---Retroactive #815--December 25, 2010: Mahalia Jackson--Go Tell It on the Mountain (Apollo version) Anuna--Riu Riu Chiu Barry McLoughlin--Christmas Carol Robin & Linda Williams--On a Quiet Christmas Morn Pete Droge--On Christmas Day Stevie Wonder--What Christmas Means to Me Miss Rose & her Rhythm Percolators--I Want You for Christmas The Mighty Blue Kings--All I Ask for Christmas Rich Mullins--You Gotta Get Up Ted Yoder--Do You Hear What I Hear Eartha Kitt--Nothin' for Christmas David Grisman--What Child Is This? Shelby Lynne--Christmas Time Is Here Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans--The Bells of St. Mary The Superions--Christmas Tears Greta Matassa & Clipper Anderson--It's Christmas Mavis Staples--In Christ There Is No East or West The Shy--Another Year Gone By The Butties--God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ralph Stanley--Beautiful Star of Bethlehem B.E. Taylor--I Saw Three Ships Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--Christmas Spirits John Prine--Silent Night All Day Long Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--Little Rubber Boy Eric Brace & Peter Cooper--Silent Night Walter Brennan--A Good Year for Christmas Esquivel--White Christmas Chuck Cape--Carol of the Drum The Hentchmen--Come On Santa Brenda Lee--Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day The Reigning Sound--That's All I Want Les Paul--Jingle Bells Laura Nyro--December's Boudoir *Plus: Holiday greetings from Vic Dana, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder
---Retroactive #814--December 18, 2010: Ramblin' Jack Elliott--1913 Massacre Charlie Louvin--More Than a Name On the Wall Buffy Sainte-Marie--Gonna Feel Much Better When You're Gone Topsy Chapman & Lars Edegran--The Christmas Blues New Havana Rhythm Kings--Joy to the Third World El Vez--En El Barrio (At Christmas Time) (includes 'Champagne Supernova') James Booker--Tipitina/Roberta; Black Night (both live) Professor Longhair--Mean Old World; Junco Partner Takao Iwaki--Fallin' Chestnuts The Geisels--Christ, It's Christmas Again Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Time of the Season Bobby Lloyd (Hicks) & the Skeletons--Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me The Damned--There Ain't No Sanity Clause The Parting Gifts--Bound to Let Me Down Hollywood Jills--He Makes Me So Mad ///Don Van Vliet (1941-2010): Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band--Love You, Big Dummy; Fallin' Ditch/// Professor Gall--Whiskey Was the Medicine Truckstop Honeymoon--Childhood Memories Nat 'King' Cole--All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) Artichoke--The Swarm Old 97s--Champaign, Illinois Pharoah Sanders--Greensleeves Syl Johnson--Everybody Needs Love Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Silent Night The Holmes Brothers--Living Well Is the Best Revenge David Ray--Lonesome Baby Blues
---Retroactive #813--December 11, 2010: Kermit Ruffins--Happy Talk ///Flautist-saxophonist-composer James Moody (1925-2010)--Travel On Ernie Royal & his Princes featuring James Moody--A Date With Kate/// Marti Brom--Forbidden Fruit Jonathan Richman--If You Want to Leave Our Party Just Go Richard Thompson--Here Comes Geordie (live) Cathy Saint--Big Bad World Brenda Lee--The Stroll; Tragedy; Just Because Chuck Cape--Hark! The Herald Angels Sing The Sonics--Cinderella The Shivvers--When I Was Younger Miss Rose & her Rhythm Percolators--What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin') The Shy--That's Not Really Christmas Little Games--Ain't Nothin' But a House Party Mally Page--Heart and Soul of the Party Pat Hare--Bonus Pay Mountain--Taunta (Sammy's Tune)/Nantucket Sleighride The Greenhornes--Left the World Behind Eux Autres--Queen Turner Charlie Rich--Can't Get Right; Life Has Its Little Ups and Downs; I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water Sarah Wilson--Himalayas Warren Lee--The Uh-Huh Floyd Smith--Soul Strut The Now Time Delegation--Handle Me With Care Samantha Crain--Toothpicks
---Retroactive #812--December 4, 2010: Eleanor Murray--Scream Champion Jack Dupree--When I'm Drinkin' Paul Kelly--I Was Hoping You'd Say That Junior Wells & the Aces--Messin' With the Kid (live, 1966) Mavis Staples--You Are Not Alone Truckstop Honeymoon--Cape Canaveral Solomon Burke & the Souls Alive Orchestra--Good Rockin' Tonight (live, 5/94) Joan Armatrading--Woncha Come on Home; You Rope You Tie Me; Show Some Emotion Philip Glass--Etude No. 10 The Wailers--Mood Elevator Nora Jean--Untrue Love ///The sick 30th anniversary of John Lennon's murder: Sagittarius--My World Fell Down John Lennon--Watching the Wheels (home demo) Pert Near Sandstone with Ryan Young--I Am the Walrus/// The Barbarellatones--It's All Your Fault! Pine Leaf Boys--Wild Side of Life Eden Brent--Let's Boogie-Woogie Erland & the Carnival--You Don't Have to Be Lonely Little Richard with the Johnny Otis Orchestra--I Love My Baby Little Richard with Fishbone--Rock Island Line Little Richard with the Upsetters--Ooh! My Soul! Little Richard--Long Tall Sally The Debbie Poryes Quartet--Prayer for a Child The Decemberists--The Chimbley Sweep Manfred Mann--Tired of Trying, Bored with Lying, Scared of Dying Syl Johnson--I've Got to Get Over The Corin Tucker Band--Half a World Away
---Retroactive #811--November 27, 2010: Hank Williams--Mind Your Own Business The Avett Brothers--Nothing Short of Thankful Marti Brom--Get a Little Goner The Sonics--The Hustler Artichoke--Melissa Janis Martin--Will You Willyum Superchunk--Rosemarie James Cotton (Slam Allen, vocal)--Change Sufjan Stevens--Bad Communication Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Eyes of Green Joanne Shaw Taylor--Can't Keep Living Like This Ava Mendoza--The Furious Harpy Who Followed Me Everywhere Old 97s--The Magician Dave Specter with David Hidalgo--Rumba and Tonic ///The Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash: Tim Rose--Hey Joe Show of Hands--May This Be Love/One Rainy Wish Cyril Neville--Foxey Lady Anni Piper--Voodoo Child (Slight Return) The Bobs--Purple Haze (live) Robyn Hitchcock--The Wind Cries Mary (live) Gil Evans--Up From the Skies (live, 2/80) John Lee Hooker--Red House Aynsley Lister--Little Wing (2000 version) Jimi Hendrix--Valleys of Neptune Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys--Power to Love (Power of Soul) (live, 1/1/70, first show) The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Love or Confusion (alternate recording); Highway Chile///
---Retroactive #810--November 20, 2010: Vienna Teng--Unwritten Letter #1 Brian Wilson--Someone to Watch Over Me Eden Brent--Blues All Over Tuck & Patti--'Deed I Do The Basin Street Boys--Jumping at the Jubilee Junior Wells & the Aces--Yonder's Wall (live, 1966) Erland & the Carnival--My Name Is Carnival Dr. John--You Swore Donald Harrison featuring Dr. John--Hu-Ta-Nay Nelda Swiggett--Salut Ledru Rollin Samantha Crain--Blueprints The Barbarellatones--Iggy Pop! Joe Jackson--I'm the Man The Greenhornes--Song 13 Lelia Broussard--Shoot for the Moon Mavis Staples--Only the Lord Knows Tina Turner--Paradise Is Here; Don't Turn Around Ike & Tina Turner--A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday); River Deep-Mountain High (both live, 2/71); Finger Poppin' The Debbie Poryes Quartet--Lake Dream Syl Johnson--Try Me (album version) Deb Callahan--Sun Is Rising Eddie Cleary--I Don't Care Can--Oh Yeah
---Retroactive #809--November 13, 2010: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Sunrise Antony & the Johnsons--I'm In Love The Chambers Brothers--Down In the Alley Hurray for the Riff Raff--Slow Walk Bryan Ferry--Alphaville Jesse Winchester--It's a Shame About Him Little Willie John--Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me; Drive Me Home; Uh Uh Baby Robin Rogers--I Need Your Love So Bad Gary U.S. Bonds--Let Them Talk Oli Brown--Fever The Budos Band--River Serpentine Marti Brom--Not for Nothin' Ann Peebles--I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker & the Rumour--Protection Superchunk--Crossed Wires Grass Widow--Fried Egg Neil Young--Peaceful Valley Boulevard; Hitchhiker Buffalo Springfield--Burned; Flying On the Ground Is Wrong (demo) Neil Young & Crazy Horse--Piece of Crap Geri Allen--God's Ancient Sky Solomon Burke--Everything About You Queen Sylvia--Too Bad Baby Raul Malo--Superstar Janiva Magness--End of Our Road
---Retroactive #808--November 6, 2010: Charlie Louvin--I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me Mavis Staples--Losing You Samantha Crain--Religious Wind Artichoke--The Commune Bobby Patterson--Busy, Busy Bee Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--I Learned the Hard Way Syl Johnson--I've Been Talked About Delbert McClinton & Dick50--Never Saw It Comin' Delbert McClinton--Under Suspicion Eden Brent--Right to Be Wrong The Debbie Poryes Quartet--My Heart Stood Still The Corin Tucker Band--Handed Love; Thrift Store Coats Sleater-Kinney--Call the Doctor The Greenhornes--Underestimator Junior Wells & the Aces--Feelin' Good (live, 1966) Tony Joe White--Back to the Country (live, 1971) Elvis Costello--Five Small Words Deb Callahan--Gonna Get There Doug Sahm & Band--Dealer's Blues The Sir Douglas Quintet--I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine); Be Real; You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy That You Have to Stop and Pay Some Dues Sometime The Sir Douglas Band--San Francisco FM Blues; Juan Mendoza The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm--When I Fall In Love Jessica Williams--Wise One (live, 1/10) Old 97s--Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You) Versus--Scientists Hoodoo Gurus--I Hope You're Happy
---Retroactive #807--October 30, 2010: ---Halloween Show Eddie Turner--Miracles and Demons, Pt. 1 Robert Pollard--A Constant Strangle Muddy Waters--I'm Ready Jeff Beck (Joss Stone, vocal)--I Put a Spell On You Bill Wright--You Got a Spell On Me John Anderson--Haunted House Horatio Lee Jenkins--Drunker Than Satan Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Hawk ///Saxophonist-clarinetist-percussionist Marion Brown (1935-2010)--Introduction (solo improvisation)/ Tokalokaloka/// The Scruffs--Demon Mine The Cramps--The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon Fiona Boyes--The Barrelhouse Funeral Beat Happening--Pajama Party In a Haunted House The Rezillos--Flying Saucer Attack The Revillos--Voodoo Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Psycho Oli Brown--Evil Soul Professor Gall--Sister Teresa's Albany Cemetary Eilen Jewell--This Haunted House Johnny Otis--Castin' My Spell Garland Jeffreys with Big Youth--Graveyard Rock Adam Green--Goblin Ava Mendoza--Penumbra: The Age of Almost Living Howlin' Wolf--I Ain't Superstitious Jimmy Durante--We're Going UFOing The Need--2 Story Girl The Sugarcubes--Delicious Demon The Move--Disturbance
---Retroactive #806--October 23, 2010: ---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show Barbara Dane & Lightnin' Hopkins--Let Me Be Your Rag Doll (live, 6/64) Hurray for the Riff Raff--Take Me Antony & the Johnsons--Thank You for Your Love Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--Crazy World; Julia's Blues The Zombies--I Could Spend the Day Belle & Sebastian--I Want the World to Stop ///Singer-songwriter General (Norman) Johnson (1943-2010): General Johnson--Patches (live, 6/93) The Showmen--The Wrong Girl The Chairmen of the Board--You've Got Me Dangling On a String (General Johnson not only penned material for his groups the Chairmen and the Showmen. He also co-wrote Clarence Carter's 'Patches,' Freda Payne's anthemic 'Bring the Boys Home' and the Honey Cone's 'Want Ads')/// Dar Williams--Are You Out There The Budos Band--Mark of the Untamed Michael Franti & Spearhead--Listener Supported; The Things That Help Me Get Through Ted Hawkins--San Francisco; There Stands the Glass (1985 version) Samantha Crain--Holdin' That Wheel Little Johnny Christian--I Gotta Sad Feeling Curtis Salgado--More Love, Less Attitude James Cotton (Slam Allen, vocal)--Going Down Main Street The Bar-Kays--Knucklehead
---Retroactive #805--October 16, 2010: Clay Ross--Zydeco Mondo Leah & the Moonlighters--I Am Waiting Mavis Staples--Downward Road Women--Group Transport Hall Versus--Cicada Okkervil River--Singer Songwriter Raul Malo--Living for Today Wanda Jackson--Silver Threads and Golden Needles; Fujiyama Mama Regina Carter--Kothbiro ///Solomon Burke (1940-2010)--Meet Me In Church; Got to Get You Off My Mind (live, 1981); Medley: Havin' a Party/Amen (live, 1981)/// The Thermals--Not Like Any Other Feeling Squeeze--Mumbo Jumbo Girl Haggard--Pick Up Lines Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Get Behind Me ///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bonanza: Dave Edmunds with Brinsley Schwarz--Let It Rock (live, Cardiff) Ann Rabson--School Day The Rolling Stones--Around and Around Chuck Berry--The Thirteen Question Method; Almost Grown; Tulane/// Nelda Swiggett--No Tattoo Robin Rogers--Hittin' on Nothin' Gary U.S. Bonds--Pour Me Eilen Jewell--Who Says God Is Dead Mondo Topless--Nothing Can Bring Me Down The Chimps--Busy Body (live, 1999) Amy Rigby--Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?
---Retroactive #804--October 9, 2010: ///Gospel pioneer Albertina Walker (1929-2010): Dorothy Norwood featuring Albertina Walker--Life Is Like a Mountain Railroad/// Queen Sylvia--I Know I Ain't Number One Tail Dragger--So Ezee Professor Gall--The '50s Are Coming Around Again Antony & the Johnsons--The Great White Ocean Janiva Magness--Walkin' In the Sun Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen--Have You Seen Her Face (live, 11/09) Peter Himmelman--Georgia Clay Eddie Turner--Booty Bumpin' Samantha Crain--Up On the Table The Pasties--Tonight James Cotton--With the Quickness Barbara Lynn--You're the Man The Corin Tucker Band--Dragon Bert Wilson & Rebirth featuring James Zitro--Calico Head ///70 minutes of John Lennon-related music for his 70th Birth Anniversary: The Budos Band--Yad Reppirt (Day Tripper) Dillard & Clark--Don't Let Me Down The Beatles--You Really Got a Hold On Me (BBC); Baby You're a Rich Man; Happiness Is a Warm Gun Morcambe & Wise with the Beatles--Moonlight Bay (12/63) Bettye LaVette--The Word Peter Lipa--No Reply The Feelies--Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) Isaac Scott--Help! Sue Garner & Rick Brown--It's So Hard The Holmes Brothers--I'll Be Back Dr. Lonnie Smith--Come Together Laurence Juber--In My Life J.J. Barnes--Day Tripper John & Yoko with the Mothers of Invention--Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (live, 6/71) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band--Isolation The Plastic Ono Band--Cold Turkey/// *Plus: John Lennon interview clips throughout the second hour of the program *Note: The show started early (9:40am) due to the unavailability of national programming scheduled for 9am; Joe Pollock extended his The Road Goes On Forever show (9 to 9:40am) to make up the difference
---Retroactive #803--October 2, 2010: Eels--I Like the Way This Is Going Betty Davis--For My Man The Moondoggies--What Took So Long Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan--Snake Song Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Misfire Wynonie Harris--Everybody Boogie Ellen McIlwaine--All to You (1973 version); The Secret In This Lady's Heart The Sadies--Whispering Circles Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez--We Come Up Shining Geri Allen--Faith Carriers of Life Eddie Cochran--Cotton Picker; Nervous Breakdown Gary U.S. Bonds--Whine Grass Widow--Shadow Nada Surf--Bye Bye Beautie The Who--Disguises Mavis Staples with Donny Gerrard--We're Gonna Make It Robin Rogers--You Don't Know Betsy Holt--Few Know Gil Scott-Heron--Running Leon Thomas--Take the 'A' Train; A Night In Tunisia Ava Mendoza--In My Dreams Charlie Musselwhite--Dig the Pain Frankie Lee Sims--Lucy Mae Blues Versus--Into Blue Chuck Prophet--Doubter of Jesus (All Over You) (live) Fiona Boyes--City Born Country Girl Patty Griffin--I Smell a Rat Jodi Pederson--Stuck In the Middle With You
---Retroactive #802--September 25, 2010: Marvin Etzioni with Lucinda Williams--Lay It On the Table Dave Frishberg--Can't Take You Nowhere (live, 9/86) Don Covay--The Usual Place Johnny Cash--Guess Things Happen That Way Ray Condo & his Ricochets--Ice Water Amos Milburn--Down the Road Apiece Girl Haggard featuring Hank Sinatra, Jr.--Drunk, Broke and In Love (The Hank Shuffle) Carlene Carter--Tougher Stuff; Why Be Blue The Henry Threadgill Zooid--Chairmaster Swamp Dogg & Riders of the New Funk--Trash Tara Linda--Never Say Never Ellen Whyte--Four Way Stop Alejandro Escovedo--This Bed Is Getting Crowded Leon Russell--Hummingbird Samantha Crain--Equinox Peter Himmelman--Good Luck Charm The Thermals--I Don't Believe You ///Think About It! Jerry Lee is 75: Mudcrutch--High School Confidential (live, 5/08) Wanda Jackson--Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis with Kid Rock & Slash--Rockin' My Life Away Jerry Lee Lewis with Keith Richards--Sweet Virginia Jerry Lee Lewis--Blue Suede Shoes (live, 8/20/66, first show); Keep Your Hands Off Of It (Birthday Cake)/// Jessica Williams--Simple Things (live, 1/10) Dennis Driscoll--At the Library Blonde Redhead--Not Getting There James Cotton (Slam Allen, vocal)--Find Yourself Another Fool Martha Davis--The Be-Bop Bounce Marcia Ball--That's Enough of That Stuff (live) Man or Astro-Man?--Television Fission
---Retroactive #801--September 18, 2010: Big Charley Bradix--Boogie Like You Wanna Mavis Staples--Creep Along Moses Robin Rogers--I Know I Done Wrong Gary U.S. Bonds--If I Live Through This; Shine On Lovers' Moon The Budos Band--Black Venom Cindy Bullens--In a Perfect World Ray Charles--Joy Ride Ray Charles & the Raelettes featuring Margie Hendricks--The Right Time Geri Allen--Flying Toward the Sound Tommy Facenda--High School USA (Seattle version) Alex Chilton--The New Girl In School Dash Rip Rock--Party 101 Chuck Willis--Hang Up My Rock'n'Roll Shoes Mondo Topless--Left In the Dark The National--Lemonworld Eilen Jewell--Whispering Sea Betsy Holt--Reelin' Down The Blackberry Bushes--I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen--Spare Parts; Viva Las Vegas Kenny Neal--Down In the Swamp Dali Blu--Cuz He's In Love With Me Larry Young--Visions Ani DiFranco--Both Hands (2007 version); Shameless Eels--Looking Up Lowell Fulson--Reconsider Baby
---Retroactive #800--September 11, 2010: ---All '60s Show Bob Moore & the Temps--Trophy Run Meep Meep & the Roadrunners--Justine Gloria Jones--Heartbeat Jackie DeShannon--Needles and Pins Creedence Clearwater Revival--Porterville Joe Tex--I Don't Trust Myself Around You The Wailers featuring Gail Harris--I Idolize You (live) Procol Harum--The Devil Came from Kansas Donovan--Superlungs My Supergirl (1969 version) The Dells--There Is Charles Mingus--They Trespass the Land of the Sacred Sioux (live, 9/65) Bob Dylan--I Shall Be Free-No. 10 Love--She Comes In Colors James Ray--If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody Maxine Brown--Ask Me The Castaways--Liar Liar Family--See Through Windows (BBC) Roy Head--Drivin' Wheel Jamo Thomas--I Spy (For the FBI) B.B. King--Just Like a Woman (Rockin' Twist) Brother John Witherspoon--That's Enough Aretha Franklin--Dr. Feelgood The Move--I Can Hear the Grass Grow The Beatles--I'm Looking Through You (early take) The Easybeats--Goin' Out of My Mind Otis Redding--There Goes My Baby Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Coo Coo Sonny Simmons--Interplanetary Travelers Buffy Sainte-Marie--A Soulful Shade of Blue The Kinks--Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl Fairport Convention--Meet on the Ledge Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs--I Couldn't Spell !!*@! The Sonics--Do You Love Me *Plus: Excerpts of '60s commercials featuring Peter & Gordon, Jay & the Americans and more
---Retroactive #799--September 4, 2010: The Blackberry Bushes--Take It Jerry Lee Lewis with John Fogerty--Bad Moon Rising Ava Mendoza--Kiss of Fire Dali Blu--I'm Addicted Delbert McClinton & Dick50--People Just Love to Talk Unwound--Everything Is Weird Peter Himmelman--Sit Tight Loudon Wainwright III--Central Square Song; Awful Hungry Hash House Jessica Williams--Gail's Song (live, 1/10) Betsy Holt--Harp Thing Eels--The Man Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore--New Boots Andre Williams--All I Need James Talley--Workin' for Wages Moe Tucker--That's Bad The Young Fresh Fellows--Mamie Dunn, Employee of the Month Otis Spann--I'm a Dues Payin' Man Joe Grushecky (as Joey G.)--Goodbye Steeltown ///The Buddy Holly Birthday Bash: The Bunch--Learning the Game Shoes--Words of Love Tav Falco's Panther Burns--Peggy Sue Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Tell Me How Buddy Holly--Crying, Waiting, Hoping (apartment demo); Take Your Time; Everyday/// Nelda Swiggett--Jack and the Key Boo Ba Tara Linda--Leavin' Texas (Drivin' Slow) Sleater-Kinney--Start Together The Len Price 3--Pictures
---Retroactive #798--August 28, 2010: Samantha Crain--Lions Fats Domino--You Can Pack Your Suitcase The OK Jazz Band--Houlala Yo Okanisaka John Prine--Fish and Whistle Jennifer Kimball--Lightning Bugs Diane Marino with Felix Cavaliere--Groovin' Nina Simone--Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter Dinah Washington--I Wish I Knew the Name of the Boy; There's Got to Be a Change; Darn That Dream (live, 8/54) Sonny Simmons--City of David Teenage Fanclub--When I Still Have Thee The Meters--You've Got to Change (You've Got to Reform) Bobby Bare, Jr.--Your Goat Is on Fire Filligar--Not Gonna Settle Eilen Jewell--You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) Raul Malo/Pat Flynn/Rob Ickes/Dave Pomeroy--Bright Side of the Road Them--My Lonely Sad Eyes Van Morrison--A Town Called Paradise; Cul de Sac; You Make Me Feel So Free Richard Davis & friends--Manhattan Safari (live, 8/90) Ali Milner--Crystal Clear The Young Veins--Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won't NRBQ--It's a Wild Weekend Dakota Staton--That's No Joke Oli Brown--Makes Me Wonder
---Retroactive #797--August 21, 2010: ///Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) & Hank Jones--Angel Face; The Jitterbug Waltz (Pianist Hank Jones passed away earlier in 2010)/// Alejandro Escovedo with Ian Hunter--Down In the Bowery Tara Linda--Virtual Love Disaster (Donde Estabas?) *Was my computer keyboard made in Arizona or something? I could really use inverse punctuation marks and a tilde that's above the letter 'n' JJ Grey & Mofro--All Mose Allison--Look Here The Clash--Capital Radio One; Capital Radio Two Joe Strummer--It's a Rockin' World Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Bhindi Bhagee; Silver and Gold (Before I Grow Too Old) Takao Iwaki--White Sands The Casual Dots--Clocks Carl Perkins--Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Sarah Borges--Miss Mary Charlie Musselwhite--Sonny Payne Special All That--Wolf's Remedy Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra--Blood from a Stone Bill Kirchen with Elvis Costello--Man In the Bottom of the Well Elvis Costello & Mary Coughlin--Mischievous Ghost Richard Hell & the Voidoids with Elvis Costello--You Gotta Lose (live, CBGB, 1978) Elvis Costello--So Like Candy; Lovable Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Temptation Jessica Williams--Soldaji (live, 1/10) Marvin Etzioni & Maria McKee--You Possess Me JW-Jones--Love Grows Cold Doris Troy--Special Care Renaldo Domino--Let Me Come Within
---Retroactive #796--August 14, 2010: Booker T. & the MGs--Hip Hug-Her Thea Gilmore--Seen It All Before David Hidalgo & Louie Perez--Til the Hands Fall Off the Clock Luther Allison--Please Send Me Someone to Love (live, 9/72) Mike & Ruthy--Covered Arcade Fire--City With No Children Eilen Jewell--You Wanna Give Me a Lift Todd Snider--Play a Train Song Matt Jorgensen--Dialogue 2008 ///JBs guitarist Phelps 'Catfish' Collins (1944-2010): James Brown--Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved; Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine/// Dali Blu--Shake Me Up The Books--I Am Who I Am MC5--Poison Samantha Crain--Two-Sidedness The National--Bloodbuzz Ohio John Hiatt--She Loves the Jerk; Rock Back Billy John Hiatt & the Goners--Almost Fed Up With the Blues Nick Lowe & his Cowboy Outfit--She Don't Love Nobody Raful Neal with Tab Benoit--Feels Like Rain Nelda Swiggett--Mere Madness Bobby Bare, Jr.--Jesus Sandals Dash Rip Rock--Meth Lab Girl
---Retroactive #795--August 7, 2010: Troy Turner--Brand New Cadillac The Goodies (NY)--Sophisticated Boom Boom Phil Alvin--County Fair ///Steel guitarist-instrumentalist Ben Keith (1937-2010): Patsy Cline--Shoes; I Fall to Pieces Neil Young--Here for You; Tired Eyes/// Shemekia Copeland--Circumstances Andre Williams--Tricks John Nilsen--Places I Go Geoff Muldaur--Bad Feet Geoff & Maria Muldaur--Cordelia Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett--Sloppy Drunk Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks--Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away Georgia Anne Muldrow with Dudley Perkins--Summer Love The Young Veins--Change Blonde Redhead--Futureism vs. Passeism, Pt. 2 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart--Come Saturday The Ronettes--Chapel of Love Ronnie Spector (as Veronica)--Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love Ronnie Spector--Don't Worry Baby; Dynamite Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics--Spirit Jazz Big Jim Sullivan with Maggie Bell--Blind Man ///Guitarist-vocalist Phillip Walker (1937-2010)--Don't Be Afraid of the Dark/// Alejandro Escovedo--Silver Cloud The Nerves--Paper Dolls
---Retroactive #794--July 31, 2010: Michelle Shocked--Other People Otis Taylor--Ain't No Cowgirl Teenage Fanclub--Into the City Memphis Minnie--Million Dollar Blues Hans Chew--New Cypress Grove Boogie Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet--Who Painted Whistler's Mother The Pussycats--Dressed In Black Shakura S'aida--Chasing the Sun Todd Rundgren--Mad Andreas Oberg--Papa Gato Elliott Smith--No Name #1; Between the Bars The Thermals--Ballad of Big Nothing Lee Ritenour with Keb' Mo' & Taj Mahal--Am I Wrong The Plimsouls--Hush Hush (live, 10/81) Guided By Voices--Things I Will Keep The Halo Benders--Don't Touch My Bikini Hank Williams--Honky Tonkin' (MGM version) Stephen Malkmus--Mama Mary Chapin Carpenter--The Way I Feel Margaret Johnson with Clarence Williams' Blue Five--Changeable Daddy of Mine Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines--Weather Bird Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars--Back O' Town Blues (live, 5/47) The Guiseppi Logan Quintet--Bop Dues Shirley Ellis--The Nitty Gritty John Nemeth--Name the Day Bobby Bare, Jr.--Swollen But Not the Same Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--The Lowlife The Clique--Superman The Vipers featuring Deb Cleveland--Wild Women Don't Get the Blues
---Retroactive #793--July 24, 2010: ---KAOS Membership Drive Show Deer Tick--Mange Carl Holmes & the Commanders--Crossin' Over Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere with Aria Cavaliere--I Can't Stand It The Young Veins--Take a Vacation! Tennessee Ernie Ford--Catfish Boogie Holly Golightly--I Hear You Magic Slim & the Teardrops--Do You Mean It Mitch Woods--Can't Stop Lovin' You Alejandro Escovedo--Tender Heart Mark Egan--Frog Legs Shelby Lynne--Alibi The Sadies--Idle Tomorrows Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore--Dead and Lovely Andre Williams--Just Call Me Janiva Magness--I Want to Do Everything for You Gregg Tripp--Time Karen Lovely--Ask Your Heart Gil Scott-Heron--On Coming from a Broken Home, Pt. 1 Steve James--Factory Girl The Rolling Stones--Dancing In the Light The Rolling Stones with Buddy Guy--Champagne and Reefer (live, 11/06) Buddy Guy--The Things That I Used to Do (live, 1979); My and My Guitar; Texas Flood
---Retroactive #792--July 17, 2010: Shakura S'aida--Missing the Good and the Bad The Holmes Brothers--Edge of the Ledge The Scruffs--Curse of the Mau Mau Jeff Whatley--One Summer Day The Marcels--Summertime Christine Kittrell--Call His Name ///Songwriter-singer Hank Cochran (1935-2010): Ray Price--If She Could See Me Now Timi Yuro--She's Got You/// Denise LaSalle--Goin' Through Changes; One More Wrong Step The Andrew Oliver Sextet--Inattentive Attendant Women--Black Rice The Rondelles--Do It for Me Marvin Etzioni with John Doe--The Grapes of Wrath John Nemeth--Breakin' Free Cocktail Slippers--In the City Commander Cody--Last Call for Alcohol Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen--Riot In Cell Block #9; Too Much Fun (both live, 11/73); Wine Do Yer Stuff Amy Rigby--Rode Hard Cyril Neville--Tipitina Roosevelt Sykes--Runnin' the Boogie Regina Carter--Day Dreaming on the Niger Truckstop Honeymoon--Bargain Hunting Willie Buck--Everything's Gonna Be Alright Anni Piper--Great Big Baby
---Retroactive #791--July 10, 2010: ///Harvey Fuqua (1929-2010): Harvey & the Moonglows--Ten Commandments of Love Etta James & Harvey Fuqua--I Hope You're Satisfied/// Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks--All By Myself Joules Graves--Wildcat Silver Jews--Smith and Jones Forever Sam & Dave--Toe Hold Woody Guthrie--Talking Fishing Blues; Hobo's Lullaby Joel Rafael--Sierra Blanca Massacre Charlie Hunter--Tout Ce Qui Brille Ne Pas Tracy Nelson--It Hurts Me Too (live) Joy of Cooking--Brownsville (single version) Alejandro Escovedo--Tula The Skeletons--Primitive (live, 7/90) Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social--Burn Bridges Wanda Jackson--Honey Bop Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere--Midnight Flyer Betsy Holt--Warm Wind; Walkin' Down the Line (KAOS performance, 2/12/00) Roger McGuinn--Draggin' The Byrds--Wild Mountain Thyme; I See You; Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man Sonny Simmons--A Distant Voice The National--Little Faith Big Maybelle--Yellow Dog Blues Peter Wolf Crier--Crutch and Cane Elvin Bishop--Blues Cruise
---Retroactive #790--July 3, 2010: Mitch Woods--Big Mamou Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers--I've Got a Feelin' Joanna Newsome--Occident The Band--Look Out Cleveland The Wild Magnolias--Life Is a Carnival Becki Sue & her Big Rockin' Daddies--Hillbilly Blues Ball Magic Slim & the Teardrops--Part Time Love Clayton Watson & the Silhouettes--Summertime ///Saxophonist-composer Fred Anderson (1929-2010)--21st Century Chase, Pt. 1 (live, 3/09)/// Greg Brown--Oily Boys; Better Days (both live) The Servicemen--Right Around the Corner The Sadies--Tell Her What I Said Aimee Mann--4th of July The Pains of Being Pure at Heart--Young Adult Friction John Trudell with Quiltman, Madeline & Bark--Look at Us/Peltier-AIM Song Ringo Starr--Everybody Wins Bettye LaVette--It Don't Come Easy Deer Tick--Hand In My Hand Andre Williams--America Regina Carter--Kanou Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Tamburitza Boogie; Inflation Blues Marvin Etzioni with Buddy Miller--Living Like a Hobo Delaney & Bonnie--Just Plain Beautiful NRBQ--You Can't Hide
---Retroactive #789--June 26, 2010: Little Anthony & the Imperials--I'm On the Outside (Looking In) The National--Sorrow Davie Allan & the Arrows--The Unknown Rider Franciene Thomas--I'll Be There ///Shirley Syrja (1930-2010): My extraordinary Mother brought me a world of gifts, but how to appreciate the beauty of music has to be near the top. I love you, Mom. Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim--One Note Samba Frank Sinatra--Cycles Keely Smith--The Music Stopped/// Claude Bourbon--Summertime Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band--Wrapped Tight Sonny Simmons--Metamorphosis Cyril Neville--Ayiti Karen Lovely--That's Cold Ian Hunter--Babylon Blues Women--Shaking Hand Peter Wolf Crier--Hard as Nails 1990s--I Don't Even Know What That Is ///The Willie Dixon Songbook: The Big Three Trio--My Love Will Never Die Otis Rush--I Can't Quit You Baby Willie Buck--I Live the Life I Love Linda Hornbuckle--I Just Want to Make Love to You (live, 1993) Willie Dixon--Study War No More Howlin' Wolf--Built for Comfort Othar Turner & the Rising Fife & Drum Band--My Babe PJ Harvey--Wang Dang Doodle (BBC)/// One for All--So Soon Too Slim & the Taildraggers--Western Man The Young Fresh Fellows--Go Blue Angels Go The Blue Things--High Life
---Retroactive--June 19, 2010: Austin Potter guest hosted. Don't miss Catch a Wave on KAOS every Monday night, 6 to 8pm (Pacific Time/U.S.). Austin's wife, Ashley, is the alternating host. Hear KAOS programs as they happen online at www.kaosradio.org
---Retroactive--June 12, 2010: Joe Pollock was the guest host. Catch Joe's work from 6 to 9am Saturdays on KAOS' The Road Goes On Forever. He is also on most editions of American Anecdotes (Thursday evenings, 6 to 8pm, Pacific Time/U.S.)
---Retroactive #788--June 5, 2010: Jackie Barrett--One Way Mirror Kacey Johansing--Spider Song The Sadies--Cut Corners Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Mama Don't Like My Man Bettye LaVette--All My Love Nada Surf--Question Jeff Whatley--The Circle Janiva Magness--Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social--St. Mark's Sunset Josh Rzepka--Three for Me Deer Tick--Piece By Piece and Frame By Frame Sonia & Disappear Fear--Call Me Sonia Elvin Bishop with John Nemeth--Neighbor Neighbor Becki Sue & her Big Rockin' Daddies--Mr. Lies Bill Kirchen--Bump Wood Curtis Mayfield--Only You Babe; I Mo Git U Sucka; (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go The Impressions--I'm the One Who Loves You; Fool for You Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens--Two Cities Steve Forbert--The Oil Song 2010 *Thanks to everyone who comforted me upon the loss of my mother, Shirley, on this day
---Retroactive #787--May 29, 2010: ---All Texas Show Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies--Fan It The Chuck Wagon Gang--We Are Climbing The Asylum Street Spankers--Down By the Riverside (live, 2006) Freddie King--Have You Ever Loved a Woman Townes Van Zandt--Katie Belle (live, 2/95) Steve Earle--Rake Terri Hendrix--Soul of My Soul Guy Clark--All She Wants Is You The Light Crust Doughboys--Blue Guitars Guthrie Kennard--Another Day, Another Dollar Sunny & the Sunliners--Please Mr. Sandman Lou Ann Barton--High Time We Went Spoon--Written In Reverse Roky Erickson & Okkervil River--Please, Judge Johnny Fallin--Cradle Rock The Bobby Fuller Four--Bodine Ray Wiley Hubbard--Down Home Country Blues Patty Griffin--Move Up Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--St. Louis Blues Asleep at the Wheel--Choo Choo Ch-Boogie (live) T-Bone Walker--Party Girl Buddy Holly--Peggy Sue Got Married (apartment demo) Keri Leigh & the Blue Devils--On My Way (Goin' Home) Delbert McClinton--Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some) Mingo Saldivar--Ring of Fire (live, 7/00) Adolph Hofner & his San Antonians--Cotton Eyed Joe Augie Meyers & the Western Head Band--Come On Baby (live, 1975) The Sir Douglas Quintet--Preach What You Live, Live What You Preach Kelly Willis--Success Joe Ely--Sue Me Sue
---Retroactive #786--May 22, 2010: Kate Campbell--Walk Among Stones Sandman--Beauty Myth (live) Andre Williams--When Love Shoots You In the Foot Janiva Magness--Your Love Made a U-Turn Ray Charles--Baby Don't You Cry The Sadies--Another Day Again Jeff Whatley--New Inspiration The Scruffs--iPod Girl Karen Lovely--I've Had Enough Gil Scott-Heron--Me and the Devil One for All--Spirit Waltz The Fall--Cowboy George Silje Karlsen--Dig Out Your Soul The Guiseppi Logan Quintet--Steppin' ///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash: Ben Sidran--All I Really Want to Do The Bel-Airs with Henry Clay & the Hennessy Brothers--Everything Is Broken Dave's True Story--You're a Big Girl Now Howard Tate--Girl from the North Country Jimmy LaFave--Emotionally Yours Mary Lou Lord--Eternal Circle Nob Dylan & his Nobsoletes--From a Buick 6 Buddy & Julie Miller--Wallflower Mike Seeger & Bob Dylan--The Ballad of Hollis Brown Bob Dylan--Foot of Pride; It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding; Can't Escape from You///
---Retroactive #785--May 15, 2010: She & Him--Brand New Shoes Eddie Floyd--Don't Rock the Boat The Servicemen--Are You Angry ///Lena Horne (1917-2010)--As Long As I Live; Love Me or Leave Me; Come On Strong/// Wynonie Harris--Luscious Woman Glen Glenn--If I Had Me a Woman Andrea Marr--Soulville Spoon--Out Go the Lights Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens--Big News Lee Dorsey--Feelin' The Apples In Stereo--Dignified Dignitary Bill Kirchen--I Don't Work That Cheap Robin Lane--Surf's Up Man or Astro-Man?--Man Made of CO2 Brinsley Schwarz--Everybody Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Tough Lover Nada Surf--Bright Side Cadallaca--The Trouble With Public Places The Rising Sons--Take a Giant Step Taj Mahal--Chevrolet; Corrina Taj Mahal with Angelique Kidjo--Zanzibar Booker Ervin--Mojo Peter Karp & Sue Foley--Treat Me Right Guthrie Kennard--Cross That Line Pieta Brown--Shake Buckwheat Zydeco--Buckwheat Music LaVern Baker--He's a Real Gone Guy
---Retroactive #784--May 8, 2010: Joseph Spence--Good Morning Mr. Walker Claudia Schmidt & her Funtet--I Don't Know ///Vocalist Norman Wright (1937-2010): The Dell-Vikings--Come Go With Me/// Helene Smith--The Pot Can't Talk About the Kettle The Pentagons--It's Spring Again The Sadies--Postcards The Holmes Brothers--Something Is Missing ///Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell (1918-2010): Ernie Harwell--A Game for All America (A Definition of Baseball)/// Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Without a Heart Family--Burlesque The Yaron Herman Trio--Rina Balle Gil Scott-Heron--I'm New Here Roky Erickson & Okkervil River--Goodbye Sweet Dreams Karen Lovely--Older Fool Flamin Groovies--Yeah My Baby Jerry Lee Lewis--It'll Be Me (single version) Janis Martin--Hard Times Ahead The Len Price 3--Under the Thumb ///Stevie Wonder Is 60: Deanna Bogart/Dan Leonard/Scott Ambush/Mike Aubin--'Cause We've Ended As Lovers Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder--For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder--Fingertips, Pts. 1 & 2 (live); Looking for Another Pure Love; Love Light In Flight/// The Henry Threadgill Zooid--To Undertake My Corners Open Janiva Magness--The Devil Is an Angel Solomon Burke--Letter from My Darling
---Retroactive #783--May 1, 2010: Silje Karlsen--Pills for Love Nada Surf--Electrocution Jimmie Dale Gilmore--99 Holes Thee Midniters--It'll Never Be Over for Me Dinah Washington--Baby Get Lost (live, 7/50) Eric 'Two Scoops' Moore--Fat Daddy Peter Karp & Sue Foley--Wait The Wailers--Mercy Mercy Cracked Ice--Sweet Feeling The Guiseppi Logan Quintet--Around Bob Seger--Back In '72; I've Been Workin' Mecca Normal--Sha La La La La Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet--Harlem By the Sea Alberta Adams--Born With the Blues John Mellencamp with Pat Peterson--Cold Sweat James Brown & the Famous Flames--Lost Someone/Please, Please Please; Night Train (all three live, 10/62) Steve Earle & the Dukes--Dead Flowers (live) Georgia Anne Muldrow--Indeed The Fall--Hot Cake The Antonio Ciacca Quintet with Steve Grossman--Lagos Blues The Servicemen--I Need a Helping Hand Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Kill My Baby Betty Davis--Shut Out the Light Adam Green--Stadium Soul
---Retroactive #782--April 24, 2010: The Polyphonic Spree--It's the Sun (live) Memphis Minnie--Shout the Boogie Guy Clark--The Guitar Pieta Brown--Other Way Around Eugene Hideaway Bridges--Learn How to Let Go (live, 2009) The Apples In Stereo--Hey Elevator Roy Orbison & the Teen Kings--Rockhouse Roy Orbison--Running Scared; Falling Archie Shepp--Le Matin des Noire (live, 1965) Laura Cantrell--Do You Ever Think of Me Junior Parker--Sometimes The Len Price 3--Man Who Used to Be The Chesterfield Kings--Johnny Volume The Daily Flash--Jack O'Diamonds Quasi--Little White Horse Roy Brown--Rockin' at Midnight Weston Prim--Get That Feelin' Sonia & Disappear Fear--Gimme the Keys Gil Scott-Heron--The Crutch Chick Webb & his Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald--Undecided Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots--Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) Ella Fitzgerald--Mack the Knife; How High the Moon (both live, Berlin, 2/60) Martin Taylor--Blues for Mr. T Carrie Newcomer--A Crash of Rhinoceros Joe Bonamassa--When the Fire Hits the Sea Janiva Magness--(I'm) Feeling Good Little Jimmy King--Strange Brew Kay Adams with BR5-49--Mama Was a Rock (Daddy Was a Rollin' Stone)
---Retroactive #781--April 17, 2010 ---Sixteenth Anniversary Show: Look out! We've got our drivers license Clive Gregson--Secondhand Car Link Wray & the Ray Men--Drag Race She & Him--Ridin' In My Car Plastic Bertrand--Ca Plane Pour Moi Lucinda Williams---Howlin' at Midnight The Holmes Brothers--I Believe You I Think The Soul Tempters--Truckin' Joe Clay--My Car's Allright Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Give It Back Adam Green--What Makes Him Act So Bad Alex Hargreaves--April Joy The Mark IV--Ah-Ooo-Gah The Corn Sisters--She's Leaving Town (live, 5/98) Speckled Red--The Dirty Dozen Arthur Conley--Funky Street Joe Ely--Road Hawg Francine Reed--455 Rocket Georgia Anne Muldrow--Simple Advice Jimi Hendrix (Mitch Mitchell, vocal)--Cat Talking to Me Sandman & Camo--'64 Rambler (live) Roky Erickson & Okkervil River--Bring Back the Past Girl Trouble--Sister Mary Motorcycle Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Rocker The Seven Stooges--I Wanna Be Your Dog Iggy Pop--Nice to Be Dead (Iggy &) the Stooges--Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Fred Anderson--21st Century Chase, Pt. 2 (live, 3/09) The Bonnie Sisters--Cry Baby Jimmy Witherspoon--Money's Gettin' Cheaper (1963 version of 'Times Gettin' Tougher') The Electric Prunes--Get Me to the World On Time Graham Parker--Sweet Sixteen (live, solo)
---Retroactive #780--April 10, 2010: ---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show Pieta Brown--El Guero (EP version) Mose Allison--Ask Me Nice Eugene Hideway Bridges--Little Boy Blue (live, 2009) Drive-By Truckers--The Wig He Made Her Wear Pisces--Like a Hole In the Wall Where the Rat Lives The Apples In Stereo--The Code/Dream About the Future Janiva Magness--I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Jim Lockhart--Boogie Woogie Baby Al Green--So Good to Be Here; Look What You Done for Me Shaun Murphy--Rock'n'Roll Everynight Eric 'Two Scoops' Moore--It Hurts to Be In Love The Len Price 3--Mr. Grey B.B. King--Recession Blues Buffy Sainte-Marie--No No Keshagesh Peter Wolf--I Don't Wanna Know Peter Karp & Sue Foley--Scared Patty Larkin with Lucy Kaplansky--Tango (2010 version) Richard Berry--Yama Yama Pretty Mama Zora Young--Travelin' Light (1991 version) Sonic Youth--Leaky Lifeboat
---Retroactive #779--April 3, 2010: ///Herb Ellis (1921-2010) with the Oscar Peterson Trio--Naptown Blues Billie Holiday--I Cried for You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry for Me); What a Little Moonlight Can Do (both are 1954 versions with Herb Ellis on guitar)/// Marc Benno--Too Bad You're No Good Lyres--Someone Who'll Treat You Right Now Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--She Ain't a Child No More Muddy Waters--Honey Bee; Walking Thru the Park Claudia Schmidt & her Funtet--Missy Ma'am Alex Hargreaves--Shasta The Baseball Project--Gratitude (For Curt Flood) The Holmes Brothers--Rounding Third The Bobbettes--Mr. Lee Count Basie with Taps Miller--Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? The Eyes--The Immediate Pleasure The Tone Benders--Little Black Egg Willie Nix--Try Me One More Time Peter Case--Every 24 Hours Richard Thompson--I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (live, solo, 1/82); My Soul, My Soul; Orange-Coloured Sky (live) Richard & Linda Thompson--Calvary Cross (live, 11/75) Tiny Grimes & J.C. Higginbotham--Air Mail Special Karen Carroll--I'm Glad Chaka Khan--Foolish Fool
---Retroactive #778--March 27, 2010: ///Marva Wright (1948-2010)--Driving Wheel; Crazy/// Mose Allison--Some Right, Some Wrong Peter Karp & Sue Foley--Rules of Engagement ///The Alex Chilton (1950-2010) Tribute, Pt. 2: Big Star--The Ballad of El Goodo (live, 1974); You Get What You Deserve Lisa Burns--Soul Deep The Replacements--Alex Chilton Alex Chilton--Paradise; Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere; What's Your Sign, Girl/// Fred Anderson--Ode to Alvin Fielder (live, 3/09) Sarah Vaughan--Black Coffee (live, 7/63) Sunnyland Slim--Baby How Long (How Long Blues) The Len Price 3--If You Live Round Here Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Ain't No Good Patty Griffin with Regina McCrary & Ann McCrary--If I Had My Way The Neville Brothers--Mojo Hannah (live, 9/82) Nick Lowe--All Men Are Liars; Big Hair; American Squirm Brinsley Schwarz--Silver Pistol Janiva Magness--Homewrecker Rockpile--Teacher Teacher Matthew Shipp--Jazz Paradox Patty Larkin with Peter Mulvey--Booth of Glass (2010 version) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers--Mystic Eyes (live, 10/06) *Plus: Jim Cameron's WLIR-FM 1974 interview with Alex Chilton & Big Star
---Retroactive #777--March 20, 2010 ---All '60s Show John Fahey (as Blind Thomas)--Wanda Russell's Blues Betty James--I'm a Little Mixed Up Patty Lace & the Petticoats--Sneaky Sue ///The Alex Chilton (1950-2010) Tribute, Pt. 1: The Box Tops--Choo Choo Train; People Gonna Talk/// Margo Guryan--The 8:17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round (demo) The Hollies--Tell Me to My Face Biff Rose--Ballad of Cliches Reverend Lonnie Farris--Peace In the Valley Yusef Lateef's Detroit--That Lucky Old Sun Aretha Franklin--Money Won't Change You The Chicago Loop--(When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes to Me Ray Charles--Let's Go Get Stoned The Chantels--Well, I Told You So The Small Faces--Hey Girl The Beatles--Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Sandie Shaw--Tomorrow Sly & the Family Stone--Sing a Simple Song The Camelots--Don't Leave Me Baby Ike & Tina Turner--What Do You Think I Am The Standells--Try It The Rationals--Sunset Kay Bell & the Tuffs--(The Original) Surfer's Stomp The Soul Agents--Mean Woman Blues The Kinks--Holiday In Waikiki Jimi Hendrix--Mr. Bad Luck Sarah James & the Soul Babies--Takin' Care of Business Wilson Pickett--She's Lookin' Good Lou Donaldson--It Might As Well Be Spring Wynn Stewart--Another Day, Another Dollar Johnny C. & the Blazes--Inferno Irma Thomas--Breakaway *Plus: Product jingles from the Box Tops & the Chicago Loop; one of the many Vox wah-wah pedal ads
---Retroactive #776--March 13, 2010: Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers--Good-bye Booze Meade Lux Lewis--Whistlin' Blues Patty Larkin with Martin Sexton--Lately (2010 version) Downchild--I Need a Hat Andrea Marr--Don't Touch What You Can't Afford Robert Ward--Your Love Is Real Human Switchboard--I Can Walk Alone Spoon--Trouble Comes Running Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson--He's Mine Freda & the Firedogs--Be Real Marcia Ball--Let Me Play With Your Poodle Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse--Levitation The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem--The Moonshiner (live) The Ramones--I Remember You Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Sheena's Back Shaun Murphy--Come to Mama Ducks Deluxe--Fireball Ry Cooder--Can I Smoke In Here?; Tamp 'Em Up Solid; Money Honey David Lindley & Ry Cooder--Monkey Wash, Donkey Rinse Mavis Staples--The Mississippi River The Tom Baker Quartet--Diminutive Hal Harris--I Don't Know When Suzanne Vega--(If You Were) In My Movie (2010 version) Tail Dragger & his Chicago Blues Band--Keep It to Yourself (live, 3/09)
---Retroactive #775--March 6, 2010: Joanna Newsom--'81 Peter Karp & Sue Foley--So Far So Fast BoDeans--Feel 'Lil Love ///Ron Banks (1951-2010) & the Dramatics--Highway to Heaven The Dramatics--Toast to the Fool; And I Panicked/// Deanna Bogart/Dan Leonard/Scott Ambush/Mike Aubin--Almonjoi The Leaves--Dr. Stone The Len Price 3--Nothing Like You The David Widelock Trio--Chitchat Asleep at the Wheel--Fat Boy Rag Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Swing Blues; Sugar Blues; I Had Someone Else Before I Had You Mose Allison--I Know You Didn't Mean It Camille Howard--Sundays With You The Holmes Brothers--You're the Kind of Trouble The Crowd Scene--Candy Says Angel Corpus Christi--Disco Mystic Lou Reed--The Blue Mask; Leave Her Johnny Lou Reed with Little Jimmy Scott--Power and Glory The Velvet Underground--Ferryboat Bill Roy Haynes--Remember The Scruffs--Conquer Me Guitar Shorty--Slow Burn
---Retroactive #774--February 27, 2010: Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra--Comes Love Chick Willis--Love to See You Smile The Pillbugs--Merely Stacking Chairs Jack Rose--Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime The Hot Club of Cowtown--One Step Closer Eels--Mansions of Los Feliz Faye Adams--Anything for a Friend Jason & the Scorchers--Beat On the Mountain Josh Rzepka--Song for a New Year Leon Russell--Beware of Darkness George Harrison--Sue Me, Sue You Blues; Fish on the Sand The Beatles--If I Needed Someone Bikini Kill--Capri Pants Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Reform School Girl Luke Jones--Shufflin' Boogie Tail Dragger & his Chicago Blues Band--Ooh Baby Hold Me (live, 3/09) Scott Askew--Another Bone Big Maybelle--Ring Dang Dilly Floyd Red Crow Westerman--Don't Take Your Guns to Town Johnny Cash--Redemption Day; The Story of a Broken Heart; The One On the Right Is On the Left Carlene Carter--Ring of Fire The Virginia Mayhew Septet--Spring Is Not Here Ray Wiley Hubbard--Loose Taj Mahal--Never Let You Go
---Retroactive #773--February 20, 2010: Nina Simone--The Family; Work Song (1966 version) Grizzly Bear--Southern Point ///Doug Fieger (1952-2010): Was (Not Was) featuring guest vocalist Doug Fieger--Smile Sky--Make It Tight/// Clifton Chenier--Choo Choo Ch-Boogie Queen Ida & her Zydeco Band--Back Door Buffy Sainte-Marie--To the Ends of the World; Babe In Arms The Holmes Brothers--Dark Cloud Hadley Caliman--Cigar Eddie Rosie Flores--Little Bit More 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton--Streamline Engine The Eyes--You're Too Much The Len Price 3--I Don't Believe You Deanna Bogart/Dan Leonard/Scott Ambush/Mike Aubin--Sweet Pea ///Drummer Richard Delvy (1942-2010): The Bel-Airs--Mr. Moto/// Rockin' Dopsie--Zyde-Cool Shirley & Lee--Deed I Do (I'll Do It) James Booker--On the Sunny Side of the Street (live, 11/77) ///Dale Hawkins (1936-2010); Susie-Q; Wildcat Tamer/// Shaun Murphy--Livin' the Blues Henry Gray--My Girl Josephine Fats Domino--Goin' Home; The Rooster Song; Walking to New Orleans Matthew Shipp--Blue Web In Space Carrie Newcomer--Coy Dogs Sugar Blue--Trouble
---Retroactive #772--February 13, 2010: Simon Joyner--Robin Hood Justin Townes Earle--Down In the Valley Professor Louie & the Crowmatix with Miss Marie--In My Secret Life Irma Thomas--You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess With My Man) (live, 4/76); Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You) (live, 8/90) Taj Mahal--TV Mama The Marvelettes--Locking Up My Heart Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band--Healing; Waiting for the D Train Igor Bril & the All-Star Soviet Jazz Band--Recorda-Me (live, 11/88) Spoon--Is Love Forever? Nick Curran & the Lowlifes--Baby You Crazy Cocktail Slippers--Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Patti Smith--Who Do You Love (live, 2/97) The Noses--My Left Hanger of Love Outrageous Cherry--The Illuminated Council for World Destruction Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles--Being With You Marianne Faithfull with Antony--Ooo Baby Baby The Miracles--You've Really Got a Hold On Me; Happy Landing Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage Smokey Robinson--I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby) Adam Rafferty--Tinkerbell's Dream June Tabor--Body and Soul Davy Jones--Valleri; Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (both live, 7/03); Secret Love Mable John--Ain't Giving It Up The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra & his Arkestra--Somebody's In Love
---Retroactive #771--February 6, 2010: Maura Kennedy--The Thing With Feathers Shaun Murphy--Love to Burn Luther Allison--You Can, You Can (live, 7/97) Ray Wiley Hubbard--Pots and Pans Oh Susanna--Bootlegger's Blues ///The Gerry Goffin/Carole King Songbook: The Cookies--Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby Carole King--Brighter; Goin' Back (1970 version) The Sadies--Wasn't Born to Follow The Animals--Don't Bring Me Down/// Matthew Shipp--Sequence of Vibration NRBQ--Still In School Percy Sledge--Take Time to Know Her Eels--Unhinged Holly Golightly--Believe Me #2 The Len Price 3--The Girl Who Became a Machine The King Khan & BBQ Show--Lonely Boy Deanna Bogart/Dan Leonard/Scott Ambush/Mike Aubin--High Horse Joe Ely with Carlene Carter--Honky Tonkin' (live, 1980) Joe Ely--Ranches and Rivers (live, 1/99) Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams--Maybe Tomorrow The Who--Man With Money The Everly Brothers--Man With Money; Devoted to You; Poor Jenny Either/Orchestra--Night of the Living Blues The Pretty Things--Cries from the Midnight Circus Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson--Talkin' About Soul Heather Myles--And It Hurts Blue Mother Tupelo--Runnin' 'Round
---Retroactive #770--January 30, 2010: ---All Michigan Show Howling Diablos--Mean Little Town Rodriguez--Can't Get Away Regina Carter with Dee Dee Bridgewater--This Can't Be Love Sir Mack Rice--Feels Good The Shy--Beetle Bomp Lyn & the Invaders--Boy Is Gone Toby Redd--Little Boy Lost Jackie Wilson--Baby Workout Wilson Pickett--Don't Fight It The Tidal Waves--Big Boy Pete Funkadelic--You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks The White Stripes--Wasting My Time Kenny Burrell--Mule Suzi Quatro--Lipstick The Romantics--21 and Over Coldcock--You MC5--I Don't Mind (rehearsal) Karen Monster--Kill The Bob Seger System--2 + 2 = ? Gino Washington--Gino Is a Coward Aretha Franklin--Rock With Me Nathaniel Mayer--Don't Come Back The Gore Gore Girls--Shotgun Wedding The Rationals--Feelin' Lost; Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail) Marshall Crenshaw--Soldier of Love (live, 8/82) The Temptations--Beauty Is Only Skin Deep The Elgins--Heaven Must Have Sent You Martha & the Vandellas--Motoring Marvin Gaye--One More Heartache The Velvelettes--He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' Jimmy Ruffin--96 Tears *Plus: Bob Babbitt on his bass playing partner at Motown, the legendary James Jamerson, Jr.; Della Reese--Stroke Prevention PSA
---Retroactive #769--January 23, 2010: ///Kate McGarrigle (1946-2010): Kate & Anna McGarrigle--(Talk to Me of) Mendocino; Go Leave Maria Muldaur--The Work Song/// The 4 Seasons--Big Man In Town James Luther Dickinson--Who Threw the Whiskey In the Well Jolie Holland--The Littlest Birds Shirley Johnson--Just Like That Widespread Panic with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band--Old Neighborhood (live, 2003) Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse--Visionary of an Abstrakt ///Carl Smith (1927-2010)--Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way; Hey Joe!/// Ringo Starr--The Other Side of Liverpool Shaun Murphy--That's a Pretty Good Love The Moondoggies--Don't Be a Stranger Lhasa--Love Came Here Tom Waits--Live Circus (live) The Holmes Brothers--Smiling Face Hiding a Weeping Heart Lucinda Williams--Positively 4th Street (2009 version); Hot Blood Zora Young--Rock Me Baby (live) Adam Rafferty--The Boogie Man Cyril Neville--I'll Take Care of You Bobby Blue Bland--Members Only; Ain't That Loving You
---Retroactive #768--January 16, 2010: Steve & Kristi Nebel--In the Islands Rosemary Clooney--Independent (On My Own) Memphis Slim with Roosevelt Sykes--Eagle Rock (live, 1970) James Carr--Love Attack ///Songwriter-performer Bobby Charles (1938-2010)--Later Alligator Ray Charles--The Jealous Kind Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--Tennessee Blues/// ///Jay Reatard (1980-2010)--I'm Watching You/// ///Guitarist Mick Green (1944-2010): The Pirates--Shakin' All Over (1978 version)/// ///Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010): Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass--Keep On Lovin' You; Bad Luck/// Ray Brown with John Clayton, Jr. & Christian McBride--Brown Funk; Sculler Blues (both live, 10/96) Deanna Bogart/Dan Leonard/Scott Ambush/Mike Aubin--Heart 'n Soul Blue Mother Tupelo--Always Lookin' (radio edit) Steve James--The Right Thing to Do The Soul Stirrers--Lord Remember Me Jeffrey Gaines--A Change Is Gonna Come (live) Bobby Womack--That's Heaven to Me Sam Cooke--Tennessee Waltz; Lost and Lookin'; Since I Met You Baby Betsy Holt & Kyle Cruse--Sunshine of Your Love; C Minor Blues Professor Louie & the Crowmatix--Nighttime In the Switching Yard *Plus: Three inspirational speech clips by Martin Luther King, Jr.
---Retroactive #767--January 9, 2010: Jim Kweskin--Ranger's Command (live) Woody Guthrie--Vigilante Man Joel Rafael--Talking Oklahoma Hills Ami Saraiya--Vegas Moon Dennis Diken with Bell Sound--Standing In That Line Joe Liggins with Candy Rivers--Daddy On My Mind The Hockadays--Hold On Baby Shaun Murphy--Ocean of Tears Paul Renz--In My Own Hands ///Producer-trumpeter Willie Mitchell (1928-2010)--Buster Browne; Soul Serenade Ann Peebles--Come to Mama Al Green--So You're Leaving/// The Morells--Worryin' Kind (live, 12/80) Tommy Castro--Monkey's Paradise Dale Vaughn--How Can You Be So Mean to Me The Ramblers featuring Tamara Hayes--Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown--I Can't Hear a Word You Say; I Don't Break Dance; That Train Don't Stop Here The Joshua Davis Group--Almost Tea ///Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010): Lhasa--What Kind of Heart/// Zora Young--Goin' Back to Memphis Rosanne Cash--I'm Movin' On
---Retroactive #766--January 2, 2010: ///Vic Chesnutt (1964-2009)--Granny; Everything I Say; Stay Inside/// Me'shell Ndegeocello--Crying In Your Beer Patty Griffin--The Best Is Yet to Come Little Willie G.--These Hands (Small But Mighty) The Tragically Hip--Little Bones Betty Davis--Dedicated to the Press Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse--First Mind Elvis Presley--My Baby Left Me; Are You Lonesome Tonight (live and cracking up, 8/22/69); Promised Land Buffy Sainte-Marie--Blue Sunday The Young Fresh Fellows--You've Got Your Head On Backwards Link Wray & his Ray Men--Walkin' With Link Carol Jones--Problem Child The Walkmen--In the New Year Cocktail Slippers--Round and Round Steve James with Del Rey--The Same Thing Could Happen to You Laura Love & Orville Johnson--Nobody's Fault But Mine War--Gypsy Man Positive Catastrophe--Plena Quicksand Monument Sandy Denny--Bushes and Briars Fairport Convention--Autopsy Fotheringay--Wild Mountain Thyme; The Banks of the Nile