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Rock Byways

Rock Byways

"The Eclectic Mix", (4th Sunday of the month), 17:00

Some folks have been asking 'What On Earth Is Rock Byways All About?"  Well, it's really quite simple. I generally believe in the adage that there are only two types of music - good and bad, although I'm tempted to add in the category of mad, just to explain some of the tunes that get played. I like to call it a trek down the dim and dusty back roads of rock music history, and that's pretty spot on.

It's the kind of show where you'll find forgotten bands, forgotten songs by well known bands, bands you've never heard of and the odd song that is just utterly bizarre.

So if the idea of the Moody Blues nestling up to Blue Cheer and the notion of lost AOR classics from Joshua Kadison and Russ Ballard sitting alongside classic singer / songwriters like Mickey Newbury and modern troubadours like Allie Moss, then this is the place for you.

It's a bit like an iPod shuffle that's constantly going in my head, where I can leap from Slapp Happy to The Amazing Blondel via bizarre Iron Maiden cover versions and moments of utter Scots melancholy, to the ludicrous sounds of Hollywood stars murdering seventies pop tunes, while James Last limbers up for his take on 'Silver Machine'.

It's probably not a good idea to give you an inkling of how my brain functions, but, if nothing else, it's a show where you'll go from "well I never" to "sweet Jesus the pain" in a matter of minutes. Enjoy!

Stuart Hamilton

Stuart gets ready to shuffle off through another time tunnel...


 


Playlists

[05.03.12]

Slade - We'll Bring The House Down 3.36
Caravan - Hoedown 3.18
Focus - Harem Scarem 5.53
Michael Schenker Group - Attack Of The Mad Axeman 4.22
Doogie White - Come Taste The Band 5.31
Andy Bown - Rubber Gloves 4.37
Yes - Into The Lens 3.47
Electric Light Orchestra - Nobody's Child 3.56
Damian Wilson - Naked 4.29
Claire Sweeney & Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You 4.26
Esther O'Connor - Fragile State 3.12
David Byron - Man Of Yesterdays 5.39
 

[27.02.12]

The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You 2.36
John & Beverley Martyn - Primrose Hill 2.55
Quintessence - Notting Hill Gate 4.38
Bert Jansch - Soho 2.58
Jackie Leven - Swine Flu 5.06
Chris Corney - Little Marrakesh 3.59
Smokie - Back To Bradford 2.43
Hayley Griffiths - May It Be 4.02
John Waite - St Patricks Day 6.01
Patricia Hammond - Button Up Your Overcoat 2.55
The Unthanks - Starless 5.59
Delta Maid - Spend A Little Time 3.30
Pallas - Arrive Alive 4.01

[20.02.12]

Atomic Rooster - Ear In The Snow 6.11
Caravan - Winter Wine 7.36
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter / Fallin' Apart At The Seams 5.41
Emmylou Harris - Roses In The Snow 2.37
Pete Wells Band - It's Been A hard Winter 2.53
Rosie Nimmo - Being A Child Again (In The Snow) 3.15
Rainbow - Snowman 4.33
Jo Hamilton - Winter Is Over 2.49
Texas - Winter's End 4.20
Atomic Rooster - Winter 7.01
Uriah Heep - Footprints In The Snow 3.54


[13.02.12]

Black Widow feat Tony Martin - Hail Satan 4.45
Peter Bardens - China Blue 4.55
Ramases - Life Child 6.36
Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren - Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Got To Do It 7.49
The Humblebums - Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway 4.40
Shane MacGowan - Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway 4.02
10cc - Somewhere In Hollywood 6.39
Argent - Be My Lover be My Friend 5.19
Bert Jansch - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 3.00
Nazareth - May The Sunshine 4.55
 

[06.02.12]

Johnny Hiland - Barnyard Breakdown 2.45
Faye Rochelle - Falling 5.30
Olivia D'abo - Revolution 5.30
Terraplane - Talking To Myself 4.10
Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy 4.42
Kenny Rogers - Tomb Of The Unknown Love 4.03
Liam Dullaghan - I Fell Through The Night Like A Stone 2.41
The Strawbs - Lady Fuschia 3.59
David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer 2.33
The Lovin' Spoonful - Rain On The Roof 2.13
The Move - Night Of Fear 2.11
Norbert Krief - Back To Rock'n'Roll 5.00
The Proclaimers - The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues 3.04
Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
 

[30.01.12]

The Moody Blues - The Voice 5.13
Banton, Evans, Jackson - Saigon Roulette 4.40
Heather Findlay - Mona Lisa 5.06
Mike Oldfield - Diana 6.35
Sally Oldfield - Mirrors 3.28
Maiden United - Flight Of Icarus 5.05
Esther O'Connor - Yesterday's Too Late 3.10
Caravan - Love To Love You 3.13
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn 3.26
Rachel Unthank & The WInterset - Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk 5.13
Simon Felton - Marbles 2.24
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 5.12

[23.01.12]

Flogging Molly - Don't Shut 'Em Down 3.40
Lindisfarne - Jack Hammer Blues 4.33
Allie Moss - Late Bloomer 4.14
Joshua Kadison - Picture Postcards From LA 4.29
Paradox One - Ballad Of The Sad Cafe Part 1 3.39
Alyson Orr - Black Coffee 4.15
Clare Maguire - Strangest Thing 3.41
Blue Cheer - Hiway Man 4.22
Hermione Hennessey - Hallelujah 4.50
Rita Coolidge - Bring It On Home To Me 3.56
Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy 4.56
Sandy Denny - Blackwaterside 3.38
Colin Firth & Rupert Everett - Love Is In The Air 3.50

[16.01.12]

Cozy Powell - 633 Squadron 4.13
Sensational ALex Harvey Band - School's Out 4.55
Bleeding Hearts - Folk'n'Glory 4.36
Rosie Doonan - Lay Your Love 3.46
The Pierces - Piece Of You 3.56
Argent - Liar 3.13
Barclay James Harvest - Hymn 5.05
David Soul - I Drink 3.25
Jon Fratelli - Don't Make Me Close My Eyes 3.07
Caravan - It Doesn't Take A Lot 3.16
The Toy Hearts - Tequila and High Heels 3.26
The Ballachulish Hellhounds - Wee Sandy 2.01
Bleeding Hearts - Drinking Song 3.45
James Last - Silver Machine / Children Of The Revolution / School's Out 4.49

[09.01.12]

The Rockin' Vicars - Dandy 2.08
Sendelica with Nik Turner - Urban Guerilla 4.49
Long John Baldry - Everything Stops For Tea 3.09
Jo Hamilton - Pick Me Up 3.24
Amazing Blondel - Young Man's Fancy 5.00
Leon Russell - Stranger In A Strange Land 4.06
Joanna Newsom - So Long 8.03
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Music Is Love 4.15
Johnny Darrell - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town 2.17
Gerry Rafferty - Don't Close The Door 3.48
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Vambo 4.46
Alpha Omega - Transdimensional Paradox 4.41

[02.01.12]

Paul Menel - Twenty One 3.33
Yoso - Path To Your Heart 4.22
San Francisco Blue - Idiot's Vision 3.48
Charlie Louvin - Mary Of The Wild Moor 3.47
Robert John Godfrey - Mountains 6.53
Gerry Rafferty - The Royal Mile 3.50
The Chieftains - Raglan Road 6.17
Caravan - Place Of My Own 4.02
Juice Newton - Tell Her No 3.32
The Holy Mackerel - Bitter Honey 2.25
Space Ritual - Atomik 5.00
King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight 2.56

[19.12.12]

Uli Jon Roth - SOS 4.09
Three Dog Night - Liar 7.21
Rondellus - War Pigs 3.27
Captain Beyond - Evil Men 4.51
Ville Valo & Natalie Avelon - Summer Wine 4.17
Wilding/Bonus - Rampage 4.44
Robot Lords Of Tokyo - Sweet Vengeance 4.59
The Enid - Space Surfing 4.45
Roy Harper & Kate Bush - You 4.34
Sutherland Brothers - You Got Me Anyway 3.03
Dougie McLean - Ye Banks And Braes 4.26

[12.12.12]

Black Widow - Come To The Sabbat 4.10
David Axelrod - Holy Thursday 5.26
John & Beverly Martyn - John The Baptist 3.14
Demon - Blackheath 5.02
Pentangle - Turn Your Money Green 2.59
April Wine - Night Life 3.18
Clifford T Ward - Sweet Little Sixteen 1.59
Loudon Wainwright III - Motel Blues 3.20
Patto - Hold Me Back 4.46
White Noise - Love Without Sound 2.52
Robert John Godfrey - Isault 5.17
Back Street Crawler - The Band Plays On 4.57
King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight 2.56

[05.12.12]

Frame - Frame Of Mind 4.13
Greenslade - What Are You Doin' To Me 4.44
Tempest - Stargazer 3.37 (12.34)
The Kinks - Alcohol 3.35 (16.09)
Joe Jackson - What's The Use Of Getting Sober 3.46
Mick Underwood - Earthquake At The Savoy 3.22
Leaf Hound - Freelance Fiend 3.07
Mashu - Sea Beyond 3.33
The Enid - Itchycoo Park 4.09
Jak Paris & Scarlett Pomers - The Chain 3.40
Steve Wilson - Your God Isn't Listening 4.20
Leon Russell - I Believe To My Soul 3.13
Moon - Got To Be On My Way 2.00
Cranium Pie - Run To Survive 4.58

[28.11.11]

Ed Askew - Love Is Everyone 1.53
Jemma Wakeman - I Believe 3.47
Rick Wakeman - Music Of Love 6.48
Recoil - Faith Healer 6.00
Linda Rondstadt - Tumbling Dice 3.05
Martha Wainwright - Le Brun Et Le Blond 3.53
Chris & Rich Robinson - My Heart's Been Killing Me 4.37
Graham Bond - Only Sixteen 5.05
Jack Bruce - White Room 5.48
Seth Lakeman - Blood Upon Copper 3.04
Neal Morse - Here Comes The Sun 3.02
Cher - For What It's Worth 2.23

[21.11.11]

Quatermass II - Prayer For The Dying 4.52
Gary Walker & The Rain - Doctor Doctor 2.59
707 - I Could Be Good For You 4.45
England Dan Seals - Late At Night 3.24
John Gustafson - Boogie Boogie 7.21
Pete Brown & Piblokto - Aeroplane Head Woman 6.36
Phil Lesh & Friends - Touch Of Grey 6.32
Yellow Moon Band - Entangled 2.21
Iron Butterfly - Termination 2.52
Kerry Livgren feat Ronnie James Dio - Mask Of The Great Deceiver 7.33
 

[14.11.11]

Matthews Southern Comfort - Letting The Mad Dogs Lie 5.48
Tractor - Little Girl In Yellow 8.10 (13.58)
Atomic Rooster - Can't Find A Reason 4.30 (18.28)
Lucia Micarelli - Grandfather Clock 2.57 (21.25)
Tempest -One For The Fiddler 3.32 (24.57)
Kama Linden - Drink 3.37 (28.34)
Edgar Froese - Children's Deeper Study 4.30 (33.04)
Richard Harris - Why Did You Leave Me 2.34 (36.38)
Bernadette Peters - Trust Your Heart 3.12 (39.50)
Robin Williamson - Mirrormans Sequence 1.59 (41.49)
Lords Of The New Church - Like A Virgin 3.47 (45.36)
Marion Raven - All I Wanna Do Is You 7.04 (52.40)
 

[07.11.11]

Judith Owen - Eye Of The Tiger 3.25
Stay - 2000 Light Years From Home 3.13 (6.38)
Bearded Lady - Rock Star 2.23 (9.01)
Kingdom Come - Extract From... 2.58 (11.59)
Terry Reid - Tinker Taylor 2.50 (14.49)
Annie Barker - Revolutionary Rock'n'Roll 3.45 (18.34)
Colt - I Talk To God 4.11 (22.45)
Scorpions - Born To Touch Your Feelings 7.41 (30.26)
Steve Howe & Annie Haslam - It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4.35 (35.01)
Cosmic Dance Society - Guardian Angel 5.31 (41.32)
Flaming Gnomes - Love Song With Flute 5.09 (46.41)
Sarah Brightman - Dust In The Wind 3.42 (50.13)
 

[31.10.11]

Baron with Lemmy & Dave Lombardo - Stand By Me 3.11
Frame Pictures - Remember It 5.35
Anton Barbeau - Boat Called Home 4.46
Alison O'Donnell w/Head South By Weaving - Day Is Done 2.38
Cher - I Walk On Guilded Splinters 2.32
Ufomammut - Part IV 4.06 (22.48)
John Elefante - The Truth, The Life 5.05
Neal Morse - Serve You In The Fire 5.03
Cheryl Ladd - Good Good Lovin' 2.47
Jill Hennessy - You're Innocent When You Dream 4.29
Comus - Diana 4.26
Schizo Fun Addict - Theme One 2.58
 

[24.10.11]

Barclay James Harvest - Festival 3.53
Edgar Broughton Band - Dropout Boogie 5.30
Audience - Indian Summer 3.16
Zebra - Tell Me What You Want 4.02
British Lions - One More Chance To Run 3.31
Danny Kirwan - Ram Jam City 2.48
Christina - Deep Oceans 4.15
Jonathan Cain - Windy City Breakdown 4.22
Peter Daltrey - Dust 4.00
Stretch - Take You Down 4.01
Adam Wakeman - Lean On Me 4.02
Leftover Salmon - Head Bag 5.39
Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke & Sassafras 2.35

[17.10.11]

Pentagram - Dancing Madly Backwards 4.15
Dark Star - Lady Of Mars 4.29
Roadhouse - Tower Of Love 3.54
Christina - Free 4.37
Jobriath - Take Me I'm Yours 4.17
Alex Harvey & His Soul Band - I Just Wanna Make Love To You 2.27
Departure Lounge - Ace Of Spades 4.48
Dennis DeYoung - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Lorelei 4.40
Duke Jupiter - Little Lady 3.31
Ian Anderson - Sanctuary 4.41
ELO Part II - All Fall Down 3.19
Accept - Balls To The Wall (acoustic) 3.50
 

[10.10.11]

Black Widow - Come To The Sabbat 4.53
Tucky Buzzard - Time WIll Be Your Doctor 3.48
Blossom Toes - Peace Loving Man 4.52
Cooper Brothers - Rock And Roll Cowboys 4.34
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight 2.38
Hardin and York - If There's Not You 2.05
Liar - Set The World on Fire 3.54
Pink Fairies - Do It '77 4.02
Starz - Live Wire 4.05
Colin Blunstone - Your Love Is Like The Sun 4.41
Caravan - Nightmare 6.25
Firefall - You Are The Woman 2.43

[03.10.11]

John Wetton - Arkangel 4.18
Aynsley Dunbars Retaliation - Watch n Chain 2.35
Nick SImpers Fandango - WIsh I'd Never Woke Up 3.47
Steve Hyams - Bethlehem Steel 3.36
Ambrosia - How Much I Feel 4.47
Larry Wallis - Police Car 3.14
Astralasia - One Fine Day 2.55
Into The Abyss - Lunar Drive 4.04
Jook - Aggravation Place 3.24
Elizabeth Barraclough - Devil At The Door 4.13
Deep Feeling - Pretty Colours 3.00
Mighty Baby - Egyptian Tomb 5.25
Stray - Move It 4.04

[26.09.11]

Trapeze - You Are The Music
Aardvark - Copper Sunset 3.17
Annie Haslam - Careless Love 3.31
Anton Barbeau - I Used To Say Your Name 3.00
Argent - The Coming Of Kohoutek 3.02
Atomic Rooster - Hold Your Fire 4.53
Bonnie Bramlett - Superstar 5.55
Richie Furay - Forever With You 3.46
Carl Palmers 1PM - Go On Carry On 3.46
Titanic - Blue Train 3.49
Wooly Wolstenholme - Bootham Park Elegy 3.36
Van Der Graaf Generator - The Undercover Man 7.25

[19.09.11]

Leaf Hound - Drowned My Life In Fear 3.00
Kahvas Jute - Odyssey 3.57
Smith Perkins Smith - Mighty Good Time 3.21
Char Bogert Appice - Parchman Farm 4.11
J D Souther - Black Rose 3.56
Audience - Waverly Stage Coach 2.59
Denny Doherty - Lay Me Down (Roll Me Out To Sea) 4.11
Amazing Blondel - Love Must Be The Best Time Of You 2.48
Aphrodites Child - The Four Horsemen 5.54
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone 4.50
Young & Moody Band - Don't Do That 3.15
Danny Cox - Mojo Gypsy Woman 5.02
Beckett - Rolling Thunder 5.20
 

[12.09.11]

Man - Ride And The View 4.56
Spencer Davis Band - Pockey Way 5.05
Savoy Brown - Got Love If You Want It 3.17
Caravan - The Show Of Our Lives 4.41
Gentle Giant - Proclamation 5.33
The Strawbs - Burning For Me 4.02
Slapp Happy - Just A Conversation 4.07
Renaissance - Prologue 6.20
Pierre Moerlens's Gong - Flyin' High 5.49
Russ Ballard - Your Time Is Gonna Come 4.39
The Amazing Blondel - Call It A Night 3.04

 


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