What's Next?? #57 Playlist 11/29/13- The "Pass the Mashed Potatoes" Edition

What's Next??  Show #57
AIR DATE: 11/29/13 12a-3a 91.3 WWUH, West Hartford CT
The "Pass the Mashed Potatoes" Edition
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PROGRAM NOTES:

This show features 2 Thanksgiving day classics, Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" and The Band's "The Last Waltz."  "Alice's Restaurant" has been traditionally played ever year by rock radio stations, and that tradition lives on here.  I know you've all heard it before, but there's something comforting to hear this song on Thanksgiving (or the day after!)

The Band recorded and filmed their farewell concert "The Last Waltz" on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 25, 1976.  The film version of the concert was directed by Martin Scorsese, and is claimed by some as "the best concert film ever made."  The film was released in 1978, accompanied by a three-record album.  Tonight's show features music from the 4 CD box set, released in 2002.  The box set contains many songs not released in either the movie, or on the original album.

The Genesis selection, "Supper's Ready" is kind of a Thanksgiving song on a more personal level.  When I first discovered Progressive Rock, I was turned onto this classic Genesis song on a cold November weekend by a good friend of mine.  We spent that long weekend listening intently to Supper's Ready.  This song has since reminded me of Thanksgiving.

• Arlo Guthrie- "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"  Alice's Restaurant, 1967, Reprise
• Ray Davies- "Thanksgiving Day"  Thanksgiving Day (EP), 2005, V2 North America
• Brian Wilson- "Roll Plymouth Roll"  Smile, 2004, Nonesuch
• The Band- "Up On Cripple Creek"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band-  "The Weight"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "Don't Do It"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "It Makes No Difference"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "Ophelia"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "The Shape I'm In"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "I Shall Be Released"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "Life is a Carnival"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band- "The W. S. Walcott Medicine Show"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Muddy Waters- "Mannish Boy"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Van Morrison- "Caravan"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Bob Dylan- "Forever Young"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Bob Dylan- "Baby Let Me Follow You Down"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Ronnie Hawkins- "Who Do You Love"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Eric Clapton- "All Our Past Times"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• The Band Featuring Neil Young- "Helpless"  The Last Waltz, 2002, Warner Bros
• Genesis- "Supper's Ready (Oct 20, 1973)"  Genesis Archive 1, 1998, Atlantic
• V. S. O. P.- The Quintet- "Para Oriente"  Live Under the Sky, 1980, Columbia
• Herbie Hancock- "Hang Up Your Hang Ups"  V. S. O. P., 1977, Columbia
• Sly and the Family Stone- "Thank You (Fallettenme be Mice Elf Again)"  Greatest Hits, 1970, Epic
• Rare Earth- "I Just Wanna Celebrate"  One World, 1970, Rare Earth

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