---Retroactive #329--December 23, 2000:
Robbie Fulks--Sleepin' On the Job of Love
Eartha Kitt--Nothin' for Christmas
Robert B. Jones--Lord I Just Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes
Shelleyan Orphan--Ice
///Roebuck 'Pops' Staples (1915-2000)--Down In Mississippi///
Kati Mac--Like Christmas Day
Ella Jenkins--Harmonica for Hanukkah
T. Rex--Christmas Bop
Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns--Doin' the Santa Claus
Yusef Lateef--Nubian Lady
Wilson Pickett--Stagger Lee
Sonny & Cher--The Beat Goes On
Syd Straw--The Christmas Twist
Babs Gonzales--Be-Bop Santa Claus
Minnie Tee--Have a Cool Yule
Tony Bennett--I'll Be Home for Christmas (live)
Lene Lovich--Home
Andras Jones--Another X-mas Song
Shallow--Santa Claus, You Broke My Heart
Alex Chilton--The Christmas Song
Country Joe McDonald--Hold On, It's Coming
Nancy Wilson--The Christmas Waltz
Lord Buckley--Scrooge (live)
Karen Tweed & Ian Carr--Christmas
Tracy Nelson--Move On
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth--I'll Be Long Gone; Goodnight Nelda Grebe, the Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off
Lee Dorsey--My Old Car; A Mellow Good Time; People, I Wish You Could See
Esther Phillips--Don't Put No Headstone on My Grave; The Party's Over; Cry Me a River Blues (live, 1970)
Wendy Carlos--Incantation
Bill Withers--The Gift of Giving
Loreena McKennitt--Good King Wenceslas
Pete Seeger--'Twas On a Night Like This
James Carter--White Christmas
---Retroactive #328--December 16, 2000:
The Mar-Keys--Bo-Time
The Olympics--Private Eye
Debbie Davies--Back to Iuka
Leroy--Santa Stole My Baby
///Julie London (1926-2000)--It Never Entered My Mind///
Ana Popovic--Belly Button Window
Ryan Adams--My Winding Wheel
Bo Ramsey--Poor Backslider
E.C. Scott--Funkified Blues
The Bud Shank Sextet--Idol Gossip
Amos Milburn--One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Marianne Faithfull--The Incarceration of a Flower Child
Procol Harum--Still There'll Be More
Sleater-Kinney--You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun
Shemekia Copeland--The Fool You're Lookin' For
Kelly Joe Phelps--River Rat Jimmy
Bessie Smith--Follow That Deal On Down
Johnny & the Highkeys--The Christmas Game
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong--I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Charlie Karp--Lonely Streets
Chester Knight + the Wind--She's Dancing
Jeff Palmer/John Abercrombie/Vincent Herring/Bob Leto--Bulls Eye
Professor Longhair--In the Wee Wee Hours
Rufus & Carla Thomas--'Cause I Love You
Carla Thomas--I Play for Keeps; A Love of My Own
Phil Ochs--Another Age; I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (both live, 1968); Automation Song
James Booker--Harlem In Hamburg; Eleanor Rigby (both live); Make a Better World
Sun Ra--Friendly Love III
Mecca Normal--Upside Down Flames
Lou & Peter Berryman--When It Blows, It Snows
Airport Noises--No More Time
Low--Blue Christmas
Corey Harris--Walkin' Blues
The Mountain Goats--Horseradish Road
*Plus: Reverend Joseph Lowery on the 'Supreme' Court and the bizarre 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
---Retroactive #327--December 9, 2000:
Little Milton--Lookin' For My Baby
Rose Maddox--Footprints In the Snow
Clifton Chenier--Ay, Ai, Ai
Bad Manners--Walking In the Sunshine (live)
Bettye LaVette--Right In the Middle (live, 9/99)
cub--You Know He Did
Bo Diddley--Love Her Madly
2nd Ex-Beatle to Die--Friends Fighting Friends
Tingstad & Rumbel--The Wanderer
Janie Cribbs--Carried Away
///The sick 20th anniversary of John Lennon's murder:
Yoko Ono--Walking On Thin Ice
John Lennon--Help Me to Help Myself (demo)///
Bing Crosby & David Bowie--The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth
Big Time Sarah--Ain't No Sunshine
Ennis In Theory--Good Ol' Time
Mother's Friends--Wrap It Up
Arlo Guthrie--1913 Massacre
Jill Sobule--Merry Christmas From the Family
Furry Lewis with Lee Baker, Jr.--Take Your Time
Joyce Andersen--Don't Explain
The Vandermark 5--The Trouble Is
Brenda Lee--Everybody Loves Me But You
Dionne Warwick--This Empty Place
Frank Sinatra--Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1950 version)
Rick Danko--People of Conscience
Lester Bangs & the Delinquents--Legless Bird
MC5--Looking at You (live, 1966)
The Bronx Horns--Que Pasa
Charlie Rich--Lonely Weekends; My Heart Cries for You; River Stay 'Way from My Door
Cassandra Wilson--Iconic Memories; Resurrection Blues (Tutu)
Bill Frisell with Cassandra Wilson--Painted from Memory
---Retroactive #326--December 2, 2000:
Andre Williams & the Sadies--Bag of Potato Chips
Marcia Ball/Lou Ann Barton/Angela Strehli--Dreams Come True
Alex Chilton--Shiny Stockings
Aretha Franklin--Spanish Harlem
The Dillards--Whole Round World (live)
Blossom Dearie--I Won't Dance
Marah--From the Skyline of a Great Big Town
Big Maybelle--Ring Dang Dilly
Mary Lou Lord--From Galway to Graceland
Teddy Thompson--Love Her for That
Clarence Palmer & the Jive Bombers--Bad Boy
Sue P. Fox--Down In Front Shrimp
Low--If You Were Born Today
Willie King & the Liberators--Let's Come Together (As One Community)
Sue Foley--Two Trains
Harvey Sid Fisher--F-Word!
Elvis Presley--Stay Away
Moe Tucker--Saturday Night
Shemekia Copeland--Miss Hy Ciditty
The Who--Leavin' Here (BBC)
Joyce Andersen--Columbine
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Little Wheel Spin and Spin (1966 version)
Myra Melford's Crush--Like Rain Whispers Mist
Sonny Boy Williamson II--Nine Below Zero; This Old Life; Crazy About You Baby
Jean Ritchie--Fair Nottamun Town; One More Mile; None But One
Little Richard with the Upsetters--Baby (demo)
Little Richard--Directly from My Heart (1955 version); Greenwood, Mississippi; Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
Geoff & Clare Muldaur--At the Christmas Ball
Eddy Clearwater--Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
*Plus: Dr. David Wallaga on Bush, Gore and Frankenfoods
---Retroactive #325--November 25, 2000:
Big Joe Williams--Brother James
Lucinda Williams--Nothing In Rambling (live)
Chris Smither--Link of Chain
Irma Thomas--Keep It Simple
Terry Callier--Can't Catch the Trane
Robbie McIntosh--Thanks, Chet
Grace Griffith--May You Never
Roosevelt Sykes--44 Blues ('60s version)
Duke Levine--King Kamehameha Blues
Ernestine Anderson--(You'll Always Be) The One I Love
Fats Domino--Poor Me
The Turbans--When You Dance
Debbie Davies--Percolatin'
The Clash--Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad
Ryan Adams--Shakedown on 9th Street
Shemekia Copeland--Whole Lotta Water
Corey Harris & Henry Butler--Mulberry Row
The Mountain Goats--Island Garden Song
Jerry Butler--Only the Strong Survive
Dar Williams--Highway Patrolman
The Meters--Trick Bag
Ann Rabson--The Blues Don't Care
Merle Haggard--Crazy Moon
Nick Drake--Cello Song
Bobby Hutcherson--Heroes
Etta Jones--East of the Sun; Exactly Like You
Randy Newman--Miami
Blood, Sweat & Tears--Just One Smile
Ike & Tina Turner--I've Been Loving You Too Long; Stagger Lee; Workin' Together
Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph--Beyond the Sky
///The Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash:
Michelle Shocked--House Burning Down
Alvin Youngblood Hart--Remember
Jimi Hendrix--Slow Blues (demo)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience--The Wind Cries Mary (live, 1967); Killing Floor (live, 1966)///
---Retroactive #324--November 18, 2000:
Nappy Brown--I Cried Like a Baby
Etta James--The Jealous Kind
The Penningtones--So Sad About Us
Buddy Miller--Help Wanted
Ani DiFranco--Used Cars
Furry Lewis--Bugle Waltz
Jane Voss--Can't Stop Worrying
Charles Atkins--Florida's Song
Sun Ra--Where Pathways Meet
Mott the Hoople--The Ballad of Mott the Hoople (3/26/72-Zurich)
Jello Biafra--The Green Wedge (live)
Norton Buffalo & the Knockouts--Hoodoo Roux
Ellen McIlwaine--Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)
Robyn Hitchcock--The Wind Cries Mary
Beat Happening--Angel Gone
Barbara Lynn with Ivan Neville--When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Lee Dorsey--Operation Heartache
Janie Cribbs--Angry Little Song
R.L. Burnside--My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
Cream--I'm So Glad
The Lothars--Metallic Sonata No. 1
Jean Shepard--Crying Steel Guitar Waltz; Under Your Spell Again
Graham Parker & the Rumour--Hold Back the Night; Howlin' Wind (both live)
Sheila Jordan--Falling In Love With Love; I Concentrate on You; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
The Mountain Goats--The Coroner's Gambit
Laike & the Cosmonauts--Disconnected
Janis Joplin--Apple of My Eye
Wendy Carlos--That's Just It
Lou Ford--Said What I Said
Johnny Cash--Country Trash
The Castaways--Liar Liar
Toots & the Maytals--54-46, That's My Number (live)
---Retroactive #323--November 11, 2000:
Malvina Reynolds--What Have They Done to the Rain
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys--In the Steel of the Night
Don Walser--Yodeling the Blues
Barbara Lynn--Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)
Merle Haggard--Honky Tonk Mama
Bettye LaVette--Your Turn to Cry
Sonny Landreth--Love and Glory
Los Lobos--Johnny 99
Shemekia Copeland--Up on 1-2-5
Cooper-Moore--Evolution
Washington Phillips--You Can't Stop a Tattler, Pt. 2
Minnie Tee--Second Hand Rose
Sil Austin--Slow Walk
4 Hr. Ramona--The Seeker
Family--It's Only a Movie
Jimmy McQuade & the Unique Echos--Booga-Ka-Do
Ural Thompson & Them--Don't Bring Me Down
Ann Rabson--What's Good for the Gander Is Good for the Goose
Barry Mann--Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
Robert Ward--New Role Soul
The Softies--The Places We Go
Kieran Kane--Irish Heartbeat
Claudia Schmidt--Somebody Else's Restaurant
Guy Davis--Stones In My Passway
The Mark Elf Trio--Quick Silver
Clyde McPhatter--A Shot of Rhythm & Blues
Mose Allison--I Looked In the Mirror
Dave Alvin--A Short Life of Trouble
June Christy--A Night In Tunisia
Little Willie John--Talk to Me, Talk to Me; Like Boy, Like Girl; I've Been Around
Mollie O'Brien--When I've Got the Moon
Hank Thompson--New Wine In Old Bottles
Louis Armstrong--Stardust
Annie Laurie--Now That You're Gone
Johnnie Johnson--Tanqueray
Zora Young--Queen Bee
The Waterboys--A Life of Sundays
---Retroactive #322--November 4, 2000:
Jack McVea with Rabon Tarrant--New Worried Life Blues
Chubby 'Hip Shakin'' Newsome--Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone
Alison Krauss & Union Station--Never Got Off the Ground
Dave Alvin--Sign of Judgement
Robert Ward--Don't Make No Sense
Regina Carter--Prey Loot
Chicks on Speed--I Wanna Be a DJ...Baby
Sista Monica Parker--Windy City Burner
Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People (live)
The Bronx Horns--Sister Sadie
Pete Seeger--Step By Step
The Everly Brothers--So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
The Shirelles--Tonight's the Night
Andras Jones--Hold Your Nose and Vote
Stevie Wonder--Heaven Help Us All
Elena Powell & Glitter Folk--Forbidden Colors
R.L. Burnside--Nothin' Man
Ron Lane--Let's Elect Willie Nelson for President
Sue Foley--From Four Until Late
The Hancock Band--Politician
Merle Haggard--Wishing All These Old Things Were New
Shemekia Copeland--Beat Up Guitar
Freddie Bell & the Bellboys--Rockin' Is My Business
Norton Buffalo & the Knockouts--Shuffalo
Jeff Palmer/John Abercrombie/Vincent Herring/Bob Leto--StarLighter
Bonnie Raitt--It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Sippie Wallace--Suitcase Blues
Rickie Lee Jones--Hey Bub
Christine Collister--Last Chance Texaco (live, 5/94)
Delbert McClinton--Victim of Life's Circumstances
The Flying Burrito Brothers--The Train Song
Joni Mitchell--Comes Love; Both Sides Now (2000 version); Nothing Can Be Done
Herbie Hancock with Joni Mitchell--The Man I Love
Bobby Hutcherson--Zingaro
Willie King & the Liberators--Pickens County Blues
Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics--Have Blues, Will Travel
*Plus: Ralph Nader on Gore & Bush 'bumbling'; Jim Goodman on Gore in bed with agribusiness
---Retroactive #321--October 28, 2000:
---Halloween Show
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown--I Put a Spell on You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins--Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Dinah Washington--Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (live, 1958)
Ten Wheel Drive--Candy Man Blues
Roky Erickson--You're An Unidentified Flying Object
Greg Brown--Wild Like a Sonny Boy
Bo Diddley--Bo Meets the Monster
Sam Brown--Stop
Ken Vandermark/Hamid Drake/Nate McBride--We Travel the Spaceways
Bob Dylan--See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Ann Peebles--Part Time Love
The Stooges--Not Right
The Sonics--The Witch (live)
Eric Gales & Trudy Lynn--Voodoo Chile
The Make Up--Save Yourself
Nico--Janitor of Lunacy
The Austin Lounge Lizards--Highway Cafe of the Damned
Jim Carroll--Runaway
Flamin' Groovies--Comin' After Me
Richard Thompson--Mother Knows Best
The Ghastly Ones--Mysterior
Kris Wiley--Ramblin' On My Mind
The Lothars--The Feudal Resistance
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends--I Was Wrong; Tonight's the Night
Beat Happening--Gravedigger Blues
Johnny Cash--The Mercy Seat
Willis Alan Ramsey--Wishbone
Peg Leg Sam--Ode to Bad Bill
Mirah--100 Knives
The Novas--The Crusher
Howlin' Wolf--I Ain't Superstitious
Sun Ra & his Myth Science Arkestra--Next Stop Mars
Jimmy Cross--I Want My Baby Back
Kathi McDonald--I Put a Spell on You
Hot Lips Page--Saint James Infirmary
*Plus: Peter B. Rice stopped by to tell us about the watchdog group monitoring School of the Americas
---Retroactive #320--October 21, 2000:
Cecil Gant--If It's True
Guy Clark--Sis Draper
Cassandra Wilson--Woman on the Edge
Helen Humes--Million Dollar Secret (live, 8/50)
Peg Leg Sam--Lost John
Kieran Kane--Same Old Blues
Rachel Sage--Air We Share
Don Covay--Iron Out the Rough Spots
Dave Pike--Class Action Suite
The 1910 Fruitgum Company--Simon Says
Jeanne Trevor--Visit Me
The O'Jays--Use ta Be My Girl
Willie King & the Liberators--Stand Up and Speak the Truth
Roxy Music--The Thrill of It All
Debbie Davies--When You Got a Good Friend
Jodi Martin--Disbeliever
Nick Drake--Hazy Jane I
Robert Belfour--Walkin' the Floor
Norma Waterson--Outside the Wall
Toots Thielemans--That Misty Red Beast
Mahalia Jackson--I Gave Up Everything to Follow Him
Dizzy Gillespie--Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--No One Will Listen
///The Chuck Berry Birthday Bash:
Ann Rabson--School Day
The Rolling Stones--Carol
Chuck Berry--Jo Jo Gunne; Confessin' the Blues; I'm Talking 'Bout You///
The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble--Catch Me
Mirah--Carved In It
Eric Bibb--For You
Sonny Landreth--Angeline
*Plus: Michael Moore on 'Bore and Gush'
---Retroactive #319--October 14, 2000:
---KAOS Fall Membership Drive Show
Lillian Offitt--Miss You So
Mississippi Fred McDowell--Write Me a Few Lines
Marti Jones--Life's a Game
Graham Parker & the Rumour--Chain of Fools (live, BBC, 1977)
The Asylum Street Spankers--I'm a Bear In a Ladies Boudoir
Holly Golightly--Pretty Good Love
Jimmy Witherspoon--Ain't Nobody's Business (live, 1959)
Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis--Real Gone Lover
Christy McWilson--Weight of the World
T-Model Ford--Take a Ride with Me
The Dwight Twilley Band--Feeling In the Dark
Greg Brown--Pretty One More Time
Roosevelt Sykes--Raining In My Heart
Rose Maddox--Hey Little Dreamboat
Wayne Hancock--Life on the Road
The Marigolds--Rollin' Stone
Bobby Blue Bland--Goin' Down Slow
Ann Peebles--I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Faces--Cindy Incidentally
Emmylou Harris--Boy from Tupelo
Bert Wilson & Rebirth--Onslaught
Wanda Jackson--Cool Love
Victoria Spivey--Moaning the Blues
Ann Rabson--Careless Boogie
Chubby 'Hip Shakin'' Newsome--Find a Job
Mollie O'Brien--The Right Thing
Kenny Neal--I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
The Gants--I Wonder
Shemekia Copeland--2 a.m.
Peg Leg Sam--Irene, Tell Me Who Do You Love
Dave Bartholomew--Country Boy
Willie Nelson with Susan Tedeschi--Kansas City
---Retroactive #318--October 7, 2000:
Chris Whitley--China Gate
Mollie O'Brien--When I'm Gone
Alberta Adams--We Ain't Makin' Honey
Ted Hawkins--Afraid
Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters--Cry Baby
Shemekia Copeland with Ruth Brown--If He Moves His Lips
John Wesley Harding--Goth Girl
Jeanne Trevor--Early In the Morning
Arturo O'Farrill--Black Orpheus
The Miracles--You've Really Got a Hold On Me
The Replacements--Mr. Whirly
E.C. Scott--If You Don't Love Me
Johnny J. Blair--Love Love Alone (2000 version)
Carla Thomas--Don't Say No More
Slim & Slam--Palm Springs Jump
B.B. King & Eric Clapton--Come Rain or Come Shine
The Asylum Street Spankers--If I Were You
James Booker--One Hell of a Nerve (live)
Geoff Muldaur--Kitchen Door Blues
The Softies--Me and the Bees
Derek Martin--You Better Go
Lydia Mendoza--Mi Problema
Roy Montgomery--From a Promontory
Man or Astro-Man?--Um Espectro Sem Ascala
The Lynne Arriale Trio--Alone Together
The Austin Lounge Lizards--The Me I Used to Be
The Hot Club of Cowtown--You Don't Care What Happens to Me
Koko Taylor--Bring Me Some Water
///The John Lennon Birthday Bash:
Rene & Rene--Day Tripper
Rosanne Cash--I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
The Harry J. All Stars--Don't Let Me Down
The Beatles--Sweet Little Sixteen (live, 12/62); Ask Me Why; Baby You're a Rich Man
John Lennon--Steel and Glass; Isolation (alternate take)
The Plastic Ono Band--Cold Turkey (live, 9/69)
John & Yoko with Elephant's Memory--New York City (live, 8/72)///
---Retroactive #317--September 30, 2000:
Heather Myles--Stay Out of My Arms
Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown--Work 'Til My Days Are Gone
Irma Thomas--Old Habits Are Hard to Break
The John Doe Thing--Beat-Up World
Jen Wood--Let's Fight
NRBQ--I Want You Bad
Mighty Sam McClain--Goin' Back to New Orleans
Guy Davis--High Flying Rocket
Joe Ely--Road Hawg (live, 1/99)
Mark Elf--It Was Written In the Stars
Little Steven--I Am a Patriot
George Dekker--Time Hard
Rose Maddox--Single Girl
Sleater-Kinney--Leave You Behind
David Johansen--Frenchette
Ann Rabson--Check Mr. Popeye
David Olney--Solid Gone
Lee Dorsey--The Kitty Cat Song
Link Wray--Snag
Sue Foley--Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')
Jimmy Lynch--Notion of Mr. Motions
Dave Alvin--Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
The Blasters--This Is It
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs--Nothing Else Will Do
Shannon Wright--Ribbons of You
Kavisha Mazzella--All I Want Is You
Assif Tsahar/Rashied Ali/Peter Kowald--The Rap
Suzzy Roche--Born Yesterday
Richard Hell & the Voidoids--Destiny Street
The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon--Paper Castles
Donny Hathaway--To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Deborah Coleman--So Damn Easy
Jerry Lee Lewis--Sexy Ways/Cool Cool Ways; Keep Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake); Ramblin' Rose
Jerry Lee Lewis & Linda Gail Lewis--Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
Joe Morris & Mat Maneri--Adhesive
Jeanne Trevor--Stompin' at the Savoy
---Retroactive #316--September 23, 2000:
The Blacks--I'd Like to Say
Shemekia Copeland--Love Scene
Fats Domino--It's You I Love
Beausoleil--Bon Temps Rouler
///Vocalist Rebert H. Harris (1916-2000):
The Soul Stirrers--Sleep On, Mother
R.H. Harris & the Gospel Paraders--Somebody///
Mollie O'Brien--River's Invitation
Sandman & Camo--2 Lips and a Lot O'Verb
Gene Defcon--Tsk, Tsk, Tut, Tut
John Fogerty--Blue Moon of Kentucky
Ray Armando & the Playground Quintet--Eighty One
E.C. Scott--Sledgehammer
Brilliant Corners--The Good's Gone
Earl Bostic--Time On My Hands
Holly Golightly--Second Place
Bill Miller--Waiting for the Rain
Big Mama Thornton--Little Red Rooster
Chris Smither--Can't Shake These Blues
Teddy Thompson with Emmylou Harris--I Wonder If I Care as Much
Jesse Gee--Don't Mess with My Money
Greg Brown--Dream City
Etta James--Slow and Easy; Never My Love
Mirah--Words Cannot Describe
Miles Davis with John Coltrane--Someday My Prince Will Come
John Coltrane--Central Park West
The Drifters--Dance with Me
Ben E. King--Young Boy Blues
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Hide and Seek
Joan Jett--Don't Abuse Me
Roy Buchanan--Sweet Dreams
Bobby Gregg--The Jam, Pt. 1
Marah--Streets of Philadelphia
Dion--Book of Dreams
Bruce Springsteen--Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) (live, 9/96)
Ani DiFranco--Gravel; Every State Line (both live)
Old 97s--Ray Charles
The Maxin Trio featuring Ray Charles--Rockin' Chair Blues
Ray Charles--Blue Hawaii; Get on the Right Track; I Don't Want No Stranger Sleepin' In My Bed
---Retroactive #315--September 16, 2000:
Ann Rabson--Hassle Attack
James Cotton--Love Me or Leave Me
Don Covay with Ann Peebles--Chain of Fools
The Hot Club of Cowtown--I'd Understand Why
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch--Something 'Bout You
Al Green--I Can't Get Next to You
Sue Foley--Let Me Drive
///Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000)--Brother Tom
Ray Charles--Hey Now (Stanley Turrentine, saxophone)///
The Vandermark 5--The Cooler
LaVern Baker--I Cried a Tear
The Jamies--Summertime, Summertime
Don & Dewey--Koko Joe
Mirah--Gone Sugaring
C.J. Chenier--Falling Up
Floyd Smith--Soul Strut
Dot Allison--Sweet Surrender
Ernest Tubb--Thanks a Lot (live, 1965)
Eric Bibb--Healing Time
Emmylou Harris--I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now
Johnny J. Blair--All Things Are Possible
Shemekia Copeland--Not Tonight
The Rascals--You Better Run
James Armstrong--Another Dream
Ella Fitzgerald--One for My Baby (And One for the Road)
Joe Morris & Mat Maneri--Slight of Hand
Hank Williams--You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) (live, 1949); Moanin' the Blues (live, 1951);
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
Sheila Andrews--Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Richard Thompson--Honky Tonk Blues (live, solo, 9/82)
Willie Nelson--I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
The William Parker Trio--Foundation #4
Beth Custer--Long Time Now
Mollie O'Brien--Love, Life and Money
Mighty Sam (McClain)--Papa True Love
*Live Hank Williams cuts include stage patter by Red Foley & Minnie Pearl
*Plus: David Potorti on the religious hypocrisy of Bush, Gore, Cheney, Lieberman
---Retroactive #314--September 9, 2000:
---All '60s Show
The Stringalongs--Wheels
Sam & Dave--Born Again
Brenda Lee--Heart In Hand
The Hollies--Running Through the Night
The 5th Dimension--Go Where You Wanna Go
Marv Johnson--With All That's In Me
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Turtle Blues
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford--Don't You Worry
The Kinks--Big Sky
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Rolling Log Blues
The Wailers--Hang Up
Earl 'Fatha' Hines--You'll Never Know
Lee Dorsey--Go-Go Girl
Nancy Sinatra--How Does That Grab You, Darlin'
Ray Charles--I Don't Need No Doctor
Ravin Blue--Love
Marvin Gaye--Stubborn Kind of Fellow
Vicki Anderson--If You Don't Give Me What I Want (I Gonna Get It Some Other Place)
The Box Tops--The Letter
Roy Orbison--Running Scared
Aretha Franklin--The House That Jack Built
John Lee Hooker--Boom Boom
Cream--As You Said
Etta James--Next Door to the Blues
Bob Dylan--All Along the Watchtower
Marianne Faithfull--Summer Nights
The Showmen--It Will Stand
Toots & the Maytals--Do the Reggay
Dusty Springfield--Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)
John D. Loudermilk--Goin' to Hell on a Sled
The Rolling Stones--Get Off of My Cloud
The Marvelettes--I'll Keep Holding On
Booker T. & the MGs--Pigmy
Dexter Gordon & Ben Webster--In a Mellotone (live, 1969)
Johnny Cash--Big River; Starville City Jail (both live, 2/69)
Sarah Vaughan--Just One of Those Things (live, 7/63)
Wilson Pickett--Land of 1,000 Dances
The Bob Seger System--2 + 2 = ?
The Jeff Beck Group--Rice Pudding
Irma Thomas--I Done Got Over
The Strangeloves--(Roll On) Mississippi
Donovan--Get Thy Bearings
Alvin Cash & the Registers--Keep On Dancing
The Sonics--High Time
The Chiffons--Nobody Knows What's Going On In My Mind But Me
The Who--I'm a Boy (long version)
---Retroactive #313--September 2, 2000:
Nina Simone--Gimme a Pigfoot
Steve Forbert--Something's Got a Hold on Me
Guy Clark--Forever, For Always, For Certain
Odetta--Listening to Old Voices
///Producer-arranger-musician Jack Nitzsche (1937-2000)--Beyond the Surf
The Crystals--All Grown Up///
Mighty Sam McClain--All We Need Is Love
Beth Custer--Brenda's Music Box
Chris Smither--Winsome Smile
William Menefield--Equinox
Bobby Blue Bland--Farther Up the Road
The Roofies--Assorcism
Man or Astro-Man?--Song of the Two-Mile Linear Particle
Lefty Frizzell--You're Humbuggin' Me
Ike & Tina Turner--Sweet Rhode Island Red
Motorhead--Louie Louie
Scott Dunbar--Little Liza Jane
The Hot Club of Cowtown--Little Liza Jane
Stephane Grappelli--Sing Hallelujah
Christy McWilson--Little Red Hen
Eric Bibb--Put Your Foot Down
Mirah--Small Town
Alex Chilton--Single Again
Sista Monica Parker with Ron E. Beck--Put Your Shoe On the Other Foot
Blonde Redhead--Pier Paolo
The Rhythm Section featuring Jacko Peake--Suzanne's Jam
Aimee Mann--Satellite
Jimmy Reed--Tell the World I Do
Buddy (Holly) & Bob (Montgomery)--Baby It's Love
Buddy Holly--I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down; Blue Days, Black Nights
Patsy Cline--Don't Ever Leave Me Again (live); You're Stronger Than Me (radio transcription);
Write Me In Care of the Blues (live)
Otis Redding--Let Me Come On Home; Just One More Day; Chain Gang
Myra Melford's Crush--In Memoriam
Johnny J. Blair--One Wonderful Smile
Barbara Kessler--Grown Up Love Song and Other Oxymorons
The Softies--Holiday In Rhode Island
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister--Always Better with You
Guy Davis--Meet Me Where the River Turns
---Retroactive #312--August 26, 2000:
Skip James--Center Blues
Greg Brown--Blues Go Walking
Jackson & O'Meara--Let It Go
Mose Allison--The Seventh Son (live, 1979)
Irma Thomas--If You Want It, Come and Get It
Marv Johnson--The Man Who Don't Believe In Love
The Crabs--Alien Girl
Holly Golightly--Give Back Time
Jimmy Cliff--Sooner or Later
Sista Monica Parker--People Love the Blues
William Parker--Blues for Percy
Mary Osborne--I Love Paris
Chuck Berry--Do You Love Me
Howlin' Wolf--I've Been Abused
Sheila Jordan--How Deep Is the Ocean
Bob Dylan (as Blind Boy Grunt)--The Ballad of Donald White
Chris Whitley--Spanish Harlem Incident
Mildred Anderson--I'm Gettin' Long Alright
Rahsaan Roland Kirk--The Inflated Tear
Chris Knox--Everyone's Cool
Scott Dunbar--Blue Yodel
Alberta Adams--No Good Man
Mighty Sam (McClain)--A Stranger to Me
Rose Maddox--Wild Wild Young Men
Sleater-Kinney--Ironclad
Myra Melford's Crush--Always Chant Could One
Carrie Smith--In the Dark
Marion Williams--Tramp This World By Himself
Mink DeVille--Easy Slider
Joanna Connor--Free Free Woman
Them--How Long Baby; One Two Brown Eyes; Bring 'Em On In
Van Morrison--The Smile You Smile
Van Morrison with Jackie DeShannon--Laughing In the Wind
Van Morrison/Lonnie Donegan/Chris Barber/Dr. John--Goin' Home (live)
The Vandermark 5--Burn the Incline
Rosalie Sorrels--No Hole In My Head
Beth Custer--Gato Feo
---Retroactive #311--August 19, 2000:
Alice DiMicele--Wise Old Woman
Guy Davis--Raining In My Soul
Dave Alvin--Maggie Campbell
Big Maybelle--Winnie Widow Brown
Bill Miller--The Last Stand
Etta James--Something's Got a Hold On Me (live, 9/63)
The Riptones--Get Me a Job
Peter Case--Paradise, Etc.
Michael Peloquin--Don't Leave So Soon
Stacey Earle--Wonderful Life
Grant Green--High Heeled Sneakers
The Replacements--Treatment Bound
Moe Tucker--S.O.S.
Billie & De De Pierce--Mama Don't Allow
Mighty Sam McClain--Can't Stand it
Elena Powell & the Glitter Folk--Tattoo
Joe Ely--Gallo Del Cielo (live, 1/99)
Iain Matthews--These Days
Sista Monica Parker--Somebody Gonna Give Up Something Tonight
Ronnie Self--Ain't I'm a Dog
Ellen McIlwaine--It's Growing (live, 1972)
Greg Brown--'Cept You and Me Babe
Sue Foley--Empty Cup
Toots Thielemans--Body and Soul
John Lee Hooker--Can't You See What You're Doin' to Me
Thin Lizzy--Whiskey In the Jar
Dinah Washington--Crazy He Calls Me; New Blowtop Blues; TV Is the Thing This Year
The Count Basie Orchestra--Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing--Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
Cephas & Wiggins--Jelly Roll
Dennis Driscoll--Waiting for a Touch
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--Texas Home
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys--Night Tide
The Collins Kids--Hoy Hoy
---Retroactive #310--August 12, 2000:
Jackson & O'Meara--I Must Have Been Out of Your Mind
Sheila Wilcoxson--Louie
Lonnie Johnson--You Have No Love In Your Heart
Chris Smither--Help Me Now
John D. Loudermilk--The Joneses
Toni Lynn Washington--Satisfaction
Werly Fairburn--I'm Jealous
Alberta Adams with Johnnie Bassett--Nothing More to Say
Mat Maneri & Randy Peterson--Sunned
The Royalettes--It's Gonna Take a Miracle
Sandman & Camo--'64 Rambler (live)
Eric Bibb--Come Back Baby
John Trudell--Bad Dog
Frank Zappa--Lather
Patty Larkin--Poetry of Lies
Jackson Browne--My Personal Revenge
Sub Debs--Into the Night
Freddie King--Help Me Through the Day
Greg Brown--Real Good Friend
Katie Webster--Hard Lovin' Mama
Michael Peloquin--Noh-Did-Duh-Lee
Toni Price--Burnin' Down (live)
Dion--Hug My Radiator
Cooper-Moore--Radiance
Andras Jones--Flashback Barbeque
Barbara Mason--Oh How It Hurts
Percy Mayfield--The Hunt Is On
Luther Allison--Don't Burn My Bread
Ronnie Spector--Dynamite; Try Some, Buy Some; Don't Worry Baby
Ronnie Spector (as Veronica)--Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love
The Ronettes--Soldier Baby of Mine; Be My Baby
The Beach Boys--I Can Hear Music
George Shearing--Peaches
Dave Alvin--What Did the Deep Sea Say
Roosevelt Graves--I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called)
Christy McWilson--Ship Song
Charles Brown--'Round Midnight
---Retroactive--August 5, 2000;
---Retroactive--July 29, 2000:
Thanks to my guest host, possibly Shannon Wiberg of KAOS' Soul Kitchen,
which had recently moved from Mondays to Tuesdays (6 to 8pm).
---Retroactive #309--July 22, 2000:
Billie & De De Pierce--Some of These Days
Willis Alan Ramsey--Watermelon Man
The Wailers--Tough Bounce
Ruth Brown--Can't Stand a Broke Man
Si Kahn--Brown Lung Blues
Jen Wood--A Lie 4 a Lie
Robert Belfour--My Baby's Gone
Sue Foley--Goin' Away Blues
The William Parker--Come Sunday
James Brown--Please, Please, Please
Carl Perkins--I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry
June Christy--You Took Advantage of Me
The El Caminos--Pachuco Soul
Weston Prim--Get That Feelin'
Steve Earle--Wherever I Go
Patty Griffin--Silver Bell
Ural Thomas & Them--It's In the Book
Alberta Adams--That Dog
Eric Bibb--Walk the Walk
Willie Nelson--Bonaparte's Retreat
Christy McWilson--Wishin'
The Velvet Underground--What Goes On (live)
Floyd Dixon--Blue Skies
Lauri Krantz--Not Another Girl
Hank Thompson--Sting In This Ol' Bee
Mighty Sam McClain--Battlefield of Love
E.C. Scott--Wise As a Fool
The Rob Brown Quartet--Step with Care
Patti Scialfa--Spanish Dancer
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris--Valerie
Buddy Guy--Dedication to the Late T-Bone Walker; Texas Flood; The Things That I Used to Do (live, 1979)
The Rolling Stones--The Spider and the Fly (live, 1995)
Hank Williams--I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
Sonia--Postcard from Texas
Sonny Simmons--The Prober
Bessie Smith--Them 'Has Been' Blues
Peter Case--Something Happens
We the People--You Burn Me Up and Down
---Retroactive #308--July 15, 2000:
Terry Robb--Little White Moon
Alberta Adams--Take Me With You
Patty Larkin--Mink Coats
Jimmy Cliff--Hard Road to Travel
///Cub Koda (1948-2000):
Brownville Station--Wanted (Dead or Alive)///
Debbie Davies--When You Were Gone
Old 97s--Eyes for You
Cadallaca--The Trouble With Public Places
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--Come On Little Mama
Toots Thielemans--Three Views of a Secret
Johnny Cash--Next In Line
Marah--Round Eye Blues
Deborah Coleman--Don't Lie to Me
Buzzcocks--Why Can't I Touch It?
Al Jolson--I'm Just Wild About Harry
Freddie King--Walking By Myself
Marcia Ball--I'm Just a Prisoner
Ural Thomas & Them--Hide and Seek
The Cast of The Transfused--The Ultimatum
Chris Thomas King--Why Blues
Christy McWilson--Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow
Libby Kirkpatrick--What Is That?
Houston Person--Blue Seven
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five--Choo Choo Ch-Boogie; Buzz Me Blues; Barnyard Boogie
B.B. King--Caldonia (1999 version)
Denise LaSalle--No Supervision; I'm Not That Kind of Girl; Five Below Zero
Peter Case--Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Lucinda Williams--Am I Too Blue
Taj Mahal--Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine
Holly Golightly--I Hear You
Mirah--Water and Sleep
Cooper-Moore--A Float
John 'Broadway' Tucker--Help Me
Sandy Carroll--Honey Lovin' Gumbo
The Agents--Trouble
Jane Bunnett--Rockin' In Rhythm
---Retroactive #307--July 8, 2000:
Leadbelly--Diggin' My Potatoes
Candye Kane--Didn't We
Janis Martin--Love and Kisses
Bill Miller--The Vision
Sonny Rollins--You Don't Know What Love Is
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Porchlight
T-Model Ford--She Asked Me So I Told Her
Chris Chandler--FM Revisited
The William Parker Trio--Foundation #1
Ethel Waters--A Hundred Years from Today
Billie & De De Pierce--Eh La Bas
Slim Moon--Peeves and Secrets
Eric Bibb--World War Blues
Liz Carroll--The Crow In the Sun
Holly Golightly--Easy On Me
Millie Jackson--Summer (The First Time)
Sandman & Camo--The Prophet
Peter Case--Cool Drink O'Water
Koko Taylor with B.B. King--Blue Hotel
Sue Foley--Mediteranean Breakfast
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--Ramblin' Man
Alberta Adams--Say Baby Say
Robert Ealey with Tone Sommer--Wild Wild West
The Joe Morris Quartet--Matter of Fact
Betsy Holt--Reelin' Down (KAOS performance, 2/00)
Ringo Starr & the Roundheads--It Don't Come Easy (live, 1998)
Woody Guthrie--Farmer-Labor Train; Mean Talking Blues (alternate take)
The Indigo Girls with Ani DiFranco--Ramblin' 'Round (live, 9/96)
Jim Kweskin--Ranger's Command (live)
The Byrds--Chimes of Freedom; Drug Store Truck Driving Man (both live, 2/69); Ballad of Easy Rider (live, 3/70)
Sonny Simmons--Beings of Light
Sista Monica Parker--It's Not What You Say
---Retroactive #306--July 1, 2000:
Fruteland Jackson--It's a Bad Night to Be a Stray Dog
Neko Case--Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis
Irma Thomas--Hold Me While I Cry
Bruce Cockburn--Understanding Nothing
Belle & Sebastian--Legal Man
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--Put the Blame On Me
Jesse Colin Young--The Cuckoo
Artemiy Artemiev & Phillip B. Klinger--Dreams In Moving Space, Pt. 1
Lee Wiley--I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Andras Jones--The Firecracker Kid
Mirah--Sweepstakes Prize
Billy Bragg & Wilco--All You Fascists
The Clash--I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.
Sleater-Kinney--All Hands on the Bad One
E.C. Scott--Too Good to Keep to Myself
Johnny Sayles--I Can't Get Enough (Of Your Love)
The Vipers--We're Outta Here!
John Trudell with Quiltman, Madeline, Bark--Look at Us/AIM Song
The Campbell Brothers featuring Katie Jackson--Walk With Me
Christy McWilson--Someday
Phil Ochs--Talkin' Cuban Crisis
Marianne Faithfull--After the Ceasefire
The J.B.s--(It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.s Monaurail
Johnny Ace--My Song; Don't You Know
Bill Withers--The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Holly Golightly--Use Me
///The Willie Dixon Birthday Special:
The Big Three Trio--Don't Let That Music Die
Willie Dixon--I Ain't Superstitious; I Don't Trust Myself
Rob Wasserman with Willie Dixon & Al Duncan--Dustin' Off the Bass
Sue Foley--Same Thing
Little Walter--Mellow Down Easy
Koko Taylor--Don't Mess with the Messer; Fuel to Burn///
The Jon Jarvis Trio--Someone to Watch Over Me
Robert Ward--Somethin' Funky's Goin' On
The Cast of The Transfused--Power Station
---Retroactive #305--June 24, 2000:
The Butchies--Baby DNA
Alex Chilton--April In Paris
Junior Parker--Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On
The Vipers--Now I Remember
Alvin Youngblood Hart--Will I Ever Get Back Home
Patti Smith--Lo and Beholden
The Hancock Band--Motorcycle Mike
Michael Parks--Long Lonesome Highway
Joel Frahm--Soul Eyes
Aretha Franklin--One Way Ticket
King Crimson--Cat Food
Sandman & Camo--Persian Den of Sin
Marvin Gaye--Ain't That Peculiar
Steve Earle--Another Town
Booker T. & the MGs--Summertime
Roger Miller--In the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
Laura Love--I Am Going to Miss You
Marah--Point Breeze
Eric Bibb with Taj Mahal--Sing Your Song
Mirah--Of Pressure
The Soft Boys--Heartbreak Hotel (live)
Myra Melford's Crush--Vena Cava
The Beach Boys--The Warmth of the Sun; I Just Wasn't Made for These Times; Good Timin'
Christy McWilson--'Til I Die
Memphis Minnie--Can't Afford to Lose That Man; It Was You; I'm So Glad, Baby
The Kinks--Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues; A Well Respected Man; Top of the Pops
Deborah Coleman--If You Love Me Like You Say
Lynn Johnston--Drunk on Ink
New Cool Collective--Flootie
June Tabor--A Place Called England
Ramblin' Jack Elliott with Dave Van Ronk--Saint James Infirmary
Solomon Burke--Got to Get You Off My Mind
Barbara Mason--Yes, I'm Ready
---Retroactive #304--June 17, 2000:
Billy Price--I Know It's Your Party (I Just Came Here to Dance)
Toni Lynn Washington--I Don't Know Why
Fruteland Jackson--Is That Your Real Name?
Carolyn Mark--Don't Come Over, Baby
Bruce Springsteen--Riding In My Car (live, 9/96)
Holly Golightly--Nothing You Can Say
Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band--Rain from the Sky (live)
Robert Ward--Put Yourself In My Place
Marcia Ball--The Story of My Life
Willis Jackson--Bar Wars
Mickey & Sylvia--Love Is Strange
The Badgers--Police On My Back
The Clash--Pressure Drop
The Persianettes--It Happens Everyday
Knoxville Girls--Virginia Avenue
Deborah Coleman--Soft Place to Fall
Billy Bragg & Wilco--Secret of the Sea
Robin & Linda Williams--I Pity the Mothers and the Fathers
Derek Martin--Daddy Rollin' Stone
E.C. Scott--Make a Man Kit
Candye Kane--Toughest Girl Alive
Bill Miller--There Is You
The Joe Morris Quartet--Coil
The Zombies--It's Alright With Me; Sticks and Stones
Scott Appel--Our Season
Kelly Willis--Time Has Told Me
Nick Drake--Been Smoking Too Long; Harvest Breed; Day Is Done
Paul McCartney--Shake a Hand; Figure of Eight; Party
Lynn Johnston--Not Sonny Not Henry
Sue Foley--Love Comin' Down
Larry Garner--Edward Had a Shotgun
*J.J.'s daughter Emily suggested that he read Shel Silverstein's 'Remote-a-Dad' on the air, so he did
---Retroactive #303--June 10, 2000:
The Sisters--Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Arthur Alexander--Call Me Lonesome
Dolly Parton--Steady as the Rain
Kristian Hollman--I'm Alive
Al Green--Chariots of Fire
Los Lobos--High Places
Tish Hinojosa--Hey Little Love
Joe Chambers--Jihad
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates--Shakin' All Over
Carl Holmes & the Commanders--Crossin' Over
E.C. Scott--Party
Eric Bibb--New Roses
Woody Guthrie--Budded Roses
Arlo Guthrie--Free In Every Moment (live, 9/96)
Ani DiFranco--Do Re Mi (live, 9/96)
Zak Borden--Johnny & Colette
Mirah--Engine Heart
Charles Brown--Before the Evening Sun Sets
Toni Lynn Washington--You're Gonna Make Me Cry
Tom Mabe--Stand Up Comic
Mary Gauthier--I Drink
Van Morrison--Bein' Green
Gerry Gibb & the Third Trio from the Sun--Mysterious Woman
Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon--Door Poppin'
Howlin' Wolf--Neighbors; The Natchez Burnin'
*An abbreviated show today (two hours) as KAOS broadcast live coverage of the 22nd annual Super Saturday festival at
The Evergreen State College
---Retroactive #302--June 3, 2000:
Toni Fisher--West of the Wall
Larry Garner--Virus Blues
Melissa Ferrick--Hold On
Al Green--Higher Plane
///Tito Puente (1920-2000)--Lucky Dog; All Blues
Tito Puente with India & the Count Basie Orchestra--Fever///
///Johnnie Taylor (1938-2000)--I Ain't Particular; You Can't Get Away from It
Marcel Worms--The Barpianist
Bobbie Gentry--Ode to Billie Joe
Freddie Scott--Are You Lonely for Me
The Who--Run Run Run (BBC)
Toni Lynn Washington--Meet Me In the Middle
Astral Project--Burgandy (live)
Danny Gatton--The Simpsons
Carol Jones--Problem Child
Maria Muldaur--Without a Friend Like You
Mon Santo--Somehow
Ray Charles--I've Got News for You
Rosie Flores--This Ol' Honky Tonk
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--Blue Shadows
Gerry Gibbs & the Third Trio from the Sun--Miss Nancy
Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead
The Impressions--Check Out Your Mind
Abra Moore--Touch and Go (live, 6/95)
Gary U.S. Bonds--Havin' So Much Fun; I Can't Use You In My Business; Love's On the Line
Mirah--Person Person
Marah--The History of Where Someone Has Been Killed
E.C. Scott--Running
The Evergreen Club--Haikai
Buddy Miller--100 Million Little Bombs
Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty--Being Blind
The Persuasions--The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
Camper Van Beethoven--Who Are the Brain Police
---Retroactive #301--May 27, 2000
---All Texas Show
Robert Earl Keen--Daddy Frank
W.C. Clark--Leave My Heart Alone
Angela Strehli--Be Bop Man
The Bad Livers--Love Songs Suck
Buddy Holly & the Crickets--Maybe Baby
Lightnin' Hopkins--Baby Please Don't Go
The Asylum Street Spankers--Knock Myself Out
Al Dexter & the Troopers--Saturday Night Boogie
Sara Hickman--Bowl Full of Stars
Will Taylor--Sidewalk Parade; Reel Life
Blind Lemon Jefferson--Match Box Blues
Terry Allen--The Wolfman of Del Rio
Johnny Nash--Cupid
Ella Mae Morse--Pig Foot Pete
Joe Ely--Ranches and Rivers (live, 1/99)
Alejandro Escovedo--Mountain of Mud
Marcia Ball--What's a Girl to Do
Joe Tex--I Want to Do Everything for You
The Big Bopper--Someone Watching Over You
Hal Ketchum--Awaiting Redemption
Big Mama Thornton--Walking Blues
Jerry Jeff Walker--Charlie Dunn
The Bobby Fuller Four--Thunder Reef
Doug Sahm--Next Time You See Me
Stacey Earle--Must Be Love
Guy Clark--Cold Dog Soup
Floyd--Existential Quest
T-Bone Walker--Cold, Cold Feeling; Bye, Bye Baby
Boz Scaggs--T-Bone Shuffle
Freddy Fender--Living It Down
Augie Meyers & the Western Head Band--High Texas Rider (live, 1975)
Sue Foley--Through the Night
Johnny Winter And--Jumpin' Jack Flash (live, 1971)
Clarence Gatemouth Brown--Dark End of the Hallway
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell--Running With You (live)
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Cowboy Stomp; Sweet Moments
Asleep at the Wheel with Shawn Colvin & Lyle Lovett--Faded Love
Texas Ruby--Don't Let That Man Get You Down
Lefty Frizzell--The Long Black Veil
---Retroactive #300--May 20, 2000:
E.C. Scott--What a Good Feeling
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Bought and Sold
Ray Charles--The Jealous Kind
James Booker--Lonely Avenue/Stormy Monday (live)
Jelly Roll Morton--Winin' Boy Blues
The Meat Purveyors--We Kill Evil
Zachary Richard--C'est Bon Je
Melissa Ferrick--Freedom
Cindy Blackman--A.J.
Bill Withers--Ain't No Sunshine (live)
Bonnie Raitt--You've Been In Love Too Long
Donny Hathaway--I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Mirah--This Dance
Brinsley Schwarz--Mayfly
Al Green--Truth n' Time
Deborah Coleman--The Day It Comes
Del Rey--Balmain to Newtown
Alex Chilton--You's a Viper
The Vipers--Nothing's from Today
Marah--It's Only Money, Tyrone
Stacey Earle--Why
Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics with Hadda Brooks--You're My Cadillac
The Make Up--Untouchable Sound
Billy Wade & the 3rd Degrees--Tear It Up, Pt. 1
Catalyst--Jabali
///The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash:
Cat Power--Paths of Victory
Cher--All I Really Want to Do
The Flying Burrito Brothers--If You Gotta Go
Lost and Found--Endless Highway (Tomorrow Is a Long Time)
The O'Jays--Emotionally Yours (gospel version)
Betsy Holt--Walkin' Down the Line (KAOS performance, 2/00)
Baby Gramps--Love Minus Zero/No Limit (KAOS performance, 8/99)
Bob Dylan--Things Have Changed; Cold Irons Bound (live, 12/97); It Ain't Me, Babe///
---Retroactive #299--May 13, 2000:
Bap Kennedy--Stuck With Myself
Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Rock'n'Roll Guitar
Slim Harpo--I'm a King Bee
Elvis Costello--Radio Sweetheart
Toni Lynn Washington--The Hammer
Black Nasty--Talking to the People
Little Red Car Wreck--Static Cling
Alex Chilton--I Remember Mama
Jesse Belvin--Love, Love of My Life
Lori Freedman--Spasm (live)
Big Bill Broonzy--Key to the Highway
Del Rey--Let's Go to Town
Suzzy Roche--No Such Thing as Love
The Rick Danko Band--Twilight (live, 5/98)
The Cast of Rent featuring Stevie Wonder--Seasons of Love
Stevie Wonder--I'm Wondering; I Ain't Gonna Stand for It
Herbie Hancock with Stevie Wonder--St. Louis Blues
Barbara Morrison--Rocket Love
The Persuasions--Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
The Joe Morris Quartet--Closeout
The Youngbloods--Four In the Morning
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Blues Express, Pt. 1
Yo La Tengo--Our Way to Fall
Tim Robbins--Born Naked (live, 9/96)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott--Talkin' Dust Bowl (live, 9/96)
Koko Taylor--Long Distance Call (live)
Sarah Dougher--Mirror/Shield
Freebo--Sometimes It's for Nothing
Jerry Butler with the Dells & Grady Tate--Swingin' at the Cotton Club
Cadallaca--Scarface
Richard 'Groove' Holmes--Killer Joe
///Live, in-studio performance on this show by Sheila Nicholls & her band (four songs)--Medusa; Elevator;
Peanuts; Ownership///
---Retroactive #298--May 6, 2000:
Jeanne & the Darlings--What Will Later On Be Like
Skip James--Catfish Blues
Anne Briggs--Tangled Man
Professor Longhair--Red Beans
Katy Moffatt--Cuckoo
June Tabor--Pharoah
The Persuasions--Lumpy Gravy
The Need--Eva Carriere
Corey Harris & Henry Butler--Down Home Livin'
Richard 'Groove" Holmes--These Foolish Things
Janis Ian--Jolene
Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, vocal)--Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Marah--My Heart Is the Bums on the Street
Steve Earle & the Dukes--Dead Flowers (live)
Deborah Coleman--Confused
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Way, Way, Way
Giant Sand--No Reply
The Lovin' Spoonful--Didn't Want to Have to Do It
Honey & the Bees--Two Can Play the Same Game
The Nields--May Day Cafe
Guy Davis--Sugarbelle Blue
Mary Gauthier--Drag Queens In Limousines
Dr. John--The Honey Dripper
Billy Bragg & Wilco--My Flying Saucer
Al Grey--Deuces Wild
Robert Johnson--Kindhearted Woman Blues; Stones In My Passway
Rory Block--Come On In My Kitchen (1992 version)
Peggy Lee--It's a Good Day
Mary Lou Williams--Virgo
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--One Endless Night
Pete Seeger--The Water Is Wide (live, 1980)
Arthur Alexander--Down the Backroads; Whole Lot of Trouble; Love's Where Life Begins
Tethered Moon--Fais Comme Si
Brenda & the Tabulations--Dry Your Eyes
Chuck Jackson--I Don't Want to Cry
Johnny Bellar--Northern Lights
---Retroactive #297--April 29, 2000:
Bob Dorough--Wake Up Sally, It's Saturday
Cat Power--Sea of Love
Detroit Piano Fats--Strolling Through Paradise
Dave Alvin--Tall Trees
E.C. Scott--Don't Touch Me
Stacey Earle--Good-by
Buffalo Springfield--Hot Dusty Roads
Neil Young--Buffalo Springfield Again
Toni Lynn Washington--Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Richard 'Groove' Holmes--Minor Inconvenience
Marion Williams--I've Come So Far
Los Lobos--River of Fools
The Fall--Ghost In My House (BBC)
Solomon Burke--Social Change
The Shy--No Promises
Mary Lou Lord--Hard Road
Corey Harris & Henry Butler--King Cotton
Sheila Nicholls--Don't Die on the Vine
Alejandro Escovedo--Amsterdam
Elmore James--Please Find My Baby
Koko Taylor--I Don't Care Who Knows
Jules Shear--The Soul of a Child
Ann Byers--Dead End
Maceo Parker--Rabbits In the Pea Patch
The Rob Brown Quartet--Sonic Drawl
Homesick James--Baby Please Set a Date
Ann Peebles--I Pity the Fool
James Brown--Everyday I Have the Blues
The Duke Ellington Orchestra--I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Ella Fitzgerald--Duke's Place (C Jam Blues)
Willie Nelson--One In a Row; Have I Stayed Away Too Long; Home Motel (IRS Tapes version)
Mark Elf--Erv's Curve
Marianne Faithfull--Vagabond Ways
James Booker--Blues Rhapsody (live)
Freebo--Yogi
The Spinanes--Suffice
The Janiva Magness Band--My Bad Luck Soul
Alex Chilton--Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
---Retroactive #296--April 22, 2000:
Del Rey--Space Needle
Esther Phillips--Mo Jo Hannah
Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty--You Love Your Wounds
Bob Dylan--Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Chris Chandler with the Austin Lounge Lizards--No Hiding Place Down Here/Vinegar
Ike & Tina Turner--I Can't Believe What You Say (32 R&B version)
Marah--Faraway You
Tracy Chapman--Short Supply
Kenny Barron--Hellbound
Don Covay--See Saw
Toni Lynn Washington--Don't Forget Me
John Trudell--The Only One for Me
Joe Cocker with Leon Russell--Girl from the North Country (live, 1970)
Leo Kottke--Easter (live, 1973)
Pete Seeger--Banks of Marble
Nicole Fournier--Solo
The Wailers--Isabella
The Young Fresh Fellows--Hard to Mention
Deep Lust--Can't Explain
Homesick James--Can't Afford to Do It
The Persuasions--Tears Begin to Fall
Corey Harris & Henry Butler--L'esprit de James
Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada--Paranoid
Al Green--La-La for You
Oregon--Tide Pool
Bessie Smith--Moan, You Moaners; Homeless Blues; He's Got Me Goin'
Dusty Springfield--All the King's Horses
Dave Edmunds--Leave My Woman Alone
Dar Williams--The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-ed
Carl Perkins--All Mama's Children
Richard Berry & the Dreamers--Jelly Roll
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Louie Louie
Iggy Pop--Knucklehead; Avenue 8
The Stooges--Fun House
Mat Maneri & Randy Peterson--Untitled
Kathi McDonald--Two Drifters
Lightnin' Hopkins--Lightning's Boogie (live, 1966)
Lynn August--Lead Me On
---Retroactive #295--April 15, 2000:
---Sixth Anniversary Show (60+ tunes!)
Etta James--I've Been Loving You Too Long
The Asylum Street Spankers--Take the Heat
Clifton Chenier--Everybody Calls Me Crazy (live, 1966)
Toshi Reagon--Drive It Home
Sam Cooke--I Lost Everything
Marah--Why Independent Record Stores Fail
June Tabor--He Fades Away
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders featuring Camille Howard--T'aint Me
Alex Chilton--Hook Me Up
The Rob Brown Quartet--Flat Out
Skip James--Look Down the Road
Rebecca Pearcy--Nights Like Tonight
Patti Smith--One Voice
Larry Williams--She Said Yeah
Alice Cooper--Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
The Vibrators--Yeah Yeah Yeah
The Beatles--Sie Lieb Dich
Janis Martin--All Right Baby
Mary Lou Lord & the Raging Teens--Bang Bang
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford--What a Thrill
Danny Zella & the Zell Rocks--Black Saxes
Johnny Jano--Havin' a Whole Lot of Fun
Andras Jones--Thwak!
Bikini Kill--No Backrub
Little Richard--She Knows How to Rock
MC5--Tutti Frutti
The Excels--Let's Dance
Bow Wow Wow--C30, C60, C90, Go!
Charlie Rich--Break Up
Jane Ira Bloom--Emergency
Jean Shepard--He's My Baby (live, 1958)
The Jackson Brothers--We're Gonna Rock This Joint
Big Walter Price & his Thunderbirds--Pack Fair and Square
Mike Henderson--You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
Piano Red with Bertha Colbert--Ain't Nobody's Fool (live, 3/56)
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs--Stay
Beat Happening--Hot Chocolate Boy
Brenda Lee--Bigelow 6-200 (alternate take)
Elvis Costello & the Attactions--Wednesday Week
The Persuasions--Still Ain't Got No Band (1984 version)
The Chips--Rubber Biscuit
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet--Malfunction
Rosie Flores--Funnel of Love
The Plugz--La Bamba
Gino Washington--Baby Be Mine
Big Mama Thornton--Just Like a Dog, Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Billy Bragg--7 and 7 Is
Little Steven--Organize
Wynonie Harris--Down Boy, Down
Jerry Lee Lewis--Milkshake Mademoiselle (2nd version)
PJ Harvey--Joe
The Chesterfield Kings--I'm Not Talking
Cindy Blackman--Beatrice
Big Daddy--Ice Ice Baby
Sub Debs--Hypnotized
Bobby Blue Bland--Turn On Your Love Light
Elvis Presley--Party
Shirley & Lee--I Feel Good
Vito & the Salutations--Unchained Melody
Lesley Gore--Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
Roxy Music--Do the Strand
---Retroactive #294--April 8, 2000:
Darcie Deaville--Running
Greg Brown--You Got to Move (live)
Guy Davis--Sometimes I Wish...
Christine Fellows--20 Bullets
Steve Forbert--Evergreen Boy
Norman & Nancy Blake--On and On and On
Bettye Swann--Make Me Yours
Jack McVea & his Door Openers--Groove Juice (I Need It Bad)
Skip James--Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Marianne Faithfull--Electra
Claude Williams--A Smooth One
Carla Thomas--You've Got a Cushion to Fall On
Grin--Lost a Number
The Band--(I Don't Want to) Hang Up My Rock'n'Roll Shoes (live, 12/71)
Odetta--W.P.A. Blues
Claire Lynch--Blue Water Holler
The Need--Blew Candy
Flamin Groovies--Scratch My Back
Nicole Fournier--Baby Loves Me
Andras Jones--April 19th (remix)
Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty--These Parts
The Standells--Why Pick on Me
Lurrie Bell--Everybody Wants to Win
Junior Wells--Help Me (For Sonny Boy)
///In-studio interview with Oh Susanna, who is recording her third album for Stella Records, due this fall.
Live songs performed: Billy; Old Kate; Sleepy Little Sailor. Studio tracks aired: The Bridge; Johnstown///
Family--Holding the Compass (live)
Lord Buckley--His Majesty the Policeman (live)
Carmen McRae with Betty Carter--Am I Blue? (live, 1987)
Marti Brom & her Barnshakers--Blue Tattoo; Black Cadillac
*KAOS programmer Brian Cobb stopped by with the new Marti Brom album and to tell us about
her tour dates in the Pacific Northwest
---Retroactive #293--April 1, 2000:
Cindy Blackman--Arcane
Eric Andersen with Lou Reed--You Can't Relive the Past
Cat Power--(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Clovers--I Confess
Timothy Hull--The Buffalo Song
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--We've Never Met
Les McCann--Doin' That Thing
Ike & Tina Turner--A Fool In Love
Andras Jones--Three Day Weekend
MC5--Over and Over
Cadallaca--Out West
O.V. Wright--What About You?
James Cotton--Honest I Do
Andy Bey--Drume Negrita (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)
Camille Yarbrough--Can I Get a Witness?
Joe Ely--I'll Be Your Fool
Pentangle--Train Song
Sheila Nicholls--Perfection
Skip James--Sick Bed Blues
Son Seals--Don't Pick Me for Your Fool (live)
Roy Brooks--The Free Slave
Muddy Waters--Deep Down In Florida; Still a Fool
Billie Holiday--Foolin' Myself; I Wished on the Moon; A Foggy Day
Richard Thompson--Persuasion (instrumental version); The Sights and Sounds of London Town; Mystery Wind
Richard & Linda Thompson--Sunnyvista
James Moody--You Follow Me
Faye Adams--Anything for a Friend
*Note: KAOS was undergoing technical adjustments; the previous program did not air, and this show started about
17 minutes late
---Retroactive #292--March 25, 2000:
Blue Lu Barker--New Orleans Blues
The Dan Page Group--Kindle Your Fire
Homesick James--Highway 51
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford--TCB
Morphine--Rope on Fire
Julie Miller--I Need You
John Fred & his Playboy Band--Hey, Hey Bunny
Trailer Bride--Crazy Love
The Jon Jarvis Trio--Lazy River
Hank Williams--Cold, Cold Heart
Luka Bloom--The Acoustic Motorbike
Mary Lou Lord--Aim Low
Zora Young--Dirty Mama Jama
Roy Brown--Up Jumped the Devil
The Rolling Hayseeds--Home Sweet Home (Revisited)
Oh Susanna--Alabaster
Guy Davis--Waiting for the Cards to Fall
Mary Wells--What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One
The Persuasions--Find Her Finer
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer--Happytown (All Right with Me)
The Mojo Men--Sit Down, I Think I Love You
Eddie Boyd--Rock the Rock
The Chris Lightcap Quartet--I Heard It Over the Radio
Sue Foley--Time to Travel; Cry for Me
Nick Lowe--Little Hitler; I Love My Label
Aretha Franklin--Sit Down and Cry; You'll Never Walk Alone (live, 1/72)
Buddy Miller--I'm Too Used to Lovin' You
Charlie Feathers--Get With It
Lil' Brian & the Zydeco Travelers--Uncle Cliff
Barbara Morrison--In the Dark
///Live phone interview with Christina & Wammo of the Asylum Street Spankers, who were in Portland, about
two hours south of Olympia. Three of the band's studio tracks aired.
The Asylum Street Spankers--Winning the War on Drugs; Smells Like Thirty Something; Blade of Grass///
---Retroactive #291--March 18, 2000:
---All '60s Show
Tim Hardin--Red Balloon
Love--Can't Explain
Joni Mitchell--Night In the City
Orpheus--I Can't Find the Time
Otis Redding--Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)
The Byrds--Nothing Was Delivered
The David--40 Miles
Bettye LaVette--Let Me Down Easy
Solomon Burke--Stupidity
Dusty Springfield--What's It Gonna Be
The Zombies--Care of Cell 44
Count Basie--Count 'Em
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Count Me In
Lindy Lane & the Sinners--Low Grades and High Fever
Fairport Convention--Throwaway Street Puzzle
Pete Seeger--Crow on the Cradle
The Voices of Conquest--God Said He Would
Irma Thomas--Breakaway
The Jeff Beck Group--Morning Dew
The Sir Douglas Quintet--At the Crossroads
Aretha Franklin--Groovin'
The Beach Boys--Darlin'
The Exciters--Soul Motion
Van Morrison--Sweet Thing
Rainy Daze--That Acapulco Gold
Howlin' Wolf--Spoonful
Erroll Garner--Oklahoma Medley
Buffy Sainte-Marie--It's My Way
James Brown--Maybe the Last Time
The Who--Just You and Me Darling; Substitute (both BBC)
Randy Newman--I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin--Flower In the Sun (live, 4/68)
The Shirelles--Sha La La
The Hombres--Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
The Mothers of Invention--Let's Make the Water Turn Black
The Velvelettes--He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
Ray Charles--I'm a Fool to Care
Morcambe & Wise with the Beatles--Moonlight Bay (12/63)
The Beatles--Hey Bulldog
Esther Phillips--And I Love Him
Ben E. King--Let the Water Run Down
Kim & Grim--You Don't Love Me
The Velvet Underground--That's the Story of My Life
Herbie Hancock--Driftin'
Lacy Gibson--The Sky Is Crying
The Music Explosion--Stay By My Side
Joan Baez--Rock Salt and Nails
Bob Dylan--Mixed Up Confusion
Marvin Gaye--You
*Plus: Martin Luther King, Jr. on priorities, 3/68
---Retroactive #290--March 11, 2000:
Rockin' Teenage Combo--PK & Olli's
Francine Griffin--Will You Still Be Mine
Charlie Feathers--Bottle to the Baby
Oscar Brown, Jr.--A Dime Away from a Hot Dog
The Jim Basnight Thing--Elma
Unwound--Census
Patti Smith--Glitter In Their Eyes
The Persuasions--Cheap Thrills
Andras Jones--Frankenstein Valentine
Two Dollar Guitar--Green Room
The Rolling Stones--Dandelion
Marian McPartland--Silent Pool
D.A. Hunt--Greyhound Blues
Big Memphis MaRainey--Baby, No No!
The Prisonaires--Baby Please
The Asylum Street Spankers--It's Dry Down Here
Sarah Dougher--Bella Abzug
The Need--2 Story Girl
Trudy Lynn--Shake, Rattle and Roll
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--No Lonesome Tune
///In-studio interview with Elvis impersonator Irv Cass, and John Paget, who directed the film Almost Elvis.
A recorded song by Cass aired.
Irv Cass--Viva Las Vegas
Elvis Presley--T-R-O-U-B-L-E///
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Whip the Blankets
Dirty Three--I Really Should've Gone Out Last Night
The (Nat) King Cole Trio--I Like to Riff; What Is This Thing Called Love
The (Nat) King Cole Trio with Nellie Lutcher--For You, My Love
Nat King Cole--Candy
Ann Rabson--Serial Love
Townes Van Zandt--The Hole
Sonny Fortune--Africa
Greg Brown & friends--She Moved Through the Fair (live)
Nicole Fournier--Just One Night
Bo Diddley--You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
---Retroactive #289--March 4, 2000:
---KAOS Spring Membership Drive Show
The Raybeats--International Operator
Barbara Morrison--River's Invitation
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Guided By Wire
Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods--Pony Blues
Bobby Blue Bland--I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Oscar Brown, Jr. with Jean Pace--To Stay In Good With You
Nicole Fournier--Let's Roll
Bettye LaVette--I Feel Good All Over
Richard Shindell--Waiting for the Storm
Zak Borden--Stumptown
Rosie Flores--Wrong Side of His Heart (live)
Cedell Davis--Keep On Snatchin' It Back
The Will Bradley Trio with Ray McKinley & Freddie Slack--Down the Road Apiece
The Kinks--Got to Be Free
The Janiva Magness Band--Billie's Blues
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Mission to Moscow; Dinah
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys with Dean McKinney--Straighten Up and Fly Right
Sara Hickman--Come Around
Yank Rachell--Tappin' That Thang
Jimmy Coe--After Hours Joint
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Goodbye
Ronnie Walker--I Believe In You
The Barbarians--Moulty
The String Quartet--Immigrant Song
Ani DiFranco--Back Back Back
Robin & Linda Williams--The Hard Country
Robert Shaw--Put Me In the Alley (live)
Johnny Adams--I Just Found Out About Love
Internal/External featuring Sue P. Fox--Townes Van Zandt
MC5--Tonight
Marcia Ball--Under Love's Spell (live)
Billy Lee Riley--I Don't Know
---Retroactive #288--February 26, 2000:
Tracy Nelson--Tonight, the Sky's About to Cry
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford--Tell Me
Eddie Kirkland--When I First Started Hoboing
Jim Lauderdale--Planet of Love (live)
Tracy Chapman--Telling Stories
The Rolling Hayseeds--Wide Awake
JudithGoliath.com--Allow No Baseball Cap!
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Face the Hard Times
The Susie Ibarra Trio--Dreams
Davy Jones--Manchester Boy
The Byrds--Thoughts and Words
John Trudell--Terminal Neon
Shelby Lynne--Lookin' Up
Jackie Washington--Don't Push Me
Swamp Dogg & Riders of the New Funk--New Orleans Is My Home
Sue Foley--Baltimore Skyline
The '5' Royales--Messin' Up
LaVern Baker & the Gliders--Bop Ting a Ling
Slaid Cleaves--Cold and Lonely
Steve Young--Blackland Farmer
Neko Case & her Boyfriends--Mood to Burn Bridges
Bobby Blue Bland--I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)
Marcia Ball--I'm Gonna Forget About You
Claude Williams--I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Ida Cox--Bone Orchard Blues
Fats Domino--Did You Ever See a Dream Walking
Mitch Ryder--Bare Your Soul
Sandie Shaw--Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself
The Fleetwoods--I Care So Much
Doc & Richard Watson--Gypsy Davey
Johnny Cash--Busted; Green, Green Grass of Home (both live, 1/68); Train of Love
Johnny Cash & June Carter--Jackson (live, 1/68)
Trailer Bride--Left-Hard Cigarette Blues
Warren Zevon--Back In the High Life Again
Francine Reed--I Have a Right to Know
Graham Parker--Durban Poison (live)
Joan Baez--Jesse
Victor Lewis--The Roamer
---Retroactive #287--February 19, 2000:
Floyd Dixon--My Song Is Don't Worry
Barbara Morrison--Exactly Like You
Leftover Salmon with Taj Mahal & Sally Van Meter--Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes
Sandy Denny--Losing Game
George Jones--The Cold Hard Truth
Ola Dixon--My Darkest Night
Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks--Coast to Coast (live, 2/71)
The Mountain Goats--Early Spring
The Janiva Magness Band--The Mojo (Boogie)
Mildred's Thoughts--Eurhythmy
///Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929-2000)--What That Is; Yellow Coat///
Big Maybelle--Ramblin' Blues
Big 'T' Tyler--King Kong
///Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000):
The Royal Guardsmen--Snoopy for President///
Shelby Lynne--Life Is Bad
The Clash--Straight to Hell (live, 9/82)
The Wailers--Livewire (alternate version)
Betsy Holt--Write Me In Care of the Blues (KAOS performance, 2/12/00)
Little Steven--Face of God
Mary Gauthier--Jackie's Train
Bill Beach--Peg Pants
Lucinda Williams--Little Angel, Little Brother (live)
Emily Remler--The Firefly
Von Freeman & Ed Petersen--Lover Man
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Where Poets Go; The Priests of the Golden Bull
George Harrison--Writing's On the Wall; The Art of Dying
The Miracles--Don't Think It's Me (version one)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--What Love Has Joined Together
Nina Simone--Old Jim Crow; Don't Smoke In Bed (both live, 1964); Feelin' Good
Elliott Sharp--Calle Siete
Slaid Cleaves--Broke Down
Beth Orton--She Cries Your Name (live)
Sam & Dave--Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
The Electric Prunes--Get Me to the World On Time
---Retroactive #286--February 12, 2000:
Gaye Adegbalola--Nothing Changes
Josh White, Jr.--I Believe I'll Make a Change
Ben Kaplan--I Can't Breathe
Little Milton with Lucinda Williams--Love Hurts
Warren Zevon--Dirty Little Religion
Kim Lenz & the Jaguars--Fit to Be Tied
Dinah Washington--Squeeze Me
Modest Mouse--All Nite Diner
Stevie Wonder--I Believe When I Fall In Love (It Will Be Forever)
The Count Basie Band directed by Grover Mitchell--Bug Out
Tommy Johnson--Big Road Blues
The Magnetic Fields--No One Will Ever Love You
Lurrie Bell--Mean Old Frisco
Greg Brown--Never Shine Sun (live, 1982)
Joy Eden Harrison--Yesterday's a Thief
Nathaniel Mayer--I Need Affection (Not the House of Correction)
Trudy Lynn--Heart of Stone
Songs: Ohia--Coxcomb Red
Buddy Miller--Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
Wanda Jackson--Funnel of Love
Blossom Dearie--Give Him the Ooh-La-La
The Johnny Otis Show--Telephone Baby
Blackheart Procession--Song About a...
Little Arthur Duncan--Leaving Mississippi
Alex Chilton--Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
Assif Tsahar & the Brass Reeds--The Luminous Tree
Tennessee Ernie Ford with the Dinning Sisters--Rock City Boogie
Gene Pitney--Last Chance to Turn Around
King Floyd--Baby Let Me Kiss You
Lou Ann Barton--You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess With My Man)
Irma Thomas--Cry On; Think Again; (You Ain't) Hittin' on Nothing
The Thomas Chapin Trio--Tweeter's Little Adventures
Dennis Driscoll--Happiness
Mecca Normal--Forlorn
The Hollywood Argyles--Sho' Know a Lot About Love
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet--Egypt, Texas
John Lennon--Woman (demo, 1980)
---Retroactive #285--February 5, 2000:
Lightnin' Hopkins--I'm Gonna Meet My Baby Somewhere
Rosetta Howard--Plow Hand Blues
Les Femmes d'Enfer--Reel de Courville
Peter Rowan--Blues Come Bother Me
Ray Charles--Compared to What
Trudy Lynn--U Don't Know What Time It Is
Mick Taylor--Secret Affair
Basedo Em Blues--All Over Again
Thirteen Ways--Fim de Inverno
The Beatles--I'm a Loser
Sue Garner & Rick Brown--It's So Hard
Larry Garner--The Haves and Have Nots
Mary Gauthier--Our Lady of the Shooting Stars
Terry Callier--Lifetime
Trailer Bride--Dirt Nap
Zak Borden--Saro Jane
Van Morrison/Lonnie Donegan/Chris Barber--The Ballad of Jesse James (live)
Yank Rachell--She Changed the Lock
Robin & Linda Williams--Bar Band In Hillbilly Heaven
The Make Up--The Choice
Bo Diddley--Hey Bo Diddley
The Go--It Might Be Bad
Rebecca Riots--Desperate Measures
Sonny Fortune--In the Spirit
Nanette Natal--Be Bop a Lula
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps--Crazy Legs
Joe Ely--Crawdad Train; Jazz Street
The Coasters--That Is Rock'n'Roll
The Drifters--Another Night With the Boys
Maria McKee--I Can't Make It Alone
Carole King--Corazon
The Everly Brothers--Keep a-Lovin' Me; I'm Not Angry; Why Worry
Lori Freedman--eFeFeF
Ola Dixon--Won't Be Down Long
David Grisman & Hal Blaine--Buttons and Bows
*Plus: Illinois governor George Ryan on why his state is suspending the death penalty
---Retroactive #284--January 29, 2000:
---All Michigan Show
Della Reese--Don't You Know
Stewart Francke--For Want of a Nail
Jackie Wilson--You Brought About a Change In Me
The Rationals--I Need You (Kinks cover, not the soul ballad)
Sheila Jordan--Dat Dere
Doctor Ross--New York Breakdown
Frank Allison & the Odd Sox--Homely Ol' Romeo (Dish Rag)
Aretha Franklin--Muddy Water
Bob Seger & the Last Heard--Heavy Music, Pt. 2
The Bob Seger System--Highway Child
Lady Sunshine & the band--Thang for You
Gino Washington--Gino Is a Coward
Geri Allen--Little Waltz
Stevie Wonder--Happier Than the Morning Sun
Unique Blend--Yes, I'm In Love
Grand Funk Railroad--Rock & Roll Soul
Stix and Stoned--Rouge Plant Blues
Gilda Radner with Dan Aykroyd--Bedtime Story (live)
Barbara Morrison--Visit Me
Marshall Crenshaw--Opening/Dime a Dozen Guy
Andre Williams--Jailhouse Blues
Unrelated Segments--Where You Gonna Go?
MC5--Break Time (live)/I Can Only Give You Everything
Karen Monster with the Little Monsters--Buy Me a Pony
The White Stripes--The Big Three Killed My Baby
Little Willie John--Inside Information
Betty Carter--East of the Sun
Tommy Flanagan--Mainstem
Clarence Ruffin--Fool for You
Iggy Pop--Corruption
Nolan Strong & the Diablos--If I Oh I
Jack Scott--Leroy
The Temptations--Love Is What You Make It
Mary Wells--Laughing Boy
Spinners--I'll Always Love You
The Marvelettes--Danger: Heartbreak Dead Ahead
Four Tops--Something About You
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--Shake and Fingerpop
Windy & Carl--Birds
James Carter--Hour of Parting
Mitch Ryder--I Get Hot
Little Carl Carlton--Competition Ain't Nothin'
The Shy--All That Matters (demo)
Thornetta Davis--Only One
Funkadelic--Back In Our Minds
*Plus: Dr. Jack Van Impe; Jimmy Williams on legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson, Jr.
---Retroactive #283--January 22, 2000:
Greg Brown--Vivid
Ellen McIlwaine--Crawling Kingsnake
John Jackson--Midnight Hour Blues
Kate Rusby--The Wild Goose
Willie Mitchell--20-75
Francine Reed--Wrong Man for the Job
Jimmie Dale Gilmore--That Hardwood Floor
Jeff Bright & the Sunshine Boys--Trouble, Trouble, Trouble
The Janiva Magness Band--What's the Matter With the Mill?
Assif Tsahar--The Edge of Infinity
Carlene Carter--That Very First Kiss
Angela Strehli--Telephone Blues (live)
Gas Huffer--Old Man Winter
Tom Waits--Books of Moses
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Keep It Like It Is
Janis Martin--Bang Bang
Little Steven--Guns, Drugs and Gasoline
The Clash--Guns of Brixton (live, 6/81)
The Del-Lords--I Play the Drums
Sub Debs--My War
Guy Clark--South Coast of Texas (live)
The Previous--What's Wrong With the Mirror
Veda Hille--Meeting the Group of 7
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris--Western Wall
Zak Borden--You Just Walk
Gail Thurmond--Give Me the Simple Life
Lori Freedman--No Man's Clan (live)
Etta James--Every Little Bit Hurts
The Soul Stirrers--Jesus Wash Away My Troubles
Sam Cooke--You Gotta Move; Out In the Cold Again
Ruth Brown--It's All for You; A World I Never Made; Ice Water In Your Veins
The Susie Ibarra Trio--Dreams (alternate take)
John Prine--Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)
Nomy Lamm--Dear Richie Rich
The Raymarks--I Believed
Robyn Hitchcock--I Feel Beautiful
---Retroactive #282--January 15, 2000:
Gus Cannon--Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight
Charles Brown--These Blues
The Janiva Magness Band--It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)
Heather Myles--It Hurts (live)
Willie Mitchell--Bum Daddy
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra--Kramat
Ernestine Anderson--Goin' to Chicago Blues
Feral Swing Katz--Right or Wrong
Buddy Miller with Steve Earle--Love Match
Shelly Berg---Love Is Here to Stay
Ruth Etting--Love Me or Leave Me
Bryan Ferry--Love Me or Leave Me
The Make Up--I Am Pentagon
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly--Color Blind
Barbara Morrison--In the Dark
Flamin Groovies--Rumble
Lightnin' Slim--Rooster Blues
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Git Back
John 'Juke' Logan & Doug MacLeod--Grease In My Gravy
Zak Borden--This Crazy Dream
Ola Dixon--Searching for My Love
Hugh Hopper & Mark Hewins--Adreamor
///In-studio interview with Jim Basnight, who has been recording great Northwest Rock'n'Roll since the '70s.
The Jim Basnight Thing--Mexico; Don't Wait Up; Hell In a Nutshell
The Jim Basnight Band--Houston Street; Brother Louie
The Moberlys--Summertime Again; We'll Always Be In Love; Blow Your Life Away; What I Wouldn't Do
The Rockinghams--So Glad You Came///
The Scott Lee Quartet--Night Suite
Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins--Too Many Times
Janis Joplin--One Night Stand
Bobby Blue Bland--Loan Me a Helping Hand; I Learned My Lesson
*Plus: Martin Luther King, Jr.--A Sense of Dignity (live, Detroit, 6/63)
---Retroactive #281--January 8, 2000:
Jane Saunders--If I Should Fall Behind
Rosie Flores--My Own Kind of Hat
Andre Williams & the Sadies--Busted
Ike & Tina Turner--Five Long Years (Blue Thumb version)
John Fahey--Poor Boy
Zak Borden--The Man Below
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra--Darktown Strutters' Ball
The Janiva Magness Band--I Wanna Know
Esquerita--I Live the Life I Love (version two)
Sonny Fortune--Say What
The Clash--Capital Radio (live, 2/80)
Sub Debs--Don't Mess With Us
The Greenhornes--No Friend of Mine
Odetta--Hear Me Talking to You
Ritchie Valens--Hi-Tone
Veda Hille--Killzone!
Quasi--Smile
Willie Mitchell--Strawberry Soul
Trudy Lynn--Help Me Through the Day
Simon Joyner--The Lousy Dance
The '5' Royales--I'd Better Make a Move
Swamp Mama Johnson--Voodoo Angel
John Trudell--Grass Fire
The Turtle Island String Quartet--No Mystery
Bobby Matos--Philadelphia
Joan Baez--Outside the Nashville City Limits
Mississippi Fred McDowell--You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore (Fred's Worried Life Blues)
Faces--Around the Plynth
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys--Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Doris Troy--So Far
David Bowie--Andy Warhol
Elvis Presley--It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You (acetate/1954); Fool, Fool, Fool; One Night
Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis--Easin' In
Oh Susanna--Pueblo
Josh White, Jr.--Hard Time Blues
---Retroactive #280--January 1, 2000:
The Turtle Island String Quartet--Oddball
Freebo--You Don't Have to Live This Way
Paula West--Cow Cow Boogie
Liz Mandeville--Chi-Town
///Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999)--We Got to Have Peace
The Impressions--I Loved and I Lost
Todd Rundgren--I'm So Proud
Billy Butler & the Enchanters--Gotta Get Away
Aretha Franklin--Sparkle
The Persuasions--You Must Believe Me
Brian Hyland--Gypsy Woman
Baby Huey--Hard Times
Jerry Butler with Goldiloxx--Choice of Colors///
Bill Ware & the Y2K Jazz Quartet--Walk With Me
Norman Blake--Are You from Dixie
The Isley Brothers--The Pride
The Vibrators--Into the Future (Sex Kick)
Toni Lynn Washington--Driving Wheel
Francine Reed--I'm a Handful
Al Stewart--Post World War II Blues
Shirley Temple--Be Optimistic
Mary Gauthier--Different Kind of Gone
Hank Williams--Why Should We Try Anymore
The ICP Orchestra--Jubliee Varia, Pt. 3
Carmen McRae--Baltimore Oriole
June Tabor--Red Wine and Promises (live)
Marion Williams--Leave You In the Hands of the Lord
Dionne Warwick--A House Is Not a Home
Sandy Denny--The Music Weaver (demo); Whispering Grass
Fairport Convention--Nottamun Town
Eye Contact--Descarga Y2K
Luther Allison--Will It Ever Change? (live)
Dona Oxford--It's Rainin'
Gene Pitney--If I Never Get to Love You
The Heartbeats--After New Year's Eve
Ashley's Melody Men--Bath House Blues