Tick tock my friends and welcome back to Friday Music, the first day of April and show 440.
I’m ready, Collin‘s ready, hopefully you’re ready and the mothership is always ready to take you on a musical ride.
So strap in, bring your seats into the full upright position.
Tuck your trays away and let’s get launched into orbit with set one of this weeks show which begins with Freak Power and their groove, Waiting For The Story To End.
Club des Belugas featuring Lain Mackenzie with Wearing Out My Shoes.
Us3 with the chart Cantaloop.
Before Us3, Grayboy featuring Quantic and Sharon Jones on Got To Be A Love and Freak Power led off set one with Waiting For The Story To End.
Set two begins with a pretty little thing by the Tedeschi Trucks Band from their album Revelator this is Midnight In Harlem.
A fun remix of Elvis Presley’s A Little Less Conversation done by of course Elvis along with Junkie XL.
Before Elvis a classic done by the Lounge Lizards, Harlem Nocturne.
Before Harlem Nocturne, the band Hiroshima with Ren.
And the Tedeschi Trucks Band let off set two with Midnight In Harlem.
Set three takes us into orbit with a sweet chart by De-Phazz This is Jazz Music.
The Poet’s Of Rhythm with Upper Class.
Before the Poet’s we heard Benny Greb with Tricky.
Before Benny The Pale White with That Dress.
Circus Contraption before that with Stilt Faeries.
And De-Phazz got our groove on for set three with Jazz Music.
And that my friends is our show for today.
I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and all the way on the other side of the country is our executive producer Collin McCormack.
and we remind you as we always remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We finish up today by taking a trip back to the year 1954 to give a listen Wynonie Harris and his tune titled Bloodshot Eyes.
So until next week my friends when we rev up the mothership again have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Collin, punch it.
My, my, my, spring has sprung!
Time to shake off the icy winter doldrums and look forward to warmer and brighter days, the blooming of lilacs, conversations on patios in the evening with the sun still in the sky while all the time the mothership purrs and gets ready to launch Friday Music‘s show 439.
So let’s do that.
Let’s warm it up with some soft sweet guitar playing by the oh so talented Ry Cooder and a little thing he titled Paris Texas.
From the album Bookends that was Eric Gales featuring B Slade on Something’s Gotta Give.
Before Eric was Ragged Wood from the 2008 debut album by Fleet Foxes.
Before Fleet Foxes, Rayland Baxter with his chart, Mr.
Rodriguez.
And Ry Cooder launched us into orbit number one with a pretty little thing titled Paris Texas.
Set two begins with a cut from the soundtrack of Kill Bill volume II.
This is Malcolm McLaren with About Her.
I have got to see this group in person.
That was Ghost-Note featuring So So Topic on Lookin’ At The World.
Before Ghost-Note Elvis Costello covering the O’Jays Back Stabber from HBO’s Vinyl.
Mink Deville before that on Spanish Stroll and Malcolm McLaren caught the musical tradewinds for set number two with About Her.
Marshall Crenshaw gets to do the honors to kick off set number three with little ditty titled, I’m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee).
Collin, let the apologizing begin.
KALEO with Hey Gringo.
Before KALEO was Maktub with You Can’t Hide.
Before Maktub, Aaron Frazer with Girl On The Phone.
Before Aaron, Eric Lindell with If Love Can’t Fine A Way.
And Marshall Crenshaw lead off set number three with a little ditty titled, I’m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)
And with that we have put the first show of the season of spring 2022 into the archives of Friday Music.
Im Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and my musical magic man and executive producer is Collin McCormack.
And as always we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music we close out today with Jay Z and Alicia Keys on her composition titled, Empire State Of Mind.
So until next we meet have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all! Go ahead on Collin, park the mothership.
Heidi ho my friends and welcome back to Friday Music and our glistening mothership which is ready to launch show 438 and drop into orbit for set one.
From 2017 and his album titled Country Hustle, this is Jed Loy Nichols with Don’t Drop Me.
But you brother Collin can drop the needle and launch our musical Trek.
Hey my dudes and dudettes that was Dick Dale and his Del-Tones from 1961 with Misirlou.
Before the Del-Tones was Chuck Prophet with Marathon.
And Jeb Loy Nichols caught the current of set one with Don’t Drop Me.
Set two begins with us on impulse power so that we can lay back and chill a bit as we listen to, James Vincent McMorrow and his chart, Get Low.
The Last Goodbye a single by ODESZA featuring Bettye La Vette.
Two cuts back to back by Weeknd.
First we heard A Tale By Quincy, featuring Quincy Jones and then, Out Of Time.
And James Vincent McMorrow kicked off set number two with, Get Low.
Set three reaches cruising altitude with an artist you know from the group The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynd along with funky fine hone group, The Valve Woe Bone Ensemble.
This is How Glad I Am.
Let fly Collin.
My my my, a classic. That was Pee Wee Crayton with Do Unto Others.
Before Pee Wee was the Seratones with Good Day and Chrissie Hyne kicked off set three with How Glad I Am.
And because we have a little extra time this week there will be a set number four which begins with a piece I just love.
This is Ronny Jordan and Dana Bryant with The Jackal.
Mark-Almond with the single version of The City.
Before Mark-Almond, William DeVaugn with a fav of mine titled Be Thankful For What You Got and we began set four with The Jackal.
Well there we have at my friends show 438.
I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and the man who never disappoints with the delicate hands and the sensitive ears is our executive producer Collin McCormack.
So until next time remember to be safe be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We finish up today by rolling on down to New Orleans to give a listen to Professor Longhair kickin’ it on Big Chief.
So until next week my friends have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Ahh yes my friends it’s Friday Music time again.
Time to dust off the mothership and time to set sail on this weeks musical trek.
Set number one launches by taking us back to the year 1974 so that we can give a listen to two of the most iconic artist to ever be recorded.
From their album The Bosses, this is Big Joe Turner and Count Basie on a Nappy Brown composition titled, Night Time Is The Right Time.
1999 was the year, Supernatural was the album and the artists were Santana and The Product G&B on Maria Maria.
Before Santana we rolled on back to the year 2001 to listen to the title cut Embrace The Chaos from Ozomatli.
Before Ozomatli.
From out of The Big Easy, we heard The Soul Rebels with Halftime: Stand Up And Get Up.
And Count Basie and Big Joe Turner let off set number one of show 437 with Night Time Is The Right Time.
We now cruise on into set number two which is softly playing in the background right now.
This is Brooklyn Funk Essentials with a sweet groove titled Take The L Train (to 8 Ave.) Collin turn it up.
It’s Gonna Be Me by Lawrence and a kick ass horn line called Brasstracks.
Before Lawrence Mingo Fishtrap with Poison Ivy.
Before Mingo, the always entertaining Mayer Hawthorne out of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, with When I Said Goodbye.
And we caught the wind in set number two by leading off with Brooklyn Funk Essentials on Take The L Train.
A Marvin Gaye standard plots the course for set three.
From the album as/is this is John Mayer and DJ Logic on Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler).
Last week I took my daughter Mailli to see this artist and he did not disappoint one iota.
That was Marcus King on a cut titled The Well.
Before brother King Another artist out of New Orleans, Jon Cleary with Best Ain’t Good Enough.
Candy Dulfer before that with My Funk.
And John Mayer along with DJ logic lead off set three with a Marvin Gaye chart titled Inner City Blues.
And I hope you won’t be to Blue to find out we’re at the end of our weekly sojourn.
I’m your host for Friday Music, Tim McCormack and our executive producer that I could not do this without is Collin McCormack.
And as always we remind you to be safe, to be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We close out today with a cut from perhaps my favorite Prince album Musicology and a song titled Dear Mr.
Man.
So until next time around my friends have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Collin take us on home.
Good morning my friends and welcome back to Friday Music where we enter the month of March and with any luck the death grip of snow and cold will begin to abate for us in the snow belts of the world and we can shed at least one layer of clothing.
What will never abate is us firing up the mothership unmooring her and launching her into orbit for another week of music.
From his 2018 album, Lonesome As A Shadow, this is Charlie Crockett and his chart, If Not The Fool.
Collin, engage.
Frazey Ford doing her take on a song that I associate with the Funkadelic’s.
The sons? Can You Get To That.
Before Frazey we heard Fat Night with Fool.
The Flying Stars of Brooklyn before Fat Night with, Live On, and Charlie Crockett launched show 436 with, If Not The Fool.
We had a lotta F’s in that first set.
Set two takes the mothership to Ireland where we give a listen to one of the most iconic bands of the Emerald Isle, The Chieftains.
From their 2012 album Voice Of Ages where they collaborate with various artists on traditional Irish songs.
So here is The Chieftains featuring , go figure Paolo Nutini with their rendition of, Hard Times Come Again No More.
If you don’t mind Collin, give her a go.
Mop Mop featuring Sara Sayed with Lao Chant.
Before Mop Mop from the album Stand Up.
PJ Morton and Yola with Give The People What They Want.
Before PJ was The Floozies with Hot Stuff.
And The Chieftains along with Paolo Nutini did Hard Times Come Again No More.
Set three drops us into the orbit of the 2016 self titled album from Lucius.
Let’s give a listen to these talented young lady singing Dusty Trails.
A hit by Little Anthony and The Imperials, back in 58, but today sung by Aaron Neville, that was Tears On My Pillow.
Before Aaron we heard Pokey Lafarge with When Did You Leave Heaven.
Before Pokey a duo that for me have a strong sound resemblance to the Everly Brothers.
The Cactus Blossoms singing Powder Blue.
Before The Cactus Blossoms was The Trishas with Trouble About My Soul and Lucius let off set three with, Dusty Trails.
And with that we say happy trails to you because we done for today.
I’m Tim McCormack your host and curator for Friday Music and the man with the delicate hands and sensitive ears who is always by my side even though he’s way out there in Northern California.
Im taking about our executive producer, Collin McCormack.
And as always we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We bring the mothership back home to tie down with one final song done for us today by Selwyn Birchwood.
From his 2017 album, Pick Your Poison this is Even The Saved Need Saving.
So until next time my friends, have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Collin hit it.
Good morning my fellow musical devotees to our weekly sojourns on the mothership of music.
This is Friday Music show 435 and we will begin todays tunes by stepping back in time to hear the young voice of a truly fine singer.
From a single released by Capital Records back in 1970 this is Lou Rawls with Bring It On Home.
From the 2017 album Never Twice we heard Nick Waterhouse and Leon Bridges with, Katchi.
Before Katchi was Bosley with Neon Magazine.
Before Bosley we heard Arbuckle and Moreland with the tune titled Tall Boogie.
And Lou Rawls dropped us into our first orbit of the day with Bring It On Home.
Set two will begin with the mothership on impulse power so that we can feel the smooth groove of Durand Jones & The Indications with The 2019 single release titled, Cruisin’ To The Park.
Go ahead on Collin slip slide us into orbit.
Lil’ Bob & The Lollipops with I Got Loaded.
Before Lil’ Bob, Eric Gales with Good Time.
Before Eric Keb’ Mo’ stepped in to throw down with G.
Love & Special Sauce on a cut titled, Go Crazy.
The Bamboo’s featuring Alice Russell before G.
Love with Step It Up.
And Durant Jones and the indications led off set number two with, Cruisin’ To The Park.
Let us now cruise into set three with the mothership hovering over the country of France in the year 1966 to give a listen to A song by Charles Aznavour that I know would suit my daughter Oona’s taste to a T.
This is La Bohème.
S’il vous plaît Monsieur Collin.
The one and only Little Richard tearin’ it up on Green Power.
Before Little Richard, Whitehorse with Come On In My Kitchen.
Blackstreet, Dr.
Dre and Queen Pen before Whitehorse with No Diggity.
From the soundtrack of the beautiful movie Chocolat we heard Rachael Portman’s, Minor Swing and set three begin with Charles Aznavour with La Bohème.
Well that closes out another week on Friday Music and we sure hope you enjoyed it.
And I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and I can’t do any of it without our fine executive producer Collin McCormack.
We finish up today with the toe tapping tune from The Cashbox Kings titled House Party.
So until next time around my friends remember to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music and Collin and I hope that you have a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Go ahead on Collin, seal the deal.
Good morning my friends, and welcome back to another week of Friday Music.
Time to lock and load and set the mothership free and put her into orbit for show 434 which begins with a song I’ve been wanting to play for a while and well today’s the day.
At the age of 93 this is Alberta Hunter singing The Darktown Strutters Ball.
Giddyup Collin.
From the year 1969, from the album The Pious Bird Of Good Omen, that was Fleetwood Mac with Need Your Love So Bad.
Before Fleetwood Mac we heard JD McPherson with Cryings Just A Thing That You Do.
Before brother McPherson, Slim Gaillard And His Peruvians with Laughing In Rhythm.
And we let off with one of the Grand Dames of music, Alberta Hunter singing Darktown Strutters Ball.
Set two has already begun with one of the all time great Hammond B3 players workin’ that Leslie.
From his album Standards, this is organist Jimmy Smith with Moon Indigo.
From Chasing The Sun, that was Sola Rosa and Josh Barry with You Don’t Know.
Before that Lemon Jelly with a fun fest for the ears titled A Tune For Jack.
And Jimmy Smith let us off on the Hammond B3 organ, playing Mood Indigo, composed by clarinetist Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington.
Set three begins with a group that has a distinct African vibe but alas, they’re not fro Africa.
Out of Newport News Virginia this is the group Masego featuring FKJ.
This is Tadow.
From Half Mile Harvest that was The Teskey Brothers singing Reason Why.
Before the Teskey Brothers we circled back to Fleetwood Mac and a cover of their song The Chain sung by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires.
And Masego let off set number three with Tadow.
Well my friends our musical orbital journey comes to an end for another week.
I’m Tim McCormack your host Friday Music and always aptly aided and always by my side our executive producer in the North country of California Collin McCormack.
As always my friends be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We’re going to finish up today with an song from John Fogerty, assisted by the Fairfield Four from his album Blue Moon Swamp.
The song is A Hundred And Ten In The Shade.
So until next time around my friends have yourself a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Collin hit it.
Good morning my fellow musical space cadets I’m back Jack!
And damn glad to be back refreshed and renewed!
And right off the top Let me thank Jason Gorton for another fine fun show last Friday.
Left the mothership in tiptop shape and ready for us to Unmoor it and set it back into orbit this week which we will do right this very second.
First up on our musical sojourn today is Elvis Costello and The Roots with, Wake Me Up.
Collin Engage.
The man that peaked my interest in learning to play The Mississippi saxophone or the blues harmonica, John Hammond.
From his album, Sooner Or Later we heard evil Is Going On.
Before Johnny we had the pleasure of listening to Junior Wells live with, Snatch It Back And Hold It.
A great cover of A Fool In Love by Marcia Ball before Junior and Elvis Costello and The Roots launch the mothership with, Wake Me Up.
You all awake now? Good.
Then let’s take show 433 and give a listen to brother Jeff Beck playing a wonderful old jazz standard written by Charlie Mingus.
This is Good Bye Pork Pie Hat.
Brand-new single by Jacob Banks titled, Parade.
Before Jacob one of the all-time legendary groups laying down a classic groove of their chart titled, La Grange.
Of course I’m talking about the ZZ Top.
Before ZZ, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy covering Cab Calloway’s Minnie The Moocher.
And we began set two with Jeff Beck and his taste cover of Charlie Mingus’s Good Bye Pork Pie Hat.
Up first for set number three today is another junior.
From back in the year 1971 this is Junior Walker and The All-Stars with, Moody Jr.
From his album titled Dedicated, that was Steve Cropper’s tribute to the 5 Royal aided by Willie Jones and Bettye Lavette.
We heard Don’t Be Ashamed.
Before Steve, Andrea Day’s soulful Gin & Juice (Let Go My Hand).
Little feel of Amy Winehouse wouldn’t you say? Before Ms.
Day Killer by Boozoo Bajou featuring Top Cat.
And Junior Walker and The All Stars let off our last set of the day with, Way Back Home.
Well there we have it my friends.
It’s good to be back in the captains chair and once again I want to thank Jason Gorton for a fine show last week.
I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and the man with a plan that always succeeds, is our executive producer Collin McCormack and as always we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We finish up today with my own personal tribute to coincide with the one Jason did last week for a great friend, one of those people you consider part of your inner circle of life.
You know what I mean? This one’s for Francis Gerham sung by the Avett Brothers and it’s titled, No Hard Feeling.
I know Francis would want you to have a bodacious Friday filled with music and I know he would wish Y’all peace.
Sail on brother Francis sail on.
Good morning my friends and welcome back to Friday Music Show 432.
Mother Nature still holds sway for those of us in the North Eastern part of the United States and she holds it with a vengeance.
But we're about to warm it up with some tasty tunes.
Supplied to us by todays guest DJ taking a second turn at the helm.
And if this show is anything like his first show, we're all going to have an enjoyable time.
Sitting at the con this morning is my friend and your musical maven for today, Jason Gorton.
Jason, we are all looking forward to seeing what you have prepared for our ears today.
And I will waste no more time wondering whats to come, so I turn the Mothership over to you.
Good morning my friend, I look forward to the orbit you're about to drop us into and if you're ready, take us for a ride.
Thank you and good morning to you, Tim!
Folks it is my tremendous honor to be invited back for another trip through the less explored reaches of the musical galaxy, so let’s not waste any time, but instead dive right into some truly tasty tunes!
From Dublin, Ireland, here is the amazing Miss Imelda May.
Hit it, Collin!
From his 1972 album “Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff”, that was Taj Mahal with “Cakewalk Into Town”.
Trombone Shorty blew the doors off the cantina with “Hurricane Season”.
Delaney & Bonnie also graced our ears with a country/blues medley from 1970, and we tore away the mooring lines with “Big Bad Handsome Man” by Imelda May.
As Brother Tim mentioned, my name is Jason Gorton, and I am absolutely thrilled to have you folks along for my second tour of duty as guest host of the Friday Music Group That’s episode #432 for those of you keeping score.
As I sit here looking out the window from the bridge of the Friday Music Mothership, I can’t help but feel a chill as I watch the snowflakes zip by on this Frigid February day in the north-eastern US of A.
Let’s try to remedy that with a medicinal shot of Firewater.
From their 2012 album “The Man on the Burning Tightrope”, here is “Dark Days Indeed”.
That was Vast with a bitter drop of musical noir called “Tattoo of Your Name”.
T Bone Burnett preceded that with a chilly little tune called “Earlier Baghdad”.
And we started out that ominous trio with a taste of Firewater, “Dark Days Indeed”.
You know, dear listeners, like so many of us over the last couple years of pandemic purgatory, Brother Tim and I suddenly and recently lost a true friend of ours, a wonderful man by the name of Frank Gerham.
This next song is dedicated to him.
The band is called 1916 and the song is “Last Call for Heroes”.
Slainte, Frank.
With one of the most beautiful voices in music of any genre, that was Emmylou Harris from her live performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, singing an old Steven Foster tune “Hard Times Come Again No More”.
We also heard from Bob Dylan and The Band from his Basement Tapes Bootleg Series with a version of “Quinn the Eskimo”.
U2 was also lurking in that pack of songs with “Wild Honey”.
That’s such a terrific tune, I’ll never understand why it wasn’t released as a single.
And at the top of that set was the celtic-rock band 1916 with “Last Call for Heroes”.
Speaking of Nashville, if you liked that tune and you are in the Music City area, you can catch 1916’s vocalist and bandleader, Billy Herring, do his musical residency at The Lost Paddy Irish Pub every Wednesday evening, and if you’re not in Nashville you can also catch it on livestream.
I encourage you to hunt it down and check it out.
Well, true believers, I’m due to have the Friday Music Mothership back in dock any minute now, but what do you say we take this old girl out for one more spin before we hand back the keys.
Oh hey, look- there’s Brother Tim trying to flag us down- Quick, crank it up!
What’s that? Sorry Timmy, I can’t hear you, music’s too loud… Go, Collin, go!
From the 1991 film, The Commitments, that’s “Try A Little Tenderness”, a song first recorded back in 1932.
The Queen of Country Music, Miss Patsy Cline, also gave us a live version of her signature classic, “Walkin’ After Midnight” recorded in 1957 at the Grand Ole Opry.
And Little Richard was back there at the top of the set with “Keep A-Knockin’”.
Well gang, we rode her hard and put her up wet, didn’t we? I certainly hope you all had as much fun on this tour of some of the lesser known side streets of the musical galaxy as I did.
Once again, my name is Jason Gorton and I have been your humble substitute host for this episode of the Friday Music Group.
As usual, the engines on this ride were kept purring like a kitten by master engineer, Mr.
Collin McCormack.
Many thanks once again to Tim McCormack for so generously allowing me the chance to sit in the captain’s chair for a second time.
It has truly been an honor and a privilege, and I look forward to sneaking her out of the garage again some time soon.
I certainly hope you’ll join me then.
Now, while I empty the ashtrays, clean up all these fast-food wrappers, and buff out that scratch on the door (which, I think you’ll agree, was totally the other guy’s fault), let’s close out the show with one last song.
From his 1985 Rain Dogs album, we’re going to hear Tom Waits with “Time”.
Until next time my friends, be well, do right, and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
So long.
Good morning my friends and welcome back to Friday Music show 431.
Where in the north western part of New York State it’s even colder than it was last week! We may have to jump start the mothership it’s that cold.
But I think my choice of music today may help warm things up a bit.
Like the color of red.
Today we’re going to delve into some love songs, new and old.
Whether you’re falling in love, newly in love, rediscovering love, or have been in love forever, it’s always good to be reminded of the power of love.
We start off today with a song yours truly loves.
This is Kenny Vance and the Planotones and the song is, This I Swear.
Go ahead on Collin show our friends some love.
Out of Detroit city the original home of Motown.
That was The Temptations with, Just My Imagination.
Before the Temptations, The great Bonnie Bramblett singing, Hurt.
Emily King before Bonnie singing Georgia.
And Kenny Vance and the Planotones led off set one and dropped us into an orbit of love with This I Swear.
Seeing red yet? I am.
Orbit number two of our foray into love songs begins with The boys from Toronto Canada this is The Nylons singing The Stars Are Our.
My my my. Live from the Oakland Coliseum the legendary voice of Marvin Gaye singing, Distant Lover.
Before Marvin from the Great American Songbook, Tower Of Power’s Larry Braggs along with Joss Stone covering It Takes Two.
Before TOP The Flamingos from 1959 singing I Only Have Eyes For You.
Liana Carroll before The Flamingos, live at Ronnie Scott’s exceptionally covering Tom Waits chart Picture In A Frame.
And The Nylons sailed us into set two with The Stars Are Ours.
Set three of show 431 begins with a dedication to my middle daughter Oona who absolutely loves this song and now that she’s newly engaged and clearly in love I say let’s play it for her.
From 1955 on Old Town Records this is The Harptones with Life Is But A Dream.
Tongue Tied by Grouplove.
The Beach Boys before Tongue Tied with Don’t Worry Baby.
The great Etta James before the Boys with A Sunday Kind Of Love.
The Young Rascals before Etta with Groovin’ and The Harptones led off set three with Life Is But A Dream.
Well it may be cold outside but hopefully it’s all toasty warm right in here now.
And that concludes our musical dance with love.
I’m Tim McCormack your host and curator for Friday Music and we are as always executively produced by my main man Collin McCormack.
Remember my friends Collin and I want you to continue to be safe be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
A quick heads up before we hear our last song of the day.
Next week you get to enjoy a guest DJ for Friday Music a man that has already done a great show for us and I believe he will entertain us with another fun show next week, Jason Gorton.
We go out today with another oldie that anytime I hear it I immediately have images of the movie Deer Hunter.
This is Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons the singing, Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.
Have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Take us on home Collin.
As I greet you for another session of Friday Music it is ass kicking cold outside with a huge snowstorm looming out in the distance.
That said it’s time for show 430 and we’re gonna warm it up in here with some fine music for Y’all.
We drop in to our first orbit of the day with Ural Thomas And The Pain singing Smile. Collin, engage.
How about that piece? It’s a brand new single by Miley Cyrus apply aided by Sir Elton John and Yo-Yo Ma covering Metallica‘s Nothing Else Matters.
Before Miley The great Sam Cooke with Troubled Blues.
From 1982 Bloodstone with We Go A Long Way Back.
Indeed we do.
Before Bloodstone we opened with Ural Thomas And The Pain singing Smile.
Too damn cold smile but we will continue on to set number two which opens up with Mike Gordon and his chart Victim.
My man, Delbert McClinton the year was 2002, the album was Room To Breath and the cut was The Rub.
Before Delbert we heard guitarist Duke Robillard with Love Slipped Away.
Kind of like the feelings in my fingers.
Before Duke, Lazy Lester with I Made Up My Mind.
And Mike Gordon lead offset number two with his song, Victim.
Lets get your groove on in set number three.
This is Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band and the groove is Act Your Age.
Launch that sucker Collin.
Dave Alvin covering an iconic chart of Bob Dylan‘s titled, Highway 61.
Before Dave we heard The Jon Specter Blues Explosion with Calvin.
Before Jon, The Four Freshmen and their amazing harmonies on Angel Eyes.
And Gordon Goodwins Big Phat Band let off set three with Act Your Age.
Now I’m gonna go wrap myself up in a blanket and act my age, I’m your frosty host of Friday Music, Tim McCormack and our executive producer who I’m absolutely sure is much warmer than me out in California is Collin McCormack, but before We go Collin and I would like to remind you to be safe, be kind of may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We finish up today remembering a great artist that we lost last week and I can’t imagine not honoring them today.
And as you listen to our final cut of the day I hope you have a bodacious Friday my friends and peace y’all.
This is Ronnie Spectre fronting the Ronnettes with the classic song Be My Baby.
Well the Arctic icy fingers of winter are stretching across the southern shores of Lake Ontario with a crunching vengeance.
May have to de-ice the mothership, but we will untether her and launch show 429 of Friday Music.
So good morning my friends and welcome to the warmth of our weekly musical ethos.
D’Angelo gets the nod today to lead off set one.
This is Betray My Heart.
From 2002 and the album The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash with Martin Gore’s chart, Personal Jesus.
Before Johnny, Ida May and Marcus King who will be in Buffalo in March.
They teamed up on Click Click Domino.
Rafferty before that with Apple Pie and D’Angelo let off today’s show with Betray My Heart.
Set two begins with a group that still don’t have a band, The Persuasions.
If you’d please Collin play our friends, Buffalo Soldier.
Moreland & Arbuckle throwin’ down on Tall Boogie.
Before Tall Boggie we we gave a listen to T-Bone Walker with Mean Old World.
Before T-Bone, Christone “Kingfish “ Ingram along with Buddy Guy on Fresh Out.
And The Persuasions from Man Oh Man we heard Buffalo Soldier.
A set with a nice groove, don’t you think? Let’s see if we can keep that vibe going.
Set number three opens up with the 2013 release of Southeastern by the talented Jason Isbell with Cover Me Up.
I’ve become a big fan of this artist, Parker Millsap.
We heard him singing Hades Pleads.
Before Parker, Jonah Tolchip with Thousand Mile Night.
What a great title.
Before Jonah, KALEO throwin’ down hard on No Good.
Before KALEO out of New Orleans was Steve Earl and his composition You’re The Best Lover I’ve Ever Had.
And Jason Isbell let off set three with Cover Me Up.
And with that, show 429 has been covered.
I’m Tim McCormack your weekly host for Friday Music along with my indispensable Brother in Music in a place much warmer than where I’m at, our executive producer, Collin McCormack.
We remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
So until the next time we tick-tock to a place where you give a listen to next week show have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all.
We’re going to finish up today with a cover of a Smokey Robinson song that he himself says is the best version of this song he’s ever heard.
From Human Nature this is Ooh Baby Baby, mercy.
Welcome to 2022 my friends!
Hope it doesn’t suck.
What I trust won’t suck is our first show of the new year, show 428.
Mothership is ready, I’m ready, you’re ready and I know Collin is ready.
So let’s launch this mother into a new year and continue our weekly music sojourn together.
Now these gentlemen made an appearance in our final show of 2021 and I thought we’d close that circle by letting them lead off the first show of 2022 as guests of the Winton Marsalis Septet.
From the album United We Swing, Live at Lincoln Center, this is The Blind Boys of Alabama and the song is, The Last Time.
And for the first time this year Collin drop that stylus.
Soulstance with The Time.
Before Soulstance we heard Rüfüs and Chaka Khan with You Got The Love.
Before Rufus and Chaka we heard a golden oldie from the Neville Brothers.
The Ten Commandments of Love.
And the Winton Marsalis Sepet along with The Blind Boys of Alabama lead off the first set of 2022 with The Last Time.
Set two of 22 is a dirge I’ve wanted to play for quite some time and it appears today is that day.
The song and the artists appeared In the movie O Brother Where Art Thou.
This is The Fairfield Four with Lonesome Vally.
Foy Vance with Burden.
Before Foy we heard Hozier with Arsonists Lullaby.
Before Hozier was Chris Stapleton with Was It 26 and The Fairfield Four, of which there are actually five members let off set two with Lonesome Vally.
Set three begins today with two iconic artists in an unlikely pairing from a great great album titled Rhythm, Country and Blues.
This is Sam Moore of Sam & Dave along will Conway Twitty layin’ down a sweet cover of Brooke Benton‘s Rainy Night In Georgia.
The great great Otis Redding doing a great great rendition of a classic, Cigarettes And Coffee.
Before Otis we heard Luke Winslow-King with I’m Glad Troubles Don’t Last.
And Sam Moore and Conway Twitty let off set number three of show 428 with Brooke Benton‘s A Rainy Night In Georgia.
And there we have it my friends the beginning of a new year of music for all of us to gather around and enjoy.
I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music and I am brilliantly assisted by our executive producer Collin McCormack out on the left coast of America.
And we continue remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music!
So until next week my friends have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Final cut of the day is by Sweet Pea Atkinson.
This is Slow Down.
Good morning my friends and welcome to the final Friday Music show of 2021, show 427.
A long year full of ups and downs, heart aches and happiness but through it all we have all weekly boarded the mothership and sailed in the musical obits to whack our ears and touch our souls with music.
And we hope not to let you down on this final show of the year.
It will be a sort of retrospective aided from the music platform we use for the show that suggested some of what they think were my favorite songs of the year when in fact everything I send you is a favorite song for you to hear.
That’s said there’s some sweet songs here to play from that list so what say we push the mothership away from the dock and get started.
I believe this first group is my favorite find of the last year musically.
They seem to magically transport me to Paris during the art deco era of the 30s in smoky Cafe‘s Playing heart wrenching cabaret songs.
This is The Tiger Lilies and the song is, The First Day.
Collin, do what you’ve done so well week after week after week.
Ahh yes, that pretty little thing was Gracefully by Vintage Trouble.
Before Vintage Trouble we heard Jacob Banks with Grace.
Before Jacob from the album Muscle Shoals, Small Town Big Sound a most talented quartet of musicians Jamie Johnson, Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton and Lee Ann Womack covering Bob Dylan‘s Gotta Serve Somebody.
So good.
And we sailed on into today’s show with The Tiger Lilies with The First Day.
What’s say we wander back to the year 1972 and give a listen to Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass on I Miss You.
The California Honeydrops, Live Learn.
Before the Honeydrops Dr.
John and the Blind Boys of Alabama with Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams.
Big Gigantic along with GRiZ got us shakin’ with Good Times Roll and Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes along with Teddy Pendergrass led off set number two with, I Miss You.
Set three of show 427 the final set of the year is let off by the exquisite song stylings of Brittany Howard this is, Stay High.
The Bahama Soul Club
Sampling Lady Day on Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do.
Before the Soul Club was the recently defunct Turkuaz with Mister Man.
Still pissed about that break up.
Before Turkuaz was C Tangana with Me Maten.
And Brittany Howard got us started with Stay High.
And there we have it my friends our last show of 2021.
We will finish up with a fav of mine that actually is a good way to button up this year and move on up happily to next year, but before that Collin and I remind you as we remind you every week to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
I’m your host for Friday Music, Tim McCormack happily and gratefully aided by our executive producer and one of my favorite human beings Collin McCormack.
So until next week which is next year, have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Oh and to finish off the year, from 50 Years of Funk & Soul Live at the Fox theater in Oakland California, this is Tower Of Power with You Ought To Be Havin’ Fun.
Collin drop that stylist one more time and exit us from the year 2021.
Sleigh Bells, Silver Bells and Jingle Bells! Welcome to Friday Music’s Christmas Eve Extravaganza, show 426!
The mothership is decked out with tinsel, twinkling stars and beautiful bows.
And we will drop into orbit and see if we can not ride along side of Old St. Nick for today’s show.
So Merry Christmas to all you faithful listeners of Friday Music and without any further ado I turn this special show over to Santa‘s chief elf sitting at the conn of the mothership.
Our extraordinary executive producer for Friday Music and all around bon vivant Collin McCormack.
Merry Christmas my brother are you ready to jingle our bells?
If so, the sleigh is all yours.
Merry Xmas Tim, and Merry Xmas Friday Music Listeners.
What I have for you today is an iteration of a playlist Ive been working on for many years.
And since this Friday falls directly on Xmas Eve, there’s no better time to share it with you all.
This is what I like to call, Xmas Music for Adult Parties.
An hour of holiday music that you’d be hard pressed to hear anywhere else.
So grab a cocktail, and lets get Christmas started.
Well Friends, you know what that means.
Time to set out the milk and cookies and bring the sled back home.
I hope you enjoyed Friday number 426, our special Xmas Eve show.
Tim and I appreciate you stopping by to celebrate with us and we wish you all the Happiest of Holidays, no matter how you celebrate.
We’ve got one more Friday before we wrap up 2021, so you’ll be hearing from us soon.
But until then, we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
How ‘bout, one more for the road, Norah?
Good morning and welcome back to the mothership for Friday Music show 425.
Wherever you are whatever you're doing Collin and I hope you’re doin’ it with commitment and ferocity and joy.
And that you’re ready for another edition of Friday Music! So let’s cast off and set sail For this weeks musical sojourn.
First up today a lovely version of a song most readily associated with Ella Fitzgerald.
Done for you this morning by the group S-Tone Inc. this is How High The Moon.
Mason Jar by one of the all-time great names for an artist, Mingo Fishtrap.
Before Mingo we gave listen to PAUZA with an interesting Take on the song Besame Mucho.
Before PAUZA we heard Tom Misch with South Of The Border.
And we dropped into orbit today with How High The Moon by S-Tone Inc.
See, that didn’t hurt a bit.
Set two takes us to the song stylings of MJ Cole along with Freya Ridings with there 2017 single Waking Up.
That was Jungle by X Ambassadors.
Before X Ambassadors, Manic Focus, featuring GRiZ with Life Goes On.
Before Life Goes On we heard Lawrence kickin’ it on Superficial.
And MJ Cole let off set two with Waking Up.
Ms.
Cole is going to assist on a song coming up here in set number three.
In fact it’s the first song up in the set.
MJ along with The Rag’ n’ Bone Man do a remix of his song Human.
Spin it Collin.
Matt Duncan with Chutes and Ladders.
Proceedings Matt was Bop English with Trying.
Before Trying, Young Gun Silver Fox with Better and we cruised on into orbit three with The Rag’n’Bone Man on, Human.
There we have it my friends Friday Music show 425 which will lead us right to next weeks Christmas Eve extravaganza hosted by our own executive producer Collin McCormack.
I’m Tim McCormack your host and curator for Friday Music with you know who doing all that good technical stuff to make these Show sound so good.
So let us not forget to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
On that note we finish up today with an artist that when he first hit the scene back in 75 just tripped my trigger and along with him he helped spawn the careers of some fine jazz artist.
To name a few, Michael Breaker on tenor sax, David Sanborn on alto sax, Larry Carlton on guitar, Wilton Felder on base and Joe Sample on keyboards.
From Michael Franks album The Art of Tea we finish up today with Monkey See Monkey Do.
And untill next time round my friends, have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
It’s all yours Collin!
Good morning my friends and welcome back once again to Friday Music and show 424.
We move a week closer to Christmas but there will be no Christmas songs from me today.
We will have a special Christmas Eve show for y’all, put together and spun by our one and only executive producer Collin McCormack, but until then I will attempt to keep filling your head with tasty tunes.
So what say we get to it and launch the mothership and drop into our first orbit of the day which will be featuring one of the all-time great jazz trumpeters Chet Baker.
The album is titled Chet and was recorded in late 1958 and released in January 1959.
Chet features performances by Herbie Mann, on alto flute, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, Bill Evans on piano, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and Connie Kay and Philly Joe Jones playing drums.
This is Alone Together.
From 2017 that was the single Hands On The Radio by The Weeks.
Before The Weeks we gave a listen to Richard Swift with Lady Luck.
A gritty performance by Colton Wall before that with Sleeping On The Blacktop and Chet Baker led us off with, Alone Together.
Set two lifts us off with a Bob Dylan cover by Curtis Stigers.
This is Things Have Changed.
From the album Dirt Track Date that was Southern Culture On The Skids with Voodoo Cadillac.
Before Southern Culture On The Skids we heard the title cut from Johnny Guitar Watson’s 1977 album A Real Mother For Ya.
CAKE before Johnny with Never There and Curtis Stigers led of set two with Bobby Zimmermans Things Have Changed.
Indeed they have.
We now orbit into set three of Friday Music with a fine chart by the Alabama Shakes.
This is Sound And Color.
Go ahead on Collin dab a little musical paint.
From the album, Find The Light we heard Scary Pockets featuring Judith Hill on a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way.
Before Scary Pockets we heard Philly’s own Mayer Hawthorne with Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.
From the album Earthtones, Opening Act (The Scooby Dooby Song) by Bahamas.
And Alabama Shakes led off set three with Sound And Color.
And that is as they say that.
At least for another week my friends.
I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music with my musical amigo Collin McCormack riding shotgun with me.
And as always we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all yours Friday’s be filled with music! We dock and tie down the mothership today with an unlikely pairing of artists.
Todd Rundgren and Donald Fagen with a cut titled Tin Foil Hat.
So until next time my friends, stay warm and have yourselves a bodacious Friday! One more time if you please Collin.
Good morning my friends and welcome back to Friday Music show 423.
Hopefully your all wrapped up and warm as we climb aboard the mothership and move into the month of December in the year 2021.
Thankfully there is never an expiration date on music especially when it’s good music that we hope warms you up on a cold frosty morning in December.
An lord knows Collin and I try to wrap you in the best of that good music and with that I think we should drop into our first orbit of the day and find out if we have chosen some good music to begin today’s show that in fact warms you up.
We launch today Sweet and Mellow with a grand singer Liana Carroll covering a song recorded by Buddy Holly on October 21, 1958 in New York City, music & lyrics by the songwriting team of Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant.
This is Raining In My Heart.
Train In Vain by Annie Lennox from her 1995 album Medusa.
Before the talented Ms.
Lennox we heard Pain & Misery by The Teskey Brothers.
Before The Teskey Brothers In The Dark by London based, The James Hunter Six.
And we began with Leanne Carroll and her lovely cover of Buddy Holly’s Raining In My Heart.
Set two drops into orbit with a cover of Aerosmith performed by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon.
This is Sweet Emotion.
Now there’s a flash from the past.
From the year 1964 off the album Shut Down we heard The Beach Boys with Don’t Worry Baby.
Before The Beach Boys, Dirtwire with GoGo.
An artist that I played a few weeks ago that I couldn’t keep myself from going back for another taste.
We heard Amber Marks from her 2020 single, Heart-Shaped Box.
And Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon sailed us into set number two with Sweet Emotion.
Now set number three begins with a cut from an album I love.
The year was 1987, the artist was Jennifer Warren and she was doing an album that was covers of Leonard Cohen songs.
The title of the album was Famous Blue Raincoat and from it featuring on guitar Stevie Ray Vaughan this is First We Take Manhattan.
Stay by The Suffers.
Before The Suffers, Snarky Puppy featuring Chris Taylor with a groove titled Liquid Love.
Before Snarky Puppy, Erykah Badu and Roy Ayres with Bag Lady.
And Jennifer Warren‘s lead off set number three with Leonard Cohen‘s First We Take Manhattan.
And there we have it my friends.
Hopefully today’s show warmed you up in the cold month of December.
I’m your host for Friday Music Tim McCormack and I cannot get it done without my right hand man Collin McCormack.
So until next time we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We dot the I’s and cross the t’s for today’s show with Rockpile with a sweet little ditty titled You Aint Nothin’ But Fine.
So until next week my fellow music lovers have yourselves a bodacious Friday and peace y’all.
Trilobites, chickeebites, and mosquitoes, we back and the mothership is ready to cast off her earthly bound mooring and launch us into Friday Music show 422.
And I’m thrilled to open today’s show with a brand new song by my youngest daughter Mailli.
When her new song was launched last Thursday I took her out to sit in with some primo musicians and got to hear her sing Etta James’s I’d Rather Go Blind and it was rather magical.
Great day for her and her dad.
So let’s get to it.
Here’s my Mailli with her new song titled Cinderella.
Collin, spin your cousin Mailli’s music if you will.
Sticky, by Ravyn Lenae.
Before Ravyn, Brian Auger with his cover of Inner City Blues.
Before Brian we heard BJ The Chicago Kid with Turnin’ Me Up and Mailli launched the mothership into orbit with her new single, Cinderella.
Set two takes us back to the year 1961 and a favorite album of mine by Ray Charles titled, Genius + Soul = Jazz.
On keyboards Ray and the orchestra with an inspired rendition of Birth Of The Blues.
Turkuaz with Everyone’s A Winner except all of us.
Why you may ask, well my daughter Honora who had them booked for her venue in Buffalo this week at The Town Ballroom was informed by their booking agent than they have sadly broken up and that it truly unfortunate news.
Loved their sound and was looking forward to seeing them again, but alas, there is no more music from this talented group to go hear or see.
Before Turkuaz new music from the not so heavy weight hitter anymore, because he’s dropped some serious poundage, Joey De Francisco on his Hammond B3 Organ with, Soul Dancing.
And Ray Charles opened up set two with Birth Of The Blues.
We open set three with a flash from the past.
From the year 1973 this is Humble Pie with Black Coffee.
That was Mick Jagger covering Bill Withers great hit Use Me.
Before Mick was The Rockets with their cover of Oh Well.
Before The Rockets, new music from Joss Stone.
We heard, Never Forget My Love and Humble Pie sailed us into set three with Black Coffee.
And now Collin and I get to sail the mothership back to port until show 423.
I’m your host for Friday Music Tim McCormack who is apply aided out in California by Collin McCormack.
And as always we remind you to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music.
We close out the day with music from the group The Revivalist with the toon Criminal.
So until we all gather around that mystical musical fire to warm our ears in a mutual love of the music, We wish you a bodacious Friday and peace y’all!
Collin, kick it!
Good morning my friends and welcome back aboard the Mothership for Friday Music show 421.
This last week I finally broke loose from the pandemic’s sway over being able to attend and see live music, that’s right see music.
Not only once but actually twice and we will be hearing from both groups today and we are going to start off with the group I heard last Friday night accompanying a visual presentation at the Rochester planetarium.
These boys flat out left me speechless.
The son of my brother Russ Conlon.
Sean Conlon is the very talented bass player of the group.
This is Rochester New York’s own, Vanishing Sun and the cut is Exalted.
Treat Me Like Fire from Lion Babe.
Before Lion Babe, two sisters that my daughter Mailli turned me on to.
They were discovered and taken under the wings of Beyoncé.
From their 2020 album The Kids Are Alright we heard Down by Chloe x Halle.
Before the talented sisters we heard Ghost-Note with Funk You MuthFunka.
Mixer before that by Amber Mark and we push off from our moorings today with Exalted by Vanishing Sun.
We cruise on into set two today With the beautiful standard by Hoagy Carmichael, reimagine by bassist Rob Wasserman with the uniquely beautiful voice of Aaron Neville.
This is Stardust.
Black Joe Louis & The Honeybears with Bitch I Love You.
Nice to know romance isn’t dead.
Before Joe and the Honeybears We heard Karl Denison with Hang Me Out To Dry.
Before Karl, Zach Deputy with Put It In The Boogie.
BROS before that with Boogar Sugre.
And we began set two with the beautiful Stardust by Ron Wasserman and Aaron Neville.
Dee Dee Bridgewater has the honor of kicking off set number three with a little thing titled, Why Am I Treated So Bad.
I don’t know Dee Dee, but sing it for us anyways.
Make Me Feel by Janelle Monae.
I’d rather like that cut.
Before Janel we heard Richard Bono along with John legend and a really nice piece titled, Please Don’t Stop.
And Dee Dee Bridgewater got us started on set three with Why Am I Treated So Bad.
Well there we have it my friends we have logged another Friday Music show into the memory banks of the Mothership , but I did tell you I saw live music twice last week and we finish up today with the group I saw with once again brother Russ Conlon on Wednesday night at my daughters venue the Town Ballroom in Buffalo New York.
This is Lettuce, who performed a flawless amazing show.
The cut is Do It Like You Do, and remember I’m Tim McCormack your host for Friday Music along side my brother in arms Collin McCormack who executive produces our weekly shows and we remind you as we always do, to be safe, be kind and may all your Fridays be filled with music and untill we meet up again next time have yourselves a bodacious Friday, and peace y’all!
Collin, let it rip.