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Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday December 4th, 2012

The Tuesday night rock and roll flying circus, rodeo and tent revival hit the airwaves and nailed it, thanks to a playlist that included:
The Band - the preshow was a lot of unreleased material from the The Last Waltz, including the long, long jam that occurred at the end of the night
The show concentrated on a couple of themes. It's well known that yes, I theme Tuesdays. We spent almost a year going back to Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Son House, Elmore James, Lightning Hopkins, Bo Diddley and the like. People like Townes VanZandt, Gram Parsons, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie, Waylon, Kris and Johnny are heard here often, but the question is this. How did a long-haired 16 year old in 1974 in the Midwest get turned on to the blues and country to begin with? Simple, it was the major bands of the era, and you know what. 2012 has been as great a year as any year in the mid-70's:
John Fogerty - Hey Tonight
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Swamp Music
The Allman Brothers Band - Done Somebody Wrong
The Eagles - Doolin Dalton
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Wanna Rock and Roll
American Aquarium - Cape Fear River
Reckless Kelly - Back In the USA
Cody Canada & The Departed - Hobo
Lucero - Women and Work
North Mississippi Allstars - Rollin' and Tumblin'
As always, thanks for supporting the show, the artists and the music. It's really about that -  the music - and supporting those folks who come through your town, and getting out to see people live, buying their music, keeping them eating. Please share this as many ways as humanly possible; FB, Twitter, Google +, Reddit, email. I thank you personally for your continued support.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Thursday November 29th, 2012

Fellow members of the high church of rock and roll, fellow members of the congregation of soulfullness, roots and truth, brothers and sisters of the gospel of the Desolation Angel, the Thursday night service was held, souls were saved through the salvation of 3-bar blues, songwriting, 4 chords, a head on an amp with the voltage turned down, gritty down to saturate those tubes and the message was delivered:
The pre-show, if you tuned in, was some old Dire Straits, and some old Allman Brothers straight off the boards.
Jerry Jeff Walker - Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail
Townes VanZandt - Lungs
Gram Parsons - Streets of Baltimore
Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round
JD Mcpherson - Dimes for Nickels
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nichols - Wreck and Ruin
Whitey Morgan & The 78's - Long Road Home
Doop & The Inside Outlaws - Sittin' Here
Chris Dupont - A Thousand Miles
Tom Russell - The Death of Jimmy Martin
John Prine - Jesus, The Missing Years
The White Buffalo - The Whistler
Thanks so much for being part of what we're doing here. Whether you know it, or not, you're part of a revolution in music. The independent broadcasters, like this one, are trying to keep the music and the songs alive and keep the corporate labels and radio stations from swallowing music whole and turning it all into pod-people, cookie cutter, sound alike music, and by listening you're supporting that. Now, as the producer, director and host of the program, I don't charge you for landing here on the podcast site and listening to the music, or jumping the live feed into the studio during the broadcast, but what I'd like you to do is to share this as many ways as humanly possible; FB, Twitter, Google +, email and get the word out. I can depend on you to do that, can't I?
Peace,
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday November 27th, 2012

Desolation Angel Radio rolled on into town on Tuesday, and we hit it hard -
The pre-show - Gary Clark Jr., if you've not heard this young man, I've got bootlegs and music straight off his soundboard that most folks don't have, and a more fitting artist to play on what was Jimi Hendrix's 70th birthday, you couldn't find.
The show itself:
Steve Forbert - Baby, I Know
Mike June & The Wilson Street Refugees - Hey, Woody Guthrie
John Wesley Harding - There's a Starbucks (Where A Starbucks Used To Be)
Chatham County Line - Route 23
Rodriguez - Inner City Blues
Gary Clark Jr. - Glitter Ain't Gold
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Outfit
CW Ayon - End of My Rope
The Believers - Railroad Spikes and Shotgun Shells
Will Hoge - Jesus Came To Tennessee
Thanks for being part of the revolution in radio, in broadcasting, in music. Thanks for supporting independent broadcasters who won't take advertisers and sponsors, won't let ClearChannel dictate their playlists. Thanks for supporting artists who won't play by the big 3 labels rules. Share this as many ways as you possibly can; FB, Twitter, Google +, Email. That's the price I ask of you for putting the show together and broadcasting it, nothing more, and it's not much of anything to ask from you if you enjoy the music and the show. Please don't just consider doing it, but do it, and support the music.
Kip