---Retroactive #765--December 26, 2009:
Carolina Chocolate Drops--Sitting On Top of the World
Clare & the Reasons--Perdue a Paris
Jackie Brenston--Much Later
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason--Twenty Below (live)
Zora Young--I'm In Love With You
Bo Diddley--Crackin' Up
Jenni Muldaur with Joseph Arthur--Dearest Darlin'
Alex Chilton--Take Me Home and Make Me Like It
Patti Smith--Up There Down There
Dan Bern--Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce and Dan Blues
The F**king Eagles--(You Better Watch Your) Happy Home
Jake Langley--The Ropers
Guy Davis--Ain't Goin' Down
The Higher State--Know That You Know
Ruthie Foster--Thanks For the Joy
Dennis Diken with Bell Sound--Long Lonely Ride
Tom Waits--Goin' Out West (live)
Versus--Out In the Streets
Cee Cee James--I'll Ask the Questions, You Tell the Lies
The Sheiks--So Fine
Louis Jordan--I'm a Good Thing
Johnny Otis--Baby Just You; Ring a Ling; Crazy Country Hop
The Jimmy McGriff/Hank Crawford Quartet--Silver Bells
M. Ward--Shangri-la
Loudon Wainwright III--Little Waterloo
Shemekia Copeland--Broken World
Brian Wilson--Auld Lang Syne
---Retroactive #764--December 19, 2009:
Bill Cunliffe--God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Pete Seeger--Masters In This Hall
The Cavedogs--3 Men and a Baby (Xmas Song)
Chip Taylor--Bastard Brothers
Ella Fitzgerald--Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney
Chocolate Snow--Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy
Chris Rea--Driving Home for Christmas
El Vez with Crissy Guererro--Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth
Professor Longhair (as Roy Byrd & his Blues Jumpers)--Byrd's Blues; Bald Head
Dave Brubeck--Joy to the World
The Wailers--Christmas Spirit??
Low--Just Like Christmas
Otis Redding--Merry Christmas Baby
Jeff Healey--Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me (live)
Wild Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire--Knick Knack Paddywhack (Throw It In the Bin)
Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Jacqui Naylor--Father Christmas
Esther Phillips--Release Me
Esther Phillips with Mel Walker--Ring-a-Ding Doo
Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--God Rest Ye Merry Rubbermen
Bob Dylan--Christmas Island; Must Be Santa
Mel Torme--Good King Wenceslas
Forro In the Dark--Silent Night
Marian McPartland--A Child Is Born
The Sonics--Santa Claus
The Ravens--White Christmas
Jann Arden--Bring the Boys Home
---Retroactive #763--December 12, 2009:
Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang--Hellhound On My Trail/Kick the Stones
Perla Batella--Hey Look Me Over
The Miller Sisters--Someday You Will Pay
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Little Wheel Spin and Spin (2008 version)
Laura Love & Orville Johnson--Livin' In a Dream
Drive-By Truckers--Mrs. Claus' Kimono
Dave Edmunds--London's a Lonely Town
Charlie Rich--Down and Out; Set Me Free
Jenni Muldaur--There's Another Place That I Can't Go
Kenny Dorham--Blue Friday
Flairck--The Emigrant
Delbert McClinton & Dick50--Mama's Little Baby
Mae Young--Let's Give Our Love a Try
The Prisstines--I Don't Cry
Jimmy Liggins--Brown Skin Baby
M. Ward--Outro (I'm a Fool To Want You)
Elvis Presley--Merry Christmas Baby
Brenda Lee--Ain't That Love; The Crying Game; Blue Christmas
David Peterson--Coming On Strong
Emily Remler--We Three Kings
Chuck Prophet--American Man
Koko Taylor--29 Ways (live, 1973)
Sean Costello--Mellow Chick Swing
Ian Hunter--Up and Running
Gladys Knight & the Pips--Friendship Train
---Retroactive #762--December 5, 2009:
///Bob Keane (1922-2009), producer, founder of Del-Fi/Keen/Donna/Mustang Records:
The Ladybugs--It's the Last Time
Sam Cooke--Win Your Love For Me
Ritchie Valens--Malaguena
Brenda Holloway--Every Little Bit Hurts (Donna Records version)
The Bobby Fuller Four--The Magic Touch
Ron Holden & the Thunderbirds--Who Say There Ain't No Santa Claus///
Jack Kittel--If We Make It Through December
Me'shell Ndegeocello--Slaughter
The Clovers--Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
Cassandra Wilson--Dust My Broom; Domination Switch
Bill Frisell with Cassandra Wilson & Elvis Costello--I Still Have That Other Girl
Jake Langley--Here and Now
Dick Dale--Esperanza
Ryan Purcell--Palmer's Pickup Blues
Betty Davis--Bar Hoppin
Zora Young--Better Be Ready
Ben Sidran--On the Road Again
Tom Waits--Lucinda/Ain't Goin' Down (live)
The Laurie Morvan Band--You Don't Know About Me
Little Richard with the Upsetters--I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)
Little Richard--Taxi Blues; Lucille
The Jim Jones Revue--Hey Hey Hey Hey
Oscar Peterson--Squatty Roo
The Saints--(I'm) Stranded (live, 7/07)
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys--Yes (I Feel Sorry For You)
Eleni Mandell--Front Door
Jay Wiggins--Sad Girl
---Retroactive #761--November 28, 2009
Beth Orton--Reach For the Sky
Etta James--Fools We Mortals Be
Jonathan Richman--No One Was Like Vermeer
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women--Nana and Jimi
Pieta Brown--Diamonds In the Sky
The Showmen--Country Fool
///Rusty Wier (1944-2009)--Long and Lonesome Highway Blues; Don't It Make You Want to Dance?///
Little Eva--Let's Turkey Trot
Chuck Prophet--Where the Hell Is Henry?
Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers--Get the Fever Out
Maria Muldaur--Shake Hands and Tell Me Goodbye
Tin Huey--Sister Rose (live)
Curt Ramm/Dan Moretti/Bill Cunliffe--Tired Corn; Zone Seven
///The Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash:
Popa Chubby--Highway Chile (live, 2/06)
Eire Apparent--The Clown
Joan Osborne--Bold as Love
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama--Drifting
Rod Stewart--Angel
Belly--Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix with Lonnie Youngblood--Georgia Blues
Jimi Hendrix--Room Full of Mirrors (alternate take); Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne///
---Retroactive #760--November 21, 2009:
Guy Clark--Eamon
Twig Palace--(Tomb Rhumba)
Terry Callier--Ordinary Joe (1972 version)
Cookie & the Vagrantz--T-Bone Shuffle
Lee Dorsey--Candy Yam
Dr. John & the Lower 911--Black Gold
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band with Francine Reed--Here I Am
Nick Lowe & his Cowboy Outfit--Half a Boy and Half a Man
Meshell Ndegeocello--Blood On the Curb
The King Khan & BBQ Show--I'll Be Loving You
Jacques Schwarz-Bart--Dlo Chaye
Jean Shepard--A Satisfied Mind; The Root Of All Evil (Is a Man)
John Cale--Paris 1919
The Maldives--Cold November
Betty Davis--Talkin Trash
Richard & Linda Thompson--Shoot Out the Lights
Sean Costello (Susan Tedeschi, vocal)--Walking Blues
Donnie & the Outcasts--Big Fat Alaskan
Debbie Davies--Percolatin'
Tina Turner--I'm Ready; Steamy Windows
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue--I Know (with Vanetta Fields) (live); If I Can't Be the First (live, 1967);
You Should Have Treated Me Right (live, 1967)
Zony Mash--Meet the Zony Mash
The Flatlanders--Homeland Refugee
Ruth Brown--I'll Be Satisfied
The Searchers--Ain't That Just Like Me
---Retroactive #759--November 14, 2009:
Janet Bressler--I'm Glad
Kurt Vile--Dead Alive
Andrea Marr--What's Wrong with You
Peter Lang--Muggy Friday/Adair's Song (live, 1977)
Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--Yield Not to Temptation
Little Willie John--My Nerves; If I Thought You Needed Me; I'm Shakin'
The Persuasions--Let Them Talk
Anne Drummond--Afoxamba
Tiny Bradshaw--Train Kept A-Rollin'
The Johnny Burnette Rock'n'Roll Trio--Train Kept A-Rollin'
Precious Bryant--Broke and Ain't Got a Dime
James & Bobby Purify--Shake a Tail Feather
Rufus--Slip 'n Slide
Zakiya Hooker--Hug U Kiss U
The Blue Riddim Band--Twistin' the Night Away
The Coasters--Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)
David Bromberg--Sharon
Ami Saraiya--Memphis Train
Graham Parker--Total Eclipse of the Moon
Graham Parker & the Rumour--No Holding Back; Don't Ask Me Questions (1976 version)
Rick Nelson--Back to Schooldays
Peter Mazza--On Green Dolphin Street
Pieta Brown--Hey Joey
Ben Sidran--Highway 61 Revisited
John Mayall--Train to My Heart
---Retroactive #758--November 7, 2009:
Bob Schneider--Realness of Space
Betty Davis--Let's Get Personal
Sean Costello--Lovin' Machine
Chip Taylor--Yonkers Girls
Brendan Benson--Just Me Purely
Maria Muldaur--The Diplomat
Chuck Prophet--Sonny Liston's Blues
Arnie Love & the Lovettes--We've Had Enough
Ben Allison--Fred
///Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo (1951-2009)--Ain't No Bread In the Breadbox
Bonnie Raitt--Runaway (Norton Buffalo, harmonica solo)///
Maia Sharp with Bonnie Raitt--Death By Perfection
Bonnie Raitt--Dimming of the Day (live, 7/95); Sugar Mama
The Rationals--Listen to Me
Jesse Powell with Fluffy Hunter--The Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out)
Monsters of Folk--Man Named Truth
Bruce Channel--Hey! Baby
Delbert McClinton & Dick50--Cherry Street
Delbert McClinton--Please, Please, Please; A Mess of Blues
Zony Mash--Slide By
Twig Palace--December
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle--Passing Dream
Luther Ingram--Pity For the Lonely
Meshell Ndegeocello--Bright Shiny Morning
Rickie Lee Jones--The Moon Is Made of Gold
---Retroactive #757--October 31, 2009:
---Halloween Show
Carmaig de Forest--Bad Things Happen
Ami Saraiya--Colder Meaner
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee--The Devil's Gonna Get You
Debbie Davies--Zoom-In
Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien--Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)
John Zacherle--Dinner with Drac, Pt. 1
Butch Paulson & the Motations--Man from Mars
Quasi--Goblins and Trolls
The Black Hollies--Lead Me to Your Fire
Anthony Davis--Middle Passage
Bessie Smith--Cemetery Blues
Tino--Footstep Dub
Chris Smither--Don't Call Me Stranger
The Voodoo Organist--Pitchfork Man
Fairport Convention--Tam Lin
Bryan Ferry--I Put a Spell On You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins--Little Demon
John Fogerty--Haunted House
Dead Moon--Walking On My Grave
Beat Happening--Pinebox Derby
Candye Kane--I Put a Hex On You
The Ghastly Ones--Banshee Beach
The Clean--Moonjumper
John Hammond--Evil (Is Goin' On)
Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Zombie For Your Love
Redbone--Witch Queen of New Orleans
The New Original Sonic Sound--The Witch
Dan Tyack & friends--Mambo Macabre
---Retroactive #756--October 24, 2009:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Johnny Adams--The Hunt Is On
Irma Thomas--Loving Arms
Pieta Brown--In the Cool
Big Star--Feel
///Soupy Sales (1926-2009)--Muck-Arty-Park///
Rubberlegs Williams with the Herbie Fields Band--Deep Sea Blues
Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers--Songs In the Night
Delbert McClinton & Dick50--Do It
Anne Drummond--Like Water
Julia Lee--Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--I Didn't Like It the First Time
The Shangri-Las--Heaven Only Knows
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers--I Wanna Be Loved
Hornet Leg--Ribbon of Fear
Bobby Blue Bland--Call on Me
Ana Popovic--More Real
The Maldives--Tequila Sunday
Leonard Cohen--Bird On a Wire (live, 8/70)
Liz Phair--Never Said
Boz Scaggs--Loan Me a Dime
Ted Hawkins--Green-Eyed Girl (live); Long As I Can See the Light
---Retroactive #755--October 17, 2009:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
The Kingbees--Man Made for Love
The Choir--I'm Slippin' (demo)
The Black Hollies--Gloomy Monday Morning
Gossip--Heavy Cross
Clyde McPhatter--Money Honey (live, 1956/CM introduced by Alan Freed)
Los Lonely Boys--Polk Salad Annie
Buffy Sainte-Marie--I Bet My Heart on You
///The Wanda Jackson Alive and Scalding Birthday Special:
Wanda Jackson--Right or Wrong; Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad; I Gotta Know
The Bottle Rockets with Sheri Hurst--Kickin' Our Hearts Around
Candye Kane--Rock Your Baby///
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red--Going Back to Memphis
Debbie Davies--Okie Dokie Stomp
Nellie Lutcher--Hurry on Down
///NRBQ with Lou Albano (1933--2009)--Captain Lou///
///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bash:
NRBQ--It Don't Take But a Few Minutes
Chuck Berry--Drifting Heart; Time Was (fast version); Reelin' and Rockin' (alternate take)
Johnnie Allan--Promised Land
Love Sculpture--You Can't Catch Me///
Curt Ramm/Dan Moretti/Bill Cunliffe--Little Bit
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle--Downtime
The Baseball Project--Satchel Paige Said
Willis Jackson--Blow Jackson, Blow
Ami Saraiya--Sour Mash
---Retroactive #754--October 10, 2009:
Floyd Newman--Frog Stomp
The Bye Bye Blackbirds--There's a Rugged Road
Roxy Perry--I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon--Love Is a Clown
Imogen Heap--Little Bird
Greg Brown--Good Morning Coffee (live); Verona Road
The Avett Brothers--It Goes On and On
Sheila Jack--I've Got to Have You
Greg Skaff--Ultimatum
Sonny Boy Williamson II--One Way Out
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Yesterday's Love
Willie Nile--Les Champs Elysees
Webb Wilder--Loud Music
Deborah Coleman--Heaven's Got the Blues
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band--Express Yourself
John Fogerty--Change In the Weather (2009 version)
Carlene Carter--Too Drunk (To Remember)
Sam Moore--Stop
Sam & Dave--I Got Everything I Need; I Take What I Want; You Don't Know What You Mean to Me
Beat Happening--In Love With You Thing; Sea Babies
Stan Harrison--Tulips, Too Late
Ronnie Dawson--Tired of Traveling
Clint Miller--Bertha Lou
Girl Trouble--Color Me Gone
---Retroactive #753--October 3, 2009:
Buffy Sainte-Marie--When I Had You
Chris Smither--Time Stands Still
Zakiya Hooker--Crossroads
Hornet Leg--Wait
Delbert McClinton & Dick50--I Need to Know
Wendy Waller--Yellow Moon
Drive-By Truckers--Rebels
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker--Grahamstown
The Clean--In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
Esther Phillips--Sweet Touch of Love
Jay Reatard--Can't Do It Anymore
The Shirelles--Please Go Away
Big Joe Williams with Paul Butterfield--Whistlin' Pines
///The John Lennon Birthday Bash:
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs--Gimme Some Truth
Larry Williams--Bad Boy
The Beatles--Soldier of Love (BBC); The Word; She Said She Said
Rosie Thomas--Love
The Soft Boys--Cold Turkey (live)
Toots & the Maytals--Give Peace a Chance
Will Taylor & Strings Attached featuring Carolyn Wonderland--Revolution 1 (live, 5/06)
Matt Jorgensen + 451--Tomorrow Never Knows
The Breeders--Happiness Is a Warm Gun
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band--Mother
John Lennon--Real Love (guitar demo); Beautiful Boy (alternate take)///
---Retroactive #752--September 26, 2009:
Vic Chesnutt--Chinaberry Tree
Amy Rigby--That Tone of Voice
Ann Peebles--St. Louis Woman (With a Memphis Melody)
Greg Brown--Flat Stuff (live, 10/82)
Ray Condo & his Ricochets--Rockin' Record Hop
Irma Thomas--Got to Bring It With You
Joe South--Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
Carl Mann--Ubangi Stomp
Jerry Lee Lewis--I'll Keep On Loving You; Rockin' My Life Away; Let the Good Times Roll
Anne Drummond--Bossa for Copacabana
Liam Finn + Eliza Jane--Plane Crash
Monsters of Folk--Whole Lotta Losin'
Lou Ann Barton--Te Ni Nee Ni Nu
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Bettye LaVette--What's Happening Brother
Gino Washington--I'm Coming Home
Ian Hunter--Girl from the Office
Mott the Hoople--Threads of Iron; Darkness Darkness; All the Way from Memphis
Steve Elson--Wisteria
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Genuine
Jeff Healey--Stop Breaking Down (live)
The Flatlanders--Love's Own Chains
Terry Reid--Tinker Taylor
Don & Dewey--Jungle Hop
Rory Gallagher--Loanshark Blues
---Retroactive #751--September 19, 2009:
///Mary Travers (1936-2009):
Peter, Paul & Mary--For Lovin' Me; Too Much of Nothing///
Sista Monica Parker--Walking Wounded
Ray Charles--I'll Do Anything But Work (alternate take)
B.B. King--Shake Yours (alternate take of 'Shake Your Boogie')
Chris Smither--I Told You So
The Red Hot Blues Sisters--Caffeine
James Booker--Pop's Dilemma
Yo La Tengo--Nothing to Hide
Dave Glenn--Roberto Clemente Bridge
Ani DiFranco--Not a Pretty Girl; Letter to a John (live)
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup--Shout, Sister, Shout
Rodriguez--Sugar Man
Rodriguez (band)--Capitol City
The Young Fresh Fellows--New Day I Hate
Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Ramblin' Feeling
Eels--What's a Fella Gotta Do
Zakiya Hooker--Keeping It Real
Buckwheat Zydeco--Back In Your Arms
Bruce Springsteen--So Young and In Love; 57 Channels (and Nothin' On)
Jenni Muldaur--Hopalai
Deer Tick with Liz Isenberg--Friday XIII
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker--For Garrison (Both)
Sunny Blair--Step Back Baby
Fiona Boyes--Fishin' Hole
Jim Lauderdale--All She Wrote
The Band--Caledonia Mission
Richard Shindell--Parasol Ants
Eilen Jewell--Everywhere I Go
---Retroactive #750--September 12, 2009:
---All '60s Show
Joe Tex--The Truest Woman In the World
The Lovejoys--Payin' (For the Wrong I've Done)
Peter Wheat & the Breadmen--Baby What's New
Little Frankie--I'm Not Gonna Do It
Spirit--Fresh Garbage
Fairport Convention--Tale In Hard Time
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson--Soulshake
James Brown & the Famous Flames--JB Introduced by Fats Gonder/I'll Go Crazy (live, 10/62)
The Cobras (Stax)--Restless
Arlo Guthrie--If You Would Just Drop By (live, 1969)
Barbara Lynn--Take Your Time
Chick Corea--The Brain
Moby Grape--Looper (demo)
Darrell Banks--Open the Door to Your Heart
Ann Byers--Dead End
Al Hirt--Fancy Pants
Thee Midniters--Gloria
Bettye LaVette--She Don't Love You Like I Do
The Who--Rael
The Mojo Men--Dance With Me
The Rascals--I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
John Hammond--Bull Frog Blues
The Magic Sam Blues Band--Easy, Baby
Otis Redding--Mary's Little Lamb; The Glory of Love
Etta James--Miss Pitiful
Stan Getz--I'm Late, I'm Late
The Soulsetters--Cecil, The Unwanted French Fry
The Meters--Cissy Strut
Timi Yuro--I Ain't Gonna Cry No More
The Kinks--Victoria
*Plus: clips of classic DJs Tom Donohue (KSAN-FM/SF), John R (WLAC/Nashville);
The Everly Brothers' Coca-Cola ad; Otis Redding's 'Stay In School' PSA/jingle
---Retroactive #749--September 5, 2009:
///Marie Knight (1925-2009)--Calvary; Samson and Delilah///
Pete Seeger--The Farmer Is the Man
Levon Helm--Growin' Trade
Michael McDermott--Unemployment
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Working for the Government
Tennessee Ernie Ford--Sixteen Tons
Doc Watson--Walking After Midnight
Patsy Cline--Turn the Cards Slowly; Why Can't He Be You
Greg Skaff--Tropicalia
Ian Hunter--Flowers
Cookie & the Cupcakes--Mathilda
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--King Size Papa
Johnnie Bassett with Chris Codish--Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
Ernie Isley--High Wire
Fiona Boyes--Waiting for Some Good News
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women--Marie Marie (2009 version)
Elliott Murphy--Buddy and Peggy Sue
Los Super Seven featuring Rodney Crowell--Learning the Game
M. Ward--Rave On
Buddy Holly--Ready Teddy; Love's Made a Fool of You; Listen to Me
Bloom Project--In Noontide
Duffy Bishop--Boom Boom (live, 1993)
Jenni Muldaur--You're Breaking Me Up
The Minus 5--Smoke On, Jerry
The Beach Boys--Sail On Sailor
Roxy Perry--You Cried for Me
---Retroactive #748--August 29, 2009:
The Thermals--Now We Can See
Steve Earle--Loretta
Sandy Denny--Carnival
///Songwriter-singer Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009)--You Don't Know
Moody & the Deltas--He Ain't No Angel
The Bob Seger System--River Deep-Mountain High (live)///
Dave Glenn--Blues for Buck O'Neil
Dee Alexander--C U on the Other Side
Dinah Washington--I Cried for You; This Bitter Earth
Earl Connelly--Let Your Love Flow
Mary McCaslin--Some of Shelley's Blues
Floyd Dixon--Hole In the Wall
Sista Monica Parker--Honey It's Your Fault
Alejandro Escovedo--Too Little, Too Late
Them--One More Time
Van Morrison--Kingdom Hall; Rave On, John Donne; Cypress Avenue/You Came Walking Down (live, 11/08)
The Bill Banfield Band--Free Me
Neko Case--Don't Forget Me
The Young Fresh Fellows--Betty Let the Good Times Crawl
Big Mama Thornton--Unlucky Girl
The Higher State--Look Around
---Retroactive #747--August 22, 2009:
Joe Henry--Bellwether
Odetta--Hard, O Lord
Tommy Duncan--Relax and Take It Easy
///Producer-musician-artist Jim Dickinson (1941-2009):
Big Star--Kanga Roo
Aretha Franklin--Spirit In the Dark
The Replacements--Shooting Dirty Pool
Ry Cooder--Dark End of the Street
James Luther Dickinson--Tom's Closing Speech; Those Sounds
Jim Dickinson--Rooster Blues///
Dan Blunck & Mike Bisio--Ann Likes Red
The Previous--Funny
Ana Popovic--Nothing Personal
Jerry Lee Lewis--House of Blue Lights (1975 version)
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women--Boss of the Blues
Big Joe Turner--Doggin' the Dog
Shirley & Lee--Comin' Over
Motor City Women & Detroit Express--Did He Mention My Name
Deer Tick--Straight Into a Storm
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Cho Cho Fire
Robert Wyatt-- Shipbuilding
Elvis Costello--My All Time Doll
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Lipstick Vogue (live, 3/78); Man Out of Time
Eddie Shaw--For You My Love (live, 3/08)
Steve Elson--Remember This
Jenni Muldaur--I've Got a Feelin'
Thin Lizzy--Dancing In the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)
Fiona Boyes--Howlin' at Your Door
---Retroactive #746--August 15, 2009:
///Mike Seeger (1933-2009):
The New Lost City Ramblers--I Understand You Love Another Man; No Depression In Heaven///
Lil' Son Jackson--Talkin' Boogie
Kool Blues--I'm Gonna Keep on Lovin' You
Timi Yuro--That's Right, Walk on By
///Billy Lee Riley (1933-2009)--Rock It Billy
Billy Lee Riley & the Little Green Men--Red Hot///
Sista Monica Parker--Behind My Back
///Willy DeVille (1950-2009)--My One Desire (Vampir's Lullaby)
Mink DeVille--She's So Tough///
///Les Paul (1915-2009)--Lover
Chet Atkins & Les Paul--It's Been a Long, Long Time; It Had to Be You///
Toni Price--What I'm Puttin' Down
Donnie Dean & the D Notes--Frankie and Johnny
The Magic Sam Blues Band--Keep Loving Me Baby
The Pin-Ups--Lookin' for Boys
Iggy Pop--King of the Dogs
///The Percy Mayfield Songbook:
Johnny Adams--The Danger Zone
Seth Walker--Memory Pain
Shemekia Copeland--The River's Invitation
Percy Mayfield--Strange Things Happening; Baby You're Still a Square; Please Send Me Someone to Love///
The Bill Banfield Band--Losing Absolom
///The 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair:
Johnny Winter--Mama, Talk to Your Daughter (live, 8/69)
Jefferson Airplane--3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds (live, 8/69)
Sly & the Family Stone--Stand! (live, 8/69)
Joni Mitchell--Woodstock///
---Retroactive--August 8, 2009:
Guest hosted by Austin Potter (from KAOS' Catch a Wave) and Ashley VavRosky (Skies So Blue)--thanks, y'all.
---Retroactive #745--August 1, 2009:
Fiona Boyes--Train to Hopesville
The Insect Trust--Now Then Sweet Man
Rainy Day Saints--The Old Parade
Lee Fields & the Expressions--Love Comes and Goes
Bettye LaVette--Right In the Middle (Of Falling In Love)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--Richland Women Blues; Bleeker Street Blues
Mark Taylor--Spectre
Eliza Gilkyson--Borderline
Hasil Adkins--Come On and Do the Shake With Me
The Avett Brothers--Kick Drum Heart
Os Haxixins--Em Algum Lugar da Mente
Paul Collins--Rock'n'Roll Shoes
Sam Cooke--It's Got the Whole World Shakin'
Bobby Womack--If You Don't Want My Love (Give It Back)
Ruthie Foster--Joy on the Other Side
Johnnie Bassett--Your Real Gitchieegumee
The Ronettes--Is This What I Get for Loving You?
Ronnie Spector--For His Love
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women--California's Burning
Jenni Muldaur--Blame It on the World
The King Khan & BBQ Show--Captain Captain
Fred Forney--Astoria
John Mellencamp--If I Die Sudden (live, 2008)
William Bell--Never Like This Before
Katie Webster--Two Fisted Mama
Tommy Castro--It Is What It Is
---Retroactive #744--July 25, 2009:
Christy McWilson--The Lucky One
The Shy--Jenny
Otis Taylor--Country Boy, Girl
The Kennedys--Good Morning Groovy
Daddy Cleanhead--Something Goin' On In My Room
Wanda Jackson--Mean Mean Man
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs--Willin'
The Chiffons--My Block
John William Gordon--GVOL
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band--It Hurts Me Too
Buddy Guy--She Suits Me to a T; I Got a Problem; That's My Home
Ana Popovic--Steal Me Away
The Young Fresh Fellows--The Guilty Ones
The Velvet Underground--I Heard Her Call My Name
The BellRays--Too Many Houses In Here
Tight Bros from Way Back When--My Bad Luck
Betty Davis--In Her I. Miller Shoes
Gerald Collier--Jigsaw Puzzle
Linda Draper--Mother's Little Helper
The Rolling Stones--Shine a Light (live, 1995); The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man; Far Away Eyes
Tim Ries--You Can't Always Get What You Want
Deer Tick--Smith Hill
Fontella Bass--It's Hard to Get Back In
Seth Walker--In the Dark
Brenda Lee--Rock the Bop
---Retroactive #743--July 18, 2009:
Bump Kitchen--Back In the Day
Carolyn Mark with the Silver Hearts--North Country Fair
Hank Snow--The Golden Rocket
NRBQ--I've Got a Rocket In My Pocket (live, 4/87)
///Gordon Waller (1945-2009):
Peter & Gordon--If You Wish; Woman///
Fiona Boyes--Got My Eye on You
Tommy Keene--Warren In the '60s
Alison Brown--Rocket Summer
Denise LaSalle--Give Me Yo' Most Strongest Whiskey; Trapped By a Thing Called Love
The Front Line--I Don't Care
Son Volt--Down to the Wire
The Animal Collective--Summertime Clothes
Ray Charles--Tell Me How Do You Feel
Otis Redding--I Can't Turn You Loose
Ruth Brown--Be Good to Me Tonight
Jenni Muldaur--Just Ain't No Love
Dion--Little Diane; King of the New York Streets
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Haste Makes Waste
Terry Allen--I'm Not That Kat Anymore
Regina Spektor--Machine
The Tim Davies Big Band--Blacknail
The Minus 5--It Won't Do You Any Good
Candye Kane--Till You Go Too Far
Levon Helm--Move Along Train
Neko Case--This Tornado Loves You
Ronnie Dawson--Crazy Shoes
The Mad Lads--Patch My Heart
---Retroactive #742--July 11, 2009:
Sonny Landreth--Road a Plenty
Danny Dill--Hungry For Your Lovin'
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens--What Have You Done
Lee Fields & the Expressions--My World
///Guitarist Drake Levin (1946-2009):
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Steppin' Out///
Trudy Lynn--Just Because
Deer Tick--Easy
Terry Garthwaite--What's the Matter with Love; Hoy, Hoy, Hoy (live, SF, 1980)
Jimmy Greene--YeahYouRight!
Woody Guthrie--Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues (Victor version); I Ain't Got No Home (Library of Congress version)
Maia Sharp--Polite Society
Big Joe Turner--Well All Right
The Sunrays--I Live for the Sun
k.d. lang--Summerfling
Raging Arb & the Redheads--Monster
Betsy Holt--I've Got a Few Things (1993 version); Sixteen Miles from Indiana
Roger McGuinn with Joan Baez & Eliza Carthy--Willie Moore
The Byrds--Chimes of Freedom
Husker Du--Eight Miles High
Richard Thompson--Treadwell No More
Reverend Horton Heat--Party Mad
Ellen Whyte--Jacks and Jokers
The Young Fresh Fellows--Lamp Industries
Seth Walker--I Don't Dance
Sonic Youth--Sacred Trickster
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan--Perdido
Greg Brown--Dream City
---Retroactive #741--July 4, 2009:
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band--Nikorette
Vienna Teng--Grandmother Song
The Minus 5--The Disembowelers
Ringo Starr--Golden Blunders
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Knock Me a Kiss
Nanci Griffith--Across America
Marvin Gaye--The Star Spangled Banner (live, NBA All Star Game, 1983)
John Trudell--Famine In the Plenty (2008 version)
The Honey Cone--The Day I Found Myself
Tony Malaby--Third Mystery
The Key of V--Bes Wil 2
The Modern Lovers--Modern World
The Sonics--Walking the Dog
Jenni Muldaur--You've Got Me Up Tight
Spike Jones & his City Slickers (Judy Manners & Red Ingle, vocals)--A Serenade to a Jerk
Shawn Colvin--Crazy (live, 7/08)
Levon Helm--Tennessee Jed
///Mavis Staples' 70th Birthday Party:
The Staple Singers--Are You Ready?; Uncloudy Day; City In the Sky
Mavis Staples--Wade In the Water (live, 6/08); I'll Be Rested
Mavis Staples & Patty Griffin--Waiting For My Child to Come Home///
James Moody--Sound For Sore Ears
Shawn Sahm--Mendocino
Eula Cooper--Let Our Love Grow Higher
John Primer--Bad Child
---Retroactive #740--June 27, 2009:
Jeff Beck--Behind the Veil (live, 2007)
Brothers of the Baladi--Over Under Sideways Down
Mary Flower--Portand Town
Dakota Staton--C.C. Rider
///Michael Jackson (1958-2009):
The Jackson 5--Who's Lovin' You; Mama's Pearl///
///Sky Saxon (1937-2009):
The Seeds--Can't Seem to Make You Mine; Pushin' Too Hard///
Ann Peebles--You've Got the Papers (I've Got the Man)
The Dave Wilson Quartet--Summertime
Rick Nelson--Summertime
Annette--Beach Party
The Untouchables--Under the Boardwalk
New York Dolls--Muddy Bones
Dinosaur Jr.--I Want You to Know
Otis Taylor--Dagger By My Side
Maia Sharp--You Are Mine
Mighty Sam McClain with Jesse Lannoo--Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Beat Happening--Noise
Steve Elson--Woolgathering
///The Willie Dixon Songbook:
The Big Three Trio--I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man
Willie Dixon--Back Door Man
Candye Kane--You Need Love
Bob Dylan--My Wife's Home Town
Big Time Sarah--Every Man I See
Muddy Waters--I Live the Life I Love, I Love the Life I Live
Mose Allison--The Seventh Son///
---Retroactive #739--June 20, 2009:
Nanci Griffith--The Loving Kind
Levon Helm--Stuff You Gotta Watch
Johnnie Taylor--Toe Hold
Marcia Ball--Mobile
///Guitarist Bob Bogle (1943-2009):
The Ventures--Percolator///
Dave Alvin--Dynamite Woman
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers Combo--Jump and Shout
Jenni Muldaur--I'd Rather Live Like a Hermit
Francois Couture--Madamoiselle
Ray Brown Jr. with David Somerville--The Girls On the Beach
Brian Wilson--Between Pictures; Oxygen to the Brain; I Know There's an Answer (live, London, 1/02)
The Beach Boys--Break Away (version with Brian Wilson doing all vocals); 'Til I Die (1998 remix)
Cheap Trick--California Man
Bratmobile--Cheap Trick Record
Sonic Youth--Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn
Rodriguez--Halfway Up the Stairs
Leela James--Simply Beautiful
Black Jack Morgan--Lite on Love
She & Him--Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
John William Gordon--Back Room Flow
Ray Davies--Vietnam Cowboys
Old 97s--She's Got Everything
The Detroit Cobras--Brainwashed
Elena Powell--Animal Farm
The Thanes--You Shouldn't Be Sad
The Kinks--Berkeley Mews; Slum Kids (live, 3/79); I Need You
---Retroactive #738--June 13, 2009:
Larry Williams--You Bug Me, Baby
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band--Cabbage Town
Lady Bianca--Ugly Man Song
Steeleye Span--One Misty Moisty Morning
Cyril Neville--Cheatin' and Lyin'
///Muscle Shoals keyboardist Barry Beckett (1943-2009):
The Staple Singers--Respect Yourself///
Candye Kane--Hey! Toughen Up!
John Fahey--Juana
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez--Cello Song
Nick Drake--Man In a Shed; Fly
Rachel Sweet--Who Does Lisa Like
Flamin Groovies--Doctor Boogie (live, 6/71)
Bump Kitchen--I'll Decide
Shirley Johnson--634-5789
The Fireman--Don't Stop Running
Paul McCartney--I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday; That Was Me (live, 6/07)
The Hampton String Quartet--Blackbird
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Cripple Creek
Lee Fields & the Expressions--Money I$ King
The Old Haunts--Not Hopeless
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Lord Only Knows
The Moberlys--Rest Up
Elvis Costello--Hidden Shame
---Retroactive #737--June 6, 2009:
Red Nelson--Crying Mother Blues
Rory Block--Tain't Long fo Day
Charlie Louvin with Bobby Bare & Kurt Wagner--Worried Man Blues
Eilen Jewell--One of Those Days
///Jay Bennett (1963-2009):
Wilco--A Shot In the Arm; Jesus, Etc.///
Shemekia Copeland--Big Brand New Religion
Buckwheat Zydeco--Ninth Place
James Hunter--Riot In My Heart
Ten Wheel Drive--The Night I Got Out of Jail
Marc Ribot--The Joy of Repetition
Black Jack Morgan--Black Jack's Blues
Lucinda Williams--Nothin'
Elliott Murphy--Hangin' Out
Neil Young--Cough Up the Bucks
Jean Shy & the Shy Guys--We Like the Same Thing (live)
The Soft Boys--He's a Reptile
///Koko Taylor (1928-2009)--I'd Rather Go Blind; Hey Baby///
Rodriguez--Silver Words?
The Shangri-Las--Give Us Your Blessings
Emitt Rhodes--Long Time No See
Eric Burdon--Forty Four
Howlin' Wolf--The Red Rooster; Shake for Me; You Gonna Wreck My Life (alternate take of 'No Place to Go')
---Retroactive #736--May 30, 2009:
---All Texas Show
The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm--Do Something for Me
Robert Shaw--Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat)
Terri Hendrix--My Own Place
Floyd Tillman--I Love You So Much It Hurts
Poncho Sanchez with Eddie Floyd & Booker T. Jones--Raise Your Hand
Townes Van Zandt--Nothin' (live, 4/85)
Bob Schneider--When the Sun Breaks Down on the Moon (live)
Kimmie Rhodes--Sex and Gasoline
Guy Clark--Ain't No Trouble to Me
Robert Earl Keen--Bottom Dollar (live, 8/04)
Will Taylor--Cities of the Blue Distance
Angela Strehli--Never Like This Before
The Lotions--Pushin' Too Hard
Sara Hickman--Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?
The Fabulous Thunderbirds--One's Too Many
Melvin Daniels with King Curtis & his Orchestra--I'll Be There
Roseanna Vitro--Please Do Something (live, 9/05)
Delbert McClinton--'B' Movie Boxcar Blues (1978 version)
The Greencards--Rivertown
Alejandro Escovedo--Always a Friend (live)
Lavelle White--Stop These Teardrops (1994 version)
Omar Kent Dykes featuring Jimmie Vaughan with Lou Ann Barton--Think
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Who Walks In When I Walk Out (1935 version)
Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies--Brownie Special
The Bobby Fuller Four--Guess We'll Fall In Love
Buddy Holly--Heartbeat
Joe Ely--Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin
Ruthie Foster--Truth!
---Retroactive #735--May 23, 2009:
Cyril Neville--Don't Move My Mountain
The Farmer Boys--Flash, Crash and Thunder
Elvis Costello--I Dreamed of My Old Lover
Karen Lovely--It's Too Late
Karen Dalton--Take Me
The Avett Brothers--Traveling Song
Kenneth Carr with John Smart's Band--Don't Hate-Let's Communicate
Leela James--Baby I'm Scared of You
Mary Flower--Up a Lazy River
Quasi--Beautiful Things
Nathan Eklund--Passing Trains
Anat Cohen--Washington Square Park
///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash:
Guy Davis--Sweetheart Like You (2009 version)
Carmaig de Forest--Million Dollar Bash
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Like a Rolling Stone (live, 6/67)
Neko Case--Buckets of Rain
Chris Smither--Visions of Johanna
Sandy Denny with Richard Thompson--Down In the Flood
St. John's Blvd.--Gotta Serve Somebody
Sue Foley--If You Gotta Go
The Wonder Who?--Don't Think Twice
Bob Dylan--Freight Train Blues; High Water (For Charley Patton) (live, 2003); I Feel a Change Comin' On///
Retroactive #734--May 16, 2009:
June Madrona--Long Distance
Vienna Teng--In Another Life
Rodriguez--Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour
///Viola Wills (1939-2009)--Don't Kiss Me Hello///
///Stephen Bruton (1948-2009)--It Is What It Is; Big Top Hat///
Buckwheat Zydeco--Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Nicole Hart--It Feels So Right
Betty Carter--Open the Door (1976 version); All I Got
The Dave Wilson Quartet--Time Remembered
Allen Damron--Nancy Whiskey (live, 1973)
Joni Mitchell--You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
Desmond & the Tutus--Good and Guilty
Young Jessie--I Smell a Rat
Ike & Tina Turner--Hard Times
Bump Kitchen--Tell Me
Shirley Johnson--My Baby Played Me For a Fool
The Felice Brothers--Run Chicken Run
Elmore James--Dust My Blues
Taj Mahal--Everybody Is Somebody; Fishin' Blues (live, 2/71); Diddy Wah Diddy
John Stowell--Everything I Love
Eilen Jewell--Sea of Tears
Blind Willie McTell--Pal of Mine
Webb Wilder--JuJu Man
Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt (John Boutte, vocal)--Make a Better World
---Retroactive #733--May 9, 2009:
Allen Toussaint--Long, Long Journey
Laura Cantrell--Cowboy On the Moon
Tom Russell--Beat Folk
Jean Shy & the Shy Guys--I Wouldn't Wanna Be You
Nolton Simien--Right On Girl
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3--Saturday Groovers
Eliane Elias--Superwoman
Raphael Saadiq--Never Give You Up
Stevie Wonder--Golden Lady
Alex Cline--Clearing Our Streams
Moby Grape--Fall On You
Janis Martin--Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
The Avett Brothers--Gimmeakiss
New York Dolls--My World
The J. Geils Band--Cruisin' for a Love
Margie Day--Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy
Betty Davis--He Was a Big Freak
The Higher State--Don't Think I'm Lost
Richard Berry--Get Out of the Car
The Flairs (Richard Berry, vocal)--Real Good Lovin' Man
Richard Berry & the Pharoahs--No Room; Have Love Will Travel
Little Bill with the Adventurers & the Shalimars--Louie Louie
Booker T.--She Breaks
Lady Bianca--Slow Down
Leela James--Clean Up Woman
The Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (Honey Brown, vocal)--Rockin' and Jumpin'
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson--A Real Mother for Ya
*Plus: Important words from Dr. Jack Van Impe
---Retroactive #732--May 2, 2009:
Bruce Cockburn--Put It In Your Heart (live, 5/08)
The Baytovens--My House
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--I Don't Do That Kind of Thing Anymore
Shemekia Copeland--Rise Up
James Brown--Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2
L.T. & the Soulful Dynamics--Everybody Needs Somebody
The Moberlys--Last Night
Commander Cody--They Kicked Me Out of the Band
Eliza Gilkyson--Mama's Got a Boyfriend (live, 8/01)
Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia--Buenaventura
Any Trouble--Yesterday's Love (live, 5/80)
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Better At the End of the Day
Clarence Carter--(Making Love at) the Dark End of the Street
Iain Matthews--Morgan the Pirate
King Khan & the Shrines--Le Fils du Jacques Dutroc
Bettye LaVette--Talking Old Soldiers
Cyril Neville--Brand New Blues
///Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration:
The Alarm--The Bells of Rhymney
Janis Ian--Who Killed Norma Jean
Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen--The Ghost of Tom Joad
Pete Seeger--If It Can't Be Reduced; I Come and Stand at Every Door;
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Folkways version)///
Tito Puente--Mambo Gallego
Thee Midniters--Looking Out a Window
The Moondoggies--I Want You to Know
Townes Van Zandt--Dead Flowers (live)
--Retroactive #731--April 25, 2009:
Don Covay & the Goodtimers--Take This Hurt Off Me
Ray Condo & his Ricochets--Loudmouth
Leela James--Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Danny Kalb--I Wish You Would
///Ron Stallings (1946-2009):
Jesse Colin Young--Daniel (Ron Stallings, saxophone)///
///Peter Coe (1930-2009):
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames--Yeh Yeh (Peter Coe, saxophone solo)///
Neko Case--Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
Dave Alvin--Mother Earth
Ann Peebles--I Pity the Fool
Richard Shindell--State of the Union
Heather Myles--I Love You, Goodbye
Brad Goode--Encryption
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint--Alabama Train
Condo F**ks--With a Girl Like You
Long John Baldry--Intro: Conditional Discharge/
Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock'n'Roll
Sam & Dave--Soothe Me (live)
Barbara Lynn--Do You Feel Like Dancin'
Cargoe--Feel Alright
The Ugly Beats--Lonely Side of Town
Shirley Johnson--Unchain My Heart
Willie Nelson--Go Away; I'd Have to Be Crazy; Me and Paul (live, 6/74)
Kimmie Rhodes with Willie Nelson--I Never Heard You Say
Toots Thielmans--Midnight Cowboy
Mirah--Shells
The Shins--Plenty Is Never Enough
Family--Take Your Partners
---Retroactive #730--April 18, 2009:
Patricia Scott--Not That Kind of Girl
Eric Glatz with the Chefs--Mystery Train (live)
Girl Trouble--Take a Look at Me
Cyril Neville--I Found Joy
Eilen Jewell--Final Hour
Big Maybelle--Little Miss Muffet
The New Standards--Watching the Detectives
Freakwater--Upside Down
Ray Charles--Game Number Nine
Chocolate Snow--Inflation
LaVern Baker--Whipper Snapper
Neil Young--Johnny Magic
Nathan Eklund--Long Lake
Booker T.--Hey Ya
Holly Golightly--Waiting Room
Wild Man Fischer--Go to Rhino Records
The Felice Brothers--Chicken Wire
Ruthie Foster--A Nickel and a Nail
Joe Smith--I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Pretenders--1969
Karen Monster--Gimme Danger
The Stooges--No Fun
(Iggy &) the Stooges--Death Trip
Iggy Pop--I Need More; I'm Bored; Savior
Martin Taylor--I'm Old Fashioned
M. Ward--Epistemology
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--It Comes to Me Naturally
---Retroactive #729--April 11, 2009:
---Fifteenth Anniversary Show
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--Don't Joke With a Hungry Man, Pt. 2
Roy Brown--Money Can't Buy Love
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--New Stranger Blues
Joani Taylor with Jaykin--Take Five
Candi Staton--You Bet Your Sweet, Sweet Love
Rufus Thomas--Jump Back
Yeah Yeah Yeahs--Shame and Fortune
Barbara Acklin--Love Makes a Woman
Solomon Burke--Seems Like You're Gonna Take Me Back
The Noses--No Big Deal
Dobie Gray--The 'In' Crowd
///The Bud Shank (1926-2009) Quartet--A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (live, 10/86)///
The Tams--Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
Alice Cooper--Be My Lover
The Pretty Things--Sickle Clowns
Eleni Mandell--Big Foot
Eddy Clearwater--IRS Man
Drive-By Truckers--The Righteous Path
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble--Taxman
The Small Change--Cheating a Cheat
Guy Davis--Follow Me Down
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong--I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
The Crazy Girls with the Javelins--Hey Hey Ha Ha
The Jessica Lurie Ensemble--Number Six
Albert King--Cadillac Assembly Line
Shirley Johnson--Blues Attack
*Plus: Ralph Nader critiques TV news shows; old clips of J.J. on the radio in Texas and Michigan
---Retroactive #728--April 4, 2009:
///Duane Jarvis (1957-2009):
Lucinda Williams--Still I Long for Your Kiss (Duane Jarvis, co-writer)///
Eric Lindell--Willin' and Able
Carolann Ames--Answer the Door
The Felice Brothers--Penn Station
John Legend--Pride (In the Name of Love) (MLK was assassinated forty-one years ago today)
The Wailers--Baby Don't You Do It
Carl Perkins--Pink Pedal Pushers (Sun Records version); Put Your Cat Clothes On
Michelle Willson--In the Driver's Seat
John Stowell--Blues Connotation
Kelley Johnson--Brother CanYou Spare a Dime/God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday--Stormy Blues; I'll Be Seeing You
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3--Your Head Here
Booker T.--Nan
Van Morrison--Sweet Thing (live, 11/08)
Steve Vozzolo--My Mother Threw Mine Away
Randy Newman--Potholes
Shemekia Copeland--Limousine
Muddy Waters--You Need Love; Champagne and Reefer
Sean Jones--The Ambitious Violet
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--No One Will Ever Love You
Claudia Schmidt--Rock That Sucker
Ryan Donn--Yeah Yeah
M. Ward--Fisher of Men
Jonathan Richman--You Can Have a Cell Phone That's OK But Not Me
---Retroactive #727--March 28, 2009:
LaVern Baker--Substitute
Graham Parker--Love or Delusion
Neko Case--Vengeance Is Sleeping
///Motown drummer Uriel Jones (1934-2009):
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell--If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--Hip City, Pt. 2///
Andrew Bird--Nomenclature
Camille Howard--You Lied to Me, Baby
Eleni Mandel--Artificial Fire
Tommy Keene--Late Bright
Anthony Davis--Middle Passage, Pt. 1
Sue Foley--New Used Car; Sugar
The Ventures--Whole Lotta Love; You Can't Sit Down
Joani Taylor--Compared to What
Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen--Lost In the Ozone
Rosie Flores--Somebody's Someone
Tad Robinson--You Get to Keep the Love
The Jessica Lurie Ensemble--The Usual Things
Richard & Linda Thompson--The Great Valerio
Fairport Convention--Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
Mary Lou Lord--From Galway to Graceland
Tom Robinson--End of the Rainbow
Richard Thompson--Tear Stained Letter (live, 8/91); Twisted; I'll Tag Along
---Retroactive #726--March 21, 2009:
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--Beware Your Only Friend
Guy Davis--Down South Blues
Caroline Doctorow--Sell-Out Agitation Waltz
E.C. Scott--Steppin' Out on a Saturday Night
Brigitte DeMeyer--Looking for Moses
The Wailers--Since You Been Gone
The Galaxies--Along Comes the Man
J.J. Syrja--Lately I've Let Things Slide
Brinsley Schwarz--Shining Brightly; The Ugly Things
Marshall Crenshaw & Christine Ohlman--Cruel to Be Kind
Nick Lowe--Shelley My Love; Rocky Road; Not Too Long Ago
Christian Scott--Died In Love (live, 8/08)
Mirah--The Forest
M. Ward--Stars of Leo
Ruthie Foster--Stone Love
Booker T.--Get Behind the Mule
Aretha Franklin--I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1966 demo); It Hurts Like Hell; A Brand New Me
Barbara Morrison--Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
The Animal Collective--Lion In a Coma
Sun Ra & his Outer Space Arkestra--The Bridge
Max Roach--The Drum Also Waltzes
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Do It for Free
Jerry Lee Lewis--Me and Bobby McGee
Bobby Jones featuring the Mannish Boys--She's the One
Shemekia Copeland--Born a Penny
---Retroactive #725--March 14, 2009:
---All-'60s Show
Hoagy Lands--Lighted Windows
The Cookies--Only to Other People
The Pretty Things--Can't Stand the Pain
///Hank Locklin (1918-2009)--Please Help Me, I'm Falling///
Harold Dorman--Moved to Kansas City
The Others--I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
Timi Yuro--What's A-Matter Baby
The Small Faces--Sha-La-La-La-Lee
The Ventures--Penetration
The Kinks--She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina
Dusty Springfield--Just One Smile
Robert John--If You Don't Want My Love
Carla Thomas--Let Me Be Good to You
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan--Blight of the Bumblebee
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson--Lovers Holiday
The Who--Circles (Instant Party, version 2)
Jacqueline Taieb--7 Heures Du Matin
The Beatles--Bad Boy
The Fantastic Johnny C.--Boogaloo Down Broadway
Ray Barretto--El Watusi
Etta James--Prisoner of Love
Jackie Wilson--Whispers (Gettin' Louder)
The Chartbusters--She's the One
The Bonzo Dog Band--Piggy Bank Love
The Zombies--Gotta Get Ahold of Myself
Milton Howard--Funky Shing-a-Ling
The Sandpebbles--Love Power
Ray Charles--At the Club
Sandie Shaw--Girl Don't Come
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Sundown, Sundown
Quicksilver Messenger Service--Pride of Man
The Ornette Coleman Trio--Dee Dee (live, 12/65)
Sly & the Family Stone--Underdog
Gloria Jones--Come Go with Me
The Salas Brothers--Leaving You
The Byrds--Why (alternate version)
James Brown & the Famous Flames--I Got the Feelin'
*Plus: Lots of 1960s ads, news items
---Retroactive #724--March 7, 2009:
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Travelin' at the Speed of Love
Mirah--Gone Are the Days
The Moondoggies--Ol' Blackbird
The Four Shells--Hot Dog
Antony & the Johnsons--Kiss My Name
Tim Buckley--Move with Me
Brigitte DeMeyer--Justice
Lou Reed--Caroline Says, Pt. 2 (live, 12/06)
The New Standards--Rock and Roll
Dan Adler--Emily
The Wailers--Limbo Twist
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Me and Your Ghost
Professor Longhair--Meet Me Tomorrow Night
Neko Case--Red Tide
Bruce Springsteen--Life Itself
M. Ward--To Save Me
The Vines--Braindead
Feist & Ben Gibbard--Train Song
Guy Davis--Steamboat Captain
The Morells--Big Guitar (live, 5/82)
Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising--Phoenix Rising
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--It's My Lazy Day; Four or Five Times; Stay a Little Longer
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel--Right or Wrong
Nolan Bruce Allen--Blues for Dixie
Merle Haggard--Roly Poly
The Art Farmer Quintet--Third Avenue
Jacqui Naylor--Rise Up
---Retroactive #723--February 28, 2009:
---KAOS Membership Drive Show
Curtis Salgado--Funny Man
Bex Marshall--Bad Bad Girl
Al Johnson--Carnival Time
Andrew Bird--Not a Robot, But a Ghost
Shemekia Copeland--Dirty Water
Tommy Keene--Please Don't Come Around
Johnny Cash--Straight 'A's In Love; Like a Soldier; I Never Picked Cotton
Floyd Red Crow Westerman--San Quentin
Scott Askew--So It Happens
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3--What You Is
Sista Monica Parker--Three Little Birds
Ruthie Foster--Dues Paid In Full
Fleetwood Mac--Show Biz Blues
Eleni Mandell--Bigger Burn
Flamin Groovies--Louie Louie (1/70)
Norah Jones--My Blue Heaven
Fats Domino--I'm Walkin' (live, 10/86); Blue Monday; Whole Lotta Loving
The Persuasions--Let the Good Times Roll
---Retroactive #722--February 21, 2009:
Tuts Washington--Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
The Johnson Sisters--You Don't Want Me Anymore
Neko Case--People Got a Lotta Nerve
///Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)--You and Me///
///The Joe Cuba (1931-2009) Sextet--Oh Yeah///
///Louie Belson (1924-2009):
Stephane Grappelli with Phil Woods and Louie Bellson--Caravan (Louie Belson, drum solo)
Jay Leonhart--Louis Bellson///
The Chantale Gagne Trio--But Beautiful
Mirah--Country of the Future
A.C. Newman--The Heartbreak Rides
George Harrison--Far East Man; Deep Blue
Isaac Scott--T.V. Mama (live, 6/99)
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--I'll Show You How
Bobby Jones featuring the Mannish Boys--Three Handed Woman
Marlee MacLeod--Mata Hari Dress
Judy Henske--Lilac Wine (live, 1963)
Nina Simone--I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Day and Night; Revolution, Pts. 1 & 2
David Torkanowsky--Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
James Booker--Three Keys
Guy Davis--Words to My Mama's Song
Janiva Magness--Fool Me Again
The Blue Orchids--Oo Chang-a-Lang
Simon & Garfunkel--A Hazy Shade of Winter
---Retroactive #721--February 14, 2009:
Eleni Mandell--Personal
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel--Fan It
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Inspiration Information
///Dewey Martin (1944-2009):
Buffalo Springfield--Good Time Boy///
Neil Young--Out of My Mind (live, 10/68)
Buffy Sainte-Marie--I Don't Need No City Life
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3--Hurry for the Sky
Yoko Ono--Move On Fast
The Rain--She Is a Friend
Irma Thomas--Long After Tonight Is Over
Bob Moses--For Miles
///Blossom Dearie (1926-2009)--Little Jazz Bird; The Middle of Love///
Brigitte DeMeyer--Without You
George Bedard & the Kingpins--Pipeline
Harvey Scales & the 7 Sounds--Love-Itis
The Miracles--I'll Try Something New; Going to a Go-Go
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--Yester Love
Smokey Robinson--Double Good Everything; Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
Vaya Con Dios--What's a Woman
Tommy Keene--Tomorrow's Gone Tonight
The Zombies--I Love You
Jerry Lee Lewis--I Hate You
Amy Sky--Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
The Burr Johnson Band--Winter
John Cruz--Missing You
Roxy Perry--Goodbye Honey
---Retroactive #720--February 7, 2009:
Andrew Bird--Fitz and the Dizzyspells
Ruthie Foster--(You Keep Me) Hangin' On
Bobby Jones featuring the Mannish Boys--Get It Over Baby
Jesse Dee--Alive and Kickin'
///John Martyn (1948-2009)--May You Never///
///Lux Interior (1948-2009):
The Cramps--Uranium Rock (live)///
///Guitarist Mickey Gee (1944-2009):
Dave Edmunds--Louisiana Man///
///Pianist Billy Powell (1952-2009)
Lynyrd Skynyrd--I Know a Little///
///50th Anniversary of the Feb. 3, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper
and pilot Roger Peterson near Clear Lake, Iowa:
The Big Bopper--The Big Bopper's Wedding
Ritchie Valens--Cry Cry Cry
Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Not Fade Away
(This segment included Buddy Holly interview excerpts with Red Robinson and Alan Freed)///
Joe Ely--Rock Me My Baby; Cornbread Moon
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women--Nothin' In Your House
The Moondoggies--Changing
Sparks--I Can't Believe That You Would Fall for All the Crap In This Song
Shemekia Copeland--Never Going Back to Memphis
The Everly Brothers--Claudette; I Wonder If I Care as Much; The Arms of Mary
Buddy Miller--The Price of Love
The Joe Jewell Quartet--While We're Young
Rory Block--County Farm Blues
Guy Davis--Bring Back Storyville
The Mojo Men--'Til I Find You
Martin Celia--The Hood
Drive-By Truckers--Home Field Advantage
The Chantale Gagne Trio--In My Mind
---Retroactive #719--January 31, 2009:
---All Michigan Show
Little Carl Carlton--I Love Only You
The Unrelated Segments--It's Gonna Rain
Suzi Quatro--Shine My Machine
Parliament--Breakdown
The Shy--All Over Town
Marshall Crenshaw--It's Only a Movie (But, But)
Jean DuShon--Feeling Good
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Breakout
J.J. Barnes--Our Love Is In the Pocket
Savage Grace--All Along the Watchtower
George Benson (saxophonist)--Fuchsia Moods
The Amboy Dukes--Baby Please Don't Go
Sonic's Rendezvous Band--Song L (live, 4/78)
The Dirtbombs--Ever Lovin' Man
The Detroit Cobras--Slum Lord
Bob Seger & the Last Heard--Heavy Music, Pt. 1
Wilson Pickett--Lay Me Like You Hate Me
Laura Lee--Women's Love Rights
The Rationals--Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Bettye LaVette--Love Reign O'er Me (live, 12/08)
Sugar Chile Robinson--Vooey, Vooey Vay
The Scot Richard Case--Midnight to Six Man
Mr. B with J.C. Heard--Blues for the Nightowls
The Miracles--Mickey's Monkey
The Marvelettes--Too Many Fish In the Sea
Brenda Holloway--When I'm Gone
Four Tops--Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile)
The Temptations--It's Growing
*Plus: The E Street Band's Garry Tallent on the genius of Motown's James Jamerson, Jr.
---Retroactive #718--January 24, 2009:
James P. Johnson & Katherine Handy Lewis--Yellow Dog Blues
Sleepy John Estes--Mary Come On Home
Gaye Adegbalola--Hungry Woman's Blues
///David 'Fathead' Newman (1933-2009)--Hard Times
Ray Charles--Lonely Avenue (David 'Fathead' Newman, saxophone)///
Donna Angelle & the Zydeco Posse--Blackberry
Andrew Bird--Tenuousness
Richard Thompson--I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life (live, solo)
Donald Harrison--If I Were a Bell
Los Lobos--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone/I Can't Understand (live)
Alice Russell--Living the Life of a Dreamer
Buzzcocks--Everybody's Happy Nowadays
The Kills--Dropout Boogie
The Small Change--The Last Piece of the Puzzle
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--Are You Serious?
Bobby Jones featuring the Mannish Boys--Cry for Me Baby
Ian Shaw--A Little Piece of Heaven
Lucinda Williams--Something About What Happens When We Talk (live); Tears of Joy
Bobby Blue Bland--Lead Me On; Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes
Jimmy Herring--Lifeboat Serenade
Jully Black--Seven Day Fool
Etta James--Take It to the Limit; I'd Rather Go Blind; God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
---Retroactive #717--January 17, 2009:
John Martyn--Smiling Stranger
Over the Rhine--Last Night on Earth Again
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got
Paul Collins' Beat--Ribbon of Gold
///Claude Jeter (1914-2009):
The Swan Silvertones--Lord I've Tried; Savior Pass Me Not///
Fontella Bass--Talking About Freedom
Coco & Lafe--Leaving Town
Ahmad Jamal--Arabesque
Thee Mighty Caesars--Stay the Same
Unwound--Unauthorized Biography
Supersuckers--Listen Up
The All Girl Summer Fun Band--Something New
Mem Shannon--Goodbye Mr. President
The Moondoggies--Black Shoe
Eric Bibb--Bring It On Home to Me
The Soul Stirrers--Wonderful
Sam Cooke--Ease My Troublin' Mind; Feel It
Sam Cooke with King Curtis & his band--Chain Gang (live, 1/63)
Otis Redding--Change Gonna Come
Adele--That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On (live, 3/08)
Joe Pass--'Round Midnight
Sandman--Folk Legend (MLK)
Roxy Perry--Blues Comes to Call
Eddie Floyd--Big Bird
*Plus: Various Martin Luther King, Jr. speech clips, including a stunning anti-war montage
---Retroactive #716--January 10, 2009:
Big Star--Morpha Too
Eliza Gilkyson--Emerald Street
Estelle Brown--You Got Just What You Asked For
///Dave Dee (1943-2009), Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tish--Hold Tight!///
John Trudell--All Nite Cafe
Guitar Red--Box Car No. 9
Alice Russell--Turn and Run
///Two featuring guitarist Ron Asheton (1948-2009):
Destroy All Monsters--Nobody Knows
The Stooges--Free and Freaky///
Garaj Mahal--Jamie's Jam
Spider & the Webs--It's Lovely Weather for Ducks
Ian Hunter--Brainwashed
Koko Taylor--You Ain't Worth a Good Woman
The Monitors--Rock'n'Roll Fever
Bob Dylan--Born In Time
The Mickey Finn--Garden of My Mind
Alejandro Escovedo--Guilty; Slip; Golden Bear
Alejandro Escovedo with Ian McLagen & the Bump Band--Castanets (live)
True Believers--The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over
Sista Monica Parker--Sweet Inspiration
Kid Ory--1919 Rag
Neko Case--The Needle Has Landed
Dr. John & the Lower 911--Time for a Change
Eddie Purrell--The Spoiler
Marie Adams with Johnny Otis--Bye Bye Baby
---Retroactive #715--January 3, 2009:
///Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008)--Backlash///
///Eartha Kitt (1927-2008)--I Want to Be Evil///
///Delaney Bramlett (1939-2008):
Delaney & Bonnie--Going Down the Road Feeling Bad; Someday; Only You Know and I Know
Curtis Salgado--Bottle of Red Wine///
Charley Patton--'34 Blues
Martha Velez--Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
(Willie) Wisely--Tokyo Harbor
The Debonettes--Tears
Otis Taylor--Five Hundred Roses
Roxy Perry--Bed of Blues
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill--Mystery Train
Sonny Rollins--Playin' the Yard
The Virginia Mayhew Septet--A Simple Thank You
Sandy Denny--3.10 to Yuma; Dark the Night (BBC); Late November
Fairport Convention--Reynardine; A Sailor's Life (alternate take/acetate)
Sandman--Suspicious
Bex Marshall--Hot Headed Man
Brave Combo--New Year's Polka