"Waifs & Strays 2"

"Waifs & Strays 2" (broadcast 8/16/13)

PURE theme (Danny Gatton: Funky Mama) 
Marianne Faithfull: Love Song 
Bill Evans: Waltz For Debbie
Geraint Watkins: It’s A Fabulous Thing 
Robert Johnson: I'm A Steady Rollin' Man 
Swingadelic: Up The Creek 
Richard Thompson: Madonna’s Wedding 
Fairport Convention: Percy’s Song (BBC, Top Gear 6/4/69) 
Daisy House: Emma In The Morning 
Urna Chahar-Tugchi: Hödööd 
Mickey Newbury: She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye 
Elvis Presley: For Ol' Times Sake (Take 4)
Tony Joe White: The Gift 
John Mayer: Call Me The Breeze 
Mac Gayden: Morning Glory 
Mark Knopfler: Got To Have Something
Ollie Vee: Luck Like Me 
Two Tons Of Steel: Mama 
Brad Paisley: Cluster Pluck 
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Thank You Lord (vocal channel) 
Fat Freddy's Drop: Bohannon 
Family: The Weaver's Answer 
Audience: The House On The Hill
Patto: Singing The Blues On Reds 
Mott The Hoople: Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll 
Mott The Hoople: Roll Away The Stone 
Ian Hunter: Something To Believe In 
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band: Just The Way You Look Tonight 
Ian Hunter: Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter: Still Love Rock and Roll 
The Tubes: Don't Touch Me There 
Hookworms: Preservation 
The Ramones: Cretin Hop 
The Stooges: TV Eye 
Elvis Presley: Spanish Eyes 
Elvis Presley: Promised Land 
Elvis Presley: Talk About The Good Times 

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