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Welcome back to Mulligan Stew Year 22.

The last show of September has two guests.

In the first hour, it’s a drive through interview with The Fortunate Ones..who are touring The West for the next 10 days.

“drive-thru” being  a quick chat about their tour and also about their new album Hold Fast and  a song they wrote and released called

Steady As She Goes.  It’s about the Newfoundlanders who work in Alberta and their fellow islanders who flew in to fight the Fort Mac Fire.

Andrew and Catherine are in Vancouver Saturday at Rogue Folk Club. Then October 3 in Canmore at Communitea, October 4 at Esplanade in Medicine Hat,

Festival Hall in Calgary October 5 and The Arden in St Alberta October 6.

The rest of the interview – with backstage tales of touring with Alan Doyle – will be featured on next week’s Stew.

Our other feature guest is Kandace Springs..

Her new album Indigo is 13 tracks from a Memphis original. She grew up with a father who was a working musician in and around Memphis.

Maybe that’s why Indigo has R&B, Jazz ballads, Pop leanings with Breakdown and the hit single Don’t need the real thing.

Her album includes producers who’ve worked with Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Pink, Rihanna, Common and Erykah Badu.

From all of that, you can probably guess that she’s a one-of-a-kind artist.

You know who found her brilliant – Prince!  He heard her sing and immediately offered to mentor her going forward.

They began great friends and some of what Prince advised her is on display here.

Sexy funk for one.

Her voice reminds me of Sade..but her sense of music is closer to Stax than anything else.

I found it a fascinating talk with a performer who I believe will be a star very soon.

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Today’s show is dedicated to Nan Lord.  Nancy was a Long time supporter of CKUA and a “regular”  on Mulligan Stew.
Nan passed away recently and many of her friends and fans gathered at a service and at a celebration of life in Edmonton.
She had a long history with CKUA, which started back in the 1930s when she worked at the station and continued on after she left. Nancy, who was based in Edmonton, became a donor to CKUA in 1996 and made an annual contribution of a donated hour. Her children and relatives continue to support CKUA and one of our major donors, Mary Corbett, is Nancy’s niece.
http://edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/nancy-lord-1067690456
It was  Mary Corbett and Graeme Dales,  the donors of the second hour today, who have always reminded me many times over the years that Nan would dance to the music I played.  Did I mention Nan Lord was 102?
 
We should all live a life so full and rich.
 
So today all the tunes are for Nan..and her friends.  Also for Mary and Graeme.
 
Would Nan dance to David Harley’s Son – that funky gem from  Ridley Bent?  I’m thinking that guitar groove would get her out of her chair.
You know she would love Taj Mahal, Sting, Rodney Crowell, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Tedeschi Trucks, BB King, Bobby Bland,
and Steven Fearing.
If Nan loved The Beatles then playing the last seven tracks on Abbey Road would make her smile.

There’s also a “mama” set
Hey mama  Nathaniel Rateliff
Hey Me Hey Mama – Ray Lamontagne
Hey mama – Barney Bentall
I played some classics on today’s Stew
Joni Mitchell, You turn me on I’m a radio
Poco – Rose of Cimmaron
Eagles – Chestnut Mare
Jimi Hendrix – Wait until Tomorrow
Help Me – Harry Manx
Rhiannon Giddens – She’s got You
Enjoy – It’s all for Nancy Lord.  Frankly, from this point on I’ll try and play a song for Nan on every show.
 
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Coming Up – Interviews with Colin James, The Fortunate Ones,  Brothers Landreth and Kandace Springs

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We welcome Winter Olympic Gold Medal Winner Chandra Crawford..founder of Fast and Female.

It aims to empower young women.  Here’s Chandra’s message!

“Did you know that girls quit sports at 6 times the rate of boys?! When they do they miss out on the resiliency and leadership skills sport has been proven to foster.

Fast and Female, a not-for-profit founded by Olympic Gold Medalist in cross country skiing Chandra Crawford, is on a mission to change that statistic.

Chandra gives us a quick background on their foundation and then she gets a chance to play DJ – No surprise she wants female empowerment music..

So you get some Aretha, Basia Bulat, Jann Arden and Annie Lennox.

Plus Amy Helm, and Amy van Keeken.

Check out the Saturday night music..

The Wood Bros,King Biscuit Boy, Bob Dylan, ..and two new albums from Winnipeg by  Madeleine Roger and Carly Dow

One segment is all LIVE

Caravan – Van Morrison

Diamonds on the soles – Paul Simon

American Land – Bruce Springsteen

Pulling back the Reins – kdlang

Got some Tower of Power Live, Lee Dorsey, Alan Doyle, Madeleine Peyroux and classic Elton John.

The kicker to close the show is Leeroy Stagger.

Have a great weekend..and turn it UP

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So I’m thinking … Sept 1^st  End of Summer. An hour of  Greatest hits of CKUA Radio  Summer 2018?  

Last Lion of Albion– Neko Case – Hell-on

Shame Shame Shame – Lake Street Dive – Free Yourself Up

Political  World  – Bette LaVette-Things have Changed

Girls gotta do – Jill Barber – Metaphora

Can you get to that – Frazey Ford – single

Everything to Everyone – Earthtones – Bahamas

How about we start the Stew with an hour of  Greatest Hits of Summers Past?

Think about it.  In 1968 alone you’ve got

The Weight – Music from Big Pink – The Band

People got to be free – Freedom Suite – The Rascals

Hey Jude – from Hey Jude – The Beatles

Or how about a year later –  1969?

Hot Fun in the Summertime – from Stand – Sly and the Family Stone

Honky Tonk Women – from Hot Hits – The Rolling Stones

So..here we go.

Hits from our lives and hits from this summer.

Did I mention the hits of summer 2018 will have a guest host?

Arianne Smith-Piquette – Library technician at CKUA

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Have a great time with your memories and a great long weekend.

Ps..Our Mulligan Stew Podcast will be with the most played artist of the Summer.. Bahamas.

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Not really sure why I decided to start The Stew with “street songs” but I did.

Rock and Blues Music is filled with street references.

Streets are in everyone’s childhood..even farm kids have to go into town once and a while.

Included in this set is our feature album from Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul (Soulfire Live – 3CDs)

Tracks from Miami Steve include

10th Ave freeze out (with The Boss)

I don’t wanna go Home.   We finish the Stew with Steve’s first song he ever wrote.

So, Tom Petty kicks things off with Depot Street from his Box Set Playback

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band  with Out on the Streets Live at Madison Square Garden

Taking it to the streets  – Quincy Jones (with Luther Vandross, Gwen Guthrie & Michael Brecker)

Racing in the Streets (Bruce’s song)  sung by EmmyLou Harris.

This Saturdays Stew has new music from Mike Farris, Elvis Costello, Whitehorse.

JJ Cale, Lauren Hill celebrates 20 years since she released the remarkable The  Miseducation of Lauren Hill.

Bruce Cockburn, some rock steady from The Maytals, Sheepdogs, Taj, Derek Trucks and an amazing set that starts hour two…All Live Tracks

10th Ave Freezeout – Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen

Caravan – The Band and Van Morrison

People Get Ready  – Curtis Mayfield

There was a time – James Brown and the Famous Flames

I’ve been loving you  – Otis Redding

Again – all live.

The last 30 minutes includes

Derek Trucks Band – Down in the Flood

And a sublime version of The Weight with The Staple Singers and The Band.

As good as everyone is – it’s Rick Danko who just owns the song.

Two Hours of the very best music I can find…For your last Saturday of August.

Enjoy!!

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Live from the Edmonton Folk Fest today… Check out my videos from the stage!
 

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I’ve lost my July. It was over by the car keys and now it’s just – Gone!
That’s 31 days I’ll never get back.
I know where August is..it’s right in front of us and I’m ready to hit the
road.
The August 4th Stew celebrates a long weekend, a beautiful last month of
Summer and my sister’s birthday.
Maureen, this is your gift. (again)

We start with the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at Neil’s annual
Bridge School concert.
Over 8 minutes of a sublime Déjà vu.
Followed by The Band doing Buddy Holly and Little Richard doing Johnny Cash.
Both rock.
What follows is pure long weekend music
Aaron Neville AND Mavis Staples (she’s in Kaslo)
Frazey Ford, Jill Barber, The Doobies, Taj, Tedeschi Trucks, Colin James and
James Brown..both live.
You also get a Saturday night with Ray Charles Live at Newport, Shuggie
Otis, Steve Winwood, Justin Townes Earle, Chicago and Summertime (live) with
Gene Harris.
Happy Birthday Sis and Hey! all of you have a great August.
NEXT WEEK.. The Stew is Live at Edmonton Folk festival

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Ok, listen. It’s festival season. 
Stages everywhere are filled with great music. 
So this Saturday on Mulligan Stew we have our own festival. 
The What The f…k happened to July?” Festival. 
Playing music to recover those days gone by…

Any show that starts with “This is a Man’s World” LIVE has infinite possibilities.

Fyi – the next track is James Brown’s Please Please Please but as done by Dave and Phil Alvin…and we’re off and running!

Highlights include a double shot of David Byrne – as himself and as Talking Heads.

I particularly like The Stone Set with

Amy Helm – Roll the Stone

Leon Russell – Roll away the Stone

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – I’d have to be a stone.

The donor for hour two asked for specific Canadian artists..thus:

Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall..introduces a “new” song called Old Man.  Neil explains that he was writing about the manager that came with Ranch he had purchased.

“I think he’s around 70 now”…So, this is 1971 when Neil was a young man.  Neil today is 72 and he has become the old man he wrote about all those years ago.

Chilliwack – Fly at Night Live

Sam Roberts – Detroit 67 Live

Spirit of Canada (Barney/Doyle/BNLadies/Sarah/Colin James/Byrnes/Cuddy) – Live at The Commodore singing Home for a Rest for John Mann. The song was recorded and shot in the Men’s Washroom at The Commodore.  Please find GoFundMe/John Mann

The Stew ends with a rush of “everything”

Early Leeroy Stagger

Romi Mayes

Panic at the Disco

A mini “Midnight” set with Eric Clapton and Gregg Allman

And we finish with The Birthday Boy – Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones – Angie

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