PURE with Howard Thompson

"Fire & Water" (broadcast 11/11/20)

Free: Fire And Water (alt mix)
Lydia Loveless: The Water
Hank Williams: Settin The Woods On Fire
Jeannie Seely: Peaceful Waters
Garbage: On Fire
Moth Man: The Water
Julee Cruise: The Fire In Me
Aretha Franklin: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Erma Franklin: Light My Fire
The Regals: Got The Water Boiling
Hollie Cook: Angel Fire
Doug Powell: She Walks on Water
James Hunter: No Smoke Without Fire
Sara Hickman: Last Man In The Water
Dirk Hamilton: How Do You Fight Fire?
Pokey LaFarge: Something In The Water
Alan Vega: Cry Fire
Roebuck "Pop" Staples, Albert King & Steve Cropper: Water
Roky Erickson: Stand for the Fire Demon
PJ Harvey: Down By The Water
Zoe Mazah: Let The Fire Burn
Howard Seratt: Troublesome Waters
Fountains of Wayne: Firelight Waltz
Brian Eno & John Cale: You Don’t Miss Your Water
Etta James: Fire
Kathryn Tickell: Water Of Tyne
Martin Denny: Swamp Fire
Les Hommes: Water Waltz (feat Rumer)
Tony Joe White: Right Back in the Fire
Michael Doucet: Water Water
Mac Wiseman: Fireball Mail
Dire Straits: Water Of Love (live at the Hope & Anchor)
Neville Brothers: Fire On The Bayou
Bob Marley & The Wailers: No Water (Can Quench My Thirst)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Fire
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Sweet Water Pools
The Move: Fire Brigade
Otis Redding: You Left The Water Running [Demo Version]
Public Service Broadcasting: Spitfire
Ian Hunter: Walk On Water
Die Antwoord: Baby's On Fire
L.H.D.: Boiling Water, Dreamy Girl
David Bowie: (You Will) Set The World On Fire
Sandy Denny Blackwaterside
Ian McNabb: Fire Inside My Soul
Bob Dylan: High Water (For Charley Patton)
Dwight Twilley Band: I'm On Fire
The Replacements: Cool Water
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Frank Zappa: Watermelon In Easter Hay (edit)
JD McPherson: Fire Bug
The Standells: Dirty Water
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity: This Wheel’s On Fire

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