Michael Roe Did It For Love (Pt. 1)
Very few artists have accomplished what Michael Roe has over the last forty years. Between his work with the seminal rock “laboratory” (The 77s,) his membership in a veritable supergroup of unknowns, (The Lost Dogs,) his own solo work, and numerous collaborations (Kerosene Halo with The Choir’s Derri Daugherty for instance,) Roe has made an indelible mark on thousands of hearts and minds. That he has done all of this in relative obscurity is a testament to the deep, spiritual, drive that propels him even when the “system” has let him down. In a fair world, Michael Roe would be a flat-out rock star. It seems someone had better plans for him.
In this “part one” of our two-part feature, Roe talks about his earliest influences as an artist: the record player in his parents’ living room. We get to hear a bit of an extremely rare 1969 record on which a 15-year-old Roe made his recording debut. We hear about the progressive faith community that embraced him and made space for The 77s to emerge. And the True Tunes Jukebox spilled records all over the show. On part 2 Roe will talk about his work with The Lost Dogs, the way his community has shaped him and his work, and what lessons he has learned after four decades in the trenches. We’ll also hear from several of his closest friends and co-laborers about what Mike’s life and work has meant to them.
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Find a list of all of the music on this episode on the SHOW NOTES PAGE at TrueTunes.com/Roe1
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MICHAEL ROE PART ONE MUSIC LIST
OPENING
77s – Dave’s Blues (Drowning With Land In Sight)
77s – Mercy, Mercy (All Fall Down)
77s – A Different Kind of Light (1984) (Cornerstone Is Dead . . . Long Live Cornerstone)
77s – This Is The Way Love Is (Sticks and Stones)
77s – What Was In That Letter (77’s a.k.a. “The Island Album”)
CoROEnosphere – Related (originally on A Golden Field Of Radioactive Crows)
77s – Deep End (The Seventy Sevens a.k.a. “Pray Naked”)
“Brotherhood” – The Now Life (Charisma 7” single)
FIRST SET
Bobby Sheen – Doctor Love
77s – Frames Without Photographs (TV Mix) (77’s a.k.a. “The Island Album” 2015 Lo-Fidelity reissue CD)
CoROEnosphere – The Boat Ashore (originally on Michael Roe – The Boat Ashore)
CoROEnosphere – The Cold Hard Facts of Life (Porter Wagoner cover)
77s – Honey Run (Instrumental mix) (Late)
CoROEnosphere – Real Men Cry (Originally on Lost Dogs – Real Men Cry)
CoROEnosphere (Bruce Spencer, lead vocal) – Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
SECOND SET
Michael Roe – I’m Born to Preach the Gospel (Washington Phillips cover) (Kickstarter single)
CoROEnosphere (with Mark Harmon on acoustic bass) – Stood Up (Ricky Nelson cover)
“Mike’s Garage” – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (with Jim Armstrong) (Courtesy the Randy Layton Collection)
“Mike’s Garage” – Kansas City (featuring Russell Ferrante on piano) (Courtesy the Randy Layton Collection)
The Phoenix Authority – Spinning Wheel (Blood, Sweat & Brass)
“Brotherhood” – When ‘Your’ Young (Charisma 7” single)
“Brotherhood” – The Now Life (Charisma 7” single)
Scratch Band – Name In Lights (Bootlevel) (written by Steve Scott for “Moving Pictures”)
CoROEnosphere – Good Shepherd (Jefferson Airplane cover)
CoROEnosphere – Why Don’t You Look Into Jesus (Larry Norman cover)
7&7is – Strange Things Happening Every Day (Etta James, Sister Rosetta Tharpe cover)
THIRD SET
77s – It’s So Sad (Live) (Ping Pong Over The Abyss)
77s – Mezzo (Drowning With Land In Sight)
Scratch Band – More Than a Dream (Bootlevel) (written by Steve Scott for “Moving Pictures”)
77s – A Different Kind of Light (Ping Pong Over The Abyss)
77s – How Can You Love (Ping Pong Over The Abyss)
77s – Caught In An Unguarded Moment (All Fall Down)
77s – I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge (Holy Ghost Building)
77s – Do It For Love (TV Mix) (77’s a.k.a. “The Island Album” 2015 Lo-Fidelity reissue CD)
77s – Do It For Love (Demo) (77’s a.k.a. “The Island Album” 2015 Lo-Fidelity reissue CD)
77s – I Can’t Get Over It (77’s a.k.a. “The Island Album” 2015 Lo-Fidelity reissue CD)
77s – Nowhere Else (Sticks and Stones)
77s – Nuts For You (The Seventy Sevens a.k.a. “Pray Naked”)
77s – Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Drowning With Land In Sight)
77s – Outskirts (Tom Tom Blues)
77s – Jesus Drove a Cadillac (88 Lo-Fidelity reissue – Twenty Twenty Bonus Disc)
Plus our special FULL CIRCLE theme song by Phil Keaggy and Rex Paul!
