The Downfall of Paris

We are joined in-studio by Bellevue East Softball Head Coach Casie (KC)Onken, and Players Valerie Fitzgerald, Courtney Ehlers, Alisha McMurty, We talk the road to Hastings, and what the kickoff looks like this year.

August 7 - Seg 3 - Bellevue East Softball

The melody is loosely based around an Irish song called "When a Man's in Love," which I learned from The Chieftains 9 BOIL THE BREAKFAST EARLY album (1979), sung beautifully acappella by Kevin Conneff. The original lyrics were quite erotic. I took it into a more contemplative, wintry, and spiritual mode with all respects to the original idea.

We Pay Our Dues

Emission ''Peuples & Musiques'' n°174 diffusée dans ''Folk à lier'' sur Radio Libertaire le 05/01/2025. Animateur : Hervé Cantal.
mon blog : http://peuplesetmusiques.blogspot.com
site de Folk à lier : http://folkalier.free.fr
(If you don't understand French you can listen to the music only by following the timing below).
01'40'' : the March of the King of Laois (LP Chieftains 3, Claddagh Records, 1973)
06'10'' : the Wheels of the the World/Tom Steele's par Sean Ryan (LP S. Ryan & P.J. Moloney, traditional music of Ireland, Avoca, 1960)
09'30'' : Pigean on the Gate/Jim McKillop's/the Fiddler's Welcome par the Bridge Ceili Band (CD Reunion Concert/All-ireland Ceili Bands Champions, CCE, 2001)
13'17'' : set of  jigs (enregistrement RTE au fleadh à Tullamore en 2009)
16'07'' : Leix County/the Lads of Laois (CD Robert & James Harvey/The Lads of Laois, Roundwood Records, 2024)
20'01'' : the Flower of the Flock/the mason Apron (CD Tommy Fitzharris & Donal McCague/the Bank of Turf, 2018)
25'11'' : the Trip to Durrow (CD Sean Ryan/a collection of his own compositions and his versions of well known traditional tunes, 2010)
29'09'' : I wish I was in England (LP Christie Moore/Prosperous, Tara, 1972)
33'00'' : the Plains of Kildare (LP Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Mulligan, 1976)
38'59'' : reel (the Hunter's Purse) par Joe Harris (LP Fleadh Cheoil '75, Dolphin Records, 1975)
41'13'' : Cucanandy/the Pride of Kildare/the Cat's Meow (CD Brian Hughes/Whistle Stop, 1997)
46'01'' : the Curragh Races/John Stewart's (CD Sean Keegan/a Bird never flew on one Wing, 2022)

TRIP TO ... COUNTY LAOIS & KILDARE

La rubrique "Peuples et Musiques" a lieu le 1er dimanche de chaque mois sur Radio-Libertaire dans le cadre de l'émission "Folk à lier" de 12h à 14h. Depuis 2008 je traite de différents sujets en général non liés à l'actualité musicale du moment : régions ou pays, artistes, types d'instruments, labels et collections de disques etc...

“Johnny is a virtuoso…” –Brian Wilson
“A delightful entertainer…” earcandy.com
“Pop music with a conscience…” Goldmine magazine
“The Harry Houdini of rock’n’roll” Spotlight magazine

Entertainer, songwriter, and “Singer at Large” Johnny J. Blair is known for his brand of “pop music with a twist,” influenced by Americana, British Invasion rock, old school soul/r’n’b, psychedelia, and punk/new wave, with melodicism breathed by classical, gospel, jazz, and world music. 

As a solo acoustic act or when fronting a band, Johnny engages an audience. He was called “a white James Brown” by Brown’s legendary drummer, Clyde Stubblefield. Johnny’s current itinerary includes performing in assisted living homes for people with disabilities and dementia: “Music goes through the brain into places where math and language don’t reach. It heals, and it makes a difference.”

Since the 80s, Johnny has issued full-length recordings to a global audience— from the “new wave concept album” DOOR IN THE WATER, to the soulful masterwork FIRE, to the bare-knuckled acoustic “agitpop” of TREADMARKS, to the “Ziggy Stardust meets PET SOUNDS” of GRATEFUL to the glam-tango tinged masterwork I LIKE THE STREET (with musical support from The Badlees, Eric Biondo/Beyondo, and Mike Garson, David Bowie’s pianist).

Johnny has worked with a range of acts—most prominently with Davy Jones of The Monkees (“I learned valuable stagecraft from David”). Johnny played and worked with Jones for 20 years, and he was the touring bassist/vocalist with The Monkees 45th Anniversary Tour of the UK and USA. Other artists Johnny has played with are John Bechdel (Ministry), David Cassidy, Buddy & Julie Miller, and Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat”). 

For 2019, Johnny on the beat with fresh material and a new album in the works, WE’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE SUN. He says, “I’ve played the Royal Albert Hall, CBGB’s, Disney, The Fillmore, Las Vegas, Mabuhay Gardens, the Tokyo Billboard, holy temples in India, desert islands, Caribbean cruise ships, churches, prisons, garages, biker bars, and picnics, but I’ll really hit it big when I play for you!”

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