Playlist for Friday 12/25/09

Tonight's theme was "Christmas and the Holiday Blues".

1. Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby
2. Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper
3. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Jingle Bells
4. The Waitresses - Wrapping Paper
5. The Kinks - Father Christmas
6. The Monkees - Riu Chiu
7. The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
8. The Beatles - Christmas Time Is Here Again
9. Los Straightjackets - Here Comes Santa Claus
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - White Christmas
11. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan - Baby It's Cold Outside
12. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
13. Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
14. Barenaked Ladies - Carol Of The Bells
15. Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
16. Halie Loren and Matt Treder - Blue Holiday
17. Bernard Purdie - Back Water Blues
18. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks
19. Alvin Jett and the Phat Noize Band - Angels Sing The Blues
20. Little Walter - My Babe
21. Mose Allison - Young Man's Blues
22. Mose Allison - Parchman Farm
23. David Lee Roth - Sensible Shoes
24. Spencer Davis Group - Blues in F
25. Ruthie Foster - People Grinnin' In Your Face
26. Big Joe Williams - Throw The Boogie Woogie
27. Big Momma Thornton - Wade In The Water
28. Tiny Bradshaw and His Orchestra - The Train Kept A Rollin'
29. The Doors - Cars Hiss By My Window
30. Jimmy Witherspoon - Blues In The Morning
31. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born In Chicago (live)
32. Little Walter - Juke
33. Taj Mahal - She Caught The Cady And Left Me A Mule To Ride
34. Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn - Call It Stormy Monday
35. Ivan Boogaloo Jones - Trouble In Mind
36. Charlie Musselwhite - Takin' My Time
37. Fleetwood Mac - I Believe My Time Ain't Long
    
38. Sue Foley - Came Thing
39. Jimi Hendrix - C# Blues (People, People, People)
40. Smokey Greenwell - Vicki
41. Sonny Terry - Blues All Around My Head

Playlist for Friday 12/18/09

Tonight's theme was "Feel the Funk". (With a special birthday nod to Keith Richards.)

1. Keith Richards - Run, Rudolph, Run
2. Keith Richards - I Could Have Stood You Up
3. The New Mastersounds - Thermal Bad
4. James Brown - Doing It To Death
5. Pimps of Joytime - Street Sound
6. Calvin Harris - Merrymaking At My Place
7. The Poets of Rhythm - Funky Train
8. The Gap Band - Party Train
9. Ike & Tina Turner - I Want To Take You Higher
10. Mocean Worker - Chick A Boom Boom Boom
11. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
12. The Rolling Stones - All About You
13. Prince - Let's Work
14. Beastie Boys - Sabrosa
15. Slim and the Soulful Saints - Fish Head
16. Kashmere Stage Band - Kashmere
17. Leslie Overdrive - Hottie's Popcorn
18. AIFF - Akwaaba
19. DJ Moule - Tribute To James
20. Will Bernard - Folding Green
21. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
22. Breakestra - Getcho Soul Togetha, Part 2
23. Betty Davis - I Will Take That Ride
24. Booker T. And The MG's - Good Groove
25. Bad Medicine - Trespasser
26. Pleasure - Pleasure For Your Pleasure
27. The Budos Band - Mas O Menos
28. The Temptations - Shakey Ground
29. The Bamboos - Tighten Up
30. Sly And The Family Stone - My Brain (Zig-Zag)
31. Rusty Bryant - Wildfire
32. Sugarman 3 - Turtlewalk
33. Don Argott - Prepare For Takeoff
34. Jr. And The Preludes - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
35. The Mighty Imperials - Cold Sweat
36. The Time - Shake
37. Speedometer - Kool And The Gang
38. The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost

Playlist for Friday 12/11/09

Tonight's theme was "Unplugged".

Note that all of these songs had no aid from electric guitars, basses or synthesizers.

1. Elizabeth Cotten - Shake Sugaree
2. Seu Jorge - Changes
3. Pete Townsend - Let My Love Open The Door
4. OK Go - Here It Goes Again
5. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'
6. Eddie Vedder - Betterman
7. Stripped Down Sounds - Mr. Brownstone
8. The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
9. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
10. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
11. Nada Surf - See These Bones
12. Peter Tosh - Stop That Train
13. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
14. Lenny Kravitz - Believe
15. John Jorgensen - Man Of Mystery
16. Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again
17. Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose
18. John Lennon - The Luck Of The Irish
19. Richie Havens - All Along The Watchtower
20. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Buster Voodoo
21. Jake Shimabukuro - Thriller
22. Bob Dylan - Catfish
23. Jerry Garcia, David Grisam and Tony Rice - House Of The Rising Sun
24. Buddy Holly - Crying, Waiting, Hoping
25. The Monkees - Midnight Train
26. David Grisam and Sones - Hot For Teacher
27. The Willy Deville Acoustic Trio - Junker's Blues
28. Benedetti & Svoboda - Ecos Antiguos
29. Patrick Landeza - Pa'ahana
30. Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird
31. Etta Baker - Bully Of The Town
32. Boulder Acoustic Society - Does It Really Matter
33. Leonard Mwan - Kananaka
34. Keola Beamer - Holo Wa'apa
35. Jazz Mine - Petite Amie
36. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
37. Leo Kotke - Vaseline Machine Gun
38. Hot Tuna - Uncle Sam's Blues
39. Pickin' On Series - Zephyr Song
40. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin'
41. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow
42. Christopher Kern - Pandemonium
43. Carole King - You've Got A Friend
44. Rainer - Within You Without You

Playlist for Friday 12/4/09

Tonight's theme was "Up and Down".

1. Steve Jones - Give It Up
2. The Monkees - Goin' Down
3. Talking Heads - Pulled Up
4. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part I)
5. Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up
6. Willis - Word Up
7. Breakestra - Stand Up
8. The Come Ons - Operation Get Down
9. Thea Gilmore - I'm Not Down
10. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
11. Elvis Presley - Way Down
12. Steve Cropper - Boog A Loo Down Broadway
13. The Fondas - Down In The Basement
14. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself
15. The Pebbles - Look Up The Sky
16. Charlie Musselwhite - Up And Down The Avenue
17. The Doors - Been Down So Long
18. Dreamdate - Break Up
19. Los Straightjackets (feat. Excene Cervenka) - I'll Go Down Fighting
20. Southern Culture On The Skids - Liquored Up and Lacquered Down
21. The Hentchmen - Broke Down
22. Victor Feldman - Flying Down To Rio
23. The Apples - Stack It Up
24. The Sound Stylistics - Move It Up
25. Peter Tosh - Get Up, Stand Up
26. Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers - Tumblin' Down
27. Two Tears - Up In My Tree
28. The Harbinger Complex - I Think I'm Down
29. Duke Robilliard - Down Along The Cove
30. Muddy Waters - Deep Down In Florida
31. Bruce Springsteen - Growin' Up
32. Tommy Shaw - Down Payment Blues
33. Led Zeppelin - Down By The Seaside
34. The Speedometers - Up The Down
35. Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Get Down Moses
36. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Burn Up
37. Lightnin' Hopkins - Down There Baby
38. The Rolling Stones - Stop Breakin' Down
39. The Warlocks - Can't Come Down
40. R.E.M. - Get Up
41. Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart
42. Charles Kynard - Change Up

Playlist for Friday 11/27/09

Tonight's theme was "Animals" (with a special birthday nod to Jimi Hendrix).

1. John Lennon - Cold Turkey
2. Jimi Hendrix - Night Bird Flying
3. Jimi Hendrix - Catfish Blues
4. Big Momma Thornton - Hound Dog
5. Boise Moss With A Side Of Ham - Gonna Buy Me A Dog
6. Matthew Sweet & Sussanah Hoffs - And Your Bird Can Sing
7. Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird
8. The Lisa Marr Experiment - Little Red Bird
9. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Dirty Birdy
10. The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do
11. Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster
12. Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
13. Jimi Hendrix - Three Little Bears
14. Cake - War Pigs
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Yertle The Turtle
16. The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
17. John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' King Snake
18. Brownie McGhee - Black Snake Moan
19. Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony
20. Henry C. Martin - Donkey
21. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
22. Willow Willow - Hummingbird
23. George Clinton - Atomic Dog
24. Alan Parker - The Hawk
25. Beastie Boys - Electric Worm
26. The Yardbirds - The Train Kept A Rollin'
27. The Turtles - Me About You
28. Sly And The Family Stone - Undredog
29. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
30. Excene Cervenka - Trojan Horse
31. Todd Phillips - Spotted Pony
32. Iron Horse - Unchaind
33. Pink Floyd - Sheep
34. The Found Cats - Run On
35. Sweet - Fox On The Run
36. The Neptunes - Wildcat 325
37. 5.6.7.8's - Three Cool Chicks
38. The Royal Fingers - Three Hawks
39. Muddy Waters - Tiger In Your Tank
40. Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry
41. Speedometer - Two Beat Beast
42. Joe Strummer - Ride Your Donkey
43. Sugarman Three - So Long Donkey
44. Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
45. Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Animal Farm

Playlist for Friday 11/20/09

Tonight's theme was "You" (Because it's all about you, isn't it?)

1. Nirvana - Come As You Are (unplugged)
2. Gentleman Jesse - All I Need Tonight Is You
3. Sam and Dave - I Thank You
4. The Trogs - With A Girl Like You
5. Sam Phillips - Baby I Can't Please You
6. Smashmouth - Can't Get Enough Of You Baby
7. Muddy Waters - You Need Love
8. John Jorgenson - You Just May Be The One
9. OK Go - Do What You Want
10. Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You
11. Sidney Barnes - I'll Bet You
12. Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You
13. The Satelliters - I Need You
14. Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want
15. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'
16. Led Zeppelin - Thank You
17. The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
18. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
19. Chicago - Wishing You Were Here
20. Pacific Gas And Electric - Are You Ready?
21. The Rogers Sisters - Why Won't You
22. The Ramones - I Want You Around
23. The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You
24. Jesse Colin Young - Before You Came
25. She & Him - You Really Got A Hold On Me
26. Bob Marley and the Wailers - You Can't Blame The Youth
27. Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
28. Jason Wade - You Belong To Me
29. Easy Star All Stars (featuring Matisyahu) - Within You Without You
30. John Lee Hooker - Think Twice Before You Go
31. Malcolm McLaren - You Need Hands
32. The Detroit Cobras - You Knows What To Do
33. The Spin Doctors - You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast
34. Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love
35. AC/DC - You Ain't Got a Hold On Me
36. Siouxsie - They Follow You
37. Debra Knox - You Don't Care
38. Bob Dylan - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
39. Michael Nesmith - Born To Love You
40. Betty Davis - You Won't See Me In The Morning
41. Richard Holmes - Why Don't You Do It Right
42. Shirley Scott - The Very Thought Of You
43. Stephane Grappelli - You Go To My Head
44. Roy Orbison - You Got It
45. Jimmy McGriff - There Will Never Be Another You

Playlist for Friday 11/13/09

Tonight's theme was "Me" (Because it's all about me.)

1. Multi-Color House - You Told Me
2. The Black Hollies - Tell Me What You Want
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - You Got Me Floating
4. Ray Charles - It Should Have Been Me
5. Big 6 - All Of Me
6. Bing Ji Ling - You Shook Me All Night Long
7. Billy J. Kramer - Bad To Me
8. Led Zeppelin - You Shook Me
9. Sloan - Believe In Me
10. The Paragons - You Won't See Me
11. The Vaselines - Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Keeping Me Alive
13. Dreamdate - Why Don't You Make Me
14. Willow Willow - Beyond Me
15. David Lee Roth - Don't Piss Me Off
16. Lightnin' Hopkins - Take Me Back
17. The Beatles - Birthday
18. The Who - The Real Me
19. Ziggy Marley (w/ Toots Hibbert) - Take Me To Jamaica
20. The Rave-Ups - Positively Lost Me
21. Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
22. Carole King - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
23. Eels - Blinking Lights (For Me) (live)
24. REM - Me In Honey
25. Otis Redding - Good To Me (live)
26. Jimmy Witherspoon - Love Me Right
27. Susan Sarandon - Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me
28. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
29. Ike and Tine Turner - Use Me
30. Johnny "Guitar" Watson - You Better Love Me
31. Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me
32. The Rolling Stones - Live With Me
33. Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me
34. The Livin' End - Love Me Two Times
35. The Monkees - I Don't Think You Know Me
36. Voice Of The Beehive - Trust Me
37. The Swell Season - If You Want Me
38. The Pretenders - Show Me
39. Michael Nesmith - Tomorrow and Me
40. Foo Fighters - Big Me (live)
41. Belle & Sebastian - You Don't Send Me
42. U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
43. The Black Keys - Keep Me
44. The God Damn Doo Wop Band - Tell Me
45. Traffic - Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
46. The Faces - Stay With Me

Playlist for Friday 11/6/09

Tonight's theme was "Family".

1. Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair
2. Neville Skelly - Mother Nature's Son
3. Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
4. The Everly Brothers - Gone, Gone, Gone
5. The Staple Singers - The Weight
6. The Chamber Brothers - People Get Ready
7. The Ames Brothers - Rag Mop
8. The Cornelius Brothers - Treat Her Like A Lady
9. Kaki King - Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
10. Booker T. - Warped Sister
11. The Andrews Sisters - Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
12. Voxtrox - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
13. John Lennon - Mother
14. Fat Daddy Holmes - Chicken Rock
15. The Blues Brothers - Rawhide
16. The Carroll Brothers - Sweet Georgia Brown
17. Belle & Sebastian - Family Tree
18. Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
19. The Who - Cousin Kevin
20. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Little Sister
21. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
22. Beastie Boys - Son of Neckbone
23. Mark Vidler - Daddy Was a S.P.A.C.E.R.O.C.K.E.R
24. Art Brut - My Little Brother
25. Johnny Cash - Send A Picture of Mother
26. Thea Gilmore - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
27. The Rolling Stones - Jivin' Sister Fanny
28. The Monkees - Auntie's Municipal Court
29. James Brown - Mother Popcorn
30. The Bar-Kays - Son of Shaft / Feel It
31. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
32. Sharon Jones and the Daptones - When The Other Foot Drops, Uncle
33. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
34. Wes Montgomery - Wives and Lovers

Playlist for Tuesday 10/27/09

Today was my Halloween show

1. Flight of the Conchords - We're In Love With A Sexy Lady
2. The Aggrolites - Gravedigger
3. Kip Tyler - She's My Witch
4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Ghost In You
5. The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Voodoo Woman
6. Dick Dale - Calling Up Spirits
7. The Bamboos - The Witch
8. Donovan - Season of the Witch
9. Gnarls Barkley - Boogie Monster
10. The Classics IV - Spooky
11. The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
12. Timber Timbre - Trouble Comes Knocking
13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
14. Lavern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo
15. Mizzy Vic - The Addams Family Theme
16. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
17. The Doors - My Wild Love
18. The Doors - Who Scared You
19. Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In The Sky
20. Jack Kittel - Psycho
21. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
22. The Randells - The Martian Hop
23. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
24. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
25. Fela Kuti - Zombie
26. Stanton Moore - Witch Doctor
27. The White Stripes - Little Ghost
    

Playlist for Tuesday 10/20/09

This morning's theme was "Feelings"

1. Muddy Waters - Jealous Hearted Man
2. The Five Americans - It's A Crying Shame
3. Mates of State -Like U Crazy
4. Willie Nelson - Crazy
5. Charlie MusselWhite - Crazy For My Baby
6. R.E.M. - Crazy
7. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
8. Joe Cocker - Feeling Alright
9. Public Image Ltd. - Happy
10. The Rolling Stones - Happy
11. The Who - Happy Jack
12. Big 6 - Happy Baby
13. Harper's Bizarre - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
14. James Brown - I Feel Alright
15. Cream - I Feel Free
16. Nina Simone - Feeling Good
17. Journey - Feeling That Way
18. The Beatles - I Feel Fine
19. Chris Isaak - Somebody's Crying
20. Roy Orbison - Crying
21. Buddy Holly - Crying, Waiting, Hoping (acoustic)
22. The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
23. The Animals - I'm Crying
24. Willie Nelson - Sad Songs and Waltzes
25. Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
26. Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move
27. The Rolling Stones - Worried About You
28. The Kinks - Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl
29. The Who - So Sad About Us
30. Johnny Cash - Hurt
31. The Turtles - Happy Together
32. John Lennon - Jealous Guy
33. The Kinks - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
34. The Beatles - I've Got A Feeling