WESN Show #10 - Jan. 31, 2019

Diamonds In The Rough:  1978-1983

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Kevin Lee & Heartbeat	Tonight	Rogers Park	1981	Bloomington-Normal
Kool Ray and the Polaroidz	I Heard You Fell	Stuff	1980	Peoria
The Jerks	So Lifelike	ABF	1980	LaSalle-Peru
Graham Walker	Pink Sound	WWCT 106	1981	Pekin
Food and Money	No Bones	Triaxe	1980	Springfield
Nines	Holiday	Pogo	1981	Champaign-Urbana
Screams	Paper Dolls	Infinity	1979	Pekin
The Vertebrats	Diamonds In The Rough (Nineteen)	Vb	1980	Champaign-Urbana
The Names	It's A Miracle	Numero Group	1979	Rockford
The Jets	Paper Girl	Twin Tone	1978	Pekin
Kriss Lewis Group	Time Will Tell	WWCT 106	1981	Peoria
Contra-Band	See You Tonight	Chance	1982	Champaign-Urbana
Lay-Z	More And More	Lay-Z	1982	Peoria
The Elvis Brothers	Fire In The City	Epic	1983	Champaign-Urbana
The Uptown Rulers	Tell Me Where You're At	Red Scare	1982	Bloomington-Normal
Combo Audio	Romanticide	Secret	1982	Champaign-Urbana

Extras

THE JERKS

KEVIN LEE & HEARTBEAT

VERTEBRATS

THE UPTOWN RULERS

KOOL RAY & THE POLAROIDZ

FOOD AND MONEY

WESN Show #9 - Jan. 24, 2019

Prescription For The Blues

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Cousin Emmy	Chilly Scenes Of Winter	Bear Family	[1947]	Bloomington
Judy Martin	Single Girl	B.A.C.M.	[1940s]	Decatur
Jenny Lou Carson	You Gotta Quit Makin' Me Blue	B.A.C.M.	[1940s]	Decatur
Bonnie Lou	Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)	King	1953	Towanda / Carlock
Lois Lee & The Rockets	Am I Blue	Cool	1964	Danville
Linda Burke	Darling, It's So Wonderful	Soft	1965	Decatur
Linda Fanakos	Candyland Town	Custom	1969	Champaign-Urbana
Mod 4	A Puppet	[Fredlo]	1968	Aledo
Deanna [Edwards] and the Here & Now Singers	Attic Of My Mind	Mobie	1968	Bloomington-Normal
Spanky [McFarlane] and Our Gang	Prescription For The Blues	Mercury	1968	Peoria / Bloomington
Mary Perrin	Flying	Webster's Last Word	1970	Pekin
[Linda] Bruner	Sam	Vincent	1969	Rockford
[Linda] Bruner	Songs Linda Wrote Herself	Numero	[1970]	Rockford
Jennie Pearl	Maybe In Another Year	Webster's Last Word	1970	Peoria
Jeannie Pohlman	House On Pooh Corner performed live on the Tonight Show 1/28/75 + interview	- no label -	1975	Bloomington-Normal
Donna Clymer	Crowded and Lonesome	WWCT 106	1981	E. Peoria
Myrt Day	From Me To You	Farmer City Music Hall	1978	Bloomington-Normal

Extras

Click here for more of the story of Jeannie Pohlman (Mullen)

Pantagraph, Feb. 25, 1975

Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane at IWU Fieldhouse, Nov. 21, 1968

Jennie Pearl

Pantagraph, Jan. 30, 1978

WESN Show #8 - Jan. 17, 2019

You Ain't Going Nowhere

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM	LABEL	YEAR
Al Ierardi	Drifter	-	Rofran	1966	Champaign-Urbana
Shades of Blue	The Time Of My Life	-	Shades	1969	Danville
Chuck & Mary Perrin	Sundance	Next of Kin	Webster's Last Word	1970	Pekin
James Cuomo	Susan Never Smiles / Remembering	Cuomo's Record	Depot	1970	Champaign- Urbana
Fred Newell & Mike Templin	Stone Blown	Make It Mellow	Golden Voice	1970	Jacksonville
Ice	Retirement '75	Melting Your Mind	Bonny	1972	Streator
Farm	Jungle Song	S/T	Crusade	1971	Sparta / Mt. Vernon
Sixth Station	Before The Snowfall	Deep Night	- no label-	1982	E. Peoria
Gene Hood	A Free Man's Testament	Out Of The Clouds	Old Shack	1980	Mt. Vernon
Louie Kotva	Notes From London, July 11	It Used To Be That Not Everybody Was A Lighthouse	Prism	1970	Champaign- Urbana
David Chalmers	Dear Friends	Primeval Road	River	1976	Bureau
Peter Berkow & Friends	Credit Card Blues	Thesis	-no label-	1975	Champaign- Urbana
Lee Carleton & The Ghost Riders	The Illinois Central	-	Saguaro	1973	Champaign- Urbana
Dallas McGee	You Ain't Going Nowhere	-	-no label-	1977 -78	Bloomington -Normal

Extras

Pantagraph  Feb. 26, 1979

Pantagraph  Oct. 14, 1982

 

Daily Illini  Feb. 9, 1971

Pantagraph  Apr. 7, 1979

WESN Show #7 - Jan. 10, 2019

Downstate Grooves, Soul & Funk

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR
Chessmen	Bird Train	Riot-Chous	1963	Decatur
Yellow Bird	Function At The Junction	Stereo Village	1968	Peoria ?
Holidays	It's Soul (Music)	Thunder	1968	Springfield
Bare Wire	Groovin' Is Easy	Stereo Village	1969	Clinton ?
New Vicounts	Harlem Shuffle	Golden Voice	1967	Bloomington
Joe Meriweather	There's Nothin' I Wouldn't Do	Riot-Chous	196-?	Decatur
Rising Sons	Hold On, I'm Coming	Max	1967	Macomb
Jam Factory	Good Lovin' Woman	Golden Voice	1968	Peoria
Shattertones	Try Me	Broken	1967	Bloomington
Chuck Wallace	I Need Your Love	Ruby	1969	Cairo
Ebonies	You Got What I Want	Midwest	1971	Springfield
Joey Irving	Can You Handle Me Girl	Vincent	1973	Rockford
Major & The Lieutenants	Love, Peace and Soul	HHH	1970	Rockford
Wayne Carter & Organ Twisters	Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo	Mootrey's	1973	Decatur
Soul Brothers	Miss Delores Funk	Soul	1968	Champaign
Just Us	We've Got A Good Thing Going	Vincent	1973	Rockford
James Stinson	Keep On	Radex	1975	?
Illini Connection	Your Mother Understood	Silver Dollar	1977	Champaign
Chuck & Mac	Your're The One Who Really Loves Me	Ruby	?	Cairo

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