On today' show:

We celebrated the birthdays of Sterling Morrison and Maureen "Mo" Tucker (both from The Velvet Underground).

We listened to lots of songs from the VU, and bands they shared live bills with in the 1960s.

Sterling Morrison (born Holmes Sterling Morrison Junior, 8/28/42, East Meadow, NY; died 8/30/95, in Poughkeepsie, NY).

Maureen Anne Tucker (born 8/26/44, in Levittown, NY).

Live Cuts:
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together – The Velvet Underground, rec Nov 1969
I Got Love if You Want It – The Yardbirds, rec March or April 1964
Kick Out the Jams (censored version) – MC5, rec 10/30 or 10/31/68

Velvet Underground “Says” Set:
Candy Says, rec Fall 1968
Stephanie Says (mono single mix), rec 2/13-2/14/68
Lisa Says (Live), rec Nov 1969

Putty In Your Hands – The Yardbirds (1965)
How Could I Be Such a Fool? – The Mothers of Invention, rec March 1966
I’m Beginning to See the Light, rec Fall 1968

Motherly Love – The Mothers of Invention, rec March 1966
There She Goes Again (mono version) – The Velvet Underground, rec April 1966
White Light/White Heat (mono single version) – The Velvet Underground, rec Sept 1967

What Goes On (Live) – The Velvet Underground, rec Nov 1969

On today's show:

We did a live phone interview with Mike Stax (publisher/editor of Ugly Things magazine).

We played some cuts by Mike's band, The Loons, along with several great 1960s garage bands (several songs taken from releases on Ugly Things records).

Baron Saturday – The Pretty Things (1968)

Absolutely Positively – The Music Machine (1967)
Talk Me Down (early version) – The Music Machine (as The Ragamuffins; rec 1965, released 2000)

She Got Me (version 2) – The Misunderstood, rec 12/20/65

Orphan Wing – The Loons (2010)

Red Dissolving Rays of Light – The Loons (2010)

To Die Alone – The Bush, rec circa March 1966

On today' show:

Local band Rambler Rose played two live sets; we listened to some new releases; and also heard some 1960s folk/folk-rock cuts.

New Releases:
La Mesa Boulevard – The Loons (2010)
Burlesque – Rambler Rose (2009)
Rob Roy – Ding Dong Devils (2010)

Rambler Rose Live:
New Strangers
Cheshire Moon
Got Your Time

1960s Folk/Folk-Rock:
Pack Up Your Sorrows – Richard & Mimi Farina (1965)
Tonight I Need Your Lovin’ – Jim & Jean (1966)
Love is Just a Four-Letter Word – Joan Baez (1968)

Rambler Rose Live:
I Surrender to You
Collected the Reward
Stars Remind Me

More 1960s Folk Rock Sounds:
Reflections in a Crystal Wind – Richard and Mimi Farina (1965)
Anything – The Vejtables
Let Me In – Jefferson Airplane (1966)

One More Tune:
Tiki Boots – The Ding Dong Devils (2010)

On today's two hour show (which aired 12 to 2 p.m.), we saluted the 75th birthday of Jazz great Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

We played lots of cuts from Kirk, plus some of his influences and fellow Jazz luminaries.

AND we had a live studio interview with Dorthaan Kirk (Rahsaan's widow) and May Cobb (currently writing a book on Rahsaan).

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Theodore Kirk, 8/07/35, in Columbus, Ohio; died 12/05/77 in Bloomington, Indiana).

Why Don’t I – Sonny Rollins, rec 4/14/57
I’m an Old Cowhand – Sonny Rollins, rec 3/07/57

A Sack Full of Soul – Roland Kirk, rec 8/16/61
Serenade to a Cuckoo – Austin Jazz Workshop (2009)

Three for Dizzy – Roland Kirk & Jack McDuff, rec 7/11/61
Blues for Alice (alternate take) – Roland Kirk, rec 8/16/61
Parker’s Mood – Charlie Parker All Stars, rec 9/18/48

Battle Royal – Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Their Orchestras, rec 7/06/61
Washington Squabble – Claude Hopkins Orchestra, rec 12/11/33
Jubilee Stomp – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (as The Washingtonians, rec 1/19/28)

We Free Kings – Roland Kirk, rec 8/17/61
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Sonny Rollins, rec 4/14/57
From Bechet, Byas, Fats (excerpt) – Austin Jazz Workshop (2009)

Balm in Gilead (live, w/introduction) – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1972)
Spirits Up Above – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1968)