Playlist: December 25, 2013

Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Beso Negro, Scrambled Eggs
     from the new album Burn It Down
     Sat 12/28 @ The New Parish
Howell Devine, Boat's Up The River
     Sat 12/28 @ Speisekammer
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Winter Wonderland
     Sun 12/29 Biscuits and Blues

California Honeydrops, Cry For Me (live)
     Tue 12/31 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Slim Jenkins, Devil's Angel
     Tue 12/31 @ Cafe du Nord
Quinn DeVeaux, Weight
     from the new album Late Night Drive
     Tue 12/31 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Joe Louis Walker, I'm On To You
     Sun 12/29 @ Powerhouse Pub
     Tue 12/31 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, The Devil You Know
     from the forthcoming album The Devil You Know
     Fri 12/27 @ Club Fox
     Tue 12/31 @ Empress Theatre
Junk Parlor, Cojek Majstore
     Sat 12/28 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
     Tue 12/31 @ Throckmorton Theatre
Inspector Gadje, Romani Dream (live)
     Tue 12/31 @ Ashkenaz
Calexico, Algiers
     Tue 12/31 @ The Fillmore
Wendy DeWitt, San Francisco
     Sat 12/28 @ Marin County Farmer's Market
     Tue 12/31 @ Main Street Station
The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

The Ramones, Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)
Bob Dylan, The Christmas Blues
Sammy Davis Jr, It's Christmas All Over The World
Larry Harlow, El Dia de la Navidad
Ray Brenner and Barry E. Blitzer, The Problem

Bhi Bhiman, White Christmas
Rev. A. W. Nix, Begin a New Life on Christmas Day
Rev. Edward Clayborn, The Wrong Way to Celebrate Xmas
Rev. Emmett Dickinson, Christmas - What Does It Mean To You?
Walter Davis, Santa Claus Blues
Roosevelt Sykes, Let Me Hang My Stocking in Your Christmas Tree
The Beatles, Pantomime - Everywhere It's Christmas
Bob & Doug McKenzie, Twelve Days of Christmas

Playlist: December 18, 2013

California Honeydrops, Baby Boy's Blues
     Mon 12/23 @ ClouD 9
Junk Parlor, Si Tu Savais
     Sat 12/21 @ Old Western Saloon
Hot Club of San Francisco, Don Rodolfo
     Thu 12/19 @ Napa Valley Opera House
Christmas Jug Band, Lonesome Reindeer Blues
     Fri-Sat 12/20-21 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Special in-studio guests: Lavay Smith & Chris Siebert

     Thu 12/20 @ SFJazz Center: The Magic of Duke Ellington

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Ella Fitzgerald, Caravan
Ella Fitzgerald, Bli-Blip
Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra, That's The Blues, Old Man
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, Kissing Bug
The Harlem Footwarmers, Rockin' In Rhythm
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

Professor Longhair, Tipitina
James Booker, Professor Longhair Medley: Tipitina / Bald Head
Mark Hummel, Blue And Lonesome
     Wed 1/01 on Fog City Blues
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Almighty Dollar
     Sat 12/20-21 @ Biscuits and Blues
Charlie Musselwhite, It Ain't Right (live)
     from the new album Juke Joint Chapel
Mike Bloomfield, Santana Clause (live)
     from the forthcoming box set From His Head to His Heart to His Hands
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Nut Popper #1
Elvin Bishop, Dyin' Flu (live)
     Sat 12/21 @ Club Fox
Kim Nalley, Silent Night
     Sun 12/22 @ Biscuits and Blues

Playlist: December 11, 2013

Blind Boys of Alabama, Every Grain Of Sand
     Thu 12/12 @ Montalvo Arts Center
     Fri 12/13 @ Mondavi Center
     Sat 12/14 @ Uptown Theatre
California Honeydrops, I Found A Love
     Thu 12/12 @ Fulton 55

Special in-studio guest: Saul Kaye

Tzaddik Katamar (in-studio)
Lecha Dodi (in-studio)
Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat (in-studio)
Ana B'Koach
Walking in the Light / Mi Chamocha
Open the Gates (in-studio)
Shalom Aleichem
     from the new album Kabbalat Shabbat