John Richards

Coming to Seattle May 15th Lumen Field "For three days in December 1969, the Stones stopped into Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama and managed to lay down three songs, one of which was “Wild Horses.” The composition of this plaintive ballad was begun by Keith Richards, whose first child was born in August 1969, causing Keith regret about going out on the road and leaving the boy behind.... He then handed the song off to his songwriting partner-in-crime Mick Jagger to complete the verses. And that’s when the track took a turn away from Marlon, the name of Richards’ little boy, and perhaps veered toward Marianne, as in Faithfull, Jagger’s on-again, off-again lover of that era...." American Songwriter discusses this song in depth: americansongwriter.com

Tom Petty said of this song: "I just took a deep breath and it came out. The whole song. Stream of consciousness: words, music, chords. Finished it. I mean, I just played it into a tape recorder and I played the whole song and I never played it again. I actually only spent three and a half minutes on that whole song. So I’d come back for days playing that tape, thinking there must be something wrong here because this just came too easy. And then I realized that there’s probably nothing wrong at all."

See Stevie in the bay area MAY 24th at Bottle Rock Napa Valley in Napa, CA. Stevie Nicks says she wrote this song while contemplating going back to school or continuing on professionally with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Their album 'Buckingham Nicks' had been dropped by Polydor Records before they could release a follow up. She wrote the song while visiting Aspen, Colorado, sitting in someone's living room "looking out at the Rocky Mountains pondering the avalanche of everything that had come crashing down on us... at that moment, my life truly felt like a landslide in many ways".

Bonny Light Horseman’s new album, "Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free," is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open.": www.bonnylighthorseman.com -- It's out on June 7th and you can pre-order it here: bonnylighthorseman.bandcamp.com

APR 18, 2024 WEBSTER HALL NEW YORK, NY Daniel is the newest & sixth studio album by the New Jersey band. - www.realestatetheband.com --- realestate.bandcamp.com

Good morning! Feeling the vibe this morning with the Stones, later Tom Petty, and Fleetwood Mac. If you find space could you play ”Blue” by the Jayhawks? Thanks! John from Sayulita, Mexico

Released on this day 19 bleeping years ago. Geez

Released on this day 5-years ago in the before times. == Norwegian singer Aurora co-wrote this song with The Chemical Brothers and is featured on vocals. The duo said, "Aurora really made this by coming up with these amazing images. Sonics-wise, there are a lot of ideas and a lot of movement. There are moments where it almost feels that whole thing has gone too far, the way it builds and then you’re back down. It's a rolling psychedelic journey, for want of a better word." - www.last.fm - www.thechemicalbrothers.com --- Aurora was live in the KEXP studio in 2018: www.youtube.com

ODESZA Live on KEXP in 2017: www.youtube.com ODESZA formed in 2012 at Western Washington University. In 2018, the duo behind the intricate electronic group, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight talked with KEXP about how this album, "A Moment Apart," brought them closer together: www.kexp.org -- See the video that accompanies this song: vimeo.com

Kristin - Big big day here – could you throw on something super encouraging with a healthy side of you got this? For you, now, Kristin. And hell yes you've got this.

Happy 30th bday to this ridiculously amazing album. --- "This is a song about a jerk. I hexed him, now he's losing his hair." That's how Hole frontwoman Courtney Love introduced "Violet" when Hole played it on Later... with Jools Holland in 1995. This is a pretty clear indication that the song is about Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, whom love dated in 1991 before taking up with Kurt Cobain. - www.songfacts.com

DEAR GOD THIS BAND IS AMAZING Mannequin Pussy will play August Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, April 27th, the Wonder Ballroom in Portland on May 29th, and The Crocodile in Seattle on Tuesday, may 30th.

HOW GOOD IS THIS!!! Gustaf will perform at Belltown Bloom on May 4 in Seattle! You can also catch them in the PNW on May 1 in Spokane @ The District Bar; on May 2 in Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret; on May 3 in Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall. In the Bay Area, catch them in San Francisco @ Cafe Du Nord on May 6! www.gustaftheband.com

Released on this day 5-years ago. Remember that time they played a secret show in Seattle at Conor Byrne? THAT WAS AWESOME.

Gary Clark Jr. is on tour and will perform at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA on Wednesday, August 14th. -- His new album, JPEG RAW," his first in five years, includes collaborations with Stevie Wonder, George Clinton, Valerie June and others. Watch Gary Clark Jr. perform this one live on Jimmy Fallon: www.youtube.com

Watch a great live performance by Ben Harper in the KEXP studio in 2016: www.youtube.com

have you ever been experienced? Well, have you? ANSWER ME.

Released on this day, 5-years ago. ==== The album takes its name from a line in the poem "Geography" by the New York poet Michael Brownstein. The song features a sample of Brownstein talking about a love where there is no need for boundaries between nations. April is National Poetry Month. www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Carrie on Beacon Hill: I love it when my lateness synchronizes with your greatness!

Good morning John and crü! Writing to you from Queen Anne, and wondering if you can help my boyfriend Ethan celebrate his 43rd birthday by playing some Miles Davis? He's loving his tshirt that I gave him from the drive, but we all know that the music is the real gift. Thank you so much for everything you do, I've been listening since 2002, when my family first moved to Seattle, and an amplifier since I went to college a few years later and realized what a treasure KEXP is. Thank you and have such a great morning and weekend! Ari on Queen Anne

Happy 84th birthday to the amazing Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer born on this day in 1940.

Sampling "Cantaloupe Island" by Herbie Hancock from his 1964 album Empyrean Isles -- with Bennie Maupin on saxophone

Sampled in Us3 "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"which was released on this day 30-years ago. == Featuring the late great Dr Lonnie Smith. RIP. www.npr.org

Hi John, my wife Ashley would love to hear LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" for her birthday today. Thanks! -Erik

My boy Henry is turning 13 today! He’d love to hear the song Killer Queen from Queen Thanks Bryan in Bellingham

happy 66th to the amazing Will Sergeant, English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion) born on this day in 1958

New James! Salome in Lynnwood wrote this lovely note yesterday… What you guys are doing is so rare and special, especially in these disconnected times. All the appreciation and love for all the DJs and producers and techs and everyone at KEXP! You guys matter.

Good morning. If possible, I would like to request a song for my long-time-listener-amplifier friend, Angie, who today will be doing one of the hardest things she's been through this lifetime. Bend, by Middle Kids, is her 2024 theme song and I think she needs to hear it today more than ever. Xoxo She's in Seattle and since I cannot be there by her side today, I just want to make sure she knows she's in my heart and she's not alone. Krista in Texas

These lyrics Photograph of us In the spotlight, on a hot night I was drifting in and out Reticent on the off chance I'm blunter than a bullseye Begging for peace of mind I get ahead of myself Bracing for a bombshell Your love written on a blank check Wear it around your neck I was at a loss But you come to me on a fault line Deep inside a goldmine Hovering like a moth I lose a bit of myself Laying out eggshells

Happy 41st birthday to this perfect album.

Today has been so great, and I like others, really needed this morning show. We are admitting my father Jerry to hospice today. He's a hard man to get along with, but I love him. We don't know a lot about each other, but I know he loved the Beatles. If you get the chance to play any song by them, many thanks. Big love to everyone at the station this beautiful Friday. Namaste, Jeremy

"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" (1981) is a song by Latin country musician Ned Sublette. Country musician Willie Nelson's cover (iTunes single 14 February 2006) is the first LGBT-themed mainstream country song by a major artist and and queercore band Pansy Division also did a version.

Written by Shel Silverstein and made famous by Cash, the song might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the "Scopes Monkey Trial". Hicks was named after his mother, who died after giving birth to him.