Playlists Note: Spinitron has posted KAOS Retroactive playlists that aren't my shows. Any post falling between March 14, 2020 and November 5, 2022 is someone else's doing. ________________________________________________________________
---Retroactive #1301--December 31, 2022: The Softies--Winter Pageant Charles Brown--To Someone That I Love Bonnie Raitt--Just Like That Dave Alvin--Dynamite Woman Lady A (Seattle)--Whatever You Do Vaneese Thomas--I'm Movin' On ///Charlie Gracie (1936-2022)--Butterfly/// ///Terry Hall (1959-2022): The Specials--Ghost Town/// ///Songwriter-producer Thom Bell (1943-2022): The Delfonics--La-La (Means I Love You)/// Xavier Lecouturier--Monk Derivative Angaleena Presley--Life of the Party The Persuasions--What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (1997 version) Delbert McClinton--One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Carsie Blanton--Party at the End of the World Stick McGhee & his Buddies--Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Tom Dyer & the True Olympians--Arts Walk (Mossy Bottom) Carolyn Wonderland--Fragile Peace and Certain War Paul Kelly--Christmas Cecile McLorin Salvant--Dead Poplar Slaid Cleeves--New Year's Day Steve Earle & the Dukes--Charlie Dunn Patricia Barber--The New Year's Eve Song Spoon--Wild Patti Smith--Dead City; Who Do You Love (live, 2/97) Patti Smith Group--Privilege (Set Me Free) Patti Smith, Thurston Moore & Lenny Kaye--The Last Hotel (live) George Harrison--Ding Dong, Ding Dong Brinsley Schwarz--Home In My Hand (live) Sue Foley--Shake That Thing (live) The Morells--Auld Lang Syne/Trans Am (both live, 12/82) Shemekia Copeland--Dumb It Down James Brown--It's a New Day (live, 1971) Bruce Springsteen--7 Rooms of Gloom Ernie Krivda & Swing City--The Good Lady Bo Diddley--I'm Looking for a Woman; Mona (I Need You Baby); Don't Let It Go (Hold on to What You Got); Crackin' Up Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra --You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover Tom Waits--New Year's Eve *Plus: PSAs and greetings from Paul McCartney, Shemekia Copeland
---Retroactive #1300--December 24, 2022: Harry Hemsley--The Kids Go Carolling Joss Stone--'Twas the Night Before Christmas Ellis Marsalis--The Little Drummer Boy Alto Reed--Do You Hear What I Hear Shawn Colvin--Christmas Time Is Here Rodney Crowell with Lera Lynn--Christmas Everywhere Detroit Junior--Christmas Day Rusty Wier--Santa Claus Is Back In Town Warren Wolf--Skating Indigo Girls--The Wonder Song B.E. Taylor--I Saw Three Ships Doc Watson--New Born King Lou Rawls--Christmas Is The Moore-McColl Jazz Society--Jingle Jangle Hayes Carll--Thankful for Christmas The Butties--God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ringo Starr--The Little Drummer Boy The Rondelles--Angels We've Heard on High Stevie Wonder--One Little Christmas Tree El Vez--En el Barrio (at Christmas Time) (includes 'Champagne Supernova') Elvis Presley--I'll Be Home for Christmas Quasi--Merry X-Mas Kasey Musgraves with Camila Cabello--Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (live) Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--'Twas the Night Before Christmas John Legend--By Christmas Eve Lloyd Glenn--Sleigh Ride Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--Ring Rubber Bells Mike Nichols & Elaine May--Merry Christmas, Doctor Darlene Love--White Christmas Billy Idol--On Christmas Day Kat Edmonson--Happy Holiday Cardboard Box Colony--We Were Never Naughty or Nice Man or Astroman?--Frosty the Snowman Bobby Lloyd (Hicks)--Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me Nat King Cole & his Trio--All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) Lucinda Williams--Run Rudolph Run Keb' Mo'--Shopping on Christmas Eve Andra Day--Carol of the Bells Tuck & Patti--Christmas Wish Bobby Goldsboro--Look Around You (It's Christmas Time) Tomas Ramirez--Silent Night Three Bings--We Three Bings Jethro Tull--Birthday Card at Christmas The Holly Cole Trio--Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday Allen Toussaint--The Day It Snows on Christmas Nick Lowe--Christmas Can't Be Far Away Louis Armstrong--The Night Before Christmas (a cappella reading) *Plus: Greetings from ZZ Top, Alice Cooper, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed; a clip from Carrie Pilby, thefilm starring Bel Powley
---Retroactive #1299--December 17, 2022: Greg Brown--Wild Like a Sonny Boy Ruth Brown--Ice Water In Your Veins Jack White--Love Is Selfish The Geisels--Christ, It's Christmas Again Nancy Sinatra--In Our Time ///Drummer Dino Danelli (1944-2022): The Rascals--You Better Run; A Girl Like You/// ///Vocalist J.J. Barnes (1943-2022): J.J. Barnes--Our Love Is In the Pocket; Day Tripper/// Lolly Allen--Little Hummingbird ///Hanukkah set: Klezmatics--Dybbuk Shers Carole King--Chanukah Prayer Lynette Washington--Eight Bright Candles/// Billie Poole--Ain't That Love Paul Kelly--Swing Around the Sun Rory Block--Lovin' Whiskey Pharoah Sanders with Leon Thomas--Prince of Peace Buffy Sainte-Marie--She Used to Want to Be a Ballerina Ranch Romance--St. James Avenue Syl Johnson--Take Me to the River Jon Batiste--Tell the Truth Joanna Connor with Jimmy Hall--Destination The Standells--Have You Ever Spent the Night In Jail Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Take Me With U Love--Can't Find It Roger Chapman & the Shortlist--Kiss My Soul (live, 2011) Tower of Power--What Is Hip?/Soul Power (live, 2018) The dBs--You Got It Wrong; Christmas Time Apollo 100 featuring Tom Parker--Joy X--The World's a Mess-It's In My Kiss Little Feat--Fat Man In the Bathtub Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers--Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Dan Blunck & Mike Bisio--Big Al James Booker--Black Minute Waltz; Tell Me How Do You Feel (live); So Swell When You're Well (live) Professor Longhair--If I Only Knew; Something On Your Mind; In the Wee Wee Hours; Cuttin' Out
---Retroactive #1298--December 10, 2022: James Blood Ulmer--Sittin' On Top of the World Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Lonesome Whistle Blues Phoebe Bridgers--Motion Sickness Kim Richey--Turn Me Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder--Packing Up Getting Ready to Go Frank Bey--Never No More Lady A (Seattle)--Blues On My Mind Ray Wylie Hubbard--Torn In Two Aaron Neville--Don't Cry Marcia Ball--Shine Bright Joey DeFrancesco--Inner Being Brenda Lee--All Alone Am I; Strawberry Snow; Break It to Me Gently ///Stax Co-Founder Jim Stewart (1930-2022): Carla Thomas--B-A-B-Y Booker T. & the MGs--Boot-Leg/// ///Remembering my wonderful friend Gary Sobczak (1954-2022): Traveling Wilburys--Not Alone Anymore Bruce Springsteen--Any Other Way/// Shemekia Copeland--Barefoot In Heaven Courtney Barnett--Avant Gardener (live, Melbourne) Sloan--Magical Thinking Tom Dyer & the True Olympians--Jazz In Olympia Bert Wilson & Rebirth featuring James Zitro--Seize the Night Eric Bibb with Shaneeka Simon--Born of a Woman Lucinda Williams--Blue Christmas Lights Fantastic Negrito with Tarriona 'Tank' Bell--I'm So Happy I Cry Sleater-Kinney--Favorite Neighbor Ty Segall--Lone Cowboys The Donnas--Checkin' It Out Team Rockit--Friendz 4 Life (Like It or Not) Bully--Trying Tom Jones & Jools Holland--Who Will the Next Fool Be Charlie Rich--Midnight Blues; Don't Tear Me Down; Pictures and Paintings; Lonely Weekends Detroit Cobras--You Don't Knock; On a Monday; Boss Lady Dennis Coffey with Mick Collins & Rachel Nagy--I'll Bet You Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar--Deviations Lenny Watkins--Spoonful Sterling Harrison--Ain't Nobody Home *Also mentioned: Jo Carol Pierce (1944-2022), Roddy Jackson (1942-2022)
---Retroactive #1297--December 3, 2022: John Prine--Please Don't Bury Me Brandi Carlile--I Remember Everything Keb' Mo'--Louder Cat Power--I Had a Dream, Joe Dressy Bessy--I Saw Cinnamon Willie King & the Liberators--Ain't Gonna Work Tracy Nelson--Stranger In My Home Town Bob Dylan--You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (1971 version) Scott Cossu--Old Man Mambo Kate & Anna McGarrigle--(Talk to Me of) Mendocino; Kitty Come Home; I Don't Know Great Plains--How Do You Say Hello? Danielle Howle & the Tantrums--Where Were You Jimmy McCracklin--The Walk Amyl & the Sniffers--Angel Los Lobos--Misery Joanna Connor--For the Love of a Man Dave Alvin--Man Walks Among Us Patty Smyth--Downtown Train Patty Griffin--Ruby's Arms Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks with Tom Waits--I'll Tell You What That Is Tom Waits--I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love with You; In the Neighborhood; More Than Rain; Come On Up to the House Carsie Blanton--Can't Wait to Break Your Heart Kristen Hersh--Day Glow Screaming Females--Step Outside The Sonics--Have Love Will Travel Tacocat--Dana Katherine Scully Little Richard--Shake a Hand; Without Love (There Is Nothing); Directly from My Heart; Heeby-Jeebies Delbert McClinton--Long Tall Sally The Ultras--Nice Face Ron Davis--Drew Bourree ///Christine McVie (1943-2022): Fleetwood Mac--Spare Me a Little of Your Love; Warm Ways; Remember Me Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie--Too Far Gone Mick Fleetwood & Friends featuring Christine McVie & Rick Vito --Looking for Somebody (live, London, 2/20) Christine McVie--The Challenge/// ---Retroactive #1296--November 26, 2022: Asleep at the Wheel--Paycheck to Paycheck Lori McKenna--God Will Thank You Spoon--Astral Jacket Cymande--The Message Irma Thomas--Two Winters Long Rory Block--I'd Rather Go Blind Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder--Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses ///Guitarist Danny Kalb (1942-2022): The Blues Project--Wake Me, Shake Me/// ///Singer-songwriter-guitarist Wilko Johnson (1947-2022): Dr. Feelgood--Another Man/// Pearl Django--Anouman (live) Ferron--Nothing Now Johnny Shines--Trouble's All I See Ian Dury & the Blockheads--Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll The Young Fresh Fellows--Rock'n'Roll Pest Control Bonnie Raitt--Livin' for the Ones Shemekia Copeland--Pink Turns to Red Tom Dyer & the True Olympians--Grandma Caught the Shark Cecile McLorin Salvant--Obligation Purple Mountains--Darkness and Cold Rosie Flores--Big River The Presidents of the United States of America --Video Killed the Radio Star New Pornographers--Play Money Robert Randolph & the Family Band--Don't Fight It Young Jessie--Well Baby Carolyn Wonderland--The Laws Must Change Muddy Waters--I Live the Life I Love (I Love the Life I Live) ///Jimi Hendrix's 80th Birth Anniversary Bash: Five Blind Boys of Alabama--Drifting Buddy Miles & Double Trouble--The Wind Cries Mary The Make Up--Hey Joe World Saxophone Quartet--Little Wing Anni Piper--Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Living Colour--Crosstown Traffic The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Ain't No Telling; Rainy Day, Dream Away; Red House (live, SF, 10/68); Highway Chile/// *Plus: John Lee Hooker on Jimi Hendrix
---Retroactive #1295--November 19, 2022: Jesse Winchester--Brand New Tennessee Waltz Samara Joy--Everything Happens to Me Alabama Slim--Forty Five Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer--Clyde Waters (Child 216) Richard Thompson--Valerie (acoustic version) Eilen Jewell--You Cared Enough to Lie Jimmy Rogers--Howlin' for My Darling Poco--You Better Think Twice Bangtails--Patron of the Arts Joe Krown--13th Ward Boogie Kari Leigh & the Blue Devils--Roll and Tumble Chuck Prophet--Would You Love Me? Amythyst Kiah--Hangover Blues Delbert McClinton--Ain't That Lovin' You Patti Smith--People Have the Power C.O.C.O.--Super Cool Chuck Berry--Rock and Roll Music (live) Courtney Barnett--Help Your Self ///Keith Levene (1956-2022)--Fast Brass Slap (Part 1)/// Meshell Ndegeocello--Adromeda and the Milky Way Gregory Porter--Thank You Amy Rigby--Dancing with Joey Ramone Ramones--Spider-Man Thee Midniters--Down Whittier Blvd. Sleater-Kinney--Down the Line The Wailers--Dizzy Miss Lizzy The Temptations--You Don't Know Your Woman (Like I Do) The Pretty Reckless--Death By Rock and Roll Fantastic Negrito--All Up In My Space Mike Henderson--Nobody's Fault But Mine Savages--City's Full Ty Segall--The Fall Etta James--Hickory Dickory Dock The Shins--Turn on Me Tiny Lewis--Too Much Rockin' Joanna Connor--I Feel So Good Tower of Power--Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) (live, Oakland, 6/18) Rodney Whitaker--Phoenix The Ike & Tina Turner Revue--All In My Mind (live, 1964) Ike & Tina Turner--I Idolize You; Bold Soul Sister Tina Turner--Night Time Is the Right Time; Whole Lotta Love
---Retroactive #1294--November 12, 2022: Steeleye Span--One Misty Moisty Morning Cecil Gant--Nashville Jumps Odetta--Jack O' Diamonds Riley Baugus--What Are They Doing In Heaven The Kennedys--Life Is Large (live, 2001) (J.S.) Ondara--Lebanon Keb' Mo' with Old Crow Medicine Show--Medicine Man Florence + the Machine--King Sloan--Spend the Day Liz Phair--Soul Sucker Graham Parker--Disney's America Graham Parker & the Rumour--Gypsy Blood Graham Parker & the Goldtops--Nothin' From You Anna Calvi--Chain The Blendells--La La La La La Tom Dyer & the True Olympians--Bordeaux Samantha Crain--Wise One Mem Shannon--No Religion (live, New Orleans, 2007) ///Mimi Parker (1967-2022): Low--Always Up; Hatchet; Nowhere Man/// Bill Withers--I Can't Write Left Handed (live, NYC, 1973) Koko Taylor--Can't Let Go Little Willie John--Let Them Talk; Spasms; Drive Me Home Rory Block--Prove It on Me Chris Smither--Lonely Time Wanda Jackson--Big Baby Solomon Burke--Down In the Valley Swamp Dogg--I'd Rather Be Your Used to Be The Shangri-Las--The Dum Dum Ditty Neil Young--Sugar Mountain (live, LA, 2/71); Helpless (live, NYC, 4/74) Neil Young/Crazy Horse--Change Ain't Never Gonna Pamela Hines--34 Skidoo Sonic Youth--Basement Contender Shemekia Copeland--Smoked Ham and Peaches Buddy Guy--Blues Don't Lie
---Retroactive #1293--November 5, 2022 (first show since 2020): Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Accidents Will Happen Bettye LaVette--The Forecast Kermit Ruffins--Wrap Up Your Troubles In Dreams Ernie Wilkins--Canadian Sunset Carsie Blanton--Down In the Streets Robert Cray--You're the One Durand Jones & the Indications--Witchoo Amythyst Kiah--Sleeping Queen Ural Thomas & the Pain--No Distance (Between You and Me) Joni Mitchell--Strong and Wrong; Furry Sings the Blues; Stormy Weather (live, LA, 1998) Danny (Gatton) & the Fat Boys--Harlem Nocturne Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside--Bad Boys Earl King--Make a Better World John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band--Mississippi Phone Booth Mary Timony Band--Pause/Off ///Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022): Break Up (solo version, 1958); What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me); No Headstone on My Grave/// Esme Patterson--Never Chase a Man Sonny Boy Williamson #2--I'm Not Beggin' Nobody Carolyn Wonderland--Broken Hearted Blues Delbert McClinton--I've Got Dreams to Remember (live, Austin, 12/82); (When My Baby Wants Good Lovin') She Comes to Me; Solid Gold Plated Fool Yo La Tengo--From a Motel 6 Excuse 17--Watchmaker Wynonie Harris--All She Wants to Do Is Rock The Hi-Jivers--Something Turns Me South Ani DiFranco--Chloroform Bonnie Raitt--When We Say Goodnight; Spit of Love; Under the Falling Sky Eire Apparent--Mr. Guy Fawkes Margie Day--Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy Los Lobos--The World Is a Ghetto Spoon--The Devil and Mister Jones Lucinda Williams--Bone of Contention *Plus: Clip of Jerry Lee Lewis interview (1/76) conducted by Dave 'Daddy Cool' Booth