Green Fields, a smashing reworking of the title track and a She Ain’t Pretty that still rocks – acoustically.

Come hang with The Pikes and their album Time to Time