Sunday, August 27, 2017

A Renaissance of the Sun...Starting Off in Ahmet's House!

Welcome travelers in time and space. Eclipse is gone, hurricane coming up the coast...let us delve into all good things tonight in this great house...in Ahmet's House! For this one hour, may we indeed find peace. Your host, Tony.



Song List:

Renaissance of the Sun---Anderson/Ponty Band
The Nearness of You---Norah Jones
God's Problem Child---Willie Nelson
Cary On---Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Save Me---Aretha Franklin
Joe Turner's Blues---Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis
Blue Rondo a la Turk---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Some Other Guy---Richie Barret
Shopping for Clothes---The Coasters
Kashmir---Led Zeppelin


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, August 20, 2017

Eclipsing Greatness...the Catalog of Atlantic Records

Good evening everyone! It is the eve of the great Solar Eclipse of 2017...what a great time to reflect on the catalog that eclipses all...plus its time to say Happy Birthday to the one and only RObert Plant! Let's go...

Heart of the Sun...

Song List:

TBD

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci





Monday, August 14, 2017

"Got to Scrape That S**t Right Off Your Shoe!"

Some very eclectic pieces of music tonight, as we chase Summer and watch it fly! Seaside trips, psychedelia and some good home spun Rolling Stones advice...it's all here tonight in Ahmet's House! Enjoy...

Sir Mick...always the ladies man! 


Song List:

TBD


As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, August 6, 2017

Hot Dogs, Alley Cats and Catching some Ray's...August in Ahmet's House is now!

Yes, a variety of a show tonight assembled as I thought of the dog (and cat) days of Summer. Let's hope for cool breezes, rays of sunshine and hot jazz! Welcome to Ahmet's House this beautiful day.


One of a Kind! 

Song List:

TBD


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET tonight. Thank you Baruch!

You can also listen in iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Also glad to say we have been picked up by Stitcher and TuneIn...so you may listen there as well!  

Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci






Sunday, July 16, 2017

A Day for Song...Ahmet's House this Sunday

Playing the great, playing the genius of virtuoso musicians. This is Ahmet's House, the place where big dreams came true...every day! Long and short form combined tonight. We hope you enjoy!

True Value!

Song List:

TBD


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!

Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Happy! It's Summertime in Ahmet's House

Hello again everyone! After taking some time off, its good to see all of you once again here in this great house. It's Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, so let's enjoy and escape the dull, and the difficult...let's dance!

 Dancin' in the Streets!


Song List:

Happy---The Rolling Stones
Lazy Afternoon---Wynton Marsalis
Johnny's Garden---Manassas
Muddy Water---Aretha Franklin
The Rain Song---Led Zeppelin
Stormy Weather---Joni Mitchell
Stormy Monday---The Allman Brothers Band
Through My Sails---Neil Young (with Crosby and Nash)
Whispering---Nino Tempo
God's Problem Child
Summertime---The Modern Jazz Quartet


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Monday, May 29, 2017

Brothers...In Memoriam, Gregg Allman

In memoriam...Gregg Allman. Singer, songwriter...blues man, Brother. Thank you for the decades. Your big brother has missed you for a long time...go run, find him! Then call Ahmet and Jerry and tell them you're ready for the next gig. What a time it will be...peace and love. Tonight, its all Brothers Kinda Music.

Rest Well Brothers...Together Again!  

Song List: 

TBD


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, April 30, 2017

Willie Nelson...."Still Not Dead Again Today!"

That's right, the good news is that we still have the one and only Willie Nelson with us on this side of the river! With a birthday just yesterday, a brand new album and endless energy...let's celebrate Willie, Jerry Wexler and the lasting importance of this American icon. It's Ahmet's House on WBKM!

 
Then: Wex and Willie!  


Now!

Song List:

Still Not Dead---Willie Nelson
Night Time is the Right Time---Willie Nelson and Eric Clapton
Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain---Willie Nelson
Moonlight---Willie Nelson
Shotgun Willie---Willie Nelson
Highwayman---Kristofferson, Jennings, Cash and Nelson
Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys---Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Busted---Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
Basin Street Blues---Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson
Sad Songs and Waltzes---Willie Nelson
We Had it All---Keith Richards and Willie Nelson
One Time Too Many---Steven Tyler and Willie Nelson
He Won't Ever Be Gone---Willie Nelson

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, April 23, 2017

So Many Songs...So Much Time!

Taking Ahmet's House around and around tonight. Let's explore....





Song List:

Unavailable this week....sorry!

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, April 16, 2017

It is...True Spring...Easter and Passover, 2017

Good evening everyone! And welcome to another episode of Ahmet's House. Families, friends and even the lonely are welcome here...this is a house where all can find what they need. You can't always get what you want....but...you know...here comes more great Atlantic Records music!


Then again, maybe you can...friends forever! 


Song List: 

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying---Ray Charles
Find Myself---Eric Clapton
Ramble On---Led Zeppelin
A Song For You---Willie Nelson
Get Gone----Neil Young
Woodstock---Joni Mitchell
Soul Shake---Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
Reap What You Sow---Otis Rush
That's Just the Way It Is---LaVerne Baker

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, April 9, 2017

All Good People...in Ahmet's House

Yes...Yes indeed! What a great night to celebrate the music of Atlantic Records. Let's look at just some of the great inductees that are honored in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Forty three of the two hundred and fifteen artists...a pretty sizable proportion...are Atlantic! Let's celebrate...Aretha to Zeppelin tonight.


Jon Anderson up front with Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin and Bill Bruford...Yes! 

Song List:

Until You Come Back to Me---Aretha Franklin
Ain't Wasting Time No More---The Allman Brothers Band
Long Way to the Top---AC/DC
Green Onions---Booker T and the MG's
Cherry Red---Big Joe Turner
Beautiful Morning---The Rascals
Taking it All Too Hard---Genesis
Charlie Brown---Coasters
I Can't Go For That---Hall and Oates
For Free---Joni Mitchell
Tales of Brave Ulysses---Cream
Dock of the Bay---Otis Redding
Here We Go Again---Ray Charles
Jim Dandy---LaVern Baker
Bron-Y-Aur---Led Zeppelin
Clear Days---Yes


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

NOTE: Only the second half of tonights show will be available due to a recording error...very sorry! 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, March 12, 2017

Whole Lotta...Everything! That's Ahmet's House!

Welcome back everyone, and welcome into this great house. It's still very cold in the Winter regions, so you need a house, made warm and cozy with the deep and passionate Atlantic Records catalog. Your host, Tony. Come on in!


As original as any...the great Sam and Dave! 


Song List: 

Whole Lotta Love (Medley)---Led Zeppelin
Kind Woman---Buffalo Springfield
Road of Love---Clarence Carter
I Can't Hold Out---Eric Clapton
I Thank You---Sam and Dave
The Night We Called it a Day---John Coltrane and Milt Jackson
Heart of the Sunrise---Yes (Live)

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, March 5, 2017

Digging for Diamonds...back in Ahmet's House!

Looking for great hits and deep, deep veins of rich content...it's easy in the Atlantic catalog. Come celebrate the one and only Ahmet Ertegun, and his team of music lovers. Bundle up baby, it's still cold outside...

In the Beginning...CSN

Song List:

In the Mood---Robert Plant
Take These Chains From My Heart---Ray Charles
Sinners Prayer---BB King and Ray Charles
Anyday---Derek and the Dominos
Xanadu---Rush (live)
Nobody Knows You---Otis Redding
Don't Dig Here---Crosby/Nash
Blue Sky---The Allman Brothers Band


 As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, February 19, 2017

Another Night...With You! Ahmet's House for February 19, 2017

Another Night...With You! It's time to dive deep into this great collection of music, in honor of those who lived it, who created it!  It's Ahmet's House, something special that we do together. Enjoy!

Ahmet and Neil Young, on tour with CSNY in 1974

Song List:

Groovin' (On a Sunday Afternoon)---The Rascals
Shake!---Otis Redding
Dreaming of Snakes---Stephen Stills
Since I've Been Loving You---Page and Plant (live)
Leave My Blues at Home---The Allman Brothers Band
Drown in My Own Tears---Ray Charles (live)
Second Thoughts---Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Almost Cut My Hair---Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
South Side of the Sky---Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman (Live)


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!

Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Snow Day!

Ok, it seems Nature has other designs on our hour together today. The Northeast is shut down in a huge Winter storm. Power was lost last night as well, so Ahmet's House had an unexpected Snow Day. We'll back next Sunday night with more great Atlantic Records music. Thank you!

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Progressive! The Sound of Rock's Mature Side in Ahmet's House

As the show started to come together for tonight, we heard of the passing of bassist John Wetton...another great loss to the music of Atlantic Records. As so much of what John created affected the progressive rock world, the song list took its own way. Tonight, some of the great work of John, and a sampling of the progressive catalog of Atlantic! It's all in Ahmet's House.

John with Asia in 1983...a sliver of his great musical catalog

Song List:

Don't Cry---Asia
Afterglow---Steve Hackett (live)
Starless---King Crimson
Firth of Fifth---Genesis/Steve Hackett/John Wetton
Yours is No Disgrace---Yes
La Villa Strangiato---Rush (live)


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, January 29, 2017

TONIGHT: A MUSLIM AND A JEW WALK INTO A BAR...

...and they find the Gospel and Soul music of the Black's that white America wants and needs! Ain't that a hopeful sign in this day? Nothing new under the Sun...and it can heal us again. "Ahmet's House" opens the door. 7PM ET tonight at www.wbkm.org and on 107.1FM in Burlington, Vermont. Thank you all...let's come together! Nothing can divide us if we do not allow it.

Ahmet, Jerry and Big Joe Turner! Shake, Rattle...and Roll! 

Song List:

Everybody I Love You---Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Let's Get an Understanding---Wilson Pickett
Love in Vain---The Rolling Stones (live)
Great Spirit---Robert Plant
Today I Sing the Blues---Aretha Franklin
People Got to Be Free---The Rascals
You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade---The Allman Brothers Band
Perpetual Change---Yes


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci





Sunday, January 22, 2017

It's Only Love! Tonight in Ahmet's House

It's only love! That's all...just songs about love. Isn't it time? We think so. Ahmet's House...tonight on WBKM.org at 7PM ET.


Ringo! Yes, on Atlantic! 


Song List: 

Be My Lover---Alice Cooper
Love For Sale---Ahmad Jamal
Freeway of Love---Aretha Franklin
You Don't Love Me---Super Session (Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, Steven Stills)
When a Man Loves a Woman---Bette Middler
Dear Veronica---Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel
Slave to Love---Bryan Ferry
Falling in Love with Love---Art Blakey
I Am Yours---Derek and the Dominos 


As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci


Sunday, January 15, 2017

Tonight...the Music of Jerry Wexler...Oh, Boy!



Asked during an interview many years before his death what he wanted inscribed on his tombstone, Wexler stated simply, "Two words...more bass!" What he got was something that simply read, "He Changed the World."

That says a lot of what Mr. Wexler was all about...tonight in honor of his birthday of January 10th (his 100th!) we will play a sliver of the sound he brought us all...thank you so very, very much!


Song List:

634-5789 Soulsville USA---Wilson Pickett
Things About Coming My Way---Ruth Brown
On Broadway---The Drifters
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love---Solomon Burke
Chez Twang's---Dr. John (w/Arif Mardin)
'Taint Nobodys Bizness if I Do---Big Joe Turner
Spooner Oldham comment on Jerry Wexler
Change Gonna Come---Otis Redding
Ain't No Way---Aretha Franklin
What'd I Say?---Ray Charles
Please Be With Me--Cowboy (w/Duane Allman)
Phil Carson comment on Jerry Wexler
You Shook Me---Led Zeppelin



As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci







Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Happy 100th Birthday to Jerry Wexler! Next Week on Ahmet's House

January 10th, 1917...the birth date of the world's most famous Jewish hippie...Happy Birthday, Jerry! Next week's show will be all about you...


The Man...

With Willie Nelson and Arif Mardin 

Aretha Gold! 

Sunday, January 8, 2017

A New Day...A New Year...And A New Season in Ahmet's House!

Welcome to 2017! New and old combining and clashing...but the music lives on, as does the legacy of Atlantic Records founder, Ahmet Ertegun! We have new recordings from old friends, and of course, the endless catalog itself. Let's begin anew...tonight in Ahmet's House.


Ahmet's family home in Washington, DC, the Turkish Embassy Residency

Song List:

Shake, Rattle and Roll---Big Joe Turner
Hot in Harlem---Tiny Grimes
The Way You Do the Thing You Do/My Girl---Hall and Oates (with Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin)
Pain in My Heart---Otis Redding
Down in the Valley---Otis Redding
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out---Otis Redding
A Fool For You---Ray Charles
Listening With Me---Anderson/Ponty Band
I Can't Quit You Baby---Led Zeppelin (Live at BBC)
I Can't Quit You Baby---Rolling Stones
Sunshine Woman---Led Zeppelin (Live at BBC)


As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!


Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci