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Ran across a headline that reminded us/me that we have just gone through a music time warp.

As 2019 turned into 2020 and a new decade ..it also became 50 years since 1969 became 1970.

Here’s a list of artists and albums who made the transition from one decade to another. FIFTY  FREAKING YEARS AGO.

And they didn’t just transition – they became #1 albums that changed lives and made history.

The biggest was The Beatles  Abbey Road – #1 for 11 straight weeks

Led Zeppelin 2 – #1 for 6 weeks

Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 10 weeks at #1

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Deja Vu #1 for a week

CCR – Cosmo’s Factory – Their 4^th #1 album.  In a Row

Santana – Abraxas was #1 for 6 weeks

Paul McCartney had a #1 solo album for 3 weeks

And The Beatles had Let it Be at #1 for 4 weeks.

It was an amazing time in music.

The Stew will be saluting and playing all those albums and more Saturday 5-7.

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It’s the Final Stew of 2019.

Dec 28^th!!  The Holiday version of The Bermuda  Triangle. Where memories go to die.

OK  First – a heads up. The Mulligan Stew Podcast features an extensive conversation with Actor/Writer/Singer Hugh Dillon.

We cover a lot of ground. The Hip. His buddies he grew up with.

Punk music in Canada. His first solo album that changed the man and his current Headstones release PeopleSkills

His anger issues – his substance abuse – how acting may have saved his life – how acting took him all the way to working with David Lynch on Twin  Peaks.

Some of you may know Hugh from his lead roles in Flashpoint, Durham County, The Trailer Park Boys and many more.

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The Last Stew of 2019 has a donor inspired line up

Kick things off with The Band Live – and Marvin Gaye’s Don’t Do it – from New Years Eve 1971

Then  Vampire Weekend from  the number one album of the CKUA 2019 Top 100 (based on plays)

Marshall Crenshaw/Stephen fearing/Grand Funk/Jimmy Reed and CoCo Love Alcorn

New music from Barry Allen and The New Rebels, The Who, The Wood Brothers, Shelby Lynn & Allison Moorer plus  CoCo Love Alcorn.

We’ll throw in Marvin Gate Live at Kennedy Centre, Sting and Bruce Springsteen Live doing Every breath you take, John Mayer Live, and then back to the Top 100 plays of 2019 and two Canadian artists who had not one but two albums on that chart.

CKUA Host Leeroy Stagger with Me and the Mountain plus Strange Path.

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The Bros Landreth  87 and Joey Landreth’s Hindsight.

Enjoy the tunes and the tales…

And check out the Podcast…www.mulliganstew.ca

Happy New Year – here’s to 2020

In memory of John Mann, Gary, Kerry Holly (Marshall) and CKUA  host Monica Miller

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That time of year. Family. Friends. Fluids. Food. Debt!

Corb Lund, John Prine, Aaron Neville, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Blue Rodeo, Joseph, Miranda Mulholland, Rachelle van Zanten, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon.

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It’s that time again.

Jann Arden

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The Stew comes charging out of the December gates with two hours of hand-picked tracks and artists…

For example:

First track – Albert Cummings..with a 9-minute live version of Hootchie Coochie Man and Dixie Chicken..followed by an intriguing Austin based duo  Black Puma…Nominated for Best New Artist at 2019 Grammys.

There are two interesting music segments….

The Beatles Come Together followed by Richie Havens with a Live version of  Here Comes the Sun and then Paul McCartney’s new single Home Tonight..oh and Van Morrison with John Lee Hooker’s Dimples.

The other music set is .. Ray Charles with members of the Count basic band, Wynton Marsalis Live at Jazz at Lincoln Centre with Eric Clapton..breathing new life into Howlin Wolf’s Forty Four.  Then Little feat Live with Feats don’t fail me now and The Band with a wicked version of the Motown classic, Don’t you do it (don’t you break my heart)  Lots of blues in there.

Speaking of The Blues…our special guest is Shaun Verreault from Wide Mouth Mason.

He’s released his 8^th album..and it’s a refreshing combination of new tracks but they’re all informed by the blues road he’s traveled.

PLUS..

Shaun has taught himself how to play guitar and solo with three slides on his left hand…One on his thumb.

I’ve had the pleasure of watching him work out these three slides thing. He would sit in with anyone who would let him play and work out the bugs. Shaun will explain.

The new Wide Mouth Mason album is I Wanna go with you.

NEXT TWO WEEKS – all Christmas tunes…  Enjoy!!

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Good Bye November..and thanks for the Thanksgiving double dip

And the Grey Cup Game.  And  Holger’s 78^th anniversary!

Kicking off the last Stew in November..our guest is Stephen Fearing who proudly brings with him the tracks from his new solo album The Unconquerable Past.

Stephen hunkered down in Winnipeg, surrounding himself with musicians who brought all of his songs to life.

Stephen pulled off the side of the road to do this interview.  He’s that kind of guy.

The rest of The Stew includes a “Sisters Set” featuring

Tegan and Sara

Joseph

First Aid Kit

Live tracks from  Bonnie Raitt and John Prine, Matt Anderson and  Tower of Power Knock yourself out!

Snarky Puppy, Jimi Hendrix, Lake Street Dive, The Honeydrippers, Otis Redding, Van Morrison, Annie Lennox, Aretha, Mark Knopfler,  Marcus King, and Leeroy Stagger

Goodbye November. Thirty days of wet leaves and bad hockey!

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Next week Marcus King, Also Shaun Verreault (Wide Mouth Mason), Stephen Fearing, Hugh Dillon (Headstones etc)

BUT this show is ALL music…

New tracks from

Van Morrison (3 of them)

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

CoCo Love Alcorn

Coldplay

Live tracks from

Bruce Springsteen solo

Sheryl Crow

Sarah McLachlan and Emmylou Harris

And all the rest

Bo Diddley

Everly Bros singing Orbison

Roy Orbison singing The Everly Bros

The Kinks

James Brown and the Famous Flames

Black Crowes

Lisa Morales

Robert Plant/Allison Krause

John Auerbach

Delbert McClinton

Neville Brothers

Matt Anderson

Blue Rodeo

Chrissie Hynde

Muddy Waters

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