Guest: Bridget St. John.

When the most famous DJ in the world champions you and decides to open a record label specifically to record and market your music, well, you're doing something right.

Bridget St. John's name may not be as widely known as some of her British folk contemporaries, but her music is deserving of attention for any fan of the genre.

Recording her first three albums for John Peel's Dandelion label between 1969 and 1972 she released consistently high quality work, garnering excellent reviews. A fourth album followed for Chrysalis a couple years later and then...silience. Nothing for 20 years. After a long delay, she's back recording and touring again and sounding better than ever.

Bridget recalls stories of meeting John Martyn, playing with Michael Chapman, recording demos at Al Stewart's house, hearing David Bowie's acetate of a famous song before it was released and being in an uncomfortable car ride with Jethro Tull when they fired Mick Abrahams.

It's a shame Bridget's work didn't find a wider audience as her songwriting and guitar skills are only outshined by her exquisite voice.

I hope you dig Songs For The Gentle Man as much as I do.

-FJ

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==SONGS==

Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. To listen to a Spotify playlist of these tracks, click here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0AvWIlxZ7vPZ92IPbRsDyV?si=04cf0e03949840ae

(*denotes song not available on Spotify)

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Green Rocky Road”

*THE MILLS BROTHERS “Window Washer Man”

CLIFF RICHARD “Living Doll”

ELVIS PRESLEY “Old Shep”

THE BEATLES “She Loves You”

DONOVAN “Colours”

HELEN SHAPIRO “Don’t Treat Me Like A Child”

NICK DRAKE “I’ve Been Smoking Too Long”

JOHN MARTYN “London Conversation”

BLODWYN PIG “The Change Song”

DAVID BOWIE “Space Oddity”

AL STEWART “Year Of The Cat”

T. REX “Jeepster”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “To Be Without A Hitch”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Ask Me No Questions”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Curl Your Toes”

KEVIN AYERS “The Oyster And The Flying Fish”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “A Day A Way”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “City Crazy”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Early Morning Song”

JOHN MARTYN “Back To Stay”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Back To Stay”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Seagull Sunday”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “If You’d Been There”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Making Losing Better”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Lady And The Gentle Man”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Downderry Daze”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Pebble And The Man”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “It Seems Very Strange”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Lazarus”

*BRIDGET ST JOHN “Song For John”

*BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Aviator”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “I Don’t Know If I Can Take It”

??MYSTERY ARTIST??...tune in to the next show to find out!

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses” (single being released Dec 6 2024)

~~Do not ever forget this simple fact: that you are groovy.~~

Guest: Henry Schifter.

Here we have yet another album by an one-and-done artist.

Henry was an American guitarist who released a few singles with a few labels in the sixties. He finally got the opportunity to record a full-length album in 1971, though he had to go to France to do it.

He recorded a strong album, and one that should have warranted some follow ups but it never came to pass.

Henry shares some great stories about the recording of the album, his run-in with Johnny Rivers (spolier alert: he didn't like him) and a great tale that includes a great looking belt, a pistol and weed. What a rock and roll trifecta!

I hope you enjoy "Out Of Nowhere" as much as I do.

-FJ

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==SONGS==

Songs used in this epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3EBbIpiBJdkl6eqqKfrE1n?si=TgC8Q_nySKqEJJy6Vtjh7g

( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):

MOBY GRAPE “Apocalypse”

HENRY SCHIFTER “Toys”

*HANK SHIFTER “Saturday Noontime”

*HANK SHIFTER “On The Beach”

*HANK SCHIFTER “Long John”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Temnaya Noch” (aka “Dark Night”)

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Green Rocky Road”

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE “Another Time”

HENRY SCHIFTER “Another Time”

HARRY BELAFONTE “Diamond Joe”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Diamond Joe”

POCO “Calico Lady”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Calico Lady”

RONNIE HAWKINS “Mary Lou”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Mary Lou”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Salvation Is My Beat”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Shady Green Pastures”

THE SHIRELLES “Boys”

THE BEATLES “Boys”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Deep Sea Diver”

THEE MIDNITERS “Making Ends Meet”

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Making Ends Meet”

MYSTERY ARTIST??...Stay tuned to next Epysode to find out about this artist...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “Bad Idea”

~~mirrors are a window to view groovy people~~