Sundays
3-9am
Bob Powers
It's Sunday! I love Sunday!! And "The Legend", Bob Powers is on the air!! The man who piloted The Power Breakfast for ten years on the Good Ship 'Q' gets you early-risers up and on your way to a great day with some awesome rock and roll, those patented Q104 Free Rides ... and hey, get ready for the Sunday Flashbacks at 9!!
9am-Noon
Sunday Flashbacks
From 9 till Noon, it's the Sunday Flashbacks! A celebration of the roots of Classic Rock. And Flashback Free Rides every hour!
Want to request a timeless rock'n'roll classic? Maybe a gem from rock history that you just haven't heard in a while?
E-mail your request to sundayflashbacks@Q104.ca
If we play your request, we'll notify you in advance, by e-mail!
Noon-2pm
Classic Album Countdown
Every week, Adam Marriott selects a "moment in time" in rock history, from the "Classic Rock" era. Then we research the Top 20 Albums of the day ... and spill 'em onto the airwaves in reverse order. Makes for quite a lot of excitement around the ol' Q Neighbourhood on Sunday afternoons. Why don't you put on some toast & tea, kick your slippers off, throw your feet up on the dog, sit back, relax, and listen:
May 19 - Mid-May, '73
May 26- End of May '68
June 2- June '85
June 9- Almost summer ... June of '77
June 16- Father's Day '72
June 23- Summer '81
2-6pm
Adam Marriott
More non-stop Sunday rock, the best of the new with a smattering of classic. Weekends are soooo sweet. Enjoy your afternoon with Adam Marriott, and with non-stop rock every hour, on the Q104 Free Ride!
6-8pm
Tom Bedell
Tommy keeps your motor runnin' as Sunday afternoon turns into Sunday evening, revving up for the Sunday night programming in which The Mighty Q looks inside the music we love so much, with "Studio Q" at 8, "Route 104" at 9, and "Little Steven's Underground Garage" at 10pm.
8-9pm
Studio Q with J.C. Douglas
Sunday nights, join J.C. Douglas for an hour to play whatever the hell feels right at the time. It's an eclectic mix. Interviews, album features, new releases, musical top ten lists - you name it, J.C. will feature it! Input? Comments? Deep thoughts? Drop J.C. a note at StudioQ@Q104.ca
May 19: In the conclusion of an 8 part series, "The Rolling Stones In Their Own Words", celebrating the band's 50th anniversary. Tonight, the series concludes with an hour behind the scenes with the Stones on tour.
May 26: The Beatles 50th Anniversary, Part One. Featuring portions of JC's interviews with Paul McCartney, George Martin, Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Wings, Jeff Lynne of ELO and the Traveling Wilburys, and Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer. Stories of the Beatles as told by those who were closest to it.
June 2: The Beatles 50th Anniversary, Part Two. The Solo Years. Featuring portions of JC's interviews with Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne of ELO and the Traveling Wilburys, Mark Hudson (Ringo's producer), and more, as we delve into the solo days, post-Fab Four.
June 9: Former Guns N Roses bassist, Duff McKagan, guest hosts an hour with Alice In Chains. "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" is their new album - released May 28th. And Duff will spin tracks from the new CD, and talk with Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall, Sean Kinney, and Mike Inez from the band.
9-10pm
Route 104 with Tom Bedell.
May 19- Billy Dre and the Poor Boys
May 26- Catahoula Brown
June 2- Devil's Elbow
June 9- Zac Crouse
"Route 104" 2012 Homegrown Top 20
1. Matt Mays - Take It On Faith
2. The Trews - The Power Of Positive Drinking
3. The Stanfields - Invisible Hands
4. Gloryhound - Electric Dusk
5. The Trews - Misery Loves Company
6. The Stanfields - Death & Taxes
7. The Danger Bees - Standing Still (The Girls I Call Don't Answer Anymore)
8. Slowcoaster - Flip Flops
9. Gloryhound - TKO Tokyo
10. Wintersleep - In Came The Flood
11. Joel Plaskett Emergency - You're Mine
12. Wintersleep - Resuscitate
13. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Transit Strike
14. The Danger Bees - Good Year
15. Age Of Daze - Bombs Away
16. Dali Van Gogh - Wild Blue City
17. Rich Aucoin - It
18. Jim Henman - Slow Down
19. Levy Step - Hope
20. Fed Pennies - All My Friends Are In My Head
"Route 104" 2011 Homegrown Top 20
1. The Trews - Hope & Ruin
2. Sloan - Unkind
3. Slowcoaster - Darkest Of Discos
4. Shelter With Thieves - Go Down Swinging
5. The Trews - The World I Know
6. The Stanfields - Dagger Woods
7. Sloan - Follow The Leader/The Answer Was You
8. Joel Plaskett - Jimmie's Still Jimmie
9. INXS featuring JD Fortune - The Stairs
10. Gloryhound - Electric Dusk
11. The Trews - Coming Home
12. Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers - One Good Reason
13. Hey Rosetta! - Welcome
14. Stone Mary - Ain't No Lady
15. The Stogies - Any Old Friends
16. Town Heroes - English Class
17. Carleton Stone - Million Dollar Heart
18. Matt Andersen - Fired Up
19. Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers - Run For Cover
20. Carmen Townsend - Start All Over
"Route 104" 2010 Homegrown Top 20
1. The Stanfields - The Dirtiest Drunk In The History Of Liquor
2. The Trews - Highway Of Heroes
3. Matt Mays - Queen Of Portland Street
4. Slowcoaster - Darkest Of Discos
5. Wintersleep - Preservation
6. The Trews - Sing Your Heart Out
7. INXS featuring J.D. Fortune - The Stairs
8. Thom Swift - Killer
9. Wintersleep - Black Camera
10. The Stanfields - Dagger Woods
11. Alert The Medic - Aid The Getaway
12. Two Hours Traffic - Noisemaker
13. Joel Plaskett - Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'
14. Age Of Daze - What's Left Of Me
15. Wintersleep - Trace Decay
16. Jay Smith - Romantic Fool
17. Paper Lions - Lost The War
18. Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers - Dirty Money
19. Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold - Slippin' Away
20. Joel Plaskett - Deny, Deny, Deny
"Route 104" 2009 Homegrown Top 20
1. Matt Minglewood - Kandahar
2. Joel Plaskett - Through & Through & Through
3. The Trews - I Can't Stop Laughing
4. Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Building A Boat
5. In-Flight Safety - Model Homes
6. The Stanfields - Ship To Shore
7. Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Rock Ranger Record
8. The Trews - Sing Your Heart Out
9. Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers - The Feel Good Song
10. Mike Trask & MudHill - Federal Pen
11. Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Terminal Romance
12. Chris Colepaugh - After The Goldrush
13. Dwight d'Eon - Volume
14. The Novaks - There Goes The Night
15. Hey Rosetta! - Red Heart
16. Mike Trask & MudHill - Under The Dirt
17. Joel Plaskett - You Let Me Down
18. Hey Rosetta! - New Goodbye
19. Age Of Daze - Overrated
20. Alert The Medic - Atlas
"Route 104" 2008 Homegrown Top 25
1. The Trews - Hold Me In Your Arms
2. Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Tall Trees
3. The Trews - Paranoid Freak
4. Grand Theft Bus - Private Wars
5. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Drunk Teenagers
6. Mike Trask & MudHill - Don't Touch The Money
7. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
8. Sloan - Believe In Me
9. The Trews - Man Of Two Minds
10. Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Building A Boat
11. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Face Of The Earth
12. Sloan - I'm Not A Kid Anymore
13. Mir - What Comes Around Goes Around
14. Mike Trask & MudHill - Federal Pen
15. Wintersleep - Oblivion
16. Jon Mullane - Make You Move
17. Wintersleep - Archaeologists
18. Fed Pennies - Buzzing In My Head
19. Age Of Daze - Afflicted
20. Hey Rosetta! - New Goodbye
21. Slowcoaster - Leave
22. Faded Blue - Turn It Up
23. Garrett Mason - And Everything
24. Shelter With Thieves - Nursery Crimes
25. Matt Andersen - When My Angel Gets The Blues
"Route 104" 2007 Homegrown Top 20
1. In-Flight Safety - Coast Is Clear
2. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
3. John Campbelljohn - Sydney Steel
4. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Nothing More To Say To You
5. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
6. The Jimmy Swift Band - Road Rage
7. Matt Mays featuring Buck 65 - When The Angels Make Contact
8. The Trews - Hold Me In Your Arms
9. Wintersleep - Jaws Of Life
10. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Drunk Teenagers
11. Matt Mays - 850 Commando
12. Charlie A’Court - Big Dark Canyon
13. Sloan - Ill Placed Trust
14. Wayne Nicholson - Good To Have
15. Galore - Pretend Lover
16. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Snowed In/Cruisin’
17. Charlie A’Court - Seeing You Around
18. Chucky Danger - Traveling
19. Two Hours Traffic - Jezebel
20. The Contact - Black Sea
"Route 104" 2006 Homegrown Top 25
1. The Trews - Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me
2. The Trews - Yearning
3. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Nowhere With You
4. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Time Of Your Life
5. Sloan - Who Taught You To Live Like That
6. INXS - Devil's Party
7. In-Flight Safety - Coast Is Clear
8. John Campbelljohn - Sydney Steel
9. Charlie A'Court - Big Dark Canyon
10. In-Flight Safety - Surround
11. Tara Slone - My Little Secret
12. Bubbles & the Shit Rockers - Liquor and Whores
13. Matt Mays featuring Buck 65 - When The Angels Make Contact
14. The Novaks - I'll Give You A Ring
15. INXS - Afterglow
16. Wintersleep - Jaws Of Life
17. The Trews - I Can't Say
18. The Contact - Never Fly Away
19. The Novaks - Doesn't Anybody Hear It
20. Wayne Nicholson - Good To Have
21. The Contact - Until The End Of Time
22. Galore - She's An Elevator
23. Ashley MacIsaac - Bitch
24. Mark Bragg - The Bridge
25. Faded Blue - So Blind
"Route 104" 2005 Homegrown Top 20
1. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Cocaine Cowgirl
2. INXS - Pretty Vegas
3. The Trews - So She's Leaving
4. Sloan - All Used Up
5. The Trews - Fleeting Trust
6. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - On The Hood
7. Joel Plaskett - Happen Now
8. Garrett Mason - Remedy
9. The Novaks - Goodbye Rock and Roll Band
10. Joel Plaskett - Love This Town
11. The Trews - Yearning
12. Mir - The Pressure
13. Sloan - Try To Make It
14. Joel Plaskett - Natural Disaster
15. The Novaks - Doesn't Anybody Hear It
16. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Radio Fly
17. The Fed Pennies - To Your Senses
18. Air Traffic Control - Feel Proud
19. Wintersleep - Danse Macabre
20. Bucket Truck - Separate, Silence
"Route 104" 2004 Homegrown Top 10
1. The Trews - Not Ready To Go
2. The Trews - Tired Of Waiting
3. Matt Mays - City Of Lakes
4. Crush - Justified (One More Reason)
5. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Work Out Fine
6. Sloan - Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
7. Brothers In Stereo - Worst Crowd
8. Mir - So Perfect
9. Crush - Bad Enough
10. Nathan Wiley - High Low
"Route 104" 2003 Homegrown Top 10
1. Sloan - The Rest Of My Life
2. Wintersleep - Orca
3. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Come On Teacher
4. Ashley MacIsaac - Lay Me Down
5. Charlie A'Court - You've Got A Friend In Me
6. The Trews - Every Inambition
7. Crush - King For A Day
8. Nathan Wiley - Bottom Dollar Baby
9. Matt Mays - City Of Lakes
10. Madhat - Falling Down
"Route 104" 2002 Homegrown Top 10
1. Sloan - The Other Man
2. Sloan - If It Feels Good Do It
3. Joel Plaskett Emergency - True Patriot Love
4. Great Big Sea - Sea Of No Cares
5. Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird
6. Human - Being Here
7. The Flashing Lights - Same Thing Twice
8. National Anthem - Sweet Revenge
9. The Trews - Confessions
10. Charlie A'Court - You've Got A Friend In Me
"Route 104" 2001 Homegrown Top 9
1. Sloan - If It Feels Good Do It
2. April Wine - Talk To Me
3. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Maybe We Should Just Go Home
4. Mir - Invisible Science
5. The Carson Downey Band - All The Way
6. Crush - Live
7. The Jimmy Swift Band - Drive By
8. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - True Patriot Love
9. King Konqueror - I Can't Explain
"Route 104" 2000 Homegrown Top 10
1. Carson Downey Band - Burnin' Up
2. Carson Downey Band - When The Blues Come To Take You Away
3. Sloan - Friendship
4. See Spot Run - Terrified
5. Matt Minglewood - How High Is High Enough
6. Mir - Rehumanize Me
7. Mike O'Neill - Alsation
8. Sloan - Sensory Deprivation
9. Arlibido - Just A Little Time
10. Shyne Factory - Bring Me Down
10pm-Midnight
Little Steven's Underground Garage
Silvio Dante ... Miami Steve Van Zant ... Little Steven ... however you know him, you know that he's one of the most intriguing personalities to ever rock a stage ... or whack a wiseguy. As a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and a cast member of The Sopranos, Steve's been one busy man ... but he also makes time in his schedule for his true passion - hosting the weekly radio show, "Little Steven's Underground Garage".
Check out Little Steven online
Sundays from 10 until Midnight, only on Q104, join Little Steven for the kind of garage rock you didn't think they played on the radio! Classics and overlooked nuggets from the 60's, right through to the hot new crop of garage rockers, like The White Stripes, The Vines, and more. Little Steven brings you inside the seamy underworld of his underground garage.
Midnight-5am
Rock All Night Long with Adam Marriott
Wow! The weekend's over ALREADY?? Want to drain every last second of it? We figure if you don't go to bed, it's still Sunday. So invest in a supply of eye-propping toothpicks, set your walkman on FRY, and join Adam for a full night of rock'n'roll. Free Rides every hour, at least one half hour of non-stop rock.
******SPECIAL NOTES FROM STUDIO Q*******
Back on January 11, 2009, we aired a Studio Q special called "Halifax brushes with Rock 'n' Roll greatness!" Three incredible stories! And here are the links we talked about during the show, and some incredible photos from the collection of Lynn Robinson, the cousin of Boston's late lead singer, Bradley Delp.
1. A transplanted Haligonian duets with Sting, from coast to coast! You have GOT to hear this story:
2. Much More Music VJ and lead singer of Bucket Truck, Haligonian-via-Newfoundland's Matt Wells sings Zeppelin live onstage with one-half of Van Halen: Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony!
Click here to check out the video!
And check out Matt's latest music with Tim MacNeill, formerly of Halifax band, Arlibido - remember them? Matt and Tim have adopted the monniker "Lazybones" and have a couple of tunes on Myspace. Don't be expecting Bucket Truck!! Or even Arlibido ... but listen for Huey Lewis (YES, Huey Lewis) on harp on "Perfect Life".
Click here to listen!
3. "Studio Q" finally tracks down the Nova Scotian relatives of the incredible lead voice of the band Boston! The late great Brad Delp has family in the province, and we meet up with his cousin, Lynn Robinson. Check out these photos!
First, from August of 1966 ... ten years before Boston's landmark debut album ... a 15-year-old Bradley Delp brings a buddy with him to visit the relatives in Shubenacadie, NS. And look who it is ... guitar wiz, Tom Scholz! Several years before he enrolls at M.I.T. and changes the face (and sound) of rock 'n' roll forever! That's them at the back in the photo below ... Brad on the left, Tom on the right.
Below, not long before Brad's untimely death, he sends a great glossy of Boston on tour home to his Nova Scotia family - autographed for his 'cuz' Lynn, and her mom, "Aunt Pearl" ... that's the grown-up Tom Scholz with his guitar in the air:
ALSO ... in late February of '09, we first broadcast our two-part special with Colin Blunstone, lead singer of the 60s band, The Zombies, solo artist, Alan Parsons Project vocalist, etc. Here are some links from that show:
*** Check out this cool new TV ad from the Heart & Stroke Foundation featuring Halifax band, The Heavy Blinkers, performing The Zombies classic, "Care of Cell 44" ... works perfectly with the spot's concept!
Click here to hear the Heavy Blinkers play The Zombies on TV commercial!
*** I (J.C.) had the pleasure of seeing Colin with Rod Argent and The Zombies at the Fillmore in New York City last July ... here's some video with sadly poor audio quality of the band performing the aforementioned "Cell 44" at that New York gig:
Zombies - Care of Cell 44 - Fillmore at Irving Plaza NYC July 11 2008
The Great Scots
In May of 2009, we first aired an incredible special about The Great Scots - a five piece band launched in the early 60s who, donned in kilts and loaded with energy and raw talent, took America by storm in 1965-66, before grinding to a halt way before their time. At that time, The Great Scots were reunited for their first public performance in over 40 years at the Seahorse in Halifax, during which they became the second inductees into the Q104 "Rock of the Atlantic" WALL OF FAME (after their protegees, April Wine). If you haven't heard this story before you will not believe it. And if you haven't heard the story, then you've missed possibly THE best story of Nova Scotia rock 'n' roll success. Our latest encore edition of the program, in April of 2012 was in tribute to the late Dick Clark, including audio of Dick interviewing the band on "American Bandstand" in 1965, never re-aired anywhere before now. f
Check out The Great Scots from their mid-60s U.S. TV appearances on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sgsZ-L81fn4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XRdwF33FXeM
