All posts by Don Janzen

Don Janzen is the host of Radio Nowhere. I came of age musically in the mid sixties. My first music memory is sitting n my neighbour's dad's semi cab and hearing She Loves You on the radio. That was it for me. A little later I graduated to the FM dial just in time to catch the great Detroit underground FM Rock era. I love the music made in that time but don't expect another version of a classic dinosaur rock station playing the same 20 songs all day. I'll be playing more deeper dive stuff from then. My tastes expanded to old blues and modern rock. So hopefully you hear some old favourites and a discover few new ones too. Let me know what you think.

Radio Nowhere Episode 18, 7/9/23

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I’m a Man Spencer Davis Group
Motor City is Burning John Lee Hooker
Colours Donovan
Living in the USA Steve Miller Band
Heroin (Stereo Version) The Velvet Underground & Nico
Heaven and Hell John Entwistle
Ride Captain Ride Blues Image
Chuck E’s In Love Rickie Lee Jones
Coffee blues Mississippi John Hurt
Four in the Morning The Youngbloods
Fo Sho Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Glass Onion The Beatles
Boris the Spider The Who
Mine Forever Lord Huron
I Can’t Quit Her Blood Sweat and Tears (Al Kooper)

Radio Nowhere Episode 17, 7/2/23

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Sunday Driver The Raconteurs
Black Maria Todd Rundgren
Summertime Blues The Who
Shakin’ All Over Chad Allen & the Expressions
Who By Fire Leonard Cohen
Before The Deluge Jackson Browne
Going To My Home Town Rory Gallagher
Ain’t That Peculiar Marvin Gaye
Soul Clappin’ II Sly & The Family Stone
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ Cream
Goin’ to Acapulco Bob Dylan
Lost In The Ozone Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Chest Fever The Band

Radio Nowhere Episode 16, 6/25/23

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Evil Woman Spooky Tooth
Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries Santana
Creque Alley Mama’s and the Papa’s
Hey Hey What Can I Do Led Zeppelin
Backstabbers The O’Jays
All the Way to Memphis Mott the Hoople
Southern Man Neil Young
Love In Vain The Rolling Stones
Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies
Cat Food King Crimson
White Bird It’s a Beautiful Day

Radio Nowhere Episode 15, 6/18/23

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Rock & Roll Music The Beatles
Poison Ivy (Version 2) The Rolling Stones
Stand Back The Allman Brothers Band
Be Carefull With A Fool Johnny Winter
Albatross Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Boogie With Stu Led Zeppelin
This Ol’ Cowboy The Marshall Tucker Band
Angry Eyes Loggins and Messina
You’re Breakin’ my Heart Nilsson
Conquistador Procol Harum
I Got a Line on You Spirit
Ohio Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Seven Seconds Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry
Angel Stella Rose
Messin With the Kid Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

Radio Nowhere Episode 14, 6/11/23

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Detroit Detroit
Fearless Pink Floyd Meddle
Wigwam Bob Dylan Self Portrait
96 Tears Question Mark and the Mysterions 96 Tears
Goin’ Up the Country Canned Heat Living The Blues
Rocky Raccoon The Beatles The Beatles (The White Album)
I Just Want to Celebrate Rare Earth One World
While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles The Beatles (The White Album)
Music for My Mother Funkadelic Funkadelic
I Can’t Explain The Who My Generation
Sonido Amazonico Chicha Libre Sonido Amazonico
Here She Comes Again Chris Hillman Bidin’ My Time
Mission Bells Armistice Armistice

Radio Nowhere Episode 13, 6/4/23

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Come Together The Beatles
Little Red Book Love
Cecom Baba Zula
Comin’ Home Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
Pushin’ Too Hard The Seeds
Voodoo Child Angelique Kidjo, Buddy Guy & Vernon Reid
Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro) Cal Tjader
Travellin’ in the Dark (to E.M.P.) Mountain
Ice Cream Cakes Jeff Beck Group
Paper Sun Traffic
Pressed Rat and Warthog Cream
Sisyphus Andrew Bird
Comin’ Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie
Tell Her No The Zombies
Begging You Ronnie Whitehead
Who’ll Stop the Rain? Creedence Clearwater Revival

Radio Nowhere Episode 12, 5/28/23

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Highway 61 Revisited Johnny Winter
Train to Nowhere Savoy Brown
Peaches En Regalia Frank Zappa
The Fisherman Leo Kottke
Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Live) Bob Dylan
Happiness Is a Warm Gun The Beatles
Freedom Jimi Hendrix
Your Time is Gonna Come Led Zeppelin
Black Mountain Side Led Zeppelin
The Changeling The Doors
A New Day Yesterday Jethro Tull
All Day and All of the Night (2014 Remastered Version) The Kinks
Slipping Into Darkness War
Up From The South The Budos Band
Dives Alvvays
Give Up This Day (with R. Reverend “Sport” Trendleberg) Proctor And Bergmen

Radio Nowhere Episode 11, 5/21/23

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Monster/Suicide/America Steppenwolf
Rollin and Tumblin Muddy Waters
Too Much Monkey Business Chuck Berry
Green Onions Booker T & the MGs
Devil With The Blue Dress Shorty Long
Baby Please Don’t Go Them
Summer in the City Lovin’ Spoonful
Expecting to Fly Buffalo Springfield
Strange Brew Cream
Love Me Two Times The Doors
It’s A Vanity Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Everything Now Arcade Fire
Oh What a Feeling Crowbar
Ride Captain Ride Blues Image

Radio Nowhere Episode 10, 5/14/23

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Bullfrog Blues Canned Heat
Time Loves a Hero Little Feat
Line Dancing With Monkeys Jeff Beck
Lemon Song Led Zeppelin
Corrina, Corrina King Biscuit Boy
I Can’t Stand It The Velvet Underground
Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin
Directly From My Heart To You Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
Soul Sacrifice (live woodstock) Santana
You Better Think Twice Poco
All Mirrors Angel Olsen

 

Radio Nowhere Episode 9, 5/7/23

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The Times They are A’Changin’ Bob Dylan
See-Line Woman Nina Simone
2120 South Michigan Avenue The Rolling Stones
Intro The Pleasure Seekers
Gotta Get Away The Pleasure Seekers
Almost Cut my Hair Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Don’t Bogart Me (Don’t Bogart That Joint) Fratenity of Man
Stop Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper
Are You Ready Pacific Gas & Electric
Trouble No More The Allman Brothers Band
You Keep Me Hanging On Vanilla Fudge
I’m Waiting For The Man The Velvet Underground
Sinister Purpose Creedence Clearwater Revival
Suffragette City David Bowie
Breath Pearl Jam

Radio Nowhere Episode 8, 04/30/23


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Little Wing Jimi Hendrix
Bring it on Home Led Zeppelin
Rock n Roll Fantasy Bad Company
Walkaway James Gang
Whiteout Conditions The New Pornographers
New Delhi Freight Train Little Feat
Had to Cry Today Blind Faith
Thirty Days in the Hole Humble Pie
San Francisco Nights The Animals
Uncle John’s Band Grateful Dead
I Smell Trouble Ike and Tina Turner
Whammer Jammer J. Geils Band
T.V. Eye The Stooges

Radio Nowhere Episode 7, 04/23/23

 

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The Weight (Concert Version) The Band
The War Drags On Donovan
My Size John Entwistle
Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles
See Emily Play Pink Floyd
The Word / Om The Moody Blues
10538 Overture Electric Light Orchestra
Heaven And All Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl & Peter Hayes
The Wizard Black Sabbath
Jailbreak Thin Lizzy
Sastanàqqàm Tinariwen
Soul Clappin’ II Sly & The Family Stone
Country Farm Blues Son House

Radio Nowhere Episode 6, 4/16/23


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All Day Music War
Mechanical World Spirit
Let go the Line Max Webster
Crimes Of Passion Rough Trade
Freedom Rider Traffic
My Back Pages The Byrds
Cette Vie Alpha Yaya Diallo, Madagascar Slim
Feral Roots Rival Sons
Swlabr Cream
Darkness, Darkness The Youngbloods
Picture My Face Teenage Head
All These Blues Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Jump Into the Fire Harry Nilsson

Radio Nowhere Episode 5 4/9/23

 


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Green Manalishi (With A Two Prong Crown) Fleetwood Mac
Kick Out The Jams MC5
Are You Ready? Grand Funk Railroad
Head Over Heels JD McPherson
Six Days On The Road Taj Mahal
Fat Man Jethro Tull
Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy Howlin’ Wolf
Room To Move John Mayall
In The Midnight Hour Wilson Picket
Diddy Wah Diddy Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
Situation Jeff Beck Group
Blackout The Pack A.D.
Weighty Ghost Wintersleep
Alone Again Or Love
These Days Gregg Allman
The Sailor’s Grave On the Prairie Leo Kottke

Radio Nowhere Episode 4, 4/2/23

 

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1969                                                                    The Stooges
Johnny B Rotten                                          The Monks
What I Like About You                            The Romantics
Touch Peel And Stand                              Days Of The New
Rock And Roll                                               The Velvet Underground
Mr. Soul                                                             Buffalo Springfield
Poison Dart ft.Warrior Queen            The Bug
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp                                      Led Zeppelin
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain       Ten Years After
Yer Blues                                                          The Beatles
The Nazz Are Blue                                     The Yardbirds
Pusher Man                                                    Curtis Mayfield
Gloria                                                                 Them

Radio Nowhere Episode 3, 3/26/2023

 

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Hitchcock Railway                       Joe Cocker
Mercury Blues                                Steve Miller Band
Hellbound Train                             Savoy Brown
The Kids Are Alright                   The Who
Only You Know and I Know    Dave Mason
Ain’t Superstitious                        Howlin’ Wolf
All Along The Watchtower      Bob Dylan
All The Way To Memphis          Mott The Hoople
Volunteers                                        Jefferson Airplane
Driving Song                                    Jethro Tull
The Prodigal Son                          The Black Angels
Do Ya                                                   The Move
My Eyes Have Seen You           The Doors
Highway Child                                Bob Segar
Can You Run Out?                        Zuffalo

Radio Nowhere Episode 2, 3/19/23

 

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Midnight Rider                                  Allman Brothers
CC Ryder                                              Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Hey Big Brother                               Rare Earth
Monkey Man                                      Rolling Stones
Blue                                                          The Jayhawks
I’m Movin’                                             Frijid Pink
What a Way to Go                           BB King
Shanty                                                    Jonathan Edwards
If It Is Love                                           Hollerado
Because the Night                           Patti Smith Group
Out in the Woods                            Leon Russell
96 Tears                                                 Question Mark and the Mysterions
Rocket Reducer no 62                  MC5
Those Were the Days                   Cream
Goin’ Up the Country                    Canned Heat

Radio Nowhere Episode 1, 3/12/23

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Albert’s Shuffle                            Al Kooper,Mike Bloomfield,Steven Stills
Let’s Spend The Night Together                                        The Rolling Stones
Cinnamon Girl                                                             Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Motor City is Burning                                                                 John Lee Hooker
Time                                                                                    The Alan Parsons Project
Mr. Skin                                                                                                                         Spirit
Ya Ya                                                                                                              Lee Michaels
Behind Blue Eyes                                                                                            The Who
Around the Plynth                                                                                                 Faces
That’s No Way to Get Along                                                       Robert Wilkins
At Last                                                                                                                Neko Case
Waide Nayde                                                                                                               JuJu
Medicated Goo                                                                                                      Traffic
Time Has Come Today                                               The Chambers Brothers

 

 

Radio Nowhere

 

 

Radio Nowhere plays Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies, some standard tunes as well as more obscure deep cuts along with a taste of rhythm and blues, some modern alt rock, soul, funk, blues, punk, alt country and Afrobeat.

Something familiar and hopefully something new and a better appreciation of the roots and future of the most revolutionary and popular form of music in history..

Radio Nowhere is hosted by Dr. Don Janzen and airs on CKMS-FM on Monday from 9:00pm to 10:00pm, with a #Replay on Thursdays from 11:00am to 11:59am.


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