Playlist: December 8, 2024

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Wailin' and Whoopin'
Brownie McGhee & His Jook House Rockers, My Confession
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Saturday Night Fish Fry
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get
Buddy Guy, First Time I Met the Blues
Joe Louis Walker, Blue Mirror
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Nobody's Fault But Mine

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Double Trouble
Otis Rush, All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Koko Taylor, Wang Dang Doodle
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, Silver Beaver (live)
Alberta Hunter, Down Hearted Blues
Rufus Thomas, Do The Funky Chicken
Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Red House (live)

Playlist: December 1, 2024

Blue Rodeo, If We Make It Through December
Earth Wind & Fire, December
Dragon Smoke, Somebody's Sleepin' in My Bed (live)
     Sat 12/07 @ The Independent
Litty DeBungus, Tasty
     Fri 12/06 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Another Mule
     Sun 12/01 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Chris Cain, Never Let You Break My Heart
     Fri 12/06 @ Rancho Nicasio
Mark Hummel, Broken Heart
     Fri 12/06 @ The Saloon
     Sat 12/07 @ Roxx on Main
Jason Ricci, Soul Desire
     Fri 12/06 @ Biscuits & Blues
Nick Moss Band, Get Your Back Into It
     Sat 12/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, My Cryin' Eyes
     Fri 12/06 @ Art House Gallery
Kim Nalley, I Want a Little Boy
     Sun 12/15 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko

DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival: December 13-15 @ Freight & Salvage

Jerron Paxton, Things Done Changed
Leyla McCalla, Open the Road
Corey Harris, City Boys
DeFord Bailey, Davidson County Blues
Bobby Rush, Let Me In Your House
Fantastic Negrito, A Cold November Street
Dom Flemons, The Final Gift
DeFord Bailey, Pan-American Blues

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, San-Ho-Zay (live)
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Stormy Monday (live)

Playlist: November 24, 2024

Charlie Musselwhite, Bad Boy (live)
Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, To Be Alone With You
     Sun 12/01 @ SFJazz Center
Diunna Greenleaf, Let Me Cry
Oscar Wilson, Happy Reunion
Junior Watson, The Pee Wee Classic
     Fri 11/29 @ SF Jazz Center
Shemekia Copeland, Blame It On Eve
     Sat 11/30 @ SFJazz Center
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Samson and Dalilah (live)
     Wed 11/27 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Litty DeBungus, Not For Me
     Sun 12/01 @ Bottom of the Hill
The Cottontails, Mississippi Dreamboat
     Sun 12/01 @ Bird & Beckett
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Delta Lowdown
     Sun 12/01 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Beatles, Love Me Do
The Beatles, Cry For A Shadow
Tony Sheridan, Take Out Some Insurance On Me
The Pete Best Band, Not Fade Away

The Robins, Turkey Hop, Part 1
Sylvester Cotton, Thanksgiving Blues
Andre Williams, Pass the Biscuits Please
Cab Calloway, Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Harold Burrage, You Eat Too Much
Thelonious Monk, Stuffy Turkey
Lonnie Johnson, Sweet Potato Blues
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven, Potato Head Blues
The Emotions, Mashed Potatoes
California Honeydrops, Pumpkin Pie (live)
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cornbread And Butterbeans
Humphrey Lyttleton, Red Beans and Rice
Good Cabbage, Victoria Spivey
Matthew Childs, Funky Onions
Bogus Ben Covington, I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop
The Robins, Turkey Hop, Part 2

Playlist: November 17, 2024

Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Sun 11/17 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Wil Blades, Please Send Me Someone to Love
     Fri-Sat 11/22-23 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, C.H.P.
     Fri 11/22 @ The Lost Church
The Snake Charmers, I Was Just Not That Into You
     Sat 11/23 @ The Riptide
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, When the Water Runs Out
     Fri 11/22 @ The Ivy Room
Marina Crouse, Touch of the Blues
     Thu 11/21 @ SFJazz Center
Ernestine Anderson, Never Make Your Move Too Soon (live)
Ernestine Anderson, Old Folks

Benny Green, Green's Blues
     Wed 11/20 @ Yoshi's
George Cole Quintet, All I Want Is You
     Thu 11/21 @ Roxx on Main
Richiman and Groove Nice, Richiman Blues
     Sat 11/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Mark Hummel, Double Trouble
     Fri 11/22 @ The Back Room
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
     from the new album What Are You Waiting For?
Willie Nelson, House Where Nobody Lives
     from the new album Last Leaf
John Hammond, Traveling Riverside Blues (live)
     from the new album You're Doing Fine: Blues at the Boarding House
Little Wolf and the Hellcats, Big Legged Woman
Booker T. & the MGs, Blues in the Gutter
Booker T. Jones, The Vamp
Neil Young, Ten Men Workin'

Playlist: November 10, 2024

Willie Nelson, Last Leaf
Willie Nelson, Are You Ready For the Country
     from the new album Last Leaf on the Tree
David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach, Goodbye For Now
     Fri 11/15 @ Echoes in the Valley
JD McPherson, Ugly Sweater Blues
     Sat 11/16 @ August Hall
The Macks, Ranchero
    Thu 11/14 @ Bottom of the Hill
    Sat 11/16 @ The Catalyst
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Pledging My Love
      Sat 11/16 @ Biscuits & Blues
Adam Shulman, We Wish You a Funky Christmas
     Thu-Sun 11/14-17 @ SFJazz
Sweet Honey in the Rock, Second Line Blues
     Thu-Sun 11/14-17 @ SFJazz
Chris Cain, Fear Is My New Roommate
     Fri 11/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Ain't Gonna Quit Ya
     Fri 11/15-16 @ Local Edition
The Gold Souls, Just Desserts
Litty DeBungus, Little Spoon
     Fri 11/15 @ Elbo Room Jack London Square

Bryan Adams, Remembrance Day
The Pogues, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
John Bray, Trench Blues
Doctor Clayton, '41 Blues
B.B. King, Questionnaire Blues
Cousin Joe, Post-War Future Blues
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Army Blues
Fats Domino, Korea Blues
Soldier Boy Houston, Far East Blues
Sunnyland Slim & His Trio, Back to Korea Blues
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, There's Peace in Korea
Bill Withers, I Can't Write Left-Handed (live)
Tom Waits, Soldier's Things

Playlist: October 27, 2024

California Honeydrops, Lazy Sunday
     from the new album Keep On Diggin'
Fantastic Negrito, Son of a Broken Man
     from the new album Son of a Broken Man

Special in-studio guests: Anthony Paule & Willy Jordan

     Fri 11/01 @ Club Fox: Album Release Party & Video Shoot

That's Not How the Story Goes
One Way
No Tofu
What Are What You Waiting For? (in-studio)
After A While (in-studio)
Where Is Justice?
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, My Soul
You Ain't Old Til You Cold
     from the new album What Are You Waiting For?

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Halloween Spooks
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee, Casting My Spell
Cliff Jackson & His Krazy Kats, The Terror
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Hi Spook
Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Creedeence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard
Philly Joe Jones Sextet, Blues For Dracula
Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues
B.B. King, Haunted House
Otis Redding, Trick or Treat
Chuck Berry, Trick or Treat

Eddie Lang, Prelude
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Stringing The Blues

Playlist: October 20, 2024

Prakash Slim, Talking Nepal Blues
     Thu 10/24 @ The Big Easy
     Sat 10/26 @ Monkey House
     Sun 10/27 @ Hotel Utah
Aki Kumar, Bollywood Blues
     Sat 10/26 @ Blackhawk Country Club
Kid Andersen, I Ain't Right
John 'Blues' Boyd, Oh California!
     Wed 10/23 @ Empress Marquee Club
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
     Sat 10/26 @ Rudi's
Terrie Odabi, When You Love Me
Lady Bianca, Ugly Man Song
     Sat 10/26 @ Biscuits & Blues: Dorothy Hill Memorial
Kevin Burt, Eleanor Rigby
     Thu-Fri 10/24-25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Chuck Berry, Liverpool Drive
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Around and Around (live)
Elvin Bishop, Dancin'
Charles Mingus, Cryin' Blues

The Fall, 50 Year Old Man
Ben E. King, Fifty Years
Louis Armstrong, Fifty-Fifty Blues
Big Harmonica Bob, Fifty Bucks
Louis Jordan, Fifty Cents
50 Cent & Nine Inch Nails, Closer to Da Club
Tragically Hip, Fifty Mission Cap
Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Granny's Intentions, Fifty Years On
The Dead Milkmen, Fifty Things
August Anchor, Fifty Years in Retrospect
Bob Pigott, Fifty Years Ago
Tom Robinson, Fifty

Playlist: October 13, 2024

Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #3
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
The Joint Chiefs, Boom Boom Room
      Wed 10/16 @ Club Fox
Los Lobos, The World Is A Ghetto
     Thu 10/17 @ Center for the Arts
     Fri 10/18 @ Uptown Theatre
HowellDevine, Smoke
     Thu 10/17 @ The Sound Room
     Fri 10/18 @ Rancho Nicasio
Noble Hobo, Fake Happy
     Thu 10/17 @ The Crepe Place
     Sat 10/19 @ Kilowatt
     Sun 10/20 @ The Golden Bull
Litty DeBungus, Lightning
     Fri 10/18 @ Neck of the Woods
Cosmo Alleycats, Trouble in Mind
     Thu 10/17 @ The Doghouse
     Sun 10/20 @ Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues (outtake)
Art Tatum Group, Blues in C
Nappy Brown, Night Time Is The Right Time

Blue Rodeo, Fools Like You
The Chieftones, Indian Wedding
The Chieftones, Cutie from the Beauty Shop
Peter Frank, Little Feather
Willie Dunn, Son of the Sun
Gordon Dick, Siwash Rock
Alexis Utatnaq, Maqaivvigivalauqtavut
Sugluk, Ajuinnarasuarsunga
Sikumiut, Utirumavunga
Morley Loon, N'Doheeno
Shingoose, Silver River
Lloyd Cheechoo, James Bay
John Angaiak, I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
Lawrence Martin, I Got My Music
Ghostkeeper, Haunted

Playlist: October 6, 2024

Yo La Tengo, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Wood Brothers, Big Boss Man (live)
     Sun 10/06 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Big Harp George, Maceosity
     Fri 10/11 @ Piedmont Center for the Arts
Mark Hummel, High Time For the Devil
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 10/09 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Fri 10/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
Andy Santana & The West Coast Playboys, Watch Your Step
Tom Jones, Talking Reality Television Blues
     Wed 10/09 @ Fox Theatre
     Thu 10/10 @ San Jose Civic Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Off Bass
     Fri 10/11 @ Ivy Room
Petra Haden & Bill Frisell, Floaty
     Mon 10/07 @ Chabot Space and Science Center
Bill Frisell, Come Together
The Beatles, Come Together (take 5)

Los Lobos, Tomorrow Never Knows (live)
Grateful Brass, Not Fade Away (live)
     from the new album Live at the Guild Theatre
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
     Thu 10/10 @ Roxx on Main
The Lucky Losers, Try New Orleans
     Thu 10/10 @ The Saloon
Herb Alpert, Wade in the Water
     Wed 10/09 @ Campbell
     Thu 10/10 @ Lesher Center
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Jimi Hendrix, Red House (live)

Playlist: September 29, 2024

Charles Pollock and Bernard Steffen, Harmonica Duets
Henry Garrett, Strike at Harriman, Tennessee
The Stone Foxes, Little Red Rooster (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ The Treehouse
Big Harp George, Wash My Horse in Champagne (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
     Fri 10/04 @ Rancho Nicasio
Kris Kristofferson, Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris Kristofferson, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Seth Augustus, Yellow Bird (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues (in-studio)
Fantastic Negrito, Broken Hearts and Razor Blades (in-studio)

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 4-6
 
Cat Power, Tell Me Momma (live)
Dom Flemons, Guess I'm Doing Fine
Mavis Staples, Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
Bobby Rush, I Got a Proposition For You
Cedric Burnside, Hill Country Love
Steve Earle & The Dukes, Harlem River Blues
Cat Power, Visions of Johanna (live)

Bob Dylan, Hallelujah (live)
Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire (live)
Leonard Cohen, Story of Isaac

Playlist: September 22, 2024

Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)

Special in-studio guest: Sheryl Kaskowitz

Charles Seeger, Tugwell! Who's That Guy?
Sidney Robertson and Charles Seeger, Wayfaring Stranger
Tink Queer, Sharon
Russell 'Chubby' Wise, Leather Breeches
C.H. Stevens, Square Dance Medley
Will Wright, Mr. Roosevelt
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Unidentified singers, The Dickmann Song
Unidentified singers, Rock-a-bye Baby
Margaret Valiant and Tannis Tugwell, Cotton-Eyed Joe/I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Shafter FSA Camp, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Booker T Jones, Down in Memphis
     Mon 9/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Hot Tuna, 99 Year Blues
     Thu-Sat 9/26-28 @ Freight & Salvage
Taj Mahal, Queen Bee
     Fri 9/27 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 9/28 @ The Mountain Winery
Mitch Woods, Queen Bee
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Thu 9/26 @ Roxx On Main
Mark Hummel, Lil Electric Car
     Mon 9/23 @ Yoshi's
     Wed 9/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Write Me A Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues
     Thu-Fri 9/26-27 @ Fox Theater
Lucinda Williams, Satisfied Mind
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Shake These Blues
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Hell or High Water (feat. Lucinda Williams)
     Mon 9/23 @ Fox Oakland
Leonard Cohen, Amen

Playlist: September 15, 2024

Rob Reich, Move A Little Closer
     Sun 9/22 @ Flower Pianos
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Fri 9/20 @ Flower Pianos
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Downhearted Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Marina Crouse, It's Been A Long Time
     Wed 9/18 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Finest Lovin' Man
     Fri-Sat @ 9/20-21 The Mountain Winery
Jon Lawton, Separation Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Sean Hayes, Mellow Down Easy
     Thu 9/19 @ The New Parish
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Two Hearts (live)
     Sun 9/22 @ Hopmonk Novato
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers, Rhythm of the Rails
     Thu 9/19 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Johnny Burgin, Ramblin' From Coast to Coast
     Wed 9/18 @ Club Fox
Johnny 'V' Vernazza, Lions and Thieves
     Fri 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues

The California Honeydrops, Lazy Sunday
     from the new album Keep On Diggin'
Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters, My Little Girl
     from the new album More Fun With...
Jubu Smith, Kwik-Way Nostalgia
     from the new album Jubu
Nic Clark, It'll Be Alright
     from the new album Everybody's Buddy
Paul Steward, You Can Dance to My Blues
     Thu 9/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Twice As Good, Clarksdale
Phil Berkowitz, Salt Pork West Viriginia
Billy Boy Arnold, Here's My Picture
B.B. King, Troubles Troubles Troubles
Snooky Pryor, Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
Maria Muldaur, Empty Bed Blues
Corey Weinstein, The Whole Megillah