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Greasy Tracks marked 26 years on the air at WRTC on May 8 and to celebrate the anniversary there was a three-hour feature on Steve Marriott with special attention paid to the music of The Small Faces and Humble Pie. Click here to check out an archive of the program, while a playlist is here. As the front …
Dec. 28, 2015 (Program No. 914)Powderfinger — Neil YoungAll Your Lonely Hours — Pousette-Dart BandIf I Say It, It’s So — Nils LofgrenBoston Rag — Steely DanJigsaw Puzzle — Rolling StonesAt The Crossroads — Mott The HoopleNever Goin’ Back To Georgia — Blues MagoosGo Back Home — Stephen StillsValleys of Neptune — Jimi HendrixMailbox — …
Dec. 30, 2017 (Program No. 1,044)Soul Walkin’ — Reggie SmithDorado — Blue MitchellAt The Soul-In — Count Yates & Rhythm CrusadersIf You Can Hully Gully — Ike & Tina TurnerFunky Pretty — Beach BoysRunnin’ Back To Saskatoon — The Guess WhoAlbert’s Shuffle — Al Kooper-Michael BloomfieldFunky Ax — Spaghetti HeadJanuary’s Search — ColosseumSummer Is Fading …
April 13, 2024, Program No. 1,387Freedom — Bobby LesterRoll It Over — Derek and The DominosJust A Song — Dave MasonDave Mason InterviewHope I Never Find Me There — TrafficFeelin’ Alright — Isaac Hayes & The OsmondsShouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave — Aesops FablesTalk To Me — Dave MasonFeelin’ Alright — Max CreekPleasing …
Call it a collision of rock and jazz as the Dec. 4 edition of Greasy Tracks featured the San Francisco collective Mushroom as well as an array of Krautrock-meets-Canterbury Scene-type music, genres usually linked to Mushroom, a band that cannot be labeled.
The April 13 edition of Greasy Tracks featured an interview with and a feature on Dave Mason. Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here. Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam comes to the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport on May 24 with the Beach Boys. The program went deep and wide when it comes to Mason’s career, from …
The April 6 edition of Greasy Tracks featured the recently released live gem, Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out! (Owsley Stanley Foundation). Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here. The three-CD collection captures Country Joe McDonald, Kate Wolf, Rosalie Sorrels, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and John Kahn in an acoustic setting on April …
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The March 23 edition of Greasy Tracks featured an interview with JJ Grey who discussed the recently released Olustee (Alligator), the first album by he and Mofro in nine-plus years. Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here. With nearly a quarter century of recording and performing under his belt, Grey’s experience is evident on the latest …
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The March 16 edition of Greasy Tracks focused on Carol Kaye, one of the most recorded bassists in history and a legend when it comes to studio work. Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here. In addition to featuring music from across her illustrious career, there was an interview with Kaye who provided insight to a …
The March 2 edition of Greasy Tracks featured an interview with drummer Roger Earl who discussed the recent release of Foghat’s Sonic Mojo. Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here. Earl talked about how the new album — the band’s first in seven years — came about, including a touching insight on Kim Simmonds’ co-writing three …