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Lucky to have two donors to finish off March shows.

March 29 brings Brian Beresh and Pat Paradis in hour one.

The very same weekend we celebrate the Beresh Arts Den opening and reveal the signage.

As usual, Brian and Pat have very little music input into the hour, BUT I do to have a notebook I brought to our last lunch at the marina below us.

Pat filled up several pages of suggestions that I plan to play before Summer kicks off.

She knows her artists, especially her songs.

When I asked Brian in our interview who he would dream of having on this Den stage, the first name was Wynton Marsalis and the last was Etta James.

Very interesting couple these two.

The second hour is also very interesting.

We’re celebrating Amy Foggin’s 50^th birthday. She’s a big fan of CKUA Radio. Lives in Calgary.

Her daughter Kate collected funds from all her friends to buy and donate two hours of The Stew.

Counting Kate – 44 different people pitched in to donate two hours for Amy.  That’s FORTY FOUR  donors.

All of the above may explain the make up of this playlist.

Which starts with the great Doug Sahm – The Sir Douglas Quintet from Honky Blues

Fantastic Negrito, Elisapie, Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris kick it off.

Great new music from Toby Lee, Fabulous T-Birds. Gems from Norah Jones, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon Live for 10 minutes.

Hour two – for Amy.

Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne live, Elle King, North Mississippi All-stars and Mavis, Leeroy Stagger, Maggie Rogers, Leif Vollebekk, The Hip, Tegan and Sara, Frazey Ford, Yoke Lore and finish with CSN and Young – Live at the Fillmore.

Don’t forget The O’Jays, The Band and Mavis  & Aaron Neville.

Cheers – Happy Juno weekend

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The Empathist.

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It started with a donor note from the back of an Uber.

Suggested music for a Birthday (Happy bday Graeme)

Some Tom Petty, also The Cash Family, John Mayer and a return to the early days of rock and roll.

  Perfect.

Back-to-back you get

The Coasters Youngblood

Little Richard Lucille

Fats Domino, I’m in love again

That blends nicely with our close look at the Bo Diddley special.

March 2, 1955, Bo Diddley recorded two songs at Chess Studios in Chicago.

One was called Rumba on the tape box. They changed the title to Bo Diddley, and that Bo Diddley rhythm became one of rock’s primary beats.

(It’s really a very old Afro-Cuban 3-2)

So, we’re playing the original and then several hits that used the beat – there are 100’s

Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away

Bruce Springsteen -She’s the One

KT Tunstall – Black Horse and a Cherry Tree

Desire – U2

The Stew welcomes Chrissie Hynde, Allison Russell, Dusty Springfield, Rosanne Cash, Teskey Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bruce Cockburn, Jeff Healy, Kathleen Edwards, Tami Neilson,.

We salute Memphis producer Willie Mitchell with some Al Green,, followed by The Wood Brothers live.  New music from Keb Mo, Taj Mahal and Ruby Amanfu

Bob Dylan was #1 in 1975 with Blood on the Tracks. I’m playing Tangled up in Blue. Followed by a great short story about Squeeze, The Beatles from Abbey Road and finish with Eric Clapton playing the Bo Diddley Beat on Willie and the Hand Jive.

The Mulligan Stew podcast in an interview with the filmmakers behind Sugarcane. The heartbreaking story of residential schools and their dark shameful history.

Sugarcane is just outside Williams Lake, BC. They also follow the story to Kamloops. Even though it’s regional, it has found its audience everywhere, especially in the USA.

The documentary is nominated for an Oscar.

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One of the true pleasures of a lifetime in music and broadcasting is connecting with artists at the very beginning of their careers. If the connection is a strong friendship, emotionally you get to go along for the ride.

Photo by James O’Mara

On the downside,  you must be prepared to lose those friends along the way through attrition and medical issues.

I’m pleased to say Colin James has given all of us a great ride.

8 Juno Awards, 31 Maple Blues Awards, Induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame, Order of BC and turning 60  with 21 studio albums under his belt.

Colin has played his way through an amazing collection of audiences.  Starting with Stevie Ray style  Texas blues, then blues rock, big band swing, roots, Americana and all the way back to blues.

What a Ride!!

He’s heading our way, with the wonderful Terra Lightfoot,  following a stellar concert at Massey Hall.

Feb 26 -Grey Eagle   Calgary

Feb 27 – N Jubilee Edmonton

March 1 – Orpheum Vancouver

March 3 – Royal Theatre  Victoria

March 4 & 5 – Port Theatre Nanaimo

Colin is a master storyteller.

This time he has tales of recovering from a road accident on his scooter in the USA. Damage to his foot and fret hand slowed him down considerably. He has stories of becoming what he dreamed of as an 8-year-old and the biography he’s almost finished writing.

The complete interview can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel on Saturday

One donor hour 

Shannon is a huge fan of CKUA. So much so, that her Mom donated the hour and gave it to her.

“I have been a long-time advocate and cheerleader for this  wonderful radio station, and I boldly proclaim it  as the best radio station in the World”

And for Shannon’s Mom Lorna, we play the latest single from Matt Anderson.

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Month #2

2^nd week of Feb

2 donors

2 hours of tunes.

THE SHOW

We salute and remember Bob Marley  – with Calgary Symphony  Sat Night.

We salute Amy Winehouse. With 2 hits

New music from

Corb Lund

Taj Mahal

Kathleen Edwards

Amanda Rheaume

Classics from

REM

Robert Plant

Los Lobos Live in NYC

Black Crowes

Marianne Faithfull singing Leonard Cohen

ELO

Eddie Vedder

Jackie Wilson

Traffic

Stones

O Canada

Leeroy Stagger

Blue Moon Marquee

Ian Tyson

Colin James

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I was able to convince Tom Wilson, Colin Linden and Stephen Fearing to join me on Zoom this morning to talk about the state of Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and their own solo careers.

(I was really hoping to convince them to get together again and make music)

Because each of them had worked with and had become friends with the late Garth Hudson,  I decided to take the first 5 minutes to ask them for their thoughts on Garth and the legacy of The Band.

Well, 5 minutes became 10 or more but I’ve edited it down to a tight 5 minutes for Saturday’s Stew. It’s powerful stuff.

Next week we’ll include much more of the interview we gathered to do.

Stephen has a new album coming in March, Colin is touring with T Bone Burnett and has dates coming our way on his Ride On Tour and Tom Wilson is just flat-out busy. He is releasing singles which are songs from his play Beautiful Scars. 

Two donor hours this week.

Hour One. The Witts suggested Kue Varo, Kathleen Edwards and I have birthday tunes from Alicia Keys and Lucinda Williams.

Hour Two.  Mary and Graeme have lots of suggestions. “how about a Canadian Hour to celebrate being a Canadian”  

The sad news of  Garth Hudson passing and the loss of the last member of The Band started me rolling with Canadian artists who were influenced by The Band.

The Band

Blue Rodeo, Kevin Hearn and Garth Hudson along with Band tracks that featured Garth..

Garth sitting in on tracks by Leonard Cohen and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

We also include our just recorded comments about Garth and The Band from all three members of BARK. They had known Garth and had played with him.

The longer Blackie and the Rodeo Kings interview will be heard on next weeks Stew and the complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube.

You’re going to love the music in this show. It salutes one of the most distinctive and historical artists in all of music. The Band.

They crafted music that captured the history of the American Deep South. Four Canadians and a singular drummer,  with an unmistakable voice,  from Arkansas.

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