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Saturday May 10th, 2025 with Jas Nasty & family
Mother's Day special- Doing It For Donna pt. 3
Jas is joined by her siblings to share music, memories, and stories about their mother Donna
❤️ Donna Reynolds (nee McNeice) April 30, 1960 - April 30, 2021 ❤️
Here are the past tributes to Donna in the series -
Doing it For Donna pt. 1 (2021) - https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/52164.html
Doing it For Donna pt. 2 (2022) - https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/56090.html
| Donna Richie Valens - |
| Jas shares stories of Donna's classic rock outs while driving, and memories of seeing Heart in concert with her |
| Magic Man Heart - |
| Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf - |
| Jesse and Justine share memories of seeing Cher in concert with Donna - warning- there will be more Cher during this show!
After Cher, Jesse shares some of his musical memories and selections. |
| Believe Cher - |
| Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) Blu Cantrell - |
| Don't Lose My Number Phil Collins - |
| Jake tells us some tales of Donna and how she would tailor her varied musical tastes to each of us depending who was in the car or with her at the time! You can see where we all learned our eclectic music tastes :) |
| Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker - |
| A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley - |
| Back In Black ACDC - |
| Toni, Jake's girlfriend shares her memories of going to the beach with Donna, and her love of the Beach Boys, and the Mamma Mia movies featuring Meryl Streep and Cher, and then we will hear some cover versions of Abba songs from the soundtrack |
| Surfin' U.S.A. The Beach Boys - |
| Mamma Mia Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Dancing Queen Cher - Mamma Mia! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| My sister Justine shares some sweet memories of road trips with Mom for her dance competitions, and some of the songs she associates with her <3
(starts 58:30) |
| I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack - |
| Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen - |
| I Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley - |
| Dancing Queen Abba - |
| Strong Enough Cher - |
| Smoke on the Water Deep Purple - |
| Jesse shares some of Mom's past of dating Bryan Adams in high school! He was in a rock band that played at the dance and apparently they didn't know too many songs so they played Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple more than once :)
We will hear a clip of Jesse and his JUMP! radio Morning Crew cohosts Jenna and Gord from a few years back when they called Mom to get the tea on the short relationship they had circa 1974 while he attended Colonel By Secondary School in Gloucester, here in Ottawa Ontario! My brother Jesse is famous! Jesse Reynolds is an award-winning comedian, actor, and former morning radio host now based in Kingston. A Global News journalist by day, and a stand-up comic by night, Jess is known for his razor-sharp wit and high-energy stage presence. From radio mornings to TV news (5:30, 6:30 & 11pm om CKWS-TV), and even some Hallmark movies too - you can see him in 'Obsessed to Death', and 'Jane Mysteries 4' streaming online. jessereynolds.ca |
| Summer of 69 Bryan Adams - |
| Jesse shares a cover of Donna by Richie Valens, which I in fact do fight him on - why try when the Richie Valens version is perfect??? Can't have a siblings show without any rivalry, can we?
After that we get a bit silly with some childhood memories and obsession with Disney's The Little Mermaid growing up. Ursula the Sea Witch became an obsession for Jesse, and I think when he portrayed her in a school play at 11 years old, I think we all knew he would be gay! The Ursula character was of course inspired by iconic drag queen, singer and actor Divine. Divine catapulted to cult fame after appearing in Pink Flamingos, John Waters’ filthy 1972 comedy. |
| Donna (cover) The Firebirds - |
| Poor Unfortunate Souls Pat Carroll - The Little Mermaid soundtrack |
| You Are My Sunshine Jackie Shane - 
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| While Jackie's version of You are my Sunshine is a bit different than the original Mom sang to us, I wanted to share it here.
We are all thankful to Donna for being the best gay Mom, who always encouraged Jesse to be himself, and attending Pride and any of his shows and events, and loved making friends with Drag Queens, including Ottawa's own China Doll! Mom was always supporting us in doing what we wanted and we will remember that fondly. In August 2021 when we were scattering her ashes at sunset in Lake Ontario, we heard some faint music on the shore to the left, and realized it was someone sitting on the rocks singing and playing the song Hasn't Hit Me Yet by Blue Rodeo, so this one will always be dear to our hearts. |
| Hasn't Hit Me Yet Blue Rodeo -
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| The Best Tina Turner - |
| Thank you everyone! Sending love to all the mothers on Mother's Day, and hugs to all those who have lost their Mothers.
Take care all |
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Sending some love from Drake and me to you all on this day. Those we lose live on through our remembrances and celebrations of their lives well lived. I am celebrating my Mom too.
4:42 PM, May 10th, 2025