"Mickey Newbury, songwriter-singer"

 “Mickey Newbury – songwriter, singer” (broadcast 5/6/16)

Mickey Newbury: American Trilogy
Mickey Newbury: How Many Times Must The Piper be Paid For His Song
Mickey Newbury: Interlude 
David Allan Coe: The 33rd of August 
Bobby "Blue" Bland: You've Always Got the Blues 
Don Gibson: If You Ever Get to Houston (Look Me Down) 
Mickey Newbury: The Future's Not What It Used To Be
Mickey Newbury: Mobile Blue
Mickey Newbury: Frisco Depot 
The Walker Brothers: Lovers 
Chuck Prophet: You're Not My Same Sweet Baby 
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Mister Can't You See 
Mickey Newbury: Interlude
Mickey Newbury: Remember the Good
Mickey Newbury: Swiss Cottage
Bill Frisell: Interlude 
Etta James: Are My Thoughts With You 
Roy Head: Baby's Not Home 
Kacey Jones: Lie To Me Darlin'
Mickey Newbury: How I Love Them Old Songs 
Roy Orbison: Here Comes the Rain, Baby 
Tammy Wynette: I Don't Think About Him No More 
Mickey Newbury: Heaven Help the Child
Mickey Newbury: Good Morning Dear
Mickey Newbury: Sunshine
Tony Joe White: A Man Can Only Stand Just So Much Pain 
Solomon Burke: Time Is a Thief
Sammi Smith: Here's to Forever
Mickey Newbury: Sweet Memories
Mickey Newbury: Why You Been Gone So Long
Waylon Jennings: If You See Her
Mandy Barnett: Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings 
Soul Survivors: Got Down On Saturday
Tom Jones: Just Dropped In 
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: I Came to Hear the Music 
Mickey Newbury: Cortelia Clark
Mickey Newbury: Song For Susan
Mickey Newbury: San Francisco Mabel Joy
Claudine Longet: Remember the Good
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price: Sweet Memories 
Jerry Lee Lewis: Why You Been Gone So Long
Mickey Newbury: Dizzy Lizzy 

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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