Desolation Angel Radio

The hills are calling, and it sounds like the blues

This week is firmly rooted in the Hill Country of North Mississippi, with a taste of Memphis, some Red Dirt, some definite Detroit sweat and blood, an entire serving of New Orleans funk and swamp and the usual suspects from underground Country and XXX artists and bands.
Blocks from the North Mississippi Allstars and their bloodline: Junior Kimbrough and Otha Turner, along with the Hill Country Revue.
NOLA being represented by Anders Osborne, Amanda Shaw, The Rebirth Brass Brand, Trombone Shorty, Brian Stultz and more.
Detroit being paid respect to by Doop and The Inside Outlaws, Pat V. and The Detroit 3, String of Ponies and Screamray
Red Dirt from Stoney Larue and Mike McClure
XXX artists like The Drive-By Truckers and Dave Alvin
All for you, and all music that's passionate, intense, raw, true, authentic and close to the bone and blood.
Share the hell of out of this using the little Green share button below, Share it on Facebook, Twitter and anywhere you can, it's not about me, it's about these artists and this music, and as always, thanks for being a fan, for listening and taking the time.
The Desolation Angel
Kip

Where it came from . . . .

Where it all came from, the playlist that runs inside the Desolation Angel's head all the time. Music from the '70's that was happening in my life at the time when I was the kid hanging out down at Boogie Records and ripping and running on the roads, backroads and byways of West Michigan. The stuff you may not readily remember.
What you won't hear this week, because I'm under the assumption that anyone who's a serious student of  music already owns every cut or has heard every cut from: The Beatles, Hank Sr., Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Janis, Jimi, The Sun Studios catalog, the Chess Studios catalog, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers. They're important, they're critical and they're foundational.
What you will hear, the stuff that was always playing, on vinyl, on my turntable, and formed the foundation, the elements of my musical education. The "other" stuff. Enjoy, it's not nostalgia, it's like a class in American music and what it was like to grow up in West Michigan.
Peace out,
The Desolation Angel
Kip

Earn it. . .every day. . .every way

Earn it, every day, in every way. This week's show full of artists and bands that have earned it, and keep earning it every day. Go see a show by any one of the folks here this week and you won't find pyro, lasers or a B and C screen video. Hell, their lighting trusses are even simple. What you get is hard working people who know that you work hard too, and spent your hard earned money on their show, or their CD, and they appreciate it, and give every ounce of blood, sweat, energy and passion they can and make you feel like they know you.
Still the only show on the radio that can bring you authentic, raw, passionate, real, down to the bone and close to the blood music. The only show on the radio that can combine Chris Isaak, Hank III, Bob Seger, Tom Waits, Kid Rock, Lyle Lovett, The Kentucky Headhunters, Dave Alvin, Grand Funk and huge chunks of unsigned, underappreciated bands and and make it work. Full blocks of XXX Outlaw artists, Inside Outlaw bands, the roster of Top Dog Records, Bloodshot records, Farmageddon records, Michigan bands and Texas Songwriters.
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No cheesy Halloween show shit here, just real music.
Peace out,
Kip

Why they do what they do. . . .

This week's show includes a big Mitten (Michigan block) and a big block of XXX Outlaw artists, both in the second half of the show: The Great Tribulation, Rachel Brooke, String of Ponies, Doop and the Inside Outlaws, Ty, Scott H. Biram, Hellbound Glory, High or Hellwater, Have Gun Will Travel, Jimbo Mathus, Nick 13 and more.
I was asked why do what I do. Good question, why? It's simple, really. These artists don't get played on commercial radio, don't get played anywhere except satellite or the Internet, and they don't compromise. They're visceral, real, authentic, passionate, raw and every other adjective in that vein I can think of. They deserve it. I do it, because I can't hear the music I love, unless I do this (and I think you'll love too), or at the least, a very small number, a very few Internet stations that do it too. I do it because the music "industry", is just that, an industry. They couldn't care less whether or not they were selling you cans of tomato soup, boots or a CD; to them it's all about profit margin, units moved and using their consultants and profilers to make sure that the "product" they're pushing fits the right parameters, has the right notes, in the right sequence that have been focus group tested to make sure that it will sell the maximum number of units, period. Most music industry executives don't think much of you, don't think much of their musicians and bands, don't know that much about music, and don't know shit about rock and roll, and in fact, know that the particular product they're hyping isn't worth a heaping, smelly pile of dung, but it's all about the corporate profit margin.
So that's why I do what I do, make sure that people who haven't been bought and sold by the system get played and get heard, and for that, I can only thank you all for a growing listenership who appreciates real music, good music and understands that American roots music; music that touches on the blues, on rock and roll, on country, on bluegrass and gospel is the most important form of art that American culture has ever produced.
The first half of the show pretty much will twist your head around and whip back and forth between the blues and roots music that touches on the American landscape. Incredible songwriters like Joe Henry and Tom Russell. Musicians like Steve Cropper, B.B. King, Garland Jeffreys, John Doe, Gary Clark, Jr., Ryan Adams and more. Bands like American Taxi and musicians like Jim McCarty, they're all here this week. A long gone forgotten cut from The Hourglass Band, Duane and Greg's first band and one you may have forgotten about from Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on tour with Eric Clapton.
Thanks for being a listener and supporter, thanks for being part of something that is important, real and vital.
Remember to support people like Shooter over Give Me My XXX and Bryan over at Ninebullets radio.
Please comment and rate, and most importantly. Share it! Share it on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and e-mail. The podcast is also available now on iTunes as free subscription, and most important of all, TURN IT UP and DANCE!
Peace out,
Kip

From the heart(land) . . . . .

This week, a playlist full of the music that we always play here: raw, authentic, passionate and close to bone and down in the blood. Music close to home and close to the heart.
Michigan music makers who pour it all out in that renegade, outlaw style that draws outside the lines and refuses to color with the right crayons. The Inside Outlaws; Ty Stone, Doop and the Inside Outlaws, String of Ponies and people like Rae Rae, Jeni Lee Richey and The Great Tribulation, String of Ponies, Mike Struwin and Bone Orchard Revival
GiveMeMyXXX artists like Scott H. Biram, Rachel Brooke (another Michigan girl), High or Hellwater, Have Gun Will Travel
Music from old masters like Willie Nelson and Jerry Lee Lewis and contributions from Ryan Adams and others.
My commitment is this to you. The show stays commercial free, sponsor free and will always play true music, not commercial crap. You won't hear Top 40 hits here, you won't hear Young Country and you won't hear Classic Rock, but you will hear it the way music flows through an artist's soul, you'll hear their aural and sonic vision the way they want you hear it. If you're from Michigan, the Great Lakes somewhere, if you're an artist who doesn't fit comfortably into a category but gets thrown into Americana/Roots/Country/Rock/Blues as one big mishmash, this is your home.
Remember to Share this anyway possible; FB, Twitter, Email whatever. It's not about me, it's about these artists and making sure people hear them, keep them eating and playing. You can always find me, Kip Williams on FB or on Twitter as kip_williams. It's important to remember that music didn't die with the Baby Boom, it wasn't born in the 60's and finished in the '70's. It's vital, alive and right now and real.
Peace out,
Kip

That's how it's done

ATTN: Guitar shredders, harp players, blues aficionados, those of you who have the music down in your hearts, blood and let it take the wheel of your passion. Disciples of soul, acolytes of the altar of the High Church of Rock and Roll, this is how it's done.
Albums, artists and bands you haven't heard in a while, or heard from:
Johnny Winter, Steve Cropper, Ana Popovic, Joanne Shaw Taylor, George Thorogood, Jimmy Vaughan and Ry Cooder
The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Band, Joe Cocker with Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Merle Haggard
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chris Whitley and Dan Baird
And a salute to Michigan (Thank you, Tigers and Lions) with Bob Seger, The Rockets and Ty Stone.
And a list of guest stars sitting in; Buddy Guy, BB King, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Brian May, Lucinda Williams and more
And an old "lost" vinyl cut, from Cowboy (the Hourglass Band) with Duane sitting in.
If you're a guitar player, a band member, a singer or songwriter who goes for the music that we play here; raw, authentic, passionate, close to the bone, true to the blood music, and this is how it's done. Consider it a tutorial.
As always, free and podcasted up from the broadcast, straight to you commercial-free and advertising free. The cost? Share the hell out of this, use the little Green share button below, use "Share" on FB, use Twitter, Google+, whatever, but share it, it's about the music and these artists.
Support these artists, go see them on tour, buy their CD's straight from their websites. Go check out Shooter and GiveMeMyXXX over at their website there, and support it all.
Thanks for being part of this, and being part of the music and part of my life. It's all good
Kip

The ties that bind. . . . .

It's in the blood. Period. That's the way it is.
This week's show takes on the family ties and how music runs in the blood and through the soul. The everyday, blue collar, sweat, grime and blood folks that through hard work, authenticity and staying true to what they believed, became royalty in American music.
The Williams (all 3 Hanks), the Jennings family (Waylon, Shooter and Struggle), the Cash-Carter-Crowell gang, the Nelson's (Willie and Lukas). 6 string guitar gunslingers from the Allman-Trucks connection (Skydog, Duane and his nephew, Derek), The Vaughan's (Stevie Ray and Jimmie), the Earle's (Steve and Justin Townes, like father, like son, in all ways). The Dickinson's (Jim and his sons, Luther and Cody, The North Mississippi All-Stars), and the Helm's (Levon and Amy). The list goes on and there's a twist or two in there, a story or three you probably didn't know, and in every case, cuts that you've probably not heard, in styles that you didn't know that they played in.
In this week's homegrown segment, my bro Steve Lewis, with his version of Nine-Inch Nails "Hurt".
Strap in, hang on, and get ready for another blast down Desolation Row with the Angel. Music that's close to the bone, true, authentic and real from artists and bands who refuse to compromise, and whose artistic integrity means far more than a fat recording contract based on some slick producer's idea of "music".
As always, a big shout-out to Shooter, who provided some of the tracks for this week from the www.givememyxxx.com website. Visit over there for some cuts from these artists, and for other broadcasts just like this one. Share the shit out of this folks, that's the only price that I ever ask. It's always commercial-free, sponsor-free and supported for sheer love of the music for people just like you. No subscriptions required, just a simple share on FB, Twitter or by e-mail.
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Peace out, rock and roll forever
Kip

The man in black fled across the desert. . .and the Gunslinger followed after

Folks, it's back, and in a big way. All the authenticity, rawness, passion and true, close to the bone music you can stand. American music. Music too rock for country, too country for rock. Music that has the blues, and the sweat, toil, blood, dreams and hopes of an entire society threading it's way through the mix.
My heartfelt thanks to all of you for keeping this going and keeping it alive while I was down with some technical problems, and I'm an extremely fortunate human being to have had all the cards fall into place the way they have to be back up and running about a week ahead of schedule.
Artist after artist this week. Shooter and his dad, Waylon. Joe Ely, Steve Earle and Justin Townes Earle. The North Mississippi All-Stars and the Drive-By Truckers, and an appearance by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit. Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, playing together and Kris. Scott H. Biram, Jimbo Mathus, Left Lane Cruiser, Black Diamond Heavies, Joe Buck Yourself. Chris Knight, Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Cody Canada & The Departed. Gary Clark, Jr. and Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men. High or Hellwater, Kevin Welch, Kevin Deal, My Morning Jacket, The Randy Rogers Band and Stoney Larue. Doc Daily and Magnolia Devil, Ryan Bingham and 3 master songwriters; Jackson Browne, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Robert Earl Keen.
More coolness, more hipness and more of what you've come to expect. All the technical glitches ironed out and just plain more of everything.
Again, my heartfelt thanks to everyone who kept it alive, and my thanks to Shooter for his support. Make sure to visit www.givememyxxx.com and check out all of these artists, and even more broadcasts like this one, it's not a competition, it's about keeping the music alive and supporting and loving one another.
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Sincerely, I love y'all. You're the best, and even if you think I don't know who you are or what you've done, I do and I'm grateful for it.
The Desolation Angel
Kip