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Music Show #115 – 9/7/2018 – Telling Our Stories: Part 12

Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “The Secret of the Smoke Ring Kids” – I was a boy on the verge of becoming a man and I was ready to enjoy the full-flavored taste of my first cigarette.

Song #1 “Puttin’ on the Style” – New verses to a traditional folk song originally written at the turn of the 19th century. It’s a song about the different “styles,” i.e. facades that many folks put on to go through life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3bZoszogs

Song #2 “Thirty Long Years and More” – A joyful song about the struggles and rewards of being a songwriter. “Always be true to your song and you’ll always be where you belong.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt-GAyCYdzw&t=0s&index=19&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953

Song #3 “Life is Strange Enough” – Life is already strange enough without pushing our minds into another realm of distortion with recreational drugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfPTC7jRhk&index=19&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&t=0s

Song #4 “You’ll Thank Me Later” – A song about preventing our friends from driving when they’ve had too much to drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBUVbRdy2SA

Song #5 “Brown Paper Bag” – A song inspired by the teen practice from the 60s of getting high from huffing airplane glue in paper bag.

Song #6 “Remember It All” – An uplifting song about remembering those precious moments in our lives.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zexPiabNI&t=0s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=4

 

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Music Show #114 – 8/31/2018 Bat McGrath from the Blue Eagle

Songs from Bat McGrath’s first solo album.

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Music Show #113 – 8/24/18 Re-uniting with Old Friends

Songs about meeting up with old friends and reminiscing about old times.

Song #1 “Time Goes By”– Celebrating the good friends that I have had over the years.

Song #2 “Remember It All” – An uplifting song that reminds us to take a moment every so often to sit back and remember it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zexPiabNI&index=4&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&t=0s

Song #3 “If I Could Find Way” – A song about one of those days you wish could last forever.

Song #4 “We’re Not in High School Anymore” – A mid-life song that reminds us that we need to leave behind any behavior left over from our time in high school.

Song #5 “It’s a Treat to See the Sun in Rochester” – A sunny song about the joys shared with friends under the clouds in Rochester.

Song #6 “Thanks for Being Tom” – A music video in remembrance of a good guy, Tom “Totsy” Cook.  A song written for Tom, his family and all of the friends who loved him so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnDcMFTjxNQ

Song #7 “Raise Your Glass” – A toast to all the good friends that we have shared our life with.

Song #8 “We Won’t Be Here Forever” – A bouncy upbeat song about how we won’t be here forever and how that’s not really what it’s all about. To be able to live in this very moment would be the greatest gift that we could give to ourselves and to those around us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNl55kk5kUU&index=21&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&t=0s

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Music Show #112 – 8/17/18 Rochester Free Radio’s Summer Fest

Songs to be played at the Rochester Free Radio’s benefit festival.

Song #1 “We Sing Out” (Pete Seeger) – A environmental song written for  kids.

Song #2 “Plant Those Seeds with Love” – A song that encourages us all to invest our love in the seeds (our life endeavors) that we plant each and every day of our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxxDXpDX0k&index=9&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&t=0s

Song #3 “Love Around the Corner” (unknown) – A hopeful song that reassures us that there’s love around the corner for each one of us.

Song #4 “Who You Are” – A fun, upbeat song that encourages all of us to realize that the song (i.e. life direction) that we write for ourselves and then sing will help our lives to be complete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HwfhtzU0JE&index=7&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #5 “Puttin’ On the Style” – (Originally written in the early 1900s. Original author unknown. New words later by Norman Cazden and recorded by Lonnie Donegan) A song about the facades that some people create for themselves to fool others.

Song #6 “Gonna Sing It” – An upbeat, positive song that encourages us to sing with all our might. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdc6RXMVI8&t=0s&index=20&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

 Song #7 “The Happy Re-Birthday Song” – A happy birthday wish for us to take a moment on our special day to reflect on our past year and then to re-empower our most positive energies for the new year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HsGxM_0-6s&index=20&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf

Song #8 “You’ve Got a Song” – A simple song that stresses the necessity for each of us to sing our part in the great choir that rings out every day in the universe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB-1hr29_4&index=3&list=PLOyRYerTUWm2Q3t3EXyIOCfzzW4e0TZJf&t=0s

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Music Show #111 – 8/10/18 Songs of Resistance

A bevy of anti-Trump /Alt-right resistance songs.

Song #1 “Not in this Dear Old Country of Ours” – A stand up and RESIST song, in memory of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv591dA4i6c&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=29

Song #2 “Turn Down Your Gas-Light Donny” – A great sing-a-long for those who are frustrated with Trump’s antics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6V3nIKjmJY&index=30&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #3 “Going Down the Road Feeling Good” (Woody Guthrie) – New verses to Woody Guthrie’s classic song “Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad.)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvrQqXzPbs&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=13

Song #4 “Can You Hear the Bells of Freedom?” – A song originally written in support of the Occupy Movement and “the people’s” efforts to stand up and fight to protect their liberties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3IV-BHBLuk&index=9&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #5 “Dark Force” – There is a Dark Force battling for the soul of the United States. It’s the looming shadow of Trump’s negative energy that we must resist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkc3boVsCpE&index=32&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #6 “Words Can Say a Lot” (Dave Puls) – This song was inspired by a quote of Kellyanne Conway  “You always want to go by what is coming out of his mouth rather than what was in his heart.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPxW8a0iI2o&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=33

 Song #7 “Makin’ Us All Look Nuts” – Donald Trump’s antics and disgraceful behavior has now contributed to an image of America that makes us all look nuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yOa40V9nk0&t=0s&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=35

Song #8 “One of These Days” – A song dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Pete Seeger and the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3uu1SinsE&index=14&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

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Music Show #110 – 8/3/2018 – Telling Our Stories: Part 11

Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride” – When we finally step up to accept our most coveted awards they don’t always pan out to be as glorious as we had envisioned.

Song #1 “Thank You” – A thank you song for all the people that have helped us along the way.

Song #2 “Quietly” – Sometimes we can quietly be reminded to not let our egos grow too big.

Song #3 “Be Yourself” – Some good advice from my favorite teacher, Miss McMullen.

Song #4 “Fly Towards Your Purpose” – “Fly and make it worth it all.”

Song #5 “Find You, Be You” – It’s all part of the evolution and one day we’ll come to know our love.

Song #6 “The Teacher and the Kids’ Fun Song” – A fun sing-a-long animation for kids in elementary school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTFmTX3Show&index=10&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&t=0s

 

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Music Show #109 – 7/27/2018 The Blues with the Cotton Hollow Band

Live performance from the 1970s with the Cotton Hollow Band

Song #1 “Diddy Wah Diddy” – (Willie Dixie and Bo Diddley)

Song #2 “Fishin’ Blues” – (Henry Thomas)

Song #3 “Take a Whiff” – (Huddie Leadbetter)

Song #4 “St. James Infirmary” – (Joe Primrose aka Irvin Mills)

Song #5 “Better Off Without a Wife” – (Tom Waits)

Song #6 “Done Laid Around” – aka “Gotta Travel On” (The Weavers)

Song #7 “Careless Love” – (Dave Puls/Fresh Toone)

Song #8 “Sweet Home Chicago” – (Robert Johnson)

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Music Show #108 – 7/20/2018 Summer Fun Toones

Fun Fresh Toones for a hot summer day.

Song #1 “Sittin’ Back Up in the Woods” (Dave Puls) – A summertime escapist song.

Song #2 “Everyday” – (Buddy Holly)

Song #3 “I’ve Dreamt about Livin’ on a Mountain” (Dave Puls) – A song that looks back to when we were in our 20s and how some of those dreams may seem kind of silly now. However, without those hopeful fantasies much of our energy and enthusiasm might well have been lost. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkfbzaGH4pc&t=0s&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=11

Song #4 “Mr. Spaceman” (Roger McQuinn)

Song #5 “The Happy Re-Birthday Song” (Dave Puls) – A happy birthday wishes song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HsGxM_0-6s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=19

Song #6 “The Turtle Soup Trot” (Dave Puls) – A narrative song about a rainy bicycle trip and the dangers of crossing wet railroad tracks.

Song #7 “It’s Fun to Do the Impossible” (Dave Puls) – A bouncy song about how much fun telling our stories with animation can be.

Song #8 “Just as Happy as I’ve Ever Been” (Dave Puls) – An appreciative song for a particularly happy day.

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Music Show #107 – 7/13/2018 Tribute to Pete Seeger

A show dedicated to Pete Seeger who influenced my guitar playing and songwriting.

Song #1 “We Sing Out” – (Pete Seeger) – An altruistic kid’s sing-a-long song.

Song #2 “You’ve Got a Song” – (Dave Puls) – An invitation to join the universe’s choir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB-1hr29_4&index=3&list=PLOyRYerTUWm2Q3t3EXyIOCfzzW4e0TZJf&t=0s

Song #3 “Hammer Song” – (Pete Seeger and Lee Hays)

Song #4 “The Man with the Banjo” – (Joe Dady) – A wonderful tribute to Pete Seeger.

Song #5 “One of These Days” – (Dave Puls) – A song inspired by Pete Seeger’s social activism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3uu1SinsE&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=14

Song #6 “Turn, Turn, Turn” – (Pete and Toshi Seeger ) A version written for children by Pete and his wife.

Song #7 “Not in this Dear Old Country of Ours” – (Dave Puls) – A stand up and resist the Trumpism that is trying to reverse much of the social progress that has been made in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv591dA4i6c&index=29&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #8 “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” – (Pete Seeger)

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Music Show #106 – 7/6/2018 – Telling Our Stories: Part 10

Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “Up from the Ground Came a-Bubblin’ Crude” – Sometimes the cover-up can do greater harm than the original crime.

Song #1 “Life’s an Adventure” – A gentle reminder to all of us to try to give back what we can while experiencing life’s adventure.

Song #2 “Remember It All” – An uplifting song that invites us all to take a pause every once in awhile to remember it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zexPiabNI&t=4s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=4

Song #3 “It’s Been a Long Hard Day” – A song for one of those “long hard days.”

Song #4 “I Apologize” – The perfect non-apology for not doing things the way others may expect you to.

Song #5 “Back to Your Heart” – A song about getting in touch with who we are and who we want to be.

Song #6 “Tell Me Your Story” – A song that encourages us all to tell our stories so we can learn and evolve from what we have to share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCXxK-fq9P4&index=15&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s

 

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