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  2006 Music Poll:  
TOP 107 SONGS OF 2006
* Also placed in 2005 Poll
 

*1 KT Tunstall Black Horse & The Cherry Tree 2 Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
3 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
4 Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
5 Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
6 Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
*7 James McMurtry - Childish Things
*8 James McMurtry - Can't Make It Here Anymore
9 Ray Lamontagne - Three More Days
10 Slaid Cleaves - Flowered Dresses
11 James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
12 Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck
13 Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us
14 Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning
15 KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
16 Bob Schneider - Flowerparts
17 Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
18 Joan Osborne - Who Divided
19 Bob Dylan - Someday Baby
20 Teddy Thompson - I Should Get Up
21 Gomez - See The World
22 JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Ride The River
23 Ben Harper - Better Way
24 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm
*25 Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
26 Jack Johnson - Upside Down
27 Los Lobos - Road To Gila Bend
28 Mason Jennings - Be Here Now
29 Bob Dylan - Thunder On The Mountain
30 Mindy Smith- Out Loud
*31 Nickel Creek - Jealous Of The Moon
32 Tom Petty - Saving Grace
*33 Dixie Chicks - I Hope
34 Guy Clark - Magdalene
*35 Robert Earl Keen - What I Really Mean
36 Gomez - How We Operate
37 Subdudes - Papa Dukie & The Mud People
*38 Brandi Carlile - Closer To You
39 Alejandro Escovedo - Arizona
40 Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds
41 Tom Petty - Flirting With Time
42 James Hunter - Mollena
43 Radney Foster - Drunk On Love
44 Jerry Lee Lewis w/ Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
45 Alejandro Escovedo - Break This Time
46 Eliza Gilkyson - Borderline
47 Beck - Think I'm In Love
48 Dave Alvin - Here In California
49 KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World
50 Guy Clark - Tornado Time In Texas
51 Eliza Gilkyson - Man Of God
*52 John Prine - Clay Pigeons
53 James McMurtry - Bad Enough
*54 Rodney Crowell - Dancin' Circles 'Round The Sun
*55 Ryan Adams - Let It Ride

*56 John Prine Glory Of True Love
*57 Guy Forsyth - Long, Long Time
58 Yusuf - Heaven / Where True Love Goes
59 Ben Harper - Get It Like You Like It
*60 Nickel Creek - When In Rome
61 Alexi Murdoch - Song For You
62 Mother Truckers - No Mercy
63 Los Lonely Boys - My Way
64 John Mayer - Waiting For The World To Change
65 Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
*66 Aqualung - Brighter Than Sunshine
67 Shawn Colvin - Cinnamon Road
68 Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
69 Subdudes - Social Aid & Pleasure Club
*70 David Gray - The One I Love
71 Del Castillo - Brotherhood
72 Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels On A Bicycle
73 The Raconteurs - Seady As She Goes
74 Keb Mo - The Itch
75 James McMurtry - Slew Foot Top
76 Bob Dylan - Rollin' & Tumblin'
77 Del Castillo - I Never Cared For You
78 Brett Dennen - There Is So Much More
*79 John Prine - Crazy As A Loon
80 Pete Yorn - The Man
81 Elvis Costello w/ Allen Toussaint - Tears, Tears And More Tears
82 Charlie Sexton w/ Shannon McNally - When We Were Younger
83 M. Ward - Chinese Translation
84 Bob Dylan - Working Man Blues
85 Calexico - Cruel
86 Chris Isaak - King Without A Castle
87 Los Lonely Boys - Orale
88 Shawn Colvin - Fill Me Up
89 World Party - What Does It Mean Now
90 Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down
91 Rosanne Cash - Radio Operator
92 Robinella - Break It Down, Baby
93 Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock 'N' Roll
94 Widespread Panic - Crazy
95 Bruce Cockburn - Different When It Comes To You
96 James Hunter - No Smoke Without Fire
*97 Spoon - I Summon You
98 Jackson Browne - These Days (live)
99 Sierra Leone's -Refugee Allstars Big Lessons
*100 Son Volt - Afterglow 61
*101 Robert Earl Keen - For Love
102 Van Morrison - Playhouse
103 Bonnie Raitt - God Was In The Water
104 U2 - Window In The Skies
105 Bruce Robison -Virginia
106 Ian McLagan & The Bump Band -Spiritual Babe
107 Buddy Guy - I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy

THE TOP 107 CDs OF 2006
* Also placed in 2005 Poll
 
1 Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
2 Bob Dylan - Modern Times
*3 James McMurtry - Childish Things
4 KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
5 James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
6 Tom Petty - Highway Companion
7 Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning
8 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
9 Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
10 Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black
*11 Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
12 JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido
13 Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
*14 Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
*15 John Prine - Fair & Square
16 Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
17 Guy Clark - Workbench Songs
18 Los Lonely Boys - Sacred
19 Slaid Cleaves - Unsung
20 Los Lobos - The Town and the City
21 Various Artists - Broadcasts vol. 14
22 Bob Schneider - The Californian
*23 Robert Earl Keen - What I Really Mean
24 Shawn Colvin - These Four Walls
25 Gomez - How We Operate
26 The Subdudes - Behind The Levee
27 Madeleine Peyroux - Half The Perfect World
*28 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
29 Corrine Bailey Rae - Corrine Bailey Rae
*30 Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die?
31 Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing : The Duets
*32 Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile
33 Shawn Mullins - 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
34 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm
35 Mindy Smith - Long Island Shores
36 The Beatles -LOVE
37 Joan Osborne - Pretty Little Stranger
38 Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways
39 Del Castillo - Brotherhood
*40 Eliza Gilkyson - Paradise Hotel
41 Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
42 Jack Johnson - Sing-a-longs and Lullabies for the film Gurious George
43 Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
44 Dave Alvin - West Of The West
45 Beck - The Information
46 Robert Earl Keen - Live At The Ryman
47 Susan Tedeschi - Hope And Desire
48 Paul Simon - Surprise
49 Willie Nelson - Songbird
50 Indigo Girls - Despite Our Differences
51 Ray Davies - Other People's lives
52 Charlie Sexton - Cruel & Gentle Things
53 Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels on a Bicycle
*54 Guy Forsyth - Love Songs : For & Against

55 Robinella - Solace For The Lonely
56 Widespread Panic - Earth To America
57 Mother Truckers - No Mercy
58 Will Taylor & Strings Attached - The White Album Live
59 The Greencards - Weather & Water
60 Mason Jennings - Be Here Now
*61 Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
62 The Little Willies - The Little Willies
*63 Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
64 The Be Good Tanya's - Hello Love
65 Raul Malo - You're Only Lonely
66 Kathleen Edwards - In State
67 Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol. 1
*68 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
69 Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
70 John Mayer - Continuum
71 Van Morrison - Pay The Devil
72 Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Spiritual Boy
*73 Delbert McClinton - The Cost Of Living
74 Damien Rice - 9
*75 Stephen Bruton - From The Five
76 M. Ward - Post-War
*77 Dwight Yoakum - Blame The Vain
*78 Spoon - Gimme Fiction
79 Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
*80 Bonnie Raitt - Souls Alike
81 Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
82 Bruce Robison - Eleven Stories
83 Chris Isaak - Best Of Chris Isaak
84 Kasey Chambers - Carnival
85 Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now
86 Reckless Kelly - Reckless Kelly Was Here
87 Kris Kristofferson - This Old Road
88 Brett Dennen - So Much More
89 Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
90 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
91 Calexico - Garden Ruin
92 Jon Dee Graham - Full
93 Neil Young - Living With War
94 Lindsay Buckingham - Under My Skin
95 Keiran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin - Lost John Dean
96 U2 - U2 - 18 Singles
97 Amos Lee - Supply And Demand
98 Tom Russell - Love And Fear
99 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
100 The Who - Endless Wire
101 Cat Power - The Greatest
*102 Son Vot - Okemah and The Melody of Riot
103 The Raconteurs - Broken Toy Soldiers
104 The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
105 Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
106 Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Colorblind
107 Radney Foster - The World We Live In

THE TOP 3 CONCERTS OF 2006

3. The Dixie Chicks

2. ACL Festival

1. The Rolling Stones


top ten

BRYAN BECK - HOST OF KGSR IN THE MORNING
(on air 6 - 10 a.m.)


1 I'm always thankful that I get to share in life's adventures with my best friend the Fabulous Judy!
2 This year we rocked with Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, SXSW, Willie, ACL, Bo Diddley and the amazing Rolling Stones
3 Travelled north to Alaska
4 Installed three ceiling fans at the casa
5.Work like you don't need the money
6 Love like you've never been hurt
7 Dance like you do when nobody's watching! ( I like these sayings)
8 Becoming Morning Man and working on my interviewing skills
9 Discovering Austin in the DAY time!
10 Playing more Disc Golf

BIG JYL - KGSR ASST PROGRAM DIRECTOR
(on air 10 a.m. - 12n)


- James Hunter - “People Gonna Talk” CD
- Metalsgirl Jewelry
- Burt Bacharach at the Paramount Theatre
- The Empty Bowl Project
- Gingerman Pub and Opal Divine's dog-friendly decks!
- Tom Petty - “Highway Companion” CD
- Bettye LaVette at Blues on the Green
- Pilates for keeping me active
- Love Pet Hospital and Brykerwood Vet - for keeping our furry family healthy
- Another amazing year with my perfect husband

SUSAN CASTLE - KGSR MUSIC DIRECTOR
(on air 12 n - 3 p.m.)


1 My hands down favorite moment of 2006--and it lasted no more than a moment--backstage with the Rolling Stones!!! (with a photo that I will milk for eternity!!!) And, of course, the concert.
2 Talking “with” Burt Bacharach before his Paramount Theatre show!!!
3 Talking “to” Jerry Lee Lewis
4 Taking Petunia to the K T Tunstall ACL taping and later @ ACL Fest having her sign a cowboy hat for her
5 My high school friend’s wedding in Ft. Lauderdale & girlfriend trip to Santa Fe & every trip to see my family in Chicago
6 Experiencing “the mall” with Petunia & friends and watching them laugh & make mums for homecoming
7 Fave concerts included: Bettye Lavette @ the Continental Club in January, James Hunter @ the KGSR T-Party, K-Tel & Tosca does ELO @ Antone’s, Backstage @ ACL Fest; & Dixie Chicks @ the FEC
8 Favorite Movie: “Junebug” (didn’t see many grown-up movies)
9 Getting paid for having fun: Twin Liquors Wine Tastings @ The Harry Ransom Center
10 Fan Fare Friday @ Threadgill’s World H.Q.

JODY DENBERG KGSR PROGRAM DIRECTOR
(on air 3 - 7 p.m.)


-Seeing two New York Mets games!
-Austin City Limits tapings (Van Morrison, Alejandro Escovedo, Dixie Chicks, Ray Davies )
-Talking with Pete Townshend live on-air for 25 minutes as well as interviewing Yusuf (before seeing his first concert in 30 years with Patti Smith as my guest)
-The Ronnie Lane DVD Documentary “The Passing Show” & singing with Ian McLagan on his Ronnie Lane tribute CD “Spiritual Boy”.
-The “Bawlers” disc on Tom Waits new 3-CD set “Orphans”
-KGSR’s 16th Anniversary Party
-KGSR’s broadcasts vol. 14
-KGSR’s Blues On The Green and Unplugged at the Grove
-My sister Mindy moving to the Austin area close to me, my Mom and the even greater closeness I found with my family, friends and co-workers - especially after the tragic deaths of Clifford Antone and Kim McLagan.

BOBBY RAY - EVENING HOST
(on air 7 - 12m)


These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

1. Lucy’s Boatyard shows with Eliza Gilkyson and Jimmy LaFave
2. Hosting the Austin Lyric Opera Gala
3. “Lone Star State Of Mind” voted “Best Radio Show” at the Austin Music Awards
4. Hosting Shady Grove shows this season: Robinella, Jimmy LaFave, Mother Truckers, Kelly Willis
5. Lone Star State Of Mind live shows this year: Will Taylor & Strings Attached doing the Beatles “White Album” with dozens of Austin artists participating… live from Threadgill’s with Gary Clark Jr. and Tribe 13…Ian McLagan at the Saxon Pub…W.C. Clark from the Saxon on his birthday
6. Hosting KGSR’s Blues On The Green with Bettye Lavette
7. The Austin City Limits Music Festival
8. Hosting KGSR’s “Whattya Want For Lunch” with Mindy Smith and Los Lonely Boys from the KGSR Music Lounge
9. KGSR’s 16th Anniversary Concert At The Austin Music Hall
10. Hosting KGSR’s “Bluesbreak” and “FOCUS” in the 11th hours Tuesday and Wednesday

KERRY DAWSON - OVERNIGHT HOST
(12m - 6a)


Top Songs:

James McMurtry - “We Can’t Make It Here”
Eliza Gilkyson - “Man Of Peace”
Neil Young - “Let’s Impeach The President”
Thunder on the Mountain – Bob Dylan
In the News – Kris Kristofferson
Shock & Awe – Neil Young
Some Humans Ain’t Human – John Prine
Sacramento & Polk – Alejandro Escovedo
Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

Top Shows:

Van Morrison - Austin City Limits Festival
New Orleans Social Club - Austin City Limits Festival
Tom Petty - Austin City Limits Festival
Los Lobos - Austin City Limits Festival
Cyril Neville & Tribe 13 - Threadgill’s World Headquarters
Ray Davies – Paramount
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