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