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| K-ROCK - Corner Brook, Newfoundland (CKXX 103.9 FM) - "Western Newfoundland's Classic Rock" |  |
| Playlist while I listened: Journey - "Wheel In the Sky" Local Reference: | |
"The Free Electric Band" comes from Albert Hammond's 1973 album of the same name (pictured at right). The song was apparently a pretty big hit back in '73, reaching #48 in the US and #19 in the UK. But I've never heard it played on the radio myself, not back then or any time since, so I guess it didn't get airplay around here.
However, I discovered the tune due to its inclusion on a K-Tel record (also from 1973) I had called Fantastic. K-Tel records will always be part of music nostalgia for people of my generation. Remember the TV commercials? "A great new album from K-Tel!" Here's the TV spot for Fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl8zT2T7yX0 K-Tel albums were full of Top 40 singles, most of which had been edited to ribbons to fit as many songs as possible on the disc. "The Free Electric Band" was no exception, having its third verse trimmed, so that the song went from the Bridge/Chorus directly to the Outro. But having discovered the song that way, I've liked it ever since.
Above is a flock of origami turkeys that I folded myself this week to have as decorations at Thanksgiving dinner.
From the 1985 album Running Wild.
Drawn from the 1971 album Distant Light, the single "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" actually had more success in other countries than it did in The Hollies' native UK. There the song topped out at #32 on the charts. In the US it reached #2, while it was a #1 chart-topping hit in both Canada and Australia. Tabbed here is the Intro.
| KX96 - Brandon, Manitoba (CKX-FM 96.1) - "Westman's Best Rock" |  |
| Playlist while I listened: Doucette - "Mama Let Him Play" Local Reference: | |
This song is one part Newfoundland, one part Alberta, and one part Rudyard Kipling. Interesting mix. Taken from Big Sugar's 2001 CD Brothers & Sisters, Are You Ready?, the track is sung from the point of view of a down on his luck Newfoundlander, forced to leave his home (and loathe to do so) due to lack of employment, who is heading for the Alberta oil and natural gas fields where work is plentiful. "A Canadian story song" is how Big Sugar front man Gordie Johnson often introduces the tune in concert (including when I saw them at The Sound Of Music Festival in Burlington, Ontario back in June).
The song's title comes from a Rudyard Kipling quote. During a 1907 trip through Canada, witnissing the flares from the natural gas fields of Alberta inspired the famed English writer to comment, "This part of the country seems to have all hell for a basement, and the only trap door appears to be in Medicine Hat."
The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/bigsugar-allhellforabasement.txt
Audio (studio recording):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArfQzFpIM4
Live:
(click on image to enlarge)
I've written here before about how much I like Jackson Hawke's debut album Forever (1976). (here) "She's the One" was the second single released from the album, the follow-up single to "You Can't Dance".
The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/jacksonhawke-shestheone.txt
Audio:
