Music From The City Of Roses & Show # 601

Located South of Detroit, Windsor, Ontario was first established as a city in 1892. Being a border city Windsor has a diverse and storied history. In the 1920’s when prohibition was instituted in Michigan, alcohol was still legal in Windsor, Ontario. As a result rum running became common practice. In addition to this Windsor and Detroit also share a history with the automotive industry. Sometimes known as the “Automotive Capital of Canada”, Windsor has been and still is a major contributor to Canada’s automotive industry. Musically, Windsor has an early history being involved with choral and orchestral music. In the 1950’s Windsor began making a transition to more rock and roll oriented music. Prior to this there were also several big band musical acts.

While it hasn’t always been the best documented, Windsor’s independent music scene saw several influential bands in the 1980s. The Spy’s were one of these influential bands. They were a short lived punk band that only ever released one single “Underground/Machine Shop” in 1980. Several other bands were around at that time as well in the vein of 70s punk rock such as The Dry Heaves among others. The late 80s brought bands such as The Prehistoric Cave Strokers and The Lost Patrol. Other notable bands in Windsor’s history include 50’s rockabilly artist Jack Scott (who was born in Windsor, but raised in Detroit), Luxury Christ (a more of a performance art piece band from the 90s), Hung Jury, Toast, What Seas What Shores, Orphan Choir, The Locusts Have No King, The Golden Hands Before God, Johnny West, Measured In Angles, Citywide Vacuum, Mr. Chill & The Witnesses, James O-L & The Villains, Tara Watts and many others. Windsor’s independent music scene continues to strive and provide a wide range of diversity today ranging from punk and heavy rock bands, to folk, country, blues, acoustic, post-rock and numerous other types of genres. Being South of Detroit, Windsor and Detroit definitely share a sense of diversity in their arts communities. This episode of Revolution Rock focused on some of the more obscure music from Windsor’s past and present independent music scenes.

Windsor Past & Present Playlist:

1. Orphan Choir - New Rituals (Orphan Choir - 2009)
2. Measured In Angles - Method Of Tenacity (Lo Standards For Hi-Fi - 2005)
3. Dry Heaves - I Can’t Puke (Shoot Yourself - 1981)
4. The Prehistoric Cave Strokers - Sold Out (Live At The Coach & Horses - 1991)
5. The Hung Jury - Swingin’ By My Neck (Where The Horse Bit Me EP - 2007)
6. Tara Watts - Pack My Bags (Pale Blue Moon - 2014)
7. Tea Leaves - I Want To Live In The Dirt (Wooden Hands - 2015)
8. The Space Plan - High Noon In Death Valley (The Space Plan - 2000)
9. Luxury Christ - You Could Have Been Nice (Buy Our Love - 1993)
9. The Moon Patrol - We Don’t Care (From The Basement To The Bedroom EP - 1999)
10. GWD - There Is No Us (The Sessions from Stellar - 2002)
11. James O-L & The Villains - One Horse Town (On The Banks Of The Detroit River - 2014)
12. Middle Sister - East 80 (Live CJAM Session - 2016)
13. The Golden Hands Before God - The Ladder (Here EP - 2007)
14. Jack Scott - Leroy (Jack Scott - 1958)
15. Dorothy Collins - It Doesn’t Matter (Everything I Have Is Yours/It Doesn’t Matter - 1959)
16. What Seas What Shores - Gugelhupf (Spiritual Nap Machine - 2015)
17. Elk - Untitled Song 3 (ELK Demo - 2005)
18. Lost Patrol - I’m Not The One (Lost Patrol - 1988)
19. The Nelsons - A Cool One (Unreleased Song - 1980s (Date Unknown))
20. The Ronald Reagan Story - Colorado Drifter (Demo - 1982)
21. The Spy’s - Underground (Underground/Machine Shop - 1980)
22. The Locusts Have No King - Weapon Of Choice (Live Off The Floor At The Walkerville Brewery - 2013)
23. Magic Hall Of Mirrors - Coke MTN (Garage Demo EP - 2010)
24. Paul Jacobs - Mouldy Love (Mouldy Love EP - 2014)
25. Hairspray - I Go To The Ridge (Hairspray Demo - 2004)
26. Cellos - The New Religion (The Accident - 2012)

To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for February 20. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.

Coming Up On Revolution Rock in 2016!

Upcoming shows in February:

Back in 2011, I began doing a month of theme based programming in February. It was an expansion of my annual surf rock program, which began airing at the end of February in 2007. At the time it was just a temporary thing to drum up interest and add variety to my usual programming content. It has continued ever since. Revolution Rock airs every Saturday from 7-9 PM on CJAM 99.1 FM in Windsor/Detroit.  It can be streamed live at www.cjam.ca and downloaded via the very same website afterwards.

Here is the scheduled line up:

The Music of Lead Belly & His Influence: Revolution Rock Celebrates Black History Month
February 6th, 2016
7-9 PM
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)

Every February CJAM FM celebrates Black History Month by featuring special programming from different programmers. On Saturday, February 6th, Revolution Rock joins this cast of DJ’s and will feature a program focusing on the music of American blues/folk musician Lead Belly. The content of his work covered a wide array of topics such as the news of his day with songs about Franklin D. Roosevelt, Howard Hughes, as well as songs of liquor, prison, gospel blues, women, cowboys, and dancing to name a few. Join host Dave Konstantino and co-host Adam Peltier on this date for a selection of recordings from “The king of the 12-String guitar’s” catalogue, covers of his songs as well as a collection of other blues and folk musicians from different time periods.

Zig Zag Wanderer: Revolution Rock Captain Beefheart Music Special
February 13th, 2016
7-9 PM
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)

While many of his works have been labeled as art rock, Captain Beefheart’s music combined elements of blues, psychedelia, rock, jazz and experimental/avant-garde music. Born Don Glen Vliet, he adopted the stage name Captain Beefheart and its origins have been said to come from a variety of sources. The origin of the name was once described on The Late Show with David Letterman as being Captain Beefheart because he has “A beef in his heart with society”. His name also has a connection to his high school friend Frank Zappa, who would share both a collaborative friendship and mutual rivalry with Beefheart. On this special episode, hosts Dave Konstantino and co-host Adam Peltier delve into the catalogue of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band and the lasting influence of his music.

Music From The City Of Roses: Revolution Rock Windsor Music Special
February 20th, 2016
7-9 PM
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)

Windsor, Ontario’s music scene has always had a diverse and unique landscape. Partially due to its location to neighbouring and highly influential Detroit, Michigan, this episode of Revolution Rock will focus on music from Windsor’s past and present. Along with current music content, several rare recordings from bands in Windsor’s independent local music communities will be featured on this program. It will all coincide with exclusive recordings made at CJAM FM with Windsor, Ontario’s folk rock band Middle Sister. A video for these songs will also be posted online to add a visual element to these CJAM Session recordings.

Pulp Fiction: Revolution Surf (The 10th Edition)
February 27th, 2016
7-9 PM
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)

2016 marks the 10th annual Revolution Surf radio special. Started back on a cold evening at the end of February in 2007, the 10th edition of Revolution Surf will feature a selection of surf music that was featured in the movie and on the soundtrack to the 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, The film and its soundtrack helped to re-introduce surf music to a new generation. The program will also feature a variety of other surf and instrumental music from the past and present. In addition to this there will be special guests such as Derk Brigante of The Surfphony of Derstruction 2000, which now airs on Surf Rock Radio, Carley of the CJAM program Everything’s No Good and more! Tune into this very special edition of Revolution Surf on February 27th, 2016 from 7-9 PM.