The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

Russ spins tall tales and the following cool tunes:
1. Dr Lonnie Smith & Iggy Pop - Why Can’t We Live Together
2. Gill Landry - Nobody’s Coming
3. Giant Sand - Out There (Provisions)
4. Charley Crockett - Visions of Dallas
5. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Blonde on Blonde)
6. Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow’s Parties
7. Ramones - California Sun
8. Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
9. Trashmen - Surfin’ Bird
10. Bobby Sutliff - Stupid Idea (Only The Ghost Remain)
11. The Records - Starry Eyes 1
2. Plimsouls - Million Miles Away
13. Russ Tolman - Vancouver Sun 

Russ chats with Dani Meza, frontman and songwriter of the soul-inflected band the crushedvelvets and spin tunes from the new album I PLANTED, APOLLOS WATERED, BUT GOD KEPT MAKING IT GROW.Playlist:
1.Felice Bros - Jazz on The Autobahn (single 2021)
2.Lou Reed - Vicious (Transformer 1972)
3.The Heartbreakers - One Track Mind (LAMF - 1977)
4.Crushed Velvets - At Ease (I Planted, the Apollos Watered, and God Kept Making It Grow2024)
5.Crushed Velvets - Got You
6.Crushed Velvets - Taste of Sugar & Cinnamon
7.Ernest Ranglin - Nocturne in E-flat Major (Softly with Ranglin - 1969)
8.Russ Tolman - 405 (Goodbye El Dorado - 2019)
9.Izaak Opatz - Not Yet (Mariachi Static - 2018)
10.Cactus Blossoms - There She Goes (Every Time I Think About You - 2024)
11.Neu - Hallogallo (Neu! - 1971)
12.Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

Russ interviews Long Ryder and Coal Porter SID GRIFFIN about his new solo album The Journey from Grape to Raisin, new Long Ryder and Coal Porter concert dates, his spring US tour with Peter Case, and his 32 years as a yankee in London. We spin the following tunes:
 
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Chuck Prophet - In the Shadows (for Elon)
Sid Griffin - Last Ten Seconds of Life
Sid Griffin - When I’m Drinking I Think In Spanish
Rodney Crowell - What a Beautiful World
Doug Sahm - Is Anybody Going to San Antone
Russ Tolman - Take It Easy Take It Slow

Russ chats with UK folk rock pioneer Iain Matthews and plays songs from his new album How Much is Enough.  Russ also spins '60s Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Richard Hawley and more...
Waxahatchee - Bored (Tigers Blood - 2024)
Waylon Jennings - That’s What You Get For Loving Me (Leavin’ Town - 1966)
Richard Hawley - Tonight the Streets Are Ours (Lady Bridge - 2007)
Geraint Hawkins - Heaven Only Knows
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nobody’s Baby Now (Let Love In -1994)
Them - Here Comes The Night (1965)
Iain Matthews - Rhythm & Blues
Iain Matthews - Where is the Love

Russ and Barbara chat about her long indie career, 28th Day, marriage, tortoises, her upcoming tour of Finland, plans for a new album, teaching a class of 80 kids how to play guitar, and much more. Russ also spins:
1. Tommy James - Crimson and Clover
2. Barr Brothers - Come In The Water (Sleeping Operator - 2014)
3. The Delines - Drowning In Plain Sight (Seas Drift - 2022)
4. Barbara Manning w/ Dipstick - These Days (Don’t Rewind: Remixes and Other Rendezvous- 2002)
5. 28th Day - I’m Only Asking (1985)
6. SF Seals - Pulp
7. Barbara Manning Interview
8. Barbara Manning - Blood of Feeling (1212-1997)
9. Theo Lawrence - California Poppy
10. Buck Owens - Love’s Gonna Live Here
11. Russ Tolman - Loser’s Club (City Lights - 1998) 

Russ chats with singer-songwriter, guitarist Chuck Prophet about his new album Wake The Dead and more... Russ also spins:
Brian Eno - Here He Comes (Before and After Science - 1977)
Cactus Blossoms - Statues (Everytime I Think About You - 2024
Harry Nilsson - Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga -  (Pussy Cats - 1974)
Stefan Murphy - All I Ever Got From Them is Pain (Hospital Verses - 2023)
Russ Tolman - Two Drinks from Genius (City Lights - 1998)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (You Want It Darker - 2016)
Chuck Prophet - Wake The Dead (Wake The Dead - 2024)
Chuck Prophet - Water Into Wine (Wake The Dead - 2024)
Map of Wyoming - To The Sun (Trouble Is - 2000)
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Searching for My Love
Tom Heyman - Alright (Deliver Me - 2005)

Russ tells stories and spins the following wax:
 
Chuck Prophet - Sugar into Water
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino
? and the Mysterians - Hangin’ on a String
JP Harris - Dark Thoughts
Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things
Theo Lawrence - Liquor & Love
Richard Hawley - Prism in Jeans
Continental Drifters - Dallas
Iain Matthews - These Days
Scott Hirsch, Kelly McFarling - Dreamer
Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
Downsiders - Pony Made of Ice
Popealopes - Kerosene
28th Day - Burnsite

This week, we are spinning these great tracks:
1. Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Lust for Life - 1977)
2. David Bowie - Sound & Vision (Low - 1977)
3. Thin White Rope - Mother (Moonhead - 1987)
4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1987)
5. The Mighty Stef - Nightwatchman of Iveagh Flats (2014)
6. Jackson Browne - Everywhere I Look (Tribute to Don Heffington: Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’)
7. Dan Janisch - Back On the Road Again (Raccoon Town - 2019)
8. Carla Torgerson - Happy (Beckonings - 2024)
9. Nick Drake - One of These Things First (Bryter Layter - 1971)
10. Tindersticks w/ Carla Torgerson - Travelling Light (1995)
11. Lambchop - When You Were Mine (2017) Prince!
12. Russ Tolman - Life 

Peter Holsapple chats with Russ about The dBs: history, reissues, reunion shows, and how nice Linda McCartney was. PLUS Peter takes the deep dive into his other band The Continental Drifters and the new book, 2CD tribute, and the best of collection. Plus Russ spins these tunes:
1. The Frightnrs - I’d Rather Go Blind (Daptone Records Singles Collection, Vol. 5 - 2019)
2. The Sinseers & Joey Quinones - Like I Can Give (Sinseerly Yours - 2024)
3. Sunny & The Sunliners - Should I Take You Home (featuring Sunny Ozuna out of San Antonio, TX)
4. The dBs - Black & White
5.The Continental Drifters - The Rain Song (Vermillion - 1999) 6. Tom Heyman - Barbara Jean (24th St Blues - 2023)
7. Bob Dylan - Sarah Jane (Dylan - 1973)
8. Leonard Cohen - Don’t Go Home with your Hard-on (Death of a Ladies Man - 1976)
9. Russ Tolman - Something About a Rowboat (Road Movie - 1992) 

Today's episode finds Russ chatting with his old friend Steve Wynn about Steve's new memoir I Would Say It If It Wasn't True and his new album Make It Right. Russ and Steve also share stories of their time to together in Davis, CA and the band Suspects with Kendra Smith (later of Dream Syndicate) and Gavin Blair (later True West). 
Playlist:
1. Chuck Prophet & Quien Save - Wake The Dead (Oct 25 on Yep Roc)
2. Smog - Hit The Ground Running (Knock Knock - 1999)
3. Be Bop Deluxe - Panic In the World (Drastic Plastic)
4. Modern Lovers - Road Runner
5. Steve Wynn - Simpler Than The Rain
6. Steve Wynn - Santa Monica
7. Russ Tolman - Sleeping All Alone