Radio Daze
The great thing about community radio is that it gives anyone a go – even me! I live in Byron Bay in Northern New South Wales, Australia. Its literally paradise, with beautiful beaches, rainforest and green rolling hills. BayFM is our local radio station and all the presenters are volunteers. Each Tuesday between 2-4pm you can tune into 99.9 on the dial and listen to ’Theme Park’. Yes, its inspired by Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour. But I don’t have 3 producers, 5 researchers and his great voice, so be kind. I put together a playlist around a particular topic and throw in some surprise elements just to keep everyone on their toes.
First show, on November 4, happened to coincide with the biggest horse race in the Southern Hemisphere, the Melbourne Cup, so no choice but to theme the show around horses. We even crossed live to the racetrack and it turned out to be lots of fun. Here’s the playlist:
Pony Time - Chubby Checker
Back in The Saddle Again - Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers
Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big n Rich
All the King’s Horses - Dusty Springfield
Equestrian Statue - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Jerry Seinfeld - I’m Telling You For The Last Time (Skit: At the Racetrack)
Black Horse & The Cherry Tree (Radio Version) - KT Tunstall
One-Trick Pony - Nelly Furtado
Horse With No Name - America (1971)
A Horse Named Bill - Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Whiskey for My Men, Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith & Willie Nelson
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy + Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on backup vocals
Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash
Painted Pony - Blood Sweat & Tears
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite
Long Ride - The Audreys
Horses - Patti Smith
A Good Horse - The Cardigans
Mr. Ed – TV Theme Song
Ghost Riders In the Sky - Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash
Horseshoe Man - Neil Young
Wild Horses - Cowboy Junkies
White Horses - Tori Amos
Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet) - Tom T Hall
All Tired Horses - Bob Dylan
Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers
Goodbye Horses - Halloween
Equus - Blonde Redhead
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? - U2
Horse Show Hotel Song - Stompin Tom Connors
Tune in next week, November 11th: in anticipation of a new US President that is worth celebrating, we will be looking at the history of black American music (in 2 hours no less!)
Theme Park with Lyn McCarthy. BayFM 99.9 Tuesdays 2-4pm Eastern Standard time. Streaming on www.bayfm.org
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