We had a foot-stomping good time!

Kitty Rose darn near brought the studio down, stomping her foot and singing her heart out Sunday night. We’ve gotta tell you, this Rose is no shrinking violet. She filled up the room, airwaves, and bandwidth with her laughter and music. Calls came in from as far away as Florida and New Mexico, and as close as right down the road in Cotati.

(Rumor has it the show was so rowdy that, in greater downtown Cotati, you could hear it without a radio.)

We all got into the country mood, wearing Kitty Rose bandannas and our finest boots. Shelley was sportin’ a genuine Kitty Rose hat that was a prize from a previous concert. Covered in black sequins, it turned into the hat no one in the studio could resist trying on. And, actually, it may have been bewitched, as some people took on whole new personae while they were wearing it. Witness Alisa’s Dwight Yoakum moment, above right.

Kitty wasn’t sharing her real hat, which — she pointed out — is genuine beaver. (Uh, naturally…)

Kitty sang us a whole passel of tunes, including “Where the Heck is Hopland?”, “Ira’s Song,” “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad,” “Is It Hot Down There?” (we all agreed it was!) and her inspiring cover of Loretta Lynn’s “You’re Not Woman Enough to Take My [Wo]man”.

Additionally, we played some of the great music Kitty brought along with her, including tunes by the smokin’ band Blame Sally, and other artists included on the recording “Songs From the Land: A Celebration of the Hopland Women’s Festival”, including “A Cowgirl’s Love Song” by J. Byrd Hosch, complete with yodeling.

We also heard a cut by Kitty’s friend and ripping banjo player Woody Simmons, who is also on the Hopland Festival cd, called “Ashtavakras”.