"I Love LA"

"I Love LA" (broadcast 3/16/18)

Professor Longhair & The Blue Scholars: Tipitina 
Guitar Slim & His Band: The Things That I Used To Do  
Clarence Garlow: Crawfishin'
Lloyd Price: Where You At ?
Earl King: Those Lonely, Lonely Nights 
Smiley Lewis: I Hear You Knocking
Li'l Millet & His Creoles: Rich Woman 
Roy Montrell: (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone 
Huey Smith & The Clowns: Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Pt. 1
Jerry Byrne: Lights Out
Wiley Barkdull w/Rusty & Doug: Rattlesnake 
Gene Rodrigue: Little Cajun Girl
Larry Williams: She Said "Yeah"
Carol Fran: One More Chance 
Jessie Hill: Ooh Poo Pah Doo 
Nathan Abshire & The Pine Grove Boys w/Robert Bertrand: That's All Right Mama* 
Fats Domino: Walking To New Orleans 
Joe Barry: I'm A Fool To Care
Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry: You Always Hurt the One You Love
Margo White: Don't Mess With My Man 
Vin Bruce: Jole Blon 
Danny White: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 
Chris Kenner: Land Of 1000 Dances 
Lazy Lester: You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby 
Jimmy Donley: Lovin’ Cajun Style 
Alvin Robinson: Something You Got 
The Dixie Cups: Iko Iko 
June Gardner: 99 Plus One 
Tommy McLain: Sweet Dreams 
Robert Parker: Barefootin' 
Slim Harpo: Shake Your Hips 
Donnie Jacobs: If You Want Good Lovin' 
Lil Bob & The Lollipops: You're Pouring Water
Dr. John: Mama Roux 
Lee Dorsey: Yes, We Can Part 1
Lee Dorsey: Yes, We Can Part 1
Rufus Jagneaux: Opelousa Sostan 
The Meters: Tippi-Toes 
Johnnie Allan: The Promised Land
Bobby Charles: Grow Too Old
Bobby Charles: Street People 
Rod Bernard & Clifton Chenier: Shake, Rattle and Roll 
Wild Tchoupitoulas: Meet De Boys On The Battlefront 
Jon Cleary: Big Chief
The Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon 
Crescent City Gold: Hang Tough 
Alex McMurray: Where K-Doe Lives 
Alex McMurray: The Day After Mardi Gras Day
Jivin' Gene: I'd Like To Hear It From You 
Galactic: Liquor Pang (feat. Josh Cohen & Ryan Scully) 
Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin' Cajuns: R.C.A. 
Lost Bayou Ramblers: La Jolie Fille N'en Veut Plus de Moi 
Lost Bayou Ramblers: Nezpiqueu 
PSAs
Johnny Jano: Havin' A Whole Lotta Fun 
Boozoo Chavis: Telephone Won't Ring
Crescent City Gold: Smokin' Corner

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