The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – April 10, 2025

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 9:00pm | Russ Tolman

Music programs are only online for two weeks after they are broadcast.

This evening on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, catch some cool tunes from the Mekons, Ian & Sylvia, the Pretenders, Rob Wasserman & Cheryl Bentyne, Swamp Dogg, and more. Listen up at 9 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 fm, streaming at KDRT.org and your favorite podcasting applications!

Playlist

The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour playlist for 04/10/2025

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 9:00pm | Russ Tolman

Thu, 04/10/2025

The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Link
Jessica Pratt	Life Is
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Just Like Honey
The Mekons	You're Not Singing Anymore
The Pretenders	Kid
Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain
John Martyn	Over Hill
Depedro, Calexico	Two Parts in One
Dan Janisch	I Dream of You
JS Ondara	Lebanon
Rob Wasserman & Cheryl Bentyne	Angel Eyes
Tom Waits	Foreign Affair
Cass McCombs	Priestess
Swamp Dogg	Rocky Racoon
Silverada	New Madrid

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About Russ Tolman

Russ first landed in Davis in 1976, quickly ensconcing himself in the somewhat welcoming arms of KDVS, where he did a show under his own name and the moniker Dexter Deadbolt until 1986. Along the way, Tolman met fellow K-Deviants Steve Wynn and Kendra Smith, who along with Gavin Blair and Steve Suchil formed Davis's first new wave band, Suspects. Steve and Kendra left for LA, eventually forming the Dream Syndicate. Russ and Gavin reunited in True West, who in the course of their two albums crisscrossed the U.S. multiple times; were singled out in a Rolling Stone feature in 1984; toured Europe and the U.K., making the front pages of the big three music publications of the day: the NME, Melody Maker, and Sounds; and opened for REM on their 1985 Fables of the Reconstruction tour, after which Russ left the band.

On the radio side with the handle Ranger Russ, Tolman was among the original DJ line-up of KYLO "Grassroots Radio," which started up in Davis in '79 playing folk, outlaw country, swing, honky tonk, and what-have-you. Russ eventually became program director until getting the axe in '83, just in time for True West's first tour.

Along with the release of his first solo album, Totem Poles and Glory Holes (recorded in Davis), Russ moved south to LA in 1986. Seven more albums have followed over the years. Russ is currently writing for his ninth, which he plans to record in Nashville.

Tolman is excited to be back in the radio saddle. After a recent couple-year stint on internet start-up Gimme Country, Russ is ready to get his feet back on the ground with some good old terrestrial broadcasting. Join him for a musical whirlwind on the Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour.