august 25 playlist (fundrive volume 1 with guest co-hosts doug organ and vlad thee inhaler:)

ray charles - mister c (genius + soul = jazz)
georgie fame - money (that's what i want) (rhythm and blues at the flamingo)
alan hawkshaw - move move move (music for a young generation)
tom robinson band - 2-4-6-8 motorway (power in the darkness)
steppenwolf - tighten up your wig (the second)
reverend organdrum - a shot in the dark (hi-fi stereo)
doug organ trio - the price is right (doug organ trio)
shirley scott with stanley turrentine - gravy waltz (soul shoutin')
jimmy smith - ain't she sweet (plays fats waller)
dutch band organ - tennessee waltz (dutch band organ)
luther allison - raggedy and dirty (bad news is coming)

thanks for your donations, everyone who called in during my first show! but we still have a loooooong way to go, so keep donating straight through october 4 (including my second show on october 1) by phoning 780-492-2577 ext. 0 or visiting cjsr.com!

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september 17 playlist:

slow leaves - neighbourhood watch (beauty is so common)
jake ian - it don't really matter anymore (it don't really matter anymore)
the stranglers - hanging around (rattus norvegicus)
cjsr radio players - a minority of one, or: rex atlas learns a thing or two about cjsr (30th anniversary/fundrive 2014)
jimmy smith - when i grow too old to dream (back at the chicken shack)
anna von hausswolff - mountains crave (ceremony)
willie nelson & merle haggard - reasons to quit (one hell of a ride)

pictured: former corporate drone turned cjsr stalwart rex atlas. his story will be online soon!

september 17 on the program (airing sometime between 1 and 2 pm): the premiere of "a minority of one, or: rex atlas learns a thing or two about cjsr," a punk rock sci-fi cautionary tale about corporate radio on the prairies produced by the cjsr radio players!

september 10 playlist:

mickey finn & the blue men - pills (jimmy page: this guitar kills)
bo diddley - i don't like you (the black gladiator)
muddy waters - i just want to make love to you (electric mud)
the tony williams lifetime - do that (turn it over (redux))
the james taylor quartet - do it (swinging london)
medeski, scofield, martin & wood - what now (out louder)
elephant stone - living for something (three poisons)
parker abbott trio - big on bloor (the wayfinders)
raymond scott's secret seven - temptation (the unexpected)
graham nicholas - roll me up (sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers)
josé feliciano - i like what you give (for my love... mother music)
florence mahon - walcha: mein leben ist ein pilgrimstand (souvenirs: scarboro united church organ)
helmut walcha - toccata, adagio and fugue in c major, bwv 564 - toccata (j.s. bach: organ works)
roy ayers - exotic dance (coffy)

it's rather unexpected to hear a hammond organ on a raymond scott recording, especially as played by the pre-jimmy smith legend wild bill davis.

september 3 playlist:

the crazy world of arthur brown - time/confusion (the crazy world of arthur brown)
freddie king - tore down (getting ready...)
eric clapton, steve anglo (aka stevie winwood) et al - long night (raw blues)
nick lowe - halfway to paradise (jesus of cool - deluxe edition)
donnie fritts - sumpin' funky going on (country funk vol. ii 1967 - 1974)
the beach boys - he come down (carl and the passions - so tough)
the beatles - while my guitar gently weeps (anthology 3)
emitt rhodes - long time no see (emitt rhodes)
antibalas - him belly no go sweet (antibalas)
sheryl bailey - Good News (A Meeting of Minds)
Brian Auger & the trinity - red beans and rice (definitely what!)
jack mcduff - the party's over (soulful drums)

well, there's a nice fella.