Author: ConservativeLA

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 05/02) will concern itself with harmony and/or gospel. So there! Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler Set List: Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley: Deep Well of Sadness The Delmore Brothers: Don’t You See That Train Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Homeless The Beatles: And Your Bird Can Sing Jim and Jesse: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again The Blue Sky Boys: Are You From Dixie Bob Paisley & Southern Grass: Darlin’ Nellie Across the Sea Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain The Stanley Brothers: When the Savior Reached Down Santa Cruz Shape...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 04/25) will concern itself with guitarists and guitar music. This is not a best-of list, but simply stuff I like. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler Set List: Robert Fripp: Water Music I Robert Fripp: Here Comes The Flood Audio Clip: Spinal Tap Mahavishnu Orchestra: Dance of Maya Audio Clip: Spinal Tap Wes Montgomery: ‘Round Midnight Audio Clip: Spinal Tap King Crimson: Frame By Frame Duane Eddy: Peter Gunn Theme Audio Clip: Steve Vai Talks About Zappa Audition Frank Zappa: Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar Django Reinhardt: Djangology Les Paul: Steel Guitar Rag Cream: Badge Audio Clip: Spinal Tap...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 04/18) will concern itself with artists who, when you hear their first name, you’re fairly likely to know who it is without being told their last name. And, no, there will be no Cher. Sheesh. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler Set List: Mystery Mash-Up Ray: Unchain My Heart Merle: Wishing All These Old Things Were New Otis: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Tammy: You’re Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad Emmylou: Red Dirt Girl Jimi: Spanish Castle Magic Louis: Blues For Yesterday Elvis: Can’t Help Falling In Love Gillian: Revelator Janis: Piece of My Heart Mahalia: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Emmylou: Hard...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse on Friday, 04/11 [originally broadcast 05/03/13], 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will be broken out into three segments: The Muscle Shoals Sound Sun Records and Memphis Soul George Jones Speaking of the late, great George Jones, here’s my brief tribute from 2013: George Jones passed away [April 26] in Nashville at the age of 81. Waylon Jennings, himself one of the greatest country artistsever, was not exaggerating when he said, “If we all could sound the way we wanted, we’d all sound like George Jones.” Much ink will be spilled praising The Possum. And what passes nowadays...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 04/04, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will be a repeat of a show from last October focusing on our National Pastime, which is of course…demonizing conservatives. No that’s not true–the show will be all about Baseball. And there will be no Dodger bias. None. Honest. Well maybe a little… Hope you can stop by and listen, and join us in chat! Spoiler set list: Mystery intro by Generalissimo… Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie Sound Clip: Vin Scully paraphrases Matt Kemp Sound Clip: John Caponera does Vin and Harry Caray Steve Goodman: A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request Sound Clip: 1981 Dodgers World Series introductions Bob...