Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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Themes: Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025); Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.
Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025)
David Johansen, who died on February 28 at age 75, was a singer and actor who first gained fame in the early-1970s as lead singer of the proto-punk glam band, The New York Dolls. In the mid-1980s, he began performing jazz, jump blues and novelty songs as his lounge singer alter-ego Buster Poindexter. And, in the 1990s, he started performing traditional folk and blues and formed a band called David Johansen & The Harry Smiths.
Buster Poindexter- Hot Hot Hot
Buster Poindexter (RCA)
Buster Poindexter & Soozie Tyrell- Saturday Night Fish Fry
Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)
Buster Poindexter- Screwy Music
Buster Poindexter (RCA)
Bill Morrissey & David Johansen- Love Arrives
Night Train (Philo)
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones
Shaker (Chesky)
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- I Can’t Be Satisfied
Shaker (Chesky)
Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.
Reggie Harris- Hello In There
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Pete Seeger- Get Up and Go
Together In Concert (Rising Son)
Nancy White- Seamless Dance of the Old Folks
Gaelic Envy and Other Torch Songs (Borealis)
Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Grandpa Danced the Charleston
All New (Community Music)
Shirley Eikhard- Emily Remembers
Going Home (Artisan Music)
Kathy Mattea- Where’ve You Been
Willow in the Wind (Mercury)
Judy Collins- In the Twilight
Bohemian (Wildflower)
Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman
Paradise Lost and Found (Redwing Music)
Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)
Utah Phillips- All Used Up
The Long Memory (Red House)
Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben
Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)
Eric Bogle- Now I’m Easy
Scraps of Paper (Flying Fish)
Stan Rogers- Sailor’s Rest Intro/Sailor’s Rest
Songs of a Lifetime: Home in Halifax (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Murray McLauchlan- Old Man’s Song
Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)
Next week: Canadian Places.
--Mike Regenstreif
