Steel Belted Free Range
Tonight, a show I’ve been thinking about doing since I started at UMFM, a beginners’ guide to Rheostatics. One of my favourite bands of all time, and a band that changed my life forever, Rheostatics albums don’t always jump out at new listeners — sometimes they’re a bit hard to get into. Tonight’s show culls some of the most amazing and accessible songs by one of Canada’s most legendary and respected bands, in honour of their near-Rheunion in Toronto this week.
Set #1
Artist |
Song |
Album |
Rheostatics C |
The Ballad of Wendel Clark Parts I and II |
Greatest Hits |
Rheostatics C |
Ditch Pigs |
Greatest Hits |
Rheostatics C |
Record Body Count |
Melville |
Rheostatics C |
Horses |
Melville |
Rheostatics C |
Self Serve Gas Station |
Whale Music |
Set #2
Artist |
Song |
Album |
Rheostatics C |
King of the Past |
Whale Music |
Rheostatics C |
Take Me in your Hand |
Introducing Happiness |
Rheostatics C |
Me and Stupid |
Introducing Happiness |
Rheostatics C |
Seven |
Music Inspired by the Group of Seven |
Rheostatics C |
Bad Time to Be Poor |
The Blue Hysteria |
Rheostatics C |
The Royal Albert (Joey 2) |
Double Live |
Rheostatics C |
Song of Flight |
Double Live |
Rheostatics C |
Loving Arms (w/Sarah Harmer) |
The Story of Harmelodia |
Set #3
Artist |
Song |
Album |
Rheostatics C |
Easy to Be with You |
The Story of Harmelodia |
Rheostatics C |
Mumbletypeg |
Night of the Shooting Stars |
Rheostatics C |
P.I.N. |
Night of the Shooting Stars |
Rheostatics C |
Marginalized |
2067 |
Rheostatics C |
Stolen Car |
The Nightlines Sessions |
Rheostatics C |
R.D.A. |
Green Sprouts Music Week 1993 |