Tanna talked with her about bugs, snakes and island love.

Tanna talked with the actress about “Family Ties” and why, after three husbands and five kids, she decided to come out of the closet.

The days are getting longer and hopefully the weather warmer, what a perfect way to start your weekend on the deck with the Sunday paper or a book and a cup of morning sunshine. Lots of great smooth coming to get you started this weekend. I hope you’ll become a fan of our facebook fan page, the link is at the top of the blog. Follow us on Twitter too @981KUDL and me too @taylorKUDL and of course we have our stream for all of our fans living abroad at www.kudl.com Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your weekend. Here’s what I’ll be playing for you this weekend on the Smooth Sunday Brunch.. Enjoy!

NEW MUSIC IS INDICATED BY *

7AM

REBOUND/WAYMAN TISDALE

THAT’S THE WAY LOVE GOES/NORMAN BROWN

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS/WARREN HILL

BEYOND FOREVER/BRUCE SUDANO *

UPTOWN EXPRESS/JEFF GOLUB

NORWEGIEAN WOOD/DAVE LANZ *

MY LITTLE MAN/KIRK WHALUM W. KEVIN WHALUM

MARSEILLE/ANDY SNITZER *

DON’T FRET/JACK JEZZRO

SEND ONE YOUR LOVE/BONEY JAMES

SONG BIRD/CRAIG CHAQUICO

MR. GROOVE/EUGE GROOVE

BARTLETTS PLAY/D.MILLS *

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE/AL JARREAU

8AM

SHINING STAR/RICK BRAUN

PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND/RAMSEY LEWIS

IF YOU ONLY KNEW/SLIM MAN *

LOVING YOU/KENNY G

SMILE/MINDI ABAIR

UNLOCKING KEYS/MARCUS YOUNG*

YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING/ANITA BAKER

UNDERCOVER/JONOTHAN FRITZEN

GO FOR IT/BERNIE WILLIAMS

WAIT A LITTLE WHILE/DAVE KOZ

SEEING THINGS CLEARLY/SHILTS *

CANTEEN CULTURE/AFTERGROOVE

LETS STAY IN TONIGHT/BRIAN CULBERTSON

THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU/ROBERTA FLACK W.DONNY HATHAWAY

9AM

ONE ON ONE/WAYMAN TISDALE

COMIN HOME BABY/ZACHARY BREAUX

WHENEVER I SEE YOU/BRAXTON BROTHERS

HOPLESSLY HOPEFUL/JUANITA *

EAST BAY/NILS

BOTSWANNA BOSSA NOVA/DAVID BENOIT *

INVISIBLE TATTOO/SHARON ROBINSON

SPIN CYCLE/DREW DAVIDSEN *

SUNDAY MORNING/EUGE GROOVE

KYOTO/BONEY JAMES

RITMO Y ROMANCE/KENNY G

WOLFGANG 40/MARC ANTOINE

BE BEAUTIFUL/MINDI ABAIR

AND I LOVE HER/KENNY LATTIMORE

10AM

SO FAR FROM HOME/TARCUATO MARIANO

GROOVIN/BWB

DARLIN DARLIN BABY/BRIAN TARQUIN

WAITING FOR YOU/LISA MCCLOWRY *

MOONLIGHT SAMBA/LAWSON ROLLINS

RIVERIA JAM/RIPPINGTONS *

MERCY MERCY ME/MARVIN GAYE

LOVE AND SAX/ELAN TROTMAN *

STEADY AS SHE GOES/WALTER BEASLEY

107 DEGREES IN THE SHADE/ALEX BUGNON

MOVE ON UP/RICHARD ELLIOTT

ALL FOR YOU/EUGE GROOVE *

SAX ON THE BEACH/HULON

BODY AND SOUL/ANITA BAKER

11AM

OL SKOOLIN/PAUL BROWN W. BONEY JAMES

WALK ON BY/PETER WHITE

CALLIE/JOYCE COOLING

IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN/BASIA *

DRIFTIN/EARL KLUGH

YOU MAKE ME/CHIELI MINUCCI W.SPECIAL EFX *

USE ME/AARON NEVILLE

IT IS WHAT IT IS/VINCENT INGALA *

BLUE WATER/ERIC MARIENTHAL

THIS MASQUERADE/GEORGE BENSON

DAYLIGHT/GREGG KARUKUS *

FRAME OF MIND/ROB TARDIK

THE WAY SHE WALKS/BONEY JAMES

YAH MO BE THERE/JAMES INGRAM W. MICHAEL MCDONALD

Tanna talked with her about money, babies and how being forced to live in a van changed her life.

The boy from down under talked to Tanna about bad boy Charlie Sheen and who should get a weekend “hall pass’. (Warning, he’s funny but his comedy is for adults only)He’s playing Stanford’s Comedy Club tonight and Saturday. I’ll give away tickets on air, at 6:45 this morning. 913-576-7981.

Well we made it through another week, I hope that you got more done than I did, it seemed that I would never get ahead on the stack of stuff on my desk both at work and at home, nonetheless, it’s time for us to relax and unwind a bit, reflect on the past week and the new week ahead. Daylight savings time kicked in this weekend, love that extra hour of daylight, makes me feel like there is more to the day. Great smooth on the way this weekend, and oh before I forget, please head to the Facebook Fanpage for KUDL, the link’s at the top of this blog post. You can follow us on Twitter too @981KUDL and I’m @taylorKUDL. Emails are always welcome too taylor@kudl.com Let’s get started shall we

7AM

PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND/RICHARD ELLIOTT

WILLIE DON/BONA FIDE

AFTER THE RAIN/BONEY JAMES

START ALL OVER AGAIN/DAVE KOZ W. DANA GLOVER *

WORK TO DO/AVERAGE WHITE BAND

DAYLIGHT/GREGG KARUKUS *

SHOULDA COULDA WOULDA/BRIAN MCKNIGHT

WHAT IT TAKES/WILL DONATO *

TRUE BLUE/MINDI ABAIR

DEEPER THAN YOU THINK/GEORGE BENSON

HOOKIN UP/BRIAN CULBERTSON

SENDING MY LOVE/NORMAN BROWN

TALE OF TWO CITIES/DARREN RAHN *

SIMPLE LIFE/MAYSA W. WILL DOWNING

8AM

WILD CARD/RIPPINGTONS

TAKE MY HEART/JIMMY SOMMERS

NORTHERN LIGHTS/KENNY G

ONE OF THESE NIGHTS/MATT CUSSON *

WINDOW OF THE SOUL/CHUCK LOEB

BACK IN THE DAYZ/AIRBORNE *

KILL ME WITH YOUR LOVE/YANNI W. CHOLE

VALDEZ IN THE COUNTRY/KIRK WHALUM W. JEFF GOLUB *

GOOD TO GO/STEVE OLIVER

TAKE ME AWAY/WARREN HILL

MIDNIGHT CRUISE/DAVID WELLS *

ENCANTADORA/BLAKE AARON W. NAJEE

I’M WAITING FOR YOU/JACKIEM JOYNER

TEMPTATION/DIANA KRALL

9AM

NIGHT LIFE/PAUL TAYLOR

CATCHING THE SUN/SPYRO GYRA

CASTLE OF DREAMS/DAVE KOZ

ONE/BRETTINA *

FOREIGN EXHANGE/PAUL BROWN W. MARC ANTOINE

WINE HIGHWAY/WILL SUMNER *

CONTRADICTIONS/LAUREN WOOD

CONTACT/BONEY JAMES *

HAVANNA/JESSE COOK

NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT/JEFF GOLUB W. PETER WHITE

ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU/NICK COLLIONNE

GULF BREEZE/MICHAEL C. LEWIS

GLOBAL KISS/STEVE OLIVER *

I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU/KEM

10AM

SPIN/STEVE COLE

LOOK AGAIN/NELSON RANGELL

AINT NOTHIN LIKE THE REAL THING/RICHARD ELLIOT

FEEL WHAT YOU WANT/KRISTINE W *

TEQUILA MOON/JESSY J

SAUL GOOD/BRIAN BROMBERG *

IF YOU’RE GONNA LEAVE/RAUL MIDON

EASE UP/CRAIG SHARMAT *

LA DOLCE VITA/WARREN HILL

MY ALL/KIRK WHALUM

EAST BAY BOUNCE/PAUL TAYLOR

PUT THE TOP DOWN/DAVE KOZ

SHAPE OF MY HEART/LEE RITENOUR *

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN/QUEEN LATIFAH

11AM

SING A SONG/RICHARD SMITH

RIKKE/DAVID SANBORN

PECULIAR SITUATION/EARL KLUGH

FALL AGAIN/KENNY G W.ROBIN THICKE *

THROWIN IT DOWN/WAYMAN TISDALE

I’LL BE AROUND/LARRY CARLTON *

HURRY HURRY/PETE BALASCO

AFFIRMATION/KEIKO MATSUI *

GOT IT GOIN ON/STEVE COLE

MANHATTEN/GREGG KARUKUS

LOVE WON’T LET YOU DOWN/PHILLIP MARTIN *

DANCING WITH YOU/JAARED

HERE SHE COMES/BONEY JAMES

CLOSE THE DOOR/JEFFREY OSBORNE

She talked to Tanna about life with bad boy Russell on Redemption Island and why a tent trumps a Big Mac.

He’s still singing, and not the blues, even though he was cut from the top 24 finalists. He talked to Tanna about fist bumping the Daawg and what it did to him when J-Lo walked into the room.

When I heard the news this week that Phil Collins is walking away from the music industry it made me realize that this might be a great topic for my very first blog since I’ve been here at 98.1 KUDL. 

I was a huge Phil Collins  fan early on.  I had enjoyed Genesis…but adored Phil Collins.  His first album “Face Values” came at a time in my life when I could almost believe he was singing about parts of my life.   That album had meant a lot to me.  Well in 1996 when he was touring to promote his “Dance Into The Light” album  I was lucky enough to have tickets to the show and a backstage pass.  There was no “meet and greet” with Phil so it didn’t mean a chance to meet him, but my date and I were backstage to meet with the record rep and some other radio folks.  Fortunately for me…we got lost in the halls under Kemper arena!  Next thing I know we are walking right up to Phil Collins and his security guard!  In my moment of being totally star struck I rambled on and on about his album “Face Values” and he laughed and said “that was so long ago I hardly even remember the songs.”  I continued to gush that those songs meant so much to me and that I had listened to them over and over and I was such a fan….and whatever other stupid stuff one says when they are totally flustered.  He was very polite, very pleasant and told me he hoped I enjoyed the show and then he was gone.  Did I get an autograph?  No.  Did I make a memorable impression?  No.  Did I sound pretty stupid talking to him about an album from years before when he was focused on his new one?  Yeah, probably.

So the moral to my story is…when you finally meet someone you really want to meet, I hope you handle it better than I did!  I’m not sorry though.   It’s not like you ever really get a chance to make any astounding impression on any big name star.  Just a quick hello and maybe thanks!  And I am really glad he was so approachable and so nice.

Phil Collins has decided to walk away from the music business due in part to his health.  He had some vertabrae damage in his neck and even after surgery he really can’t use his hands well enough to play the drums or the piano.  He also suffered hearing loss.  But he isn’t ill.  He is 60 and feeling fine from what he says.  The other reason he has decided to leave is because music reviewers have been so unkind for the last several years.  He especially took a lot of flack for his music for the Disney movie “Tarzan”.  Reviewers have affected him so strongly that when he announced his retirement he actually apologized for his music saying “sorry it was all so successful.”    He went on to say he didn’t think he would be missed.  Well Mr. Collins, I for one, will miss you!  Karen