Instrumental Invasion, 7/19/23 July 20, 2023

The July 19 Instrumental Invasion on WCWP was recorded one hour per day on May 31 and June 5. I was hoping to get the second hour finished before the WCWP Hall of Fame Ceremony on June 3 (recap here). Unfortunately, I had a crisis of confidence on June 2, the Friday before, and was overwhelmed by the impending workload. So, I wasn’t in any condition to record that day, and didn’t until June 5, the Monday after. Pickups were also recorded to make up time left over. An additional pickup was done on June 25 (in my COVID-compromised voice) to remove a dated reference.

Like last week, the playlist was created from May 14 to 16. Annotations came on May 22 and 30. The script for the first talk break was written May 30 with the rest of hour 1 written on the 31st and hour 2 on June 1.

It was also the second week in a row with a song originally played last November 16: “Night in the Algarve” by Nils.

My tease for “Foggy Morning Breaking,” Alison Brown‘s banjo duet with Steve Martin, ended with the line “don’t miss this one.” Bill O’Reilly sometimes said that going into commercial breaks on The O’Reilly Factor, following that up with “right back with it.” I’m not ashamed to admit I used to regularly follow politics and watch cable news. I haven’t done that in years. Nowadays, the less I know, the better.

While working on this week’s show, I had no idea how much hype “Foggy Morning Breaking” was getting. There’s even a music video!

And hours before air, the song was nominated for instrumental recording of the year at the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards! The award ceremony will be held September 28.

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