---Retroactive--December 29, 2001:
Thanks to Shannon Wiberg (of KAOS' Soul Kitchen) for subbing.
Great show, because I got to hear some of it.
---Retroactive #377--December 22, 2001:
Donna the Buffalo--Faith to Believe
Alejandro Escovedo--About This Love
Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey--Christmas Morning Blues
///Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)--Walkin' In the Rain; Save That Money; Can Your Monkey Do the Dog///
Clifford Brown--Hymn of the Orient
Dressy Bessy--All the Right Reasons
Chris Smither--Coventry Carol
Manuela Morena--Tan Tan
Dave Grusin--Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Charles Brown--Please Come Home for Christmas (1960 version)
Mel Torme--The Christmas Song (live, 1954)
John Lennon--Imagine (live, solo, 1972)
Cadallaca--Winter Storm '98
The Marshalls--Mr. Santa's Boogie
B. Bumble & the Stingers--Nut Rocker
Bobby Womack--Christmas Ain't Christmas
The BellRays--Poor Old Rudolph
Brenda Lee--I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
The Bobs--Christmas In Jail
The Handsome Family--So Long
Paquito D'Rivera--God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Eddie Lawrence--The Old Philosopher (#3)
The dBs--Holiday Spirit
Mildred Bailey--I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
The Monkees--Riu Riu Chiu
Etta Jones--Merry Christmas Baby
Tommy Flanagan--Eclypso
Esther Phillips--Nobody But You; I've Never Been a Woman Before
The Asylum Street Spankers--12.25.61 (live, 12/00)
Chet Baker--All the Things You Are; The Touch of Your Lips; Peace
Alex deGrassi--Little Rootie Tootie
Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--Rubber Bells
Elvis Presley--Here Comes Santa Claus
Kathy Kallick & the Little Big Band--Ring the Bells at Midnight
---Retroactive #376--December 15, 2001:
The Bottle Rockets--Get Down, River (1995 version)
Maura O'Connell--Sleepy Eyed Boy
Ruby Andrews--Strange Things Happen Everyday
Nappy Brown--I'm a Wild Man
///Dan Del Santo (1951-2001)--Lost In Limbo; Chain Saw Blues
Dan Del Santo & his Professors of Pleasure--I Never Will Return///
Kathy Jenkins with the Nick Levinovsky Big Band--Love for Sale
The BellRays--Gimme Some Funk for Christmas
Fernando Melo & Luiz Bueno--Jingle Bells Brazil
Rufus with Chaka Khan--Once You Get Started (live, 9/79)
Dave Edmunds--Sweet Little Lisa
Steve Ivings--Twelve Daze of Christmas
The Asylum Street Spankers--You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (live, 12/00)
Francine Reed--River Rising
John Hiatt--Everybody Went Low
The Sheppards--Tragic
The Model Rockets--Ring the Bells
Paul McCartney--Rinse the Raindrops
Fugazi--Life and Limb
Taj Mahal--My Creole Belle
Peggy Lee--Ring Those Christmas Bells
Tingstad & Rumbel--I Wonder As I Wander/What Child Is This
Billy Bragg & the Blokes--Dry Bed
Billy Bragg--Accident Waiting to Happen
James Booker--All Around the World; Swedish Rhapsody; Medley: Blues Minuet/Until the Real Thing Comes Along/
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Craig Taborn--Light Made Lighter-Piano
Phil Ochs--Pleasures of the Harbor (live, 1970)
---Retroactive #375--December 8, 2001:
James Carr--Stronger Than Love
Toni Lynn Washington--Knock Once
Sparkle Moore--Rock-a-Bop
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders--Porter's Love Song
The Asylum Street Spankers--Mele Kalikimaka (live, 12/00)
Holly Figueroa--Dream In Red
John McCutcheon & Corey Harris--Talking Union
Mudhoney--Who'll Be the Next In Line
Kirk Fletcher/Kris Wiley/Sugar Blue--I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Leanan Sidhe--Gloucester Wassail/Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella
James Ray--I've Got My Mind Set on You, Pts. 1 & 2
Melissa Etheridge--Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/Give Peace a Chance (live)
The Robins--Whadaya Want?
Stevie Wonder--Someday at Christmas
Beat Happening--I Let Him Get to Me
The Greenhornes--Can't Stand It
Betty Carter--Look What I Got
Paul Reddick & the Sidemen--Pinegum
John Prine with Delores Keane--It's a Cheating Situation
Doc Watson--The Old Wooden Rocker (live, 1962)
Janet Robin--Brilliant Disguise
The Vital Gesture All-Stars--Christmastime Again
Hot Club Sandwich--Stompin' at KAOS
Lightnin' Hopkins--Zolo Go (Zydeco)
Elizabeth Cotten--Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie
Phil Aaberg & Bernie Krause--Jingle Bells Fantasy
Junior Wells--Lord, Lord; The Goat
Frank Sinatra--The Coffee Song (1961 version)
Dionne Warwick--Trains, Boats and Planes
Charlie Rich--Charlie's Boogie; Juice Head Baby (alternate version); Sittin' and Thinkin'
Boys of the Lough--A Midwinter Waltz
Low--Little Drummer Boy
Ellen Whyte & Reflex Blue--You Talked Me Into the Blues
Jo Jo Williams--You Can't Live In This Big World By Yourself
Dar Williams--The Christians and the Pagans (live)
---Retroactive #374--December 1, 2001:
Albert Ammons--Sweet Patootee
The Susie Arioli Swing Band--No Smoke Blues
Muddy Waters--Country Boy
Guitar Shorty--If You Can't Lie No Better
Lucky Millinder with Annisteen Allen--Moanin' the Blues
Merle Haggard--Take These Chains from My Heart
Debbie & the Darnells--Santa Teach Me to Dance
Joe Ely--The Road Goes On Forever (live, 1/99)
Arrogant Worms--Boy Band
The White Stripes--The Same Boy You've Always Known
Carmen Lundy--All Day, All Night
Sam Newsome--Into-Nation of Islam
Willy & Ruth--Love Me
Jo Miller & her Burly Roughnecks--There Goes My Heart Again
Joanna Connor--Nothin' But the Blues
The Carla Bley Sextet--Lawns
Henry Townsend--My Story
///George Harrison (1943-2001)--This Song; Absolutely Sweet Marie (live, 10/92); Living In the Material World
Paul Simon & George Harrison--Homeward Bound (live, 1976)
The Beatles--I Need You; Piggies; The Inner Light///
Little Richard--Cherry Red; Bama Lama Bama Loo; Dew Drop Inn
Brad Shepik--The Tiger
Cassandra Wilson--Until; I Can't Stand the Rain; I'm Old Fashioned
Olu Dara with Cassandra Wilson--Used to Be
*The George Harrsion segment included interview clips with his parents (Harold & Louise) and a 1971 chat with George
---Retroactive #373--November 24, 2001:
Buddy & Julie Miller--The River's Gonna Run
R.L. Burnside--Shake 'Em On Down (live)
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash--440 Horses
Mary Gauthier--Rock'n'Roll Lies
Reverend Gary Davis--If I Had My Way (1954 version)
Shawn Colvin--Another Plane Went Down
Ray Charles--Hide Nor Hair
Superkali--Kudzu
Rosco Gordon--Let's Get High
Jeff Beck & Chrissie Hynde--Mystery Train
Jay Farrar--Feedkill Chain
Mister Ruffin--A Touch of Heaven
Judy Collins--Crow on the Cradle
Mississippi Fred McDowell--Meet Me Down on the Froggy Bottom
Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen--Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar (live, 4/71)
Rosie Flores--Don't Take It Away
The Detroit Cobras--Bye Bye Baby
Yoko Ono--I Remember Everything
C.O.C.O.--Move On
T.R. & the Yardsmen--I Tried
Jimmie Vaughan with Lou Ann Barton--Power of Love
Fugazi--Brendan #1
Ernest Ranglin--Inflight
Mose Allison--Cabaret Card; Night Club; Ever Since I Stole the Blues
Tina Turner--Whatever You Need; I Wrote a Letter; The Acid Queen
Ike & Tina Turner--Early In the Morning; River Deep-Mountain High
Craig Taborn--Crocodile
Jimi Hendrix--Earth Blues (alternate version); Stepping Stone
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Wait Until Tomorrow (BBC); 51st Anniversary
---Retroactive #372--November 17, 2001:
Andy Bey--Fragile
Delia Bell--Sad Situation
The Persuasions--Just Because
Fay Claassen--Blue Alert
Steve Earle--Walking Down Death Row
Moxy Fruvous--Maple Syrup Time
Eric Sardinas--Gambling Man Blues
Odetta--You Don't Know My Mind
Johnny Blakey with the Sanctified Singers--Warming By the Devil's Fire
Irene Sage--Full Moon Rising
The Drummonds--Lullabye of Birdland
The Chi-Lites--We Are Neighbors
Sandman--Ol' King Kong and the Scapegoat Song
The Picketts--Paper Doll
Chris Thile--Eureka!
Bob Dylan--High Water (For Charley Patton)
Barbara Lynn with Bachelor Wise--You're the Man
Gossip--Swing Low
Roy Loney--Rockin' Radio
Maura O'Connell--Poor Man's House
Johnnie Taylor--Please Let Me In
The Jet Tones--Jet Tone Boogie
Hasil Adkins--Chicken Hunch
Richard Hell & the Voidoids--Blank Generation
Johnny Griffin & Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis--Lester Leaps In
Sheila Jordan--Willow Weep for Me
Rory Block--Life Song
Bonnie Raitt--If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Sippie Wallace--You've Been a Good Old Wagon
Rees Shad with Graham Parker & Guy Clark--Hero's Son
Graham Parker--The Rose of England; It Takes a Village Idiot
Graham Parker & the Rumour--Black Honey
Craig Taborn--St. Ranglehold
Jean Shepard--That's What Lonesome Is; Beautiful Lies; Act Like a Married Man
The Byrds--A Satisfied Mind
John Fahey--The Thing at the End of New Hampshire Avenue
The Honey Bears--One Bad Stud
---Retroactive #371--November 10, 2001:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Gillian Welch--Dear Someone
Roger McGuinn with Jean Ritchie--Fair Nottamun Town
Lightnin' Hopkins--Come on Baby
Alvin Youngblood Hart--Here I Am, O Lord Send Me
Laura Freeman--Don't Mind Kissin'
Ted Hawkins--My Last Goodbye
Van Morrison--Ivory Tower
Lyres--You Won't Be Sad Anymore
Little Daddy Walton & Sons--Gettin' It with Soul
Catie Curtis--Sugar Cane
Alejandro Escovedo--Follow You Down
Dave Alvin--Brother on the Line; Bus Station; Rich Man's Town
The Soul Children--Who Is She and What Is She to You
The White Stripes--Now Mary
Galactic--Action Speaks Louder Than Words
C.J. Chenier with Sleepy LaBeef--Half a Boy and Half a Man
Rebecca Riots--Borrowed Clothes
Eddie 'Sugarman' Penigar with LaVern Baker--Easy Baby; I Wonder Baby
LaVern Baker--Shake a Hand
Jay Farrar--Damn Shame
Rosie Flores--Tremelo
Little Willie John--Person to Person; Bo-Da-Ley Diddley; Let's Rock While the Rockin's Good
Maria Muldaur--Weeping Willow Blues
Earl Hooker--Wah Wah Blues
Dar Williams--Are You Out There (live)
Beausoeil--La Chanson du Cafe (live)
Magic Slim & the Teardrops--I Wonder Why
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith & the Northern Blues Legends--Chicago Bound
---Retroactive #370--November 3, 2001:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive
Guy Davis--Soulful Wind
Cindy Lee Berryhill--I'm a Tumbleweed
Bob Dylan--Cry a While
Odetta--The Midnight Special
Jay Farrar--Barstow
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Global a Go-Go
Kari Lynn--Cleo Cleopatra
Carl Perkins--Glad All Over
Candye Kane--You Let Me Down Again
Billy Bunn & his Buddies--That's When Your Heartaches Begin
The Clovers--Crawlin'
Dinah Washington--Gambler's Blues
The Greenhornes--Show Me Love
The White Stripes--I Can Wait
Delbert McClinton with Francine Reed--I Used to Worry
Delbert McClinton--Standing on Shaky Ground (live); All There Is of Me
Jo-El Sonnier--Solid Gold Plated Fool
Joni Mitchell--Coyote
? & the Mysterians--Feel It
Abbey Lincoln with Hank Jones--C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris--Still Feeling Blue; I Can't Dance
The Flying Burrito Brothers--Down In the Churchyard
The Shes--The Fool
Eddie 'G' Giles--Soul Feeling, Pt. 2
The Paul deLay Band--So Near
Jo Ann Kelly--Odd Job Man
---Retroactive #369--October 27, 2001:
---Halloween Show
The Searchers--Bumble Bee
Jean Bratman--Radio Rescue
Tom Waits--Come On Up to the House
Big Mama Thornton--Nightmare
The Ghastly Ones--Action Squad
Flaming Fire--The Sun Is a Snake
Lone Justice--Rattlesnake Mama
Jay Farrar--Voodoo Candle
Etta James--I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
Wayne Kramer--Crawling Outta the Jungle
Funky Butt--The Giant Butterfly
Howlin' Wolf--I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
Darlene & Co.--Vampiress
Allen Toussaint--On Your Way Down
The White Stripes--Aluminum
Rachel Sweet--Cuckoo Clock
Robert Ward & the Black Top All-Stars--Fear No Evil
R.L. Burnside--Bad Luck and Trouble
Jocelyn Pook--Oppenheimer/Masked Ball (1999 version)
Jeanne & the Darlings--It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)
David Lindley & El-Rayo X--Werewolves of London
Four Tops--7 Rooms of Gloom
The Pleasure Seekers--What a Way to Die
Pat Boone--Crazy Train
The Stanley Brothers--This Wicked Path of Sin
Girl Trouble--Marie LaVeau
Katie Webster--I'm Bad
Explosions In the Sky--The Moon Is Down
Ethel Waters--Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night; I Just Couldn't Take It Baby; You've Seen Harlem at Its Best
Steve Forbert--Witch Blues
The Four of Us--Batman
The Who--Batman
The Susie Arioli Swing Band--The Big Hurt
Lightnin' Slim--I'm Evil
Chuck Berry--Trick or Treat
Anita O'Day--Ol' Devil Moon
Keith Levene--2011
Stars of the Lid--Broken Harbors
The Box Tops--I Must Be the Devil
Dead Moon--Evil Eye
The Soft Boys--Wading Through a Ventilator
The Ramones--Pet Sematary
Was (Not Was)--The Party Broke Up
---Retroactive #368--October 10, 2001:
Chris Whitley--She's Alright
Jim & Jess with the Virginia Boys--Gotta Travel On
Faye Adams--Don't Forget to Smile
The Minus 5--A Thousand Miles Away
Irene Sage--I'll Never Get By
Galactic--Working In the Coal Mine (live)
The Paul deLay Band--Over Money
The Underdogs--Get Down On Your Knees
Dee Dee Warwick--Do It With All Your Heart
The Roy Campbell Quartet--Khanducting
Badfinger--Without You
The Kool Gents--Crazy Over You
Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time--Blue Beat Boogie
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Moratorium
Funkadelic--Funky Dollar Bill
Chris Thile--Wolfcreek Pass
Rosie Flores--We'll Survive
The Sinners--Sinnerisme
The White Stripes--Offend In Every Way
James Blood Ulmer--Fattening Frogs for Snakes
Jo Miller & her Burly Roughnecks--You Ain't Ready (live)
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--House Party
Doc Watson--Milkcow Blues (live, 1962)
Katy Moffatt--Further
Brad Shepik--Non, Si Si
Mahalia Jackson--What Then
Ted Hawkins--Don't Lose Your Cool
The Bobby Fuller Four--Keep On Dancing
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--The Way I Used to Be
///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bash:
Zora Young--Back In the U.S.A.
Flamin Groovies--Carol
Chuck Berry with Robert Cray--Brown Eyed Handsome Man (live, 10/86)
Chuck Berry--Thirty Days; It Don't Take But a Few Minutes///
---Retroactive #367--October 13, 2001:
Johnny Adams--Now You Know
Kris Delmhorst--Cluck Old Hen
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis--Shame, Shame, Shame
Shemekia Copeland--Have Mercy
Doug Brown & the Omens--TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday)
Art Grayson & the Graysettes--Better Hush
Deborah Coleman--Bending Like a Willow Tree
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Cool 'n' Out
The Roy Campbell Quartet--Ode for Mr. DC
Warren Smith--So Long I'm Gone
Billie Holiday--They Can't Take That Away from Me
Hurricane Harry--The Last Meal
Buddy & Julie Miller--Forever Has Come to an End
Bob Dylan--I Can't Get You Off My Mind
Jo Miller & her Burly Roughnecks--High Noon (live)
Eddy Clearwater--Sail the Ship
Cassandra Wilson--Chelsea Bridge
Graham Parker--Syphilis and Religion
Dar Williams--All Men Are Liars
The Shy--Just a Little While
Etta James--Don't Let My Baby Ride
The White Stripes--I Think I Smell a Rat
Ryan Adams--Enemy Fire
Marcia Ball--She's So Innocent
Sam Newsome--The Wedding March of a Playboy
Robert Ward--Peace of Mind; Lonely Man (It's You That I Need); K-Po-Kee
Anita O'Day--Boogie Blues; You Came a Long Way from St. Louis; Just One of Those Things
The Bluenoiseband--Austria
Odetta--In the Pines
Sue Garner--Silver Wings
---Retroactive #366--October 6, 2001:
Mary McCaslin--It's My Time
Dakota Staton--Hurry Home
John Hiatt--My Old Friend
The Del McCoury Band--1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Koko Taylor--Love Sick Tears
Eddy Clearwater--Flimdoozie
Irene Sage--Keep the Faith
The White Stripes--Sister Do You Know My Name
Windy & Carl--Through the Portal
Arthur Alexander--Anna
Katy Moffatt--John Hardy
James Blood Ulmer--Spoonful
Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time--Mississippi Saxophone
The Paul deLay Band--It Isn't Easy Being Big
Michelle Willson--They Don't Want Me to Rock No More
Holly Golightly--No Big Thing
Odetta--Jim Crow Blues
The Mountain Goats--West Country Dream (live)
Lucinda Williams--Cold, Cold Heart
Jackson Browne--Crow on the Cradle (live)
Moving Hearts--Before the Deluge
Pharoah Sanders with Leon Thomas--Prince of Peace
///The John Lennon Birthday Bash:
Either/Orchestra--I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Dar Williams--I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono (live)
The Beatles--It Won't Be Long; Help! (live, 8/65); Tomorrow Never Knows
The Dirty Mac--Yer Blues (live, 12/68)
The Elastic Oz Band (Lennon vocal version)--God Save Oz
Kati Mac--Dear Prudence
The Vince Guaraldi Trio--I'm a Loser
Otis Redding--Day Tripper
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory--Attica State
John Lennon--Watching the Wheels (demo); Only People; Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)///
---Retroactive #365--September 29, 2001:
Blind Willie McTell--Boll Weevil
Gillian Welch--Ruination Day, Pt. 2
Clive Gregson--When This War Is Over
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith & the Northern Blues Legends--I'm the Creeper
Irene Sage--Blue Temple
Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time--1313 Stomp
Ryan Adams--New York, New York
Sista Monica Parker--The Sista Don't Play (live)
Jane Ira Bloom--Denver Snap
Jim Pepper--Water
The Replacements--Willpower
Red Rockers--Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
The Temptations--War
Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--You Don't Know Nothing About Love
Greg Brown--Where's My Everything?
Jessie Mae Hemphill--Shake It Baby
The White Stripes--We're Going to Be Friends
Merle Haggard--I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
Buddy & Julie Miller--Keep Your Distance
Nina Simone--Beautiful Land
The Radiants--Hold On
The Detroit Cobras--Cry On
Graham Parker--Blue Horizon
Odetta--How Long
Jean-Luc Ponty--Firmament
Suzzy Roche--Cold Hard Wind
John Mellencamp--Peaceful World
Julie London--I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Deborah Coleman--Light of Day
Ellen McIlwaine--Wade In the Water
Sam Newsome--The Sucker's Gone
Jerry Lee Lewis--Come What May; I Don't Love Nobody; My Only Claim to Fame///
---Retroactive #364--September 22, 2001:
Ruth Brown--I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
The Staple Singers--Masters of War
David Wilcox--Let Them In
Sista Monica Parker--I Been Bamboozled (live)
The Wailers--It's You Alone
Olu Dara--Herbman
Holly Gwinn Graham--Two Twills: a Nonsense Poem
The White Stripes--Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time--More of What You Got
The Ori Kaplan Percussion Ensemble--Dark Sun
Graham Parker--Socks 'n Sandals
The Burns Sisters--We Never Said Goodbye
Sammy Lewis--I Feel So Worried
Manfred Mann--With God on Our Side
Joe Louis Walker--(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Cathy Jean--It's On Me
Frankie Lee with Lou Johnson--Open the Door
Pete Seeger--Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
///Judy Clay (1938-2001)--Bed of Roses; The Greatest Love
William Bell & Judy Clay--My Baby Specializes///
The Yayhoos--What Are We Waiting For
The Shivvers--Teen Line
Joe Bonner--Ode to Trane
John Coltrane--Straight Street
Roy Buchanan with Otis Clay--A Nickel and a Nail
The Drifters--There Goes My Baby
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Gotcha
The Casey Neill Trio--I'm on Fire (live)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band--Youngstown (live, 6/00)
Ani DiFranco--Old Old Song; Tamburitza Lingua
Ray Charles & Betty Carter--Together
Ray Charles--If I Could; Tell All the World About You; Ain't That Fine
---Retroactive #363--September 15, 2001:
Ryan Adams--When the Stars Go Blue
Chris Thomas King--Trouble Will Soon Be Over
Sam Phillips--Edge of the World; Holding On to the Earth (1988 version)
The Shy--Say What You Say
John Littlejohn--Kiddeo
Michelle Willson--The Way You Say Goodbye
Brad Shepik--Short Trip Back
Leo Kottke--You Tell Me Why
Ann Peebles--Do I Need You
Little Feat--Skin It Back
Ted Taylor--Daddy's Baby
Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time--That's Right!
Bob Dylan--Summer Days
Barbara Lynn--Payback
The Word--Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Martin Taylor--Chicago
Carla Ulbrich--Please Do Something Stupid
Billy Briggs--Chew Tobacco Rag
Graham Parker--If It Ever Stops Rainin'
? & the Mysterians--Ain't It a Shame (1990s version)
Bettye LaVette--You'll Never Change
Bobby Blue Bland--Poverty
Batidos--Myths and Realities
Hank Williams--Honky Tonkin' (Sterling Records version); Lovesick Blues (live, 6/49); Honky Tonk Blues (live, 3/52)
James Talley--Nashville Blues
Lucinda Williams--I Envy the Wind
Richard Thompson with Teddy Thompson--Persuasion
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis--That's Why We All Have the Blues
Alejandro Escovedo--As I Fall
Adam Levy--Sphere of Influence
Catie Curtis--Bicycle Named Heaven
Pere Ubu--Wasteland
The White Stripes--Let's Build a Home
---Retroactive #362--September 8, 2001:
---All '60s Show
The Lively Ones--Surf Rider
Esther Phillips--Some Things You Never Get Used To
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
The Angels--Wow Wow Wee (He's the Boy for Me)
Ronnie & the Pamona Casuals--I Want to Do the Jerk
Sly & the Family Stone--Ride the Rhythm
The Kingsmen--Long Green
Nancy Sinatra--Lightning's Girl
The Who--I Can't Reach You
The Velvet Underground--Some Kinda Love
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Winter Boy
Taj Mahal--Stagger Lee
Dexter Gordon--Where Are You
Stevie Wonder--Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
The Grass Roots--Where Were You When I Needed You
Ann Cole--I'm Waiting for You
The Byrds--I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Ramsey Lewis Trio--Wade In the Water
The Yardbirds--Lost Woman
Etta James--I Don't Want It
Otis Redding--Hey Hey Baby
John Lee Hooker--One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
The Kinks--Picture Book
The Beach Boys--Friends
Dusty Springfield--Breakfast In Bed
Walter Bishop, Jr.--Alone Together
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Radio One jingle; Stone Free (both BBC)
Charles Brown--Not In My Wildest Dreams
The Jim Kweskin Jug Band--Chevrolet
B.B. King--Help the Poor (live, 11/64)
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Down on Me (first version from Live at Winterland, 4/68)
Buffalo Springfield--Falcon Lake (Ash on the Floor); Down Down Down (demo); The Hour of Not Quite Rain
Aretha Franklin--I Say a Little Prayer
James Brown--I've Got Money
Sam Cooke with King Curtis & his band--Somebody Have Mercy (live, 1/63)
The Beatles--I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
Nina Simone--One September Day
The Cannonball Adderley/Nat Adderley Quintet--Azule Serape (live, 1960)
The Mothers of Invention--Mother People
Love--Orange Skies
The Rolling Stones--Parachute Woman
Ellaine & the Shardells---Tell Me That You Care
The Isley Brothers--Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
*Plus: The Yardbirds' Great Shakes ad; The Beatles In Seattle, 8/64
---Retroactive #361--September 1, 2001:
Eric Andersen--Hello Sun
Rory Block--Maggie Campbell
Bettye LaVette--My Man (live, 9/99)
The Blasters--Long White Cadillac
Holly Gwinn Graham--I Had a Dream About You
Joe Ely--Treat Me Like a Saturday Night
John Littlejohn--Catfish Blues
Jean Knight--You Think You're Hot Stuff
The Casey Neill Trio--Blue Nights (live)
Trailer Bride--Ghost of Mae West
Sam Newsome--Dread Man Walking
Ryan Adams--Firecracker
Tracy Nelson--How Much Truth
Eric Bibb--Kokomo
Kate Rusby--Withered and Died
The White Stripes--I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
Tonio K.--La Bomba (La Bamba)
Zora Young--Johnny B
Radio Birdman--Man with Golden Helmet
Graham Parker--I'll Never Play Jacksonville Again
Lou Ann Barton--One Way Street
Buddy & Julie Miller--You Make Me Heart Beat Too Fast
Lalo Schifrin--Tokyo Blues
Buddy Holly--Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Dearest One (demo); Slippin' and Slidin'
Patsy Cline--It Wasn't God That Made Honky Tonk Angels; Imagine That; Try Again
Otis Redding--Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
Otis (Redding) & Carla (Thomas)--It Takes Two
The James Taylor Quartet--Who Put a Hole In My Head
Nanette Natal--Let's Face the Music and Dance
Simon Joyner--Nocturne
Alison Krauss & Union Station--Take Me for Longing
Miki Honeycutt--Soul Deep
---Retroactive #360--August 25, 2001:
Norma Waterson--There Ain't a Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears
Leadbelly--Little Children's Blues
The Detroit Emeralds--I'll Bet You Get the One (Who Loves You)
Gina Forsyth--Monday Morning Stretch
Gillian Welch with David Rawlings--I Want to Sing That Rock'n'Roll (live)
Bee Houston--You Think I'm Your Good Thing
Graham Parker--High Horse
Big Time Sarah--Evil Gal Blues
Jane Ira Bloom--Blue Poles
Dorsey Burnette--It's Late
The Benny Carter Orchestra--Accent on Swing
Little Richard--My Wheel's Been Slipping
Michelle Willson--Pleasing You
Kim Wilson--Ain't Gonna Do It
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Dixie Chicken
Mecca Normal--Days
Alejandro Escovedo--Velvet Guitar
///Mimi Farina (1945-2001):
Mimi & Richard Farina--Miles; The Falcon; Hard-Lovin' Loser///
The Parktowns--That Day Will Never Come
The White Stripes--Fell In Love with a Girl
Lady Bianca--Sexy Bones
Old Time Relijun--Mystery Language
Roky Erickson & the Explosives--The Wind and More
///Betty Everett (1939-2001)--There'll Come a Time; Chained to Memory
Betty Everett & Jerry Butler--Let It Be Me///
Joe Bonner--Like Alice
Carrie Smith--Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
The Ori Kaplan Percussion Ensemble--Blow Daddy
Them--(It Won't Hurt) Half as Much
Van Morrison--The Great Deception; Cyprus Avenue (live, 1973)
Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis--Let's Talk About Us
Dinah Washington--Pennies from Heaven; This Can't Be Love; You Go to My Head (live, 8/54)
---Retroactive #359--August 18, 2001:
Eileen Rose--Rose
Simon Joyner--Hotel Suite
Otis Clay--Cryin'
Esther Phillips--Set Me Free
Richard Lloyd--Cortege
Guy Davis--See Me When You Can
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--You Got to Tell Me
Radio Birdman--Murder City Nights
The Detroit Cobras--Shout Bamalama
Ike Quebec & Freddie Roach--Easy-Don't Hurt
McDonald & Giles--Tomorrow's People-The Children of Today
Aretha Franklin--A Brand New Me
Leon Russell--Alcatraz
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Universal Soldier ('90s version)
The White Stripes--Hotel Yerba
The Young Fresh Fellows--Lonely Spartanburg Flower Stall
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis--Dirty Work Goin' On
Michelle Willson--Mi My Moo
///Producer Milton Gabler (1911-2001):
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Texas and Pacific (1946)
Billie Holiday--Strange Fruit (1939)///
Sub Debs--Please Understand
Mitch Ryder--Dance Ourselves to Death
Tight Bros from Way Back When--Inside Looking Out
Koko Taylor--He Always Knocks Me Out
The Ori Kaplan Percussion Ensemble--Sky Drops
John Hiatt--Crossing Muddy Waters
Little Village--Solar Sex Panel
Rachel Sweet--Stranger In the House
Elvis Costello--Sally Sue Brown
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--King Horse; The Beat (live, 1978)
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve--Little Atoms (live, 5/96)
Superkali--Fangus Fu
Ann Cole--Each Day
Joe Penny--Bip a Little, Bop a Lot
Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson--I Wonder
Big Time Sarah--Daydreaming
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces--Searching for My Love
---Retroactive #358--August 11, 2001:
Buddy Emmons--Raisin' the Dickens (live, 9/77)
James Booker--Junco Partner (live)
Lavelle White--Oh What a Feeling
The Sir Douglas Quintet--Let's Have a Natural Ball
Jerkwater--Crowd Pleaser
Michelle Willsson--Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The Minus 5--Got You
Big Time Sarah--Trying to Make a Living
Jane Ira Bloom--Varo
Ray Charles--Without Love (There Is Nothing)
Nathaniel Mayer--I Had a Dream
Wanda Jackson--Rip It Up
///Vocalist Dave Gilbert (1952-2001):
The Rockets--Lucille; Love Transfusion///
The Come Ons--Come On Blues/Sunday Drive
Living Colour--Elvis Is Dead
Lady Bianca--Roll Thang
Little Willie John--Letter from My Darling
Big Ass Truck--Lil' Tico
Tracy Nelson--Strongest Weakness
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis--Bad Car Blues
Fender IV--Malibu Run
Gillian Welch--Red Clay Halo
Junior Brown--Guitar Man
Joe Bonner--Passion Dance
Andras Jones--The Webpage of Dorian Gray
Tommy Duncan--Daddy Loves Mommyo
Buck Owens--Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)
Luther Allison--Parking Lot; K.T.; San-Ho-Zay
Ronnie Spector--Darlin'; Any Way That You Want Me; I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine (live, 1999)
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with Ronnie Spector--You Mean So Much to Me (live, 10/76)
The Ronettes--You Came, You Saw, You Conquered; When I Saw You
Brian Wilson--Be My Baby (live, 2000)
Jessica Williams--Dark One
Bill Kirchen--Quit Feelin' Sorry for You
James Cotton--Hold Me In Your Arms
Trailer Bride--Jesco
Eric Bibb--Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
*Plus: Michelle Serraca on phony weapons testing
---Retroactive--August 4, 2001;
---Retroactive--July 28, 2001:
John Ford of John's Place may have hosted August 4; Laugh Tracks hosts
Randy & Steve did a Northwest Rock show on July 28. Thanks to all.
---Retroactive #357--July 21, 2001:
Maura O'Connell--Hit the Ground Running
Jane Brody--Rollercoaster Land
Wild Tchoupitoulas--Hey Pocky Way
Ike Turner & his Kings of Rhythm (Joe Kelly, vocal)--Rocket 88 (2001 version)
Heather Myles--Rum and Rodeo
Henry Gray--Showers of Rain
The Soledad Brothers--Soledad Blues/Shaky Puddin'
Big Time Sarah--Riverboat
Rob Reddy's Sleeping Dogs--Prayer III
The Everly Brothers--(So How Come) No One Loves Me
Duane Eddy--Ramrod
Cathy Jean--Your One and Only
Marvin Gaye--What's Going On (live, 5/72)
Dead Moon--Shadows of the Night
The Greenhornes--Good Times
Leon Haywood--It's the Last Time
Tracy Nelson--Got a New Truck
///Ernie K-Doe (1936-2001)--Beating Like a Tom Tom; I Got to Find Somebody; Mother-In-Law (live, 4/76)
The Yardbirds--A Certain Girl///
Patti Smith--Boy Cried Wolf
Dino & Doc--Mighty Cold Winter (In July)
R.L. Burnside--My Baby (live)
Lady Bianca--Daddy Blues Was a Witness
The Marriott Jazz Quintet--The Basement Room
Denise LaSalle--Don't Pick It Up
Buddy Guy--Done Got Old; Keep It to Myself (alternate take); Trouble Man
Mick Jagger--Think
The Rolling Stones--Down In the Hole
Tim Berne--Thin Ice
Mofro--Florida
Trailer Bride--Thankful Dirt
The Del-Vetts--Last Time Around
*Plus: Jane Bright on the gutting of the Clean Air Act
---Retroactive #356--July 14, 2001:
Alejandro Escovedo--Don't Need You
Big Maybelle--Ramblin' Blues
The Morells--Hair of the Dog
Marion Williams--The New Gospel Train
The Casey Neill Trio--Lowground (live)
Queen Ida & her Bon Temps Zydeco Band--Chere Duloone (live)
The '5' Royales--Alrighty!
The Who--Glow Girl
Lady Bianca--Lyin' to Me
The Ori Kaplan Percussion Ensemble--Crisis Dream
Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
John Fahey--Requiem for John Hurt
Robert Earl Keen--Down That Dusty Trail (live)
The Detroit Cobras--Won't You Dance With Me
Fischer-Z--So Long
Lucinda Williams--Blue
J.C. Burris--Loneliness
Rachel Sweet--Wildwood Saloon (live)
The Tailgators--Hog Groove
///Fred Neil (1937-2001):
Dion--The Dolphins
Roy Orbison--Candy Man///
Deborah Coleman--Torn In Two
Debbie Davies--Love the Game
Dan Blunck--Fringe Theatre
Sister Betsy--Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Betsy Holt--I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (2001 version)
The Byrds--I Trust; Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Arlo Guthrie--Do Re Mi (live, 1/68)
Pete Seeger--Curly Headed Baby (live, 1/68)
Woody Guthrie--Tom Joad, Pts. 1 & 2; Dirty Overalls; Chain Around My Leg
Robert Barry & Fred Anderson--Dark Day
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Coffee-Flavored Kisses
Jimmy Burns--Shake Your Boogie
*Plus: Mock PSA: Students for a Drug-Free White House
---Retroactive #355--July 7, 2001:
Buddy Moss--Pushin' It
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Ain't Gonna Hush
Vic Chesnutt--Thought You Were My Friend
Irma Thomas--Old Records
Albert Ammons--Monday Struggle
June Tabor & Oysterband--All Tomorrow's Parties
The Velvet Underground--I Can't Stand It
Lady Bianca--Blues Fonk
Chris Smither--Help Me Now
Jane Ira Bloom--Many Landscapes
Hank Williams--I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Tennessee Ernie Ford--Mule Train
Fastbacks--The Buried Treasure Was Crap
The Hentchmen--Accusatory
Koko Taylor--Yes, It's Good for You
Beat Happening--Revolution Come and Gone
Marcia Ball--You Make Me Happy
///Guitarist-producer Chet Atkins (1924-2001):
Elvis Presley--I Need Your Love Tonight
Janis Martin--Good Love
Ray Charles with George Jones & Chet Atkins--We Didn't See a Thing
Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins--In the Jailhouse Now///
Big Time Sarah--Jump!
Love--No Matter What You Do
The Wailers--I Got Me (alternate take)
The Sadies--Loved On Look
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Honey Can You Hang Around
The Butchies--For Kay
Steve Earle--Halo 'Round the Moon (live)
Rachel's--M. Daguerre
Mississippi John Hurt--Frankie
Lorne Greene--Ringo
Ringo Starr--Vertical Man
Sweet Miss Coffy--Let's Stay Together
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Mama, Mama (Rusty, Dusty Blues); Deacon Jones;
Somebody Done Changed the Lock On My Door
Louis Jordan--Ooo Wee
Joy of Cooking--Three-Day Loser; Humpty Dumpty; Bad Luck Blues
Terry Garthwaite--Movin' In the Night; Robbin's Nest
Joe Bonner--We Will Be Together
Percy Mayfield--Lost Love (Baby Please)
*Plus: Verna Avery Brown on greed in the energy business
---Retroactive #354--June 30, 2001:
Barbara Lewis--Ask the Lonely
Chris Whitley--The Crystal Ship
Charles Brown--You Changed My Life
Jenn August--All the Wrong Reasons
J.C. Burris--Moving On
Ann Cole--Summer Nights
Harmonica Shah--Old Hound Dog
Sue Foley--Am I Worthy
Bo Diddley--Willie and Lillie
Los Lobos--Run Away With You
Richard 'Groove' Holmes--Slo Blooze
Joni Mitchell--The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines
Tim Curry--I Do the Rock
Earth, Wind & Fire--September
Alejandro Escovedo--Wedding Day
Deborah Coleman--Crazy
Andre Williams--Andre Williams Is Movin'
Sleater-Kinney--Things You Say
The Plimsouls--Zero Hour (1980 version)
Johnny Adams--Cookin' In Style
Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys--You Knock Me Out
Bobby Barnes--The Skate
Little Richard--Good Golly Miss Molly
Kevin White--Flower 4-U
Nico--Somewhere There's a Feather
Big Time Sarah--Red Dress
Tim Berne--Twisted/Straight Jacket
Eddie Floyd--Why Is the Wine Sweeter (On the Other Side)
Lena Horne--What Is This Thing Called Love
Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva--Swinging On a Star
The Band--Katie's Been Gone (alternate take); Stage Fright; King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (alternate take)
Robbie Robertson--Take Your Partner By the Hand
Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble--Skinwalker
Karl Denson--Rumpwinder
Odetta, Dr. John & friends--Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks--Walking Blues
Earl King--You'll Remember Me
Dead Moon--40 Miles of Bad Road
The Detroit Cobras--Boss Lady
---Retroactive #353--June 23, 2001:
Red House Painters--Kavita
Big Time Sarah--The Sky Is Crying
Joe Liggins--Pink Champagne
Tammy Wynette--I Stayed Long Enough
Mose Allison--City Home
Carrie Robinson--Power to Live Right
Richard & Linda Thompson--When I Get to the Border
Bob Brozman--Soakin' Wet With the Blues
Annie Gallup--The Sky
Keiko Matsui--Torches of the Earth
///John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)--I'm In the Mood (1951 version); Weepin' Willow Blues; 21 Boogie
John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt--I'm In the Mood (1989 version)
Leon Thomas--Boom-Boom-Boom///
Tracy Nelson--I Must Be Crazy
The Minus 5--Ghost Tarts of Stockholm
The Detroit Cobras--Stupidity
C.O.C.O.--C.O.C.O.
Holly Golightly--Feel Something
Jane Ira Bloom--Now You See It
Paul McCartney/The Beatles/Super Furry Animals--Free Now
Paul McCartney with Carl Davis--War (first movement from Liverpool Oratorio)
Paul & Linda McCartney--Smile Away
Paul McCartney--No Other Baby
Memphis Minnie--Remember Me Blues; Ma Rainey; Me and My Chauffeur Blues
The Beach Boys--The Night Was So Young; Don't Worry Baby
Brian Wilson--Back Home; 'Til I Die (both live, LA, 4/00)
Robert Barry & Fred Anderson--Off Blue
A Perfect Blend--Silhouettes
Rita Chiarelli--Loving You (Is Killing Me)
Big Joe Turner--I'm Still In the Dark
Dusty 45s--Little Shack
---Retroactive #352--June 16, 2001:
Dave Alvin--Dry River
Patty Griffin--Mary (live)
Katie Webster--It's Mighty Hard
The Meters--Stay Away
Joe Ely--Up On the Ridge (live, 1/99)
Etta James--Fire
Alejandro Escovedo--Wave
The Marriott Jazz Quintet--Eastern Passage
Doris Troy--Say Yeah Yeah (live, 1963)
The Eligibles--Car Trouble
Irma Thomas--You Can Think Twice
Bobby Lucure--I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Harmonica Shah--Big Boss Man
///Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001)--Get Out of Town; Let's Get Lost///
The Sadies--Mother of Earth
Lucinda Williams--Reason to Cry
The Detroit Cobras--Hey Sailor (Hey Sah-Lo-Ney)
The Kronos Quartet--Tonight Is the Night (live)
Emily Syrja & Ina Vitale--Relaxation (performed live on this show)
Karl Denson--A Shorter Path #2
Dakota Staton--Mean to Me; Moonglow; A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
The Kinks--Situation Vacant; David Watts; Rainy Day In June
Cindy Blackman--Our Blues
Stacey Earle--Silly You (Dear Sweet Peggy)
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox
J.C. Burris--Hand Jive
---Retroactive #351--June 9, 2001:
Teddy Wilson--Fine and Dandy
Ray Wylie Hubbard--Sugar Cane
Rosalie Sorrels & Utah Phillips--I Am a Union Woman
The Dark Bob--You Keep Comin' at Me
Taj Mahal--Crossroads (The Crossroad Blues)
Buddy Guy--It's a Jungle Out There
Sister Betsy--Give It Up or Let Me Go
The Casey Neill Trio--Angola (live)
Cecil Gant--Loose as a Goose
Irma Thomas--The New Rules
Brother Jack McDuff--Pettin' the Cat
Shuggie Otis--Strawberry Letter 23
Alejandro Escovedo--Castanets
The Detroit Cobras--He Did It
The Morells--Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
Ann Cole--Down In the Valley
///Marvin 'Smokey' Montgomery (1912-2001):
The Light Crust Doughboys--Gulf Coast Blues///
///John Hartford (1937-2001)--Tall Tall Grass///
Andras Jones--Mystery Behind
Veda Hille--One Hot Summer
Bucky Halker--Rebel Girl
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan--Satisfied
Elliott Sharp's Terraplane--Work or Leave
Townes Van Zandt--Katie Belle (live, 1995)
Mary Chapin Carpenter--This Is Me Leaving You
The Lewis Trio--Obba-In
Nick Drake--I Was Made to Love Magic; Time Has Told Me; Time of No Reply
Field of Blue--Fruit Tree
The Shirelles--Everybody Loves a Lover; Baby It's You; Stop the Music
Howlin' Wolf--My Last Affair; Down In the Bottom; Oh Red
Robert Barry & Fred Anderson--We
Deborah Coleman--You're With Me
Tim Buckley--Honey Man
Big Time Sarah--Train I Ride (Mystery Train)
The Chairmen of the Board--Feelin' Alright
---Retroactive #350--June 2, 2001:
Ike Turner & his Kings of Rhythm (Little Milton, vocal)--You Can't Winnum All
Ted Hawkins--The Lost Ones (live)
Debbie Davies--Grow Up, Grow Old
Bruce Cockburn--The Mines of Mozambique (live)
Deborah Coleman--Deserted Highway
Little Richard--Groovy Little Suzy
Asleep at the Wheel--I've Been Everywhere
Floyd Dixon--I Wanna Rock Now
Stanley Turrentine & Shirley Scott--Trouble
Alice Cooper--Generation Landslide
Lee Roy Parnell with Delbert McClinton--South By Southwest
Oscar Toney, Jr.--Down In Texas
Rosalie Sorrels--Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Dobie Gray--So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away)
///Boozoo Chavis (1930-2001)--Suzy Q (live, 1994); I'm Ready Me; You Act Sick When Your Man Is Home
NRBQ--Boozoo, That's Who///
The Duffy Bishop Band--Wild Women
Ennis In Theory--Down to the City
Muddy Waters--I Feel So Good (live, 1960)
Greg Brown & friends--You Got to Move (live, 1999)
Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--Love Don't Change
Dan Blunck--South Island
Gary U.S. Bonds--Seven Day Weekend
Gary U.S. Bonds & the American Men--Standing In the Line of Fire
Peggy Lee--You Don't Know
The Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Peggy Lee--Why Don't You Do Right?
Peggy Lee with the Dave Barbour Orchestra--I Don't Know Enough About You
Mott the Hoople--Backsliding Fearlessly; Violence; The Journey
Ian Hunter--I Wish I Was Your Mother (live, 1980)
Genya Ravan with Ian Hunter--Junkman
The Bruce Katz Band--Jet Lag
Maceo Parker with Ani DiFranco--Coin Toss
Cyril Neville--All By Myself
---Retroactive #349--May 26, 2001:
---All Texas Show
Glen Clark--Old Enough to Know Better
The Pozo-Seco Singers--Look What You've Done
Rosie Flores--West Texas Plains
The Sir Douglas Quintet--Beginning of the End
Barbara Lynn--(Oh Baby) We Got a Good Thing Goin' (live, 1963)
Wayne Hancock--Flat Land Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins--Bunion Stew
Kelly Willis--They're Blind
Jerry Jeff Walker--Gettin' By
Freddie King--That's Alright
Herb Ellis & Barney Kessel--Contrary-Ness
Willis Alan Ramsey--Muskrat Candlelight
Eliza Gilkyson--Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Joe Tex--A Sweet Woman Like You
Moon Mullican--Rocket to the Moon
Alejandro Escovedo--Rosalie
True Believers--We're Wrong
Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies--Brownie Stomp
Angela Strehli--Go On
Greezy Wheels--Country Music and Friends
Michael Murphey--Alleys of Austin
Ella Mae Morse--Tennessee Saturday Night
Jesse Lee Turner--The Little Space Girl
Roky Erickson & the Aliens--Cold Night for Alligators
Bubble Puppy--Hot Smoke and Sasafrass
Tom Russell--When Sinatra Played Juarez
Lou Ann Barton--Maybe
Will Taylor--Weminuche Wilderness
Freddy Fender--Secret Love
Texas Tornados--Laredo Rose (live)
Boz Scaggs--Hello My Love; Runnin' Blue
T-Bone Walker--Life Is Too Short; I Know Your Wig Is Gone; Get These Blues Off Me
Nanci Griffith--It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go (live)
Delbert McClinton--When Rita Leaves
Karen Abrahams with the Austin Lounge Lizards--White Rabbit (live)
Zeitgeist--She Digs Ornette
Ornette Coleman--Air Ship
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--12th Street Rag; Maiden's Prayer
Willie Nelson--The Healing Hands of Time (live)
Katy Moffatt--Stoned at the Jukebox
---Retroactive #348--May 19, 2001:
Mike Auldridge & Old Dog--Bud's Bounce
Fran Gray--Blues Stay Away from Me
William Bell--I Forgot to Be Your Lover
Beck--Lonesome Whistle (live)
Laura Cantrell--The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter
Eddie Snow--Ain't That Right
Alvin Youngblood Hart--Hellhound On My Trail
Tracy Nelson--Still Not Out of the Woods
The Nighthawks--Orphanage des Elephants
///Perry Como (1912-2001)--Prisoner of Love (1946)
James Brown--Prisoner of Love (1963)///
Rita Chiarelli--Woman In Blue
Solomon Burke--Cruel World (live)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Green Shirt
Marcia Ball--Thibodaux, Louisiana
Unwound--Look a Ghost
The Now Time Delegation--Gettin' the Corners
Otis Redding--I'm a Changed Man
The Morells--Rock Bottom
Debbie Davies--Funky Little Teapot
Red House Painters--Golden
Bessie Jones--Nana Thread Needle
The Young Fresh Fellows--Good Time Rock & Roll
Jazz on the Latin Side All-Stars--Jazz on the Latin Side
Pete Townshend--Anyway Anyhow Anywhere (live, 1999)
Gladys Knight & the Pips--If I Were Your Woman
///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash:
Dave Lippman--My Favorite Songs
Jamie Ness--Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Lucy Kaplansky--It Ain't Me Babe
Guy Davis--Sweetheart Like You (2001 version)
Bob Dylan--Blind Willie McTell (live, 8/98); Every Grain of Sand; Return to Me///
---Retroactive #347--May 12, 2001:
Robert B. Jones--Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Kristina Olsen--Lousy Night for Music
Mr. Sad Head--Sad Head Blues
The Morells--Home In My Hand
John Prine--If She Were You
Big Mama Thornton--Life Goes On
Harmonica George--Sputnik Music
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant--Lover
Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers--Don't Tell Your Mama, Don't Tell Your Papa
Lucinda Williams--Essence
John Stetch--Heavens of a Hundred Days
The Intruders--I'll Always Love My Mama
Gino Washington--Come Monkey With Me
Michelle Malone--Hello
Sleepy LaBeef--This Train
Funky Blues Messiahs--Runnin' from Algiers
Bobby Blue Bland--Close to You
Michelle Willson--Bring It Home to Me
The BVDC String Band--Father, Mother
Greg Brown--Pledging My Time
Rita Chiarelli--Midnight In Berlin
Eddie Floyd--Bring It On Home to Me
Janis Martin--Little Bit
Ani DiFranco--Harvest/Kazoointoit
Mark Lanegan--One Way Street
The Meters--A Mother's Love
The BellRays--Have a Little Faith In Me (2000 version)
The Tony Grasso Saxophone Quartet--Calder's Universe
Ritchie Valens--That's My Little Suzie
Betty Carter--30 Years
Taj Mahal--But I Rode Some
Stevie Wonder--Village Ghetto Land; Contusion
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder--What's That You're Doing?
Arthur Alexander--In the Middle of It All (1972 version); Mr. John; It Hurts to Want It So Bad
The William Parker Quartet--Moon
Ranch Romance--What's Wrong With You
Jimmy Abraham--Mama Sang the West Cattle Call
Patti Smith--Wing (live, 3/00)
The Holmes Brothers--Farther Along
Eddie Daniels--I Wanna Know
---Retroactive #346--May 5, 2001:
John Hammond--Heartattack and Vine
Almeda Riddle--Jesse James
Laura Cantrell--Two Seconds
Amos Milburn--Rooming House Boogie
Los Lobos--The Giving Tree
Ann Cole & the Claudiettes--I Want to Be a Big Girl
Rosie Flores--Blue Side of Town
Henry Gray--Times Are Getting Hard
The Soft Boys--Like a Real Smoothie
The Lewis Trio--Gongo
Laura Freeman--Coffee Dance
Delbert McClinton--Gotta Get It Worked On
R.L. Burnside--Poor Boy
Linda Thompson--I'm a Dreamer
The Rolling Stones--Dead Flowers (live, 1995)
Buckwheat Zydeco--Beast of Burden (live)
Robert Hoyt--Lonely Road
The Now Time Delegation--Raise Your Hand
The Noses--D.T.G.
Marcia Ball--Shake a Leg
Oscar Toney, Jr.--Any Day Now
Sister Betsy--I Been Tryin'
John Randall Pelosi--Li Nostro Cavallo de Battaglia
Peggy Lee--Them There Eyes
Jimmy Ruffin--What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Mary Lou Williams--Olinga
Judy Collins--Suzanne
Sam & Dave--Don't Pull Your Love Out
James Brown--Funky Drummer; Good Rockin' Tonight; Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (live, 1966)
The John Schroeder Orchestra--Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Debbie Davies--She's Taking Notes
*Plus: James Brown's 'Stay In School' PSA and an ad for his 1970 tour
---Retroactive #345--April 28, 2001:
June Tabor--April Morning
Cephas & Wiggins--Ain't No Lovin' Baby Now
The Tex-i-an Boys--Chisholm Trail
Maggie & Pam--Jukebox Dancing
Love--Hummingbirds (demo)
The Minus 5--Great News Around You
Debbie Davies--Can't Find the Blues
Henry Gray--How Many More Years
Marcia Ball--Louella
The Raspberries--Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
Aretha Franklin--Without Love
Big Star--O My Soul
Buckwheat Zydeco--Hard to Stop (live)
The Now Time Delegation--Little Miss Fortune
Lewis Clark--Dog (Ain't a Man's Best Friend)
The Bruce Katz Band--In the Shadow
Annie Gallup--Three Bills
The Move--The Minister
Buddy Halker--Do Re Mi
Margie Joseph--What You Gonna Do
Del Rey--Nothing In Rambling
Alejandro Escovedo--Across the River
The Keith Henson Octet--Amalgamation
Blossom Dearie--They Say It's Spring; Dearie's Blues
Willie Nelson--I'd Rather You Didn't Love Me; Night and Day; Me and Paul
Kimmie Rhodes with Willie Nelson--Hard Promises to Keep
The Chick Webb Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald--A Little Bit Later On; I Got the Spring Fever Blues
Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie--The Sanford and Son Theme; Cole Porter Medley: Too Darn Hot/It's All
Right With Me (live, 1972)
Ella Fitzgerald--Black Coffee (1960 version)
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers--Descarga On Las Palmas
Robert Ward--Two Steps From the Blues
Harry Johnson--It's Nothing to Me
Martha Schuyler Thompson--Road Kill
*Plus: Willie Nelson for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
---Retroactive #344--April 21, 2001:
Ivory Joe Hunter--Guess Who
Faye Adams--The Hammer (Keeps A-Knockin')
Ann Rabson--Music Makin' Mama
Jan Van de Mel & friends--I Don't Want to See You Again
Connee Boswell--Blue Skies
Luke Jones--Jump the Boogie
Anthony Rochester--Animals Were Harmed
Alejandro Escovedo--Rhapsody
Debbie Davies--Worst Kinda Man
Matt Wilson--Love Walked In
The Rivingtons--Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
///Joey Ramone (1952-2001) with Andy Shernoff--I Wanna Be Sedated (live, 11/91)
Ramones--Swallow Your Pride; I'm Against It; Spider-Man
Ronnie Spector--Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (1980 version)///
The Holmes Brothers--Homeless Child
Robert Hoyt--I Hate Money
Ani DiFranco--Imagine That
The Soft Boys--Tonight
Amy Ray--Johnny Rottentail
Henry Gray--Everybody's Fishin'
Marcia Ball--Scene of the Crime
Giljunko--Quit Your Lowdown Ways
Suzzy & Maggie Roche--Clothes Line Saga
Buckwheat Zydeco--Trouble (live)
The Keith Henson Octet--Recorda-Me
Ma Rainey--Wringin' and Twistin' Blues
Dar Williams--In Love But Not at Peace
Johnny Horton--Lovers Rock
George Bedard & the Kingpins--I'm Coming Home
Ann Peebles--Give Me Some Credit; 99 Pounds
Iggy Pop--Chains
Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson--Candy
The Stooges--We Will Fall; 1970
(Iggy &) the Stooges--Gimme Danger
Tim Berne--Hard Cell
The Magnolia Sisters--Mon Dernier Bonsoir
Red Allen with Frank Wakefield--My Sweet Love Ain't Around
*Plus: The host quoted from Johnny J. Blair's "The Sunny Side of Joey Ramone" (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
---Retroactive #343--April 14, 2001:
---Seventh Anniversary Show
Sunnyland Slim--Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Trailer Bride--From the Rooftop
Rosie Flores--Bring It On
Greg Brown--Rexroth's Daughter
Mahalia Jackson--Dig a Little Deeper
Barbara Acklin--Be By My Side
Bob Luman--Oh Lonesome Me (live)
Spanic Boys--Look Up
Buckwheat Zydeco--Put It In the Pocket (live)
Angela Strehli--20% Alcohol
The Bruce Kutz Band--Way Down Time
Chet Baker--You Don't Know What Love Is
Prince & the N.P.G.--7
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Don't You Just Know It (live, 1964)
Carrie Smith--Confessin' the Blues
Willie Dixon--The Seventh Son
Charlie Karp--Taxed to Death
Junior Parker--Taxman
Cheap Trick--Taxman, Mr. Thief
The Impressions--It's Hard to Believe
Dolly Parton--Seven Bridges Road
Mary McCaslin--Pinball Wizard
Henry Gray--They Raided the Joint
Carolyn Breuer--Fate Smiles On Those Who Stay Cool
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Baby Take It Easy
Bessie Smith--I'm Wild About That Thing; Lock and Key
Muddy Waters--My Home Is In the Delta; Close to You
Dusty Springfield--No Easy Way Down; Exclusively for Me; Little By Little
Matthew Shipp's New Orbit--Syntax
John Trudell--Graffiti Man
Nick Lowe & his Cowboy Outfit--7 Nights to Rock
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band--American Skin (41 Shots) (live, 2000)
---Retroactive #342--April 7, 2001:
Chris Nole--Voodoo Rag
Freddie Scott--Never You Mind
Swamp Mama Johnson--Drivin' Heart
Steve Forbert--One Short Year Gone By
The Holmes Brothers--Love Train
Laura Cantrell--Not the Tremblin' Kind
Alex Chilton--There Will Never Be Another You
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders--Bartender's Boogie
Rockin' Dopsie--Foot Stompin' Zydeco
Tim Berne--Heavy Mental
Johnny London--Drivin' Slow
Hank Williams--Settin' the World On Fire
Hadda Brooks--Time Was When
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Twist and Shout (live, 1964)
Sonny Rollins--Salvador
The Kingbees--The Big Rock
The BellRays--Zero P.M.
Sleepy LaBeef--Night Train to Memphis
Martha Schuyler Thompson--Whistling In the Dark
Gretchen Peters--Like Water Into Wine
Oscar Toney, Jr.--No Sad Songs
The Band--Jawbone
The Rob McConnell Tentet--Manha de Carnival
Carl Perkins--Pink Pedal Pushers (1958 version)
Family--Top Of the Hill
Billie Holiday--On the Sunny Side Of the Street; No Good Man
Carmen McRae--Sunday (live, 1972)
Richard Thompson--The Sights and Sounds of London Town (live); Little Blue Number;
That's All, Amen, Close the Door
Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson--Big Chimney
Sun Ra & his Arkestra--The World Of the Invisible
Low--Overhead
---Retroactive #341--March 24, 2001:
Norman Blake--I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
Kristina Olsen--Come On In My Kitchen
The Meters--What More Can I Do
Big Bill Morganfield--Troubles
///John Phillips (1935-2001)--Mississippi
The Mamas & the Papas--Look Through My Window///
E.C. Scott--You Got the Wrong Number
The Young Fresh Fellows--Barky's Spiritual Store
Cyril Neville--I'm Ready
Ella Fitzgerald--My Baby Likes to Rebop
Matt Wilson--Stompin' Grounds
Roy Orbison--Trying to Get to You
Sara Lee--Grace
Oscar Toney, Jr.--Turn On Your Lovelight
T Bone Burnett--Hefner and Disney
Low--Laser Beam
The Now Time Delegation--Handle Me With Care
Terry Evans--Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
The Shy--Walkin' Along
Laura Cantrell--Big Wheel
Delbert McClinton--Livin' It Down
Zora Young--My Man's An Undertaker
Sam & Dave--You Got Me Hummin'
Chris Smither--Rock'n'Roll Doctor
The Soft Boys--Kingdom of Love
Robert Hoyt--Christopher Street Station Busking Song
Sun Ra & his Arkestra--The Embassy of the Living God
Sue Foley--The Wind; How Strong; Love Sick Child
Nick Lowe--Failed Christian; Dose of You; Lovers Jamboree
Sarah Vaughan--How High the Moon (live, 1957); Ooh-Whatcha Doin' to Me; Sassy's Blues (live, 7/63)
The Alex Blake Quintet featuring Pharoah Sanders--Mystery of Love
Martha Schuyler Thompson--The Road to Salvation
Andras Jones--The Six Million Dollar Ken
---Retroactive #340--March 17, 2001:
---All '60s Show
Lawrence Comp--Moon Beams
James Brown--I'll Go Crazy
The Beachcombers--Farmer John
Mary Wells--Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right
The Animals--See See Rider
Lorraine Ellison--The Hurt Came Back Again
The Marketts--Out of Limits
Buck Owens & the Buckaroos--Tall Dark Stranger
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Eyes of Amber
Family--Summer of '67
Mighty Sam (McClain)--Baby Come On Home
Wanda Jackson--Who Shot Sam
The Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio--Speak Low
The Rolling Stones--Live With Me
Etta James--842-3089 (Call My Name)
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Combination of the Two (live, 4/68)
The Gentlemen--It's a Crying Shame
Karen Verros--You Just Gotta Know My Mind
Rodger Collins--She's Looking Good
Nina Simone--Trouble In Mind
Mose Allison--I Don't Worry About a Thing
The Chieftains--Sweeney's/Denis Murphy's/The Scartaglen Polka
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem--The Rising Of the Moon
Them--Philosophy
Irma Thomas--Gone
The Dave Clark Five--Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)
Solomon Burke--(Won't You Give Him) One More Chance
Dusty Springfield--I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
Sly & the Family Stone--You Can Make It If You Try
Manfred Mann Chapter Three--Mister, You're a Better Man Than I
Don Cherry--Eternal Rhythm, Pt. 1 (live, 1968)
Ornette Coleman--European Echoes (live, 1965)
Nat 'King' Cole--Dear Lonely Hearts
Lightnin' Hopkins--The Foot Race Is On
Aretha Franklin--Chain of Fools (unedited version)
Wilson Pickett--I'm Not Tired
P.P. Arnold--Though It Hurts Me Badly
The Beatles--Doctor Robert
Phil Ochs--The Flower Lady
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--Mother Earth
Sun Ra & his Arkestra--Otherness Blue
The Sonics--Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark
J.B. Hutto--Please Help
Viola Wills--You're Out Of My Mind
The Kinks--I'm Not Like Everybody Else
*Plus: Wolfman Jack; Ravi Shankar's anti-drug PSA
---Retroactive #339--March 10, 2001:
---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show
Blind Blake--Diddie Wa Diddie
Rose Reiter--No Thank You
Zora Young--Girl Friend
Louis Myers--Top Of the Harp
///Malcolm Yelvington (1918-2001)--It's Me, Baby///
Patty Larkin--Johnny Was a Pyro (live)
Jimmy Burns--Monkey Time
Gladys Knight & the Pips--(I've Got to Use My) Imagination
Elliott Murphy--Graveyard Scrapbook
The Mahavishnu Orchestra--Sister Andrea
Marcia Ball--Hot Tamale Baby; Why Women Cry; Daddy Said
Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics--C-A Boogie
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Guided By Wire
Eddie Floyd--Raise Your Hand (live)
Sly & the Family Stone--Dance to the Medley: Music Is Alive/Dance In/Music Lover;
Somebody's Watching You; Love City
Eddi Reader--The Wanting Kind
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise--Baby (live)
Etta James--Someone to Watch Over Me
Laika & the Cosmonauts--Point Of No Return
Al Berard & Errol Verret--Let's Dance Two-Step
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--My Confession
The Griswolds--Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels with Emmylou Harris--Big Mouth Blues (live, 1973)
Dusty Springfield--Tupelo Honey
Jimmy Edwards--Love Bug Crawl
Dolly Cooper--Time Brings About a Change
Roddy Jackson--Hiccups
---Retroactive #338--March 3, 2001:
---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show
Mo Mack & Company--Waiting For a Train
Carla Olson--Touch
Memphis Minne--Bumble Bee
///John Fahey (1939-2001)--Lion
Leo Kottke--The Last Steam Engine Train///
Iris DeMent--After You're Gone
Alberta Adams--Say Baby Say
Big Maybelle--Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Jerry Lee Lewis--Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Professor Longhair--Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Martha Schuyler Thompson--Just a Little Bit Dull
John Trudell--That Love
Nick Drake--From the Morning
Allen Toussaint--Wrong Number
The Corn Sisters--Fist City (live, 5/98)
Little Richard--Rip It Up (alternate take)
Sleater-Kinney--Not What You Want
The Minus 5 (Robyn Hitchcock, guest vocal)--Your Day Will Come, Pts. 1 & 2
Robyn Hitchcock--Cynthia Mask
Wanda Jackson--Rock Your Baby
The Staple Singers--If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
Lloyd Price--Have You Ever Had the Blues; Lady Luck
Rosie Flores--Lovin' In Vain
Doc & Merle Watson--Bottle of Wine
Mary Ann McCall--Money Is Honey
Alison Krauss & Union Station--Everytime We Say Goodbye
Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis--Jambalaya
Zigaboo Modeliste--Gonna Have a Party
Toni Price--Blue Sky Lonely (live)
Dick Dale--Trail of Tears
Sleepy LaBeef--Bright Lights, Big City
June Tabor--Shameless Love
Four Bitchin' Babes--Toe to Toe With the HMO
---Retroactive #337--February 24, 2001:
Mattie Delaney--Tallahatchie River Blues
Chris Smither--I Am the Ride
Oscar Brown, Jr.--Opportunity Please Knock
Mary Kadderly--Baby (You Got What It Takes)
Shirley Gunter & the Queens--What Difference Does It Make
The Bunch--Crazy Arms
File Gumbo--Do Re Mi (Forget About the Do and Think About Me)
Sue Foley--You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Otis Redding--Little Ol' Me
Rikiya Yamashita--Full Moon
The Donays--Devil In His Heart
Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--Woman On the Move
The Shy--Don't Walk Away
Willie King & the Liberators--Pickens County Payback
The Young Fresh Fellows--I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight
The Donnas--Are You Gonna Move It for Me
Dave Fischoff--Propaganda for a Comic Strip
Alejandro Escovedo--I Was Drunk
Martha Schuyler Thompson--A Little Time for Me
Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble--The Vanishing Breed
Leon Thomas--The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)
Dinah Washington--Dream
John Trudell--Tina Smiled
The Alex Blake Quintet featuring Pharoah Sanders--On the Spot
Ida Cox--'Fore Day Creep
Mildred Bailey--Rockin' Chair
George Harrison--Beware of Darkness (demo); Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
Fats Domino--Boogie Woogie Baby; My Happiness; Country Boy
Michelle Shocked--Quality of Mercy; Come a Long Way (live)
Marshall Chapman--I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash--I Forgot to Remember to Forget; Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955); Tennessee Flat Top Box
Rodney Crowell featuring Johnny Cash--I Walk the Line (Revisited)
---Retroactive #336--February 17, 2001:
Billy Sheets--Welcome to the Club
Edith Wilson--Mistreatin' Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson--See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Kathy Kallick--Burying Ground
Denice Franke--Little Bit of Poison
The Old 97s--Singular Girl
Aaron Neville--Why Worry
Buddy Holly--Don't Come Back Knockin'
Martha Schuyler Thompson--I Can Always Find My Way Back Home
Either/Orchestra--Insomnia
Bobby Marchan--There's Something On Your Mind, Pt. 2
The (Rockin') Rebels--Wild Weekend
The Shirelles--Boys
Gerry Goffin--Masquerade
LaVern Baker--Still
Roxy Music--Street Life
The Minus 5--John Barleycorn Must Live
Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs--In the Bottom
Deborah Coleman--Shake Me
Low--Dinosaur Act
Roberta Donnay--Graffiti
The Make-Up--I Am If...
Tom Dooley & the Love Lights--Tight Rope
Matthew Shipp's New Orbit--Chi
Lou Ann Barton--Tear Me Apart
Johnny Winter--Georgianna
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--My Business, Your Pleasure
Irma Thomas--Somebody Told You
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Dance Me Around
Gene Pitney--I'm Gonna Be Strong
Yoko Ono & Ima--Where Do We Go from Here
Nina Simone--Plain Gold Ring; The Pusher; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Gerry Gibbs & Third Trio from the Sun--Actual Proof
Tower of Power--What Is Hip?
Ella Fitzgerald--Sugarfoot Rag
Rosco Gordon--No More Doggin'
---Retroactive #335--February 10, 2001:
Timothy E. Pate--Country Fair
The Corn Sisters--Howling at Midnight (live, 5/98)
Honeyboy Edwards--Farther On Up the Road
Eliza Gilkyson--Highway
Totally Gourdeous--Turtle
The Byrds--I Come and Stand at Every Door
Ellen McIlwaine--I Don't Want to Play
Arbee Stidham featuring Earl Hooker--Look at Me Straight In the Eye
Pinetop Perkins--Sweet Home Chicago
Bobby Hutcherson--I Am In Love
Phil Phillips & the Twilights--Sea of Love
///The J.J. Johnson (1924-2001) Sextet--Get Happy///
Martha Schulyer Thompson--Hell's Kitchen
Ray Charles--Early In the Morning
The Fabulous Poodles--Roll Your Own
Zora Young--Nutbush City Limits
Rosco Gordon--Memphis Tennessee
The Young Fresh Fellows--My Drum Set
Etta James--Hound Dog
Zak Borden--The Greener Side
Billy Stapleton--Real Gone Love
Joules Graves--Alone and All One
Eddy Clearwater--Suzy Q
Babatunde Lea--In Tune With Tune-Day
Lonnie Johnson--Mr. Johnson's Blues No. 2; I Done Told You
Shellyan Orphan--Buzzin' Fly
Tim Buckley--Once I Was; Sweet Surrender
///The Gerry Goffin-Carole King Songbook:
Earl-Jean--I'm Into Something Good
Dion--This Little Girl
The Persuasions--Another Night With the Boys (live)
Little Eva--Let's Start the Party Again
B.J. Thomas--A Fine Way to Go
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers--Don't Bring Me Down (live)
The Shy--Pleasant Valley Sunday
Carole King--One Fine Day (1980 version); Believe In Humanity///
The Nighthawks--'Round Midnight
Professor Longhair--Whole Lotta Loving; No Buts, No Maybes; Mess Around
---Retroactive #334--February 3, 2001:
Ted Hawkins--One Hundred Miles
Wanda Jackson--Money Honey
Maurice King & the Wolverines with Bea Baker--I Want a Lavender Cadillac
Kim Wilson--I've Been Searchin'
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--Candy Man/Talkin' Sailor Blues
Greg Brown--In the Going, Going Gone
Martha Schuyler Thompson--He's Got a Mind Of His Own
Zora Young--Feel Like Stroking
///Brother Jack McDuff (1926-2001)--Cold Duck Time
John Handy--Love for Brother Jack///
Nils Lofgren--Keith Don't Go (Ode to the Glimmer Twin)
Etta James--Miss You
The Minus 5--You Don't Mean It
Mary Lou Lord--Outdoor Miner
Zigaboo Modeliste--Tea Pot
The Shy--All That Matters
Jerry Lee Lewis--As Long As I Live (alternate take)
Minnie Riperton--Reasons
Eddi Reader--Prodigal Daughter
Wallace Coleman--Who's Been Talkin'
Kane Mathis--Bantam Ba Kouyate
Dolly Parton--A Tender Lie
Blind Blake--He's In the Jailhouse Now
The Alex Blake Quintet featuring Pharoah Sanders--Now Is the Time
Joe Ely--Oh Boy! (live, 1/99)
Lucinda Williams--Something About What Happens When We Talk (live)
Bob Marley & the Wailers--Guava Jelly
Big Time Sarah--Hoochie Coochie Woman
The Everly Brothers--Brand New Heartache; Ventura Boulevard; I'm Tired of Singing My Song In Las Vegas
Mary Gauthier--Mama Louisiana
Eric Bibb & Needed Time--Shingle By Shingle
Junior Wells--This Is the Blues
Angela Strehli with Doug Sahm--Too Late
Lou Ford--Alan Freed
---Retroactive #333--January 27, 2001:
---All Michigan Show
Johnny Powers--Me and My Rhythm Guitar
Johnnie Mae Matthews--Worried About You
The Trees--Do You Think About It Now (Feelin' Groovy)
Del Shannon--Handy Man
The Regina Carter Quartet--Don't Git Sassy
The Urbations--That Mellow Saxophone
Bettye LaVette--Almost (live, 1999)
Mary Wells--Old Love (Let's Try Again)
The White Stripes--Do
Milt Jackson--Sermonette
Aretha Franklin--Jimmy Lee
Wilson Pickett--In the Midnight Hour '87
The Scott Morgan Band--Detroit
Henry & June--Goin' Back to Memphis
Karen Monster--All Talk
MC5--Baby Won't Ya
See Dick Run--I Hate My Job
The Marvelettes--The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game
The Chenille Sisters--I Am a Can of Tuna
///Detroit blues set for Famous Coachman (1925-2000):
John Lee Hooker--John L's House Rent Boogie
Big Jack Reynolds--I Had a Little Dog
Alberta Adams--Don't Worry Me
(Famous Coachman's wildly popular Blues After Hours show ran on
WDET-FM/Detroit for more than two decades)///
Igloo--Banana Seat
The Shy--Who's Gonna Get You to Heaven
The Volebeats--Kala
Iggy Pop--Dog Food
Claudia Schmidt--Stop to Rest
James Carter--Blues For a Nomadic Princess
Stevie Wonder--I Was Made to Love Her
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Carolyn Crawford--My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)
Shorty Long--It's a Crying Shame (The Way You Treat a Good Man Like Me)
The Velvelettes--A Bird In the Hand (Is Worth Two In the Bush)
The Temptations--Since I Lost My Baby
Four Tops--I Got a Feeling
Jack Scott--Go Wild, Little Sadie
Nolan Strong & the Diablos--Baby Be Mine
Eddie Hazel--So Goes the Story
Robert B. Jones--Arnesia's Song
Was (Not Was)--Somewhere In America (There's a Street Named After My Dad)
The Geri Allen Trio--When Kabuya Dances
Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder--Rock & Roll
*Plus: Dr. Jack Van Impe; Robin Seymour; musicians John Patitucci & Willie Weeks
on Motown's legendary bassist, James Jamerson, Jr.
---Retroactive #332--January 20, 2001:
The Kathy Walker Band--Make It My Business
Roscoe Shelton & Earl Gaines--Someday Things Are Gonna Change
Zora Young--Pity Party
The Young Fresh Fellows--For the Love Of a Girl (2001 version)
Eddi Reader--Blues Run the Game
Oliver Mtukdzi--Mai Varamaba
The Sir Douglas Quintet--Bacon Fat
Ann Peebles--Beware
Johnny Astro--Shiny New Me
Little Anthony & the Imperials--Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop
Lou Reed--There Is No Time
Michael Coleman--Help Me
Sarah Brown--Pretty Little Poison
Wynonie Harris--Baby, Shame On You
Wallace Coleman--Dead Presidents
Palace of Oranges--Overcommited
Elaine Lucia--All I Want
Billy Branch with Bonnie Lee--I Got the Blues About My Baby
Buffy Sainte-Marie--My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying
Honeyboy Edwards--Blues Worry Me All the Time
Sonando--TemaFred
Django Reinhardt--Just One of Those Things; I Cover the Waterfront
Sam Cooke--Mean Old World
Terry Garthwaite--You Send Me
Janis Joplin--To Love Somebody
Etta James--Gotta Serve Somebody
Ruth Brown with the Delta Rhythm Boys--Sentimental Journey
Ruth Brown with Clyde McPhatter--I Gotta Have You
Ruth Brown--Mambo Baby; I Know; Destination Heartbreak
The Nighthawks--Bar Next to the Roxy
The Jim Basnight Thing--Red Light Moon
Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul Pena--What You Talkin' About
*Plus: KAOS' David Blanco on Leonard Peltier's case and AP News
on President Clinton denying his release
---Retroactive #331--January 13, 2001:
///James Carr (1942-2001)--A Man Needs a Woman; You Don't Want Me///
Janis Ian--God and the FBI
Giant Sand--Shiver
Ryan Adams with Emmylou Harris--Oh My Sweet Carolina
Mirah--Archipelago
Wallace Coleman--Homeless People
The Bronx Horns--Peace
Bix Beiderbecke with Frankie Trumbauer--Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Martha Schuyler Thompson--Roadhouse Blues
Zigaboo Modeliste--Black On Black Crime
Robert B. Jones--I Can't Play Like B.B. King
Faye Adams--You Ain't Been True
Sandman--Two Key Chains
Dorothy Love Coates--Strange Man
Paul McCartney--The Fool On the Hill (includes MLK speech excerpt) (live, 1990)
Willie King & the Liberators--Second Coming
Elaine Lucia--I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
George Washington & the Cherry Bombs--Crisco Party
Zora Young--Damn Your Eyes
Rosco Gordon--Cheese and Crackers (2000 version)
Rashied Ali/Peter Kowald/Assif Tsahar--Deals, Ideas and Ideals
Leadbelly with the Golden Gate Quartet--Can't You Line 'Em
Leadbelly--Midnight Special (Folkways version); He Was the Man
Barbara Lynn--Lynn's Blues; Don't Hit Me No More; What I Need Is Love
Elmore James--So Mean to Me; Look On Yonder Wall; Bobby's Rock
Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph--Handful of Gifts
Hadda Brooks--Dreamin' and Cryin'
*Plus: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech clips (1963-68) throughout
---Retroactive #330--January 6, 2001:
Peg Leg Sam--Before You Give It All Away
Kati Mac--New Year's Day
John Hiatt--What Do We Do Now
Louise Taylor--Your Face
The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group--Yes, I Do
Skip James--Lorenzo Blues
Robert B. Jones--Serious Road
Etta James--Rhymes
Jeff Palmer/John Abercrombie/Bob Leto--Dorloo
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly--Changing Times
Charles Sheffield--I Would Be a Sinner
Joyce Andersen--Devil's Fiddle
Ben Kaplan--Wine Starts Flowin'
Zigaboo Modeliste--Funky Nasty Cigarettes
Zora Young--Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain
Crabby Appleton--Go Back
Willie Nelson--Time of the Preacher
Patricia Barber--You Don't Know Me
Eddie Harris & Les McCann--Universal Prisoner
Mose Allison--Puttin' Up With Me
Johnny Otis with Mel Walker & Esther Phillips--Happy New Year, Baby
Bettye LaVette--Soul Tambourine
Forrest McDonald--Red Sunglasses
Richard Davis--Wind Flower
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Right or Wrong
Slim Harpo--Rainin' In My Heart
Elvis Presley--One Night; Baby Let's Play House
David Bowie--Panic In Detroit
Fotheringay--The Pond and the Stream
Sandy Denny--No More Sad Refrains; Who Knows Where the Time Goes (both live, 11/77); Ecoute Ecoute
Fairport Convention--Farewell, Farewell
Luiz Bueno & Badal Roy--Ana Flamengo
Ryan Adams--Call Me On Your Way Back Home
Dave Van Ronk--Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Shemekia Copeland--It's My Own Tears
Albert King--Crosscut Saw