The Kingston Coffee House April 7 Replay-Playlist

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“With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era.

Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon).

Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.”
– Criterion *

Listen to The Kingston Coffee House below:

Audio available for 2 weeks after air date | Clip begins with final minutes of Matt Mania’s always-awesome show The Trip

Open / You Don’t Have to Need Me

– Jake Xerces Fussel “Frolic” Good and Green Again 2022
– Princess June “Beyond the Fence” Princess June, 2025
– Leo Kottke “You Don’t Have to Need Me” Greenhouse, 1972
– Bud Court dialogue from Harold and Maude (1971, Hal Ashby)
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “On My Way to Find Out” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Dave Lofts “Holy”

The Dance Floor’s Deserted

– Del McCoury Band “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (R Thompson)
– Del McCoury Band “Learnin’ the Blues” (Dolores ‘Vicki’ Silvers)
– Dave Lofts “Holy”

What The Brothers Sang – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Dawn McCarthy

Songs Our Daddy Taught Us / What the Brothers Sang

– Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy “Empty Boxes” (R Elliot) What the Brothers Sang, 2013 **
– Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy “Omaha” What the Brothers Sang, 2013
– The Everly Brothers “Roving Gambler” (trad) Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, 1958
– The Everly Brothers “Down in the Willow Garden” (trad) Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, 1958
– The Everly Brothers “Long Time Gone” (York) Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, 1958
– Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy “What Am I Living For” (Jay/Harris) What the Brothers Sang, 2013
– Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy “Poems, Prayers and Promises” (J Denver) What the Brothers Sang, 2013
– The Everly Brothers “The Lightning Express” (B Kincaid) Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, 1958
– The Everly Brothers “Barbra Ellen” Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, 1958

– Leo Kottke “Pamela Brown” (Tom T Hall) Ice Water 1976
– Leo Kottke “The Spanish Entomologist” Green House 1974

Augie Meyers (May 31, 1940 – March 7, 2026)

Augie Meyers’ The Western Head Music Co 1971
– “Only A Hobo (Dylan)
– “Blue Mountain Eagle” (Meyers)
– “Riding Down The Canyon” (Meyers)
– “Ogla Mahula” (Meyers)
– “Roll Up Some Inspiration” (Meyers)

– Sir Douglas Quintet “Mendocino” (D Sahm) Mendocino, 1969
– Sir Douglas Quintet “She’s About a Mover” (D Sahm) Mendocino, 1969

Meet The Boys
– dialogue from the film Little Caesar, 1931

Harold and Maude (2022 Soundtrack Re-issue)
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “Don’t Be Shy” Harold and Maude, 1971 (d. Hal Ashby)
– Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 In B Harold and Maude, 1971
– Dialogue 2 (How Many Suicides) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Marching Band / Dialogue 3 (Harold Meets Maude) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “Miles From Nowhere” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “Tea For The Tillerman Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “I Think I See The Light” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Dialogue 4 (Sunflower) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef Where Do The Children Play? Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out” (Ruth Gordon And Bud Cort Vocal) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Strauss’ Blue Danube Harold and Maude, 1971
– Dialogue 5 (Somersaults) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Dialogue 6 (Harold Loves Maude) Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “Trouble” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Ending)” Harold and Maude, 1971
– Cat Stevens / Yusef “Don’t Be Shy” (demo)

Even the Lone Star State Gets Lonesome
– “Victor’s Song” from the 1983 film Local Hero

GOODNIGHT / ALOHA / DONATE
– Gabby Pahinua “Ka Makani Ka Ili Aloha” from the soundtrack The Descendants, 2011
– Raiatea Helm”He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi” (“Song of the Hawaiian Nation”)
– The Rose Ensemble with Tim Obrien “Namolokama Lā” from Nā Mele Hawaiʻi: A Rediscovery of Hawaiian Vocal Music, 2014
-Keola Beamer “Kaulana Nā Pua” (slack key guitar instrumental)

NOTES
* The Criterion release of Harold and Maude has new audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill. There’s also a new interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens
** “Empty Boxes” is not a traditional song, but written by Ron Elliot who was the leader of the ’60s band The Beau Brummels (“Laugh, Laugh” and “Cry Just a Little”)

CONTACT ME

Comments on the show? Contact Mike Stevenson at [email protected]

CONCERT DATES

Princess June will appear at Myrtle, East Providence on April 9
Leo Kottke will appear at Jane Pickens Theater Newport on April 22
The Del McCoury Band will appear at Uptown Theater Providence on April 24
Jake Xerces Fussel (with Sam Amidon) will appear at Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA on April 18

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