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Oct. 24: A trip to Memphis

I went to Memphis for the best conference going (#heweb16) and got the opportunity to immerse myself in the city’s musical history. I came back to Rochester itching to play some Memphis tunes. So, Monday’s set was all Memphis.
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness.mp3
The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There.mp3
Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour.mp3
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88.mp3
Booker T. & The M.G.’s – Green Onions.mp3
Al Green – Love and Happiness.mp3
Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff.mp3
B.B. King – B.B. Blues.mp3
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes.mp3
The Prisonaires – Just Walking In The Rain.mp3
Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings – Ooby Dooby.mp3
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.mp3
Sam & Dave – Hold On I’m Coming.mp3
Million Dollar Quartet – I Shall Not Be Moved.mp3
U2 – Angel Of Harlem.mp3
ZZ Top – La Grange.mp3
R.E.M. – Turn You Inside-Out.mp3
The Replacements – Alex Chilton.mp3
Big Star – In The Street.mp3
The Box Tops – The Letter.mp3
Alex Chilton – I Wish I Could Meet Elvis.mp3
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog.mp3
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues.mp3
Bill Justis – Raunchy (Instrumental).mp3
Billy The Kid Emerson – Red Hot.mp3
Billy Lee Riley – Flying Saucers Rock and Roll.mp3
Little Milton – Somebody Told Me.mp3
Ollie & The Nightengales – I Got A Sure Thing.mp3
The Dramatics – In The Rain.mp3
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain.mp3
Amy Lavere – Killing Him.mp3
Magic Kids – Little Red Radio.mp3
Lucero – Baby Don’t You Want Me.mp3
John Paul Keith – We Got All Night.mp3
Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ At Midnight.mp3
Memphis Minnie – When The Levee Breaks.mp3
W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band – Muscle Shoals Blues.mp3
Memphis Slim – Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues) Take 2.mp3
Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle (Single Version).mp3
Isaac Hayes – Theme From _Shaft_.mp3
Bobby Blue Bland – It’s My Life.mp3
Sonny Burgess & The Pacers – We Wanna Boogie.mp3
Elvis Presley – That’s All Right Mama (feat. Scotty & Bill).mp3
Jerry Lewis & His Pumping Piano – Great Balls Of Fire.mp3
Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line.mp3
Charlie Rich – Lonely Weekends.mp3
Johnnie Taylor – Who’s Making Love.mp3
Rufus Thomas – Walking The Dog.mp3
Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz, Look At His Eyes.mp3
Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood.mp3
The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger.mp3
The Mad Lads – Whatever Hurts You.mp3
Carla Thomas and Otis Redding – It Takes Two.mp3

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Oct. 10– Canandian Thanksgiving and more

We started off with a tribute to our neighbors to the north and the fun proceeded from there:

 

  1. Bob & Doug McKenzie – Take Off (feat. Geddy Lee).mp3
  2. Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment.mp3
  3. Matthew Good – All You Sons And Daughters.mp3
  4. Kathleen Edwards – One More Song The Radio Won’t Like.mp3
  5. Neil Young – Powderfinger.mp3
  6. Moxy Fruvous – Michigan Militia.mp3
  7. The Tragically Hip – Courage (For Hugh MacLennan).mp3
  8. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Flow with It (You Got Me Feeling Like).mp3
  9. Raphael Saadiq featuring Yukimi Nakano – Just Don’t.mp3
  10. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights.mp3
  11. Van Morrison – Caravan.mp3
  12. Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight.mp3
  13. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Look It Here.mp3
  14. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
  15. MC Lars – Mr. Raven.mp3
  16. Wilco – Nope.mp3
  17. The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3
  18. Band Of Horses – Casual Party.mp3
  19. The District Attorneys – California Fire.mp3
  20. Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
  21. The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You.mp3
  22. Generationals – Ten-Twenty-Ten.mp3
  23. Joss Stone – Tell Me What We’re Gonna Do Now (Feat. Common).mp3
  24. Janelle Monáe – Givin Em What They Love (feat. Prince).mp3
  25. Kopps – Thermometer.mp3
  26. The Bruce Springsteen Band – The Ballad of Jesse James.mp3
  27. The Kinks – You Really Got Me.mp3
  28. The Clash – Train In Vain.mp3
  29. The Doors – Peace Frog.mp3
  30. Atomic Swindlers – Space Bandit.mp3
  31. Beach Slang – Punks In A Disco Bar.mp3
  32. Chris Devotion & The Expectations – A Modest Refusal.mp3
  33. Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
  34. The Hold Steady – Runner’s High.mp3
  35. Japandroids – Continuous Thunder.mp3
  36. Kopecky – Quarterback.mp3
  37. Japanese Breakfast – In Heaven.mp3
  38. Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.mp3
  39. Big Ups – National Parks.mp3
  40. Throw Me The Statue – Lolita.mp3
  41. Tom Waits – Chocolate Jesus.mp3
  42. Toad The Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean.mp3

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Oct. 3

Fun on a Monday night, with an eye toward all the new coolness flowing down toward us in 2016.

  1. RAC feat. Nate Henricks – Back of the Car
  2. Pearl Jam – Life Wasted.
  3. Steel Train – Bullet.
  4. Weird Al Yankovic – Spam
  5. Kaleo – No Good.
  6. The Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun.
  7. Frightened Rabbit – Break.
  8. The War On Drugs – Burning.
  9. Roosevelt – Fever.
  10. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks.
  11. Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
  12. Band Of Horses – Casual Party
  13. Wilco – Nope
  14. Car Seat Headrest – Fill in the Blank.
  15. Colleen Green – U Coulda Been An A.
  16. Dawes – Things Happen.
  17. Lake Street Dive – Hell Yeah.
  18. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder.
  19. Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.
  20. Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction.
  21. Ben Kweller – Wasted & Ready.
  22. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
  23. Barenaked Ladies – Jane.
  24. Bruce Springsteen – Janey Don’t You Lose Heart.
  25. Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.
  26. Mayer Hawthorne – Dreaming
  27. Galactic – Into The Deep (feat. Macy Gray).
  28. The Chesterfield Kings – Where Do We Go From Here
  29. Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
  30. The Record Company – Off The Ground
  31. Drive-By Truckers – Surrender Under Protest.
  32. The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You.
  33. Green Dreams – Poor Man.
  34. Declan McKenna – Isombard
  35. Izo FitzRoy – Here I Come (Moods Remix)
  36. Led Zeppelin – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
  37. Spinal Tap – Break Like The Wind\08. Break Like The Wind
  38. Local Natives – Coins.
  39. The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter And The Monkey Man.
  40. Ryan Adams – These Girls
  41. The Crooked North\I Can’t Get Enough.
  42. Vijay Iyer – Human Nature

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Sept. 26: Elvis, Bob, and Bruce

Last night, I decided to put together three hours of people covering the songs of Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Found some hidden gems in there, I think. Hope you enjoyed!

The Coal Porters – Idiot Wind.mp3
Dwight Yoakam – Suspicious Minds.mp3
Raphael Saadiq – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Raphael Saadiq.mp3
Portastatic – Growin’ Up.mp3
Jimi Hendrix – Hound Dog.mp3
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.mp3
Pet Shop Boys – The Last to Die
Elvis Costello – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.
Trampled by Turtles – I’m Goin’ Down.
Norah Jones – Love Me Tender.
Jason Isbell – Born in the U.S.A.
Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind.
Jeff Tweedy – Simple Twist of Fate
El Vez – It’s Now or Never.mp3
Queen – Jailhouse Rock (Live).mp3
David Bowie – It’s Hard to Be a Saint In the City.mp3
Los Rebeldes – Ardiente Amor.mp3
K’naan – With God On Our Side – K’naan.mp3
Solomon Burke – Ain’t Got You (Album Version).mp3
John Legend ft_ The Roots & Questlove – Dancing In The Dark.mp3
Richie Havens – Just Like A Woman.mp3
 – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds-In The Ghetto_1474930205092.mp3.mp3
Camera Obscura – Tougher Than the Rest (Bruce Springsteen Cover, Live on MPR).mp3
Neko Case – Buckets Of Rain.mp3
– Bryan Ferry  Are You Lonesome Tonight_1474918206757.mp3.mp3
Johnny Cash – It Ain’t Me Babe.mp3
Shovels & Rope – Johnny 99.mp3
The Hold Steady – Atlantic City.mp3My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row.mp3
Jason & The Scorchers – Absolutely Sweet Marie (Live).mp3
The Ramones – My Back Pages.mp3
Two Cow Garage – No Surrender.mp3
Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas.mp3
Odetta – Masters of War.mp3
Pete Seeger – Forever Young – Pete Seeger.mp3
Pete Yorn – New York City Serenade.mp3
Cowboy Junkies- State Trooper (Live).mp3
Silversun Pickups – Not Dark Yet – Silversun Pickups.mp3
The National – Mansion On the Hill (Live).mp3
Billy Joel – All Shook Up.mp3
The Blackberry Bushes – I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
 Bono Can’t Help Falling in Love

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Sept. 19

A whole bunch of good stuff….thanks for tuning in.
Drive By Truckers – This  Job
The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings
Alejandro Escovedo – Always a Friend.
Band Of Horses – Knock Knock
Guster – Do You Love Me.
Parsonsfield – The Power of Love.
Talking Heads – And She Was
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.
Sam Cooke – Having A Party.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Flow with It (You Got Me Feeling Like).
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out
INXS – Devil Inside.
Beach Slang – Punks In A Disco Bar
King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse
Roosevelt – Fever.
Jai Wolf – Drive (feat. The Chain Gang of 1974).
Parts and Labor – Nowheres Nigh
Joywave – Somebody New
Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, & Prince – While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Bruce Springsteen – Long Walk Home
The Black Keys – Tighten Up
Radiohead – Karma Police
Cyndi Lauper – She Bop.
Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple.
Tokyo Police Club – Hot Tonight
The Wombats – Pink Lemonade.
Parliament – Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Flogging Molly – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Flogging Molly
The Breeders – Cannonball
Polar Bear Club – For Show.
Jack White – Love Is Blindness.
U2 – God Part II
Tancred – Pens
Elizabeth Cook – Methadone Blues.
The Frightnrs – Nothing More to Say.
Esmé Patterson – Feel Right
The Tragically Hip – Machine
The Shins – New Slang.
Todd Snider – My Generation (Part 2)
Freelance Whales – Kilojoules
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Trust in Time.
Peter Gabriel – Biko.

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Sept. 5

  • From the Better late than never files. Playing a little catch up.
  • The War On Drugs – Red Eyes
  • Annie Lennox – sweet dreams bbc fm 2009.
  • The Weakerthans – Aside (Live).
  • Cracker – Movie Star.
  • Jimmy Buffett – Cheeseburger In Paradise.
  • Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom
  • The Black Crowes – Thorn In My Pride.
  • Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.
  • Mayer Hawthorne – Where Does This Door Go.
  • Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There.
  • Charlie Winston – In Your Hands
  • Blues Traveler – Love And Greed
  • The Bloody Hollies – You’re So Cold.
  • Mute Math – Chaos.
  • Counting Crows – 1492.
  • Bastille – Send Them Off!.
  • John Lennon – Whatever Gets You Thru The Night.
  • Belly – Feed the Tree.
  • Mitski – Your Best American Girl.
  • St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder.
  • The Gaslight Anthem – The Diamond Church Street Choir.
  • The La’s – There She Goes
  • Big Daddy – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
  • The Cars – Just What I Needed.
  • RFR Promos\Derby Rocz Promo.
  • Eux Autres – Other Girls
  • Bob Dylan – My Back Pages.
  • Wally Pleasant – Sons of Bob Dylan
  • Bruce Springsteen – Better Days.
  • The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore.
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B..
  • The Animals – We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place.
  • Colleen Green – U Coulda Been An A
  • Moxy Fruvous – King Of Spain.
  • Declan McKenna – Isombard.
  • Yo La Tengo – Mr. Tough.
  • Jason Segel – Man Or Muppet
  • Elizabeth Cook – El Camino
  • Father John Misty – I Went To The Store One Day
  • Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.
  • Veruca Salt – Seether.
  • Sleigh Bells – Tell ‘Em.
  • Okkervil River – Pop Lie.
  • Julia Nunes – Happy Medium
  • The Jayhawks – Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces.
  • Whitehorse – Sweet Disaster

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Aug. 29

From  Boy George to Dread Zeppelin to Gene Wilder, we continue to span the globe to bring you the constant variety of music. The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat.
Culture Club – Miss Me Blind.mp3
Men At Work – Overkill.mp3
Pet Shop Boys – What Have I Done to Deserve This_.mp3
Squeeze – Annie Get Your Gun.mp3
David Bowie – Heroes.mp3
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World.mp3
Elliott Smith – Amity.mp3
Gene Wilder – Pure Imagination.mp3
The Beach Boys – Sloop John B..mp3
The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3
Hayes Carll – Another Like You.mp3
Old 97’s – Buick City Complex.mp3
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter.mp3
Kathleen Edwards – Back to Me.mp3
Julian Moon – 2AM.mp3
Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing The Very Best Of CD2 (2015)- I Ran (Extended Version).mp3
U2 – With Or Without You .mp3
The Police – Ghost In The Machine\05-Demolition Man.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – One More Night.mp3
Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’.mp3
Miles Davis – Blue In Green.mp3
The Rascals Lickety Split\12 Good Lovin’.mp3
Kirsty MacColl – England 2 Columbia 0.mp3
Black 47 – Maria’s Wedding.mp3
Alabama Shakes – Hold On.mp3
Ben Folds Five – Philosophy [Album Version].mp3
Weezer – Buddy Holly.mp3
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day.mp3
Del Shannon – Runaway.mp3
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
Guided By Voices – Glad Girls.mp3
The Georgia Satellites – Keep Your Hands To Yourself.mp3
Muddy Waters – Electric Mud\05 Mannish Boy.mp3
Otis Redding Cd1\1-17 Mr. Pitiful.mp3
The Colorblind James Experience – Euphoria Jones.mp3
A Giant Dog – Pile (2016)\06 – & Rock & Roll.mp3
The Donnas – Spend the Night\12 Take Me To The Backseat.mp3
The Coathangers\Larceny & Old Lace\08 My Baby.mp3
Indigo Girls – Closer To Fine.mp3
Dread Zeppelin\Un-Led-Ed\06 Dread Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love.mp3
THE KINKS – Something Else By The Kinks (1967) @320\13 Waterloo Sunset.mp3
Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps\04 – Pocahontas.mp3

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August 25: Pinch Hitting for Shaun

Better late than never right? Here’s the set list from Aug. 25 when I filled in for Shaun on his show.

  1. Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You.mp3
  2. The Cure – Fascination Street.mp3
  3. Better Than Ezra – Teenager.mp3
  4. Matthew  Sweet – Superdeformed.
  5. Pearl Jam – Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
  6. Bedouin Soundclash – Mountain Top.
  7. The Decemberists – Calamity Song.mp3
  8. The Avett Brothers – Kick Drum Heart.mp3
  9. Sam Roberts Band – Kid Icarus.mp3
  10. Chris Stapleton – Sometimes I Cry.mp3
  11. U2 – Bad (Live).mp3
  12. The Tragically Hip – Ahead By a Century
  13. Lucinda Williams – Righteously
  14. Faderhead – Mono Man (featuring Dr. T)
  15. The Record Company – Turn Me Loose.mp3
  16. Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings.mp3
    We Were Promised Jetpacks – Roll Up Your Sleeves.mp3
  17. Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device.mp3
  18. Fugazi – Suggestion.mp3
  19. Ted Leo _ Pharmacists – Who Do You Love_.mp3
  20. Hüsker Dü – Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely.mp3
  21. Mission of Burma – Academy Fight Song.mp3
  22. The Bloody Hollies – You’re So Cold.mp3
  23. Faces – Ooh La La.mp3
  24. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored.mp3
  25. The Orwells – Who Needs You.mp3
  26. Tommy Brunett – Born To Walk Alone
  27. Kasey Chambers – Stalker
  28. Widespread Panic – Hope In a Hopeless World

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Aug. 22: Going Places

Here’s the set list from the Aug. 22 show.  The theme was places- All songs had real places in the title.

 

  1. Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover
  2. Better Than Ezra – King Of New Orleans
  3. KISS – Detroit Rock City
  4. R.E.M. – (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
  5. Deer Tick – Houston, TX.
  6. Billy Joel – Miami 2017 (I’ve Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway).
  7. Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City.
  8. The Tragically Hip – In Sarnia
  9. The Head and the Heart – Coeur d’Alene
  10. Wilco – Impossible Germany
  11. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
  12. Fountains of Wayne – Hackensack.
  13. The Bottle Rockets – Indianapolis.
  14. Uncle Tupelo – New Madrid.
  15. Old 97’s – Barrier Reef (Live).
  16. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The U.K.
  17. The Beatles – Back In The U.S.S.R.
  18. Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues.
  19. Chuck Berry – Havana Moon.
  20. Stephen Malkmus – Baltimore.
  21. The Clash – London Calling.
  22. Ben Kweller – Commerce, TX
  23. Dar Williams – Iowa (Acoustic Revisited Version) (featuring Sam & Sean Watk.
  24. They Might Be Giants – Istanbul.
  25. Ian Hunter – Cleveland Rocks (1999 Remastered Version)
  26. Houndmouth – Ludlow.
  27. The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis
  28. Everclear – Santa Monica.
  29. Van Halen – Panama.
  30. Sting – Moon Over Bourbon Street.
  31. Beth Orton – Mount Washington.
  32. Michelle Shocked – Anchorage.
  33. moe. – New York City.
  34. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Paris (Ooh La La).
  35. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio.
  36. Counting Crows – Omaha.
  37. Frontier Ruckus – Ontario.
  38. Loretta Lynn – Portland, Oregon.
  39. RFR822\The B-52’s – Private Idaho.
  40. Barenaked Ladies – Peterborough And The Kawarthas.
  41. Drive-By Truckers – Grand Canyon.

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Aug. 8: The playlist

Back on the air after a week’s vacation.  A few new tunes, some old favorites and a bit of 90s nostalgia

  1. Jimmy Page & Black Crowes – Custard Pie.mp3
  2. Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
  3. Beck – Hotwax.mp3
  4. INTERPOL – Slow Hands.mp3
  5. The Chesterfield Kings – Mystery Trip.mp3
  6. The Empty Hearts – Fill An Empty Heart.mp3
  7. The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night).mp3
  8. Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray.mp3
  9. Cracker – Mr. Wrong.mp3
  10. Lucinda Williams – Joy.mp3
  11. Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule.mp3
  12. The Hold Steady – How a Resurrection Really Feels.mp3
  13. Guns N’ Roses – Yesterdays.mp3
  14. The Clarks – Blood and Roses.mp3
  15. Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
  16. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Tour of Duty.mp3
  17. Son Volt – Drown.mp3
  18. John Hiatt – Have A Little Faith In Me.mp3
  19. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
  20. Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere.mp3
  21. The Breeders – Cannonball.mp
  22. Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
  23. The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly.mp3
  24. The Replacements – Alex Chilton.mp
  25. Tacocat – The Internet.mp3
  26. The Gaslight Anthem – Boxer.mp3
  27. Anberlin – Breaking.mp3
  28. Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
  29. The War On Drugs – Baby Missiles.mp3
  30. Shakes – Strange Tides.mp3
  31. Warpaint – New Song.mp3
  32. The High Decibels – Mr. Bandman.mp
  33. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes_.mp3
  34. Arcade Fire – Month Of May.mp3
  35. U2 – Until The End Of The World.mp3
  36. Firewater – Electric City.mp3
  37. Joywave – Now.mp
  38. The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
  39. The Big Pink – Dominos.mp3
  40. The City Streets – Big Love.mp
  41. Spacehog – In The Meantime.mp3

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