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Tune in to The Grapevine this Wednesday, December 12th, for an enjoyable hour of conversation & sounds with local music producer (and all-around long-time supporter of all things music in Davis) Bill Fairfield. Bill's Davis roots run deep in the fertile Yolo County music soil and we will have the excellent opportunity to talk to him about Davis music history including the infectious rhythmic path that led from the Spydels to local favorites Mumbo Gumbo. And of course, the hour will not be complete without exploring the background of the annual "Home For The Holidays" benefit show that Bill produces in support of the Davis public schools arts programs.

Here's a link to the HFTH event:

http://www.billyfairfield.com/

And here is a direct link to the broadcast recorded on 12/12/12:

http://www.kdrt.org/node/10989

Enjoy!

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WED. Dec. 12th show will have some fun explaining the FISCAL CLIFF through music. Featured will be an eclectic mix of artists. I had a blast putting it together.
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Coming up tonight!
Sweet Emma & Her Dixieland Boys *
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra *
Erroll Garner *
Art Pepper & Sonny Redd *
Art Pepper *
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis *
Ahmad Jamal *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Vince Guaraldi Trio *
Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan *
Abdullah Ibrahim *
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall *

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This week LISTENING LYRICS takes a look at St. Nicholas Day (DEC. 5) as celebrated in Holland. Why Holland? Well you see in Holland this day is huge for the children - its when they receive their Christmas gifts. So lets mix it up with some music and enjoy the show

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Listening Lyrics will spend an hour with local artist Evan Clayburg. Program will air 11/28/12 at 2:00PM on KDRT 95.7
Evan Clayburg, a Davis resident who, 2 years ago, ventured from Chicago to visit his cousin and now Davis is home. Evan, is a self-trained musician, visual and performance artist. Evan was eight years old when he picked up the guitar and has played in various DIY (do it yourself) bands over the years. He is currently involved in 3 local bands, Ennui Trust, White Hole, and Loner. Ennui Trust currently finished a west coast tour with a stint in Canada.
His visual and performance art has been shown and performed thru out northern California

Coming up tonight!
Benny Goodman *
Abe Most *
Herb Ellis *
Doris Day *
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Gene Ammons *
Jacy Parker *
Ahmad Jamal *
Mongo Santamaria *
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson *
Antônio Carlos Jobim *
Ron Carter *
George Benson *

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This week LISTENING LYRICS will offer some songs exploring thanksgiving through enabling.
My special guest will be Jack Edwards.
Aside from talking about his Peace Corps experience Jack will talk about his real passion the last number of years. Since his retirement from Cummins Jack has developed a career volunteering for an amazing social entrepreneurship non-profit called Ashoka. With this group he’s been traveling the breadth of Latin America evaluating potential social entrepreneurs for viability to then assist financially and with the necessary and continuing ‘underpinnings’ to ensure that, once begun, a newly formed business will be successful. Should be a fascinating discussion; personally, I see it as a great way to for all of us to enter the Thanksgiving weekend.

Hiya K-DIRT Listeners!

The Golden Road is feeling mighty thankful...to broadcast a weekly show featuring the music of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and the sounds of Northern California is a wonderful opportunity. Since the month of November holds many fond memories for me, each broadcast of The Golden Road for Novemeber 2012 features music recorded live IN November! And since i'm feeling so thankful, and Thanksgiving IS right around the corner, I would like to host a little trivia contest.

The lucky winner will receive the 3 disc official vault release, "Grateful Dead Road Trips, Volume 4, Number 3 Live from Denver, Colorado". This excellent release was recorded live on November 20 & 21, 1973.

Here are the questions:

1. The song "Bertha" is about an appliance. What kind?

2. Phil Lesh once said, "It is safe to say that if we all had one wish, it would be that....". What was the one thing Phil wished for?

3. The Grateful Dead played more shows in a legendary San Francisco music venue than any other. What was the name of the venue?

Wed. 11/14/12 at 2:00 PM
Country music has evolved in many directions. This weeks LISTENING LYRICS takes a look at the ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY scene. Within this genre lies a rich and awesome collection of singer song writers.[img_assist|nid=10754|title=ALTERnative Country|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=95]

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The election is over but lets listen to some tunes to reflect what happened and where we go.
A fun non partisan hour of music