Lin Brehmer's Shelter In Place Playlist

WXRT's Lin Brehmer  has come up with a list of songs to tide you over and lift your spirit with this "V" Thing.

He sure did a good job in his selections:

1.   BETTER THINGS--  Kinks

2.  THREE LITTLE BIRDS--  Bob Marley

3.  SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW/ WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD--  Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

4.  COUNT ON ME--  The Lone Bellow

5.  GET TOGETHER--  Youngbloods

6.  LET THE DAY BEGIN--  The Call

7.  HEROES--  David Bowie

8.  THIS IS THE DAY--   The The

9.  DEAR ABBY--  John Prine

10.  GOLDEN SLUMBERS MEDLEY--   Beatles

And, even better, you can go to the WXRT site and to this list where every one of these songs can be played.

And, remember, in just a little bit, WXRT, 93.1 FM begins its Saturday Morning Flashback to 1983.  It's three hours from 9 to noon of music from 1981 BC.  (Before You-Know-What).  It streams.

Job Well Done, Lin.  --RoadDog

Laughter Helps With the "V"  (To the tune of "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover."):

"Don't Visit Your Gran, Jan.
Wipe Down Every Toy, Roy.
Don't Hoard All the Food, Dude.
Please Buy Sensibly."

WLS Top 40 for Week of April 13, 1970-- Part 3: "Hey Lawdy Mama"

30.  CECILIA--  Simon & Garfunkel      #4   Probably my favorite song by them.  Always brings a smile to me.  From the album "Bridge Over troubled Water."  Follow up to "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

29.  NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS--  Bill Deal & Rhondells      #62    Beach Music   Charted in Canada.  Reached #2 in Adelaide, Australia.  From New York City.  You don't usually think of Beach Music and New York City together.

28.  HEY LAWDY MAMA--  Steppenwolf      #35     Good cruisin' music, be it car or cycle.  One of their better lesser-known songs.  Formed in Los Angeles in 1967.

27.  RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA--  Brook Benton     #4   Is there a better belly-rubbin' song?  What a great start to the song.    Old School slow Soul.   Written by Tony Joe White.

26.  LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY--  Friends of Distinction--    #6    I had forgotten about this one.   But, it brings back pure college memories.  Their biggest hit was "Grazing in the Grass."

Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM will be going back to 1981 today for its Saturday Morning Flashback from 9 to noon CDST.  It streams.  Takes you back to BC (Before You-Know-What).   It streams.  I'll be listening.  One of my favorite years of a favorite decade.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You're Shakin' My Confidence Daily."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Cecilia"

Get Your Listening Ears On

Some mighty good music over the air waves and on the internet right now.

Until sometime next week, Fessa John Hook is playing his Beach Music reunion Top 40 Survey to the year 1966 at his www.beachshag.com site.  Lots of songs you know from the pop charts and ones you might niot have heard because of their regional Beach Music status.  Listening to that right now.

Today and tomorrow, Bob Stroud goes back to 1973 and 1981 on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV 97.1 FM.  Of course, at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., CDST.  www,wdrv.com.

Then, Saturday, Wendy Rice will go back to 1967 on her Saturday Morning Flashback show on WXRT 93.1 FM in Chicago.  It goes from 8 a.m. to noon CDST.  www,wxrt.com.

Sunday it is Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots from 7 to 10 a.m. and Terri Hemmert's Breakfast With the Beatles from 8-10 a.m. on WXRT.

Groovin' on the Tunes.  --RoadDog

JSS: Mighty Slippery-- - Music--- "Anchorman"--

JSS-- Just Some Stuff. //// 1. SLIPPERY-- Man was it ever slippery out there yesterday. And, it was especially bad on our front walk and driveway. It took me about four minutes to small-step my way out to the truck (usually maybe 15 seconds). Then, last night, we went to a party at a friend's house and were just about done in by a lot more ice. We keep getting freezing rain. ///// 2. MUSIC-- Listening to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback right now (runs to noon CST and streams at www.wxrt.com). They are doing the year 1981. Sunday is Bob Stroud's annual Holiday Hootenanny Show featuring three hours of Christmas music on his Rock and Roll Roots show from 7 to 10 AM on Chicago's WDRV 97.1 FM, streaming at www.wdrv.com. Next week's Ten at Ten at 10 AM and 10 PM: Monday- 1969, Tuesday- 1980, Wednesday- Christmas, Thursday- 1973 and Friday- 1978. //// 3. "ANCHORMAN"-- Thursday, we watched the first "Anchorman" movie at Donovan's and then yesterday I saw "Anchorman II: The Legend Continues" at the movie theater. Mighty funny show. //// Just Some Stuff. --RoadDog

Let's Go Out to the Ballpark--Wrigley Field, That Is

Gone are the days when Liz and I, back in the 70s and early 80s would, on a great summer day, get up and say, "What do we want to do today? Hey, why not go see the Cubs play." We'd drive over to Evanston, park in the General Finance Corporation lots by Dyche Stadium (now Ryan Field), home of Northwestern University's football games. (You remember GFC's Friendly Bob Adams who was anxious to give you a loan.)

Liz worked at GFC for awhile before becoming a teacher. Her dad, Amby, worked there from 1964 to 1981.

We'd then catch the El at Central Avenue and take it to the "Friendly Confines" which were truly friendly back then. You never had a problem getting a ticket, even on the day of the game (except, as we found out once, when the dastardly Cardinals were in town). Other than the Cardinals, there was rarely a sell-out. And, we could get a good seat for around $5 and drink reasonably-priced beer. Food was also reasonable. Now those were the days. We thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance...Oops, sorry Thelma Hopkins, that's your song.

I've been keeping a written journal since 1978, and found an entry from May of 1981 saying that they'd raised the price of a cup of beer to the astronomical high of $1.50. My comment was, "I can't drink here anymore."  Too expensive,

I doubt that we had too many beautiful people in the park as people liked the Cubs in Chicago, but it wasn't the place to go to see and be seen. Of course, not cell phones either, and you never saw people get a phone call and start waving madly at the camera.

Sitting in the bleachers was around $3. And they were crazy back then as well.

Those Were the Days, My Friend. We Thought They'd Never End. --RoadDog