Playlist: May 11, 2025

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Aki Kumar, Should I Stay (Immigrant Song)
     from the new album God Bless the USA
Mokai, You Don't Even Notice I'm Around (Cellphone Blues)
     Sun 5/18 @ The Lost Church
John Brothers Piano Company, C.H.P. (live)
     Fri 5/16 @ The Ivy Room
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Them Changes (live)
     Fri 5/16 @ Rancho Nicasio
Jack White, Old Scratch Blues
     Fri 5/16 @ Fox Theatre
     Sat 5/17 @ Masonic Auditorium
The Dead Weather, New Pony
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tower of Song
     Wed 5/14 @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
John Vanderslice, Graceland
     Thu 5/15 @ Mystic Theatre (National Guitar)
     Fri 5/16 @ Felton Music Hall
Gregg Wright, Help Is On the Way
     Sun 5/18 @ Biscuits & Blues
Selwyn Birchwood, California Sober
     Fri 5/16 @ Biscuits & Blues
Delgado Brothers, Betty Sue Boogaloo
    Sat 5/17 @ Biscuits & Blues

Nina Simone, Blues For Mama (live)
Memphis Slim, Mother Earth (live)
James Brown, You Got to Have a Mother For Me
The Intruders, I'll Always Love My Mama
Earl King, Mother's Love
The Shirelles, Mama Said
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends, Mama Don't Allow It
The Mothers of Invention, Motherly Love
B.B. King, Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (live)
Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands (live)
Al Wilson, Queen of the Ghetto
Beatles, Lady Madonna
Beatles, Julia (demo)

Playlist: May 4, 2025

John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra, Cantina Band
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Beedle Um Bum (live)
     Mon 5/05 @ Yoshi's
Mission Delirium, Khusara Khusara (live)
Monophonics, Warpaint
     Sun 5/11 @ Mill Valley Music Festival
Gary Clark Jr, Hyperwave
     Sat 5/10 @ Mill Valley Music Festival
Vasti Jackson, Online Love Affair
     Fri-Sat 5/09-10 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Gold Souls, Something in the Air
     from the new album Something in the Air
     Fri 5/09 @ Degrees Plato
     Sat 5/10 @ The Jacquelyn
Tommy Castro, Tulane
     Sat 5/10 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dennis Johnson, Going Down
     Fri 5/09 @ Lucca Bar & Girll
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Struck Down By the Blues
     Thu 5/08 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 5/09 @ Rancho Nicasio
Delta Wires, Sloppy Drunk
Mari Mack & Livin' Like Kings, First Do No Harm
     Sat 5/10 @ The Saloon
Dick Dale, Terra Dicktyl

Joe Louis Walker, Cold Is the Night: Reimagined
     from the new album Cold Is the Night: Reimagined
Joe Louis Walker, Ride All Night
Joe Louis Walker, Too Drunk Too Drive Drunk (in-studio)
Joe Louis Walker, Soldier For Jesus (in-studio)
Butterfield Blues Band, Mellow Down Easy
Joe Louis Walker, Born in Chicago (live)
Joe Louis Walker, Sugar Mama (live)
Joe Louis Walker, Pickin' the Blues
    Joe Louis Walker (1949-2025)

Playlist: April 27, 2025

Mission Delirium, Fiesta (live)
     Thu 5/01 @ El Rio
James Cotton, Mean Old World (live)
James Cotton, Blues in My Sleep
Muddy Waters, Crosseyed Cat
James Cotton, Cotton Crop Blues
Mark Hummel, Blue & Lonesome
     Fri 5/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Quique Gomez, Spaniard of the Backyard
     Wed 4/30 @ Empress Marquee Club
Robert Cray, My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
     Fri 5/02 @ Uptown Theatre
     Sat 5/03 @ Yoshi's
Ben Rice, Dirt Road Home
     Thu 5/01 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Blues Project, Wake Me Shake Me
     Wed 4/30 @ Yoshi's

The 16th Annual FCB Left-Hand-A-Thon

Gregg Wright, Crank It Up!
     Sun 5/18 @ Biscuits & Blues
Ugly Kid Joe, Everything About You
Albert King, Why You So Mean to Me (live)
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby
Lefty Dizz, I Feel Like Jumping
Left-Hand Frank, Bluu Room Shuffle
Toronzo Cannon, Him
Barbara Lynn, We'll Understand

Blue Rodeo, Stealin' All My Dreams

Playlist: April 20, 2025

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Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Reefer Man
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Blow Me A Fat Note
     Sun 4/20 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Sat 4/26 @ Ashkenaz
Terrie Odabi, I Can't Keep
     Sun 4/20 @ Yoshi's
Cosmo Alleycats, I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco
     Fri 4/25 @ Local Edition
Gunhild Carling, I'll Wait For You in San Francisco
     Sat 4/26 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues (live)
     Sat 4/26 @ Royal Cuckoo
Artur Menzes, Green Card Blues (live)
     Wed-Thu 4/23-24 @ Libretto
     Fri 4/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Diaspora Ensemble, Las Esuegras De Agora
     Sat 4/26 @ Red Poppy Art House
Guitar Shorty, Easter Blues

Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (live)
John Lee Hooker, Frisco Blues
Floyd Dixon, San Francisco Blues
Albert King, Bay Area Blues
Lowell Fulson, San Francisco Blues
Lowell Fulson, Fillmore Mess Around
Silver Jews, San Francisco B.C.
The Lucky Losers, They Wrecked My Town
Chuck Berry, San Francisco Dues
Chuck Berry, Fillmore Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (live)
Maxime Le Forestier, San Francisco

Playlist: April 13, 2025

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Sly & the Family Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Art Pepper, Thank You Blues
Aux Meadows, Permanent (for now)
     Sunday 4/13 @ Bottom of the Hill
Terrie Odabi, The Sky Is Crying
     Sunday 4/20 @ Yoshi's
Lady Bianca, Ugly Man Song
Fillmore Slim, Down For My Crown
Curtis Salgado, Cookie Dough
Mark Hummel, Broken Heart
     Tue 4/15: Lee Hildebrand Benefit
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter

Bob Dylan, Little Moses (take 1)
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Go Down Moses
Darondo, Let My People Go
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
Jimmy Scott, Exodus
Ray Barretto, Exodus
Meshugga Beach Party, Exodus
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
The Barry Sisters, Passover Medley
Slim & Slam, Matzo Balls
Urban Funk Monkeys, Barbaric Matzoh
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

Playlist: March 30, 2025

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Colin James, Watch Out
     Tue 4/01 @ Yoshi's
Gary Clark Jr, Dirty Dishes Blues
     Sat 4/05 @ The Masonic
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Fri-Sat 4/11-12 Biscuits & Blues
Johnny Rawls, California Shake
     Wed 4/02 @ Club fox
Seth Walker, Up on the Mountain
     from the new album Why the Worry
     Fri 4/04 @ Hotel Utah
     Sat 4/05 @ The Side Door
     Sun 4/06 @ Polly Klaas Community Theater
Quique Gomez & Kid Andersen, Thirstiest Man in Town
     Thu 4/03 @ Biscuits & Blues
J.C. Smith Band, Yonder Wall
     Sat 4/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Mark Hummel, Stop Messin' Round
     Fri 4/04 @ The Saloon
     Sat 4/05 @ Roxx On Main
     Sun 4/06 @ The Cats
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
     Fri 4/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
Alberta Hunter, Down Hearted Blues
Lucille Bogan, Reckless Woman Blues
Sue Foley, In My Girlish Days
Zakiya Hooker, Desconfio

Kim Lembo, We The People (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, This Land Is Your Land (in-studio)
Terrie Odabi, Grinnin' In Your Face (in-studio)
Kim Nalley, The Trombone Song (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Naima (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Tumbledown House, Midnight in the Barrio (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt, Boogie Woogie Rambler (in-studio)
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Chill With You (in-studio)
Lady Bianca, You Got Me Drinkin' (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, I'm A Good Woman (in-studio)
Hannah Rifkin, I'd Rather Build A Home (in-studio)
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco (part 2)

Playlist: March 23, 2025

Peter La Farge, Ira Hayes
Bob Dylan, The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Alabama Mike, Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Big Fine Woman)
Marcel Smith, Drunk
     Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Somewhere Else
     Wed 3/26 @ Yoshi's
     Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, T.V. Crazy
Little Charlie and Organ Grinder Swing, Pennies From Heaven
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Going My Way?
     Wed 3/26 @ Yoshi's
     Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Harrell Davenport, Party All Night
     Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Adam's Rib
     Fri 3/28 @ Music City SF
Janiva Magness, Hittin' on Nothin'
     from the forthcoming album Back For Me
     Wed 3/26 @ Mystic Theatre
     Fri 3/28 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 3/30 @ Yoshi's

Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Tom Waits, You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Memphis Jug Band, I'll See You in the Spring When the Birds Begin to Sing
Ella Fitzgerald, I Got the Spring Fever Blues
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Santa Claus Came in the Spring
Kyra Gordon, New York in the Springtime (live)
Bob Dylan, Sweet Caroline
Bob Dylan, Fever
Bob Dylan, Baby What You Want Me To Do
Bob Dylan, Mystery Train
Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan, New Danville Girl
     from the box set Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol.16, 1980-1985

Playlist: March 16, 2025

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Can't Catch A Break
     from the new album Closer to the Bone
     Sun 3/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Mitch Woods, Jump For Joy
     Thu 3/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 3/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Purim Nigun
     Wed 3/19 @ Golden State Theatre
     Thu 3/20 @ Uptown Theatre
     Fri 3/21 @ Yoshi's
Cosmo Alleycats, Sweet Lotus Blossom
     Thu 3/20 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Fri 3/21 @ Local Edition
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Hoopty-Do
     Sat 3/22 @ Sausalito Seahorse
Lara Price, Rain
     Wed 3/19 @ Club Fox
Wood Brothers, Raindrop/Chocolate on My Tongue/Big Road Blues (live)
     Sat 3/22 @ The Fillmore
     Sun 3/23 @ Center for the Arts
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone, St. James Infirmary (live)

Culann's Hounds, Twin Peaks
Culann's Hounds, The Blackthorn Tavern
     Sun 3/16 @ Temple Bar (né Blackthorn Tavern)
     Sun 3/17 @ Plough & Stars
The Pogues, I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The Pogues, The Auld Triangle
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Pogues, Sally MacLennane
The Nipple Erectors, Stavordale Rd N5
The Mahones, The Irish Rover
The Mahones, Jameson Street
The Mahones, Back Home
The Mahones, Heroes
The Mahones, Across the U.S.A.
Rory Gallagher, Bullfrog Blues (live)
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues

Playlist: March 9, 2025

Branford Marsalis, Deep Moaning Blues
Branford Marsalis, Hear Me Talking to You
     Mon 3/10 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Tue 3/11 @The Freight
     Wed 3/12 @ Bing Concert Hall

Special in-studio guests: George Bisharat and Chris Burns

     Sat 3/15 @ Biscuits & Blues

Big Harp George, Cooking With Gas
Big Harp George, Wine Is My Friend (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Enrique (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Give Me the Dark (in-studio)
Paul Delay, Why Can't You Love Me
Big Harp George, Don't Talk!
Big Harp George, My Dog Is Better Than You (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Doom Loop

Aki Kumar, Drifting Blues
     Wed 3/12 @ Club Fox
     Fri 3/14 @ Biscuits & Blues
Kid Andersen, Hey Mr. Reaper
John 'Blues' Boyd, What My Eyes Have Seen
     Wed 3/12 @ Empress Marquee Club
The Lucky Losers, It's Never Too Early
     Thu 3/13 @ The Saloon
Lara Price, Things Ain't Everything
     Thu 3/13 @ Biscuits & Blues
Michelle Malone, Restraining Order Blues
     Thu 3/13 The Ugly Mug
     Fri 3/14 @ The Fox Den
Thee Snake Charmers, Spaghetti
     Thu 3/13 @ Cha Cha Cha
Rob Reich, Cat Scorner
John Németh, Ain't Too Old (live)
King Biscuit Boy, Twenty-Nine Ways
Love, Forever Changes
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come

Playlist: March 2, 2025

MJ's Brass Boppers, On Da Mardi Gras Day
     Tue 3/04 @ The New Parish
Rebirth Brass Band, Lundi Gras Day B4 Mardi Gras What?
     Tue 3/04 @ The Chapel
Mission Delirium, Submission Second Line (live)
Booker T. Jones, Green Onions (Burnt Onions Cut)
     Thu-Fri 3/06-07 @ Yoshi's
Fantastic Negrito, Crooked Road
     Sat 3/08 @ The Guild Theatre
Elvin Bishop, Stealin' Watermelons (live)
     Sun 3/09 @ Presidio Theatre
Ronnie Baker Brooks, Stuck On Stupid
     Mon 3/03 @ Yoshi's
     Tue 3/04 @ Harlow's
The Record Company, Dance On Mondays
     Thu 3/06 @ The Independent
     Fri 3/07 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Vanessa Collier, Wild as a Rainstorm
     Tue 3/04 @ Yoshi's
Alvin Youngblood Hart, In My Time of Dying

Bob Dylan, Song to Woody (live)
Bob Dylan, In The Evening
Bob Dylan, Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
Bob Dylan, Masters of War (live)
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Bob Dylan, Big River
Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me Babe (live)
Bob Dylan, Tombstone Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone (live)

Playlist: February 23, 2025

W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
Duke Ellington, Black and Tan Fantasy (live)
Thelonious Monk, Black and Tan Fantasy
Jazz Mafia feat. Otis McDonald, Sweet Memory 2020
     Fri 2/28 @ Guild Theatre
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Trombone
     Fri 2/28 @ Great American Music Hall
     Sat 3/01 @ Uptown Theatre
     Sun 3/02 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Mark Hummel, Mr. Two/Thirds
Sweet Marta & The Blues Shakers, Lollipop Papa
Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling, The Bait in the Snare
Curtis Salgado, Under New Management
Mark Hummel, Humblebug (live)
     Fri-Sat 2/28-3/01 @ The Freight
     Sun 3/02 @ Moe's Alley
Marina Crouse, The Cisco Kid
      Wed 2/26 @ Empress Marquee Club

Barrio Manouche, Conmigo No Se Juega
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
     Fri 2/28 @ The Chapel
John Németh, Stop Breaking Down (live)
     Fri 2/28 @ Biscuits & Blues
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, In A Mellow Tone
    Thu 2/27 @ Roxx on Main
Thee Snake Charmers, Famous
Johnny Winter, Tribute to Muddy
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
George Harrison, Woman Don't You Cry For Me
George Harrison, Almost 12-Bar Honky Tonk
George Harrison, Down to the River (Rocking Chair Jam)
George Harrison, Get Back

Playlist: February 16, 2025

Rebirth Brass Band, Move Your Body
Rebirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Medley (live)
     Tue 3/04 @ The Chapel
Franklin Family, Old Blue
     Sun 2/23 @ Concord Museum & Event Center: Tunes From Our Backyard
Devon McClive, Devil in My Kitchen
     Sat 2/22 @ Lucky Horseshoe
Pedro Cordeiro, Morning Blues (live)
     Thu 2/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
Aki Kumar, Wish Me Well
     Fri 2/21 @ Chico Women's Club
     Sat 2/22 @ Almost Famous Winery
Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall
     Fri 2/21 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sun 2/23 @ Moe's Alley
     Mon 2/24 @ Yoshi's
Jimmy Grant & Tim Kliphuis, Medley: Je Suis Seul Ce Soir/J'attendrai/Ol' Man River (live)
     Thu-Fri 2/20-21 @ Throckmorton Theatre

Louis Jordan, Jordan for President
Percy Mayfield, I Don’t Want to Be the President
Johnnie Taylor, I Could Never Be President
Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush for President
Little Walter, Dead Presidents
Rev. J.M. Gates, President Roosevelt Is Everybody’s Friend
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President / President Roosevelt
Champion Jack Dupree, God Bless Our New President
J.B. Lenoir, Eisenhower Blues
Sleepy John Estes, President Kennedy
King Solomon, Please Mr. President
The Honeydrippers, Impeach the President
Big Boy Henry, Mr. President
Big Boy Henry, The New Mr. President
Guitar Shorty, Please Mr. President
Lulu Reed & Freddy King, Do the President Twist