---Retroactive #666--December 29, 2007:
Johnny Cash--The Beast In Me
The Kennedys--Gypsy Rider
Mavis Staples--Turn Me Around
Ian Hunter--I Am What I Hated
The Shy--I'm Here
King Khan & the Shrines--Shattered
Karen Dalton--In a Station
///Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)--Old Folks ('Piano Jazz' version and conversation with Marian McPartland, 6/80)
Anita O'Day--Tenderly (Oscar Peterson, piano)///
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra--I Concentrate on You
John McCutcheon--Oprah Seat (live)
Bettye LaVette--You Don't Know Me at All
Wild Bill Moore--We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll (Savoy Records, catalog number 666)
Thee Midniters--I Found a Peanut
Tommy Castro with Teresa James--Goin' Down South
Bruce Springsteen--Long Walk Home
Betty Davis--Anti Love Song
Alex Chilton--No Sex (radio edit)
Patti Smith--Persuasion
Bo Diddley--I'm a Man
Magic Slim--Before You Accuse Me
John Scofield--Heck of a Job
Charles Brown--Route 66
Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Happy New Year
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--When the Other Foot Drops, Uncle
*Plus: Gene McDaniels' New Years greeting
---Retroactive #665--December 22, 2007:
///Floyd Red Crow Westerman (1936-2007)--Big River///
///Dan Fogelberg (1951-2007)--At Christmas Time///
Butch Thompson--Away In a Manger
Victoria Williams--What a Wonderful World
Los Reyes--White Christmas
Lionel Hampton--Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Donny Hathaway--This Christmas
The Young Fresh Fellows--O Little Town of Bethlehem
Jack Scott--There's Trouble Brewin'
Windy & Carl--Snowing
Phil Ochs--One More Parade
Richard Thompson--I Ain't Marching Anymore (live, solo, 2002)
Roy Wood's Wizzard--I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Shemekia Copeland--Stay a Little Longer, Santa
Marah--Quithmith Pudding/Counting the Days ('Til Christmas)
Wild Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire--Mistletoe
Spectrum--Santa Claus
Darlene Love--Marshmellow World
Elvis Presley--I'll Be Home for Christmas
Debbie Dabney--I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis (Heartbreak Noel)
Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--O Rubber Tree
The Trashmen--Dancin' with Santa
Graham Parker--New Year's Revolution
Louis Armstrong & the Commanders--Cool Yule
Billy Joe Shaver with Flaco Jimenez--Feliz Navidad
Dies Irae--Silent Night
Esther Phillips--Please Send Me Someone to Love (live)
The Muffs--Nothing for Me
Augie Rios--Donde Esta Santa Claus
Al Bowlly--Ev'ryday's a Holiday
Les Chickun--Christmastime Is Time for Les Chickun
---Retroactive #664--December 15, 2007:
Bill Mays/Inventions Trio--Baubles, Bangles and Beads
King Pleasure--Parker's Mood
Eleanor Ellis--Sun's Gonna Shine One Day
Abigail Riccards--The Thrill Is Gone
///Ike Turner (1931-2007) & his Orchestra--Loosely (The Wild One)
Jackie Brenston & his Delta Cats--Rocket 88
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm (Tommy Hodge, vocal)--Matchbox (Version B)
Johnny Wright with Ike Turner's Orchestra--The World Is Yours
Ike Turner--Gimme Back My Wig
Ike & Tina Turner--My Baby Now; He's Mine (live, 1967); Merry Christmas Baby///
The David Joel Quartet--Eastern Truth
Johnny J. Blair--(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania
The Beach Boys--Santa's Beard
Ruby Johnson--It's Better to Give Than Receive
The Count Bishops--Gloria (live, 5/79)
The White Stripes--Rag and Bone
Butterbeans & Susie--Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (And Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Billy Lee Riley--All Over Again
Dee Daniels--Respect
Professor Longhair--It's My Fault, Darling; Hey Now Baby
James Booker--Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Ballad at the Maple Leaf (live); All By Myself/I'm In Love Again (live)
Fats Domino--I'll Be Home for Christmas
Saco Ya Suma--Another Rain
The Youngsters--Christmas In Jail
Rufus Wainwright--Spotlight on Christmas
The Ventures--Sleigh Ride
---Retroactive #663--December 8, 2007:
///Jim Ford (1941-2007)--Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell Beer; Sounds of Our Time
Bobby Womack--Harry Hippie
Nick Lowe--36 Inches High (live)
Brinsley Schwarz--Niki Hoeky///
Greg Brown--Cold + Dark + Wet
Maria Muldaur--Early Every Morn
Nappy Brown--Aw Shucks, Baby
Saturday Nite Fish Fry--Poor Old Me
Chico Freeman--Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise
Brenda Lee--Dum Dum; Is It True
Al Green--I Can't Get Next to You
The Noses--Been a Long Time
The F**king Eagles--Baby, I'm Coming Home
Janis Martin--Let's Elope, Baby
Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds--St. Nicholas
Candye Kane--My Country Man
Ween--Learnin' to Love
Charlie Rich--Your Place Is Here with Me; Mohair Sam; Let Me Go My Merry Way
Eilen Jewell--Thanks a Lot
Ray Smith--Break Up
Chuck E. Weiss with Rickie Lee Jones--Sidekick
Charlie Whitehead with the Swamp Dogg Band--Help (God Help America)
Jim Robinson--Saint Peter Street Breakdown
Flamin Groovies--Dog Meat
The Hives--Well All Right!
Little Milton--Have Mercy, Baby
---Retroactive #662--December 1, 2007:
Gene Allison--Have Faith
Mollie O'Brien--Beware
T-Bone Walker--Papa Ain't Salty
Patty Griffin--Getting Ready
Dion--Devil Got My Woman
Bettye LaVette--The Last Time
El Vez--Chicanisma
Cassandra Wilson--Memphis; Polka Dots and Moonbeams
The Jewels--Opportunity
Ray Charles--If You Were Mine
Kenny Drew, Jr.--Crystal River
///Evel Knievel (1938-2007):
Aztec Camera--Jump (long version)///
Johnny J. Blair--The Sleeping Giant (Of Love)
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss--Fortune Teller
Glen Glenn--I'm Glad My Baby's Gone Away
Eliza Gilkyson--Beauty Way (live)
Ana Egge--It's My Lazy Day
Little Richard--True Fine Mama; Without Love (There Is Nothing); Rip It Up
Delaney & Bonnie & friends--Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Jenny, Jenny/
Long Tall Sally (live, 12/69)
Saco Yasuma--Labyrinth
Pieta Brown--West Monroe
Eleanor Ellis--What's the Matter With the Mill
---Retroactive #661--November 24, 2007:
///75th Anniversary of 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?' by E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg & Jay Gorney:
Ronnie Lane--Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (live)///
Alice Stuart--James Alley Blues
Ted Hawkins--The Lost Ones
Irma Thomas--Till I Can't Take It Anymore
Eilen Jewell--High Shelf Booze
Varetta Dillard--Mercy Mr. Percy
Rosie Flores & Ray Campi--The Train Kept A-Rollin'
John McCutcheon--Dick Cheney
Erin McKeown--Slung-Lo (live, 1/07)
The Waitresses--The Comb
Thee Headcoatees--Round Every Corner
The Taffys--Everybody South Street
Toni Price--Runnin' Out
Chuck E. Weiss--Tropicana
Emily Remler--Mozambique
///The Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash:
Buddy Miles & Double Trouble--The Wind Cries Mary
A Rubber Band Christmas--Rubber Night (Ode to Jimi)
Ellen McIlwaine--Up From the Skies (live, 1972)
Jimmy McIntosh--Third Stone From the Sun
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra/Jim McNeely--Up From the Skies
Terez Montcalm--Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Tuck & Patti--Castles Made of Sand/Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix--Hear My Train A-Comin' (acoustic)
Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys--Machine Gun (live, 12/31/69, second show)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--One Rainy Wish///
---Retroactive #660--November 17, 2007:
Marie Knight--Death Don't Have No Mercy
Mary Gauthier--Please
Levon Helm--The Girl I Left Behind
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss--Stick With Me Baby
Mable John--It's Catching
John Doe with Kathleen Edwards--The Golden State
Ana Egge--I Could Spend the Day
The Zombies-- Maybe After He's Gone
Muhal Richard Abrams--Vision Towards Essence, Pt. 1 (live, 9/98)
Graham Parker--Discovering Japan (live, solo); Temporary Beauty
Tower of Power--Only So Much Oil In the Ground
The Budos Band--Scorpion
Procol Harum--A Souvenir of London
The New Pornographers--My Rights Versus Yours
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--A Woman Like Me
Circus Maximus--Wind
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez--The Real Thing (live, 10/05)
Tina Turner--Complicated Disaster; I Can't Stand the Rain
Ike & Tina Turner--Please, Please, Please, Pt. 1 (live); Ooh Poo Pah Doo
The Amber Tone--Day's End
Furry Lewis--Baby That's All Right
Janiva Magness--Eat the Lunch You Brought
---Retroactive #659--November 10, 2007:
///Porter Wagoner (1927-2007)--Hotwired///
///Hank Thompson (1925-2007)--A Six Pack to Go///
///Carl Cook (1945-2007): Carl, originally from San Francisco, was a great friend to KAOS radio; his business was one of Retroactive's underwriters. This talented photographer and radio announcer found a home in Olympia and was a positive force in his community. One of the many fun things he did was to help organize the movement in the 1980s to make
'Louie Louie' the State Song of Washington. Carl will be greatly missed.
Bill Doggett--Honky Tonk (vocal version with Tommy Brown)
The Sonics--Louie Louie///
Pieta Brown--Sonic Boom
Chuck Willis--One More Break
Eilen Jewell--Heartache Boulevard
Hadda Brooks--Jukebox Boogie
The Tiptons--SnoDog
Mose Allison--It Didn't Turn Out That Way; Top Forty; Your Mind Is On Vacation
Karrin Allyson--Everybody's Cryin' Mercy
Kix--The Itch
Bettye LaVette--They Call It Love
The Shy--Phone
C.O.C.O.--The End
Ronnie Dawson--Running Wild
Marcia Ball--So Many Rivers to Cross
The Houston Outlaws--What Am I Gonna Do
Buffalo Springfield--I Am a Child
Neil Young--Boxcar; Walking to New Orleans
Neil Young & the Bluenotes--This Note's For You (live)
Miles Davis--I'll Remember April
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Be Easy
Jennifer Warnes--First We Take Manhattan
John Lilly--Whippin' That Old T.B.
---Retroactive #658--November 3, 2007:
Little Axe--Midnight Dream
Joe Hill Louis--When I Am Gone (Treat Me Mean and Evil)
The Chantels--If You Try
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez--Laredo (live, 10/05)
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels with Emmylou Harris--Love Hurts (live, 3/73)
Arlo Guthrie with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra--The Patriot's Dream (live, 2006)
Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band--I Feel the Way I Feel
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra--Monterey Moods: Jazz Swing Waltz
John Fogerty--I Can't Take It No More
The Forty-Fives--Bad Reputation
Marva Wright--(That's) The Way It Is
Ian Hunter--Soul of America
Bruce Springsteen--Last to Die
John McCutcheon--Duct Tape
Johnny Irion--Eyes Like a Levee
Ana Egge--Much Finer
The Marvelows--I Do
The Holmes Brothers with Joan Osborne--Those Memories of You
Joni Mitchell--God Must Be a Boogie Man; If; Strong and Wrong
Fairport Convention--I Don't Know Where I Stand
Tom Varner--Fool's Oasis
Hal Block with the Tony Borrello Orchestra--The Senator McCarthy Blues
Roman Carter--It's All Rite
Laura Love--Angry Days
---Retroactive #657--October 27, 2007:
---Halloween Show
Buffy Sainte-Marie--The Vampire
Sufjan Stevens--They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!!! Ahhhh!
Lucinda Williams--Asked for Water (He Gave Me Gasoline)
Lee Rocker--Funny Car Graveyard
Otis Spann--Must Have Been the Devil
Laika & the Cosmonauts--Look! No Head!
Sky Cries Mary--Your Head
The Animals--I Put a Spell On You
Mary Gauthier--Snakebit
Jean Smith--Ghost of Understanding; Siamese Hips
Bob McFadden & Dor--The Mummy
The Shuffle Demons--The Funkin' Pumpkin
Dinah Washington with Lionel Hampton--Evil Gal Blues
Los Straitjackets featuring Big Sandy--La Hiedra Venenosa (Poison Ivy)
Wilson Pickett--Danger Zone
Bettye LaVette--Jealousy
Duke Robillard--Who Do You Love
Jolie Holland--Please Don't
Old Time Relijun--The Tightest Cage
Buchanan & Goodman--The Flying Saucer, Pt. 1
Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men--Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll
Mary Sawrey--Those Memories of You
Jumpin' Gene Simmons--Haunted House
The Bomboras--A Fistfull of Terror
Dave Edmunds--The Creature From the Black Lagoon
Albert King--Bad Luck
Magic Slim--Black Tornado
NRBQ--Hey Punkin Head
*Plus: Boris Karloff Civil Defense PSA
---Retroactive #656--October 20, 2007:
The Delmore Brothers--Muddy Water
Jean Shepard--Under Suspicion
Ron Sexsmith--These Days
Levon Helm--The Mountain
///Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer (1931-2007)--Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Ray Charles--Music, Music, Music///
Big Maybelle--Mean to Me
Eddie Spaghetti--All Along
Roman Carter--Just a Little Too Fast
The Brian Johnstown Massacre--If Love Is a Drug, Then I Want to O.D.
Rob Lockart--First Steps
Iris DeMent--Big City
S R E--Down In the Flood
Ian Hunter--How's Your House
The Shivvers--My Association
Buzzcocks--Ever Fallen In Love?
The Budos Band--Chicago Falcon
Betty Davis--They Say I'm Different
///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bash:
Dale Hawkins--Promised Land
Nina Simone--Brown Eyed Handsome Man
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section featuring Eddie Hinton--Too Much Monkey Business
Chuck Berry--Maybellene (live, 10/86); Havana Moon; The Things I Used to Do///
Matthew Shipp--The New Circumstance
Mother Truckers--No Mercy
Eliza Gilkyson--Rose of Sharon (live)
Charley Patton--Rattlesnake Blues
The Fabulettes--Try the Worryin' Way
---Retroactive #655--October 13, 2007:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Mississippi Fred McDowell--What's the Matter With Papa's Little Angel Child?
Bobbie Nelson--Pinetop's Boogie
Martha Carter--I'm Through Crying
Michael Hurley--I'm Gettin' Ready to Go
John Wesley Harding--Old Rock'n'Roller
Leadbelly--Red Bird
Mirah & Spectratone International--Luminescence
Linda Hornbuckle & No Delay--Do I Move You
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Tiny Steps
The Deadstring Brothers--Ain't No Hidin' Love
Taj Mahal & the New Orleans Social Club--My Girl Josephine
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Let Them Knock
Elvin Bishop--Keep a Dollar In Your Pocket (live, 12/06)
Jimmy McCracklin--Everybody Rock
Nick Lowe--The Man In Love
Blue Rodeo--Somebody Waits
Red & Ruby--Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Jenny Jenkins--Hey Laserbeam
Joe Henry--Scare Me to Death
Candye Kane--Goodbye My Heart
Mighty Sam (McClain)--Silent Tears
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas--Your Mama Don't Know
---Retroactive #654--October 6, 2007:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Deborah Coleman--Undeniable
The Royal Esquires--Ain't Gonna Run
Carolyn Mark--1 Thing
Tommy Castro--I Roll When I Rock
Iris DeMent--Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart
Eric Bibb--Lonesome Valley (live)
Rufus Thomas--Tiger Man
Spider & the Webs--A Kid Named Joy
The Delmonas--Farmer John
The Hentchmen--Some Other Guy
Bettye LaVette--Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
Slim Harpo--Baby Scratch My Back
The Minus 5--Cigs Coffee Booze
Flamin Groovies--Let Me Rock
Toni Price--Am I Groovin' U?
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Bogalusa Boogie Man
Booker T. & the MGs--Boot-Leg
The Grays--Very Best Years
C.O.C.O.--Much to Learn
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers--Dawn/Old Spur Line
Marva Wright--Rock Me
Etta James--Seven Day Fool
The Old Haunts--Fuel on Fire
Sarah Vaughan--It's Crazy
---Retroactive #653--September 29, 2007:
The Posies--Second Time Around (live)
Linda Thompson--Do Your Best for Rock'n'Roll
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Nobody's Baby
Mary Gauthier--Last of the Hobo Kings
Nick Curran & the Nite Lifes--The Stalker
Ben Harper & the Skatalites--Be My Guest
Jerry Lee Lewis--Let's Talk About Us; Wine Me Up
Spanky Brown & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--That's How It Was
Erin McKeown--To the Stars (live, 1/07)
Dick Dale--Mexico
The Jon Raskin Quartet--Cracked Earth
///The John Lennon Birthday Bash:
The Beatles--You Can't Do That; No Reply; The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Paul Weller--Instant Karma
Corinne Bailey Rae--I'm Losing You (live)
Mark Mulcahy--She Said She Said
Five O'Clock Shadow--Tomorrow Never Knows
Brian Bromberg--Come Together
Kristin Hersh--Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Ed Harcourt--Rain
John Lennon--Scared; God (alternate take); I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier///
---Retroactive #652--September 22, 2007:
Catie Curtis--Strange
Sleepy John Estes--Clean Up at Home (live)
Toni Price--Leftover Love
Vic Chesnutt--Glossolalia
Cymande--Listen
Pieta Brown--Rollin' Down the Track
Earl Gaines--Love You So
J.J. Syrja--Growin' Up (performed live on this show)
Bruce Springsteen--All That Heaven Will Allow; Roulette
The Greg Duncan Quintet--No Return
Bettye LaVette--I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
Big Star--She's a Mover
Young Marble Giants--Brand-New-Life (BBC)
Roy Brown--Hurry Hurry Baby
Roy Wood & Wizzard--Ball Park Incident
C.O.C.O.--Crime
Red & Ruby--There'll Be Some Changes Made
Eric Bibb--Sebastian's Tune
Cecil Gant--Screwy Boogie
The Avett Brothers--I Would Be Sad
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators--Keep Reachin' Up
Ray Charles--Can Anyone Ask for More?; Oh, What a Beautiful Morning; Mess Around
Percy Mayfield--Hit the Road, Jack (demo)
Lou Donaldson--Sweet Slumber
Neko Case--Favorite (live)
Eddie Cochran--Cut Across Shorty
---Retroactive #651--September 15, 2007:
---All '60s Show
Jimmy Reed--Big Boss Man
Them--You and I Could Be as Two
Gail Harris--They Never Taught You That In School
The Byrds--It Won't Be Wrong
Chris Bartley--The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven
The Shangri-Las--The Sweet Sounds of Summer
The Detergents--Leader of the Laundromat
The Beach Boys--Salt Lake City
The Electric Flag--Killing Floor
Aretha Franklin--Prove It
The Live Five--Hunose
Bobby Goldsboro--It's Too Late
Jim Ford--Harlan County
Bill Evans & Jim Hall--Dream Gypsy
Family--Dim
The Kinks--See My Friends (BBC)
The Strawbs--How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite
Nina Simone--Either Way I Lose
Sly & the Family Stone--Life
Sippie Wallace--You Got to Know How ('60s version)
Traffic--No Face, No Name, No Number
Funkadelic--As Good As I Can Feel
Karin Krough & the Public Enemies--Watermelon Man
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Summer Wine
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford--Dog Eat Dog
The Who--Dogs Part II
The Four J's--Will You Be My Love
Buffalo Springfield--For What It's Worth (live, Monterey, 6/67)
McCoy Tyner--Passion Dance
Lee Dorsey--I Can't Get Away
Irma Thomas--Time Is On My Side
The 13th Floor Elevators--Tried to Hide
Bobby Blue Bland--Ain't Nothing You Can Do
*Plus: '60s hair and makeup ads; LBJ; Monterey Pop; Sly Stone radio show promo; Otis Redding 'Stay In School' PSA
---Retroactive #650--September 8, 2007:
Joe Henry--Time Is a Lion
Iron and Wine--Kingdom of the Animals
Ann Peebles--I Still Love You
Van Dyke Parks--Sailin' Shoes (live, 9/96)
Mirah & Spectratone International--My Prize
Johnny Adams--Imitation of Love
Terri Hendrix--Jim Thorpe's Blues
John Trudell--Baby Dolls Blues (Ryko version)
The Joe Locascio Trio--In the City of Lost Things
Kitty Wells--It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Patsy Cline--Three Cigarettes In an Ashtray (live, 4/57); A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold) (1956 version)
C.O.C.O.--For You
Cincopath--Dirty Detroit
The Gore Gore Girls--Hot Rod Breakdown
Girl Trouble--Intoxicating
Red & Ruby--She's Got Great Ideas
Maria Muldaur--A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Ike & Tina Turner--Baby Get It On (Saja version)
King Khan & the Shrines--Destroyer
Robben Ford--Nobody's Fault But Mine
Otis Redding--A Waste of Time; Slippin' and Slidin'; Champagne and Wine
The Chicago Underground Trio--Crisis (live, 7/06)
Steve Forbert--The Baghdad Dream
Mem Shannon--I Won't Back Down (live, 2/07)
---Retroactive #649--September 1, 2007:
Blind Boy Fuller--Step It Up and Go
Eleni Mandell--My Twin
Louis Grasmere--Blue Ain't Only Blue
NRBQ--A Little Bit of Bad
Joe King--You're My Everything
Marva Wright--Katrina Blues
Anne Feeney--My Feet Are Tired (KAOS performance, 4/26/06)
James Luther Dickinson--Red Neck, Blue Collar
Bill Kirchen--Working Man
The Godfathers--Birth, School, Work, Death
Trombonilla--September's Children (live, 2/05)
The Pretenders--I Need Somebody; Watching the Clothes
Bo Diddley--Mona (live)
Betty Davis--'70s Blues
The Hentchmen--Me and My Monotone
Lonnie Mack--Wham!
Buddy (Holly) & Bob (Montgomery)--Down the Line
Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Little Baby; Rock Me My Baby
Buddy Holly--Oh Boy!
Ted & the Tall Tops--Take Your Time
Willie Alexander--Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight
Leo Kottke--Learning the Game
The Steve Martland Band--Dance 3
Nick Lowe--The Club
Lene Lovich--Say When
The Holmes Brothers--Close the Door
---Retroactive--August 25, 2007:
Possibly hosted by Joe Pollock. Thanks!
---Retroactive #648--August 18, 2007:
Kim Richey--The Absence of Your Company
Ray Charles--I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Terry Callier--(I Just Can't Help Myself) I Don't Want Nobody Else
Heliotroupe--Crawling
Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band--Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down (1980 version)
Zachary Richard--La Porte En Arriere
Waylon Jennings--Big Mamou
The New Pornographers--Myriad Harbour
Marie Knight--12 Gates
Tiny Bradshaw--Well Oh Well
Jim Ford--I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me
Terri Lyne Carrington--The Corner
Duke Robillard--I'll Do Anything But Work
Bob Dylan--You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Dakota Staton--Country Man
Sleater-Kinney--By the Time You're Twenty-Five
Lee Rocker--Lost Highway
Cowboy Mouth--Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Bummed Out City; All In a Day; At the Border, Guy
The 101ers--Letsagetabitarockin'
The Clash--Charlie Don't Surf; Drug-Stabbing Time
Stephane Grappelli--Star Eyes
Jenny Jenkins--Heart In Throat
Terri Hendrix--Mood Swing
The Black Hollies--Crimson Reflections Through Looking Glass Mind
---Retroactive #647--August 11, 2007:
The Venus Flytrap--The Note
Charles Brown--I Cried Last Night
Linda Thompson--Give Me a Sad Song
Dean Parrish--Bricks, Bottles and Broken Sticks
///Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007)--Baghdad Knights
Sanford Clark--The Fool
Kid Loco & Tim Keegan--If It's Monday Morning
Lee Hazlewood with Phaedra Dawn Stewart--Some Velvet Morning (2006 version)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Some Velvet Morning; Sand///
Jack DeJohnette--Spiral
Mary Gauthier--After You're Gone
The Coasters--Down In Mexico
Rudy Green--My Mumblin' Baby
Blonde Redhead--23
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators--Feeling Free
Andras Jones--You Know This (live)
The Previous--Time to Go
Kelly Willis--Sweet Little One
Mike Henderson--I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down
Ronnie Spector--Settin' the Woods On Fire
Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band--Say Goodbye to Hollywood
The Ronettes--He Did It; Paradise; I Can Hear Music
Jazz Explorers--Moroccan
Mom's Rocket--Empty Side
The Greenhornes--Going to the River
---Retrroactive #646--August 4, 2007:
Joan Armatrading--Baby Blue Eyes
Guy Davis--Blues In the Midnight Hour
Dr. John--Key to the Highway
///Saxophonist Homer 'Boots' Randolph (1927-2007):
Elvis Presley--Reconsider Baby///
John Trudell--Baby Boom Che (Ryko version)
Etta James--I'm a Fool
cub--My Chinchilla
Mem Shannon--No Such Thing (live, 2/07)
Gil Evans--Stratusphunk
Terri Hendrix--Things Change
Johnny Irion--She Cast Fire
T. Rex--Rock On
Betty Davis--Game Is My Middle Name
Robert Gordon with Link Wray--The Way I Walk
The Picketts--Fool
Bessie Smith--St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five--Skid-Dat-De-Dat
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton--Big Butter and Egg Man
Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars--Save It, Pretty Mama (live, 5/47); Struttin' With Some Barbecue (live, 6/56)
Waverly Seven--The More I See You
Mavis Staples--Down In Mississippi
Nick Lowe--The Other Side of the Coin
Candye Kane--Jesus and Mohammed
---Retroactive #645--July 28, 2007:
The '5' Royales--I Do
Porter Wagoner--Eleven Cent Cotton
Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound--I Don't Care
Dawn--I'm Afraid They're All Talking About Me
Charlie Feathers--The Man In Love
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--South Tacoma Way
Marva Wright--The Levee Is Breaking Down
Joe Ely--Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister--I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Big Joe Turner--I Walk a Lonely Mile
Brian Bromberg--Dolphin Dance
Joni Mitchell--Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
The Soul Providers & Bosco's Millionaires--Earl's Backyard Barbecue
The Bangles--Going Down to Liverpool
Blue Spark--Parks of Olympia
The BellRays--Change the World
Richard Thompson--Mr. Stupid
Kim Richey--Not a Love Like This
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band--All Night Long (Rock Me Baby)
Buddy Guy--One Room Country Shack; Ninety Nine and One Half; Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar
Scott Holt--My Mother
The Claudia Quintet--This Too Shall Pass
Linda Thompson--Nice Cars
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators--If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is)
Becki Sue & her Big Rockin' Daddies--I Get Evil (Don't Lie to Me)
---Retroactive #644--July 21, 2007:
The Persuasions--Shine the Light
Terri Hendrix--Bottom of a Hill
Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang--Motion Bride
Tommy McLennan--Blues Trip Me This Morning
Penny & the Quarters--You and Me
Beat Happening--Secret Picnic Spot
The Beth Custer Ensemble--Swim!
Steve Forbert--Romeo's Tune (2007 version)
Danielle Howle & the Tantrums--Where Were You
Peter Himmelman--Winning Team
Swamp Dogg--Do You Believe
Jazz Explorers--Village of Origin
Mick Jagger--Memo from Turner
The Rolling Stones--I Just Want to Make Love to You
The Fallouts--The Life for Me
Mom's Rocket--Places I'd Never Go
Gossip--Confess
Koko Taylor--Hard Pill to Swallow
Asleep at the Wheel--Take Me Back to Tulsa (live)
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band--Blinded By the Light (live, 2006)
Irma Thomas--Thinking of You (live, 8/90)
Marie Knight--Let Us Get Together
Reverend Gary Davis--You Got to Move (live)
Paul Scea--Ana Namuc
Chuck Jackson--I Wake Up Crying; Any Day Now
Wayne Hancock--Louisiana Blues
Iron & Wine--Boy With a Coin
---Retroactive #643--July 14, 2007:
The Avett Brothers--Sixteen In July
Rufus Thomas--Sister's Got a Boyfriend
Jimmy LaFave--Hideaway Girl
Kim Richey--Chinese Boxes
Ray Charles with the Count Basie Orchestra--Busted (2006 version)
Marva Wright--You've Got a Hold of Me
The Mountain Goats--Butter Teeth
Martha & the Vandellas--Quicksand; I'm Ready for Love
Martha Reeves--Stand By Me
The Chicago Underground Trio--Resistance
Nick Lowe--I Trained Her to Love Me
The Detroit Cobras--Mean Man
Mem Shannon--Smell Something (live, 2/07)
The Shy--It Ain't Easy
Pat Cupp & his Flying Saucers--That Girl of Mine
Janis Martin--Two Long Years
Glen Barber--Go Home Letter
Betsy Holt--Vibration; A Man Like You
Woody Guthrie--Grand Coulee Dam; Railroad Blues (and chat); Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be
Treated This Way)
Mr. B--My Sunday Best (live)
Nita Rossi--Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You)
Candye Kane--I'm Lucky
Johnny Osbourne--We Need Love
Camille Howard--Old Baldy Boogie
Charlie Cuevias--Do You Wanna Jump
Alex Chilton--II Ribelle
---Retroactive #642--July 7, 2007:
Sue Foley/Deborah Coleman/Roxanne Potvin--Strong Enough to Hold You
John Prine--I Hate It When That Happens to Me
Sippie Wallace--Trouble Everywhere I Roam
Bobby Powell--Peace Begins Within
Joy of Cooking--Brownsville/Mockingbird
Ringo Starr--I Really Love Her
Ringo Starr with Chrissie Hynde--Don't Hang Up
Robbie Robertson--Showdown at Big Sky
Jackie Greene--Look Out Cleveland
Mary Lou Lord--Farming It Out
Ian Hunter--Purgatory
Betty Davis--Don't Call Her No Tramp
Kiku Collins--Mr. Barista
The Incredible Bongo Band--Bongolia
Bram Tchaikovsky--I'm a Believer
Don & Dewey--A Little Love
The Mary Timony Band--Rockman
Eddie Ray--You Got Me
Carol Fran--Emmitt Lee
Kelly Willis--Noboby Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Reconversion Blues; They Raided the House;
Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbow)
Trapezoid--Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Trey Wright--Garlic and Greens
Joe Ely--July Blues
Artichoke--Pretty Vacant
Marion Williams--He's Yet Alive
The Pretty Things--Judgement Day
---Retroactive #641--June 30, 2007:
Raw Spitt--Sweet Bird of Success
Angela Strehli--Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love
James Hunter--No Smoke Without Fire
Poncho Sanchez with Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper & Booker T. Jones--Knock on Wood
The Allman Brothers Band--Little Martha
Jacqui Naylor--Summertime
Gil Scott-Heron--Pieces of a Man
Marie Knight--You Got to Move
The Wailers--Frenzy
The Idle Wilds--You're All Forgiven
Allen Toussaint--Do the Do
The Claudia Quintet--Rainy Days/Peanut Vendor Mash-up
///The Willie Dixon Songbook:
The Big Three Trio--88 Boogie
Willie Dixon--Jungle Swing; The Little Red Rooster
Willie Dixon & the Chicago Blues All-Stars--I'm Wanted
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
Bo Ramsey--Crazy Mixed Up World///
Sparks--(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country
Richard Thompson--Dad's Gonna Kill Me
David Rovics--Hang a Flag In the Window
Bill Withers--I Can't Write Left-Handed (live, 10/72)
Buddy Rich & the Killer Force Band--Grand Concourse
Greg Brown--Eugene; I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day (live, 6/94); One Wrong Turn
Robin Lee Berry--Hey Baby Hey
---Retroactive #640--June 23, 2007:
Sidney Bechet--Blues In the Air
Low--Belarus
Eliza Gilkyson--Think About You
Mance Lipscomb--Big Boss Man (live, 1964)
Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers--Four or Five Times (live)
Maria Muldaur--Dem Dat Know
Steve Forbert--Strange Names (North New Jersey's Got 'Em)
John Doe--Hotel Ghost
Faye Adams--I Don't Want Your Love (No More)
The Meters--My Name Up In Lights
Betty Davis--Walkin Up the Road
The Waco Brothers--Walking on Hell's Roof Looking at the Flowers
The David S. Ware Quartet--Mikuro's Blues (live, 6/06)
Red Norvo with Helen Humes--I Sing the Blues
Helen Humes--When the Saints Go Marching In
Elvin Bishop--Sure Feels Good
The Blasters--I'm Shakin' (live, 2002)
Lyres--Help You Ann
The Young Fresh Fellows--She Won't Budge
The Mary Timony Band--Pause/Off
Clarence Carter--It's All In Your Mind
Nick Lowe--People Change
Donny McCaslin--Fast Brazil
The Kinks--Denmark Street; Apeman; The Way Love Used to Be
Ray Davies--Other People's Lives
Holly Golightly--Tell Me Now So I Know
Murder City Devils--Alcohol
Yo La Tengo--No Return
---Retroactive #639--June 9, 2007:
Washboard Sam--Flying Crow Blues
Ma Rainey--Blues Oh Blues
Candye Kane--I Done Got Over It
Joe Ely--Little Blossom
Terry Adams & Marshall Allen--Evil Art (live, 8/96)
The Avett Brothers--In the Curve
Laura Love--Saskatchewan (Juneteenth)
John Platania--The Highlander's Blues
Rosco Gordon--You Look Bad When You're Naked
Mable John--I'm Finally Through With You
Damian Erskine--Peresina
The Minus 5--Dear Friend
Paul McCartney--That Was Me
Paul & Linda McCartney--Three Legs
Freddie King--Lonesome Whistle Blues
Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound--Stitch In Time
Duane Allman--No Money Down
The Smithereens--Time and Time Again
Floyd Dixon--Rockin' at Home
Roxanne Potvin--Sweet Thoughts of You
Howlin' Wolf--Baby How Long; Back Door Man; Work For Your Money
Hubert Sumlin (Mighty Sam McClain, vocal)--Down In the Bottom
Sonny Rollins--A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (live, 9/01)
Tommy Castro--It's That Time Again
Mavis Staples--On My Way
Dave Edmunds--Born to Be With You
Elliott Smith--All Cleaned Out
---Retroactive #638--June 2, 2007:
Blues Attitude--RMC
Ruby Johnson--Won't Be Long
The Move--When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
Rickie Lee Jones--Tried to Be a Man
Eric Ambel--Lonely Town
Moon Mullican--Early Morning Blues
Cindy Lee Berryhill--She Had Everything (live, 1/98)
Nick Lowe--Long Limbed Girl
Betty Davis--Your Mama Wants Ya Back
Johnny Griffin--Lover Man
///40th Anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in the U.S. June 2, 1967:
Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey--She's Leaving Home
Patti Smith--Within You Without You
Captain--A Day In the Life///
Lightnin' Slim--Mean Ol' Lonesome Train
King Khan & the Shrines--I Don't Have to Tell You
The Mary Timony Band--Sharpshooter
The Alarm Clocks--More Money
Alice Stuart & the Formerlys--Rhythm Train
Sue Foley/Deborah Coleman/Roxanne Potvin--So Far
Jim Saltzman--Hidden Intentions
Curtis Mayfield--Sweet Exorcist; Move On Up
Jan Bradley--Mama Didn't Lie
Rory Block--Fool For You
The Impressions--I'm So Proud; Gypsy Woman
---Retroactive #637--May 26, 2007:
---All Texas Show
Zu Zu Bollin--Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night
The Crystal Spring Ramblers--Fort Worth Stomp
Marcia Ball--Uh-Uh Baby
Johnny Dollar--Action Packed
Rosie Flores--Midnight to Moonlight
Townes Van Zandt--Still Lookin' for You
Abra Moore--Sugarite
Archie Bell & the Drells--I Can't Stop Dancing
Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard--Some Other World
Jandek--Remain the Same
The 13th Floor Elevators--She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)
Delbert McClinton--Spoonful
Ornette Coleman--Call to Duty (live, 10/05)
Terri Hendrix--Places In Between
W.C. Clark--Stranger Than You Need to Be
Buddy Holly--Rave On
Group Axis--Smokestack Lightning
Ronnie Dawson (as Ronnie Dee)--Rockin' Bones
Patty Griffin--Stay On the Ride
Alejandro Escovedo--Losing Your Touch
The Sir Douglas Quintet--You Got Me Hurtin'
Jimmy LaFave--Truth
Asleep at the Wheel--Space Buggy
Flaco Jimenez--No Seas Tonta Mujer
Steve Earle--South Nashville Blues
Ruthie Foster--Beaver Creek Blues
Red Garland--Bohemian Blues
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Barbara Lynn--This Is the Thanks I Get (1968 version)
The Chessmen--I Need You There
Jimmy Johnson--Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
Lou Ann Barton--Stop These Teardrops
Billy Joe Shaver--I Changed My Mind
---Retroactive #636--May 19, 2007:
///Two songs for my wonderful mother-in-law, Lucile Vitale (1925-2007). I love you:
Dakota Staton--You Showed Me the Way
Erroll Garner--Sweet and Lovely (live, 8/63)///
Lucy Kaplansky--Someday Soon
The Johnny Shines Blues Band--Dynaflow Blues
Richard Thompson--Poppy-Red
Laura Love--Shady Grove
Joe Grushecky--American Babylon
Swamp Dogg--Total Destruction to Your Mind
Nellie Lutcher--My New Papa's Got to Have Everything
Candye Kane--We're Long Ago and Far Away
Koko Taylor--Better Watch Your Step
Will Bernard--Party Hats
///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash:
Chris Smither--What Was It You Wanted
Tom Russell with Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely--Lily, Rosemary & the Jack of Hearts
Indigenous--Born In Time
Nob Dylan & the Nobsoletes--Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lizzie West & the White Buffalo--I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Patti Smith--Changing of the Guards
Richard Shindell--Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
The Ramsey Lewis Trio--The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
Solomon Burke--Stepchild
Fairport Convention--Jack O'Diamonds (live, 8/97)
Bob Dylan & the Band--Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine (live, 2/74)
Bob Dylan--Motorpsycho Nitemare; Beyond the Horizon///
---Retroactive #635--May 12, 2007:
Otis Rush--So Close
Joan Armatrading--My Baby's Gone
Flamin Groovies--Yesterday's Numbers
Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound--Tell Me What You Want Me to Do
The Shy--Swing Time
Dwight Twilley--Baby Girl
Alice Stuart & the Formerlys--Train of Love
Andrew Bird--Imitosis
Screamin' Jay Hawkins--I Am the Cool
The Chucho Valdes Trio--Irakere
Sue Foley/Deborah Coleman/Roxanne Potvin--Don't Start the Car
Ritchie Valens--Framed; Come On, Let's Go
The Young Fresh Fellows--Rock'n'Roll Pest Control
The Saints--Drunk In Babylon
Etta James--That's All
Little Willie John--All Around the World
Eric Bibb--I Am Blessed
Ruthie Foster--Mama Said
The Avett Brothers--Will You Return?
Kermit Ruffins--Palm Court Strut (live)
Emily Remler--How Insensitive
Susan Tedeschi--Love's In Need of Love Today (live)
Stevie Wonder--I Call It Pretty Music But the Old People Call It the Blues, Pt. 1; Pastime Paradise; Do Yourself a Favor
---Retroactive #634--May 5, 2007:
Dock Boggs--Bright Sunny South
Robert Johnson--When You Got a Good Friend
Tracy Nelson with Delbert McClinton--Livin' On Love
The Avons--Since I Met You Baby
Betsy Holt--Lonely Too Long
Elliott Smith--High Times
Richard Shindell--Born In the USA
Mavis Staples--Eyes On the Prize
James Brown & the Famous Flames--I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
James Brown--Down and Out In New York City
The Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra--Arcs
Patti Smith--Smells Like Teen Spirit
Sandy Denny--I'm a Dreamer
Joe Ely--Run Little Pony
Grady Tate--You Are My Sunshine (live, 2/01)
Roxanne Potvin--Caught Up
Los Lobos--Luna
Kieran Kane/Kevin Welch/Fats Kaplin--Postcard From Mexico
The Blendells--La La La La La
Arthur Alexander--Go Home Girl (1972 version); Detroit City; Lonely Just Like Me
Irma Thomas--In the Middle of It All
Bill Kirchen--If It's Really Got to Be This Way
Wes Montgomery--Dangerous
Koko Taylor--Bad Rooster
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers--You Know That You Love Me
---Retroactive #633--April 28, 2007:
Veda Hille--A Little Pleasure
Baby Gramps & his Back Swamp Potioners--A Porter's Love Song To a Chambermaid (live)
Renaldo Domino--Not Too Cool to Cry
Ry Cooder--Three Chords and the Truth
The Hang Ups--It's All True
Abra Moore--I Believe
Graham Parker--Chloroform
NRBQ--Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Darlene Love--Run Run Runaway
Damian Erskine--Steps
Big Maybelle--Foolin' Blues; Ain'tcha Glad That I Want You; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Savoy Brown--A Hard Way to Go
Blues Attitude--Mr. Jonez
Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound--Stop and Think It Over
The Holmes Brothers--Standing In the Need of Love
Patty Griffin--No Bad News
Derrell Felts--Rock Saturday Night
Pete Seeger--The Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down); Garbage; Waist Deep In the Big Muddy (live, 11/67)
Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band--Bring 'Em Home (live, 2006)
Kiku Collins--You Too
Mary Karlzen--Oh My
Peter Himmelman--Take It Easy On Me
Carolyn Mark & the Room-mates--Country In the City
Charlie Whitehead--I Finally Found Myself Something to Sing About
Yo La Tengo--Beanbag Chair
---Retroactive #632--April 21, 2007:
Percy Mayfield--Never Say Naw (live, 7/81)
Ruthie Foster--A Friend Like You
Rose Maddox--I Can't Feel at Home
Hot Club Sandwich--Twilight In Turkey
Greg Brown--Mississippi Serenade
Ron Sexsmith--Some Dusty Things
The Drapels--Young Man
The Avett Brothers--Paranoia In B-Flat Major
Rory Gallagher--Goin' to My Hometown (live)
Houston Person & Ron Carter--Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Chick Webb with Ella Fitzgerald--You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
Benny Goodman with Ella Fitzgerald--Goodnight My Love
Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight--Darktown Strutters' Ball
Thee Midniters--The Town I Live In
John Platania--Runnin' With the Dogs
Laura Love--The Cuckoo
Bryan Ferry--The 'In' Crowd
Blonde Redhead--Silently
Mavis Staples--This Little Light of Mine
Low--Sandinista
Iggy Pop--Something Wild; Billy Is a Runaway
The Stooges--Real Cool Time; The Weirdness
Will Bernard--Newbie
Joan Armatrading--Liza
The Sonics--Night Train (live, 9/64)
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Git Back
*Plus: Words from Dr. Jack Van Impe
---Retroactive #631--April 14, 2007:
---Thirteenth Anniversary Show
Patty Griffin--Crying Over
Blind Willie Johnson--Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
Peter Spencer--The Battle Is Over (live, 1/07)
The Roches--Jesus Shaves
Aretha Franklin--Try Matty's
Art Neville--Let's Rock
Johnny Cash--Thirteen
Calvin Johnson & the Sons of the Soil--Love Travels Faster
Holly Golightly--No Hope Bar
Chet Baker--Waltz for Berlin; Rue Gregoire du Tour
Etta James--Be Mine
King Khan & the Shrines--Mr. Supernatural
Koko Taylor--Piece of Man
Girl Trouble--Live with No Tomorrow
Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound--I Just Missed You
Jerry Lee Lewis with the Nashville Teens--What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (live, 4/64)
Big Star--Thirteen
Marvin Gaye--Trouble Man
Wynonie Harris--Good Morning Judge
Eric Glatz--T for Taxes
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings (Bill Wyman
& Beverley Skeete, vocals)--Taxman
Bob Dylan with Maeretha Stewart--If Dogs Run Free
Ray Charles--I Believe to My Soul
Ruth Brown--If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It
Earl Vince & the Valiants--Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
The Ramones--It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)
Ronnie Hawkins--Who Do You Love
---Retroactive #630--April 7, 2007:
Andrew Bird--Scythian Empires
Mavis Staples--99 1/2
Janiva Magness--I Want You to Have Everything
Billy Joe Shaver--Fit to Kill and Goin' Out In Style
Karen Dalton--Something On Your Mind
Howlin' Wolf--California Boogie
Wanda Jackson--Long Tall Sally
Bill Kirchen--Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods
Carmen McRae--Tulip or Turnip; Billie's Blues
Carmen McRae with Louis Armstrong--Good Reviews
David Lanz--Brother Quixote (alternate mix)
Procol Harum--About to Die
Otis Taylor--Love and Hesitation
Angela Strehli--You Don't Love Me
Merle Haggard--Lonesome Day
Floyd Dixon--Nose Trouble
The Noses--Lenson
Leon Russell--Roll Away the Stone
///Producer-musician Tony Scott (1921-2007):
Billie Holiday--Everything Happens to Me; Ain't Misbehavin'; God Bless the Child (1956 version)
Billie Holiday with Tony Scott--God Bless the Child (rehearsal excerpt, 5/56)///
Woody Shaw--Imagination
Irma Thomas--Those Honey Do's
///The 50th Anniversary of Richard Berry's original 'Louie Louie':
Rene Touzet--El Loco Cha Cha
Richard Berry--Next Time
Travis Wammack--Louie Louie///
---Retroactive #629--March 31, 2007:
Rory Block with Kelly Joe Phelps--Pretty Polly
Ron Holden--Your Line Is Busy
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Nobody's Home
The Swan Silvertones--Mary Don't You Weep
Rosie Thomas--Paper Doll
Nick Drake--Ride
///Luther Ingram (1944-2007)--I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm)///
JJ Grey & Mofro--Country Ghetto
Ruthie Foster--Heal Yourself
Warren Zevon--The Envoy
The Nate Najar Trio--Nate's Blues
Muddy Waters--All Aboard; Clouds In My Heart (1980 version)
Flo & Eddie--The Flo and Eddie Theme; Feel Older Now
The Apples In Stereo--Sunndal Song
Blues Attitude--Austin Bound
Koko Taylor--Gonna Buy Me a Mule
Paul Kelly & the Messengers--Your Little Sister (Is a Big Girl Now)
Swamp Dogg--Do Our Thing Together
Artichoke--God Save the Queen
Ahmad Jamal--Where Are You Now
Richard Thompson--Waiting at the Church (live); Al Bowlly's In Heaven (live, 11/86)
Richard & Linda Thompson--Never Again; A Man In Need
---Retroactive #628--March 24, 2007:
---All '60s Show
Pat Ferguson--Fool I Am
Bobby Darin--When I Get Home
Dorothy Berry--You're So Fine
Wilson Pickett--We've Got to Have Love
The Shadows of Knight--Oh Yeah
Sandie Shaw--(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
Otis Redding--That's How Strong My Love Is
The Zombies--Come on Time (soundtrack version)
Fairport Convention--It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft
'Lil' Bob & the Lollipops--I Got Loaded
Sam Cooke--That's It-I Quit-I'm Movin' On
The Haunted--1-2-5
Dusty Springfield--Do Re Mi (Forget About the Do and Think About Me)
Bill Evans--Solar (live, 6/61)
The Kinks--Where Did My Spring Go
Shorty Long--Devil with the Blue Dress
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans--Not Too Young to Get Married
The Sonics--Shot Down
Phil Ochs--Talking Vietnam
The Rolling Stones--Sittin' On a Fence
The Shangri-Las--Dressed In Black
The Soul Brothers Six--I'll Be Loving You
Aretha Franklin--Ain't No Way
The Searchers--When You Walk In the Room
Love--Hey Joe
The Creations--I Want You
The Spencer Davis Group--Can't Get Enough Of It
Sam & Dave--Wrap It Up
Cecil Taylor--Steps
Nina Simone--I Love Your Lovin' Ways
Sly & the Family Stone--Into My Own Thing
The Who--Relax
Hedgehoppers Anonymous--It's Good News Week
*Plus: Commercials and promos from the era--including Rolf Harris' toothpaste ad
---Retroactive #627--March 17, 2007:
The Gourds--Burn the Honeysuckle
Eleni Mandell--Dear Friend
The Minus 5--Desperate for Someone
Groove Divinities--Playin' Your Soul
///Betty Hutton (1921-2007) with Paul Weston & his Orchestra--Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief///
The Delmore Brothers--Used Car Blues
Ron Sexsmith--Never Give Up
Loretta McNair--Yuppieville
James Booker--Junco Partner
Will Bernard--Ripple Sole
Sly Stewart--Scat Swim
Sly & the Family Stone with Devin Lima--If You Want Me to Stay
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Now That the Buffalo's Gone (1968 version)
The Luminescent Orchestrii--Amaritsi
Blues Attitude--Crosscut Saw
Laika & the Cosmonauts--Lands End
Ann Cole--Danny Boy
Moving Hearts--No Time for Love
Them--(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
The Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group--Tulipa (live, 11/05)
Brinsley Schwarz--Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)
Nick Lowe & the Convincers--I Live on a Battlefield (live)
Nick Lowe--No Reason; Where's My Everything?
Rockpile--When I Write the Book
The Holmes Brothers--(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
---Retroactive #626--March 10, 2007:
---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show
Karen Dalton--Same Old Man
Dave Alvin--Brand New Heart
Ernestine Anderson--How Can I Sing a Love Song (live, 11/05)
Ray Charles--Greenbacks
James Hunter--Way Down Inside
Renee Austin--U-Haul
///Paul deLay (1952-2007)--Fourteen Dollars In the Bank///
Erin McKeown--Just One of Those Things
Andrew Bird--Heretics
Mose Allison--You Call It Joggin'
The Meters--No More Okey Doke
Lou Ann Barton--I Wonder Why
The Wailers--I Got Me
Marion Williams--People Got to Be Free
The Animals--Roadrunner
The Apples In Stereo--Same Old Drag
Bruce Ruffin--Ooh Child
Guy Clark--Analog Girl
Eric Bibb--Shine On
Ann Peebles--Solid Foundation
Buckwheat Zydeco--It Must Be Magic
Indigenous--Number Nine Train
Too Slim & the Taildraggers--Spell On Me
Lavelle White--Can't Take It (I Don't Give a Damn)
---Retroactive #625--March 3, 2007:
Loretta McNair--Run the Meter Cheap
Otis Taylor--Little Betty
Elvis Perkins--Emile's Vietnam In the Sky
Lucy Kaplansky--Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
Solomon Burke--Fading Footsteps
Jerry Lee Lewis--Sick and Tired
Pieta Brown--#807
Lou Reed--What's Good; Finish Line
The Velvet Underground--Sweet Jane (unedited version)
Russell Malone--He Said What?
The Crabs--She Is a Titan
Eartha Kitt--Beale Street Blues
Genya Ravan--I Won't Sleep On the Wet Spot No More
JJ Grey & Mofro--War
Artichoke--Problems
Little Junior's Blue Flames--Love My Baby
Junior Parker--I Wanna Ramble; Drivin' Wheel; Funny How Time Slips Away
Sugar Chile Robinson--Numbers Boogie
Ron Sexsmith--The Grim Trucker
The SOGO Academy Orchestra (Chase Chang, conductor)--Funeral March of a Marionette (live, 11/04)
Petra Haden--Bach: Prelude No. 2 In C Minor
Andre Williams--Pass the Biscuits, Please
Larry Williams--Hootchy-Koo
---Retroactive #624--February 24, 2007:
Rita Chiarelli--Last Train
Sonny Boy Williamson II--I'm Not Beggin' Nobody
Sister Rosetta Tharpe--Sit Down
Carl Perkins--Right String, Baby (Wrong Yoyo)
Tommy Castro--It Ain't Easy Bein' Me
The Holmes Brothers--Gasoline Drawers
Big Mama Thornton--The Place
The Remains--Say You're Sorry
The Exploding Star Orchestra--String Ray and the Beginning of Time, Pt. 1
Camille Howard--It's a Hit
Pell Mell--The Devil Bush
Sloan--Ill Placed Trust
Clifton Chenier--Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Roches--No Shoes
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver--(I Don't Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway
Dash Rip Rock--Fall Down, Go Boom
Les Breastfeeders--Funny Funiculaire
The Stags--You Know He Did
The Apples In Stereo--Sunday Sounds
Sue Foley--Here Comes the Sun (live, 12/03)
Masters of Reality--Devil's Radio
George Harrison--The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord); Someplace Else
The Beatles--Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows ('Love' remix)
Scott Askew--Jus' Git
The Tom Baker Quartet--Metamorphosis Happens
Ike Turner--Goin' Home
Fats Domino--Mardi Gras In New Orleans; Hold Hands; My Blue Heaven
Claude Bourbon--It's You I Love
---Retroactive #623--February 17, 2007:
Jon Hendricks--Sugar
Mary Karlzen--Skyline
Ted Hawkins--Happy Days
Deanna Bogart--Wonder What the Weather Is Today
June Tabor--Genesis Hall
Paul Brady--Doin' It In the Dark
Corey Harris--Nola Rag
The Wild Tchoupitoulas--Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas)
The Faulkner Evans Trio--Climbing the Gates
Nina Simone--Four Women; Take Me to the Water; I'm Going Back Home
Eleni Mandell--Can't You See I'm Soulful
David Bowie--Queen Bitch
The Avengers--Thin White Line
Lee Hazlewood--The First Song of the Day
Raw Spitt--This Old Town
James Hunter--Let Me Know
The Carlisle Group--I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
(Yoko) Ono with Blow Up--Everyman Everywoman
(Yoko) Ono with Antony & Hahn Rowe--Toyboat
Irma Thomas--Cried Too Long
George Jones--Time Is On My Side
Jim Hall--Down From Antigua (live, 11/82)
Kendl--On the Side Of the Road
The Avett Brothers--Talk On Indolence
---Retroactive #622--February 10, 2007:
Kristin Hersh--Nerve Endings
Tim Myers--Machine Voices
Sweet Honey In the Rock--Your Worries Ain't Like Mine (live, 11/87)
Cub Koda & the Houserockers--Last Night (live, 7/83)
///Billy Henderson (1939-2007):
Spinners--Truly Yours///
///James 'Pookie' Hudson (1934-2007):
The Spaniels--Stormy Weather///
///Frankie Laine (1913-2007)---Jezebel///
Lucinda Williams--Rescue
The Be Good Tanyas--Ootischenia
Edward Simon--The Messenger
Joe Ely--The Road Goes On Forever; Me and Billy the Kid (live, 1/99)
Will Taylor & Strings Attached with Joe Ely--Back In the U.S.S.R. (live, 5/06)
Leon Thomas--L-O-V-E
Drive-By Truckers--Feb. 14
Sloan--Everybody Wants You
Los Lobos--Chuco's Cumbia
Russell Malone--I Saw You Do It (live, 9/05)
///The Gerry Goffin/Carole King Songbook:
Nick Lowe--Halfway to Paradise
The Palisades--Make the Night a Little Longer
Tiny Tim & Brave Combo--I Want to Stay Here
Esther Phillips--Brother, Brother
The Byrds--Goin' Back
Little Eva--Where Do I Go
Carole King--Jazzman (live, 2004); Medley: Take Good Care of My Baby/It Might As Well Rain Until September/
Go Away Little Girl/I'm Into Something Good/Hey Girl/One Fine Day/Will You Love Me Tomorrow (live, 2004)///
---Retroactive #621--February 3, 2007:
The Holmes Brothers--I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages
Prince Conley--I'm Going Home
Ranee Lee--My Beat
Great Big Sea--When I'm Up (live)
Chris Smither--Blues In the Bottle
Mirah--Don't Die In Me (Bryce Panic/Nighttime In the Delta Mix)
The Impressions--You Must Believe Me
John Trudell--Rant and Roll
Smart Brown Handbag--Sour Grapes
Big Maybelle--Dirty Deal Blues
John Taylor--Sweet Dulcinea
///Singer Denny Doherty (1941-2007)--Whatcha Gonna Do
The Mamas & the Papas--Hey Girl//
Trudy Lynn with the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra--Blues Party
Tommy Castro--Big Sister's Radio
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3--'Cause It's Love
Don & Dewey--Big Boy Pete; Farmer John
Eric Bibb--Storybook Hero
Karen Dalton--Katie Cruel
Larry Garner--When the Blues Turn Black
The Everly Brothers--Like Strangers; Since You Broke My Heart; Crying In the Rain
Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris--Brand New Heartache
Teddy Thompson with Linda Thompson--Take a Message to Mary
Romero Lubambo--Vitoriosa
Henry Thomas--Arkansas
Carrie Rodriguez--Seven Angels On a Bicycle (live)
---Retroactive #620--January 27, 2007:
---All Michigan Show
The Winans featuring Marvin Winan--The Question Is
Eric Glatz--Detroit Bound
Bettye LaVette--Cry Me a River
Jack Scott--I Never Felt Like This
The White Stripes--Truth Doesn't Make a Noise
John Lee Hooker--Mamma Poppa Boogie
Mr. Airplane Man--Baby
? & the Mysterians--Don't Break This Heart of Mine
Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays--Back to Detroit
Jackie Wilson--Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You'd Ever Want to Meet)
Aretha Franklin--I Can't See Myself Leaving You
The Volebeats--Desert Song
The Shy--I Can't Get Over You
The 8th Day--She's Not Just Another Woman
The Tommy Flanagan Trio--Caravan
Del Shannon--Stranger In Town
Marshall Crenshaw--On the Run
The Detroit Emeralds--Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
Betty Carter--Tight (live, 12/79)
Nolan Strong & the Diablos--Mind Over Matter
Stewart Francke--Upon Seeing Simone
Bob Seger & the Last Heard--Persecution Smith
Wayne Kramer--Talkin' Out of School
MC5--Shakin' Street
Funkadelic--I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
Iggy Pop--Plastic and Concrete
Wilson Pickett--99 1/2 (Won't Do)
Mr. B--8 to 12 Blues
Gladys Knight & the Pips--I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Jimmy Ruffin--Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
The Temptations--You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here On Earth
Kim Weston--Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
*Plus: Francis Rocco Prestia on Motown bassist extraordinaire James Jamerson, Jr.
---Retroactive #619--January 20, 2007:
///Composer/pianist Alice Coltrane (1937-2007)--Triloka///
///Michael Brecker (1949-2007):
Ben Sidran--Someday My Prince Will Come (live) (Michael Brecker, saxophone solo)///
///Sneeky Pete Kleinow (1934-2007):
The Flying Burrito Brothers--Sing Me Back Home
Stevie Wonder--Too Shy to Say (Sneeky Pete Kleinow, steel guitar on both)///
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--Message to Tomorrow
Tim Myers--The Separatist
The Holmes Brothers--Bad Moon Rising
Muhal Richard Abrams/George Lewis/Roscoe Mitchell--Dramaturns
The Persuasions--Johnny Porter
Lucinda Williams--Bonnie Portmore; Side of the Road (live); Righteously (live, 11/03)
Johnny Rodriguez--Big Red Sun Blues
The Alarm Clocks--I'm a Man
Shemekia Copeland--All About You
Widespread Panic--Chest Fever
Bobby Blue Bland--Your Friends
Etta James--Shortnin' Bread Rock; Down Home Blues; Deep In the Night
Mayra Casales--Pipo
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Have You Got the Gumption
Barbara Lynn--You're Gonna Be Sorry
Dave Alvin--Museum of Heart
---Retroactive #618--January 13, 2007:
Memphis Slim--Messin' Around
Joy Eden Harrison--Winter
Tom Verlaine--Heavenly Charm
The Staple Singers--Swing Down Sweet Chariot
The Doxies with Henry Clay--License to Kill
Alejandro Escovedo--Dear Head On the Wall
Michelle Willson--Leap of Faith
Groove Divinities--Methodonia
Big Bill Broonzy--Black, Brown and White Blues
Eliza Gilkyson--Borderline (live)
The Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group--The King (for T.M.) (live, 11/05)
The Joy--On the Natch
Lefty Frizzell--If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Roddie Joy--If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)
Nina Simone--Keeper of the Flame
Family--Broken Nose
Quasi--Genetic Science
Myshkin's Ruby Warblers--Human Cannonball
The Avett Brothers--A Gift for Melody Anne
Merle Haggard--Here Comes the Freedom Train
Paul Westerberg--These Days
Dave Burrell--4:30 to Atlanta
Johnny J. Blair--Sam Said
Sam Cooke--Trouble In Mind; That's Where It's At
Sam Cooke with King Curtis & his band--Cupid (live, 1/63)
The Soul Stirrers--One More River
Sista Monica Parker--A Change Gonna Come
*Plus: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech excerpts throughout (1/62 and 2/67)
---Retroactive #617--January 6, 2007:
Scrapper Blackwell--Kokomo Blues
Greg Brown--Evening Call
Robin Lane--Troubled Man
John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys--Watch That Dog
Robin Holcomb--Dead Horse
Les Cole & the Echoes--Rock Little Baby
Marion Williams--Dead Cat on the Line
Elvis Presley--When It Rains, It Really Pours (Sun version); When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again; Such a Night
Dead Moon--Milk Cow Blues (live, 1996)
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Turn It Around
Anton Schwartz--Life and Times
Ron Sexsmith--From Now On
B.B. King--Early Every Morning
Eddie Turner--New Day
Myshkin's Ruby Warblers--Thousand Gallon Hat
Spider & the Webs--Frozen Roses
Bill Kirchen--Heart of Gold
Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia--Manoir de Mes Reves
Fairport Convention--I'll Keep It with Mine
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs--Tell Me What You See In Me
Sandy Denny--For Nobody to Hear; Bruton Town (BBC); At the End of the Day (solo, alternate take)
Fotheringay--Silver Threads and Golden Needles