Wednesday, May 19, 2010





Monday, May 17, 2010

Words & Music Part III: John Batdorf and Connie Walle

All pictures are copyright 2010 Dale Goodvin

You know you're really a "Mossback" when you're content to wait for the view that hides behind stubborn clouds. For March's "Words & Music" concert it was dark when we arrived. For April's it was very overcast. But, at Saturday's third concert, in the series so generously put on by Jerry and Pamela Libstaff, the reward came. There, across the burnished gold water of Case Inlet, sat the purple, snow-capped Olympic Mountains, in full sun-cooked glory. What artist wouldn't want to perform with a sunset, sandwiched between clouds and mountains, as back-drop?

Before the show, I found singer-songwriter John Batdorf quietly taking in the view from the back deck. We shared an easy conversation about the process each performer goes through in the minutes leading up to stage call. As John said, "You could trip on a cord just walking up to the microphone, hit bad notes, not make that all-important connection with your audience...." It may sound like worries but, in reality, this is a mindful litany and adrenalin pump, one that begins the connection in a musician before any instrument is picked up, or microphone turned on.

John was delightful to chat with, and so very sweetly humble for a man with such impressive credits in the business. He's been doing this since he was a kid and was signed by Atlantic Records at age 18, in 1970. That same year, a young soldier was killed overseas in Laos. Many years later, after John sang a song he wrote with Michael McLean for the young men and women in our military called, "All For You," the parents of that soldier gave him the bracelet made in memory of their son. It still overwhelms him.

Being early, I was also able to chat with our hostess, Pam, for a bit. She told me of her dreams as a young girl, dreams of holding soirees with music and poetry, art and discussion. She became very dear to me in t
hat moment as she said, "Here it is!" with her face aglow and arms sweeping the room. And...speaking of glowing, Tweed arrived as a third-time grandmother! Her daughter had given birth that day, but still Tweed whirled in with paints and brushes, ready on heady adrenalin, to do her thing.

Poet Connie Walle handed-out tiny booklets of her poems beforehand, some of which she read to us. The sun lit-up the windows behind her as she began to read "Sacred Ground," my personal pick of the night. She caught my ear with lines like, "...The quiet is so deep you can feel the velvet touch of the wind...," and, "...I watch the colorless stream roll over boulders, know that salmon worship here too." Of course she had the audience laughing with a poem entitled, "Real Men Ask For Directions." Meanwhile, Tweed's hands began flying, knowing this was to be a short reading. Her fifteen minute, lightning-quick portrait still captured the essence of Ms. Walle's command over the room.

John Batdorf took over for the rest of the evening with a wide range of his songs, some from his early beginnings in the seventies, right through to his newest CD getting a LOT of buzz, "Old Man Dreamin'." His voice has that smoked edge like Rod Stewart, but sits lighter and more relaxed on the air. His playing got me moving in my seat. Again I'll say, the secret to a good solo performer is always rhythm, from their playing, through lyric and rhyme, to the pacing of songs alongside an audience's heartbeat. John gave us a comfy ride, his rhythms making Tweed dance at her easel, his songs making the night roll on in easy smiles.


Stay tuned for June by checking out the "Words & Music" website or facebook page.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

US Radio Stations Currently Playing "Old Man Dreamin'"

US/Canadian Radio Stations

Currently Playing "Old Man Dreamin'"

Updated As of 5/5/10 - New Adds in Bold

Feel free to call and request a cut or two at a station near you. Thanks!

AB EDMONTON CANADA CKUA
AL AUBURN WMSR
AZ TUSCON KXCI
CA BERKELEY KALX
CA W. HILLS FOLK
CA NORTHRIDGE KCSN
CA REDWAY KMUD
CA SAN LUIS OBISPO KCBX FM 90
CA NEVADA CITY KVMR
CA POINT REYES KWMR
CO FT. COLLINS KRFC
CO TELLURIDE KOTO
CO CRESTED BUTTE KBUT
CO CARBONDALE KDNK
CO PAONIA KVNF
CT MIDDLETOWN WESU
CT BRIDGEPORT WPKN
CT WEST HARTFORD WWUH
FL TAMPA WMNF
FL MELBOURNE WFIT
HI HANALEI KKCR
IA DECORAH KDEC
IA CEDAR FALLS KUNI
IL CHAMPAIGN WEFT
IN GOSHEN WGCS
KY WHITEBURG WMMT
KY WHITLEY CITY
KY MOORHEAD WMKY
MA BOSTON WUMB
MD BEL AIR WHFC
ME E.ORLAND WERU
MI EAST LANSING WDBM
MN GRAND RAPIDS KAXE
MN THIEF RIVER FALLS KSRQ
MN MINNEAPOLIS KFAI
MO KANSAS CITY
KC CAFE MO ST. CHARLES KCLC
MO PARK HILLS KDBB
MO ST. LOUIS KDHX
MO KANSAS CITY KKFI
MO COLUMBIA KOPN
MS MISSISSIPPI STATE WMSV
NC New Bern PRE
NC DALLAS WSGE
NJ SARGENTSVILLE WDVR
NJ HACKETTSTOWN WNTI
NJ TEANECK WFDU
NY SYRACUSE WAER
NY JEFFERSONVILLE WJFF
OH ATHENS WOUB
OH CLEVELAND WRUW
OH YELLOW SPRINGS WYSO
ON OTTAWA CANADA CKCU
OR EUGENE KRVM
OR ASHLAND KSMF
PA BETHLEHEM WDIY
PA SHIPPENSBURG WSYC
PA PITTSTON WVIA
TN CHATTANOOGA WUTC
TN JOHNSON CITY WETS
TN KNOXVILLE WDVX
TX FREDERICKSBURG KFAN
TX HOUSTON KPFT
Ut CEDAR CITY KSUU Power 91
UT SALT LAKE CITY KRCL
UT MOAB KZMU
VA ROANOKE WVTF
VA VERONA RadioFreeAmericana.com
VA NORFOLK WHRV
VA VIRGINIA BEACH WRRW
VT BRIDPORT WMUD
WA OLYMPIA KAOS
WA EVERETT KSER
WI BURLINGTON WBSD
Wi MILWAUKEE WORJ
WI HAYWARD WOJB
WI RHINELANDER WXPR
PANDORA RADIO
WHOLE WHEAT RADIO

OLD MAN DREAMIN' is now #1 on the Internet Weekly Chart on Roots Music Report for Top 50 Roots Rock (for the week ending 5/4/10)


RMR Radio Airplay Chart

OLD MAN DREAMIN' is now #1 on the Internet Weekly Chart on Roots Music Report for Top 50 Roots Rock (for the week ending 5/4/10)


Internet Radio Airplay Chart
TW LW Artist CD Title LabelLocation
1 2 JOHN BATDORF OLD MAN DREAMIN' BAT MACCA
2 3 MICHAEL MACRI' I CAN'T DRINK WITH YOU SELFAUSTRALIA
3 4 GREAT AMERICAN TAXI RECKLESS HABITS N/ACO
4 1 JOHN HIATT OPEN ROAD NEW WESTUS
5 5 JEREMY SERWER FM

6 7 DEBORAH CROOKS IT'S ALL UP TO YOU

7 6 REBECCA LOEBE MYSTERY PRIZE SELFGA
8 8 WANDA JACKSON I REMEMBER ELVIS GOLDENLANEOK
9 14 EDWIN MCCAIN THE BEST OF EDWIN MCCAIN SAGUARO ROAD
10 15 K.D.LANG RECOLLECTION NONESUCH RECORDSCANADA
11 16 JEFF BECK EMOTION & COMMOTION ATCOUK
12 22 MARTIN SEXTON SUGARCOATING KITCHEN TABLE
13 13 DAVID BYRNE HERE LIES LOVE NONESUCHNY
14 17 JASON EADY WHEN THE MONEY'S ALL GONE SMITH ENTERTAINMENTMS
15 10 DAVE ALVIN AND THE GUILTY WOMEN DAVE ALVIN AND THE GUILTY WOMEN YEP ROCCA
16 12 JOHN FOGERTY RIDES AGAIN VERVECA
17 19 JOHNNY RIVERS THE AMERICAN DREAM (SINGLE) SOUL CITY ENTERTAINMENTLA
18 11 NED VAN GO HEARTBROKE CITY SELFTN
19 9 ANDREA HARSELL ROCK & ROLL LOVE CHILD SELFMT
20 21 SID GRIFFIN AURORA SAMPLER VOL 1 AURORAUNITED KINGDOM
21 0 KATIE HUMBLE AURORA SAMPLER VOL 1 AURORAUNITED KINGDOM
22 18 JAMES MCMURTRY LIVE IN EUROPE LIGHTNING RODTX
23 23 LOS SUPER SEVEN HEARD IT ON THE X TELARCCA
24 24 HAYES CARLL LITTLE ROCK HIGHWAY 87AR
25 25 THE BELIEVERS CRASHYERTOWN BONA FIDE
26 26 ERICSON HOLT THE BLUE SIDE WATERMANTN
27 27 LAST TRAIN HOME BOUND AWAY BLUEBUFFALODC
28 28 RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS COLD ROSES LOST HIGHWAYNC
29 29 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS BRUSH FIREHI
30 30 PETE BERWICK AIN'T NO TRAIN OUTTA NASHVILLE SHOTGUNIL
31 31 MOBY GRAPE LISTEN MY FRIENDS - THE BEST OF MOBY GRAPE COLUMBIA / LEGACY
32 32 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DEVILS AND DUST COLUMBIA
33 33 RAY DARWIN BEST REGGAE HITS 2007 DASVIBES PRODUCTIONJAMAICA
34 34 SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES DIAMONDS IN THE DARK SUGAR HILLMA
35 35 WILCO SKY BLUE SKY NONESUCHIL
36 36 STEPHEN KELLOGG AND THE SIXERS STEPHEN KELLOGG AND THE SIXERS UNIVERSALND
37 37 MOFRO LOCHLOSSA FOG WORLDFL
38 38 MIKE DOUGHTY HAUGHTY MELODIC ATOMN
39 39 CINDY BULLENS DREAM 29 BLUE LOBSTERMA
40 40 PETER CASE WHOS GONNA GO YOUR CROOKED MILE VANGUARD
41 41 DOORS LIVE IN BOSTON RHINO
42 42 TRAVELING WILBURYS TRAVELING WILBURYS COLLECTION RHINO
43 43 NRBQ PEEK-A-BOO, THE BEST OF NRBQ RHINO
44 44 VARIOUS ARTIST FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN EAGLE
45 45 FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS COLLECTION DISKYTX
46 46 THE GOURDS NOBLE CREATURES YEP ROC
47 47 MICHAEL PENN MR. HOLLYWOOD, JR. 1947 LEGACYCA
48 48 YARDBIRDS BIRDLAND FAVORED NATIONSUNITED KINGDOM
49 49 GRAHAM PARKER &THE FIGGS LIVE IN CHICAGO BLOODSHOT
50 50 BAND OF BEES OCTOPUS ASTRALWERKS
For the Week of May 04, 2010
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