Music From Big Pinks
The climax of a very hard year!
Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters
Material
Madonna
William
Bell
Weezer
Jet
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Old 97's
Pixies
The
Spongetones
Fairport Convention
A Day At The Fair
Dalek i
Cornelius
Dead Kennedys
Method Of Defiance
The Sex Pistols
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
Love & Rockets
Aretha Franklin
The RFW 2020 Holiday Companion
"I Love The Holidays"
Not wanting to add to the onslaught of traditional and
overplayed classics (as wonderful as they are), I have decided on music not
necessarily about Christmas, Jesus, Santa or even Je'Santa
(pictured above).
No matter your musical taste, sexual orientation, gender, color, church of
choice, nationality, political preference or total Humbug
attitude, you are respected here in the Archives and
encouraged to love your family and friends by
staying safe at home!
I wish you and yours a
Happy Holiday!
Dave RF Wohlman
Electric Light Orchestra
Chris Cornell
Dennis Wilson
Steven Wilson
Guided By Voices
The Move
King Crimson
Anton Barbeau
David Bowie
Mick Ronson
Cat Stevens
Joe Cocker
Eric Clapton & Friends
SAM21
"don't forget the lemon and lime"
RFW
You're Driving Me Wild
The Standells
The Shondells
The Who
The Shazam
The Rolling Stones
July
Mark Ronson featuring Kevin Parker
Them Crooked Vultures
Steve Miller Band
Vampire's Sound Incorporation
Judy Garland
The Dark
The Hawaiian Pups
T7720
" Please, won't you please take me home with you"
RFW
Radio Blue/Blue Radio
Kraftwerk
Gong
Steve Hillage
System 7
Et Cetera
Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo
Robert Fripp, Andrew Keeling & David Singleton
Robert Johnson
DLMV25
"So when the media barons program their pollution
Your new transmissions will just neutralize their rays"
RFW
Nguyên Lê
Jefferson Starship
Motorpsycho
The Cult
Tiger B. Smith
YĪN YĪN
Mother Gong
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Muddy Water
King Jammy Meets Dry & Heavy
Rufus Thomas
Fleet Foxes
Eno
John Foxx
Tame Impala
Baker Gurvitz Army
"The tiger (as it happens) was a lion"
RFW
*I played the band YĪN YĪN from their excellent 2019 release The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers. Here's a very cool live performance bonus!
Orchestranger Than Usual
Klaus Schulze
King Crimson
Matmos
Aphex Twin
orchestrated by
Phillip Glass
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Bill Laswell
featuring
Iggy Pop and
William Burroughs
The Mothers Of Invention
The Amorphous
Androgynous
DLMV24
"In Last Chance, you play for keeps"
RFW
T7420
"Please let me have happy days"
RFW
The Great Turkey Revolt
Little Eva
Ohio Players
The Soft Boys
Ray Davies
The
Kinks
Procol Harum
Chris Bell
Alex Chilton
The Box
Tops
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Randy Newman
Harry
Nilsson
Badfinger
Paul McCartney
Jellyfish
XTC
Todd
Rundgren
Led Zeppelin
Toy & Mr. Sakato
TDAY
"Papa looks over at the small gathering
Remembering days gone by
Smiles at the children as he watches them play
And wishes his wife was still by his side"
Let's break a few eggs!
Jeff Whalen
The Anderson Council
The Hollies
Julian Cope
Magazine
Buzzcocks
The
Stranglers
Streetwalkers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers featuring
John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Jimmy Page
performing with
The Black Crows
Robert Plant
The Yardbirds
SAM18
"the doctor put you on milk, cream and alcohol"
RFW
Black Sabbath
Drive-By Truckers
Howlin' Rain
The
Raconteurs
Faces
Jef Lee Johnson
Bob Dylan & The Band
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Pearl
Jam
Motorhead
T7320
"Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of
darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where
the sons of freedom make their home"
*When I think of my East Boston teenage friends, I think of our gang - a co-operative whole comprised of a cast of characters that I affectionately call The Usual Suspects in hundreds of stories I have recalled to you over the years - most of them true!
I got the call this week that John "Bubba" DiGirolamo passed. I've lost my parents, family members and friends - so I've dealt with the shock of death, but this was different.
It did not matter that I have not talked to most of them as much as I should - as I much as I could. They are still all a part of who I was and who I became - I love them all.
If it were a Steven Kingish movie, we all would
have shared the same dream or vision
and each would have had a task to
accomplish.
In my case - I always get to bring the music.
The Sabbath is for you, Bubba.
RFW
Aero Synthetic Photography
Friedmann
Thomas Leer
The
State Of Bengal
Air
Amorphous Androgynous
The Human League
Yes
Julian
Cope
Seventh Wave
The Cinematic Orchestra
DLMV23
Full Of Grace?
Jethro Tull
Mahogany Rush
The Cult
Biff
Bang Pow!
Roger Daltrey
Pussy Riot
The Who
The
Specials
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos
The Rolling
Stones
Eric Burdon & War
SAM17
"With hunger at her heel
Freedom in her eyes
She dances on her knees
Pirate prince at her side
Staring into
the hollow idol’s eye"
RFW
Do It!
Gill Scott-Heron
Mushroom & Gary Floyd
Jeff Beck
The
Beatles
The Shazam
Alice Cooper
The Eric Burdon Band
Donovan
Fleetwood
Mac
Wilco
Television
Naked City
Electric Masada
John
& Yoko & George
T7220
"Don't you know it's gonna be - alright!"
RFW
Anyway
Keep Yours
Robert Plant
The Stooges
The Shazam
David
Johansen
John Easdale
Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson
Pylon
Sparks
The
Dandy Warhols
Human Sexual Response
Freddie King
Black
Heat
Garland Jeffreys
U-Roy Meets King Tubby's
Shaun Cassidy
Squeeze
Holger
Czukay
Godley & Creme
The Beach Boys
MGMT
T7120
"we're going to have a real cool time - tonight"
*When planning the session, I pondered 'What would be an appropriately cool theme for this high-anxiety moment in history?'. The answer was obviously hidden in the question.
The sounds continued after-hours as captured on the Two-Cool Mix!
Keep a cool head because cool heads prevail!
Go Joe!
RFW
Alice Cooper
The Replacements
Radiohead
Canned Heat
VOTE
Neil Young
The Kinks
Joe Walsh
Little Steven
MR. PRESIDENT
Crack The Sky
Thenewno2
Marilyn Manson
The Psychedelic Furs
PREDICTION
Steam
Skid Row
Election Day
"I want to be Elected"
*Special thanks to our guest Executive Producer Steve Rosen
for show theme inspiration and blackmail worthy photos!
RFW
Len Barry
Harry Nilsson
Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi
Jack
White
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Hugo Race & True Spirit
Roxy
Music
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
The Moody Blues
Eno
Generation
X
X
Los Lobos
Wolfmother
Bob Dylan
SAM15
"I can't see
I can't speak"
RFW
King Salami & The Cumberland Three
Prince
Scott Weiland &
The Wildabouts
R.E.M.
Jack White
Led Zeppelin
The
Waterboys
New York Dolls
Suede
Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry
Grace
Jones
"We've been running 'round in our present state
hoping help will come from above"
*This Transmission and the pictured Guit-Art by my muse,
Tracy "Dare To Be Different" Cassidy
were born during a fun session in our joint-studio on this
beautiful afternoon. Each of our projects had no pre-planned starting point
and both ultimately arrived at an unexpected groovy destination by following
our impulses and inspiration.
Throw away the instructions -
trust your instincts
- create!
RFW
Heavier and Louder!
Controlled Bleeding
Pink Floyd
Hawkwind
Robert Calvert
Hawkestrel
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Health
Massive Attack
Nguyen Le
Wire
The Smashing Pumpkins
Motorpsycho
Nik Turner
DLMV22
"Has the world gone mad or is it me?"
RFW
Sweet!
The Beatles
Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Magnus Ostrom
Herb
Albert
Emergency!
Metz
13th Floor Elevators
Jack White
Rare
Earth
The Undisputed Truth
The Temptations
Steppenwolf
SAM14
"You've been telling lies so long
Some believe they're true
So
they close their eyes to things
You have no right to do
Just as
soon as you are gone
Hope will start to climb
Please don't stay
around too long
You're wasting precious time"
RFW
Todd Rundgren
Brian Cook & The Renderers
Tom Waits
IPA-Boogie
King
Somalie
Snoop Lion
Aerosmith
The Stooges
Nazareth
Robert
Palmer
Robert Plant
Roger Waters
Mi-Sex
Neil Young
Emerson,
Lake & Palmer
Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa '70
T6920
"Because why o?
(Because the shit dey smell!)"
"Chris is going to discover Ray Charles!"
*Also much respect goes out to all Native Americans on Indigenous People Day
A Wolfgang By Any Other Name
The Mothers Of Invention
Wolfgang
The Orb
Wolfgang Dauner
Quintet
Wolfgang Lackerschmid
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Coley, Brian Blade
Wolfgang
Riechmann
Wolfgang Flur
Wolfgang Bock
DLMV20
"The following program deals with a controversial subject"
Van Halen
Van Der Graaf Generator
Robert Fripp with Peter Hammill
Graham Nash
Chicago
Primal Scream
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real
The Mothers Of Invention
Sammy Hagar with
Eddie Van Halen
T6720
"c'mon turn this thing around"
*I got to see VH in early 1978 on their first tour at a WBCN $1.04 night night
at the Paradise Theatre, Boston. At that time all the band had released was the
advance 12" of Running With The Devil - so we really didn't know what to
expect. I was lucky enough to see VH many times afterwards with both Dave and
Sammy. It's not that often that I get to really share with you one of my
favorite concert moments, but tonight I can. On November 6, 1993, Sammy Hagar
was a surprise guest at Neil & Peggy Young's Bridge School Benefit Concert
at Bill Graham's Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. As you can see
on the video below and the tunes in the Transmission, Sammy "conned" his
talented bandmate to join him on guitar and piano for a short set for the kids
on stage and
22,000 fans!
We remember
Edward Van Halen
RFW
