Playlist: November 14, 2018

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Noah Kibreab, Every City, Every Ghetto
     Wed 11/21 @ Art Boutiki
Con Brio, Hard Times
     Thu 11/15 @ The Warfield
Blonde Toledo, What Makes A Man
Junk Parlor, Empress of Killyjoy
     Sat 11/17 @ Peri's

Special in-studio guests: The Lucky Losers

     Sun 11/18 @ Poor House Bistro: Blues Gives Back

It's Never Too Early
The River
It's Never Too Early (in-studio)
It Ain't Enough (in-studio)
Jackson (in-studio)
You Left It Behind

Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Chile (demo)
Jimi Hendrix, My Friend (demo)
     from the new album Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind (take 1)
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind (take 1, remake)
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind (live)
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue (take 1)
     from the new box set More Blood, More Tracks – The Bootleg Series Vol.14

Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue (live)

Playlist: November 7, 2018

Blue Rodeo, Blue House (live)
Chuck Berry, House of Blue Lights
Stompy Jones, Sock It To Me
     Sat 11/10 @ Rancho Nicasio
Junk Parlor, Ragged Hearts
     Sat 11/10 @ The Ivy Room
Ron Thompson, Show Biz Blues
     Thu 11/08 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Last Ride
     Thu 11/08 @ The Saloon
     Fri 11/09 @ The Smoking Pig
     Wed 11/14 on Fog City Blues
Aki Kumar, Dum Maaro Dum
     Fri 11/09 @ O'Malley's
     Sun 11/11 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Harvey Mandel, Campus Blues
     Sun 11/11@ Biscuits & Blues
The Sam Chase, A Lucky One
The Crux, Onward Soldiers (Vermin Fight the Wars)
     Fri 11/09 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Sean Hayes, Waiting in Vain
     Fri 11/09 @ The Chapel
KillBossa, All I Want

Bob Dylan, Call Letter Blues (take 1)
Bob Dylan, Spanish Is the Loving Tongue (take 1)
Bob Dylan, You're A Big Girl Now (take 1)
Bob Dylan, You're A Big Girl Now (live)
Bob Dylan, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (takes 1-4)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (take 2)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)
Bob Dylan, Simple Twist of Fate (take 1)
Bob Dylan, Simple Twist of Fate (takes 2A-3A)
     from the new box set More Blood, More Tracks – The Bootleg Series Vol.14

Playlist: October 31, 2018

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Chuck Berry, Trick Or Treat
Otis Redding, Trick Or Treat
The Lucky Losers, Supernatural Blues
     Thu 11/01 @ Biscuits & Blues
Aki Kumar, Yeh Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra
     Fri 11/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Shovelman, This Little Pig
     Fri 11/02 DNA Lounge
Hibbity Dibbity, Swamp Machinery
     Thu 11/01 @ Elbo Room
Seth Ford-Young, Je te veux
     Sun 11/04 @ Red Poppy Art House
Americano Social Club, Sophie's Swing
     Sat 11/03 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 11/07 @ Café du Soleil
Benny Green & Oscar Peterson, Barbara's Blues
     Sun 11/04 @ Freight & Salvage
Blonde Toledo, The Kings Lunch
Conspiracy of Beards, Bird on a Wire
     Sun 11/04 @ Swedish American Hall
Leonard Cohen, Traveling Light

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Feast of the Mau-Mau

Howlin' Wolf, I Ain't Superstitious

Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues

Memphis Minnie, Haunted Blues

Victoria Spivey, Haunted By The Blues

B.B.King, Haunted House

Ken Nordine, Strollin' Spooks
Merline Johnson, Black Ghost Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins, Black Ghost Blues
Michael Bloomfield, Blue Ghost Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Blues Is Only A Ghost
Lonnie Johnson, Lonesome Ghost Blues
Helen Gross, Ghost Walkin' Blues

Mildred Bailey, A Ghost of a Chance
Blind Willie McTell, Scarey Day Blues

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard

Playlist: October 24, 2018

Lee Green, Number 44 Blues
Sonny Terry, Fourty-Four Whistle Blues
Roosevelt Sykes, 44 Blues
Howlin' Wolf, Fourty-Four
Rising Sons featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, .44 Blues
Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis, Fourty-Four (live)
Tommy Castro, 44
     Sat 10/27 @ Freight & Salvage
Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, S.O.B.
     Fri-Sat 10/26-27 Biscuits & Blues
Kim Nalley, Never Make Your Move Too Soon
     Sat 10/27 @ Piedmont Piano Company
Midtown Social, Soul Clap
     Fri 10/26 @ Mystic Theatre
     Wed 10/31 @ Cornerstone
Royal Jelly Jive, Ride the Wave
     Fri 10/26 @ Mystic Theatre

     Wed 10/31 @ The Catalyst

King Street Giants, Devil Dancer

     Fri 10/26 @ The Big Easy

Tumbledown House, One Mistake Will Do

    Fri 10/26 @ Club Deluxe

Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues/Dekhaa Naa

     from the new album Hindi Man Blues

Shari Puorto Band, Evidence (live)

     Wed 10/31 @ Club Fox

King Dream, Hand in Hand

Quinn DeVeaux, So Little

Mickelson, Crazy Is The Only Place for a Saint

     Wed 10/31 @ Bottom of the Hill

Smoked Out Soul, Just My Imagination

     Wed 10/31 @ The Independent

Ron Thompson, Sugar Bee

     Wed 10/31 @ Poor House Bistro

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, There For Me

     Sat 10/27 @ The Chapel

Bob Seeley, Seeley's Boogie

     Sun 10/28 @ SFJazz Center

Bessie Smith & Eddie Lang, You've Got to Give Me Some

Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, Midnight Call Blues

Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Stringin' the Blues

Eddie Lang, Prelude in C Sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 2

Playlist: October 17, 2018

Tiffany Austin, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down)
     Sat 10/20 @ Community School of the Arts
     Wed 10/24 @ Oakland City Center
Big Harp George, Internet Honey
Junk Parlor, The Basso
Eva & the Vagabond Tales, Novembers
     Sun 10/21 @ Bottom of the Hill

Special in-studio guests: Aki Kumar & Rome Yamilov

      Fri 10/19 @ The Sound Room
      Wed 10/31 @ Club Fox
      Fri 11/02 @ Biscuits & Blues

Dum Maaro Dum
Hindi Man Blues / Dekha Naa (in-studio)
Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh (in-studio)
Ruxaana
All Bark No Bite (in-studio)
I Hear You Knocking (in-studio)
Watermelon Man
     from the new album Hindi Man Blues

Carol Burnett, The Trolley Song
Carol Burnett, Sweet Georgia Brown
     Thu 10/18 @ Paramount Theatre
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, The Busy Woman's Blues
     Fri 10/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Wed 10/24 @ Blue Note Napa
Nancy Wright, In Between Tears
     Fri 10/19 @ Armando's
Wendy DeWitt, Sometimes I Wonder
     Wed 10/24 @ Club Fox
The Lucky Losers, Last Ride
     Sun 10/21 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Gertie Ruth (live)
     Sat 10/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
Eric Lindell, Grandpa Jim
     from the new album Revolution in Your Heart
     Thu 10/18 @ Bottom of the Hill
Jon Cleary, Big Greasy
     from the new album Dyna-Mite
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Once There's a Will There's a Way
     Thu 10/18 @ The Chapel
     Fri 10/19 @ Rio Theatre
St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Call Me
     Fri 10/19 @ Fox Theatre

Playlist: October 10, 2018

Taj Mahal, Fishin' Blues
Fantastic Negrito, Lost in a Crowd 
     Sat 10/13 @ The UC Theatre
Quinn DeVeaux, Going Where
     Thu 10/11 @ he Chapel
Big Harp George, Cold Snap By the Bay
     Fri 10/12 @ Biscuits & Blues
Aki Kumar, Badan Pe Sitare
     Wed 10/17 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: Junk Parlor

     Sun 10/21 @ Bottom of the Hill
     Sat 11/10 @ The Ivy Room

Howl Like Coyote
     from the new album Electricity for Dreams
Dance With Me, Bela Lugosi (in-studio)
Ragged Hearts (in-studio)
Midnight in Oakland (in-studio)
Beneath Your Love (in-studio)
Empress of Killjoy
     from the new album Electricity for Dreams

Aretha Franklin, Night Time Is the Right Time
Aretha Franklin, You Are My Sunshine
     Sat 10/13 @ Boom Boom Room: Tribute to the Queen of Soul
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Love For Sale (live)
     Thu 10/11 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Stone Foxes, Gimme Some Truth
     Fri 10/12 @ Harlow's
     Sat 10/13 @ Slim's
John Lennon, It's So Hard
John Lennon, Crippled Inside
Cyril Neville, Fortune Teller (live)
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Paul Simon, Paranoid Blues

Playlist: October 3, 2018

Gary Clark Jr, Bright Lights
Fiona Silver, Thunder and Lightning
     Tue-Fri 10/09-12 @ The Fillmore
Quinn DeVeaux, Coming Up With One
     Thu 10/11 @ The Chapel
Junk Parlor, Howl Like Coyote
     Wed 10/10 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: George Bisharat

     Fri 10/12 @ Biscuits & Blues

Big Harp George, Alternative Facts
Big Harp George, In the First Place
Big Harp George, I Wanna Know
Paul DeLay, Why Can't You Love Me
Otis Rush, Take A Look Behind
Big Harp George, Uptown Cool

Regina Carter, Death Have Mercy / Breakaway
     Mon 10/08 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Kim Nalley, Listen Here / Cold Duck / Compared to What?
     Fri 10/05 @ Bird & Beckett Books
Wendy DeWitt, Sonoma County 
     Fri 10/05 @ The Saloon
     Sat 10/06 @ Armando's
California Honeydrops, Only Home I've Ever Known
     Sun 10/07 @ The Independent
Blonde Toledo, The Kings Lunch
     Sat 10/13 @ Ferment Drink Repeat
Dennis Johnson & The Mississippi Ramblers, Revolution
     Sat 10/06 @ Palms Playhouse
Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel, The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
Coco Montoya, Where Can a Man Go From Here
     Thu 10/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 10/07 @ Moe's Alley
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
     Otis Rush Jr (1935-2018)

Playlist: September 26, 2018

Colin James, Black Night
     from the new album Miles to Go
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Southern Road
     Sat 9/29 @ Mystic Theatre
Mark Hummel, Rotten Kid
     from the new album Harpbreaker
Big Harp George, Down to the Rite Aid
     Wed 10/03 on Fog City Blues
Junk Parlor, Empress of Killjoy
     from the new album Electricity for Dreams
     Sat 9/29 @ Peri's
Tumbledown House, One Mistake Will Do
     Fri 9/28 @ Club Deluxe
Fog Swamp, I Got Mine
     Fri 9/28 @ The Starry Plough
The Gold Souls, Midnight Song
     from the new album Good to Feel
Macy Black & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
     Fri 9/28 @ The Back Room
Terry Hanck, Ain't That Just Like A Woman (live)
     Fri 9/28 @ Armando's

Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, That's The Way Willy Likes It
Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Orchestra, Thanks For the Dance
Sons of the Soul Revivers, I'm a New Creature
Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Rhythm-A-Ning
     Thu-Sun 9/27-30 @ SFJazz Center
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Thu 9/27 @ Piedmont Arts Center
     Sat 9/29 @ Herbst Theater
Montreal Guitar Trio & California Guitar Trio, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
     Wed 10/03 @ Harlow's
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (solo)

Playlist: September 19, 2018

Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volumes 3 & 4

Moonshine Jelly, Lucy and Zeb (in-studio)

La Gente SF feat. Versoul, La Mar (in-studio)

The King Street Giants, No Good Blues (in-studio)

Mark Growden, You Belong in New Orleans With Me (in-studio)
Meklit Hadero, Sweet or Salty (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)

Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do (in-studio)

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, The Farm (in-studio)

Noah & the Arkiteks (solo), Love Ain't Gonna Take It No More (in-studio)

The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, The Devil Has Blue Eyes (in-studio)
The View From Bernal Hill, We Are No Beautiful Children (in-studio)

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Jesus O What a Wonderful Child

Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)

Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor (in-studio)

Con Brio, California Cowboy (in-studio)

Big Blu Soul Revue, And You Loved Me (in-studio)

The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)

Tumbledown House, Ode to Josephine (in-studio)

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Letters (in-studio)

Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)

Seth Augustus, Going Down to the Roadhouse (in-studio)

Martin Luther, Somebody Superstar (in-studio)

Bhi Bhiman, Up in Arms (in-studio)

Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)

Playlist: September 12, 2018

Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volumes 3 & 4

Big Blu Soul Revue, And You Loved Me (in-studio)

     Fri 9/14 @ Boom Boom Room
Tumbledown House, Ode to Josephine (in-studio)

     Fri 9/14 @ The Terrace Room

Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)
     Mon 9/24 @ Eli's Mile High Club
Aki Kumar & Kid Andersen, Goin' to Bombay (in-studio)
     Sat 9/15 @ Dublin Splatter
Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor (in-studio)
Roy Rogers, She's A Real Jaguar (in-studio)

Midtown Social, Shine Again (in-studio)

Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)

Rob Reich, Dig Deeper (in-studio)

Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)

Con Brio, California Cowboy (in-studio)

The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Letters (in-studio)

Tiffany Austin, Miss Rockwell (in-studio)

Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)

John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka (in-studio)

John Németh, She Did Not Show (in-studio)

     Sat 9/15 @ Biscuits & Blues

     Sun 9/16 @ Poor House Bistro

Noah & the Arkiteks (solo), Love Ain't Gonna Take It No More (in-studio)

The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)

Moonshine Jelly, Lucy and Zeb (in-studio)

T Sisters, Playtime (in-studio)

Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do (in-studio)

Tumbleweed Wanderers, Restless (in-studio)

Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)

Playlist: September 5, 2018

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, We're a Winner
     Sat 9/08 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Tiffany Austin, You Must Believe in Spring
     Thu 9/06 @ Kepler's Books
Big Harp George, Lord Make Me Chaste
     from the new album Uptown Cool
     Sat 9/08 @ Poor House Bistro
Aki Kumar, Dilruba
     from the new album Hindi Man Blues
     Fri 9/07 @ Michael's On Main
     Sat 9/08 @ The Smoking Pig
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi
     from the new album Electricity for Dreams
     Fri 9/07 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Sun 9/09 @ Peri's
Moonshine Jelly, Lawr y Lon
     from the new album High Tide
     Thu 9/06 @ The Back Room
Royal Jelly Jive, Chinatown
     Sat 9/08 @ Capitola Art & Wine Festival
     Mon 9/10 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
No Lovely Thing, Countdown
     Sat 9/08 Pittsburg Seafood & Music Festival
Cafe R&B, Steppin'
    Fri 9/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
John Primer & Bob Corritore, Harmonica Boogaloo
     Sun 9/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
Barrio Manouche, La Marcha Gatina
     Fri 9/07 @ The Chapel

Bob Dylan, Straight A's in Love
Chuck Berry, School Days
AC/DC, School Days
Brownsville Station, Smokin' in the Boys Room
Ramones, Rock and Roll High School
Nat King Cole, You Don't Learn That in School
James Brown, Don't Be a Dropout
Brenda Holloway, Play It Cool, Stay In School
Otis Rush, Homework
Babs Gonzales, Professor Bop
Sonny Boy Williamson, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Jimmy Reed, Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim, The Gimmick
Sunnyland Slim, The Devil Is a Busy Man
Quinn DeVeaux, I Was On Fire

Playlist: August 29, 2018

Blue Rodeo, The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa
Greg Keelor, Gord's Tune
Midtown Social, Magic
Ghost & the City, Steady Trippin
The Seshen, Right Here
     Sat 9/01 @ The Independent
Lucky Peterson (feat. Tamara Peterson), Been So Long
     Thu-Sun 8/30-9/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lavay Smith & Her Red Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
     Sat 9/01 @ Armando's
Macy Blackman, On the Street Where You Live / They Can't Take That Away From Me
     Fri 8/31 @ Speisekammer
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)
     Fri 8/31 @ Sausalito Cruising Club
     Sat 9/01 @ Poor House Bistro
Culann's Hounds, Star of the County Down
     Thu 8/30 @ The Big Easy

Special in-studio guest: Javi Jiménez

     Thu-Sun 8/30-9/02 @ Throckmorton Theatre: DjangoFest Mill Valley

Barrio Manouche, Aires de Cambio
Barrio Manouche, Té a la Menta
Antoine Boyer & Samuelito, Life on Mars?
Antoine Boyer & Samuelito, Zyryab
Evan Price, Le Mouton Chanteur
Tim Kliphuis Trio, Stompin' at Decca
Barrio Manouche, Bossa Mosquito
Django Reinhardt, In the Still of the Night