Playlist: September 15, 2024

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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

Playlist: September 8, 2024

Bob Dylan & The Band, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Forever Young (live)
     from the forthcoming box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     from the forthcoming album Son of a Broken Man
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Mon 9/09 @ 19 Mac's at Broadway
     Wed 9/11 @ Empress Lounge
Chris Cain, Bad Dream
     from the new album Good Intentions Gone Bad
     Wed 9/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Thu 9/12 @ The Sound Room
Mark Hummel, What The Hell
     from the new album True Believer
     Thu 9/12 @ Canyons BBQ
     Sat 9/14 @ Roxx on Main
Curtis Salgado, Cheap Stuff
     from the new album Fine By Me
     Wed 9/11 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 9/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Let's Go
     Sun 9/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Jonathan Butler, Silver Rain
     Sat 9/14-16 @ Yoshi's

Catherine Russell, I Don't Need No Doctor
     Sun 9/15 @ SFJazz Center
Kim Nalley, Teardrops From My Eyes
     Fri-Sat 9/13-14 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Terrie Odabi, Evolution of the Blues
     Tue 9/10 @ Club Fox
Cosmo Alleycats, Sinners' Stomp
     Fri 9/13 @ Local Edition
The Cottontails, Carnival in Caroline
     Sat 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Johnny Burgin, Cincinnati Boogie
     Thu 9/12 @ The Saloon
Jimmy Reed, Boogie in the Dark
Little Milton, Runnin' Wild Blues
Freddie King, Key to the Highway (live)
Guitar Shorty, Bump the Donkey (live)
Quinn DeVeaux, Many Days
Sonny Rollins, Blues For Philly Joe

Playlist: September 1, 2024

Johnnie Taylor, It's September
The Tempos, See You in September
Carole King, It Might As Well Rain Until September
Kim Nalley, September in the Rain
Barry White, September (When I First Met You)
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Sarah Vaughan, September Song
Buffy Sainte Marie, Sweet September Morning
Rosanne Cash, September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash)
The Bangles, September Gurls
Big Star, September Gurls
My Morning Jacket, Old September Blues
Moe., September
Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Valerie June, Workin' Woman Blues
The Gold Souls, Worker’s Lullaby
Merle Haggard, Workingman’s Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
Tom Waits, I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
Cowboy Junkies, Working On A Building
Fruteland Jackson, Blues 2.0
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Hard Labor
The Isley Brothers, Work To Do
Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man
B.B. King, Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Elvin Bishop, Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down
Huey Lewis & The News, Workin’ for a Livin’
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Playlist: August 25, 2024

Quinn DeVeaux, Holy
     from the new album Leisure
     Thu 8/29 @ Rickshaw Stop
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Thu-Fri 8/29-30 @ Biscuits & Blues
Fantastic Negrito, Lost in a Crowd
     Sat 9/07 @ Hopmonk Novato
Buddy Guy, I Came Up Hard
     Sat 9/07 @ Graton Casino & Resort
Earl Thomas, Cold Ghetto
     Sat 8/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Memphis/Marie
     Sat 8/31 @ Frost Amphitheater
Mark Hummel, Ghosted
     Sun 9/08 @ Club Fox
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 8/28 @ Club Fox
Mitch Woods, Jukebox Drive
     from the forthcoming album Happy Hour
     Sat 8/31 @ Roxx on Main
     Fri 9/06 @ Club Fox
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Sat 8/31 @ The Big Easy

Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six, Irrational Blues
     Sat 8/31 @ BiRite Polk
The Cottontails, Mood Indigo
     Sun 9/01 @ BiRite Polk
Allan Harris, Black Coffee Blues (live)
     Fri 8/30 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Sat 8/31 @ Jazz in the Barn
     Sun 9/01 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Parlor Tricks, Louisian Fairytale (live)
     Wed 8/28 @ Belle Cora
     Thu 8/29 @ Hotel Utah
     Sat 8/31 @ Memento
Cosmo Alleycats, When I Grow Too Old to Dream
     Wed 9/04 @ Albany Concert Series
     Thu 9/05 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Where Is Justice
     Sat 9/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Godless Land
     Thu 8/29 @ The Saloon
     Fri 9/06 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Michelle Malone, Simple Life
     Mon 9/02 @ Fog House Concerts
Colin James, This Song Kills Hate
     from the new album Chasing The Sun
Colin James, Keep On Loving Me Baby
Oscar Peterson Trio, Place St. Henri (live)

Playlist: August 18, 2024

Valerie June, Fade Into You
Valerie June, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
     Wed-Thu 8/21-22 @ The Chapel
California Honeydrops with Lindsay Lou, Fall in Love Again
     Sat 8/24 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
     Sun 8/25 @ BarrelHouse Brewing
Con Brio with Analog Dog, Skin on Skin
     Fri 8/23 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 8/25 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
Coco Montoya, A Chip and a Chair
     Sat 8/24 @ West End Celebration
     Sun 8/25 @ Moe's Alley
Tia Carroll, Even When I'm Not Alone
     Thu 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Somewhere in the Middle
Big Harp George, Doom Loop
Kid Andersen, Day Tripper
Maria Muldaur, Moonlight
     Wed 8/21 @ Club Fox: A Benefit for Mista Boins
Junk Parlor, Cement Shoes
     Sat 8/24 @ The Riptide
Dennis Johnson, Ramblin
     Sat 8/24 @ The Barn at Hoey Ranch

Girl From the North County
Duquesne Whistle/Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)/Is Your Love in Vain
Slow Train/License to Kill
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Jokerman
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
I Want You
Like A Rolling Stone/Make You Feel My Love
Like A Rolling Stone (reprise)/I Want You (reprise)
Sweetheart Like You/True Love Tends to Forget
Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower/Idiot Wind
Instrumental Medley
Pressing On

Playlist: August 11, 2024

5 Cent Coffee, October
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sat-Sun 8/17-18 @ Cotati Accordion Festival
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bugler's Dream
Irma Thomas, Let's Stay Together (live)
     Thu-Sun 8/15-18 @ SFJazz Center
Son Little, No Friend of Mine
     Wed 8/14 @ The Chapel
     Sat 8/17 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Gary Clark Jr, Maktub
     Sat 8/17 @ Masonic Center
     Sun 8/18 @ The Mountain Winery
Big Blu Soul Revue, More (Bonus)
     Thu 8/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Gold Souls, Good as Gold
     Fri 8/16 @ Z Specialty Food
     Sat 8/17 @ Boom Boom Room
Postmodern Jukebox (feat. Willie Ray Moore), Black Hole Sun
     Thu 8/15 @ The Mountain Winery
     Sun 8/18 @ Blue Note Napa
Grateful Brass, Bird Song
     Sat 8/17 @ Radium Runway
John Pizzarelli, Too Close For Comfort
     Mon 8/12 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Wed-Thu 8/14-15 @ Yoshi's

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

The Kiffness, Kookee Kookee
Forever Bound, Stereo Madness
Two Door Cinema Club, Something Good Can Work
Parry Gripp, Tortoise Playing Minecraft
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
The Kiffness, Ancient Husky Melody
Djvi, Back on Track
Parry Gripp, I Make Cat Videos for a Living
Minecraft Steve, Mobs Can't Handle Us
Weird Al Yankovic, EBay
The Beatles, Now and Then
Toto, Africa
grande1899, Down Under (Note Blocks)
Europe, The Final Countdown

Playlist: August 4, 2024

Special guest: Ben Manilla

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: July 21, 2024

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Harry Belafonte, Diamond Joe
Ella Fitzgerald, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
Tiffany Austin, Georgia
     Sun-Mon 7/21-22 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop
     Sun 7/28 @ Covenant Winery
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, August Nights
     Thu-Sun 8/15-18 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in the Hole (live)
     Thu-Sun 7/25-28 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Down By The Riverside (live)
Irma Thomas, Iko Iko  / Hey Pocky Way (live)
Marina Crouse, More and More
     Wed 7/24 @ Redwood City Music in the Park
     Fri 7/26 @ The Sound Room
Tia Carroll, Don't Put Your Hands On Me
     Sun 7/28 @ SFJazz Center
Mark Hummel, Lil Electric Car
     Thu 7/25 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Fri-Sat 7/26-27 @ SFJazz Center
James Cotton, Honky Tonk / Woke Up This Morning (live)

Fantastic Negrito feat. Sting, Undefeated Eyes
Quinn DeVeaux, Little Bit More
     from the new album Leisure
HowellDevine, Nila
     Sat 7/27 @ Roxx on Main
     Sun 7/28 @ Makeout Room
Elvis Presley, Polk Salad Annie (live)
The Lucky Losers, Down in Memphis Town
     Thu 7/25 @ Biscuits and Blues
Lachy Doley, Downtown Smalltown (live)
     Fri 7/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
Earl Thomas, I Smell Trouble/Look Over Yonder's Wall/Crossroad Blues (live)
     Sat 7/27 @ Biscuits and Blues
Paul Thorn, Every Little Bit Hurts (live)
     Fri 7/26 @ Rio Theatre
     Sat-Sun 7/27-28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite
     Sat 7/27 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 8/03 @ Point Arena Theatre
Steve Freund, Come On In This House

Playlist: July 14, 2024

The Commodores, Brick House
The Grease Traps, Solid Ground
     Sun 7/14 @ Stern Grove Festival
The Doors, Paris Blues
Keb' Mo', France
Alvin Youngblood Hart, France Blues
Junk Parlor, Voyage of the Hecate
     Sat 7/20 @ Little Hill Lounge
Taj Mahal, One For My Baby (And One For the Road)
Charlie Musselwhite, Blue Feeling Today
Elvin Bishop, The Things (That) I Used to Do
     Fri 7/19 @ Frost Amphitheater
     Sat 7/20 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Jon Lawton, Lazy Man's Blues
     Wed 7/17 @ Empress Marquee Club
Gunhild Carling, Jazz Is My Lifestyle
Count Basie Orchestra, The Patton Basie Shuffle
     Sun 7/14 @ Bing Concert Hall

North Mississippi Allstars, Up and Rolling
     Thu 7/18 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sat 7/20 @ Armitage Wines
Ruthie Foster, Heartshine
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sun 7/21 @ Freight & Salvage
Carolyn Wonderland, Loser
     Tue 7/16 @ Yoshi's
     Wed 7/17 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sun 7/21 @ Moe's Alley
Joe Louis Walker, Hello It's the Blues
     Wed 7/17 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop
Sunny War, Never Let Me Down Again
      Sat 7/20 @ Radium Runway
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Broke Down Engine
     Thu 7/18 @ The Chapel
     Fri 7/19 @ Harlow's
     Sat 7/20 @ Moe's Alley
Vieux Farka Touré, Gabou Ni Tie
     Tue 7/16 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Fri 7/19 @ JaM Cellars
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Suffering with the Blues
     Fri 7/19 @ The Sound Room
Johnnie Johnson, Johnnie B. Bad
Mavis Staples, Worthy
Desmond Dekker, 007 (Shanty Town)

Playlist: July 7, 2024

Sunny War, Love's Death Bed
Diana Gameros, ¿Cómo Hacer?
     Sat 7/20 @ Radium Runway
Tiffany Austin, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
     Sun 7/07 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Mon 7/08 @ Plymouth Church of Jazz & Justice
Dirty Cello, Last Time Blues
     Thu 7/11 @ Marin Art and Garden Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Off Bass
     Sat 7/13 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's You Baby
     Sat 7/13 @ Freight & Salvage
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Sack o' Kools
     Fri 7/12 @ Blue Note Napa
     Sat 7/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Mark Hummel, What the Hell
     from the new album True Believer
Dennis Johnson, Going Down
     Fri 7/12 @ Friday Nights in the Park
Jiimmy Grant, Insomnia
     Fri 7/12 @ Side Door
     Sun 7/14 @ Rose Avenue Acoustic Delights
Harry Connick Jr, Next Door Blues
     Tue-Wed 7/09-10 @ The Mountain Winery
Grateful Brass, Bird Song
     Sun 7/14 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop

Ringo Starr, Gonna Need Someone
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Matchbox (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, It Don't Come Easy (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, What Goes On (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Don't Pass Me By (live)
The Beatles, Good Night (rehearsal / take 10 / take 22)
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine (work tape / take 4)
The Beatles, If You've Got Trouble
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden (rehearsal)

Playlist: June 30, 2024

Kinky Friedman, We Reserve the Right to Reserve Service to You
Tom Waits, Highway Cafe
     Kinky Friedman (1944-2024)
Dirty Cello, Summertime
     Thu 7/04 @ Rio Nido Roadhouse
Chris O'Leary, You Break It You Bought It
     Thu 7/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Like a Wolfman
     Thu 7/04 @ The Ivy Room

Fillmore Jazz Festival: July 6-7

Kim Nalley, Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Alpha Rhythm Kings, California Boogie
Carl Lockett, Little Boy Blues
Sam Reider & The Human Hands, Lunatico

Lena Horne, Now
Willie Dixon, Dustin' Off the Bass

The Travellers, This Land Is Your Land
Great Big Sea, Boston and St. John's
Stompin' Tom Connors, Saint John Blues
Joel Plaskett Emergency, Nowhere With You
Nathan Wiley, Moneymaker
Lynda Lemay, Les Maudits Français
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Blue Rodeo, Ride Your Bike
The Duhks, Je Pense à Toi (reprise)
Tin Cup Serenade, Manitoba
The Guess Who, Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
Gordon Lightfoot, Alberta Bound
The Jerry Cans, Tukturjuk / On the Rocks
Oscar Peterson Trio, Hymn to Freedom

Playlist: June 23, 2024

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Chuck Prophet, Willie Mays Is Up at Bat
     Willie Mays (1931-2024)
Earl Thomas, Ode to Billy Joe (live)
     Fri-Sat 6/28-29 @ Biscuits & Blues
Ruthie Foster, Mack the Knife (live)
     Sat 6/29 @ Rancho Nicasio
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
     Thu 6/27 @ Royal Cuckoo
     Fri 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Hoopty-Do
     Fri 6/28 @ Local Edition
     Sat 6/29 @ Royal Cuckoo
Mighty Mike Schermer, Just Gettin' Good
     Wed 6/26 @ Club Fox
     Thu 6/27 @ The Sound Room
Rory Block, Murder Most Foul
     from the forthcoming album Positively 4th Street

Mark Hummel, Summertime (live)
     Thu 6/27 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 6/28 @ Bosco's Bones & Brew
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Kim Nalley, Summertime
Tom Waits, Summertime
R.E.M., Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summer's Day Song
Howard Wiley, Song for a Hot Summer Night
Chrissie Hynde, In the Summertime
Bob Dylan, Summer Days
Charley Patton, Some Summer Day
Sly & the Family Stone, Hot Fun in the Summertime