---Retroactive #1023--December 27, 2014: Laura Veirs--Prairie Lullaby Guy Davis--Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms Connie Evingson--I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me James Carr--You Didn't Know It But You Had Me Jitterbug Vipers--That Was the Sauce Talking The Unthanks--Dondestan (live, 12/10) Paul Cebar--No Love Today Liz Mandeville--Why Would a Woman Sing the Blues Bo Diddley--Before You Accuse Me; Oh Yeah; You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover Rich Pellegrin Quartet--Epilogue Camera Obscura--New Year's Resolution Billy Boy Arnold--Don't Set Me Free Pegi Young & the Survivors--Feel Just Like a Memory Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Fat Sam from Birmingham Missy Andersen--Stand Up and Dance The Band--Strawberry Wine; Life Is a Carnival (both live, NYC, 12/71) Mary Fahl--Exiles: The Wolves of Midwinter (live) Gregory Porter--Moanin' Marianne Faithfull--Witches' Song (1979 version); Love, Life and Money; Give My Love to London Joey DeFrancesco--What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Willie May--Talk Is Cheap Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers--Future Blues Malford Milligan & Dave Sebree--I'm a Man Fanny--Charity Ball (live, 1971) Olivia Jean--Green Honeycreeper mr. Gnome--Storm Allison Moorer--New Years Day Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson--I Want to Love You Baby ///Joe Cocker (1944-2014)--The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress; Black-Eyed Blues; Hitchcock Railway (live, SF, 1969)/// Andy Waddell--A New Day The Noses--You're My Baby and I Think You're the Finest Girl I've Ever Seen Meshell Ndegeocello--Choices; Modern Time
---Retroactive #1022--December 20, 2014: Richard Tauber--O Sanctissimi (O Holy One) Nickel Creek--Christmas Eve Mark 'Kaz' Kazanoff & the Well-Hung Ornaments--Blue Christmas Blinky & the Roadmasters--Flotation Merengue Wynton Marsalis with Jon Hendricks--Sleigh Ride Grace Potter & the Nocturnals--Please Come Home for Christmas Spooner--The Saddest Time of the Year Asylum Street Spankers--'Zat You, Santa Claus? (live, 12/00) Lightnin' Hopkins--Merry Christmas Michael Buble--Santa Baby The Common Linnets--At Christmas Time John Zorn--Snowfall Michael Doucet--We Three Kings Blues Disciples--(Havin' a) Christmas Party Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Ain't No Chimneys In the Projects The Ventures--Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Mary Karlzen--Run Rudolph Run Twisting Faith--Christmas Fun Tonight Eddy Arnold--Will Santy Come to Shanty Town Wes Lachot--Christmas Is the Only Time (I Think of You) Nick Lowe--I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Debbie & the Darnels--Santa Teach Me to Dance Elvis Presley--Santa Claus Is Back In Town Bipolaroid--Merry Xmas Robin & Linda Williams--Old Toy Trains Leon Redbone--That Old Christmas Moon Booker T. & the MGs--Silver Bells The Jack Brokensha Quartet--O Hanukkah Indigo Girls--Happy Joyous Hanukkah Squeeze--Christmas Day Bob Seger & the Last Heard--Sock It to Me Santa Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--The Little Drummer Boy Jeff St. Pierre & Philip Antoniades--Rubber Bells Blue Rodeo--Christmas Must Be Tonight Darlene Love--Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Charles Brown with Johnny Otis--Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1994 version) Ronnie Fauss--Everybody Deserves a Merry Christmas Hasil Adkins--Santa Claus Boogie Baby Washington--White Christmas Darrell Grant--Morning Star-Evening Rose (O Come Emmanuel/Erev Shel Shoshonium) Bob & Doug McKenzie--The Twelve Days of Christmas Erasure--Bleak Mid Winter Stevie Wonder--Someday at Christmas Peggy Lee--Happy Holiday Whirling Dervishes--You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch *Plus: Greetings from Smokey Robinson, Johnny Cash, Ofra Haza--and other fun stuff
---Retroactive #1021--December 13, 2014: Johnny Shines--Joliet Blues Jim Lauderdale--Fox Tail Waltz She & Him--Stay Awhile Renee Fleming--The Man With the Bag Lady Bianca--Cold Side of Love Clive Gregson & Christine Collister--The Great Provider Elvin Bishop--Blues With a Feeling Rodriguez--Climb Up On My Music Bob Dylan & the Band--That's the Breaks Toni Lynn Washington--Good Things Come to Those Who Wait Michael Eaton--Alter Ego Rosie Flores--Working Girl's Guitar James Blood Ulmer--Night Lover Lisa Mills--The Truth The Fabulous Thunderbirds--She's Tuff Sandy Lee & the Wantons--Santa Claus Is Back In Town Charlie Rich--July 12, 1939; Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave (1992 version); Don't Come Knocking On My Door The Kinks--Alcohol Olivia Jean--After the Storm Chuck Berry--Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller Clare Fischer Big Band--New Thing John & Sylvia Embry--I Found a Love/Rainbow Eric Ambel--Stepside Outrageous Cherry--Priceless Thing Avengers--No Martyr Meatbodies--Disorder The Go-Betweens--Here Comes a City Arctic Monkeys--Dangerous Animals Etta Britt--New York City Professor Longhair--Willie Fugal's Blues; Mardi Gras In New Orleans Professor Longhair (as Roy Byrd & his Blues Jumpers)--Her Mind Is Gone James Booker--Put Out the Light; All By Myself (live); Lonely Avenue/Stormy Monday (live) Dann Zinn--Daydreams Marcia Ball--The Squeeze Is On
---Retroactive #1020--December 6, 2014: Chris Smither--Seems So Real Mary Gauthier--I Feel the Same Jackson Browne--Which Side? Irma Thomas--I Done Got Over Johnny Copeland--Same Thing Liz Mandeville--Smart Woman, Foolish Choices Brenda Lee--Pretty Baby; Everybody Loves Me But You; St. Louis Blues Jim Norton Collective--Peri's Scope; Twelve Tone Tune Rory Block--Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Nick Lowe--Hooves on the Roof Mecca Normal--Wasn't Said Little Sister--You're the One, Pts. 1 & 2 The New Basement Tapes--Married to My Hack Baby Huey--Running ///Saxophonist Bobby Keys (1943-2014): Joe Cocker--Let's Go Get Stoned (live, 3/70) The Rolling Stones--Live With Me; Rip This Joint/// Little Richard--Baby; Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Specialty version); Brown Sugar Gossip--Don't (Make Waves) The Young Fresh Fellows--Hillbilly Drummer Girl Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks--Lariat Tom Graf--Smokin' Alejandro Escovedo--Castanets Pegi Young & the Survivors--Walking on a Tightrope Procol Harum--Still There'll Be More mr. Gnome--Folk Lonely; Star Stealers Corin Tucker Band--Tiptoe The Budos Band--Tomahawk Joan Armatrading--People Who Win; Love and Affection; Am I Blue for You ///Keyboardist Ian McLagen (1945-2014): Ian McLagen & the Bump Band--Hello Old Friend (live, 3/98) The Small Faces--Tin Soldier Faces--Too Bad/// Nels Cline & Julian Lage--Whispers from Eve Holly Golightly--Virtually Happy Tiger High--Still the Heart (Beats On and On) *Plus: A greeting from Johnny Cash
---Retroactive #1019--November 29, 2014: Norman & Nancy Blake--Charles Giteaux Susanna--Wild Horse Wild Dog Joe Ely--Not That Much Has Changed ///Director-comedian Mike Nichols (1931-2014): Mike Nichols & Elaine May--Physical/// Lee Fields--Wish You Were Here Marcia Ball--He's the One Olivia Jean--Reminisce Sean Costello--Check It Out Betty Harris--Trouble With My Lover ///Jimmy Ruffin (1939-2014): Jimmy Ruffin--Don't Feel Sorry for Me; What Becomes of the Brokenhearted; I've Passed This Way Before/// Tomas Ramirez--Confrontal Obtusion Aimee Mann--Baby Blue Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses--Goody Two Shoes Lucinda Williams--Burning Bridges Bo Ramsey--Forget You Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps--Dance to the Bop Paul McCartney & Wings--Sally G The Vaselines--Single Spies C.C.C. Inc.--Willie Boy Marianne Faithfull--Falling Back The Dimensions--Knock You Flat The Gits--Bob (Cousin O.) Pavement--Conduit for Sale! Thea Gilmore--Don't Come Close Percussions Claviers de Lyon--3 Gnossiennes ///The Jimi Hendrix Birth Anniversary Bash: Gary Clark Jr.--Third Stone from the Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say (live) Five By Five--Fire Eric Johnson & Mike Stern--Red House Lisa Mills--Little Wing Charlie Musselwhite--Hear My Train a-Comin' Anne McCue--Machine Gun The World Saxophone Quartet--Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix--What'd I Say (live, 12/65) The Jimi Hendrix Experience--May This Be Love; Drivin' South (BBC); If 6 Was 9///
---Retroactive #1018--November 22, 2014: Eilen Jewell--Can't Shake These Blues Rory Block--I'm So Glad Alex Chilton--Let's Get Lost Pegi Young & the Survivors--In My Dreams Little Freddie King--Crack Head Joe Illinois Jacquet & his All-Stars--Illinois Blows the Blues Liz Mandeville--Silver Lining (Shirley's Blues) The New Basement Tapes--Spanish Mary The Sinners--Fortune Teller The Mothers of Invention--Cheap Thrills Johnny Adams--Up and Down World Ron Di Salvio--Mulligan's Stew Jenni Muldaur--Comatose Town Mansur Scott--Doing Hard Time The Budos Band--Magus Mountain The Swan Silvertones--Trouble In My Way Vanessa Collier--Bad News Bears Shoes--Tomorrow Night (live, 12/94); Too Late Etta James--Leave Your Hat On Los Straitjackets with Deke Dickerson--Kawanga Mary Gauthier--Walking Each Other Home Thao & Mirah--Sugar and Plastic Elvin Bishop--No More Doggin' Etta Britt--Every Time I Roll the Dice 6IX--Trying to Make You Feel Good Laura Nyro--Eli's Comin' mr. Gnome--Rise & Shine Amy Rigby--Didn't I Dave Edmunds--Here Comes the Weekend ///Tina Turner's 75th Birthday: Tina Turner--Root Toot Undisputable Rock & Roller; Funny How Time Slips Away; Overnight Sensation Ike & Tina Turner--Up On the Roof; I've Been Loving You Too Long (live, 1971); Respect (live, 1971)/// Pamela Hines--Sangre Joven Teengenerate--Get Me Back Marti Brom--Finders Keepers
---Retroactive #1017--November 15, 2014: Vasti Bunyan--Blue Shed Todd Snider--Doll Face Bill & Robyn Fisher--Trying to Memorize Your Butt Catherine Russell--Aged and Mellow Howlin' Wolf--Moanin' at Midnight Rees Shad--Talespin Rees Shad with Graham Parker & Guy Clark--Hero's Son Graham Parker & Punch Brothers--What Do You Like? Graham Parker & the Rumour--Arlington's Busy; White Honey The Clare Fischer Big Band--All Out Bob Dylan & the Band--Lo and Behold! (alternate version) Barbara Pittman--I Need a Man Cathy Lemons--Texas Shuffle Philip Bailey--Compared to What Gary Clark Jr.--Next Door Neighbor Blues (live) Marianne Faithfull--True Lies Midnight Oil--Put Down That Weapon Lisa Mills--Shake It The Dynamics--Ice Cream Song Neil Young--Cinnamon Girl (live, solo, 1970); Who's Gonna Stand Up? Buffalo Springfield--Out of My Mind Eric Johnson & Mike Stern--Sometimes Ella Fitzgerald with the Oscar Peterson Trio--Roll 'Em Pete (live, 10/56) Flamin' Groovies--Walkin' the Dog Andre Williams--Jail Bait Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside--Write Me a Letter Sean Costello--You Don't Know What Love Is The Vaselines--Earth Is Speeding The Apples In Stereo--Liza Jane Annie Mack--G-Groove Harlem--Faces Tiger High--Alright Marcia Ball--Like There's No Tomorrow Little Willie John--Home at Last; Person to Person; Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) Joe Sample featuring Lalah Hathaway--Fever The Blasters--I'm Shakin' Ada Rovatti--Moving Forward Helene Smith--You Got to Do Your Share Billy Boy Arnold--I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
---Retroactive #1016--November 8, 2014: Deadstring Brothers--Oh Me Oh My Marie Knight--I Belong to the Band Fiona Boyes--She Could Play That Thing Louis Armstrong with Leon Thomas--The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace) Delaney & Bonnie--Free the People Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls--Only You Know and I Know Lucinda Williams--Protection Elvin Bishop--Can't Even Do Wrong Right Tweed Funk--Blues In My Soul Pegi Young & the Survivors--Obsession The Dana Landry Trio--Yolanda's Storybook Kelly Willis--Truckstop Girl Los Lobos--Hurry Tomorrow King Khan & the Shrines--Bad Boy King Crimson--Cat Food Hans Chew--Junker's Blues Joe Hicks--Home Sweet Home, Pt. 2 Shelby Lynne--Bless the Fool Los Straitjackets with Deke Dickerson--Wild Weekend NRBQ--Daddy Loves Mommy-O/Who Does Daddy-O Love? (live, 4/87) Bonnie Raitt--Sweet and Shiny Eyes; Luck of the Draw; Pride and Joy (live, 5/95) Paul Cardall--Less Complicated The Clean--Beatnik John & Sylvia Embry--Lie to Me Missy Andersen--Rent Party Pete Townshend--Let's See Action The Green Pajamas--Thinking Only of You (Lust Don't Last) Mecca Normal--Art Was the Great Leveler The Vines--Metal Zone Motorhead--Louie Louie Outrageous Cherry--Energy ///Joni Mitchell's 71st Birthday: Tom Rush--Urge for Going The Chieftains with Joni Mitchell--The Magdalene Laundries Joni Mitchell--Impossible Dreamer; The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (live, 9/79); Raised on Robbery/// Jimmy Greene--Last Summer Bill Frisell--Bryant's Boogie
---Retroactive #1015--November 1, 2014: Rachel Unthank & the Winterset--January Man Dave Alvin--No Worries Mija Sarah Jaffe--Your Return Catherine Russell--I'm Sticking With You Baby Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & his Orchestra--Sent for You Yesterday The Steve Miller Band--Gangster of Love; You're So Fine Marcia Ball--The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris--We'll Sweep Out the Ashes In the Morning The Flying Burrito Brothers--Sing Me Back Home Uncle Tupelo--Sin City Mason Razavi--Highrise Rory Block--Joliet Bound; Nehemiah James; Do Your Duty (1991 version) The Explosions--Jockey Ride, Pts. 1 & 2 Mudhoney--What to Do With the Neutral The Muffs--I Get It ///A musician's musician--Jack Bruce (1943-2014): The Graham Bond Organization--Wade In the Water West, Bruce & Laing--Third Degree Jack Bruce--You Burned the Tables on Me Cream--Rollin' and Tumblin' (live, 5/05); Deserted Cities of the Heart; As You Said/// Buddy Guy--Doin' What I Like Best Carolyn Wonderland--Usurper Tiger High--Christine Donald Smith--Expansions Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps--My Baby Knows What I Want The Hearts--Dear Abby Etta Britt--Old Weakness (Comin' on Strong) Roy Buchanan with Delbert McClinton--You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover James Cotton with Delbert McClinton--Hard Sometimes Delbert McClinton--Victim of Life's Circumstances; The Part I Like Best Andy Waddell--The 27 Club The Vaselines--Inky Lies Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa--Miss Lady Sean Costello--Feel Like I Ain't Got a Home The Budos Band--Burnt Offering
---Retroactive #1014--October 25, 2014: Ruthie Foster--Complicated Love Iron & Wine--Waitin' for a Superman (live) M. Ward--Wild Goose Janiva Magness--The Hard Way Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash--Baby Ride Easy Gino Parks--Same Thing Billie Holiday--Nice Work If You Can Get It (live, 8/57) Beat Happening--Cry for a Shadow The Hive Dwellers--Montgomery Hammer Mecca Normal--One Man's Anger Hans Chew--Mercy *Halloween Show (hours 2 & 3): Ava Rovatti--Ghost Stories The Green Pajamas--Happy Halloween Lydia Lunch--Knives In the Drain Bottoms Up Blues Gang--Who Do You Love Robyn Hitchcock--The Ghost In You Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls--Voodoo Queen Screaming Lord Sutch with the Savages--'Til the Following Night Isaac Rother & the Phantoms--Haunted House The Felice Brothers--Cherry Licorice Matson Jones--A Little Bit of Arson Never Hurt Anyone Albert King--Born Under a Bad Sign Richard Thompson--Season of the Witch The Voodoo Organist--Spell Annie Lennox--I Put a Spell on You The Red Krayola--Voodoo Child Eric 'Two Scoops' Moore--Auto Service Hell Screamin' Jay Hawkins--Alligator Wine Garland Jeffreys--Scream In the Night Imelda May--Wild Woman Jimmy Cross--I Want My Baby Back Gary 'Spider' Webb--The Cave, Pt. 1 Missy Andersen--Night Stalker Outrageous Cherry--You're a Vortex Johnny Jenkins--Walk On Guilded Splinters Ronnie Cook & the Gaylads--The Goo Goo Muck Mike Henderson--Drivin' Nails In My Coffin Madame X--Mad Monster Party Tino--Wolfman Is Everywhere Dub Thee Headcoats--Hog's Jaw Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds--Haunted Head Was (Not Was)--Out Come the Freaks (1988 version) *Plus: Wolfman Jack--Anti-Drug PSA ('70s)
---Retroactive #1013--October 18, 2014: Skip James--Cypress Grove Blues (1931 version) Rory Block--If You Haven't Any Hay, Get on Down the Road Billy Boy Arnold--Coal Man Liz Mandeville--So Called Best Friend Richard Berry & the Pharoahs--You Look So Good James Hunter--I'll Walk Away Renaissance--Midas Man Ron Sexsmith--Any Day Now EG Kight--Don't Give Up The Miami Jazz Project--Lordy Lourdes The Persuasions--One Mint Julep Marcia Ball--Get You a Woman The Sir Douglas Quintet--Who'll Be the Next In Line Sloan--Keep Swinging (Downtown) The Meters--Hey Pocky A-Way Earth, Wind & Fire--My Promise Cold Blood--You Got Me Hummin' The Budos Band--The Sticks Elvin Bishop--Hey-Bop-a-Re-Bop Martha Velez--Bend Down Low Lucinda Williams--Big Mess Tex Rubinowitz--Hot Rod Man The Ryan Shultz Quintet--Scooter Rosie Flores--In the Middle of a Heartache Wanda Jackson--It Happens Every Time; It Doesn't Matter Anymore; Rip It Up Neko Case & the Sadies--Soulful Shade of Blue (live) Girl Trouble--Neko Loves Rock'n'Roll Medelicious--Beverly The Vines--Wicked Nature Pieta Brown--No Not Me Jackson Browne--The Birds of St. Marks ///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bash: Iron City Houserockers--School Day Ruben & the Jets--Almost Grown Chuck Berry--Rock'n'Roll Music; Little Queenie; Carol Emmylou Harris--(You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie Buddy Knox--Maybellene The Animals--Sweet Little Sixteen/// The Afro Bop Alliance--Ziggy the Crooner Ozomatli--Like It's Your Birthday
---Retroactive #1012--October 11, 2014: ---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show Lena Prima--Buy the Shoes Madverb--Mid-Life Chrysler Annie Mack--Little Bitty Girl Blues The Holmes Brothers--Passing Through Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls--What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Sara Hickman--Tiger In a Teacup Town Loudon Wainwright III--Down Drinking at the Bar Al Green--Take Me to the River ///Paul Revere (1938-2014): Paul Revere & the Raiders--Like, Long Hair; Ballad of a Useless Man (Keyboardist Revere--his real name--was the bedrock of this great American band)/// Laura Rain & the Caesars--Closer Little Daddy Walton & Sons--Gitin' It With Soul Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows--Who's Cheatin' Who Maria Muldaur--Your Molecular Structure The Yardbirds--He's Always There The Fleetwoods--Outside My Window Fairport Convention--A Sailor's Life Eric Johnson--Austin (live, 4/13) Foxygen--How Can You Really The Vaselines--The Lonely L.P. Wilson Pickett--Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number Nine, Pts. 1 & 2 Meshell Ndegeocello--Comet, Come to Me Suzi Quatro--Move It Leon Thomas--Boom-Boom-Boom Missy Andersen--Better or Worse The Lyres--On Fyre The Muffs--Like You Don't See Me Greg Brown--Like a Dog; Billy from the Hills (live); Pledging My Time Shawn Colvin with Mary Chapin Carpenter--One Cool Remove The Green Pajamas--Dancing In the Jailhouse The Wailers--Baby Don't Do It
---Retroactive #1011--October 4, 2014: June Tabor--Barbry Ellen Pieta Brown--All My Rain J.B. Lenoir--People Are Meddling EG Kight--Let's Get Down Melvin Smith--Looped Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson--Gone to Main Street Hans Chew--Tom Hughes Town Patience & Prudence--We Can't Sing Rhythm and Blues LaVern Baker & the Gliders--Jim Dandy Talking Heads--Crosseyed and Painless Lisa Hilton--When I Fall In Love Janiva Magness--Badass Reigning Sound--North Cackalacky Girl The Vines--Reincarnation Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside--Poison Milk Greg Kihn--Love and Rock and Roll Sinead O'Connor--4th and Vine Elvin Bishop--Dancin' E.C. Scott--Living for the Weekend Saucer--Jail Ain't Stoppin' Us Jackson Browne--Yeah Yeah; For a Dancer Jimmy LaFave--For Everyman Cheryl Dilcher--Blue Sailor ///The John Lennon Birthday Bash: Al Di Meola--Strawberry Fields Forever Renee Fleming--In My Life The Elastic Oz Band--Do the Oz (John Lennon vocal version) The Beatles--Misery (live, 3/63); I'm So Tired; I Am the Walrus Carol Williams--You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 801--TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows) (live, 1976) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory--John Sinclair DeVotchKa--Girl Otis Redding--Day Tripper The Elton John Band with John Lennon--I Saw Her Standing There (live, 11/74) The Bill Holman Band--A Day In the Life (live, 9/04) John Lennon--Jealous Guy/// *Plus: Lots of Lennon soundclips, mostly from the BBC
---Retroactive #1010--September 27, 2014: Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne--I Can't Believe It Candye Kane--When Tomorrow Comes Robin McKelle & the Flytones--I'm a Fool to Want You Bob Brozman--Rhythm Is the Thing Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Slow Down, Love Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers--So Alone Lee Michaels--Stormy Monday Zora Young--Daughter of a Son-of-a-Gun (2009 version) Vanessa Collier--Tongue Tied Eddie Cochran--Drive-In Show; Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie; Somethin' Else Humble Pie--C'mon Everybody Matthew Shipp--Life Cycle Mecca Normal--What's Your Name? The New Pornographers--Fantasy Fool Big Boy Groves & Band--I Gotta New Car Cat Power--A Woman Left Lonely Shear Shazar--It's My Party John & Sylvia Embry--Mustang Sally Ellen McIlwaine--Money Can't Save You; It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels; Come Sit Down and Tell Me Thao & the Get Down Stay Down--City Sonny Knight & his Fabulous Lakers--Through With You Dawan Muhammed--What Me Worry Leon Russell & Marc Benno--Learn How to to Boogie Marc Benno--Southern Women Laura Rain & the Caesars--Dirty Man Missy Andersen--Whole Lotta Nuthin' Sex Clark Five--Neita Grew Up Last Night New York Dolls--Puss'n'Boots Kristi Nebel--Six Pack to Go The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group--My Bloody Yugo Jerry Lee Lewis--Deep Elem Blues; Settin' the Woods on Fire; Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (1973 version) Larry Corban--Stacked Coincidences Riot--Overdrive Eric Johnson--Zap (live, 4/13) Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens--Humble Me ---Retroactive #1009--September 20, 2014: Annie Mack--Hey, Hey Mama Robert Pete Williams--Midnight Boogie (live) Andrew Bird--I Shall Not Be Moved Sara Jaffe (SF)--Port Authority Sarah Jaffe (TX)--Lover Girl Pieta Brown with Justin Vernon--Flowers of Love ///Keyboardist-songwriter Joe Sample (1939-2014): Joe Sample--Hot and Humid Randy Crawford & Joe Sample--Respect Yourself The Crusaders--Free as the Wind/// Lisa Hilton--Simmer Ray Charles--It's Alright; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town; Makin' Whoopee, Pts. 1 & 2 (live, 9/64) The Ravonettes--Sisters Reigning Sound--Baby, It's Too Late The Muffs--Because You're Sad ///Producer-songwriter Bob Crewe (1930-2014): The 4 Seasons--Let's Hang On! Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Sock It to Me-Baby!/// Meshell Ndegeocello--Tom Marcia Ball--Clean My House Catie Curtis--If I Should Fall Behind Bruce Springsteen--Fire (live, 1986); Candy's Room; From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) Ada Rovatti--Alone In Traffic EG Kight--Misunderstood The Vines--Psychomatic Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson--Trouble No More Connie Smith--If Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) The Oblivians--Em Ani DiFranco--This Bouquet; Jukebox; Amazing Grace Johnny Winter with Jason Ricci--My Babe Imelda May--It's Good to Be Alive The John Webber Quartet--Twilight In Seville Emmit Rhodes--Love Will Stone You The Three O'Clock--All In Good Time (1983 version) Sloan--Cleopatra Bo Diddley--Diddy Wah Diddy
---Retroactive #1008--September 13, 2014: Mark Lanegan--Cripple Creek Janiva Magness--When You Were My King Buddy & Ella Johnson--(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head Elvin Bishop--Old School Vanessa Collier--The Run Around Shear Shazar--It Wasn't Love B.B. King--Worry Worry; To Know You Is to Love You; Broken Promise ///Bassist-composer Charlie Haden (1937-2014): Charlie Haden Liberation Orchestra--Not In Our Name Quartet West--Our Spanish Love Song/// *Start of the All-'60s Show: Little Anthony & the Imperials--Take Me Back Nick Drake--Fruit Tree Karen Verros--You Just Gotta Know My Mind 13th Floor Elevators--Slip Inside This House Blood, Sweat & Tears--I Can't Quit Her Lon Rogers & the Soul Blenders--Too Good to Be True Koko Taylor--Fire The Sonics--Skinny Minnie James Brown--Think Simon & Garfunkel--Fakin' It Francois Hardy--Voila ? & the Mysterians--Can't Get Enough of You Baby Hank Crawford--Dat Dere Terry Reid--Without Expression Billie Poole--Jailhouse Blues Bob Dylan--Absolutely Sweet Marie Barbara Acklin--I've Got You Baby The Move--Omnibus Sly & the Family Stone--Love City The Kinks--Some Mother's Son Sons of May--Morning Dew (And the Light Turned Red) Sons of Champlin--Go and Hide Nico--I'm Not Sayin' The Kingsmen--The Jolly Green Giant Madeline Bell--You Don't Love Me No More Bobby Blue Bland--Blues In the Night Barry Harris--Stay Right With It Ruby Johnson--What More Can a Woman Do The Shangri-Las--Right Now and Not Later Cannibal & the Headhunters--The Fat Man *Plus: Excerpts from 1960s commercials
---Retroactive #1007--September 6, 2014: The Beth Custer Ensemble--Minneapolis Sonny Boy Williamson #2--Keep It to Yourself The Picketts--The Heart of Saturday Night Meshell Ndegeocello--Conviction Elmore James--Hand In Hand Big Star--When My Baby's Beside Me Shemekia Copeland--Better Not Touch The Battlefield Band--That's How Strong My Love Is Otis Redding--It's Growing; Don't Leave Me This Way; Free Me Brad Gibson--Andrea Heather Eatman--Barbs Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson--I Want to Be Loved Dead Moon--Kicked Out, Kicked In Nick Lowe--So It Goes Laura Rain & the Caesars--Meet Me In the Middle Hot Chocolate--Every 1's a Winner ///Joan Rivers (1933-2014)--Excerpts: The Last Unmarried Child (live, 1969); Rock Stars (live, 1983)/// Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash--Poor Man's Son The Amazing Rhythm Aces--The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune) Hayden Thompson--Fairlane Rock Kristi Nebel--Crazy Patsy Cline--Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Stop the World (And Let Me Off) (live, 1/58); Lovin' In Vain Dan Moretti & the Hammond Boys--Da Du Dah (live, 11/13) Tucky Buzzard--Time Will Be Your Doctor Annie Mack--Fool to Believe Nick Curran & the Nitelifes--Midnite Hour Shel Silverstein--Thumbsucker Kathryn Dean--I'll Show You Crazy OFB--Oh Boy Buddy Holly--Baby Let's Play House (undubbed); You're the One (undubbed); Slippin' and Slidin' (fast version, with overdubs) The Corn Sisters--90 Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) (live, 5/98) The New Pornographers--Champions of Red Wine Neko Case & the Sadies--The Train From Kansas City (live) Neko Case & her Boyfriends--The Virginian Neko Case--If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Sink to the Bottom) East Side--Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise Robyn Hitchcock--If You Know Time Jerry Reed--Lord, Mr. Ford
---Retroactive #1006--August 30, 2014: Si Kahn--The Gap ($8,825 an Hour) Ella Jenkins--Union Meeting Hazel Dickens--Rebel Girl Pete Seeger--Talking Union Eden Brent--Jigsaw Heart John Hiatt--Long Time Comin' Ruthie Foster--Outlaw Syl Johnson--Dresses Too Short Queen Ida--La Louisianne (live, 1988) Ronnie Dawson--Home Cookin' Freda Payne--You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Kali.Z.Fasteau--Kinetic Keys Elizabeth Hummel--One Breath at a Time Elvin Bishop--Everybody's In the Same Boat Jethro Tull--With You There to Help Me EG Kight--Low Mileage Woman The Isley Brothers--Work to Do Jason Ecklund--Vacation from Myself Janiva Magness--I Need a Man Reigning Sound--You Did Wrong Neo Boys--In Disguise Nancy Sinatra--Momma's Boy Shear Shazar--Random Tape Blue Rodeo--Diamond Mine Dennis Angel--Sunset Cafe Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again) Mirah--Radiomind The Raveonettes--The Rains of May Nicky Hopkins--Edward Lena Prima--Full Moon In New Orleans ///Van Morrison's 69th Birthday: Stewart Francke--Tupelo Honey The Joy--Come Running Them--My Little Baby John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison--Dimples Van Morrison--I Shall Sing (Mix); Cleaning Windows; I've Been Working (live, 12/93)/// Lisa Hilton--Midnight Mania Sarah Jaffe--Either Way The Black Angels--Diamond Eyes The Muffs--Cheesy
---Retroactive #1005--August 23, 2014: Deanna Bogart--Fine By Me Good Bayou Loudon Wainwright III--Do We? We Do Big Danny Oliver--Sapphire Marianne Kesler--Overboard Big Maybelle--All of Me Wilson Pickett--Something You Got Dinah Washington--It Isn't Fair; Juice Head Man of Mine; Lover Come Back to Me (live, 8/54) Matthew Shipp--Summertime David Gray--Mutineers The New Pornographers--Marching Orders The Pretty Things--Don't Bring Me Down (BBC) Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson--My Dog Can't Bark Laura Rain & the Caesars--Super Duper Love Mr. Sad Head--Butcher Boy Rodney Crowell--Frankie Please Ronnie Self--Bop-a-Lena Asleep at the Wheel--My Baby Thinks She's a Train (1977 version); Bump Bounce Boogie John & Sylvia Embry--Blues This Morning Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens--Sinner Elvis Costello--The Other Side of Summer (live, 6/91) Elvis Costello & the Roots--Come the Meantimes (Karriem Riggins Remix) Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Goon Squad The Vijay Iyer Trio--Big Brother Shonen Knife--Move On Paul Kelly & the Messengers--Stories of Me Meshell Ndegeocello--Friends MC5--Over and Over ///Bobby Womack (1944-2014): The Valentinos--I've Got a Girl; Lookin' for a Love The Womack Brothers--Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray Bobby Womack--Please Forgive My Heart; The Preacher/More Than I Can Stand (live, 1971) Bobby Womack & Brotherhood--Home Is Where the Heart Is Rod Stewart--It's All Over Now Aretha Franklin--I'm In Love (Wonderful singer-guitarist-writer--check out those cover versions--BW died in June and I missed the obituary. Making up for that today)/// Ada Rovatti--Gentle Giant Dum Dum Girls--Lost Boys and Girls Club Buck Owens & Rose Maddox--Mental Cruelty *Plus: Studio chatter between the Valentinos' Bobby Womack and producer Sam Cooke
---Retroactive #1004--August 16, 2014: Claire Lynch--Doin' Time Otis Spann--Mule Kicking In My Stall Cathy Lemons--Hip Check Man Rodriguez--It Started Out So Nice Mary Coughlin--Delaney's Gone Back on the Wine Taj Mahal--Band Introduction/Sweet Mama Janisse (live, London, 4/70) Kristi Nebel--Swingin' In Tucson T Bone Burnett--Having a Lovely Time, Wish You Were Her Allen Toussaint--Oh My The Bill Holman Band--Donna Lee (live, 9/04) Shear Shazar--Road Life Treat Her Right--I Think She Likes Me Toots & the Maytals--Funky Kingston Janiva Magness--Let Me Breathe The Holmes Brothers--Stayed at the Party Roy Wood--All the Way Over the Hill/Irish Loafer (And His Hen) Ruthie Foster--Believe ///Robin Williams (1951-2014)--dialogue from 'Dead Poets Society' Professor Longhair--Hey Little Girl (What a loss. The Longhair song was used in my longtime favorite movie, 'DPS')/// Dyke & the Blazers--You Are My Sunshine Lena Prima--Kickin' It Old School Jenny Oaks Baker--Sweet Child O'Mine Jim Page--When Johnny Comes Marching Home Zoe Muth--Make Me Change My Mind The Raveonettes--Killer In the Streets Nikki Sudden--Don't Break My Soul The Muffs--Take a Take a Me Richard Thompson--Tear Stained Letter Joe Strummer--Passport to Detroit The 101ers--Keys to Your Heart (Version 1) Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros--Midnight Jam The Clash--Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad; Straight to Hell; Police and Thieves Lisa Hilton--Whispered Confessions Georgia Anne Muldrow--Kings Ballad John Trudell--Devil and Me
---Retroactive #1003--August 9, 2014: Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry--Heart In Sorrow Eden Brent--Get the Hell Out of Dodge Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson--Just to Be With You George Shearing--The Summer Knows Jim Lauderdale--I Might Seem Like a Loser (But I'm Really Not) The Rave-Ups--Class Tramp Vaneese Thomas--Blue Ridge Blues The Hive Dwellers--Streets of Olympia Town Scott Cossu--JD's Boogie The Ronettes--You, Baby; Here I Sit Ronnie Spector--Any Way That You Want Me Ada Rovatti--Smile Willis Alan Ramsey--Geraldine and the Honeybee Thunderclap Newman--Accidents White Denim--Cheer Up/Blues Ending Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins--Charging Sky Jenny Lewis--You Can't Outrun 'Em Boz Scaggs & Band--Flames of Love Samantha Crain--For the Miner; Beloved, We Have Expired Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers--Rising Sun The Dave Holland Sextet--Fast Track ///Goodbye Dick, Pt. 1: Guitarist-vocalist Dick Wagner (1942-2014): The Bossmen--Baby Boy Ursa Major--Silverspoon The Frost--Black Train (live, 1969) Lou Reed--Intro/Sweet Jane (live, 12/73) Alice Cooper--Go to Hell (Dick Wagner's phenomenal guitar playing--on his own and in tandem with Steve Hunter--ignited many an album. He also 'ghosted' on many recordings, from Alice Cooper--'Billion Dollar Babies'--to Kiss, Aerosmith and many more)/// Laura Rain & the Caesars--Seasons The Maps--I'm Talking to You Bob Mould--The War ///Goodbye Dick, Pt. 2: Nixon resigns--forty years ago today Bobo Jenkins--Watergate Blues Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young--Goodbye Dick (live, 1974; Young solo) Country Joe McDonald--Tricky Dicky (live)/// Nelda Swiggett Swingtet--Now or Never The Dickies--If Stuart Could Talk Meshell Ndegeocello--Shopping for Jazz *Plus: Richard Nixon telling the nation he is resigning (8/74)
---Retroactive #1002--August 2, 2014: Erin Bode--In the Pines Mary Gauthier--Sugar Cane Shear Shazar--Takeout The 88--Jesus Is Good Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens--Movin' Lena Prima--Sit Down an' Join Ya The Blasters--Roll 'Em Pete (live, London, 1982) Timi Yuro--Thirteenth Hour; Can't Stop Running Away; I'm Movin' On, Pts. 1 & 2 Tiny Moore & Jethro Burns--Swing '39 Steve Vai--Creamsicle Sunset Savoy Brown--Take It Easy Ruthie Foster--It Might Not Be Right Nils Lofgren--I Came to Dance Maynie & Howie--Library Rock Doris Troy--Don't Call Me No More Robyn Hitchcock--End of Time Janiva Magness--Twice as Strong L.E. White & Lola Jean Dillon--You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly John Marx--Ever Since I Was a Child The Turtles--Let Me Be Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention--Magic Fingers Flo & Eddie--Afterglow Negara--Juana (live) Deanna Bogart--If It's Gonna Be Like This Little Richard--Jenny Jenny Shonen Knife--Bad Luck Song Martin Mull--Dancing In the Nude Guided By Voices--All American Boy The Muffs--Weird Boy Next Door Girl Trouble--Cold Shoulder Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators--No One's Gonna Love You John Hiatt--Nothin' I Love Elliott Smith--Needle In the Hay; Speed Trials; Happiness (single version) Lisa Hilton--Sunny Side Up Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--We Get Along Sonny Knight & his Fabulous Lakers--Hey Girl The Jim Jones Revue--Eagle Eye Ball
---Retroactive #1001--July 26, 2014: Kristi Nebel--I'm an Old Cowhand Elizabeth Hummel--It's About Time Curtis Stigers--You Don't Know What Love Is Satan & Adam--I Want You Ernestine 'Tiny' Davis & the International Sweethearts of Rhythm--Tiny Boogie Freda Payne--I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Crowded House--Amsterdam Zoe Muth--Little Piece of History Ada Rovatti--Tripping Step Buddy Guy--First Time I Met the Blues; Country Man Buddy Guy with Beth Hart--What You Gonna Do About Me Eric Johnson--Mr. P.C. (live, 4/13) Mary Lou Lord--Driven Away Ron Sexsmith--How on Earth Roy Brown--Everything's Alright Meshell Ndegeocello--Continuous Performance Albert Collins--Frosty Eden Brent--Let's Go Ahead and Fall In Love Darlene Love--Da Doo Ron Ron (1983); We Stand a Chance; Long Way to Be Happy Sonny Criss--The Isle of Celia Jack White--That Black Rat Licorice The Hard Way--Surprise Robert Gordon with Link Wray--Red Hot The Gossip--Fire/Sign Bob Mould--I Don't Know You Anymore Rufus featuring Chaka Khan--Keep It Coming Laura Rains & the Caesars--Squawkin' Travis Wammack--Night Train Marianne Faithfull--Sister Morphine cub--She's a Rainbow Chelsea--Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones--The Spider and the Fly; Stop Breaking Down; Slave Kali. Z. Fasteau--Body Wisdom Mirah--Oxen Hope Freddie Bell & the Bellboys--Rockin' Is My Business
---Retroactive #1000--July 19, 2014: ///Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)--Easy Street/// Vaneese Thomas--10x the Man You Are The Holmes Brothers--Gone for Good The Rivileers--A Thousand Stars Jad Fair & Tenniscoats--My Heart Has Wings Sue Foley--This Time Denise LaSalle--I'm Not That Kind of Girl; Juke Joint Woman; Soft Hearted Woman The Oliver Gannon Quartet--Come Rain or Come Shine ///Johnny Winter (1944-2014)--I Smell Trouble; Prodigal Son; Mean Town Blues (Johnny Winter's rip-roaring blues and rock sometimes obscured his talents as a producer, such as his skillful work on Muddy Waters' 'Hard Again' album)/// Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Hard to Grow Up Guided By Voices--These Dooms Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps--Jump Back, Honey Jump Back Ranch Romance--Wheatfield Annie The Hive Dwellers--Daughters of the Revolution Chrissie Hynde--Down the Wrong Way Pat Kessee--Let It Live ///Tommy Ramone (Erdelyi Thomas, 1949-2014): The Ramones--I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend; Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment; Rockaway Beach The Replacements--I'll Buy (Tommy Ramone not only was the drummer on the first three Ramones albums--he also produced the Replacements' fine major label debut, 'Tim')/// Lisa Hilton--Stepping Into Paradise Janiva Magness with Dan Navarro--With You The Shy--One Thousand Eyes Sly & the Family Stone--(You Caught Me) Smilin' Deanna Bogart--Hot Fun In the Summertime Joe 'King' Carrasco & the Crowns--You Bug Me Baby The Julie Ruin--Goodnight Goodbye ///Four song set to commemorate the first U.S. moon landing, 7/69: Buffy Sainte-Marie--Moonshot Dirk Hamilton--Billboard on the Moon Moon Mullican--Rocket to the Moon The Noses--Space Case/// The Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra--Moving to a New Capital The Heartbeats--A Thousand Miles Away The Stuff Smith Trio--Midway NRBQ--Wacky Tobacky Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens--I Earned Mine Scott Kempner--You Move Me *Plus: Neil Armstrong going 'hippity hoppity' on the moon; George H.W. Bush's 'a thousand points of light,' just to show how meaningless it is to reach Retroactive Show #1000
---Retroactive #999--July 12, 2014: John Hiatt--Nobody Knew His Name Lena Hughes--Under the Double Eagle Zoe Muth--Taken All You Wanted Jerry Butler--Only the Strong Survive Charlie Hunter with Mos Def--Creole Sarah Jarosz--Dark Road ///Badfinger--Without You; Midnight Sun; Perfection (Three song set for my dear friend Dave Amara [1964-2014], who loved a most tuneful band. You will never be forgotten, Dave)/// The Budos Band--Mas o Menos Gregg Allman with Taj Mahal--Statesboro Blues (live, 1/14) Dana Fuchs--Drive Cyrus Chestnut--To Be Determined John Fred & his Playboy Band--What Is Happiness Eden Brent--Locomotive Drive-By Truckers--Daddy's Little Pumpkin Kristi Nebel--Heartaches By the Number Pat McLaughlin--Love Schedule Meshell Ndegeocello--Forget My Name Lonnie Youngblood--African Twist, Pt. 1 The Byrds--Mr. Spaceman; You Showed Me (pre-Columbia version); Eight Miles High (early take) Roger McGuinn--Dreamland Mimi Fox--Have You Met Miss Jones Woody Guthrie--Ramblin' Round (4/47); Talking Dust Bowl Blues (3/40); Dust Bowl Refugee (4/40) The Clumsy Lovers--Paddy's Leather Breeches/Banjo Breakdown; Jesus Christ Joyce Green--Black Cadillac Kicking Giant--Lucky Sweet--Action The Felice Brothers--Woman Next Door Eddie Hazel--What About It? Betsy Holt--Lost and Lonely; No Fish to Feed; Come When I Call The Ernie Watts Quartet--No Lonely Nights Trapeze--Black Cloud Elizabeth Hummel--Goldmine
---Retroactive #998--July 5, 2014: Steve Earle--The Low Highway Linda Thompson--Nine Stone Rag (live, 7/02) Neil Young--Needle of Death Mirah--24th St Solomon Burke--You're Not Alone Freda Payne--You Don't Know Deanna Bogart--Tightrope Sonny Knight & his Fabulous Lakers--I'm Still Here, Pt. 2 Chris Stamey--14 Shades of Green Al Di Meola--With a Little Help from My Friends Ringo Starr--Beaucoups of Blues; Don't Be Cruel; Honey Don't (live, 11/02) Ben Sidran--Face Your Fears (1973 version) Graham Parker & the Rumour--Hotel Chambermaid Bikini Kill--Star Fish Lara Price--Everything The Papercuts--Military Madness; Afterlife Blues Jenni Muldaur--More More More (live, 2009) Louis Jordan--Put Some Money In the Pot, 'Cause the Juice Is Burning Low Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five--Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'; Let the Good Times Roll The Hive Dwellers--Love Will Come Back Again Rosie Flores--Surf Demon #5 Bobby Selvaggio--Eye of Jupiter Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne--Leavin' In the Morning Be Bop Deluxe--Electrical Language Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Stranger to My Happiness The Len Price 3--Wigmore Swingers Bob Mould--Little Glass Pill Shonen Knife--Jet Shot ///Elvis' first recording (Sun 209) taped this very day in 1954: Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill--That's All Right (A-side); Blue Moon of Kentucky (early fragment & master take; this B-side was cut about two days later )/// Wet Willie--That's All Right (live, 12/72) Jimmy Cobb--Amsterdam After Dark Big Joe Turner--Careless Love Barbara Morrison--Chains of Love (live, 2003) *Plus: Scotty Moore on his first meeting with Elvis, 6/54, and how he and Bill Black worked with EP on that monumental first single
---Retroactive #997--June 28, 2014 Zoe Muth--Make Me Change My Mind June Madrona--Bobby Scarecrow Deborah Coleman--Happy When You're Unhappy David Maxwell & Louisiana Red--You Got to Move (2007 version) Artichoke--Kaibob Lonnie Mack--The Bounce Vaneese Smith--Southern Central Blues The Grays--Friend of Mine Janiva Magness--Who Am I The Felice Brothers--Lion Cory Weeds--Edward Lee Lee Fields--Still Hanging On Eden Brent--Opportunity Tony Joe White--The Gift Tim Buckley--Sweet Surrender Ruth Brown--Love Contest John Mayall--That's All Right ///Lyricist Gerry Goffin (1939-2014) : Earl-Jean--They're Jealous of Me The Persuasions--Up on the Roof The Byrds--Wasn't Born to Follow The Drifters--Some Kind of Wonderful Nils Lofgren--Goin' Back (live, SF, 10/75) Aretha Franklin--(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman The Monkees--Take a Giant Step Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers--Don't Bring Me Down (live, 7/78) Gerry Goffin--Sacred Heart of Stone Carole King--Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (Gerry Goffin was Carole King's first life partner and songwriter--she wrote the music. He was perhaps the finest rock lyricist between Chuck Berry and Leiber & Stoller and the arrival of Bob Dylan)/// Either/Orchestra--Feker Aydelmwey Henry Kaiser--Meet the Flintstones Meshell Ndegeocello--Good Day Bad Bonfire Madigan--Lesson In Ride Steve Kaldestad--Beautiful Friendship ///The Willie Dixon Songbook: Willie Dixon--I Don't Trust Nobody; Spoonful The Downliners Sect--Tiger In Your Tank Big Time Sarah & the BTS Express--I Make Love Big Mama Thornton--Little Red Rooster (live, 1969) The Shadows of Knight--I Just Want to Make Love to You///
---Retroactive #996--June 21, 2014: Arthur Lyman--Taboo Eric Bibb--In My Father's House (live) Katie King--(You've Been a) Good Ol' Wagon Sandy Denny--The False Bride Red Molly--1952 Vincent Black Lightning Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians--Glass Tweed Funk--Deed Is Done Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--People Don't Get What They Deserve Charlie Feathers--Wild Wild Party Bill Kirchen--All Tore Up Lenny Pickett & the UMO Jazz Orchestra--The Big Wiggle Helen Humes--Million Dollar Secret (live, 8/50); Rock Me to Sleep; You Can Depend on Me Wayne Hancock--Brand New Cadillac Nuclear Saturday--Codependence Day Gary U.S. Bonds--School Is Out The Jamies--Summertime, Summertime ///Horace Silver (1928-2014)--Silver Threads Among My Soul Ray Charles--Senor Blues/// Nora Lee King--Cannon Ball The Groove Divinities--Mainline Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne with Diunna Greenleaf--Baby It Ain't You Ferron--More Than That Lisa Hilton--Labyrinth ///Casey Kasem (1932-2014): Negativland--I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (radio edit)/// Hummingbird--Trouble Maker Peach--Lie Down The Cramps--Surfin' Bird The Horse Flies--Human Fly Matt Nathanson--Kinks Shirt ///The Ray Davies Birthday Bash: The Gurus--I Need You Ron Sexsmith--This Is Where I Belong Heather Duby--The Way Love Used to Be Ray Davies & Jackson Browne--Waterloo Sunset The Kinks--Skin and Bone; Dedicated Follower of Fashion; Juke Box Music/// The Marc Ribot Trio--I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (live, 6/12) Mirah--Gold Rush Dash Rip Rock--Go Ahead Baby
---Retroactive #995--June 14, 2014: Stewart Francke--Pylons Booker T. Laury--You Can Go Your Way (live, 1987) Jolie Holland--Dark Days Janiva Magness--Everything Is Alright Sonny Knight & his Fabulous Lakers--Cave Man Tracy Nelson--Feel So Good (live) Zoe Muth--Too Shiny Robin Sylar--Hollywood Millionaires Jane Ira Bloom--Left Alone Brian Wilson--That's Not Me (live, London, 1/02); Please Let Me Wonder (live, LA, 4/00) Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks--San Francisco Terri Hendrix--Invisible Girl Radiohead--Morning Mr Magpie Leon Haywood--It's the Last Time Bobby Womack--That's Heaven to Me Vaneese Thomas--Southern Girl Dugan Falls--It's Over John Mayall--Speak of the Devil Family--Sat'd'y Barfly Joe Quarterman & Free Soul--The Way They Do My Life Christy McWilson--Shooting Fish In a Barrel The Ernie Watts Quartet--The Road We're On The Allman Brothers Band--Southbound Pat Monahan--Queen of Hearts (live, 1/14) David Johansen--The Stinkin' Rich Shonen Knife--Ramen Rock Lisa Mann--Move On Rodney Crowell--Every Night Faces--Maybe I'm Amazed (live) Paul McCartney--Early Days; Stranglehold Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble--Fields of Possibility Daughters of Eve--Don't Waste My Time Lulu--I'll Come Running Chuck Berry--Ramona Say Yes Lake Street Dive--Henriette Junior Parker--River's Invitation
---Retroactive #994--June 7, 2014: Myshkin's Ruby Warblers--Saturnali Red Molly--When It's All Wrong Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne with Eric Bibb--Two Sides The Holmes Brothers--Amazing Grace ///Maya Angelou (1928-2014)--Neighbor, Neighbor/// Van Morrison--Angeliou Wild Flag--Endless Talk Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Retreat! Jessica Williams--But Beautiful Howlin' Wolf--How Many More Years; Watergate Blues; Mr. Airplane Man (alternate take) Chris Whitley--Smokestack Lightning Merry Clayton--Southern Man Tweed Funk--Time to Burn The Neon Boys--That's All I Know (Right Now) Jeremy Wilms--Clone Village Calvin Johnson & Mark Pickerel--Sand Eden Brent--Everybody Already Knows ///40th Anniversary of the 'June 1, 1974' concert with John Cale, (Brian) Eno, Nico, Kevin Ayers and more: (Brian) Eno--Baby's On Fire (live, 6/74) Nico--The End (live, 6/74)/// Curtis Salgado--Love Comfort Zone Lisa Mann--The Blues Is Alright Uncle Tupelo--Before I Break Tower of Power--You Got to Funkifize Sheila E. with Gisa Vatcky & Lucia Parker--Mona Lisa Mirah--Goat Shepherd The Black Keys--It's Up to You Now Curtis Mayfield--So In Love; Pusherman The Impressions--It's All Right; People Get Ready Linda Hornbuckle--Choice of Colors B.B. King--Woman's Got Soul Cory Weeds--Rakin' and Scrapin' Madame X--Aged and Mellow Blues
---Retroactive #993--May 31, 2014: For the first time since 2005, the program is three hours in length once more! (All-Texas Show for the last two hours) Sonny Knight & his Fabulous Lakers--Sugar Man Tess Barr--Little By Little John Mayall--Big Town Playboy Conor Oberst--Double Life Vaneese Thomas--Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Behind Al Basile--I Woke Up In Memphis The Marc Ribot Trio--The Wizard; Ol' Man River (both live, 6/12) Cathy Lemons--Ain't Gonna Do It *The All-Texas Show starts here: Miss Marcy & her Texas Sugar Daddys--OC Blues Michael Elwood & Beth Galiger--Shaky Town Shelley King--Pack It Up Flaco Jimenez--Clavelito, Clavelito Los Lonely Boys--Blame It On Love Frummox--Kansas Legend Natalie Maines--Without You Old 97s--This Is the Ballad The Sir Douglas Band--Ain't That Loving You Townes Van Zandt--Hey Willy Boy Guy Clark--Good Advice Kelly Willis--Hole In My Heart The Bobby Fuller Four--Fool of Love Kenny & the Kasuals--Journey to Thyme Trudy Lynn--Effervescent Daddy Roy Orbison--(All I Can Do Is) Dream You Arnett Cobb--Smooth Sailin' Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Roly Poly Lou Ann Barton--Let's Have a Party Roy Head & the Traits--I Can't Stand It Janis Joplin--As Good as You've Been to This World The Black Angels--The Flop Ray Wiley Hubbard--Homegrown Tomatoes Robert Shaw--The Cows Lavelle White--Wrappin' Up Our Love Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Think It Over Joe Ely--Good Rockin' Tonight Robert Earl Keen--Love's a Word I Never Throw Around (live) Sara Hickman--Cocky Friend Alejandro Escovedo--One More Time King Curtis--Strolllin' Zuzu Bollin--Headlight Blues Sarah Brown--Barbwire Kiss Delbert & Glen--Just When I Need You the Most Terry Stafford--Suspicion
---Retroactive #992--May 24, 2014: Mirah--Turned the Heart Off Etta James--Sweet Touch of Love Stewart Francke--Heart of Fire Red Molly--With a Memory Like Mine The Holmes Brothers--Drivin' In the Drivin' Rain The Drivers--Smooth, Slow and Easy John Fogerty--Mystic Highway Creedeence Clearwater Revival--Run Through the Jungle; Molina Kacey Jones--The SPQ Parade Anthem Tweed Funk--Sugarfoot Jane Ira Bloom--Darn That Dream Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble--The Ooli Moves ///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash: Bruce Cockburn & Youssou N'Dour--Chimes of Freedom (live, 8/94) Sarah Jarosz--Simple Twist of Fate Deer Tick--Night After Night The Edwin Hawkins Singers--Blowin' In the Wind Dead Moon--The Times They Are A-Changin' Coulson, Dean, McGuiness, Flint--Get Your Rocks Off Bob Dylan--Talking World War III Blues; Brownsville Girl; Idiot Wind///
---Retroactive #991--May 17, 2014: Nadia Cattouse--Don't You Come So Near Leon Russell--I Really Miss You Jolie Holland--Route 30 Davy Graham--Bruton Town Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne--You Bring the Jungle Out of Me Ural Thomas & the Monterays--Push 'Em Up Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Long Time, Wrong Time Damien Jurado--Texas to Ohio Phillip Mitchell--Turning Over the Ground Rosie Flores--Little But I'm Loud Nelda Swiggett Stringtet--Go Together The Len Price 3--Vultures Ian Hunter--Bastard The Jim Jones Revue--Catastrophe Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Bad as We Can Be Freddy Cannon--Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It Raging Teens--Stayed Out Late Again Sheila E. featuring Eddie M.--Oakland N Da House Taj Mahal--I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll; Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (live, 2/71); Oh Lord, Things Are Getting Crazy Up Here Bonnie Raitt--Everybody's Cryin' Mercy Joe Venuti & Zoot Sims--I Surrender Dear Holly Golightly--I Won't Go Out Lake Street Dive--Seventeen The Jags--Back of My Hand (I Got Your Number)
---Retroactive #990--May 10, 2014: ///Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)--Yankee Lady; Isn't That So; Nothing But a Breeze (One sweet singer and superb songwriter will be missed)/// Meshell Ndegeocello--Chance Marion James--Man Size Job Zachary Richard--Dis Bye Bye Arthur Alexander--Down the Backroads; If It's Really Got to Be This Way Lucinda Williams--Factory Blues (live, 5/89) Stewart Francke--Time to Listen/When the Cops Stop Knockin' Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola--Guardia Nueva Eric Burdon--Memorial Day; Devil Run The Animals--Inside Looking Out; Shake (live, 8/66) Tess Barr--This Is Too Hard C.O.C.O. with Shannon Wiberg--Intro C.O.C.O.--None of That Tweed Funk--I Got Loaded Stevie Wonder--Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer; Maybe Your Baby; You Met Your Match (live, 12/68) The Beach Boys--I Was Made to Love Her Marian McPartland--All In Love Is Fair Mecca Normal--Ribbon Secret Colours--Monster Big Mama Thornton--Because It's Love
---Retroactive #989--May 3, 2014: Laura Cantrell--Driving Down Your Street Jimmy Lloyd--I Got a Rocket In My Pocket Jerry Lee Lewis--High School Confidential The Holmes Brothers--My Word Is My Bond The Innocence Mission--Bye-Lo Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--You'll Be Lonely Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne--Hootenanny Boogie-Woogie Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers--California Desert Sky Jim Lauderdale--Let Me Be Feist featuring Timber Timbre--Don't Give Up Yo La Tengo--Let's Save Tony Orlando's House Diego Barber + Craig Taborn--Cipres Hard Working Americans--Stomp and Holler The Rolling Stones--Dead Flowers (live) Sheila E. featuring the E. Family & Prince--Leader of the Band Maria Muldaur--Trouble With Love Tender Trap--Oh Katrina ///The James Brown Birthday Bash: The Mar-Keys--'Dear James' Medley: I'll Go Crazy/Papa's Got a Brand New Bag/ I Got You (I Feel Good)/Good Loving/Night Train (also includes a bit of the Mar-Keys' biggest hit, 'Last Night') The Dynamites with Charles Walker--Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) James Brown--Tell Me What I Did Wrong; Mother Popcorn, Pts. 1 & 2; How Do You Stop/// Nelda Swiggett Swingtet--Hewett's Blues Camera Obscura--Do It Again Daniel Johnston--Walking the Cow The Pop Cycle--Hearts In Her Eyes The English Beat--Best Friend
---Retroactive #988--April 26, 2014: Lee Dorsey--Why Wait Until Tomorrow Robert B. Jones--Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Joan Osborne--Up All Night Billy Lee Riley--Trouble Bound Daunielle--Fallen Bird The Noses--Tenth Warning Dolly Parton with Willie Nelson--From Here to the Moon and Back Willie Nelson--I'd Rather You Didn't Love Me (IRS version); Pretend I Never Happened The Reverend Horton Heat with Willie Nelson--Hello Walls Dawn Landes--Dark Eyes Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Timber Jane Ira Bloom--Gershwin's Skyline-I Loves You Porgy Donny Hathaway--The Ghetto The Pretty Things--Cries from the Midnight Circus Tess Barr--Dealers Blues The Afghan Whigs--Royal Cream Aloe Blacc--Ticking Bomb Ann Peebles--(I Feel Like) Breaking Up Somebody's Home; Read Me My Rights; Doctor Love Power Stewart Francke--Final Fandango Ike & Tina Turner--Shame, Shame, Shame The Matthew Shipp Trio--Jazz It Lake Street Dive--What About Me The Launderettes--I Walked All Night
---Retroactive #987--April 19, 2014: ---Twentieth Anniversary Show Sarah Jarosz--Over the Edge Chubby Checker--Twenty Miles The Holmes Brothers--You've Got to Lose Johnny Thunders--Go Back to Go Rachel Sweet--Truckstop Queen Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band--Something for Nothing 20/20--Giving It All The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon--I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent The Black Angels--Tired Eyes Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings--Now I See Drake Bell--California Man Brother Jack McDuff--April In Paris The Nerves--Hanging On the Telephone Dakota Staton--The Thrill Is Gone Magic Sam--Feelin' Good Vince Taylor & the Playboys--Twenty Flight Rock Gary Myrick & the Figures--She Talks In Stereo Genya Ravan--Keep On Growing Iggy Pop & the Elegant Too--The Dreadnought Iggy Pop--Innocent World Iggy & the Stooges--Penetration Boss Martians with Iggy Pop--Mars Is for Martians The Stooges--Fun House The Nelda Swiggett Stringtet--Ruby Knows Johnny Winter And--Johnny B. Goode (live, 1971) Barbara Lynn--Can I Change My Mind The BellRays--Have a Little Faith In Me (2000 version) Nick Lowe--True Love Travels On a Gravel Road *Plus: Radio clips of the host from 1980 and from 1994 (the first Retroactive show)
---Retroactive #986--April 12, 2014: ---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show Ted Hawkins--Bad Dog Rachel Ries--Willow Hard Working Americans--Welfare Music Truckstop Honeymoon--Don't Put Words In My Mouth The Sadies--Leave This World Behind Rotary Connection--I've Got My Mojo Working Charlotte Leslie--Less Filles C'est Fait Pour Faire L'amour Drive-By Truckers--Hearing Jimmy Loud The Len Price 3--Words Won't Come Daunielle--Biloxi; (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Leon Russell--Fever Lake Street Dive--Bobby Tanqueray The Pop Cycle--See My Friends The Ronettes--How Does It Feel? Big Jay McNeely--Road House Boogie White Denim--At Night In Dreams Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Crawlin' Back Wanda Jackson--Tongue Tied Dusty Springfield--I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself; Willie & Laura Mae Jones; A Brand New Me The Laura Love Band--Son Of a Preacher Man Mrs. Fun featuring Janet Planet--Windmills Of Your Mind Shelby Lynne--I Only Want to Be With You
---Retroactive #985--April 5, 2014: Ben Kweller--I Gotta Move Denise James--No More Goodbyes Joe Cocker--Marjorine Blonde Redhead--Girl Boy Verdelle Smith--In My Room Pat Metheny--Pipeline John & Sylvia Embry--Keep Your Hands Off Her Carl Perkins--Only You; Glad All Over; Blue Suede Shoes The Pretenders--Lie to Me The Holmes Brothers--Lickety Split The Lenny Marcus Trio--Vienna Vamp McKinley Mitchell with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars--That Last Home Run The Baseball Project--Long Before My Time Steve Goodman--A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request (live) Archie Bell & the Drells--(There's Gonna Be a) Showdown Lou Ann Barton--Brand New Lover The Gurus--Flats and Jobs Dead Moon--Not the Only One Dana Fuchs--How Did Things Get This Way Muddy Waters--Blow Wind Blow; You Shook Me; Good News Ton Trio II--We Were Told Rosanne Cash--World of Strange Design Jules & the Polar Bears--I Give Up Zora Young--Bad Track Record Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville--You Turn Me On (Turn-On Song) *Plus: The 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron's 715th career home run (called by Milo Hamilton). No steroids needed.
---Retroactive #984--March 29, 2014: The Blake Babies--What Did I Do Daunielle--Damn Your Eyes Dave Mason--Good 2 U Rachel Ries--Ghost Katie Webster & Ashton Conroy--Baby, Baby Drive-By Truckers--Primer Coat Anonymous--Who's Been Foolin? The Pop Cycle--Part of the Crowd Wynona Carr--Jump Jack Jump Nelda Swiggett Stringtet--A Tune With a View The Avett Brothers--Walking for You Moreland & Arbuckle--Everybody Wants to Rule the World Camera Obscura--Teenager Magic Sam--That's All I Need (live, 6/68) Carlene Carter--Little Black Train The Len Price 3--Preying Mantis Small Change--If We're Ever Gonna Get In Tune Lake Street Dive--Use Me Up David Thomas & the Pedestrians--Bird Town Richard Thompson--Yankee, Go Home; Saving the Good Stuff for You Jerry Douglas & Aly Bain with Alison Krauss--Dimming of the Day Jane Ira Bloom--For All We Know Mary Stallings--I Thought About You Wild Beasts--Sweet Spot
---Retroactive #983--March 22, 2014: ---All-'60s Show Etta Jones--Don't Go to Strangers O.V. Wright--You're Gonna Make Me Cry Karen Dalton--I Love You More Than Words Can Say Daughters of Albion--Sweet Susan Constantine The Searchers--When I Get Home Magic Mushrooms--I'm Gone Bobby Blue Bland--Ain't It a Good Thing Ray Charles--One Mint Julep Aretha Franklin--Tracks of My Tears Family--The Weaver's Answer The Zombies--Leave Me Be Chuck Jackson--Forget About Me Duke Ellington with Coleman Hawkins--The Jeep Is Jumpin' The Shangri-Las--It's Easier to Cry Betty Everett--You're No Good Sam & Dave--Soothe Me The Sonics--The Witch The Kinks--It's All Right The Stooges--I Wanna Be Your Dog The Wailers--I'm Down Sly & the Family Stone--I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real) Etta James--Tell Mama Little Ax & the Golden Echoes--So Soon The Sir Douglas Quintet--In the Jailhouse Now The Beach Boys--Kiss Me Baby Jim Kweskin Jug Band--Chevrolet The Merry-Go-Round--You're a Very Lovely Woman Horace Silver--Calcutta Cutie Beryl Marsden--What's She Got The Small Faces--Lazy Sunday The Who--I Can't Reach You Country Joe & the Fish--Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die *Plus: Excerpts of 1960s commercials
---Retroactive #982--March 15, 2014: Otis Taylor--Feel Like Lightning Lake Street Dive--You Go Down Smooth Bob Dylan--Working On a Guru The Gourds--Piss and Moan Blues Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--I'll Be Long Gone Love Sculpture--Seagull Keb' Mo'--Rock Me On the Water Jules Shear--Impression of Summertime Marcia Ball/Lou Ann Barton/Angela Strehli--Love, Sweet Love Marcia Ball--Everybody's Looking for the Same Thing; La Ti Da Jane Ira Bloom--Bird Experiencing Light Jackson & O'Meara--Tipperary Van Morrison & the Chieftains--Ragland Road Joe Higgs--Let Us Do Something John & Sylvia Embry--Wonder Why The Flamin Groovies--Road House The Moaners--Terrier Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos--Try Me; Vigilante Man (both live, 2011) Ry Cooder with Chaka Khan--Don't Mess Up a Good Thing Eilen Jewell--Shakin' All Over Thee Headcoats--Troubled Times Tali Roth--Retrato de Milton Rachel Ries--Mercy Daunielle--Runaway Train
---Retroactive #981--March 8, 2014: The Haden Triplets--Single Girl, Married Girl Guided By Voices--Save the Company Peggy Sue--And Always Is Magic Sam--Bad Luck Blues (live, 6/68) Sara Hickman--Primitive Stuff The Len Price 3--Swing Like a Monkey Bruce Springsteen--Dream Baby Dream Hadda Brooks--That's My Desire Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside--Where Did You Go? Jeff Hackworth--Live and Learn Tommy Castro & the Pain Killers--The Whale Have Swallowed Me Esther Phillips--'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone Duracha--Ghet-to Funk Husker Du--Standing By the Sea The Jim Jones Revue--Never Let You Go White Denim--Distant Relative Salute Teeny Tucker--Love Spell Manfred Mann--My Little Red Book Arthur Lee--Hamburger Breath Stinkfinger; He Knows a Lot of Good Women (or Scotty's Song) Dead Moon--Hey Joe St. Vincent--Digital Witness Betty Davis--Your Man My Man Geri Allen--Save the Children Beck--Blackbird Chain Kacey Musgraves--Blowin' Smoke Marva & Melvin--Get Ready for the Changes
---Retroactive #980--March 1, 2014: John Gorka--More Than One Red & Ruby--Sweet Georgia Brown (live) Root Doctor--Land of the Free Lucinda Williams--The Pretender Vampire Weekend--Unbelievers The Twinkles--Bad Motorcycle Jules & the Polar Bears--What Do You Belong To; Convict; Over and Over Reckless Sleepers--Tried to Please Her Chris Parker--Emmy's Shuffle Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson--Winter In America Daunielle--Early Grave Collin Jenkins--Heroes and Villains Neko Case--Wild Creatures Moe Tucker--Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground--Here She Comes Now; Run Run Run (live, 1967); Temporarily Inside Your Heart (original mix) Lou Reed--Vanishing Act (live, 6/03) Aloe Blacc--Femme Fatale Jane Ira Bloom--Primary Colors Cibo Matto--Check In The Band--Mystery Train
---Retroactive #979--February 22, 2014: Amy Ray--Broken Record Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Havin' a Good Time Johnny Rawls--Nickel and a Nail John Prine--If You Don't Want My Love Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen--Semi-Truck Peggy Sue--Just the Night ///Devo guitarist-songwriter Bob Casale (1952-2014): Devo--Mongoloid; Come Back Jonee (both live, NYC, 5/77)/// Johnny Cash--Luther Played the Boogie (live); Big River (live, 1964--introduced by Pete Seeger) Nina Simone--Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; The Pusher (live) Wellwater Conspiracy--Rebirth Tommy Castro & the Painkillers--I'm Tired Dead Moon--My Escape Sleater-Kinney--One Beat White Denim--Come Back Guided By Voices--Jupiter Spin Trudy Lynn--Confessin' the Blues Andre Cymone--Let Your Sunshine David Bowie--Try Some, Buy Some George Harrison--Living In the Material World; When We Was Fab Yvonne Carroll--Mister Loveman The Young Fresh Fellows--Little Softy Leni Stern--Rabbit Fats Domino--Yes, My Darling; Poor Me
---Retroactive #978--February 15, 2014: Daunielle--Got a Voice Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band--Tango Till They're Sore The Sadies--The Very Ending Zora Young--Goin' Back to Memphis Jules Shear--Can't Help It ///Shirley Temple (1928-2014) with Jack Haley & Alice Faye-- You Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby Shirley Temple--Goodnight My Love/// The Coasters--Three Cool Cats; Run Red Run Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band with Questlove--7th Floor Magic Sam--You Belong to Me (live, 6/68) Jane Ira Bloom--But Not for Me Mary Chapin Carpenter--Only a Dream (2014 version) Nick Drake--Hazy Jane 1 Procol Harum--A Salty Dog Irma Thomas--Cry One Red & Ruby--Blue Monk (live) Swamp Dogg--Synthetic World The Mekons--Eve Future Buffy Sainte-Marie--House Carpenter The New Move--Vegetables Duke Levine--New Suit Cibo Matt0--Emerald Tuesday Jake Bugg--A Song About Love NRBQ--All That's Left to Say Is Goodbye Fat Babies--The Stampede Neil Young--Expecting to Fly (live, solo, 1970) Pistol Annies--Family Feud Dum Dum Girls--Evil Blooms
---Retroactive #977--February 8, 2014: Stoney Edwards--You Can't Call Yourself County Dirty Projectors--Gun Has No Trigger Suzi Quatro--Ain't Got No Home Snooks Eaglin--A Mother's Love Renee & the Walkaways--Easy Come Easy Go Johnny Adams--Love for Sale T.V. Slim--Flatfoot Sam Carole King--Oh, Neil; Brother, Brother Magnapop--Pleasant Valley Sunday The Honey Bees--Some of Your Lovin' Freddie Scott--Hey Girl Jack DeJohnette featuring Bill Frisell--Storm Clouds and Mist (live, Seattle, 10/01) The Singing Nun--Dominique ///The Beatles' 50th anniversary of the Ed Sullivan Show appearances: The Beatles--Twist and Shout; Please Please Me (both taped 2/9/64 and broadcast on the third Sunday night show, 2/23/64)/// The Green Pajamas--Temple Sisters Neo Boys--Running In the Shadows Dirty Panties--Cinema Psycho The Move--The Minister Joe Ely--Standin' at the Big Hotel; Rich Man, Poor Boy; Gallo del Cielo Red Holloway--Love Walked In Peggy Sue--Substitute The Miller Sisters--Ten Cats Down Onie Wheeler--Jump Right Out of This Jukebox
---Retroactive #976--February 1, 2014: Amy Rigby--The Good Girls Cyril Neville--Running Water ///Steven Fromholz (1945-2014)--I'd Have to Be Crazy/// ///Jeff Strahan (1960-2014)--Smoke Filled Room/// Ane Brun--The Puzzle Joan Osborne--Shake Your Hips ///Pete Seeger (1919-2014)--Waist Deep In the Big Muddy; The Bells of Rhymney (live, 1969) Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie--The Old Car Roger McGuinn with Pete Seeger--In the Evenin' (alternate take) Marion Williams--Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (Pete Seeger was an American monument of artistry and consciousness)/// Jane Ira Bloom--What She Wanted Tennessee Ernie Ford--Milk 'Em In the Morning Buffy Sainte-Marie--Groundhog Robert Pollard--Magic Man Hype Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Reality Mentality Lovely Bad Things--Oozin' It Jules Shear--More Reason Than the Wind Dum Dum Girls--Little Minx ///55th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson: The Big Bopper--Walking Through My Dreams Buddy Holly--Reminiscing Ritchie Valens--Hurry Up/// Warren Smith--Miss Froggie; Ubangi Stomp; Got Love If You Want It Leni Stern--Babacar Trudy Lynn--Red Light Warren Zevon--Poisonous Lookalike Jake Clemons--You Must Be Crazy
---Retroactive #975--January 25, 2014: ---All Michigan Show The Detroit Emeralds--Holding On The Detroit Cobras--Maria Christina The Dirtbombs--We Come In the Sunshine The Primettes--Pretty Baby Nathaniel Mayer & the Fabulous Twilights--Village of Love The Shy Guys--We Gotta Go Terry Knight & the Pack--How Much More? Root Doctor featuring Freddie Cunningham--Rear View Sight Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Jenny Take a Ride! The Scott Morgan Band--Heaven and Earth Charles Boyles Quartet featuring Ron English--Gallery Bettye LaVette--You Killed the Love Deon Jackson--Love Makes the World Go Round Marshall Crenshaw--Let Her Dance Funkadelic--Everybody's Going to Make It Rhythm Corps--Common Ground Death--Keep on Knocking The Shy--No Sign at All Alice Cooper--Return of the Spiders Bob Seger System--Teachin' Blues Aretha Franklin--You Send Me Wilson Pickett--Jealous Love MC5--Baby Please Don't Go The Gories--Real Cool Time (live, 5/88) The Stooges--1970 Geri Allen--Inner City Blues Stevie Wonder--I Was Made to Love Her Martha & the Vandellas--Wild One The Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes The Marvelettes--Danger: Heartbreak Dead Ahead
---Retroactive #974--January 18, 2014: Johnny Rawls with Otis Clay--Into Something (I Can't Shake Loose) Thao & the Get Down Stay Down--Train In Vain Marcia Ball--Big Shot Savages--Marshal Dear Bipolaroid--Dumbstruck Epiphany Big Maybelle--Ocean of Tears Zora Young--Brain Damage (1992 version); Learned My Lesson; Football Widow (2009 version) Minderbinder--No One Is Trying to Kill You, Sweetheart Howlin' Wolf--The Natchez Burning Syl Johnson--Is It Because I'm Black Corrosion of Conformity--Green Manalishi Willy DeVille--Time Has Come Today Jake Bugg--There's a Beast and We All Feed It Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Make It Back Sam Cooke--Trouble Blues; Meet Me at Mary's Place; Keep Movin' On The Soul Stirrers--Touch the Hem of His Garment Anita Lane--Home Is Where the Hatred Is Lou Ragland--Understand Each Other Rent Romus' Life's Blood--Snow Ghost Elvis Presley--If I Can Dream The Staple Singers--Brand New Day The Impressions--This Is My Country *Plus: Martin Luther King, Jr. speech excerpts from 1962 & 1967
---Retroactive #973--January 11, 2014: ///Tabby Thomas (1929-2014)--Jerri Dean; Lil Red Rooster; Goin' to New Orleans/// Beth Hart--My California Jules Shear--Depending Eddie Horan--Twice as Nice Icehouse--Sister Barbara Lynn--Jim Dandy; It's Been So Long; Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') (live--introduced by Jimmy Bishop) The Green Pajamas--Mary Magdalene Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside--Bumpin' Harold Mabern--Dance With Me Neo Boys--Nothing to Fear (live) Warren Zevon--Poor Poor Pitiful Me Trudy Lynn--Every Side of Lonesome Blackouts--It's Clay Again ///Phil Everly (1939-2014)--Sweet Pretender; Back When the Bands Played In Ragtime The Everly Brothers--Sleepless Nights; On the Wings of a Nightingale; Let It Be Me Billie Joe + Norah--Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds--Crying In the Rain Teddy Thompson & Emmylou Harris--I Wonder If I Care as Much Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)/// Sarah Wilson--In Resonance Light Takes Place *Plus: The Everly Brothers on their parents' radio show (1951), the Everlys' Coke commercial (1960s), and Paul Simon's comments on their legacy
---Retroactive #972--January 4, 2014: Rosie Flores--Don't Take It Away Casey Neill & the Norway Rats--Sainted Streets The Horse Bodies--Trail of Wonder Tuck Andress--Louie Louie Tuck & Patti--The Very Thought of You Julia Lee & her Boyfriends--Snatch and Grab It Jake Bugg--Slumville Sunrise Clive Gregson & Christine Collister--(Don't Step In) My Blue Suede Shoes Bert Jansch--Heartbreak Hotel Ane Brun--Crawfish Elvis Presley--I've Got a Feelin' In My Body (Take 4); Ready Teddy (live, Hollywood, 9/56--introduced by Charles Laughton) Elvis Presley & the Jordanaires--Peace In the Valley (live, New York, 1/57--introduced by Ed Sullivan) Roxy Music--Do the Strand Motorhead--Do You Believe The Julie Ruin--Oh Come On Mary Black--By the Time It Gets Dark Sandy Denny & the Strawbs--Stay Awhile With Me Fairport Convention--Dawn; Farewell, Farewell Sandy Denny--Tomorrow Is a Long Time; Easy to Slip Fotheringay--Gypsy Davey Keefe Jackson's Likely So--My Time Is My Own Robert Pollard--Blazing Gentlemen Seth Menkowski--Gettin' Hungry Nat 'King' Cole & Nellie Lutcher--Can I Come In for a Second? Eddie Boyd--Hard Time Gettin' Started