The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org.
Tonight’s episode features songs that were based on historic events. Some are story-songs, others pull full inspiration from the moments in time.
Total 11 items
| Time | Artist | Song | Inspired By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:01 PM | Midnight Oil | Blue Sky Mine | Western Australian asbestos miners who perished from mesothelioma |
| 7:08 PM | Hank Snow | The Wreck OF The Old ’97 | 1903 train wreck |
| 7:10 PM | The Kingston Trio | M.T.A | 1940’s Boston mayoral campaign and hot-button issue regarding subway fares |
| 7:14 PM | Harry Chapin | 30,000 Pounds of Bananas | 1966 truck crash in Scranton, Pa. |
| 7:21 PM | Bob Dylan | Hurricane | Arrest and conviction of Ruben “Hurricane” Carter |
| 7:31 PM | Gordon Lightfoot | Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Building of the Trans-Canada Canadian Pacific Railway |
| 7:36 PM | The Police | Invisible Sun | 1980’s hunger strikers in Belfast, Ireland |
| 7:43 PM | Tom Robinson Band | Long Hot Summer | 1969 Stonewall Inn Rebellion |
| 7:48 PM | 10cc | Rubber Bullets | 1971 Attica Prison Riot |
| 7:54 PM | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | King Kong Blues | Interrupted by some stupid with a flare gun… |
| 7:56 PM | Deep Purple | Smoke On the Water | 1971 Montreux Casino fire |
Chuck The Writer 