"April Fools"

“April Fools” (broadcast 4/1/16)

James Burton: Fools Rush In 
Sandy Denny: I Wish I Was A Fool For You 
Robert Palmer: Which of Us Is the Fool 
Geraint Watkins: Fools Like Me 
George Jones: Big Fool Of The Year 
Patty Loveless: You're Through Fooling Me 
Loudon Wainwright III: April Fool's Day Morn 
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Foolish You 
Rufus Wainwright: April Fools 
Tony Joe White: Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You 
Lee Ann Womack: The Fool
Donnie Fritts: Foolish Heart 
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin: Foolin' Around
The Chosen Few: Everybody Plays The Fool 
Dillinger: The Fool And His Money 
Bob Dylan: I'm A Fool To Want You 
Sam Cooke: Get Yourself Another Fool
The Rolling Stones: Fool To Cry
World Party: Ship of Fools 
Lowell George: Fool On The Avenue (demo)
Capt. Beefheart & his Magic Band: Who Do You Think You're Fooling? 
The Mothers of Invention: How Could I Be Such A Fool? 
The Clovers: Here Goes A Fool 
Charlie Rich: Who Will the Next Fool Be? 
David Ruffin: Statue Of A Fool
Kort: April's Fool 
Joe Barry: I'm a Fool to Care
Bryan Ferry: These Foolish Things 
Chris Rea: Fool (If You Think It's Over) 
The MRCYFKS: Foolish 
Aretha Franklin: Chain Of Fools 
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith & his Crackerjacks: Foolish Question (Silly Answers) 
Buddy Holly & the Crickets: Fool's Paradise (Undubbed Master) 
The Bobby Fuller Four: Love's Made A Fool Of You 
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) 
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: April Fool 
Vicky Talbot: We Don't Get Fooled Again
Patti Smith: April Fool 
ZZ Top: A Fool For Your Stockings
Nick Lowe: Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart 
Jack Earls & The Jimbos: A Fool For Lovin' You
Frankie Miller: A Fool In Love 
Prince Fatty: Go Find Yourself a Fool (feat. Winston Francis)
Hank Snow: (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I 
James Hunter: 'Til Your Fool Comes Home 

(PSA Break)

Bobby Charles: Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself 
Jeff Beck: I'm A Fool To Care (feat. Imelda May)
Otis Rush & The Willie Dixon Band: Three Times A Fool

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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