WCSB's Grumpy Old Man

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#1976

Listen Up Whippersnappers!

Yeah, I'm leaving, but got one more show in me before I skeedaddle. This Friday, Alex from Good Morning Metal on WCSB Cleveland has been kind enough to let me roll into his timeslot so I can do a proper send-off and host a final 4 hour show. I'll be playing all my faves from 7am to 11am this Friday before I ride off into the sunset.

Now rock on but not on my lawn.

As some of you might know, I work at CSU. Today, I was notified that I'm being laid off (after 29 years of service). I'm going to have to give up my show. It was great playing music for y'all.

Take care, rock on, and stay off my lawn.

EDIT: Please continue to donate to WCSB. This has nothing to with the station and all money raised goes to them, not the university.

EDIT AGAIN: Thank you for the love. I want to see if I can do a few more farewell shows. My last day at work is mid-November.

Stormy Weather Playlist (8-9-24):

The Volcanos - Storm Warning
The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Santana - Stormy
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Rainy Day, Dream Away
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Electric Light Orchestra - Standin' In The Rain
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
Blue Öyster Cult - I Am The Storm
The Beatles - Rain
Robin Trower - Same Rain Falls
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
The Doors - Riders On The Storm*
The Dogs D'Amour - How Come It Never Rains*
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain
Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Louisiana Rain
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
Aerosmith - Lightning Strikes
Supertramp - It's Raining Again
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane*
*Request

Now scram!

Live Prog Rock (8/2/24):

Deep Purple - Speed King
Van der Graaf Generator - Ship Of Fools
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Traffic - Tragic Magic
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
Gong - You Can't Kill Me
Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Rush - By-Tor & The Snow Dog
King Crimson - Easy Money
Genesis - In The Cage
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Kansas - Mysteries & Mayhe/Excerpt from Lamplight Symphony
Curved Air - Propositions

Now scram ya dang kids!

Rock 'N' Roll Playlist (7/19/24):

Toad - Break Down
Haystacks Balboa - Spoiler
Heart - Little Queen
JoJo Gunne - Ready Freddy
Led Zeppelin - Hots On For Nowhere
Stack Waddy - Roadrunner
Warhorse - Back In Time
Black Sabbath - The Thrill Of It All
April Wine - So Bad
Aerosmith - Round And Round
Sammy Hagar - Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Average Man*
Blue Öyster Cult - Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)
Whitesnake - Don't Mess With Me
Juicy Lucy - Mr. Skin
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Shake That Thing
Tucky Buzzard - Stainless Steel Lady
Bolder Damn - Rock On
Damnation Of Adam Blessing - Nightmare
The Kinks - Hard Way
Harlequin - Shame! Shame!
AC/DC - Shot Down In Flames
Triumph - Street Fighter
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Moonwalk
Hard Stuff - Libel
Captain Beyond - Oblivion
*Request

Now scram ya dang kids and stay the heck off my lawn!

Join me tomorrow morning starting at 7 when I rock your socks off, dagnabbit!!

1974 Releases, Part 2 (Apr, May, June):

America - Tin Man (Holiday)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For MCA (Second Helping)
Kinks - Salvation Road (Preservation Act 2)
Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues (From The Mars Hotel)
Sparks - Lost & Found (Kimono My House)
New York Dolls - Human Being (In Too Much Too Soon)
Elf - Do The Same Thing (Carolina County Ball)
Brownsville Station - I Got Love If You Want It/I'm A King Bee (School Punks)
Buffalo - Dune Messiah (Only Want You For Your Body)
Ten Years After - Nowhere To Run (Positive Vibrations)
Nazareth - Jet Lag (Rampant)
Robin Trower - Lady Love (Bridge Of Sighs)
Edgar Winter Group - Rock & Roll Woman (Shock Treatment)
Black Oak Arkansas - Son Of A Gun (Street Party)
Bad Company - Rock Steady (Bad Company)
Uriah Heep - Suicidal Man (Wonderworld)
Blue Öyster Cult - ME 262 (Secret Treaties)
Be Bop Deluxe - Rocket Cathedrals (Axe Victim)
Budgie - In For The Kill (In For The Kill)
UFO - Doctor Doctor (Phenomena)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Diamond Dogs)
Barclay James Harvest - Crazy City (Everyone Is Everybody)
10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle (Sheet Music)
Sweet - Fox On The Run (Sweet F***y Adams)
Elton John - Stinker (Caribou)

Now get off my lawn!

Old New Wave Playlist (7/5/24):

Devo - Secret Agent Man
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Blondie - Atomic
The Specials - Gangsters
Ultravox - Maximum Acceleration
Squeeze - Up The Junction
B-52's - Lava
The Cure - Fire In Cairo
The Human League - Blind Youth
Midnight Oil - Run By Night
The Police - So Lonely
M - Pop Muzik
Adam & The Ants - Digital Tenderness
The Cars - I'm In Touch With Your World
Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
Simple Minds - Life In A Day
Roxy Music - Whirlwind
XTC - Neon Shuffle
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Local Girls
Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
The Motels - Kix
Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
Split Enz - Walking Down The Road
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Goon Squad
Joy Division - Interzone
Gary Numan - Films
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Placebo Effect
Talking Heads - Cities

Now get the heck off my lawn!

sigh...

Martin Mull, beloved actor known for "Fernwood 2 Night," "Roseanne" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," dies at 80 Martin Mull came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and the starring role in its spinoff, "Fernwood 2 Night."

Southern Rock Live (6/28/24):

Dixie Dregs - The Bash
Blackfoot - Train, Train
ZZ Top - Heard It On The X
38 Special - Wild Eyed Southern Boys
The Eagles - All Night Long
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Poco - Ride The Country
The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides
Wet Willie - Grits Ain't Groceries
Grinderswitch - Watermelon Time In Georgia
Atlanta Rythm Section - Back Up Against The Wall
Alabama - Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - River To The Sun
Pure Prarie League - Amie
The Allman Brothers Band - Southbound
Charlie Daniels Band -Funky J***y
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
Black Oak Arkansas - Hot Rod
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi

Now get off my lawn!

Instrumental Playlist (6/21/24):

Link Wray & The Wraymen - Rumble
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
King Crimson - Red
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Jethro Tull - Serenade To A Cuckoo
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe(')
Allman Brothers Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Neil Young - The Emporer Of Wyoming
Little Feat - Day At The Dog Races
Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
Pink Floyd - Mudmen
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Blue Öyster Cult - Buck's Boogie
Black Sabbath - Rat Salad
The Who - Sparks
Atomic Rooster - The Rock
Traffic - Glad
Deep Purple - Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
Mick Ronson - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Food For Your Soul
Santana - Song Of The Wind

Now get off my lawn!

Glam Rock Playlist (6/14/24):

Pilot - Magic
David Essex - Rock On
Slik - Forever And Ever
Ultravox - Quiet Men
Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock And Roll
New York Dolls - Babylon
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Snake Bite
Roxy Music - Prairie Rose
The Hollywood Brats - Courtesan
T. Rex - The Motivator
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz*
Mott The Hoople - Jerkin' Crocus
The Hollywood Stars - King Of Night Time World
The Tubes - Pound Of Flesh
Suzi Quatro - Can The Can
Japan - Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)*
Sparks - Big Boy
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus
Slade - Let's Call It Quits
Mick Ronson - Angel No. 9
David Bowie - The Prettiest Star
Queen - Sweet Lady
Skyhooks - Living In The 70's
Silverhead - Underneath The Lights
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Psychomodo
Angel - Rock & Rollers
*Request

Now scram ya dang kids!

Progressive Rock 'n' Roll (6/7/24):

Tangerine Dream - Cloudburst Flight
Fireballet - Centurion
Gentle Giant - Working All Day
CAN - Vitamin C
Renaissance - Black Flame
Kayak - Reason For It All
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Gilgamesh - Darker Brighter
Kansas - The Pinnacle
Traffic - Tragic Magic
Nektar - Crying In The Dark
Pink Floyd - Childhood's End
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
Styx - Young Man
U.K. - Nevermore
Yes - Perpetual Change
Hatfield & The North - Rifferama

Now scram ya dang kids!

It's how I keep them dang kids off my lawn!

A Little Boogie & Blues Playlist (5/31/24):

John Lee Ho**er - I Don't Need No Steam Heat
Led Zeppelin - Boogie With Stu
Rory Gallagher - Used To Be
Foghat - Feel So Bad
The Rolling Stones - Shake Your Hips
Ten Years After - Baby Won't You Let Me Rock n Roll You
Little Feat - Old Folks Boogie
Johnny Winter - Silver Train
Faces - Silicone Grown
The Yardbirds - Drinking Muddy Water
Canned Heat - Got My Mojo Working
Hot Tuna - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Jeff Beck Group - Glad All Over
Cream - Outside Woman Blues
Fleetwood Mac - My Baby's Good To Me
Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - 2401
Status Quo - Spinning Wheel Blues
Humble Pie - I'm Ready
Brownsville Station - Wanted - Dead Or Alive
J. Geils Band - Floyd's Hotel
Cactus - Bro. Bill
ZZ Top - Certified Blues
Allman Brothers - Blind Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (I Got The) Same Old Blues
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Blue Moanin'
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - She's Tuff
Stevie Ray Vaughn - I'm Cryin'

Now boogie on off my lawn!