CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 7/30/07

[ggould]

live version of Richard Thompson's Vincent Black Shadow, or whatever it's called!  Great song!

[RGMike]

CG update:  in addition to the changes reagrding CGSS and Sweeney's Rock Show... Dean's Jukebox is going away, tho' he'll still be with the station, apparently.  (last Jukebox tomorrow, 8/2/07)

It seems the station is undergoing a name change as well, as of Friday night -- no hint as to what the new name is.

[RGMike]

New to me: "Morning Glory" by James & Bobby Purify -- this is what I'm gonna miss about Dean's Jukebox.

BTW, the new station name apparently is, simply, "Gold".  Cue Spandau Ballet!

[RGMike]

and Dean's Jukebox is undoubtedly the only place in the world where I can hear the Osmonds' "Love Me For a Reason" followed by the Waterboys' "Whole of the Moon".

[RGMike]

It's Dean's Final CG Jukebox.  Tears will be shed.  And Stevie W's singing about undercover Fascists on the run!

[RGMike]

WooHoo! the orig version of "Eloise"!

[RGMike]

appropriate selection for a last show: John Miles' fabulously bombastic "Music" (an Alan Parsons production, iirc).

[RGMike]

appropriate selection for a last show: John Miles' fabulously bombastic "Music" (an Alan Parsons production, iirc).

and it's followed by Dean's final song: ABBA's "Thank You For the Music". Awww....

[RGMike]

WAAAY-obscure WLNG Nugget o' the Day: The Ohio Express, "Beg Borrow & Steal".

[RGMike]

Expanded CGSS: the best thing about the "new" station that CG is morphing into.  Alex O'Neal, "Fake". Patty, Patty!

[ggould]

tasty acoustic version of Albatross.  The current playlist is at http://www.kpig.com/playlist/playlist.html

12:17pm   John Hiatt   Instant Karma
12:14pm   Peter Green Splinter Group   Albatross
12:10pm   Goose Creek Symphony   I Am The Earth
12:02pm   Arlo Guthrie   Coming Into Los Angeles
11:50am   Bruce Cockburn   Great Big Love
11:47am   Alison Krauss   Let Me Touch You For A While
11:38am   Marty Robbins   El Paso
11:34am   Cream   Sunshine Of Your Love
11:29am   Eric Bibb   Shine On
11:24am   Webb Wilder   Down On The Farm
11:05am   David Crosby   Long Time Gone
10:58am   John Prine   Lake Marie
10:55am   Fraternity Of Man   Don't Bogart Me
10:50am   Tom Petty And The Heartbreak   When A Kid Goes Bad
10:42am   Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter   Caledonia

[urth]

Expanded CGSS: the best thing about the "new" station that CG is morphing into.  Alex O'Neal, "Fake". Patty, Patty!

So how's it been so far? Any discernible change in playlist? Or Greg's on-air personality, for that matter? I just tuned in, but it seems like he's reining in his rants and comments a bit.

And has he slipped and said "Capital Gold" at all?

[RGMike]

Expanded CGSS: the best thing about the "new" station that CG is morphing into.  Alex O'Neal, "Fake". Patty, Patty!

So how's it been so far? Any discernible change in playlist? Or Greg's on-air personality, for that matter? I just tuned in, but it seems like he's reining in his rants and comments a bit.

And has he slipped and said "Capital Gold" at all?

It seems more music-intensive than before (and the new station slogan is "It's All About the Music"); song-wise it's been like CGSS's Greatest Hits, which is not to say anything's changed in a major way.  Earlier someone requested the Staples' cover of "Slippery people" and he said he didn't have it -- I know he's played it before, so I'm not sure if that meant "it's no longer in the computer" or "I don't have it handy, and it's one I have to bring in from home" (which is true of a lot of songs he plays).  But he's been good about saying "Gold" without the capital (The website hasn't changed yet).

[urth]

Gary Ziep now playing Bread's Everything I Own--yet another band that was pretty huge in their time but I don't think has ever turned up in a 10@10 for the early 70s--at least not in a helluva long while.

[RGMike]

Gary Ziep now playing Bread's Everything I Own--yet another band that was pretty huge in their time but I don't think has ever turned up in a 10@10 for the early 70s--at least not in a helluva long while.

Indeed, another band that Dave tends to avoid despite their having had 12 Top 40 singles in 7 years.  Ironically, the Bread tune that has shown up most often was their lowest-charter (and only non-ballad), "Mother Freedom" (#37 peak).  I think he's played "Guitar Man" once or twice.

Of course the Brits love "Everything I Own" -- it's been a UK hit THREE times: the orig in '72, a reggae version that hit #1 by Ken Boothe (who?) in '74, and the Boy George cover of the Boothe arrangement (also #1)in '87.