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Cool Cuts
Thursday January 24th, 2013 with Chris Sharp
Michigan Rocks

Tonight Cool Cuts will feature Michigan blues rock,hard rock and punk from the mid 60's to the mid 70's.
Let's start with some seminal Michigan hard rock/punk bands from the late 60's
Kick Out The Jams
The MC5 - Best of The MC5(2000)
1969
The Stooges - The Stooges(1969)
Journey To The Center of The Mind
Amboy Dukes - VA:Nuggets:Volume One(1984)
Up All Night
SRC - The Best of SRC(1971)
Some of the dominant bands on the Michigan hard rock scene of the early 70's.
Crying Shame
The Frigid Pink - Frigid Pink(1970)
Big Time Spender
The Frost - Through The Eyes of Love(1970)
Yeah,Yeah,Yeah
Alice Cooper - Killer(1971)
Let Your Yeah be Yeah
Brownesville Station - Yeah!(1973)
Blue eyed soul was giving way to psychedelic influences(66-68),exemplified in this set.
Leaving Here
The Rationals - VA:Michigan Nuggets(2000)
2+2=?
Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man(1968)
Can't Get Enough of You Baby
? and the Mysterians - VA:Michigan Nuggets(2000)
What's On Your Mind?
Terry Knight and The Pack - same
The next 35 minutes will feature some of the best cuts from the first 5 Grand Funk Railroad releases.All of which were produced by the above(tr 15) Terry Knight
Time Machine
Grand Funk Railroad - On Time(1969)
Got This Thing On The Move
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk(1969)
I Don't Have To Sing The Blues
Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home(1970)
Feelin' Alright
Grand Funk Railroad - Survival(1971)
Gimme Shelter
Grand Funk Railroad - Survival(1971)
Footstompin' Music
Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribua Funk(1971)
Some mid 70's motor city mayhem.
Let The World Turn
Death - For The Whole World To See(1975/2009)
Gimme Danger
Iggy Pop and The Stooges - Raw Power(1973)
Motor City Madhouse
Ted Nugent - The Best of Ted Nugent:Great Gonzos!(1981)
Time for one more set of early 70's Detroit rock:a great set of pipes,a drummer who ended up with Detroit's favorite son in rock(Seger) and a huge hit instumental for a Motown session man.
Long Long Time
Mitch Ryder - The Detroit-Memphis Experiment(1969)
God,Love and Rock & Roll
Teegarden & Van Winkle - Teegarden & Van Winkle(1970)
Back In '72
Bob Seger - Back In '72(1973)
Scorpio
Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band - Evolution(1971)
Thank for listening.Please remember that you "Gotta lose your mind in Detroit,Rock City"...later.
Interactive CKCU
farron
Get up! everybody gonna leave their seat...

10:07 PM, January 15th, 2013
Chris
Get down! everybody gonna move their feet...

8:45 AM, January 16th, 2013
Chris
what's shakin'

12:05 AM, January 24th, 2013
farron
im making a mexican lantern, and I must say, this is a really good soundtrack for hammering metal!

12:59 AM, January 24th, 2013
Chris
you hammer your way and I'll hammer mine and together we'll see the light

1:05 AM, January 24th, 2013
farron
I don't know if anyone can beat joe cocker's razor blade screams...still a very good cover.

1:16 AM, January 24th, 2013
chris
more of a sledgehammer version

1:21 AM, January 24th, 2013
farron
:D

1:46 AM, January 24th, 2013
chris
:D to you

1:49 AM, January 24th, 2013
farron
really good show, im so glad you listen to such good music, otherwise this would be a really long 2 hours...talk to you soon! xo

1:52 AM, January 24th, 2013
chris
Later-glad it wasn't boring-the bane of all programmers

1:55 AM, January 24th, 2013
Chris Sharp (host)
bain

9:14 PM, September 30th, 2014
Chris Sharp (host)
I think

9:14 PM, September 30th, 2014
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