A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
- Leopold Stokowski
85% of KNX FM was music and 85% of that music consisted of 10–12 minute produced music sets. On average we produced 52 reels or 350 sets each month. For 7 years Michael designed and produced nearly all of these along with Production Engineers MaryAnn Jorgensen and Vin Deegan. These audio paintings are the real secret of what made KNX FM completely unique as no one else worked this way.
After leaving the station in 83’ Michael continued to paint with sound in order to create these audio essays. Continuing this work ever since he amassed a large library of music compilations which were eventually turned into Planet Pootwaddle. This is what makes Pootwaddle completely unique as well … and not many can do this type of work at this level. “I don’t tell the music what to do … I let it tell me what to do”. He says “There is a lot of information coming down constantly … you just have to listen and use your instincts”.
What follows is a partial list of some of this work:
Specific Artists & Genres
- 50’s-60’s
- Music for Grown Ups
- 60’s
- “All I Got for My 40 th Reunion Was This Lousy CD”
- “Bald Heads & Pot Bellies, and That’s Just the Girl’s Reunion”
- ’61 Reunion
- 80’s Hits
- Volumes 1-6
- Hillbilly
- Gospel
- Blues
- Air
- Volumes 1-3
- Al Stewart
- Albert King
- Ambrosia
- America
- Animals
- Annoying Space Age Music
- Aretha Franklin
- Asleep at The Wheel
- “A Trip Down Memory Lane”
- Music from the Class of ‘53
- Produced with Chris Crist
- Bad Company
- Bad Finger
- The Band
- Bar Flyz (Kenny Lee Lewis)
- Beatles
- Eclectic Lounge Music
- “Beer Back Lounge”
- Volumes 1-6
- Benmont Tench
- Big Mountain
- Biller & Wakefield
- Billy Joel
- Volumes 1-2
- Bing Crosby
- “I’ll Be Seeing You”
- Volumes 1-2
- Blackberry Smoke
- Blasters
- Blind Boys of Alabama
- Blood, Sweat and Tears
- ‘I May Be Red and Saddle Sore, But I Feel Okay on The Whole … Blues”
- Volumes 1-10
- Classic Blues
- Blues – D.T.’s Fleas
- Produced with David Tripp
- Bo Diddley
- Bob Dylan
- Bob Luman
- Bob Wills
- Bobby Day
- BR 549
- Brave Combo
- Brian Wilson
- Buddy Guy
- Buffalo Springfield
- Byrds
- California Transit Authority
- Britni Paiva
- Canned Heat
- Capitol Cities
- Carl Perkins
- Cars
- Cat Stevens
- Cecilio & Kapono
- Chamber Brothers
- Cheap Trick
- Chet Atkins
- Chris Daniels
- Christine McVie
- Christopher Cross
- Classic Truck Driving Music
- Coasters
- Cool Country
- Hawaiian – Coconut Lounge
- Volumes 1-4
- Hawaiian- Kamanawana Luau
- Volumes 1-4
- Commander Cody
- Cocktail
- “The Warm Fuzzies”
- Eclectic Cocktail Rockets
- Craig Chiquico
- Cream
- Dave Mason
- Dave Matthews
- Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
- David Bowie
- David Crosby
- David Gilmore (Pink Floyd)
- Deco
- Volumes 1-4
- Deke Dickerson
- Derek Trucks Band
- Diana Krall
- Django Reinhardt
- Donald Fagan
- Donovan
- Doors
- Dorsey Burnette
- Early R&B
- Volumes 1-8
- Elvis Presley
- Volumes 1-5
- Elvis Costello
- Emmylou Harris
- Eva Cassidy
- Curtis Delgado
- Dan Hicks
- Everly Brothers
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- “Forever Everly”
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- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Firefall
- The Fixx
- Flamin’ Groovies
- Flashy Fiddlers
- Foreigner
- Frank Sinatra
- “Essential Sinatra”
- Free
- Gary Wright
- George Benson
- George Thorogood
- Gerry Rafferty
- Gorillaz
- Gospel
- “Yes Lawd”
- “Give Me That Ol’ Time Religion”
- Vintage Western & Country Music
- Grace Potter
- Graham Nash
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Gregg Allman
- Hank Penny
- Hank Williams
- Harry Nilsson
- Hawaii
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- Volumes 1-11
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- Herb Pedersen
- Hoo Doo Rhythm Devils
- Hot Club of Cowtown
- Hot Club of France
- Hoyt Axton
- Huey Lewis & The News
- Hugh Laurie
- Ian Thomas Band
- Ian Tyson
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Imagine Dragons
- Imelda May
- IZ
- (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole)
- Jack in The Box
- (30’s-40’s Big Band Swing)
- Jack Mack & The Heart Attacks
- Jackson Browne
- James Brown
- James Lee Stanley
- Janis Joplin
- Jeff Beck
- Jefferson Airplane
- Jennifer Warnes
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jesse Winchester
- Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
- Jimmy Cliff
- Jimmy Spheeris
- Jimmy Vaughn
- Jo Stafford
- Joan Armatrading
- Joe Cocker
- Joe Maphis
- John Denver
- John Mayall
- John Mayer
- John Primer
- Johnny Burnette
- Johnny Horton
- Johnny Mathis
- Johnny Nash
- Johnny Rivers
- Johnny Taylor
- Johnny Winter
- Jonny Lang
- Jose Feliciano
- Journey
- Julia Fordham
- Junior Brown
- kd lang
- Keb Mo’
- Kenny Rankin
- Kenny Wayne Sheperd
- Kinks
- KNXFM – Rarities
- Larry Williams
- Leo Sayer
- Leon Russell
- Leonard Cohen
- Level 42
- Lisa Mann
- Little Willies
- Loggins & Messina
- Louis Jordan
- Love for Levon
- Lovin’ Spoonful
- Lowell George
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Maile Serenders
- Manhattan Transfer
- Mark Knopfler
- Marty Stuart
- Marvin Gaye
- Mavericks
- Melanie
- Mellow
- Volumes 1-13
- Men at Work
- Meyer Hawthorne
- Mike & The Mechanics
- Mills Brothers
- Mingo Fishtrap
- Moby Grape
- Monsters of Folk
- Moon Mulligan
- Motown
- Volumes 1-3
- Mudcrutch (Tom Petty)
- Muddy Waters
- “Music for Dreamers”
- Cerebral Ambient Music
- Nat King Cole
- “ A Cozy Cole Collection”
- Neil Young
- Neville Brothers
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Nico Vinz
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Noel Boggs
- (Steel Guitar Master)
- Norah Jones
- O’Jays
- Onie Wheeler
- Orleans
- Otis Redding
- Pages (Mister Mister)
- Patsy Cline
- Paul Butterfield
- Pearl Django
- Pee Wee King
- Penguin Prison
- Perez Prado
- “Prez Tidigitation”
- Pete Belasco
- Peter Frampton
- Phil Collins
- Phoebe Snow
- Poco
- Pousette Dart Band
- Pretenders
- Queen
- Randy Newman
- Randy Scruggs
- Ray Charles
- Ray Davies
- Red Bar – Music from the Red Bar
- Cerebral Samba & Such
- Produced with Baron T. Birtcher
- Volumes 1-13
- Reggae
- Volumes 1-5
- Revivalists
- Rick Nelson
- “Irrepressible Rick Nelson”
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Ricky Skaggs
- Rita Wilson
- Robbie Robertson
- Robert Byrne
- Robert David Hall
- Robert Palmer
- Rock-a-Billy Silly
- Volumes 1-6
- Rodney Crowell
- Ronnie Hawkins
- Ronstadt Cousins
- Roseanne Cash
- Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band
- “Roto Rooterita”
- Roxy Music
- Roy Brown
- Roy Orbison
- Roy Smeck (Hawaiian Master)
- Sade
- Sailor
- Sam Cooke
- Santa Fe Horns
- Seals & Croft
- Senor Coconut
- Sharon Jones
- Sheryl Crow
- Silvan Zingg
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Slim Gaillard
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Smokey Robinson
- Soul
- Volumes 1-10
- Space Age Music
- “Annoying Space Age Music”
- Spade Cooley
- Spinners
- Squeeze
- Stephen Stills
- Steppenwolf
- Steve Winwood
- Stevie Nicks
- Stevie Wonder
- Stylistics
- Subdudes
- Sunshine (All Beatles & Beach Boys)
- Supremes
- Surf Music
- Volumes 1-5
- Taj Mahal
- Take 6
- T Rex
- Talking Heads
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Temptations
- Tex Williams
- Texas Truckin’
- Truck Driving Music
- “No Jake Breakin’”
- Contemporary Truck Driving Music
- “High Ballin’ & Hog Haulin’”
- Classic Truck Driving Music
- Thievery Corporation
- Three Dog Night
- Todd Rundgren
- Tom Morrell & The Time Warp Tophands
- Tommy Duncan
- Tony Rice
- Tractors
- Traffic
- Tricky Pickers
- (Classic Guitar Masters)
- Tricky Pickers NOW
- Tubes
- Tune Wranglin’
- Valerie Carter
- Van Morrison
- Venice
- Ventures
- Vince Gill
- Walk the Moon
- Wanda Jackson
- War
- Was Not Was
- Webb Wilder
- Western Swing
- Willie Mitchell
- Wilson Pickett
- Wylie & the Wild West
- Yardbirds
- Yello
- Yes
- Ziggy Marley
Pootwaddle Core Artists
- Albert Lee
- Allman Brothers
- Annie Lennox
- Beach Boys
- Beatles
- Beck
- Bill Kirchen
- Billy Burnette
- Bob Marley
- Bob Seger
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Bonnie Raitt
- Bonzo Dog Band
- Boz Scaggs
- Bruce Springsteen
- Cars
- Chet Atkins
- Chuck Berry
- Club De Belugas
- Cold Play
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- David Lindley
- Dave Edmunds
- Delbert McClinton
- Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
- Django Reinhardt
- Don Henley
- Doobie Brothers
- Eagles
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Ellis Hall
- Elton John
- Eric Clapton
- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Fleetwood Mac
- George Harrison
- Grateful Dead
- Harmonicats
- James Taylor
- Jimi Hendrix
- J.J. Cale
- Joe Maphis
- John Lennon
- Johnny Winter
- Joni Mitchell
- Led Zepplin
- Les Paul
- Little Feat
- Little Richard
- Little River Band
- Marc Cohn
- Maroon 5
- Merle Travis
- Moody Blues
- Mumford & Sons
- Nick Lowe
- Nylons
- Paul McCartney
- Paul Simon
- Pee Wee King
- Pentatonix
- Rick Vito
- Robert Randolf
- Rockpile
- Rod Stewart
- Rolling Stones
- Roy Rogers
- Ry Cooder
- Santana
- Sheryl Crow
- Spade Cooley
- Spike Jones
- Steely Dan
- Steve Miller Band
- Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Supertramp
- Taj Mahal
- Ten C.C.
- Tex Williams
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Tommy Castro
- Toto
- Tower of Power
- Train
- Yello
- Z.Z. Top
Mixed Bag
- Mixed Bag
- Barbecue Suite
- Volumes 1-8
- Butt Nuggets
- Volumes 1-17
- Butt Seriously
- Volumes 1-10
- Butt Slowly
- Don’t Ben Dover
- Volumes 1-16
- How Annoying
- Volumes 1-7
- More Weird Shit
- Volumes 1-4
- Music for Mature Moderns
- Volumes 1-8
- Oddities for Aficionados
- Volumes 1-8
- Oldies & Oddities
- Volumes 1 & 2
- Summer Crumbs
- Volumes 1-15
- Tidbits in Time
- Volumes 1-4
- Untitled 1-113
- Vut Knots
- Volumes 1-14
Holiday
- “A Cole Family Christmas”
- (The Best of Both Worlds – Nat King and Natalie Cole)
- “A Wee Bit O’ Christmas”
- (A Celtic Christmas Fantasy)
- “Bingle Bells”
- (All Bing Crosby)
- “Christofori Christmas”
- (All Piano Christmas)
- “Cool Yule”
- Volumes 1-13
- (Classic & Eclectic Christmas Hits)
- “Crooner Christmas”
- (50’s-60’s Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, etc.)
- “Have a Pleasant Christmas”
- (Warm & Fuzzy Christmas Morning Music – Dean Martin, Doris Day, etc.)
- “Nifty 50’s Christmas”
- “Rootin’ Tootin’ Christmas”
- (50’s Western – Tex Ritter, Wesley Tuttle, etc.)
- “Roy & Dale Christmas”
- “Swingle Bells”
- (Swing & Big Band)
- “Tis The Season”
- Volumes 1-6
- (New Age & Ambient Tree Trimming Music)
- “Tricky Picker Christmas”
- (Guitar Master Christmas)
- “Twisted Twismas”
- Volumes 1-4
- (Deviant Eclectic Christmas…the sicker, the better)
- “Yulesville”
- (Cocktail Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, etc.)
Western & Country
- The Best of the Roy Rogers Radio Show
- Volumes 1-3
- The Best of Roy Rogers Radio Dramas
- Volumes 1-3
- Cool Country
- Country
- Volumes 1-5
- Farr Brothers
- Flashy Fiddlers
- Volumes 1-4
- Hillbilly
- “Hillbilly Hi-Rollers”
- Hillbilly
- “Hillbilly, Honky Tonk & Who Knows”
- Volumes 1-4
- Saddle Pal Serenade
- “60 Years of Roy Rogers”
- Sons of the Pioneers
- Volumes 1-4
- Ten Gallon Tune Wranglin’
- Volumes 1-4
- Tricky Pickers
- Volumes 1-6
- Tricky Pickers NOW
- Volumes 1-4
- Western – “Under Western Stars”
- Volumes 1-5
- Western Swing
- “Swing, Stomp & Boogie”
- Western Swing
- “Swing, Stomp & Boogie”
- Volumes 1-6
- Winky Eyed Hits
- “The Best of Dale Evans”