Listen here to this week’s edition of Through To Midnight:
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I arrived in the studio this week, having checked that the broom cupboard was locked and the black cat was shut indoors. They was a warning posted on the studio door, just in case of any adventurous ‘trick or treaters’. Fortunately, it all worked well and there were no unforeseen interruptions.
We kicked off this week’s show with plenty of high energy courtesy of Papa Grows Funk and in case that didn’t generate enough finger snapping and feet tapping then I was on hand with another dose of Dr Roberts Sonic Tonic . . . . a visit from The Swingin’ Fireballs with their defibrillator turned up full for a great Percy Mayfield number.
Now, this week in 1986, Bon Jovi were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Slippery When Wet’. It produced two US No.1 singles and went on to sell over 8 million copies world wide. Inspired by this, Bon Jovi was the focus of this week’s Under The Covers feature. The first song was a big to hit for the band, but it never sounded like it does when Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox do it. Then came a couple of covers from Softband and Australian indie rock band Superhighway.
Time Of Our Life
J&B – Brian Auger & Jeff Golub
Mardi Gator – Papa Grows Funk
Hit The Road Jack – The Swingin’ Fireballs
Dreams Come Alive – Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band
Showdown – Ronnie Dunn
Thinking Of You – Simply Red
Time Of Our Life – ELO
Mind How You Go – Never The Bride
Under The Covers
You Give Love A Bad Name – Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox
Livin’ On A Prayer – Softband
Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Super Highway
Shaking Again
All Those Years Ago – George Harrison
Way Down In The Hole – Tim Penn & The Second Line
California Shaking Again – Johnny Rawls
Calling All Ghosts – Baked A La Ska
Start Me Up – Toots & The Maytals
Gimme Shelter – Merry Clayton
Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out Of Tune – Joss Stone
Lo-Fi Love – Eddie 9V
Girls & Guitars
It’s Not My Cross to Bear – Ruthie Foster
One Fine Day
One Fine Day – Chris Rea
Nagasaki – Rickie Lee Jones
Over – Mayer Hawthorne
Don’t You Wish It Was True – Janiva Magness (with Taj Mahal)
You’ve Got Me – Earl Thomas & Paddy Milner
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss – T.J. Johnson
Doo Wop Delight
Your Tender Lips – The Clovers
Back To Black
Back To Black – Eve St Jones
Sincerely – Johnny Jenkins
Our ‘Girls and Guitars’ feature this week focused on Texas blues guitarist and singer, Ruthie Foster, who has a recording career that started back in 1997. She has a new single out, taken from the upcoming Big Band of Brothers release which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Allman Brothers Band’s debut album . Ruthie was here with her new single, ‘It’s Not My Cross to Bear’.
Now, just when you might have thought I’d forgotten this week’s Doo Wop Delight, we heard from vocal group The Clovers. They are probably best known for numbers like Love Potion No.9, Nip Sip, Devil Or Angel and others, but for this week’s choice, I went digging a little deeper and came up with a 1956 single of theirs. They were here to keep us in a mellow mood with ‘Your Tender Lips’.
As time was running out, Eve St Jones, returned to our playlist with a seductive version of that Amy Winehouse favourite ‘Back To Black’, which just about wound things up for this wee. But, before I gathered up the music, tidied up the studio and headed out into the night, there was a big thanks for your good company on this week’s show and the hope that we’ll meet again, same time, same place next week to go Through To Midnight. Until then . . . remember . . . have fun!
Broadcast by Maritime Radio 96.5fm on 30 October 2019