Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
BREATHE/ON THE RUN-- Pink Floyd
MIND GAMES-- John Lennon
GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE)-- George Harrison
OHH LA LA-- Faces
HYPNOTIZED-- Fleetwood Mac
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO-- Rollng Stones
SUCH A NIGHT-- Dr. John
LAKE SHORE DRIVE-- Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah
KODACHROME-- Paul Simon
RAMBLIN' MAN-- Allman Brothers Band
PERSONAL CRISIS-- New York Dolls
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "There's A Road I'd Like To Tell You About, Lives In My Home Town." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Lake Shore Drive"
THE OCEAN-- Led Zeppelin
SAIL ON, SAILOR-- Beach Boys
GROWIN' UP-- Bruce Springsteen
FEELIN' STRONGER EVERY DAY-- Chicago
THE HARDER THEY COME-- Jimmy Cliff
ELECTED-- Alice Cooper
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN-- Electric Light Orchestra
LOVE TRAIN-- O'Jays
PANIC IN DETROIT-- David Bowie
ALL THE GIRLS LOVE ALICE-- Elton John
DIRTY LOVE-- Frank Zappa
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "People All Over the World Join Hands." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Love Train"
From the June 15, 2024, show hosted by Annalisa.
THE REAL ME-- Who
BODYHISATTVA-- Steely Dan
KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE-- Queen
YOUR CASH AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TRASH-- Steve Miller Band
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY-- Joe Walsh
ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS-- Mott the Hoople
DIXIE CHICKEN-- Little Feat
CAN'T GET NO GRINDIN'-- Muddy Waters
CHINA GROVE-- Doobie Brothers
WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES-- Billy Preston
JET-- Paul McCartney & Wings
I WANNA BE WITH YOU-- Raspberries--
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "When the Sun Comes Up On A Sleepy Texas Town." Answer below. --RoadDog
"China Grove"
Saturday, April 22.
Check out your local mom and pop record store today, especially if you haven't been for awhile.
Chicago's WDRV, the Drive is spotlighting vinyl albums today.
I will be going over to my favorite old record store, Vinyl Frontier Records in McHenry, Illinois, later today. I will definitely buy a couple used vinyl records and some CDs. (I don't know about you, but I'm glad to see albums back for sale at Wal-Mart, but not at the $25-$30 price.)
I'm listening to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback right now which is back to the year 1987. It goes to noon CDST.
I am also listening to the Beach Music Top 20 over the internet on WVCO, 94.8 FM, the Surf. It goes to 11 am CDST. The annual Spring SOS is going on in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, right now, so all the bands and shaggers are down there having a good old time.
Both stations stream.
--RecordDog
If you're like me, 1973 was a very important year. The first half was a college year at NIU (they're playing "Two Hangmen" by Mason Profitt right now at 9:09 AM) and then I graduated, got married, bought my first car and started my one and only job teaching. You might say it was quite a year for me.
Anyway, right now, Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM is doing their weekly Saturday Morning Flashback to this year. It streams, so check it out until noon, CDST.
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I also wrote down every song they played in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog. Check them out.
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Also, if you're into Beach Music, WVCO, the Surf 94.9 FM, in South Carolina is having the Beach Music Top Twenty songs ftrom now until noon EDST.
Tomorrow, Terri Hemmert has her Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT from 8 to 10 AM and Bob Stroud does his Rock and Roll Roots show from 9 to noon CDST on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM. The show features music from the 1960s and 1970s. All shows stream.
Lots of Great Music to Listen To. --RoadMusic
SATURDAY, JULY 31
The usual morning stuff, FP, internet and radio (Bill St. James' Time Warp, WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback 1992-1993 and the Surf's Beach Music Top 25 Countdown)
Took a nice Firebird Cruise south of here to the Moraine Hills State Park and the McHenry Dam State Park. These are two of the most beautiful parks you can imagine. Lots of walking trails and views.
I went to the McHenry Dam Park first and you get a view of the dam on the Fox River which regulates the depth of the Chain of Lakes. The other side of it you can see the Stratton Locks which boaters use to get up and down the river.
The Moraine Hills Park takes its name from the geologic form known as a moraine, which is an accumulation of boulders and rocks and other debris deposited by a glacier when it melts.
There were a lot of people taking advantage of the two parks with picnics, walking and fishing at the dam.
We went to Stucky's that evening for the $1 draft pints and I had the chicken Kiev special.
--RoadDog
SATURDAY, JULY 24
I had breakfast out on the front porch as usual, then went on the internet and prepared the questions for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group and researched some information about the Lincoln Conspirators which was today's topic.
Drove to Crystal Lake listening to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback to 1974, my first year out of college and teaching. Too bad I had the meeting.
We had seven people at the Panera Bread store in Crystal Lake. And, our friend Frank even e-mailed his famed impossible questions in from down south where he is recovering from a sickness. Seemed more like the good old days. As usual, great discussion and quite a bit of it revolved around whether John Wilkes Booth was actually killed or was it a coverup by persons in the Union government who wanted to get rid of Lincoln.
The name Joseph Holt was mentioned quite often. There were three John Wilkes Booths according to this conspiracy theory: the real one who died as an old man in Missouri, one who passed as Booth on the run and one who looked enough like him to pass for a dead Booth when examined.
I'd never heard of this Booth Conspiracy before. Like any good conspiracy, maybe true but most likely not.
--RoadDog
LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE: LAW OF PROBABILITY: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
Saturday. June 5, from 9 am to noon CDST, Chicago's own WXRT, 93.1 FM, will be having their weekly Saturday Morning Flashback show to 1973.
Then, on Sunday, June 6, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive's Bob Stroud goes back to the Summer of 1971, fifty years ago and will be playing songs on the radio and in your record collection from June 6, 1971.
This is part of his four-part Root Salute to the Summer of 1971. He will also be playing songs from July 4, August 1 and September 5 on those first Sundays.
Both stations stream, so let's all go back.
--Road70s
Only 52 years ago.
IN THE BEGINNING/LOVELY TO SEE YOU-- Moody Blues
HEARTBREAKER-- Led Zeppelin
LIVING LOVING MAID-- Led Zeppelin I'm so surprised they played these two songs back-to-back. Aren't you?
BEGINNINGS-- Chicago
VICTORIA-- Kinks
ROCK ME-- Steppenwolf If I heard this once on the jukebox in Senior Lounge at Palatine High School, I heard it a whole lot.
I WANT YOU BACK-- Jackson Five
SPACE COWBOY-- Steve Miller
I GOT DEM OLD TIME BLUES-- Janis Joplin
WISHFUL SINFUL-- Doors
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE-- John Lennon Or do you say Plastic Ono Band?
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "She Asked Me Maybe I Could Share Her Sorrow." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Rock Me"
POLK SALAD ANNIE-- Tony Joe White Let's Talk Suthern a Little Y'all.
JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT-- Byrds
VOLUNTEERS-- Jefferson Airplane "Morning Maniac Music"
JINGO-- Santana
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER-- Sly & the Family Stone Just in Time for Woodstock. Throw your hand up!!
RED HOUSE-- Jimi Hendrix
SEA OF JOY-- Blind Faith
RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN-- Bob Seger My first introduction to him.
HERE COMES THE SUN-- Beatles
DOWN BY THE RIVER-- Neil Young
WHAT DOES IT TAKE-- Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Down There We have A Plant That Grows Out In The Woods And Fields." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Polk Salad Annie"
This past Sunday, March 20, 2021, (Hey, Twenty Twenty Twenty-one!!), WXRT's Richard Milne went to the year 1969 on his Saturday Morning Flashback show from 9 am to noon. That was a great year for me as I graduated from Palatine High School and that fall I started at Northern Illinois University. These songs sure bring back the memories.
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN-- Band
NOTHING IS EASY-- Jethro Tull (Hey, received the first Grammy for Heavy Metal)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
HOT SMOKE & SASSAFRASS-- Bubble Puppy (Did Granny really say that while she was yelling at Jethro?)
PINBALL WIZARD-- Who
DREAMS-- Allman Brothers
ONE-- Three Dog Night From the rock musical "Hair"
LIVE WITH ME-- Rolling Stones
THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS-- Marvin Gaye
BADGE-- Cream
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "No Is The Saddest Experience You'll Ever Know." Answer below. --RoadDog
"One"
Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM's Saturday Morning Flashback is to that great music year for me, 1969. They just kicked off with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band (a song that always brings a tear to my eye.
Playing Jethro Tull right now.
It streams from 9 to noon CDST.
Time to tune in.
Liz and I graduated from Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois, that year and I started freshman year at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. I lived at Lincoln Hall. Liz went to Harper College in Palatine.
So, if 1969 means something to you, time to tune in.
--RoadDog
STUDENT TEST ANSWERS: The pineapple is the fruit of the pine tree. Why not?
Bill St. James is back to 1972 on his Time Warp Show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM. Right now, he is playing Alice Cooper's "School's Out" which inspired the name of our last boat, "School's Out..." which then had "Forever" after we retired.
It goes to 10 am, CST and streams.
Then, at 9 am, WXRT is doing 1974 on their Saturday Morning Flashback. It goes to noon CST and streams as well.
This has been an exceedingly crummy winter so far this new year with lots of snow with no chance of melting as we've only had a few days in the 30s since Jan 1 and since last Friday, Feb.5, no temps higher than the mid teens. That's why giving WVCO, the Surf's Beach Music Countdown today from 9 to 11 am, EST will help get me in the proper beach mode.
Good Listenin' on the Radio. --RoadBrrrr
STUDENT TEST ANSWERS: Persian cats is the chief industry of Persia, hence the word "purr."
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE-- John Lennon
WHIPPING POST-- Allman Brothers Band
I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU-- Temptations
SPACE ODDITY-- David Bowie
RED HOUSE-- Jimi Hendrix
LAY LADY LAY-- Bob Dylan
A SALTY DOG-- Procul Harum
DOWN ON THE CORNER-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
VENUS-- Shocking Blue
GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN'-- Crazy Elephant
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism." Answer Below. --RoadDog
"Give Peace A Chance"
Continued from November 28, 2020.
Over 50 Years Ago.
These songs are from WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback.
UNDUN-- Guess Who
LONG TIME GONE-- Crosby, Nash & Stills
SOMETHING-- Beatles
MONKEY MAN-- Rolling Stones
THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS-- Marvin Gaye
SOMETHING IN THE AIR-- Thunderclap Newman
VOLUNTEERS-- Jefferson Airplane
FEELING ALRIGHT-- Joe Cocker
SEA OF JOY-- Blind Faith
EVIL WAYS (WOODSTOCK)-- Santana
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN-- Led Zeppelin
I WANT YOU BACK-- Jackson Five
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Hey Girl Stop What You're Doin'. Hey Girl, You'll Drive Me To Ruin." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Communication Breakdown"
A good time to turn on the old radio or internet if you're a fan of old music (and some new).
Right now:
WDRV, 97. 1 FM, the Drive (Chicago)
The Drive's A to Z where they are counting down over 2,000 songs alphabetically. It started Christmas Eve and is still going and in the letter "S". They just played Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer." It will continue to at least this coming Monday.
WDRV, 93.1 FM (Chicago)
Right now, Saturday Morning Flashback to the year 1970. Johnny Mars just played "Bridge Over Troubled Water." It goes to noon, CST.
WVCO, 94.9 FM, the Surf
Beach Music Top 25 Songs until noon EST.
Of course, tomorrow it is WDRV's Breakfast With the Beatles with Terri Hemmert from 8-10 am and Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show from 9 to noon on WDRV.
All shows stream.
Love That Music. --RoadDog
STUDENT TEST ANSWERS: A mountain range is a cooking stove used at high altitudes.
From WXRT, 93.1 FM's Saturday Morning Flashback.
HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME-- Sly & the Family Stone
BORN ON THE BAYOU-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
HOT SUMMER DAY-- It's a Beautiful Day
SPACE COWBOY-- Steve Miller Band
A NEW DAY YESTERDAY-- Jethro Tull
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT-- Who
IT'S YOUR THING-- Isley Brothers
TOUCH ME-- Doors
OH WELL-- Fleetwood Mac
DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS-- Chicago
VICTORIA-- Kinks
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN-- Band
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "I Told You 'Bout Living In The US Of A." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Space Cownoy"
