"Here's Johnny"

‘Here’s Johnny” (broadcast 9/1/17)

Jimmy Reed: Oh John
Shelby Lynne: Johnny Met June 
Johnny Cash: John's 
Kris Kristofferson: Good Morning John 
Vince Gill: Buttermilk John (feat. The Time Jumpers) 
The Band: Knockin' Lost John 
Willie Nelson: Johnny One Time 
Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator 
The Waterboys: A Girl Called Johnny 
John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me 
Mikel Rouse: Johnny Dollar 
Van Morrison w/Lonnie Donegan: Lost John (live) 
Danbert Nobacon & the Bad Things: Johnny Woebegone
David Bowie: John, I'm Only Dancing 
Jilted John: Jilted John 
Prince Far I: Johnny Get Worse 
Rudy Mills: John Jones 
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: John in the Air 
Tony Joe White: Gumbo John 
Warren Zevon: Johnny Strikes Up The Band 
Angel Corpus Christi: John Cassavetes 
Stereolab: John Cage Bubblegum 
Richard Thompson: Long John Silver
Loudon Wainwright III: Not John 
Hamell On Trial: John Lennon 
Gene Vincent: Who Slapped John 
Stan Freberg: John And Marsha 
Dale Watson & The Texas Two: Jonny At The Door
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Johnny Be Fair 
Jane Morgan: A Girl Named Johnny Cash 
Ruth Wallis: Johnny Had A Yo Yo 
Glenna Bell: Frankie And Johnny 
American Music Club: Johnny Mathis' Feet
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club: Johnny 
The Piglets: Johnny Reggae 
Dave Alvin: Johnny Ace Is Dead 
Varetta Dillard: Johnny Has Gone 
Shovels & Rope: Johnny 99
Imelda May: Johnny Got A Boom Boom
Takotsubo Men: Jon E Demotivator 
Suicide: Johnny
Pat Boone: Johnny Will 
Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary 
Andy Fairweather Low: Bye Bye Johnny
Dottie West: My Big John
Darlene Love: Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) 
Grateful Dead: Uncle John's Band 
Big John Greer: Come Back Uncle John
Jerry Lee Lewis: Johnny B. Goode

PSAs

Dion: Abraham, Martin And John 
The Beatles: The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Willie Tee: Thank You John

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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