PURE with Howard Thompson

" Body Parts" (broadcast 6/4/20)

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Spacemen 3: Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)
Loretta Lynn: Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed
Syd Barrett: Golden Hair
Robyn Hitchcock: August Hair
Willie Dixon: Weak Brain, Narrow Mind
The Star Spangles: Bash Your Brains Out
Peter C Johnson: Pale Blue Eyes
Dirk Hamilton: In the Eyes of the Night
Audience: Eye To Eye
Them: Mystic Eyes
Kitty Wells: The Other Cheek
Family: Broken Nose
Leon Russell: Big Lips
Billy Storm: A Kiss From Your Lips
Victoria Spivey: Toothache Blues
Jon Cleary: Burnt Mouth Boogie
Delbert McClinton And Self-Made Men + Dana: Loud Mouth
Björk: Sun In My Mouth
Addie Brik: Throat
Ace: Tongue Tied
Millie Jackson: Slow Tongue
Spiritualized: Broken Heart
Buddy Holly: Raining In My Heart
Little Richard: Directly From My Heart To You
The 101'ers: Keys To Your Heart
Lou Reed: Tell It To Your Heart
Angel Corpus Christi: Rock and Roll Heart
Sara Hickman: Claim On My Heart
Roy Orbison: Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time 
The Searchers: Hearts In Her Eyes
The Realists: I've Got A Heart
Collapsed Lung: Lungs Collapse
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Kidney Stew Blues
Richard Galliano Quartet: Spleen
Hayes Carll: Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
Dale Watson & the Texas Two: Elbow Grease, Spackle & Pine Sol
Doug Kershaw: Devil's Elbow
The Who: Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
Alex McMurray: Diamonds In Your Hand
My Darling Clementine: Different Finger
Tony Joe White: Funky Fingers
Shirley Bassey: Goldfinger
Roy Sludge: Honey Fingers
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Powderfinger
Sir Mix-A-Lot: Baby Got Back
The Rolling Stones: Shake Your Hips
Albert Castiglia: Get Your Ass in the Van
Garbage: Kick My Ass
Lord Creator/Fay Bennett: Big Pussy Sally/Big Cockey Wally
Jerry Lee Lewis: Big Legged Woman
Rocky Burnette: Tired Of Toein' The Line
JD McPherson: Head Over Heels
Filé: One Foot In the Bayou
Frank Turner: One Foot Before the Other
James Brown: Get On The Good Foot
Patto: Flat Footed Woman
James Hunter: Satchel Foot 

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