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Hello There K-Dirt listeners...in a special edition of The Golden Road, we will be playing some choice material from Bob Dylan's incredible 4 album run from 1963 to 1967. In addition to hearing excerpts from "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Bringing It All Back Home" and "Blonde On Blonde", you will hear recordings of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia performing Dylan tunes in concert.

Tune in for the live broadcast on Sunday, March 6th from 7 to 9 pm, or the replays on Friday, March 11th from 10 pm to 12 Midnight and Saturday, March 12th from 3 to 5 pm. And, of course, you can always check out this show and the rest of the excellent programming via this website.

Here's a clip that sums up a good deal of went down in our country at a very special time in our history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcx9BJRadfw

And some final lyrics (that didn't appear on the cover version The Byrds did) from "Mr. Tambourine Man"

Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Claude Bolling
Coleman Hawkins with Thelma Carpenter
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie Big Band with Ella Fitzgerald
Sidney Bechet
Nat King Cole
Stan Kenton
Earl Hines
Gerry Mulligan
Dave Brubeck with Carmen McRae
John Coltrane
Hubert Laws
Stanley Turrentine

This spring, Davis voters will vote yes or no by mail on an emergency, two-year, $200 parcel tax to raise money for Davis public schools. If Measure A wins at least two-thirds approval, Davis will have three school parcel taxes in effect at the same time. Davis voters almost always vote yes on questions like these. But the major employer in town -- government -- is facing fresh, severe, payroll-hacking cuts of its own. UC Davis alone anticipates another 450 to 500 job losses soon. Richard Harris, school board president, came by Davisville this week to talk about the tax, why the board put it on the ballot, and related issues that include continuing step-and-column pay raises, the programs Measure A would preserve, and more. We also hear via email from John Munn, a skeptic of the tax in its earlier form but who has decided not to oppose Measure A. Listen in at http://www.kdrt.org/node/4803

Hey K-Dirt Listeners!

I'll be sitting in this evening for Dr. Strangely Strange on the Magical Music Box. And you know what that means dontcha? That's right...show piracy in all it's glory! Tune in to hear plenty of ringing guitars, pulsating amps and wonderful harmony vocals courtesy of John Hiatt, Neil Young, CSNY and also some excellent material from the Mother Hips and selected tracks from their new record, "Pacific Dust".

Here's a vid..."White Falcon Fuzz" by The Hips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmDsfPKKPM

Enjoy!

Ramsey Lewis * Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines * Benny Goodman * Coleman Hawkins * Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywwod And His Orchestra * Sidney Bechet * Ella Fitzgerald * Boots Randolph * Miles Davis * Winifred Atwell * Louis Prima & Phil Harris * Dean Martin * Antonio Carlos Jobim * Frank Sinatra * George Benson * Chuck Mangione

Hey folks,
I am posting the full playlist for shows in the playlist section now. You can check it there.
New out this week, is Heyokas new album Mandelbass
This weeks show was inspired by all the rain. I played alot of songs with rain in the title.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
thanks
Vee

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … and today we’re feelin good

http://kdrt.org/station/archives/123

1) Sittin On Top of the World, Jack Cooke 2:27
2) Groovin Slowly, John Butler Trio 4:47
3) Feelin Good, Joe Bonamassa 4:47

Everything Good between Men and Women
by C. D. Wright
has been written in mud and butter
and barbecue sauce. The walls and
the floors used to be gorgeous.
The socks off-white and a near match.
The quince with fire blight
but we get two pints of jelly
in the end. Long walks strengthen
the back. You with a fever blister
and myself with a sty. Eyes
have we and we are forever prey
to each other’s teeth. The torrents
go over us. Thunder has not harmed
anyone we know. The river coursing
through us is dirty and deep. The left
hand protects the rhythm. Watch
your head. No fires should be
unattended. Especially when wind. Each
receives a free swiss army knife.
The first few tongues are clearly
preparatory. The impression
made by yours I carry to my grave. It is
just so sad so creepy so beautiful.
Bless it. We have so little time
to learn, so much... The river

http://kdrt.org/node/4301

The December 7 show just went over 1000 downloads! I'm not sure who is listening to it, but thanks for your support for jazz on KDRT!

Ella Fitzgerald/Ray Charles Singers
Jimmie Noone & Earl Hines
Benny Goodman
Charlie Parker Quintet
James Moody And His Bop Men With Art Blakey
Count Basie
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Billie Holiday

-- cool jazz for the second half hour:
Tony Bennett (with Dave Brubeck)
Oscar Peterson
Paul Desmond
Jimmy Rushing
Dave Brubeck
Mose Allison
Miles Davis
James Moody
Al Jarreau

For the Feb. 14 show, I interviewed the guy who does "Live Tracks" at KDRT, also known as my brother, Jim. We talked about his Thursday night program, a little about his experience as sound engineer for "Davisville," then headed into deeper waters with some questions about life in the 50s -- our 50s, that is. He and I talk about stuff like this all the time. I thought, why not try to capture some of that on the radio. And he was game, I hope not to his regret :-)

A mental image that might stick with you from this program is, Beware of collecting ashtrays. What starts out as fun becomes, after 30 years, a room full of things you have to step around. And don't make the mistake of thinking that comment is really about ashtrays.

If "Davisville" were ever presented as a boxed set, this experiment would be a hidden track. http://www.kdrt.org/node/4717