---Retroactive #517--December 25, 2004:
Dordan--The Magic of the Night
Harry Hemsley--The Kids Go Carolling
The Blind Boys of Alabama with Solomon Burke--I Pray on Christmas
Etta James--Joy to the World
Paul Kelly & the Messengers--I Can't Believe We Were Married
Ron Sexsmith--Maybe This Christmas
Patty Griffin--Icicles
The Dandy Warhols--The Little Drummer Boy
The Penguins--A Christmas Prayer
The Asylum Street Spankers--Baby, It's Cold Outside (live, 12/00)
Christine McVie--Coventry Carol
The Sackville All-Stars--We Three Kings; Santa Claus Came In the Spring
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)
Kris Wiley/Kirk Fletcher/Joe Louis Walker/Juke Logan--Silver Bells
Iceberg Slim--Christmas Dressed In Blue
The Sonics--Don't Believe In Christmas
MxPx--Christmas Party
James Brown--Signs of Christmas
Sweetwater--God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Sarah Vaughan--Baubles, Bangles and Beads (live, 1963)
The Bobs--Christmas In L.A.
Nick Lowe--Wishing Well
Shawn Phillips--A Christmas Song
Peggy Lee--The Christmas Spell
1980--Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love--White Christmas (live, 2001)
Ringo Starr--Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be With You)
Carolyn Mark--Song for the Girl with Two of Everything
The Beach Boys--Winter Symphony
El Vez--Brown Christmas/Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (live)
The Persuasions--What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (1984 version)
Esther Phillips--Aged and Mellow Blues; I Could Have Told You So; I'm In the Mood for Love (Moody's Mood for Love)
The Pixies Three--Birthday Party
Larry Foster--The Story of Snoopy's Christmas
The Clumsy Lovers--Snoopy's Christmas
Nancy Wilson--The Christmas Waltz
Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--Rubber Ride
Loudon Wainwright III--Christmas Morning
David Grisman--Winter Wonderland
Santana--Posada (Pilgrimage to Bethlehem)
---Retroactive #516--December 18, 2004:
Bonnie Rideout--Gloomy Winter
Abbey Lincoln--Christmas Cheer
Elliott Smith--Pretty (Ugly Before)
Iris DeMent--I Shall Never Forget the Day
Graham Parker--Christmas Is for Mugs
Gary U.S. Bonds--Call Me for Christmas
Wes Lachot--Christmas Time Is the Only Time (I Think of You)
Mach Bell & his Elves--C'mon Santa!
Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson--Merry Christmas Baby
Jessica Lurie--Shut Yer Pie Hole
Stevie Wonder--The Day That Love Began
Archers of Loaf--Assassination on Xmas Eve
David Carswell & Megan Barnes--I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas
The Janiva Magness Band--Baby Baby Every Night
Marcia Ball--Three Hundred Pounds of Hongry
The Snakes (L.A.)--Santa's Gonna Rock
The Wailers--Shakedown
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum--If We Make It Through December
Sam & Dave--I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me About My Baby); Hold It Baby; Just Can't Get Enough
Tom Waits--Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis
Debroy Somers with Dan Donovan--On a Christmas Tree
Neko Case--The Train from Kansas City (live)
The Cannanes--Chia Pet
Elvis Presley--Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray--One World Family (live, 2000)
Kimberly 'KC' Allison--The Hellhound
James Booker--Junco Partner; Malaguena; After Hours/Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (all live)
Charles Brown with Johnny Otis--Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1994 version)
The Asylum Street Spankers--What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (live, 12/00)
Eugene McDaniels--Trapped
The Blasters--Red Rose (live, 2002)
Richard Thompson--One Door Opens
Nora Jean Bruso--Things Done Changed
The Emotions--From Toys to Boys
1st Class Lounge--Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
John Fahey & Terry Robb--The Holly and the Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol
---Retroactive #515--December 11, 2004:
Hadda Brooks--Trust In Me
Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men--Believe Me
Sand Rubies--Guns In the Churchyard
Tiny Topsy--Miss You So
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason--Ain't Gonna Buy It
Jimmy Lee Williams--Hoot Your Belly
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--Take It or Leave It
Lightnin' Hopkins--Black Cadillac
The Gourds--Lower 48
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts--Free Range Chicken
EG Kight--I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
Don Byron--Oi Tata
Leon Russell--She Belongs to Me
Detroit Junior--Rockin' After Midnight
The Flatlanders--Eggs Of Your Chickens
Blue Rodeo--Western Skies
El Vez--Now I Wanna Be Santa Claus (live)
Guided By Voices--Gonna Never Have to Die
The Sonics--Just Pickin' (live, 1963); Night Time Is the Right Time; Have Love, Will Travel
The Chymes--He's Not There Anymore
The Make Up--Feelin' Man
Sleater-Kinney--#1 Must-Have
Ani DiFranco--Bliss Like This
Simon & Garfunkel--Citizen of the Planet
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--Howdido (live, 1957)
The Klezorim--The Shepherd's Dream
Alice Coltrane--Blue Nile
The Vipers with Deb Cleveland--I Hate to See the Sun Go Down
Brenda Lee--Sweet Nothin's; Papa Noel; All Alone Am I
Professor Longhair--Something Is On Your Mind; Hey Little Girl; Her Mind Is Gone
Charlie Rich--C.C. Rider; The Milky White Way; Juice Head Baby (1992 version)
The Baby Gramps Trio--Satisfied Mind (live)
The Duffy Bishop Band--It's a Crime
Dinah Washington--Let Me Be the First to Know
---Retroactive #514--December 4, 2004:
Rory Block--Be Ready When He Comes
Julie Lee--Sojourner Truth
The Holmes Brothers--Opportunity to Cry
Casey Neill--Sisters of the Road
Carl Perkins--That's Right
The Ditty Bops--Wishful Thinking
Terry Callier--Just As Long As We're In Love
Laika & the Cosmonauts--Crosstown Canyon
Myra Melford & Han Bennink--Which Way Is That? (live)
Alison Krauss & Union Station--Wouldn't Be So Bad
Terry Evans--Where We Gonna Go
Jonathan Richman--Savador Dali
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Long Way Home
Steve Earle--The Seeker
Patty Griffin--Kite
Faces--Flags and Banners; Miss Judy's Farm (BBC, 1973); (I Know) I'm Losing You (BBC, 1971)
///Radio host extraordinaire John Peel (1939-2004) chats with the band at the start of their live BBC tracks///
J.B. Hutto--I Feel So Good
Neko Case--Rated X (live)
Titus Turner--Hold Your Lovin'
Dr. Lonnie Smith & David 'Fathead' Newman--Paper Tiger
Patti Smith--My Blakean Year
Andras Jones--Big White Building
Alejandro Escovedo--Put You Down
Cassandra Wilson--Never Broken; Show Me a Love; Piper
Mott the Hoople--Keep A-Knockin' (live, 9/70--includes 'Mean Woman Blues' and 'What'd I Say')
Little Richard--Crossover; All Around the World; Brown Sugar
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Heebie Jeebies
Don Covay--Ooh! My Soul
Mirah--Don't Die In Me
John Trudell--Johnny Damas and Me
---Retroactive #513--November 27, 2004:
Geater Davis--Sad Shade of Blue
Greg Brown--Wash My Eyes (live)
LaVern Baker--Empty Bed Blues
Deanna Bogart--Slipped, Tripped, Fell In Love
Johnny Todd--Pink Cadillac
The Picketts--Sukiyaki
Gypsy Carns the Blues Preacher--I'm Alright
Sam Phillips--All Night
The Ed Taylor Band--Going Home
Nick Lowe & the Convincers--Shting Shtang (live)
The Forty-Fives--Superpill
Sam Cooke--Somebody Have Mercy
Neko Case--Loretta (live)
Girl Trouble--Neko Loves Rock'n'Roll
El Vez--Mexican Can
The Pixies--Ain't That Pretty at All
Esther Phillips--Release Me (live)
The Kinks--Here Come the People In Grey
Procol Harum--Song for a Dreamer
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Yanksgiving
Janiva Magness--I'm Leaving You
///Terry Knight (1943--2004) & the Pack--Got Love; This Precious Time///
///Terry Melcher (1942-2004):
The Byrds--Here Without You
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Him Or Me-What's It Gonna Be
(Terry Melcher produced some of the greatest records of the 1960s, which is saying a lot. Two examples aired)///
///The Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash:
The World Saxophone Quartet--Hear My Train a-Comin'
Jamie Cullum--The Wind Cries Mary
Anne McCue--Machine Gun
The Al Rowe Project--Room Full of Mirrors
Angelique Kidjo, Buddy Guy & Vernon Reid--Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (live)
Eric Bibb--Angel
Joanna Connor--Fire
Jimi Hendrix--Tax Free; Night Bird Flying
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Electric Church Red House; Love or Confusion///
---Retroactive #512--November 20, 2004:
Irma Thomas--It's Too Soon to Know
The Velvetiers--Feelin' Right on a Saturday Night
The Minus 5--Film of the Movie
The Doornobs--Hi Fi Baby
Jann Arden--The Sound Of
Bob Dylan--Mutineer (live)
Dan Bern--Talkin' Al Kida Blues
Guy Davis--Run Molly Run
Cassietta George--Get Together
The Jelly Roll All-Stars--Nine Below Zero (live)
Ryan Adams--This House Is Not for Sale
Matthew Shipp--New ID
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--Jack Of Diamonds (live, 1957)
Elizabeth Cotten--When the Train Comes Along
Iris DeMent--Fill My Way With Love
Freddie Scott--Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Garnett Hundley & Beverly Daugherty--Life Uncommon
Paul Kelly & the Messengers--From Little Things Big Things Grow; Forty Miles to Saturday Night; Darling It Hurts
Mary Lou Lord--Someone Always Talks
Ann Peebles--Didn't Take Your Man
C.C. Adcock--Yall'd Think She'd Be Good 2 Me
Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray--Blues Affirmation (live, 2000)
Don Covay--It's Better to Have (And Don't Need)
The Vipers featuring Deb Cleveland--Ring Dang Dilly
Robyn Hitchcock--Television
Dr. John with Mavis Staples--Such a Night (live)
Ike & Tina Turner--Drift Away; A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Every Day); The Hunter
Tina Turner--Don't Rush the Good Things; Fruits of the Night; Steel Claw
Eddie Kirkland--Walk In the Dark
Willie Nelson--Big Booty
---Retroactive #511--November 13, 2004:
Guy Clark--Die Tryin'
Dakota Staton--Porgy
Jack McVea with Sammy Yates--Swing Man
Merle Travis--Little David Play on Your Harp
Geraint Watkins--Heaven
Janiva Magness--One More Heartache
Richard & Linda Thompson--It'll Be Me (live, 1975)
Nora Jean Bruso--Telling Me What to Do
Pat Cupp--I Guess It's Meant That Way
The Sheryl Bailey 3--Valtz Med
Steve Earle--The Revolution Starts Now
MC5--Miss X
The Hentchmen--Perpetuate the Continuance
Nancy Sinatra--About a Fire
The Shy--No Sign at All
The Gourds--Do 4 U
Mavis Staples--At the End of the Day
Thee Midniters--Chicano Power; Making Ends Meet; Welcome Home Darling
Roy Head--How Do You Think I Can Live with Somebody
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--Won't Be Long
The Red Krayola--Yik Yak (live)
Neko Case--If You Knew (live)
Richard Turley & the All-American Guys Band--Makin' Love with My Baby
Maurice Brown--Mi Amor
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival--(Welcome to the) Sun Tangled Angel Revival
Legend Heart--Mountains and Seas; Lost Maiden
Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky--A Dear John Letter
Jean Shepard--My Wedding Ring
W.C. Clark--I Want to Do Everything for You; Twist of the Knife
Ernestine Anderson--Night Life; Wonder Why
Graham Parker--Things I've Never Said; Back to Schooldays (Stiff Records version); That Thing Is Rockin'
Artie Traum--Dark Passage
Aimee Mann--Stupid Thing (live)
Mecca Normal--How Many Now?
---Retroactive #510--November 6, 2004:
Eric Bogle--Just Not Coping
Furry Lewis--Why Don't You Come Home Blues
Jill Sobule--Joey
Arthur Alexadner--Black Night
Giant Sand--Cracklin Water
Neko Case--Soulful Shade of Blue (live)
Al Kooper--Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes
Jesse Belvin--Confusin' Blues
The Lynne Arriale Trio--Sunburst
Elmore James--Sunnyland Train
Martha Velez--Aggravation
Billy Joe Shaver--Drowned In Love
Laika & the Cosmonauts--Rikki On the Loose
Elliott Smith--Twilight
Kim Fowley--Movieland Memories
Julie Lee--Made from Scratch
///Bassist Bruce Palmer (1946-2004):
Buffalo Springfield--Everybody's Wrong; Round and Round and Round (demo);
Bluebird (nine minute jam version released in 1973 + ending from 1967 album)///
Janiva Magness--Less and Less of You
Percy Sledge--24-7-365
Brian Wilson--Cabin Essence
Sarah Jane Morris--Old Friends
Dr. Lonnie Smith--Back Track
Nick Lowe & the Impossible Birds--12 Step Program (To Quit You Babe) (live)
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival--Everything's So Different Now
Rickie Lee Jones--Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)
Delbert McClinton--Two More Bottles of Wine (1975 version)
Joni Mitchell--Furry Sings the Blues
Bonnie Raitt--Coming Home (live, 2/03)
The Flying Burrito Brothers--My Uncle
The Byrds--You Don't Miss Your Water (Gram Parsons vocal version)
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels with Emmylou Harris--The New Soft Shoe; Cry One More Time (both live, 3/73)
---Retroactive #509--October 30, 2004:
---Halloween Show
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Evenin'
Leah Callahan--Vampire Heart
Duane Eddy (Lee Hazlewood, vocal)--Girl on Death Row
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers--I'm Your Witchdoctor
The Newcomers--Martian Hop
The Shaggs--It's Halloween
Go to Blazes--Bloody Sam
Crowded House--Sister Madly
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum--Bad Seed
Elliott Smith--Don't Go Down
The Shagnastys--Play with Fire
The Wildbunch--R U Afraid of the Devil (live)
The Incredible String Band--Dear Old Battlefield
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith--It's About That Time/The Mask
Garland Jeffreys--Scream In the Night
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks with Rickie Lee Jones--I Scare Myself
Rachel Harrington--Halloween Leaves
Procol Harum--Repent Walpurgis
The Daktaris--Voodoo Soul Stew
Roky Erickson & the Aliens--Bumble Bee Zombie
Flamin Groovies--Slow Death
Old Time Relijun--Vampire Victim
The BellRays--Monkey House
Tino--Bats In My Belfry Dub
Derek & the Dominos--Evil
Chef Dave--Soggy Stump
Anne McCue--Hangman
Robyn Hitchcock--Sometimes a Blonde
The Marketts--Batman Theme
The Detroit Cobras--Insane Asylum
The Pasties--Pretty Boy
Asleep at the Wheel--Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
Dead Moon--Destination X
Dub Narcotic Sound System--Blood Flow
Team Rockit--King Size Death Bed
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang--Who Do You Love
The Cramps--I Was a Teenage Werewolf (live)
The Hampton String Quartet--Sympathy for the Devil
---Retroactive #508--October 23, 2004:
Robert Johnson--30-20 Blues
Linda Thompson--Dear Old Man of Mine
Kate Wolf--You're Not Standing Like You Used To
The Marshall Tucker Band--Bob Away My Blues
The Swinging Madisons--Guilty White Liberal
Etta James--Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Our Candidate
Doug Sahm--Cowboy Peyton Place
Toni Price--Measure for Measure
The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey--Perfect Wife's Flannel PJs
Chuck D & the Fine Arts Militia--(No) Boom Boom (live, 2/03)
Little Steven--Vote That Mutha Out!
Candye Kane--Who Do You Love?
Bill Horist & Aiko Shimada--Cello Song
Dan Bern & the IJBC--Ostrich Town
Mott the Hoople--At the Crossroads
Tom Rush--These Days
Aretha Franklin--Sit Down and Cry
The Liberal Media--Don't Vote for War
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Jordan for President
Dixie Chicks--Truth No. 2 (live, 2003)
Eddie Kirkland--Democrat Blues
Utah Phillips--From the Top Down
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble--The Messenger
Bert Wilson & Rebirth--No More (live, 8/88)
Ted Hawkins--Watch Your Step; Strange Conversation (both live, 1994); Happy Hour
Maggie & Terre Roche--If You Emptied Out All Your Pockets You Could Not Make the Change
Suzzy & Maggie Roche--Who Cares
The Roches--This Feminine Position
Mahalia Jackson--Didn't It Rain; He's the One
Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen--Oh Momma, Momma (live, 11/73)
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--Tell Me, Daddy; That's What I Like
Julia Lee--A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
---Retroactive #507--October 16, 2004:
Archibald--Great Big Eyes (Those Little Reds)
Mississippi Fred McDowell--The Unknown Blues
Maurice King & his Wolverines with Ruby Jackson--I Feel So Good
Jesse Winchester--Songbird (live)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band--Lovin' Cup
Nancy Sinatra--Don't Mean Nothing
The Gourds--Wired Ole Gal
Renaissance--Island (first version)
Lorraine Ellison--Many Rivers to Cross
Cecil Gant--Sooner or Later
The Lynne Arriale Trio--Braziliana
The Vipers featuring Deb Cleveland--Goin' Home Baby
Negativland--The Greatest Taste Around
The Cramps--Lonesome Town
///Christopher Reeve (1952-2004):
Wild Asparagus--Superman's Song
Marshall Crenshaw--Rock On (from the 'Superman III' soundtrack)///
Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney--Carnivals #3 (live)
Greg Brown--I Want My Country Back (live)
New York Dolls--Jet Boy; Chatterbox; Personality Crisis
Nora Jean Bruso--I've Got Two Men
Eric Anders--How Low and Why
John Lennon--Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
Janiva Magness--A Woman Knows
The Forty-Fives--Go Ahead and Shout
James & Bobby Purify--I Take What I Want
Gloria Jones--I Know
Jeff Parker & Scott Fields--LK 92
Wanda Jackson--What Gives You the Right (To Do Me Wrong); Kansas City; Man, We Had a Party
Anita O'Day--Ten Cents a Dance; What Is This Thing Called Love; I Cover the Waterfront
The (Nat) King Cole Trio with Anita O'Day--The Lonesome Road
Cecil McBee--Into a Fantasy
///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bonanza:
Jon Wilcox--Brown Eyed Handsome Man
The Lovin' Spoonful--Almost Grown
Dave Edmunds--Jo Jo Gunne
Jerry Lee Lewis--Johnny B. Goode
Mr. Airplane Man--Round and Round
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger--Memphis
Chuck Berry--Beautiful Delilah; Promised Land; My Dream///
---Retroactive #506--October 9, 2004
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Slim & Slam--The Flat Foot Floogie
Mavis Staples--Ain't No Better Than You
Brinsley Schwarz--Down In the Dive
John Fred--Boogie Chillen
Nora Jean Bruso--Miss Mae's Juke Joint
Dave Alvin--Ashgrove
Janiva Magness--Everything Gonna Be Alright
Ray Charles with B.B. King--Sinner's Prayer
Johnny Prill--A Song for Grandma and Grandpa
Eric Ambel--Shake Some Action
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Honey Bee
Sly & the Family Stone--Dynamite
Marah--Going Through the Motions
Eric Andersen--The Other Side of This Life
Steve Earle with Emmylou Harris--Comin' Around
Ruth Brown--Don't Get Around Much Anymore
The Gourds--TTT Gas
Elvis Costello & the Imposters--Needle Time
The Du Droppers--Boot 'Em Up
Percy Sledge with Paul Jones--Big Blue Diamonds
Patty Griffin--Useless Desires
The Baby Gramps Trio--Oxymorons (live)
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Tennessee Blues
The Young Fresh Fellows--Hang Out Right
Big Star--Downs
Elizabeth Cotten--I'm Going Away
Suzzy & Maggie Roche--I Don't Have You
W.C. Clark--Tip of My Tongue
---Retrotactive #505--October 2, 2004:
Detroit Junior--Strange Things Happening (live)
Sandman--White Line Highway
Gillian Welch--Whiskey Girl
Marah--Sure Thing
Reverend Gary Davis--Slippin' 'Til My Gal Get In
Robyn Hitchcock--Everybody Needs Love
Neko Case--If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Go to the Bottom)
The Rolling Stones--Flight 505
Professor Longhair--Rockin' with Fess
Big Maybelle--A Little Bird Told Me
Diane Delin & Dennis Lexion--Hortaculture
Mind Your Pig, Latoya--Elevator
Paul Westerberg--Jingle
Jesse Cook with Danny Wilde--Fall at Your Feet
Ike & Tina Turner--Humpty Dumpty
Holly Golightly--Length of Pipe (live)
Elliott Smith--Let's Get Lost
Ruthie Foster--Get Out of My Way (live)
The Soul Children--Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness; Love Is a Hurtin' Thing;
It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)
Supersnazz--Go Go Ichiro
Wild Asparagus--The Big Reel/Rare
Guided By Voices--Girls of Wild Strawberries
Michelle Shocked with Pops Staples--33 RPM Soul
Bobby Enriquez--Yellow Days (La Mentira)
///Lennon Roots:
Elvis Presley--I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps--Be Bop a Lula///
///The John Lennon Birthday Bash:
The Beatles--Tell Me Why; I Am the Walrus
Greg Brown--Don't Let Me Down (live)
The Black Keys--She Said She Said
Harry Nilsson--You Can't Do That
Suns of Arqa--Tomorrow Never Knows
Patricia Barber--Norwegian Wood (live)
Faces--Jealous Guy (studio, 1/73)
John Lennon--Hold On; How Do You Sleep (alternate take); You Are Here (alternate take)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono--I'm Losing You/I'm Moving On///
---Retroactive #504--September 25, 2004:
Thea Gilmore--Rags and Bones
Cowboy Jack Clement--No Expectations
Robert Petway--Catfish Blues
Janiva Magness--The Whale Has Swallowed Me
The Clash--Lonesome Me (demo)
Knut Reiersrud--Too Many Cooks
The Jones Family--What'll I Do with the Baby-O?
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys--Jumping from 6 to 6
Cymande--The Message
Bill Frisell--White Fang
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith--Great Expectations
Mavis Staples--I Still Believe In You
Roky Erickson & the Aliens--You Drive Me Crazy
Squeeze--It's Not Cricket
Rosie Flores--You Tear Me Up
El Vez--Quetzalcoatal
Kasey Chambers--Guilty as Sin
Guy Davis--Pay Day
///Skeeter Davis (1931-2004)--I Can't Stay Mad at You///
///Drummer Kenny Buttrey (1945-2004):
Neil Young & the Stray Gators--Are You Ready for the Country///
///Johnny Ramone (1949-2004):
The Ramones--Mama's Boy///
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--For Now So Long
The Laura Blackley Band--Sweeten Yo Stew
New Bad Things--Our Modern King
Robin Lane & the Chartbusters--I Don't Want to Know
Camille Howard--Song of India Boogie
Bull Moose Jackson--Nosey Joe
Hank Williams--Long Gone Lonesome Blues (live, 7/52)
The Vandermark Five--Knock Yourself Out
Cowboy Junkies--Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band--Land of Hope and Dreams (live, 2000)
Ani DiFranco--Educated Guess; Shameless (live)
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--My Big Reward; Activity Grrrl
Ray Charles & Natalie Cole--Fever
Ray Charles--Where Can I Go?; Let the Good Times Roll
Jerry Lee Lewis---All the Good Is Gone; Hello, Hello Baby; Lovin' Up a Storm
---Retroactive #503--September 18, 2004:
---All '60s Show
The Shirelles--Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love with Me
The Ivy League--Funny How Love Can Be
Betty Everett--Until You Were Gone
Eddy Clearwater--A Real Good Time
Otis Redding--Gone Again
Buffalo Springfield--Out of My Mind
The Crystals--Another Country-Another World
Charlie Rich--Deep Freeze
The Velvet Underground--What Goes On
The Troggs--From Home
James Brown--Don't Be a Dropout
The Shangri-Las--Past, Present and Future
Duncan Browne--On the Bombsite
The Mitchell-Ruff Trio--The Catbird Seat
Solomon Burke--Save It
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Intruder
Fairport Convention--Genesis Hall
Merle Haggard--Sing Me Back Home
The Beatles--What You're Doing
Woody Allen--Oral Contraception (live)
Family--Hung Up Down
Marvin Gaye--Take This Heart of Mine
The Merry-Go-Round--You're a Very Lovely Woman
Etta James--Seven Day Fool (live, 1963)
The Beach Boys--Girl Don't Tell Me
The Who--Out In the Street
Astrud Gilberto--Light My Fire
Otis Rush--Homework
The Plymouth Rockers--If You Want to Stay
Bob Dylan--Seven Curses
Moby Grape--Ain't No Use
The Incredible String Band--Everything's Fine Right Now
The Byrds--Lady Friend
Johnny Griffin--You Leave Me Breathless
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Co'dine
Otis Spann--My Daily Wish
Faces--I Feel So Good (1969 rehearsal)
The Small Faces--I Can't Make It
Sandie Shaw--How Can You Tell
The Rolling Stones--Route 66
Irma Thomas--Wish Someone Would Care
Percy Sledge--It's All Wrong But It's Alright
Country Joe & the Fish--Super Bird
The Kinks--Don't You Fret
Dyke & the Blazers--Funky Walk, Pt. 2
Aretha Franklin--Night Time Is the Right Time
The Zombies--Out of the Day
Nina Simone--Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Gerry & the Pacemakers--Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
---Retroactive #502--September 11, 2004:
Ted Hawkins--If You Leave Me
Greg Brown--For All; Livin' In a Prayer (both live)
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Slept All Afternoon
The Iguanas--Zacatecas
The Clovers--Hey Miss Fannie
Big John & the Buzzards--Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
The Kit McClure Band--I Never Get Tired
Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty--Give Faith
Marah--Freedom Park
Mimi Fox--Denny's Tune
Joe Perkins--How Much Love Can One Heart Hold
The Plimsouls--Shaky City
Louis Jordan & his Typany Five--School Days
Quasi--Good Time Rock'n'Roll
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys--Hey Lowdown!
Airport Noises--D.C. Drinking Song
Nick Lowe--Love Gets Strange
Rachel Sweet--Truckstop Queen
The Janiva Magness Band--Happy Hour
Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Would You Believe It (I Have a Cold); Free, Single and Disengaged;
For Crying Out Loud
Ruth Brown--It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)
Holly Golightly--Can't Stand To See Your Face (live)
Steve Earle--Warrior
Carey & Lurrie Bell--Got to Leave Chi-Town
Sue Foley--The Waiting Game
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Player
Emily Remler--Nunca Mais
Maria Muldaur--Wild Bird
Maria Muldaur & the Chambers Brothers--Just As an Eagle Stirreth Her Nest (live)
B.B. King with Heavy D--Keep It Coming
B.B. King--Good Man Gone Bad
Leo Kottke--Bumblebee; Embryonic Journey
Ella Mae Morse--Oakie Boogie; I Love You, Yes I Do
Otis Redding--Sweet Lorene; Ole Man Trouble; Good to Me
Wet Willie--Shout Bamalama (live)
W.C. Clark--Soul Kind of Loving
Old 97s--The New Kid
The Forty-Fives--Backstage at Juanita's
---Retroactive #501--September 4, 2004:
The Magnificents--Up on a Mountain
Candye Kane--It Won't Be Long
Charlie Feathers--Wild Wild Party
The (Nat) King Cole Trio--After You've Gone
Dale Watson--Love at First Sight
Anne Feeney--War on the Workers
Brownie McGhee--Betty and Dupree
Tom Waits--Day After Tomorrow
Courtney Pine--Devotion
Koko Taylor--But On the Other Hand
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Good Luck
Mirah--Nobody Has to Stay
Dave Mason--Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
The Forty-Fives--Trying to Get Next to You
Roy Wood & Wizzard--Down to Zero
Ann Peebles--Old Man with Young Ideas
Kate Campbell--Deep Tang
NRBQ--Time and Place; Like a Locomotive; Never Take the Place of You
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks--My Cello
John Trudell--Across My Heart
Dr. John with Willie Tee--Shango Tango
Deborah Coleman--Feelin' Alright
Laura Cantrell--Sam Stone
David Murray & the Gwo-Ka Masters--La Jwa
Roy Brown--Laughing But Crying; Boogie Woogie Blues (live, 8/79)
Rosie Flores with Joe Ely--Love and Danger
Jimmie Rodgers--Never No Mo' Blues
Jimmie Rodgers with Sara Carter--The Wonderful City
Steve Forbert--Train Whistle Blues
Jimmy Reed--Goin' to New York; Big Boss Man
Tracy Nelson--Walkin' After Midnight (live, 2002)
Patsy Cline--When I Get Through with You (You'll Love Me, Too); In Care of the Blues
Buddy Holly--Because I Love You; Ting-a-Ling
Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Think It Over
---Retroactive #500--August 28, 2004:
Nervous Norvus--Ape Call
Sarah Harmer--New Enemy
The Bigger Lovers--Half Richard's
Millie Jackson--Hurts So Good
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel--Everything Changes
Jerry Cole & his Spacemen--Night Rumble
Guided By Voices--Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)
Mavis Staples--Step Into the Light
Steve Earle--Rich Man's War
R.L. Burnside--Go to Jail
Kalaparush & the Light--In My Morning Song
Laura Love--Satisfied
Tarheel Slim--Number Nine Train
Kim Fowley--Vinyl
The Now Time Delegation--Hanging Tree
The Sex Clark Five--I Want You Mine
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Down Boy Down
Kelley Hunt with Delbert McClinton--Deal with It
Bobby Bare--500 Miles Away from Home
James Davis--Blue Monday
Etta James--Pay Back
Elizabeth Hummel--Comfortable (KAOS performance, 6/28/04)
The Baby Gramps Trio--The Breakfast Blues (live)
Ruthie Foster--Real Love (live)
Guy Davis--Things About Coming My Way
Bettye LaVette--All the Black and White Children
The Rice University Marching Owl Band--Louie Louie
The Vandermark Five--Gyllene
Joanna Connor--Driving Wheel; Meditations
Charlie Parker--Cool Blues
Karrin Allyson--Yardbird Suite
Van Morrison--Streets of Arklow; Vanlose Stairway/TransEuro Train/Fool for You (live, 12/93); Stop Drinking
John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison--Dimples (2003)
Ray Charles with Van Morrison--Crazy Love (live)
Dinah Washington--(No, No, No) You Can't Love Two; No More; What a Great Sensation
Tracy Nelson--Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (live, 2002)
---Retroactive #499--August 21, 2004:
Peach--I Must Be In a Good Place Now
Mose Allison--What's With You (1965 version)
Esther Phillips--I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him
The Persuasions--Good Times
Cowboy Junkies--Seventeen Seconds
Richie Havens--Way Down Deep
W.C. Clark--I Didn't Know the Meaning of Pain
PJ Harvey--Shame
Lisa Hilton--Malibu
The Hentchmen--Brain Power
Leon Redbone with Ringo Starr--My Little Grass Shack
J.J. Cale--My Gal
Rosco Gordon--Just Love Me Baby
The Make Up--Hey! Orpheus
Family--Love Is a Sleeper
Sleater-Kinney--Off With Your Head
The Tune Wranglers--Texas Sand; Chicken Reel Stomp; El Rancho Grande
Calexico--Sirena
The Stovall Sisters--Hang On In There
Holly Gwinn Graham--I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
The Go Team---Your Back Yard
Sherree Scott--Easy Payments
H.B. & the Checkmates--Louise Louise
Craig Taborn--Mystero
Carrie Smith--Careless Love; When I've Been Drinkin'
Debbie Davies--Bald Headed Baby; Keep Your Sins to Yourself
Debbie Davies with Mick Taylor--Hard Road
Madness with Elvis Costello--Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Wanda Jackson with Elvis Costello--Crying Time
The Specials--Stupid Marriage
The Bangles--Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)
Elvis Costello--When It Sings
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Tears Before Bedtime; New Lace Sleeves
Li'l Cap'n Travis--Blue Chair
---Retroactive #498--August 14, 2004:
Big Joe Turner--Piney Brown Blues
Beth Basile with the Crackpots--Used to Be
Greg Brown--You Drive Me Crazy (live)
Claire Holley--6 Miles to McKenney
The Hang Ups--Walkin' Around
The Holmes Brothers--We Meet, We Part, We Remember
Ann Cole--Easy Easy Baby
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Crazy Mixed Up World
John Fogerty--Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom--Slinky
Mavis Staples--Have a Little Faith
Sarah Brown--Not As Sorry As I Used to Be
Alejandro Escovedo--Thirteen Years
The Yayhoos with Eric Ambel--Judas Kiss
Mr. Airplane Man--Hang Up
David Johansen--Cool Metro
Bo Diddley--Pretty Thing
The Pretty Things--Summer Time; Love Is Good; She's a Lover
Abra Moore--Melancholy Love (live)
Billy Boy Arnold--Rockin'itis
Wanda Jackson with Rosie Flores & Lee Rocker--Woman Walk Out the Door
///Rick James (1952-2004)--Ghetto Life; Mr. Policeman///
David S. Ware--Angel Eyes
Andras Jones--Bullseye (live)
Howlin' Wolf--New Crawling Kingsnake
John Lee Hooker--Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang; Up and Down; Father Was a Jockey
Ronnie Spector--Burnin' Love; Hell of a Nerve
The Ronettes--Here I Sit; You, Baby; Keep On Dancing
Guy Davis--I'm Gone
Deanna Bogart--Time to Change
The Frantics--Transfusion
---Retroactive--August 7, 2004:
Randy & Steve of Laugh Tracks did a Northwest Rock show.
---Retroactive--July 31, 2004:
Joe Pollock (The Road Goes On Forever and American Anecdotes) hosted.
Thanks, guys.
---Retroactive #497--July 24, 2004:
Patty Griffin--When It Don't Come Easy
Asleep at the Wheel--Tonight the Bartender Is on the Wrong Side of the Bar
Floyd Jones--Dark Road
The Beth Custer Ensemble--Respect as a Religion
Marah--Pigeon Heart
The Steve Gibbons Band--Git It (live, 1977)
Faye Adams--Tag Along
Otis Redding--Demonstration
Baby Dodds--Rudiments
Isaiah Owens--I'll Fly Away
The David Berkman Quartet--Stone's Throw
Mary Lou Lord--Cold Kilburn Rain
The Hives--Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones
The Young Fresh Fellows--Little Bell
The Elegants--Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Unwound--Mile Me Deaf
Bad Religion--Let Them Eat War
Koko Taylor--Save Your Breath
James Brown--I Got a Bag of My Own
The Youngbloods--Misty Roses (live); On Sir Francis Drake; The Wine Song
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Chantal and Leroy
The '5' Royales--Say It
Brave Combo--Dance of the Hours
Alberta Adams--I Want a Man
The Cellarbirds--Perfect Smile
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls--Knife
The Incredible Kings--The Limp
The Cut-Ups--Twang
Johnny Thunders & Sylvain Sylvain--Play with Fire (live)
The Chieftains with Mick Jagger--Long Black Veil
The Rolling Stones--Luxury; Dear Doctor
Aretha Franklin--You Can't Always Get What You Want
Buddy Guy--Anna Lee; Tramp; Night Flight
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells--Everyday I Have the Blues; Drivin' Wheel (both live)
Joan Armatrading--Rosie (live)
W.C. Clark with Marcia Ball--You Left the Water Running
---Retroactive #496--July 17, 2004:
Low--Remember
Skip James--Little Boy, How Old Are You
The Staple Singers--This World
Alex Chilton--Make a Little Love
Laika & the Cosmonauts--And Suddenly You Run
Wilco--The Late Greats
Linda Hornbuckle & No Delay--As Long as I'm Moving
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--What About Love
Albert Lee--Luxury Liner
Mary Lou Williams--Forty Five Degree Angle
The Halo Benders--On a Tip
The Notorious Cherry Bombs--It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long
Sam Phillips--Red Silk Five
W.C. Clark--Ain't Lost Nothin'
Rory Gallagher--Laundromat
Ronnie Dawson--High on Love
Etta James--Tough Lover
Little Richard--Talking 'Bout Soul
Juke Boy Bonner--Houston Beat
Irene Reid--Hey World
Jackie Lomax--Home Is In My Head
Marion Williams--This Generation Shall Not Pass
The Shy--Thank You, Jo(e)
The Beth Custer Ensemble--The Empire of the United States
Dan Bern--Alaska Highway
Kelley Hunt--When the Love Comes Through
Kalaparush & the Light--Morning
Kim Fowley--The Trip; Questions/Answers; Palace of Ice
Soft Machine--Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'
Martha & the Vandellas--In and Out of My Life; Live Wire; Medley: Dancing In the Street/I Can't Help Myself/
Sweet Soul Music/Uptight (Everything's Alright) (live, 1967)
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Ramshackle Day Parade
Vernon Taylor--Your Lovin' Man
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang--Train I Ride (Mystery Train)
Big Maybelle--Careless Love
The Friendly Science Orchestra--Parasite
The Flatlanders--I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty
---Retroactive #495--July 10, 2004:
Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars--Chimes Blues
Holly Golightly--Won't Go Out (live)
Dave Alvin--Black Sky
Delta Moon--Nightclubbing
Sam & Dave--Don't Turn Your Heater On
Ruthie Foster--Walk On (live)
Graham Parker--Tornado Alley
Old 97s--Won't Be Home
The Jim Cutler Quartet--Second and Blanchard
Anne McCue--Stupid
The Noses--Nothing Was Left
Al Ferrier & the Boppin' Billies--Let's Go Boppin' Tonight
Now Time Delegation--Layin' On the Ground
Funkadelic--Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!
Dead Moon--Fire In the Western World; Somewhere Far Away; All Sold Out
Phil Ochs--The War Is Over
Calexico--Corona
Mr. Airplane Man--Up In the Room
Ellis Hooks--I Don't Want to Go Home
Guitar Shorty--Let My Guitar Do the Talking
Andras Jones--Here Is the Earth
Jennifer Knapp--Undo Me
Mirah--The Dogs of B.A.
Ray Vega--Smile, You're In Beirut
Woody Guthrie--Texas Oil Field; Greenback Dollar; Dust Can't Kill Me
Terry Garthwaite--Bye Bye
Denise LaSalle--Too Many Hungry Mouths Around the Table
Emily Syrja & Ina Vitale--Ma'am, You've Lost Your Hearing Aid (performed live on this show)
The Byrds--All the Things (alternate version); Oh! Susanna; This Wheel's on Fire (live)
Roger McGuinn with Frank & Mary Hamilton--The Brazos River
Roger McGuinn--You Showed Me (live); If We Never Meet Again
Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett--East Virginia Blues (live, 1997)
The Waco Brothers--Red Brick Wall
The Exciters--Life, Love and Peace
---Retroactive #494--July 3, 2004:
The Sh-Booms--Don't Be Mad at My Heart
Freddie King--Ain't No Big Deal on You
Jo Ann Kelly--Hard Time Killing Floor
Amos Milburn--After Midnite
Sarah Harmer--Silver Road
Willie King & the Liberators--America
Tracy + the Plastics--Knit a Claw
Calexico--Si Tu Di Sais
William Warfield--Up a Lazy River
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan--Walkin' In the Sun
Concrete Blonde--Everybody Knows
Charles Wilson--Doctor Doctor
Sleater-Kinney--The Swimmer
The Damned--I Just Can't Be Happy Today
The Meters--Little Old Money Maker; Give It What You Can; Ride Your Pony
Mary Lou Williams--A Grand Night for Swinging
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Helpless
Ranee Lee--Undun
///The 50th Anniversary of Elvis' first record (Sun 209):
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill--That's All Right; Blue Moon of Kentucky (early fragment & master take)///
Rockin' Rod & the Strychnines--Ga-Ga Over Go-Go
Holly Golightly--Wherever You Were (live)
The Jerry Vivino Quartet--House Party/Organ Grinder (live)
The Band--Daniel and the Sacred Harp; It Makes No Difference
Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble--Akua Tuta
Blondie--Fade Away and Radiate; I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
Sweet Miss Coffy--Talk About It
Nanci Griffith--Roses on the 4th of July
Ringo Starr--Photograph; Honey Don't (both live, 11/02)
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Everything That's Made of Wood; Lemonade; It's So Easy
Dr. John with B.B. King & Willie Nelson--Time Marches On
---Retroactive #493--June 26, 2004:
Theresa MacLellan--Captain Carswell
Ritchie Valens--Paddi-Wack Song
Steve Forbert--I'm In Love
Della Reese--Thou Swell
Sam Phillips--Open the World
Byther Smith--Mississippi Kid
Jonathan Richman--In Che Mondo Viviamo
Ann Peebles--Run, Run, Run
Robin Syler--Can't Judge a Book By Looking at Its Cover
Joyce Cooling--Camelback
Wilco--Hummingbird
Randy Kohrs--Miles of Heartache Yet to Go
Dinah Washington--I Just Couldn't Stand It No More
Wild Bill Moore--Wild Bill's Bounce
The New Colony Six--At the River's Edge
Gossip--Yesterdays News
The Hives--Hate to Say I Told You So
Tracy Nelson--Got a New Truck (live, 2002)
Flamin Groovies--Headin' for the Texas Border; Shake Some Action; Shakin' All Over
Irma Thomas--If You Want It, Come and Get It (extended version)
Guitar Shorty--Right Tool for the Job
Alison Brown--Sundaze
The Yardbirds--I Ain't Done Wrong; What Do You Want
Jeff Beck--Led Boots
Jeff Beck with Imogen Heap--Rollin' and Tumblin'
The Jeff Beck Group--New Ways/Train Train
Ethel Waters--I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Helen Humes--This Love of Mine; I'm Gonna Let Him Ride (live, 8/50); Ain't Misbehavin'
Elizabeth Hummel--Graven Images
Vic Chesnutt--Zippy Morocco
Mimi Fox--Sousa
Mac Curtis--Say So
Roosevelt Sykes--Rock It
The Larks--Rockin' In the Rocket Room
Moody & the Deltas--Monkey Climb
---Retroactive #492--June 19, 2004:
Amanda Marshall--Last Exit to Eden
Calexico--Convict Pool
Leadbelly--Old Rattler
Sandman--Radio Works Fine
Mr. Airplane Man--Shakin' Around
Howlin' Wolf--Everybody's In the Mood
Mirah--Look Up!
Eric Ambel & Roscoe's Gang--The Rain Won't Stop
Sean Jones--95 South
Precious Bryant--Ups and Downs
Dave Alvin--Rio Grande
The BellRays--Mother Pinball
The Strokes--Last Night
The Seger Liberation Army--East Side Story
Robin Sylar--You're Gonna Miss Me
The Sidewinders (Illinois)--The Long Road Home
The Sidewinders (Arizona)--Cigarette
The Wailers (Jamaica)--One Foundation
The Wailers (Tacoma, WA)--Tough Walk
Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers--Wild About You, Baby
The Iron City Houserockers--Old Man Bar; Junior's Bar
Sam Phillips--One Day Late
Loretta Lynn--Have Mercy
Etta James--Don't Lose Your Good Thing
The Beach Boys--Darlin' (instrumental track)
Brian Wilson--Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder); Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long;
I'm Waiting for the Day (both live, London, 1/02);
Paul McCartney--All Things Must Pass (live, London, 11/02); Carry That Weight (live, 2002);
I've Just Seen a Face (live, 1991)
Nick Drake--From the Morning; One of These Things First
Mount Analog with Jesse Sykes--River Man
Jack West & Curvature--Deliverance
The Kinks--Two Sisters; A Gallon of Gas; Mr. Churchill Says
Ron Sexsmith--This Is Where I Belong
The Fallouts--This Man He Weeps Tonight
---Retroactive #491--June 12, 2004:
The Meters--I'm Gone
Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples--Never Never
Richard Thompson--Where the Wind Don't Whine
Maura O'Connell--Spinning Wheel
///Songwriter-Vocalist John Whitehead (1948-2004):
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes--Wake Up Everybody///
The Wrong Notes--Cannon Beach
Mecca Normal--What About the Boy?
Sean Jones--95 South
Graham Parker--The Rest Is History
Roosevelt Sykes--Mail Box Blues
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang--Just a Little Bit
Debbie Davies--Backseat Driver
///The Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) Audio File:
Bonzo Goes to Washington--Five Minutes (B-B-B Bombing Mix)
The Austin Lounge Lizards--Ballad of Ronald Reagan
Barbara Dane & her Good News Bonanza Band--Gipper Gate Blues (I Haven't Done Anything Wrong)
The Ramones--My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
Zane Massey--Trickle Down Economics///
Michael Franti & Spearhead--Sometimes
Patty Griffin--Love Throws a Line
Mimi Fox--Angel Eyes
///Ray Charles (1930-2004)--Heartbreaker; You Don't Know Me; Really Got a Hold On Me
Quincy Jones with Ray Charles & Chaka Khan--I'll Be Good to You (Remix)
Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles--Spirit In the Dark (live, 2/71)
Joe Cocker--Sticks and Stones (live, 3/70)
Finnigan & Wood--Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
Van Morrison--I Believe to My Soul (live, 1973); What Would I Do Without You///
Mary Lou Williams--Nicole
Dan Penn--He'll Take Care of You
James Carr--Lovable; Life Turned Her That Way; The Dark End of the Street
---Retroactive #490--June 5, 2004:
---All Texas Show
Lillian Glinn--Shake It Down
Ella Mae Morse--The Blacksmith Blues
Guy Clark--The Cape (live)
Darden Smith--Late Train to London
///Tony De La Rosa (1931-2004)--Bouquet of Roses///
The Sparkles--No Friend of Mine
T-Bone Walker--I Walked Away
Wayne Hancock--Juke Joint Jumpin'
Lou Ann Barton--Let's Have a Party
Ornette Coleman--Focus on Sanity
Nolan Bruce Allen & Chris O'Connell--Heart to Heart Talk
The Bobby Fuller Four--Baby My Heart
Bobby Fuller Drive--Not Fade Away
Eliza Gilkyson--Wonderland
Charles Brown--Do You Want Me
Steve Earle--Amerika v. 6.0 (live)
Rosie Flores--Rock a Bye Boogie
Janis Joplin--Hesitation Blues (1965)
Jimmie Vaughan--Let Me In
Robin Sylar--Iko Iko
Side Effex--Love You Tonight
The Rattlecats--Back to Life
Angela Strehli--I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Ernest Tubb with Willie Nelson--Waltz Across Texas
Kevin Jones--Crab Apple Suite, Pt. 2
Arnett Cobb--Open House
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart--Spread Your Wings
Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies--You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey
Alejandro Escovedo--The End
Big Mama Thornton--Because It's Love
Roky Erickson & the Aliens--The Interpreter
Buddy Holly--It Doesn't Matter Anymore
The Sir Douglas Quintet--In Time
The LeRoi Brothers--The Beat Don't Ever Stop
Norah Jones--Above Ground
The Asylum Street Spankers--TV Party
Bobby Patterson--Trial of Mary McGuire
The Flatlanders--Whistle Blues
King Curtis--I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Faded Love (1946)
Freddy Fender (as Eddie con Los Shades)--Lucy Lucy
Flaco Jimenez--El Guero Polkas
Nanci Griffith--Goin' Back to Georgia (live)
Rusty Wier--Cuervo's Gold
---Retroactive #489--May 29, 2004:
(A pre-empted, one hour show today, as KAOS was carrying the broadcast of
the Northwest Folklife Festival live from the Seattle Center beginning at 11am)
Robert Jr. Lockwood--I Am to Blame
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Hangover
Angela McCluskey--It's Been Done
Sly & the Family Stone--Just Like a Baby
Veda Hille--And Birds
(Willie) Wisely--My Complicated Friend
///30th Anniversary of the 'June 1, 1974' concert and live album from London's
Rainbow Theatre with Kevin Ayers, John Cale, (Brian) Eno, Nico and others:
Kevin Ayers--Shouting In a Bucket Blues (live, 6/74)
John Cale--Heartbreak Hotel (live, 6/74)
Nico--The Fairest of the Seasons///
Calexico--Alone Again Or
Sista Monica Parker--You're Only Good for One Thang Baby
Mary Lou Williams--Koolbonga
---Retroactive #488--May 22, 2004:
---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show
Ted Hawkins--Searching for My Love
Graham Parker--Sugaree
Inez & Charlie Foxx--The Ball Game
The Holmes Brothers--You Won't Be Livin' Here Anymore
June Tabor--Belle Rose
Beau Jocque & his Zydeco Hi-Rollers--I'm On the Wonder
Jack Earls--My Gal Mary Ann
Wanda Jackson--Honey Don't
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon--Car Carrier Blues
Fats Waller--Alligator Crawl; 'S'posin'
Lucy Kaplansky--I Had Something
Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods--I Need Me a Car
///Drummer Elvin Jones (1927-2004):
John Coltrane--All or Nothing at All; 26-2///
Tracy Nelson--I Need All the Help I Can Get (live, 2002)
Buckwheat Zydeco--Hot Tamale Baby
The Minus 5--Lies of the Living Dead
Houng Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers--The Dog Meets the Wolf (live)
Catie Curtis--Don't Lay Down; Look at You Now; The Trouble You Bring
Roosevelt Sykes--Green Onion Top
The Last Real Texas Blues Band with Doug Sahm--T-Bone Shuffle
Sonny Stitt--Sweet and Lovely
Bob Dylan--Abandoned Love; I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met); Talking World War III Blues
(both live, 10/64)
Dottie Peoples--I Believe In You
Leon Russell--It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (live, 8/72)
---Retroactive--May 15, 2004:
Much thanks to Melissa Suther of I'm Not Here to Make Friends for filling in,
so I could attend my daughter Mirelle's graduation from law school.
Congrats, Rell!
---Retroactive #487--May 8, 2004:
Sons of the Pioneers--Hold That Critter Down
Booker T. & the MGs--Can't Be Still
Lou Pride--Work for Love
Patti Smith--Cartwheels
Sue Garner & Rick Brown--Asphalt Road
Rockpile--Back to Schooldays (live, 4/77)
Swamp Dogg & the Riders of the New Funk--Embryo S.O.S.
Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods--Tears Like a River
The David Berkman Quartet--Quilt
Maria Muldaur--How Can You Face Me
The Impressions--Can't Satisfy
The Minutemen--Hey Lawdy Mama
The Pretenders--The Wait
Dead Kennedys--Have I the Right (live, 3/79)
Family--Sat'd'y Barfly; Old Songs New Songs; Ready to Go
Ann Peebles--(You Keep Me) Hangin' On
Slam Stewart & Bucky Pizzarelli--That's My Kick
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Bigger Bed
Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers--What'd I Say (live)
Paul deLay--Come On With It
Peach--Come Up and See Me Sometime
Little Red Car Wreck--House Fire
Stevie Wonder--I'm New; Please Don't Go
Guy Davis--Home Cooked Meal; Never Met a Woman Who Treats Me Like You Do
The Animals--Talkin' Bout You; You're On My Mind; Cheating
Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'; Sun/Moon
John Hicks--Gypsy Folk Tales
Koko Taylor--Beer Bottle Boogie
The Young Fresh Fellows--She Sees Color
The Avengers--We Are the One
Bobby Lyle--Body and Soul
Loretta Lynn with Jack White--Portland Oregon
---Retroactive #486--May 1, 2004:
Frank Stokes--Downtown Blues
Mirah--The Struggle
The Byrds--John Riley
Steve Forbert--Oh, Yesterday
Sam Kininger--Where I'm Coming From
Veda Hille--Seasoned
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson--Back Home
Cliff 'King' Solomon--But Officer!
Marion Williams--Danger Zone
Sean Jones--The Serpent
Over the Rhine--What I'll Remember Most
Carl Perkins--Gone, Gone, Gone
Anne McCue--Crazy Beautiful Child
Toots & the Maytals with Ben Harper--Love Gonna Walk Out on Me
Carmen McRae & Betty Carter--Stolen Moments (You Belong to Her) (live, 1987)
The Jerry Vivino Quartet--Harlem Nocturne (live)
Less Than Jake with Billy Bragg--The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out
The Isley Brothers--Hey Little Girl; Live It Up; Harvest For the World
Patty Griffin--Top of the World
Frank Zappa--It Must Be a Camel
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--New Partner
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls--D.C.
Judy Collins--In the Hills of Shiloh; Liverpool Lullaby; Tear Down These Walls (live, 1964)
Little Walter--Off the Wall; Key to the Highway; Blues with a Feeling
Big Maybelle--I Could Make You Care; Friendless Blues; Ocean of Tears
Peace de Resistance--Fly Bush to the Moon
Lou Pride--Look Out Love
Johnny Cash--Where We'll Never Grow Old
The Chicago Underground Trio--Shoe Lace
Eric Ambel--From a Better Place
Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends--Not a Doll
---Retroactive #485--April 24, 2004:
Old Jack Bloom--Self Abuse
Eliza Gilkyson--Hiway 9
Mick Farren & the Deviants--Slum Lord
Mahalia Jackson--Run All the Way
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--Horses
The Beach Boys--That's Not Me
Inez & Charlie Foxx--Broken Hearted Fool
Simon Joyner--Birds of Spring
Patty Griffin--Florida
Keiko Matsui--Seeker
Dinah Washington--Please Send Me Someone to Love
Old Time Relijun--Tigers In the Temple
The Minus 5--The Girl I Never Met
Anne McCue--Tiny Little Song
Lou Reed--Ecstasy (live, 2003)
The Bunch--Let There Be Drums
Patsy Cline--Let the Teardrops Fall
Fats Domino--Sick and Tired
Ricky Nelson--My Bucket's Got a Hole In It
Mirah--Jerusalem
The Yayhoos--California
Mojo Watson--I'm Going to Leave Kansas City
Patti Smith--Jubilee
The Holmes Brothers--Big Boss Man
Ed Sarath & the London Jazz Orchestra--Child of Light
Ella Fitzgerald--Basin Street Blues; Smooth Sailin'; Any Old Blues (live, 7/73)
Willie Nelson--Hands on the Wheel; Bloody Mary Morning
Willie Nelson with Sinead O'Connor--Don't Give Up
Toots & the Maytals with Willie Nelson--Still Is Still Moving to Me
L7 with Waylon Jennings--Three Days
The Detroit Cobras--Silver and Gold (When I Get Like This)
Sugar Ray (Norcia) & the Bluetones featuring Monster Mike Welch--Tell Me What's Going On
Mike Stern--Avenue B
Sarah Harmer--Almost
Skeeter Davis with NRBQ--Things to You
The Asylum Street Spankers--Dance This Mess Around
The Lovejoys--It's Mighty Nice
---Retroactive #484--April 17, 2004:
Kim Wilson--Tortured
Big Mama Thornton--The Fish
The Deathray Davies--Man Called Uncle
Thea Gilmore--This Girl Is Taking Bets
Robert Wyatt--Yolanda
Ernie K-Doe--Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta
Sarah Harmer--Came On Lion
David Johansen & the Harry Smiths--I Can't Be Satisfied
The Country Rockers--Rock Around with Ollie Vee
Etta James--You Took It
Sean Jones--Searching
Patty Griffin--Cold As It Gets
John Wesley Harding--Like a Prayer
Dub Narcotic Sound System--Joint Joint
All That--Wolf's Remedy
Trudy Lynn--Real Lovin'
The Young Fresh Fellows--Trek to Stupidity; Celebration; View From Above
Leo Kottke--Busted Bicycle
Canned Heat--Let's Work Together
Jenny & the Statesides--Putty In Your Hands
Joe Tex--What In the World
Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers--Sen-Sa-Shun (live)
Mary Lou Lord--Long Way from Tupelo
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls--Saro-Wiwa
Richard Berry--Please Tell Me
Richard Berry & the Dreamers--Jelly Roll
The Black Keys--Have Love Will Travel
Peach--Dance With Me Henry
Dar Williams--Iowa; End of the Summer (both live); I Saw a Bird Fly Away
Roy Orbison--(All I Can Do Is) Dream You; It's Over
Traveling Wilburys--Not Alone Anymore
LeBocal--Oh No! (instrumental version)
The Holmes Brothers--Up Above My Head
Otis Taylor--505 Train
The Penguins--Walkin' Down Broadway
Wynonie Harris--I Feel That Old Age Coming On
---Retroactive #483--April 10, 2004:
---Tenth Anniversary Show and Larger Landmarks (going back 30, 60 and even 80 years)
The Flatlanders--Baby Do You Love Me Still?
Esther Phillips--You Can Bet Your Life (I Do)
Anne McCue--Roll
The Spaniels--You Gave Me Peace of Mind
Steppenwolf--Rock Me (Olympia AM oldies station KGHO switched formats on 4/7/04. This was the last song played)
The Asylum Street Spankers--Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
Joss Stone--Some Kind of Wonderful
Larry Coryell/Badi Assad/John Abercrombie--New Lute Interlude/Soundtrack
Leon Thomas--C.C. Rider (The first song ever played on Retroactive, 4/14/94)
Clarence Williams' Blue Five with Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet--Texas Moaner Blues (recorded 1924)
Milo Hamilton calls Hank Aaron's record-setting 715th career home run (no steroids needed), 4/8/74
Vassar Clements, Doug Jernigan & friends--Vassar's Boogie (from Hillbilly Jazz, the first album ever released by
Flying Fish Records, 11/30/74)
Slaid Cleaves--Hearts Break
Taj Mahal--Statesboro Blues
Billie Holiday--That Ole Devil Called Love (Among Billie's first work for Decca Records, 1944)
Johnny Paycheck--Me and the IRS (live)
The Beaubiens--Times Passed
Joe Ely--I'm On the Run Again
Mac & Katie Kissoon--I've Found My Freedom
NRBQ--Over Your Head (A new release when Retroactive started in 1994; today, CD copies of the album
Message for the Mess Age were given away on this program)
Johnny J. Blair--For What It's Worth (live)
Peach--Love You
///Young musicians in 1954:
Ray Charles (age 23)--Sinner's Prayer
George Benson (age 11)--It Should've Been Me #2
Elvis Presley (age 19), Scotty & Bill--Good Rockin' Tonight///
John Hicks--Beantown Blues
Dave Edmunds--Baby I Love You; Egg or the Hen
Rockpile--Fool Too Long
Dusty Springfield--Morning; In the Middle of Nowhere; So Much Love
Al Green--Let It Shine; What Am I Gonna Do with Myself; For the Good Times (live, Tokyo, 1978)
The Joe Kap Organ Trio--The Cold Chill
Ernestine Anderson--This Time the Dream's On Me
Leo Kottke--Eight Miles High
Mike Stern--Last One Down
Kitty Margolis--Your Mind Is On Vacation (live)
---Retroactive #482--April 3, 2004:
Ma Rainey--New Bo Weevil Blues
Catie Curtis--Red Light
Stoney Edwards--Odd Job Dollar Bill Man
Peter Case--Workin' for the Enemy
Ani DiFranco--The True Story of What Was/Bodily
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup--Crudup's After Hours
The Flatlanders--Back to My Old Molehill
The Asylum Street Spankers--Digga Digga Do
The Minus 5--The Night Chicago Died Again
The Noah Peterson Quartet--But Beautiful (live)
Blossom Dearie--Moonlight Saving Time
Davis Jones & the Fenders--Boss with the Hot Sauce
Kim Wilson--Sometimes
Long Cleve Red & Harvey Hull/Down Home Boys--The Original Stack O'Lee Blues
Peach with Taj Mahal--The Real Thing
The Move--Fields of People; The Words of Aaron; California Man
Leo Kottke--Bean Time
Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney--A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Abyss/Roundup Ready (live)
Russell Smith--Jesse
Jim Pepper--What's New
Cecil Gant--I Gotta Gal; Nashville Jumps
Muddy Waters--Look What You Done; Bird Nest on the Ground; Blues Before Sunrise
Billie Holiday--I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues; Always; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Michael Davis--C to Z
Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson--Drifting Through the Days
Richard & Linda Thompson--I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson--When the Spell Is Broken (live); Don't Stop the Music (live)
Fairport Convention--Cajun Woman (BBC); If (Stomp)
---Retroactive #481--March 27, 2004:
Mary Lou Lord--43
Willy DeVille with Allen Toussaint--The Lovers
James Booker--On the Sunny Side of the Street
June Tabor--No Good at Love
Louise Massey & her Westerners--Billy Boy
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee--You'd Better Mind (live, 1961)
Chris Smither--Killin' the Blues (live, 2001)
John Hicks--For John Chapman
Kitty Margolis--I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco (live)
Bob Dylan--Spanish Harlem Incident (live, 10/64)
Jann Arden--Good Mother
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--Ohio River Boat Song
The Butchies--Send Me You
Bobby Sax--Sock It
James Cotton--Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
Peach--Big Back Beat
The Runaways--I Love Playin' with Fire; Hollywood; Cherry Bomb
The Detroit Cobras--Ya Ya Ya (Looking for My Baby)
Sugar Ray (Norcia) & the Bluetones--And the Angels Sing
Mike Morgan & the Crawl--The Wine Song, Pts. 1 & 2 (live)
Cassandra Wilson--Waters of March
The Wailers--Bad Trip
The Holmes Brothers--Run Myself Out of Town
Bobby Lyle--The Song Is You
Ronnie Lane--April Fool; Kuschty Rye (both live)
The Small Faces--Song of a Baker
Faces--You're So Rude
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane--Nowhere to Run
Sue Foley--Train to Memphis; Truckin' Little Woman; Wayward Girl
Mike Stern--Remember (for Bob Berg)
Nick Lowe--A Different Kind of Blue; So It Goes
Brinsley Schwarz--Rock and Roll Women; Surrender to the Rhythm
Jona Lewie--God Bless Whoever Made You
---Retroactive #480--March 20, 2004:
---All '60s Show
Jerry Butler--He Will Break Your Heart
Sarah Vaughan--Have You Met Miss Jones
The Box Tops--Fields of Clover
The Louvin Brothers--Brown's Ferry Blues
Etta James with Harvey Fuqua--If I Can't Have You
The Kingsmen--The Climb
The Valentinos--Lookin' for a Love
The Rolling Stones--Ride On, Baby
Pentangle--Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band--Yellow Brick Road
Tal Farlow--Crazy, She Calls Me
The Bittersweets--Hurtin' Kind
The Miracles--Come On Do the Jerk
The Jesters--Cadillac Man
Dee Dee Sharp--Village of Love
The Band--Yazoo Street Scandal (alternate take)
Jefferson Airplane--Crown of Creation
? & the Mysterians--Ain't It a Shame
Sam & Dave--Hold On, I'm Comin' (live, 1967)
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Down on Me (second version from Live at Winterland, 4/68)
Sam Cooke--Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Sonics--Witch
Dusty Springfield--Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
Stevie Wonder--Nothing's Too Good for My Baby
P.P. Arnold--The First Cut Is the Deepest
The Who--Odorono
Them--Baby Please Don't Go
The Belfast Gypsies--Gloria's Dream
The Sanshers--Gonna Get That Man
Jimmy Smith--Oh, No, Babe
Aretha Franklin--Today I Sing the Blues; You're a Sweet Sweet Man; See Saw
Howlin' Wolf--Just Like I Treat You
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice
Irma Thomas--Times Have Changed
The Beatles--Because I Know You Love Me So (1/69); I Call Your Name
The Shangri-Las--It's Easier to Cry
The Choir--It's Cold Outside
The Velvet Underground--The Black Angel's Death Song
Bettye LaVette--Here I Am
Wanda Jackson--My Big Iron Skillet
The Kinks--Tin Soldier Man
The Pretty Things--Baron Saturday
Gladys Knight & the Pips--End of Our Road
Chico Hamilton--Mallet Dance
Procol Harum--Homburg
Sly & the Family Stone--I Cannot Make It
*Plus: Clips of comments and ads from the American Breed, the Jefferson Airplane, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Ravi Shankar, John Lennon
---Retroactive #479--March 13, 2004:
Dave Alvin--(I Won't Be) Leaving
Marion Williams--Bad News, Bad Times
The Spiders--I Didn't Want to Do It
Amy Rigby--O'Hare
Jaybird Coleman--Mean Trouble Blues
The Picketts--Night Fell
Kim Wilson--Love Attack
The Black Keys--I'll Be Your Man
Joanne Brackeen--C-SRI
Amy Allison--Don't String Me Along
Slaid Cleaves--Tiger Tom Dixon's Blues
Detroit Junior--Everyday I Have the Blues (live)
Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Somebody Lied
Bobby Fuller Drive--The Lobby
Fleetwood Mac--Oh Well, Pt. 1 (live, Boston, 2/70)
The Dana Fuchs Band--Fading Away
The Minus 5--The Forgotten Fridays
The Holmes Brothers--He'll Have to Go
The Staple Singers--Got to Be Some Changes Made; Mystery Train; Brand New Day
The Detroit Cobras--You Don't Knock
Mike Morgan & the Crawl--Frankie's Blues (live)
Catie Curtis--Dark Weather
Alejandro Escovedo--Five Hearts Breaking
Marian McPartland--Killing Me Softly; You Turned the Tables On Me (both live, 1974)
Marcia Ball--Don't You Know I Love You; Honeypie
Marcia Ball with Delbert McClinton--You Make It Hard
Marcia Ball/Lou Ann Barton/Angela Strehli--You Can If You Think You Can
Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--I Want to Do Everything for You
Alvin Robinson--Something You Got
Wilson Pickett--I'm Gonna Cry (Cry Baby); Soul Survivor; A Man of Value
Sam Kininger--Don't Say Nothin'
Peach--Someone Else Is Steppin' In
Ernestine Anderson--On the Sunny Side of the Street
Roy Brown--Let the Four Winds Blow
---Retroactive #478--March 6, 2004:
Barbara Lynn--This Is the Thanks I Get
Steve Earle--A Girl Like That
Maddy Prior--Bitty Withy
Rod Stewart--Lady Day
Pinetop Perkins--High Heel Sneakers (live)
Mickey Lee Lane--Hey Sah-Lo Ney
Hadda Brooks--Jump Back Honey
The Mountain Goats--Against Pollution
The Holmes Brothers--I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Larry Coryell/Badi Assad/John Abercrombie--Seu Jorge E Dona Ica
Lisa Sokolov--Chain of Fools
BR549--She's Talking to Someone (She's Not Talking to Me)
Uncle Bonsai--Fat Boys (live)
Patti Smith--Gloria
The Detroit Cobras--99 1/2 Just Won't Do
Peter B--Republican
Paul Geremia--Mosquito Moan
Micah Blue Smaldone--In the Jailhouse Now
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister--Standing In Your Shadow
Rockin' Dopsie--Make It Hot
Bonnie Raitt--The Road's My Middle Name
The Cyrkle--Cry
Peach--Might Have a Move or Two
Emily Remler--Blues for Herb
Eddie Cole's Solid Swingers--Stompin' at the Panama
The (Nat) King Cole Trio--Little Joe from Chicago; This Is My Night to Dream; I Know That You Know
Nat King Cole--A Blossom Fell
Laurel Masse--Paper Moon
The George Shearing Trio--Sweet Lorraine
Big Maybelle--St. Louis Blues
Keb' Mo'--Keep It Simple
Sue Foley--Open Up Your Eyes
Jeff Parker--Holiday for a Despot
Blue Spark--The Truth
Karrin Allyson--All or Nothing at All
Detroit Junior--What Am I Living For (live)
---Retroactive #477--February 28, 2004:
Ray Charles--Kissa Me Baby
Spanic Boys--Deep Water
The T.C.I. Women's Four--I Got a Home In That Rock
Mimi Parker & Alan Sparhawk--Kindly Blessed
Hasil Adkins--Chicken Hop
Wanda Jackson--It'll Be Me
The Kinks--Party Line
Sarah Vaughan--They Can't Take That Away from Me
Terry Allen--Honeymoon In Cortez
Ian Dury & the Blockheads--Geraldine
E.C. Scott--Before Quick Can Get Ready
Dave Douglas--Just Say This
Glen Glenn--Everybody's Movin'
Patty Larkin--Different World
Responsible Teenagers--Temporary Feeling
The Minus 5--Dear My Inspiration
The Detroit Cobras--My Baby Loves the Secret Agent
The Neville Brothers--Fire On the Bayou; Congo Square (live); Amazing Grace/Down By the Riverside/Amen (live, 1985)
Ernestine Anderson--Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Eddie Williams & his Brown Buddies with Floyd Dixon--Saturday Night Fish Fry
The Black Keys--No Fun
Old Time Relijun--This Kettle Contains the Heart
Muddy Waters--Blow Wind Blow (live, 6/71)
Anne Feeney--Which Side Are You On
Joel Frahm & Brad Mehldau--Away from Home
Johnny Cash--One Piece at a Time; The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (live, 1968)
Johnny Cash with Joe Strummer--Redemption Song
Rosanne Cash--Tennessee Flat Top Box
The Josh Roseman Unit--Sedate Remix
The Fleetwoods--Unchained Melody
Glenn Miller--Pennsylvania 6-5000
Fats Domino--Before I Grow Too Old; Detroit City Blues; I Hear You Knocking
Randy Newman--I'm In Love Again
Dr. John--Mess Around
---Retroactive #476--February 21, 2004:
Dar Williams--Mercy of the Fallen
Capitol J--It Looks Like the Devil's In Our Own Backyard
Zora Young--Country Girl Returns
Paul Geremia--Meet Me In the Bottom
Rachel Harrington--That's How Strong My Love Is
Slaid Cleaves--Sinner's Prayer
The Jackson Brothers--There's No Other Way
Melissa Mitchell--Fading Fast (live)
Freddy Fender (as Eddie Con Los Shades)--Tequilita Rock
Joel Frahm & Brad Mehldau--East of the Sun
Patty Larkin--Italian Shoes
Hot Club Sandwich--HCS Strut
Sam Kininger--NY-No. 1
Peter B--It's Just Another Lynching
Peach--Starin' You In the Face
Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Everybody's Wailin'
Big Star--She's a Mover (live, 1974); The Ballad of El Goodo; Thank You Friends
Fleetwood Mac--Sandy Mary (live, Boston, 2/70)
Ann Peebles--Fear No Evil
Charles Caldwell--Old Buck
The Chicago Underground Trio--Ostinato
Nina Simone--The Other Woman; Baltimore; Take Care of Business
Bessie Smith--Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Ravi Shankar--Asato Maa; Sahanaa Vavatu
George Harrison--Brainwashed; That's the Way It Goes; Wreck of the Hesperus
Hot Club of San Franscisco--While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Jeff Lynne with Anoushka Shankar--The Inner Light (live, 11/02)
Billy Preston with Eric Clapton--Isn't It a Pity (live, 11/02)
---Retroactive #475--February 14, 2004:
Papa John Kolstad & the Hot Club of East Lake--Lady Be Good
The Hot Club of San Francisco--Swing This
Robin & Linda Williams--Old Plank Road
Kenny Neal & Billy Branch--Don't Start Me Talkin'
BR549--No Train to Memphis
Danielle Howle & the Tantrums--You Came a Knockin'
Charles Caldwell--Down the Road of Love
The Fleshtones--Headlock on My Heart
Ted Hawkins--Bad Dog
Cat Kinsey--Climb
Omar Sosa & Adam Rudolph--Green Silence
James Blood Ulmer--Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
The Humane Society--Knock Knock
Patty Larkin--The Road
The Clash--Brand New Cadillac
Peach--Won't Be Long
The Holmes Brothers--Everything Is Free; You're So Good for Me; Homeless Child (live)
Bruce Cockburn--Waiting for a Miracle (live)
John Trudell--Takes My Breath
Billie Holiday--All the Way
Chet Baker--Like Someone In Love
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell--If This World Were Mine
Joy Eden Harrison--First Kisses
Joel Frahm & Brad Mehldau--'Round Midnight #1
Yoko Ono--Is This What We Do; Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City
Lou Ann Barton--Down South In New Orleans; Good Lover
Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps--Red Blue Jeans and a Ponytail; You Told a Fib
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Poppies; Goodnight (1996 version)
Irma Thomas--Two Winters Long; Time Is On My Side (live, 8/90)
The Chicago Underground Trio--Protest
Joe Ely & Todd Snider--Oh Boy!
Joe Ely--Carnival Bum; Bet Me
---Retroactive #474--February 7, 2004:
Annie Laurie--Stop Talkin' and Start Walkin'
Augie Meyers--Lover Please
Mississippi Fred McDowell--Worried Mind
Lucy Kaplansky--Hole In My Head
Karrin Allyson--Long As You're Living
Love--Stephanie Knows Who
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Time Marches On
Detroit Junior--Caledonia (live)
Debbie Davies with James Cotton--Chicago Line
The Mark Kleinhaut Trio with Bobby Watson--Field of Greens
The Al Rowe Project--Crazy
Eddie Cotton--End of the Rainbow (acoustic version)
Robin & Linda Williams with Iris DeMent--Leaving the Land
Marion Sumner--Who's Sorry Now
The Volebeats--One I Love
///40th Anniversary of the Beatles' U.S. barrage:
Bobby Vinton--There! I've Said It Again (#1 in the U.S., January 1964. Pop music was about to change in a big way)
The Fab Four on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 1964:
The Beatles--I Saw Her Standing There (live, NYC, 2/9/64); This Boy (live, Miami, 2/16/64)///
Sam Phillips--I Wanna Be Your Man
NRBQ--Ain't It Good (live)
Young Jessie--Well Baby
Bobby Fuller Drive--Another Sad and Lonely Night
Kenny Traylor--Highway Angel
Etta James--Hawg for Ya
The Bill Evans Trio--Israel
Carole King--Anyone at All; Been to Canaan
The Wailers--Lonesome Track
Bob Marley & the Wailers--Soul Rebel; Keep On Moving (London version)
The Holmes Brothers--Concrete Jungle
Jackson Browne--Redemption Song (live, 9/95)
Denman Maroney--Fluxations, Pts. 1 & 2
The Everly Brothers--I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail; Always It's You; Asleep
Ray Charles--Problems Problems
---Retroactive #473--January 31, 2004:
---All Michigan Show
Clara Hardy--Touch of Love
The Torquays--Shake a Tail Feather
Little Willie John--A Little Bit of Loving
The Deadstring Brothers--27 Hours
The Tony Rich Project--Traveling Alone
Sheila Jordan--Let's Face the Music and Dance
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Joy
The Unrelated Segments--It's Unfair
The White Stripes--Astro
The Detroit Cobras--I'll Keep Holding On
Ron Blake--Making Love to You
Aretha Franklin--Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jackie Wilson--(My Love Is) Growin' Tall
Steve Nardella--Mystery Train
Marshall Crenshaw--Little Sister (live, 1983); Better Back Off
S.U.N.--Sunrise
Betty Carter--Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)
The Rationals--Hold On Baby; Little Girls Cry
The Gore Gore Girls--I'm Gonna Get You Yet
The Chenille Sisters--Big Hair
Nolan Strong & the Diablos--Do You Remember What You Did
(Iggy &) the Stooges--Penetration
The Shy--Anything for Love
Suzi Quatro--Rock Hard
Marv Johnson--So Glad You Chose Me
Diana Ross & the Supremes--Love Child
Marvin Gaye--Can I Get a Witness
Jimmy Ruffin--Everybody Needs Love
The Marvelettes--My Daddy Knows Best
MC5--High School; Future/Now
Sonic's Rendezvous Band--Heaven (live)
Regina Carter--Don't Mess with Mr. T
Bettye LaVette--You'll Never Change (live, 9/99)
Wilson Pickett--Jealous Love
Bob Seger--Rosalie
Barbara Morrison--Still Called the Blues
Gino Washington--Out of This World
*Plus: Jimmy Haslip and Eddie Holland on the genius of Motown bassist James Jamerson, Jr.
---Retroactive #472--January 24, 2004:
Professor Longhair (as Roy Byrd & his Blues Jumpers)--Oh Well
Wanda Jackson--It Happens Every Time
The Volebeats--Knowing Me, Knowing You
The Swallows--Roll, Roll Pretty Baby
Jools Holland with Ruby Turner--Nobody But You
Kacey Jones--Oh, Holy Smoke
The Holmes Brothers--Hey Baby
Joe Simon--The Choking Kind
Lacy J. Dalton--The One Thing (live)
Buster Williams--All of You
Lucy Kapalansky--Off and Running
Detroit Junior--Boogie Blues (live)
The Bush--To Die Alone
Jimmy Carroll--Big Green Car
Sub Debs--Let's Go
Bruce Springsteen--Code of Silence (live, 1999)
The Royales--Too Much of a Little Bit
The '5' Royales--Come On and Save Me; I Like It Like That; Messin' Up
Patricia Pike--Tic Tock America
Danny Brooks & the Rockin' Revelators--Walk That Walk
The Juke Jumpers--Hot Dog! (live)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe--The Natural Facts
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble--Stranger
Lucinda Williams--World Without Tears; Motherless Children; Crescent City
Patty Loveless--The Night's Too Long
The Persuasions--Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home; Moonlight and Music; Little Red Rooster
Etta James--The Pickup; All the Way Down; At Last (both live)
The Harptones--A Sunday Kind of Love
Jean Routhier--Face a Claques
Si Kahn--Rock Me Roll Me
Joe Ely--Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
---Retroactive #471--January 17, 2004:
Peter Lang--John Hurt In the 21st Century
Mississippi John Hurt--Blue Harvest Blues
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Furnace Room Lullaby
Kenny Neal & Billy Branch--Goin' Down Slow
Dakota Staton--Little Man You've Had a Busy Day
Link Wray--Scatter
Shirley Walton--Send Peace and Harmony
Jorma Kaukonen--Bread Line Blues
Omar Sosa & Adam Rudolph--Kachirumba
India.Arie--Good Man
Dwayne Sodahberk--Bird
Buffalo Springfield--Neighbor Don't You Worry
Sleater-Kinney--Words and Guitar
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders--If You Don't Know
Blue Rodeo--Falling Down Blue; Diamond Mine; Head Over Heels
John Trudell--Nothing In Her Eyes
Ani DiFranco--Swim
Rosco Gordon--Sit Right Here
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys--Snap a Finger, Jesus
Citizens Band--WalMart
Chris Hillman--Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Geoffrey Keezer--Prelude In E Flat
Ruth Brown--It'll Come Back Someday; Why Me; A Lover Is Forever
B.B. King with Ruth Brown--You're the Boss
Bobby Blue Bland--Don't Cry No More; Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time; You've Got to Hurt
Before You Heal (both live)
The Art Ensemble of Chicago--As Clear As the Sun
Majek Fashek & the Prisoners of Conscience--So Long
Love Sculpture--The Stumble
Big Mama Thornton--Life Goes On
Michael Hill's Blues Mob--Bluestime In America
*Plus: Speech clips from Martin Luther King, Jr. taken from the albums The Great March to Freedom (Gordy)
and The MLK Tapes (Jerden)
---Retroactive #470--January 10, 2004:
Holly Near--Quiet Early Morning
Johnny Farmer--Ocean Blues
Dan Zanes--We Shall Not Be Moved
Dinah Washington--Lean Baby
Doug & the Slugs--Who Knows How to Make Love Stay
Big Maybelle--Rock House
T Bone Burnett--Tears Tears Tears
Freddy Fender (as Eddie Con Los Shades)--Mi Nena
Peggy Atwood--A Season In Hell
Oily Rags--Country Boy Picker
Amelia Blake--Are You Calling
The Volebeats--Hold On
Gabriel Mark Hasselbach--Lullaby of Birdland
Albert King--Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
Cedell Davis--Propaganda
William & Arlene--Gypsy Supper
Shemekia Copeland with Joe Louis Walker--My Turn Baby
Quicksilver Messenger Service--Who Do You Love (suite/entire album side)
Bo Diddley--Can I Walk You Home
Debbie Davies--Watch Out What You Do
Ari Brown--One for Luba
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Keep Knockin' (But You Can't Come In); Spanish Fandango; Lonesome Hearted Blues
Marshall Chapman--Booze In Your Blood; Alabama Bad (both live); Better to Let Her Go
Omar Sosa & Adam Rudolph--Winter of the Flower
The Soul Stirrers--He'll Make a Way; Mean Old World
Lou Rawls--Another Saturday Night
Arthur Prysock with Betty Joplin--Bring It On Home to Me
Johnnie Morisette--Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
Rene Hall--Thunderbird
Sam Cooke--Nothing Can Change This Love; Having a Party (both live with King Curtis & his band, 1/63); But Not for Me
---Retroactive #469--January 3, 2004:
Ruth Willis & Blind Willie McTell--Experience Blues
Roscoe Holcomb--Milkcow Blues
Louis Armstrong--The Bucket's Got a Hole In It (live)
Kasey Chambers--Little Sparrow
Jesse Colin Young--Same Old Man
Robben Ford with Mavis Staples--(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
The Volebeats--I Had to Tell You
Jan & Dean--Dead Man's Curve
Sarah Jane Morris--Arms of An Angel
The Rick McLaughlin Trio--Ink
Peggy Lee--As Time Goes By
Lightnin' Slim--Winter Time Blues
The Jive Five--My True Story
Dead Moon--Crazy to the Bone
The Remains--Gonna Move (live)
Bettye LaVette--Souvenirs
///Gary Stewart (1945-2003)--Draggin' Shackles; Trudy; Honky Tonkin'///
John Trudell--Angel of Sin
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Don't Do It
Alejandro Escovedo--Crooked Frame
Kacey Jones--Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Malachi Thompson--An Elevated City
Elvis Presley--I Forgot to Remember to Forget; Blue Suede Shoes; Wearin' That Loved On Look
Denman Maroney--Fluxations, Pt. 5
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs--Sail Away to the Sea
Fotheringay--Two Weeks Last Summer
Natalie Merchant--Crazy Man Michael
Fairport Convention--You Never Wanted Me (BBC); A Sailor's Life
The Bunch--That'll Be the Day
Sandy Denny--It Suits Me Well; Next Time Around; Friends
Richard Thompson--Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne