WCSB's Grumpy Old Man

15/11/2024

Radiothon Playlist (Albums turning 50)

Be Bop Deluxe - Third Floor Heaven (Axe Victim)
Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias (From The Mars Hotel)
Barclay James Harvest - Crazy City (Everyone is Everybody)
Uriah Heep - Something Or Nothing (Wonderworld)
Buffalo - Stay With Me (Only Want You For Your Body)
Neil Young - Revolution Blues (On The Beach)
Mountain - Swamp Boy (Avalanche)
Little Feat - Spanish Moon (Feats Don't Fail Me Now)
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Free Wheelin' (Not Fragile)
Steppenwolf - Straight Shootin' Woman (Slow Flux)
Hawkwind - Lost Johnny (Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
Electric Light Orchestra - Laredo Tornado (Eldorado)
Amboy Dukes - Great White Buffalo (Tooth Fang Claw)
J. Geils Band - Getting Out (Nightmares...And other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle)
Fleetwood Mac - Bad Loser (Heroes Are Hard To Find)
Rod Stewart - Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller (Smiler)
John Lennon - What You Got (Walls And Bridges)
The Rolling Stones - If You Can't Rock Me (It's Only Rock 'N' Roll)
King Crimson - Starless (Red)
Gentle Giant - Cogs In Cogs (The Power And The Glory)
Genesis - Lilywhite Lilith (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
Deep Purple - Lady Double Dealer (Stormbringer)
Grand Funk Railroad - All The Girls In The World Beware (All The Girls In The World Beware)
Roxy Music - All I Want Is You (Country Life)
Sweet - Set Me Free (Desolation Boulevard)

For those who donated, a big shake of the fist to you! If you haven't , you still have time. Call 216-687-6900 or go online to https://www.wcsb.org/about/donate/. We need you!

Now stay off my lawn!

10/11/2024

Listen Up, Whippersnappers! To help support WCSB's Radiothon, I'm coming in for a Radiothon show during my original timeslot, 9am to 11am this coming Friday, November 15. Make sure to tune in and dontate!

ATTENTION LISTENERS:

WE HAVE TAKEN WCSB HOSTAGE. THE STATION WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU ONLY IF YOU MEET OUR RANSOM OF $60,000. YOU HAVE EXACTLY ONE WEEK TO PAY, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NEVER HEAR FROM WCSB AGAIN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

PAY ONLINE: https://csuohio.scalefunder.com/cfund/project/43495
PAY BY TEXT: text “WCSB24” to 216-400-5145 and follow the prompts
PAY BY PHONE: 216-687-6900
LEARN MORE: https://www.wcsb.org/donate/

SEVEN DAYS REMAIN. DO NOT TEST US. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF.

14/10/2024

So much great music!!! 🎶🎶🎶

#1976

23/08/2024

Farewell Show Playlist (8-23-24):

Willie Nelson - The Party's Over
Black Sabbath - Into The Void
Bloodrock - Promises
Deep Purple - The Drifter
Granicus - I'm Not Sick
Alice Cooper - Escape
Blue Öyster Cult - O.D.'d On Life Itself
UFO - Too Much Of Nothing
Grand Funk Railroad - Good & Evil
Iron Butterfly - My Mirage*
Budgie - Melt The Ice Away
Uriah Heep - Crime Of Passion
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe*
Faces - Too Bad
Rare Earth - Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Rolling Stones - You Got The Silver
The Guess Who - 8:15
Todd Rundgren - The Death Of Rock & Roll
Sugarloaf - Toungue In Cheek
Golden Earring - Sleepwalkin'
The Who - Success Story
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Tomahawk Kid
J. Geils Band - I Can't Go On
Beck, Bogert & Appice - Superstition*
Mott The Hoople - Sucker
T.Rex - Ripoff
Sweet - No You Don't
New York Dolls - Babylon
Queen - Ogre Battle
David Bowie - Panic In Detroit
Allman Brothers Band - Can't Lose What You Never Had (Live)
Grateful Dead - Me And My Uncle (Live)
Little Feat - Old Folks Boogie (Live)
Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time (Live)*
James Gang - Walk Away (Live)
Led Zeppelin - That's The Way (Live)
Thin Lizzy - Massacre (Live)
Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned (Live)
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Dragonfly (Live)
U.K. - Ceasar's Palace Blues (Live)
Yes - Southside Of The Sky
Pink Floyd - When You're In
King Crimson - Ladies Of The Road
Gong - Pothead Pixies
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Barbarian
Rare Bird - Hammerhead
Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy
Rush - In The End
*Request

It's been my privilege over the past 10 years. Thanks for all the memories. I'm going to try my hardest to return someday.

In the meantime, be good, behave, and stay the heck off my lawn. I'm outta here....Later!

21/08/2024

Listen Up Whippersnappers!

Yeah, I'm leaving, but got one more show in me before I skeedaddle. This Friday, Alex from Good Morning Metal on WCSB Cleveland has been kind enough to let me roll into his timeslot so I can do a proper send-off and host a final 4 hour show. I'll be playing all my faves from 7am to 11am this Friday before I ride off into the sunset.

Now rock on but not on my lawn.

15/08/2024

As some of you might know, I work at CSU. Today, I was notified that I'm being laid off (after 29 years of service). I'm going to have to give up my show. It was great playing music for y'all.

Take care, rock on, and stay off my lawn.

EDIT: Please continue to donate to WCSB. This has nothing to with the station and all money raised goes to them, not the university.

EDIT AGAIN: Thank you for the love. I want to see if I can do a few more farewell shows. My last day at work is mid-November.

09/08/2024

Stormy Weather Playlist (8-9-24):

The Volcanos - Storm Warning
The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Santana - Stormy
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Rainy Day, Dream Away
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Electric Light Orchestra - Standin' In The Rain
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
Blue Öyster Cult - I Am The Storm
The Beatles - Rain
Robin Trower - Same Rain Falls
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
The Doors - Riders On The Storm*
The Dogs D'Amour - How Come It Never Rains*
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain
Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Louisiana Rain
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
Aerosmith - Lightning Strikes
Supertramp - It's Raining Again
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane*
*Request

Now scram!

02/08/2024

Live Prog Rock (8/2/24):

Deep Purple - Speed King
Van der Graaf Generator - Ship Of Fools
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Traffic - Tragic Magic
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
Gong - You Can't Kill Me
Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Rush - By-Tor & The Snow Dog
King Crimson - Easy Money
Genesis - In The Cage
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Kansas - Mysteries & Mayhe/Excerpt from Lamplight Symphony
Curved Air - Propositions

Now scram ya dang kids!

19/07/2024

Rock 'N' Roll Playlist (7/19/24):

Toad - Break Down
Haystacks Balboa - Spoiler
Heart - Little Queen
JoJo Gunne - Ready Freddy
Led Zeppelin - Hots On For Nowhere
Stack Waddy - Roadrunner
Warhorse - Back In Time
Black Sabbath - The Thrill Of It All
April Wine - So Bad
Aerosmith - Round And Round
Sammy Hagar - Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Average Man*
Blue Öyster Cult - Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)
Whitesnake - Don't Mess With Me
Juicy Lucy - Mr. Skin
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Shake That Thing
Tucky Buzzard - Stainless Steel Lady
Bolder Damn - Rock On
Damnation Of Adam Blessing - Nightmare
The Kinks - Hard Way
Harlequin - Shame! Shame!
AC/DC - Shot Down In Flames
Triumph - Street Fighter
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Moonwalk
Hard Stuff - Libel
Captain Beyond - Oblivion
*Request

Now scram ya dang kids and stay the heck off my lawn!

18/07/2024

Join me tomorrow morning starting at 7 when I rock your socks off, dagnabbit!!

12/07/2024

1974 Releases, Part 2 (Apr, May, June):

America - Tin Man (Holiday)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For MCA (Second Helping)
Kinks - Salvation Road (Preservation Act 2)
Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues (From The Mars Hotel)
Sparks - Lost & Found (Kimono My House)
New York Dolls - Human Being (In Too Much Too Soon)
Elf - Do The Same Thing (Carolina County Ball)
Brownsville Station - I Got Love If You Want It/I'm A King Bee (School Punks)
Buffalo - Dune Messiah (Only Want You For Your Body)
Ten Years After - Nowhere To Run (Positive Vibrations)
Nazareth - Jet Lag (Rampant)
Robin Trower - Lady Love (Bridge Of Sighs)
Edgar Winter Group - Rock & Roll Woman (Shock Treatment)
Black Oak Arkansas - Son Of A Gun (Street Party)
Bad Company - Rock Steady (Bad Company)
Uriah Heep - Suicidal Man (Wonderworld)
Blue Öyster Cult - ME 262 (Secret Treaties)
Be Bop Deluxe - Rocket Cathedrals (Axe Victim)
Budgie - In For The Kill (In For The Kill)
UFO - Doctor Doctor (Phenomena)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Diamond Dogs)
Barclay James Harvest - Crazy City (Everyone Is Everybody)
10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle (Sheet Music)
Sweet - Fox On The Run (Sweet F***y Adams)
Elton John - Stinker (Caribou)

Now get off my lawn!

05/07/2024

Old New Wave Playlist (7/5/24):

Devo - Secret Agent Man
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Blondie - Atomic
The Specials - Gangsters
Ultravox - Maximum Acceleration
Squeeze - Up The Junction
B-52's - Lava
The Cure - Fire In Cairo
The Human League - Blind Youth
Midnight Oil - Run By Night
The Police - So Lonely
M - Pop Muzik
Adam & The Ants - Digital Tenderness
The Cars - I'm In Touch With Your World
Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
Simple Minds - Life In A Day
Roxy Music - Whirlwind
XTC - Neon Shuffle
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Local Girls
Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
The Motels - Kix
Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
Split Enz - Walking Down The Road
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Goon Squad
Joy Division - Interzone
Gary Numan - Films
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Placebo Effect
Talking Heads - Cities

Now get the heck off my lawn!

29/06/2024

sigh...

Martin Mull came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and the starring role in its spinoff, "Fernwood 2 Night."

28/06/2024

28/06/2024

Southern Rock Live (6/28/24):

Dixie Dregs - The Bash
Blackfoot - Train, Train
ZZ Top - Heard It On The X
38 Special - Wild Eyed Southern Boys
The Eagles - All Night Long
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Poco - Ride The Country
The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides
Wet Willie - Grits Ain't Groceries
Grinderswitch - Watermelon Time In Georgia
Atlanta Rythm Section - Back Up Against The Wall
Alabama - Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - River To The Sun
Pure Prarie League - Amie
The Allman Brothers Band - Southbound
Charlie Daniels Band -Funky J***y
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
Black Oak Arkansas - Hot Rod
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi

Now get off my lawn!

21/06/2024

Instrumental Playlist (6/21/24):

Link Wray & The Wraymen - Rumble
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
King Crimson - Red
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Jethro Tull - Serenade To A Cuckoo
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe(')
Allman Brothers Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Neil Young - The Emporer Of Wyoming
Little Feat - Day At The Dog Races
Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
Pink Floyd - Mudmen
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Blue Öyster Cult - Buck's Boogie
Black Sabbath - Rat Salad
The Who - Sparks
Atomic Rooster - The Rock
Traffic - Glad
Deep Purple - Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
Mick Ronson - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Food For Your Soul
Santana - Song Of The Wind

Now get off my lawn!

14/06/2024

Glam Rock Playlist (6/14/24):

Pilot - Magic
David Essex - Rock On
Slik - Forever And Ever
Ultravox - Quiet Men
Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock And Roll
New York Dolls - Babylon
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Snake Bite
Roxy Music - Prairie Rose
The Hollywood Brats - Courtesan
T. Rex - The Motivator
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz*
Mott The Hoople - Jerkin' Crocus
The Hollywood Stars - King Of Night Time World
The Tubes - Pound Of Flesh
Suzi Quatro - Can The Can
Japan - Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)*
Sparks - Big Boy
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus
Slade - Let's Call It Quits
Mick Ronson - Angel No. 9
David Bowie - The Prettiest Star
Queen - Sweet Lady
Skyhooks - Living In The 70's
Silverhead - Underneath The Lights
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Psychomodo
Angel - Rock & Rollers
*Request

Now scram ya dang kids!

07/06/2024

Progressive Rock 'n' Roll (6/7/24):

Tangerine Dream - Cloudburst Flight
Fireballet - Centurion
Gentle Giant - Working All Day
CAN - Vitamin C
Renaissance - Black Flame
Kayak - Reason For It All
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Gilgamesh - Darker Brighter
Kansas - The Pinnacle
Traffic - Tragic Magic
Nektar - Crying In The Dark
Pink Floyd - Childhood's End
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
Styx - Young Man
U.K. - Nevermore
Yes - Perpetual Change
Hatfield & The North - Rifferama

Now scram ya dang kids!