By Mike Stevenson
In the first hour of THE KINGSTON COFFEE HOUSE, we feature tracks from Tom Wait’s first three albums, Closing Time (1973), The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), and Nighthawks at the Diner (1975), which were more folk-leaning.
Hard to believe, but Waits released The Heart of Saturday Night 51 years ago on October 15, 1974.
During the second hour, we play music from 1950s-era folk singer Terry Gilkyson (The Easy Riders), as well as the music of his children, Cowpunk guitar twanger Tony Gilkyson (Lone Justice, X, Exene Cervenka) and singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson, performing tracks from her acclaimed new release Dark Ages.
In hour three, a box of Kleenex® is required for a set of heartbreaking “confessional” folk music from the 1970s love-triangle involving songwriters Loudon Wainwright III, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and the Roche sisters.