PURE with Howard Thompson

"Friday Night in Rayne, Louisiana" (broadcast 5/8/20)

Leroy Broussard: Lemonade Song 
Ganey Arsement: Bayou Anglais 
Tommy McLain: Before I Grow Too Old 
Johnnie Allan: Promised Land 
Moon Mullican: Jambalaya 
Rod Bernard And Clifton Chenier: Shake Rattle & Roll  
Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys: Two-step de St-Ann’s 
Jimmy Donley: Loving Cajun Style  
James Bergeron & The Kickin' Cajuns: Whole Lotta Woman 
D.L. Menard: The Back Door (La porte en arriere) 
Nathan Abshire & the Pine Grove Boys w/Robert Bertrand: That's All Right Mama 
Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil: Les Veuves De La Coulee 
Clifton Chenier: Shake It, Don't Break It 
Rufus Jagneaux: Opelousas Sostan
Lost Bayou Ramblers: Sabine Turnaround  
Eddie Shuler's All Star Reveliers: Jambalaya Boogie  
Rockin' Sidney: My Toot Toot 
Gene Rodrigue: Little Cajun Girl 
Bobby Charles: See You Later, Alligator 

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