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Wednesday, Oct 7 2020, 7AM
RIP Johnny Nash, American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter who passed away from natural causes at age 80 years old.
Incredible Brandi performance here:
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We're proud to have supported Northwest artists from their beginnings to the height of their fame! YOU power KEXP and allow us to keep playing these artists. www.kexp.org
"Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP 'Dying for It'. It is a parody on the Christian children's hymn, "I'll Be a Sunbeam," which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam."
Here's Nirvana performing it live at the Paramount: www.youtube.com
Shawn performed "Wrapped In My Memory" live as part of KEXP's Soul Day Broadcast in May 2016. Watch here: bit.ly
Okay John, you magnificent bastard, you spilling your guts on air got me. Everything is fucked and this has been my refuge for years...but this year in particular. Throwing in another 100.
Derek in MN
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Indie rock band from Anacortes, Washington, The Lonely Forest have performed KEXP many times over the years. Check them all out here, including this song "I Don't Want To Live There", here: www.youtube.com
Before Pearl Jam, there was Mother Love Bone. After the death of frontman Andy Wood. Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass) would later go on to form Pearl Jam with Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder.
Deep Sea Diver were live on the Morning Show with DJ John Richards on Friday, September 26! You can find the archive of live performances at KEXP, including Lawn in the Morning shows with John, at kexp.org/archive! Impossible Weight drops on October 16
Seattle-based group fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. www.heart-music.com
Here's an interview from 2017 with (KEXP's own) Sean Nelson: www.stereogum.com
Remember when The Presidents of the United States of America were good?...no, I'm not talking about the band...
A wistful song for all of us dreaming of travel. Here's Tacocat performing LIVE on KEXP in 2019: www.youtube.com
Donald Earl "Slick" Watts is a former Sonics basketball player.
"Slick Watts" is from the Seattle band's 3rd album, which also features a series of short films inspired by the music. The video, for this track is a commentary on basketball in Seattle and the memories it left behind. youtu.be
This song is based on a Seattle street in the Capitol Hill District. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
RIP Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen's guitar riff was sampled for Tone Loc's 1988 hit "Wild Thing."
This song about humankind's destruction of the environment was recorded at Seattle's London Bridge studios.
RIP Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen covered this song by The Kinks for their debut album.
Here's Mudhoney performing live on KEXP at the top of the Space Needle for Sub Pop's birthday in 2013: www.youtube.com
Seattle band The Posies have made several stops to the KEXP studios! See them performing in 2016 in the KEXP Gathering Space here: www.youtube.com
You help fund our live sessions here at KEXP!
Here's Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees performing live on KEXP in 2014: www.youtube.com
Seattle supergroup was conceived by Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of the bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. The video for the song was shot in Discovery Park in Seattle. www.youtube.com
Congrats to The Seattle Storm who won the 2020 WNBA Finals