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Honest Tunes
7-4-2006
“Independence Day Fireworks Radio Show”

SET ONE: [Ralph Stanley Radio Hour] Keep On The Firing Line, Motherless Children, Worried Man Blues, Longing For Home, Distant Land To Roam

SET TWO: This Land Is Your Land, Sail On Freedom > Native Stepson, True Born Leader > Don’t You Think It’s Time > Tell Me > I Won’t Follow > American Fork, Joe Citizen Blues, Thick American Skin, Freedom > Freedom > King Of The World > Knights Of The Underworld, Putting People On The Moon

ENCORE: Not Ready To Make Nice > U.S. Blues > The Star-Spangled Banner

THE BANDS :

Ralph Stanley – Songs Of The Carter Family (New CD!)
Spirit Of Guthrie – additional lyrics for “This Land Is Your Land”
Sun Cured Red – “Sail On Freedom” unreleased from Natura Demos
Sonny Landreth – “Native Stepson” instrumental live at Grant Street
Southern Bitch – segue of 4 songs from Snake In The Grass CD
Stockholm Syndrome – Holy Happy Hour – “American Fork”
Son Volt – “Joe Citizen Blues” from Son Volt’s new live DVD
Ryan Montbleau – solo a capella “Thick American Skin”
David Gray – his song called “Freedom”
Tea Leaf Green – their song called “Freedom”
Disco Biscuits – unreleased “King Of The World” remix
My-Tea Kind (New CD!) – “Knights of the Underworld”
Drive-By Truckers – “Putting People On The Moon”

Dixie Chicks (New CD!) – “Not Ready To Make Nice”
Grateful Dead – “U.S. Blues”
Jimi Hendrix – “The Star Spangled Banner”

This was my July 4th Radio Show this year, some of it tounge-in-cheek for independence day themes, but really a lot of thoughtful and honest songs and individual songwriter perspectives. The first hour was excerpts from a radio special about Ralph Stanley singing the songs of the Carter family on the tribute CD, A Distant Land To Roam. We aired the complete Ralph Stanley program last Sunday. The second hour was a mix of Independence Day songs and stretches that seemed to fit the fireworks-shootin’…. including a heavy rock segment with 4 songs segued by Southern Bitch (the opening theme on their album Snake In The Grass: “True Born Leader > Don’t You Think It’s Time > Tell Me / I Won’t Follow”) crossfading into Stockholm Syndrome’s biting “American Fork” from Holy Happy Hour. Things exploded.

At the encore end of the hour I honored requests of Scagnetti’s for the new Dixie Chicks protest anthem in the form of “Not Ready To Make Nice”, and Briffle’s top call for a flag-wavin’ Fourth Of July song: the Dead’s “U.S. Blues” believe it or not – also requested by Bubz in Santa Cruz.

My Tea Kind interview this Sunday 2pm

ANNOUNCEMENT: My Tea Kind will probably be doing an interview/live performance on a special Sunday edition of Honest Tunes , so check back here this Sunday July 9… hopefully this will happen at 2PM Central Time!

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