This is nice. A friend in Kentucky - who may not have known because I was keeping it under my hat that we were about to move back to Texas - was asked by me to cover a song I didn't much like for a show with the theme "take it easy." Not only did she do it, she nailed it, & made me a fan of the song besides. Well, a fan of her version of the song. Here's the post from that day when I shared the song after the show aired:
When first thinking about the idea of Self Help Radio - well, what I was going to say was just not true. I wasn't thinking much about "the idea of Self Help Radio" back in 2002 when I started this show. I was thinking about doing a radio show again after not having a regular gig since I left KVRX in 1999, & I had to come up with a kind of gimmick to justify my existence on KOOP. This is true - most of the things that make up the average Self Help Radio episode - with the exception of songs adhering to a theme - weren't there in the first episodes. Maybe not in the first year!
Anyway, later on, I would ask folks who were musicians (& usually friends of mine) if they would like to contribute to the show in some way - mostly, of course, by contributing a song for a particular theme. The big question is of course "Why?" Why would anyone want to contribute anything to this unimportant radio show? Luckily, some people did - for reasons I can't imagine - & just this week it happened again!
Jenny of Owlsey County recorded a lovely, slyly transformative version of a song I have issues with. I am so very grateful she took the time to do it, & am very flattered it appeared on this week's show. Here it is, please enjoy:
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