Tree House Radio 1.5

Welcome to the final radio broadcast of the semester. We'll see what happens in the fall, but it sure has been fun. Many thanks to Tessa for letting me fill in!

CSU Monterey Bay has run the OtterStream since 1997 as an Internet-only radio show, under the mentorship of Prof. Steven Levinson and his TAT 338 class.

PLAYLIST
I was flying by the seat of my...laptop! I have over 1,400 songs in my iTunes library, so I took requests as they came in for whatever subject, whether someone was doing the laundry or cooking dinner.

--- 5:45 p.m. ---

Tony Furtado and Dirk Powell - Courtney's Promise
The Waifs - Fisherman's Daughter
The Waifs - A Brief History...
The Waifs - Bridal Train

--- 6 p.m. ---

Poi Dog Pondering - Bury Me Deep
Molly's Revenge - Whistle Reels (for Pamela!)
Poi Dog Pondering - Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering - U Li La Lu

Indigo Girls - Get Out The Map (for Juliet & Sonoma!)
Lunasa - Cregg's Pipes (for Marc & Sue)

Mark Erelli - Ghost
Mark Erelli - Goodbye
Mark Erelli - Midnight Train

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer - Ordinary Town
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer - Cowboy Singer
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer - Crocodile Man

--- 7 p.m. ---

Tracy Grammer - When I Reach The Place I'm Goin'
Tracy Grammer - Gypsy Rose
Tracy Grammer - Phantom Doll

Suzzy & Maggie Roche - Clothes Line Saga (Dylan) (for Juliet & Sonoma!)
Bob Dylan - shelter from the storm (for Steve!)

Redbird (live) - Moonglow (Mills)
Redbird (live) - Shotgun Singer (Delmhorst)
Redbird (live) - 4 & 20 Blues (Foucault)
[Redbird is Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault, and Peter Mulvey]

Chuck Brodsky (live) - The Food Pun Song (for Juliet & Sonoma!)
Jann Arden - Good Mother (for Arden!)
Sara Hickman - Woman Waiting To Happen (for Bonnie!)
Matt & Shannon Heaton - f-stop (for Marc & Sue!)

Poi Dog Pondering - Pulling Touch (for Juliet!)

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Thanks everyone who wrote and listened. Hope I get to do this next semester! See you at the next Tree House Concert!!

Tree House Radio 1.4

A big thanks and well-wishes to the Zmaker and the Purple Otter, who couldn't be in today at noon on the OtterStream at CSU Monterey Bay. That means you get to hear the type of music I'd like to see at a Tree House Concert!

More pictures of me playing Cartagena and
Mamma Mia, and Andrew playing Lost Cities.

--- 12 noon ---

Blue Highway - Monrobro
Nickel Creek - Cuckoo's Nest
Waybacks - Turkish Stalemate
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Siucra - The Strands of Magilligan
Molly's Revenge - Whistle Reels
Old Blind Dogs - Forfar Sodger
Lunasa - The Merry Sisters of Fate
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Peter Mulvey - Two Janes
Jeremy Toback - You Make Me Feel (live)
Luka Bloom - Delirious
Joel Cage - Streets
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Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer - The River, Where She Sleeps
Waybacks - I Wan'Na Be Like You The Monkey Song
Mumbo Gumbo - Fizz
Nellie McKay - The Dog Song

--- 1 p.m. ---

Todd Snider - Beer Run (live)
Steve Forbert - Complications (live)
Slaid Cleaves - Sinner's Prayer
Myshkin - Country Girls
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Pieta Brown - Without You
Jeffrey Foucault - Mayfly
Keith Greeninger - My Religion
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Patty Griffin - Mad Mission
Tracy Grammer - When I Reach The Place I'm Goin'
Shawn Colvin w/ Neil Finn - What I Get Paid For (live)
Finn Brothers - Angel's Heap
Lindsey Buckingham - Never Going (live)
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The Mammals - Fall On My Knees
The Duhks - The Trooper and the Maid
Nickel Creek - The Fox
The Greencards - You Pulled Me Out

-- extra innings! ---

Brad Mehldau - Dear Prudence

Tree House Radio 1.3

Wow! I was able to spent two hours on the OtterStream at CSU Monterey Bay playing the type of music I'd like to hear at a Tree House Concert.



Oooh! I got to start at 5:45 p.m.!! Quick...think fast!

Peter Mulvey - 29 Cent Head
The Duhks - The Green Fields of Glentown
Road Dog Divas - Coot
Steve Forbert - What Kind of Guy
Jimmie LaFave - The Perfect Combination

-- 6 p.m.

Greg Pool - Get Away Car (made w/ GarageBand!)
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Erin McKeown - Queen of Quiet
The Waifs - The Waitress
Railroad Earth - Bread and Water
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Siucra - Peggy-O
Lunasa - Aoibhneas
Tim O'Brien - The Crossing
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Ryan Adams - Firecracker
Tift Merritt - Stray Paper
Lori McKenna - Mr. Sunshine
Kathleen Edwards - Six O'Clock News
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Mark Erelli - Little Sister
Jeffrey Foucault - 4 & 20 Blues
Peter Mulvey - Shirt
Kris Delmhorst - East of the Mountains
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Peter Case - Icewater
Chris Smither - Crocodile Man (Dave Carter!)
Dave Alvin - New Highway

-- 7 p.m.

Peppino D'Agostino - Costa Rica
Nickel Creek - House of Tom Bombadil
Dixie Chicks - Lil' Jack Slade
Bazar Bla - Stomping Ground
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Liz Carroll - The Cup of Tea
The Duhks - Giuliano's Tune/Something/Eleanor Day #2
Lunasa - Taylor Bay 4 a.m.
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Greg Brown - Ain't No One Like You
Kris Delmhorst - Come Home
Dana & Susan Robinson - The Cuckoo
Tracy Grammer - Laughlin Boy
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Mark Erelli - California Blues (Jimmy Rogers)(live on KPIG)
Bruce Springsteen - Open All Night
Jimmy LaFave - Red Dirt Roads At Night
Randy Scruggs - Passin' Thru

Dana & Susan Robinson (wrap-up)

Here's a wrap-up of Dana & Susan Robinson's visit to the Tree House (pictures of that night):

• The night was special for Susan, because she once lived in Pacific Grove and worked at CSU Monterey Bay, writing grants for the Watershed Institute and the Earth Systems, Science & Policy department. Many of the audience were old friends of Susan's and who were more than amazed at her rock star status.


• Dana & Susan probably tied Molly's Revenge for the most instruments on stage, including fiddle, two guitars, mandolin, and banjo.


• I stand corrected! Dana & Susan met at a house concert not in Felton but in Santa Clara. That Felton house concert was the catalyst, though. You can hear more in the interview I did with Dana & Susan.


• That interview marks the first podcast I created, using GarageBand and a Mac laptop. We recorded the interview with a unidirectional vocal mike that we sat around, which means you don't need much to do this. Dana commented at the end that it was "as good an interview as I've ever had on the radio."


• They were married in June 2004, so like us they are still newlyweds. In the interview, Susan talks about discovering and then meeting Dana.


• Also in that interview, you hear a clip from Dana's song "Heaven." He said that was a period when he was trying to sound like John Martyn and recommended me getting his album Solid Air.


• Dana & Susan sang "What Would Woody Do?" in reference to Woody Guthrie, and I jokingly reminded Dana we have a Toy Story coffee cup with Woody on it. Don't want to confuse the kids, right?
  


• Dana's CD "Avenue Of The Saints" was the first swag we ever received at the Tree House. Swag...stuff we always get. I remembered being shocked that the artist would send me the CD for free when I could listen to clips on the Web.


• Dana & Susan's car had a weathered Mammals sticker on it that read, "Trad Is Rad!" The Mammals, who are on the Tree House wish list, had played the night before in Santa Cruz, and sadly none of us could go.


• Dana was once a baker in Vermont and held small venue concerts in his shop. At dinner he described his spinach wrap that was a lunch staple, so next time they come by the Tree House...no music. Just baking!


• Susan had breakfast the morning after the show with another old friend, who couldn't make it to the concert but actually lived in the Tree House many years ago.


• Dana & Susan are driving back to Asheville, North Carolina, with eight redwood saplings, a gift from Jeff Emery the day before. Dana thinks they'll take to the climate of Ashville fairly well, so look for a little bit of Northern California out there in a few decades.