"The Writer's Version"

"The Writer's Version" (broadcast 5/4/18)

The Ray Noble Orchestra: Harlem Nocturne 
Don & Dewey: Leavin' It All Up To You 
Tom Waits: Ol' 55 
Bill Monroe/his Blue Grass Boys: Blue Moon of Kentucky 
Kris Kristofferson: Me & Bobby McGee
Dan Penn: Do Right Woman Do Right Man
Emmett Miller: Lovesick Blues 
Jimmy Webb: MacArthur Park 
Fred Neil: Everybody's Talkin'
Bobby Charles: But I Do 
The Kinks: This Strange Effect
Willie Dixon: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
The Paragons: The Tide Is High 
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You 
Tony Joe White: Rainy Night In Georgia 
Jesse Winchester: The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 
Randy Newman: I Think It's Going To Rain Today 
Donovan: Season Of The Witch
Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes
John Prine: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
Michael Nesmith: Different Drum 
The Crickets: I Fought The Law (And the Law Won) 
Ellie Greenwich: Be My Baby 
Sir Mack Rice: Mustang Sally 
David Bowie: All the Young Dudes 
Prince: Nothing Compares 2 U 2 
Mickey Newbury: Sweet Memories
Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses
Carole King: Crying In the Rain (Demo)
Dave Alvin: Fourth Of July
The Beatles: Bad to Me (Demo)
The Byrds: Hickory Wind
The Brains: Money Changes Everything 
Joe South: Hush 
J.J. Cale: Cocaine 
Frankie Miller: Heartbreak Radio 
Paul Carrack: I Don't Want To Hear Any More
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Shakin' All Over 
Them: Gloria
Dennis Linde: Burnin' Love 
Richard Berry & The Pharoahs: Louie Louie 
Brinsley Schwarz: (What's so Funny 'bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
Mac Gayden: Everlasting Love 
Wreckless Eric: Whole Wide World 
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away 

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President