Episode 163: Exploring the Music of John Hiatt (part one of two, March 26, 2023)

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & Americana
March 26, 2023

“Don’t be the best in town. Just be the best until the best comes around.” Buddy Guy
Revisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com

Notes: Thanks to Doc "just outside of Glasgow for saying hello. I love Scotland - I lived in Newcastle for several years. Also, heck yeah Patrick, I know the Mavericks. Thanks for the suggestion. Also enjoy hearing from folks that listen to the podcast.


This week we stroll through the music of John Hiatt.
1. Johnny Adams / She Said the Same Things to Me
2. Eric Clapton & BB King / Riding with the King
3. Three Dog Night / Sure As I'm Sitting Here
4. Joe Louis Walker / Love Like Blood
5. Robert Bradley & Blackwater Surprise / It'll Come to You
6. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels / Where is the Next One Coming From
7. Little Village / Big Love (Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe)
8. Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit / She Don't Love Nobody
9. Willie Nelson / The Most UnOriginal Sin
10. Rodney Crowell / She Loves the Jerk
11. Rosanne Cash / This is the Way to Make a Broken Heart
12. Linda Ronstadt / When We Ran
13. Joe Bonamassa feat John Hiatt / Tennessee Plates
14. Kelly Willis / Drive South
15. Buddy & Julie Miller / Paper Thin

Upcoming Shows & Events of Interest

March
26 Josh Hoyer, Mouth of the South (brunch)
27 Jigjam, Zoo Bar
31 Michael Charles @ B.Bar

April
6 Joanna Connor, Waiting Room
6 Third Eye Blind, Orpheum
6 Pink Floyd Tribute, Holland
12 ZZ Top, Orpheum
20 Earth Day
22 Record Store Day
28 The New Pornographers, Waiting Room (Neko Case)
29 Boo Boo Davis, The Jewell
30 Ivy Ford, The Jewell

May
2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum
4 Harper, B.Bar
6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room
6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar
10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista
11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland
12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland)
15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum
18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly
20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room
25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room
26 Blue Venue @ B. Bar

June
3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons
9-11 Summer Arts Festival
16 Flaming Lips, Steel
21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)

July
6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar
8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre
14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)
15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)
15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum
19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum
25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)
28 Diana Krall @ Holland
28 Maha Music Festival
29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des Moines

August
4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area
5 In the Market for Blues
11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)
11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)
12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)
20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl
27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl
31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, Arkansas

September
15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt)

In the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)

Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...
May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss,
May 26th, Chicago,
May 10th , Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick,
June 11, Barenaked Ladies,
June 14, Doobie Brothers,
June 15, Tyler Childers
June 19, Matchbox 20
June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the Heart
July 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky Chance
July 18, Foreigner w/ Loverboy
Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles
August 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play)
August 25, The Black Keys,
September 6. 3 Doors Down,

Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonU
March 26th, Cowboy Mouth,
April 1st, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers,
April 8th, Chris Cain,
April 19th, Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
May 11th, Brandon Santini,
May 20th, Southern Culture on the Skids,
May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,

Upcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...
July 29th, Diana Krall

The Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.
April 21 & 22, David Sedaris