Playlist: December 15, 2010

Hot Club of San Francisco, Baby, It's Cold Outside
     Tue 12/21 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Santa Gotta Choo Choo
     Fri 12/17 @ Center For The Arts
     Wed 12/22 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Maria Muldaur, The Ghost Of The St Louis Blues
     Sat 12/18 @ The Arena Theater
     Sun 12/19 @ Throckmorton Theater
Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks, Travellin' Riveside
     Sat 12/18 @ Freight & Salvage

Special in-studio guests: The Christmas Jug Band

Shoot 'Em In The Pants
Plant A Santa (in-studio)
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (in-studio)
Carolin' (in-studio)
Santa Don't Do It (in-studio)
Santa's On The Mainline (in-studio)
Santa Lost A Ho

Cyndi Lauper, How Blue Can You Get?
     Sat 12/18 @ The Independent
Elvin Bishop, Many Rivers To Cross
     Sat 12/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Butterfield Blues Band, Run Out Of Time
Phil Berkowitz, Ghost Child
     Fri 12/17 @ Sheba Lounge
     Sun 12/19 @ The Quarter Note
Mark Hummel, Worried Life Blues
Ruthie Foster, (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
Blind Boys of Alabama, No More
     Sat 12/18 @ Rio Theatre
     Sun 12/19 @ Davies Symphony Hall
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Run Run Rudolph
Lucky Peterson, Four Little Boys
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Somebody's Got To Go
James Booker, Pop's Dilemma
James Moody, Foolin' The Blues
Rolling Stones, Title 5

Playlist: December 8, 2010

Meshugga Beach Party, Oh Hanukkah
     Fri 12/17 @ DNA Lounge: Chrismanukkah Holiday Show
Christmas Jug Band, Christmas Iz Comin'
     Tue 12/14 @ Freight & Salvage
     Wed 12/15 on Fog City Blues
Kenny Neal, Voodoo Mama
     Sat 12/11 @ Club Illusions: Blues & Gospel Christmas Show
Mark Hummel, See See Rider
     from the new album Back Porch Blues
     Thu 12/09 @ Freight & Salvage
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
     from the new EP Hey Hey Heraclitus
     Thu 12/09 @ Shibumi Gallery
     Fri 12/10 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guests: Kugelplex

Kugelplex, Grichesher Tantz (in-studio)
Kugelplex, Sweet Georgia Brown (in-studio)
Original Dixieland Jass Band, Palesteena
Kugelplex, Di Sapozelech (in-studio)
Kugelplex, Carpathian (in-studio)
People's Bizarre, Bumping and Grinding

Kim Wilson, Ain't Gonna Do It
     Fri 12/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 12/12 @ Last Day Saloon
The Aces, Drinkin Song
     Sun 12/12 @ Last Day Saloon
Gene Taylor, Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Gene Taylor Blues Band, 605 Boogie (live)
     Sun 12/12 @ Slim's
     Mon 12/13 @ Last Day Saloon

2011 Grammy Nominees

Solomon Burke, Everything About You
     from the album Nothing's Impossible
Bettye LaVette, Isn't It A Pity
     from the album Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Buddy Guy, Living Proof
     from the album Living Proof
Cyndi Lauper, Down Don't Bother Me
     from the album Memphis Blues

Junior Wells & The Aces, Messin' With the Kid (live)
The Allman Joys, Spoonful
Tom Waits, I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward)
John Lennon, (Just Like) Starting Over
     from the new release Double Fantasy Stripped Down

Playlist: December 1, 2010

Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop, Smokey Shuffle
Howlin' Wolf, Howlin' For My Darlin'
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Minnie The Moocher
     Tue 12/07 @ Wells Fargo Center
     Wed 12/08 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Kugelplex, Still Playing for Latkes
     Thu 12/02 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 12/04 @ Subterranean Art House
     Wed 12/08 on Fog City Blues
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Hava Nagila
     Fri 12/03 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sat 12/04 @ The Blank Club
     Sun 12/05 @ Uptown

Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s, Honkin', Shoutin', Pumpin', Poundin'
Steve Lucky, Boogus Interruptus
     Sat 12/04 @ Throckmorton Theatre:  
     Mitch Woods' Boogie Woogie Holiday Extravaganza
Raul Malo, Superstar
     from the new album Sinners & Saints
Seth Walker, Gone Before I Knew It
     Mon 12/06 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
The Mission Three, Louisiana Living (in-studio)
     Thu 12/02 @ Amnesia
     Thu 12/09 @ Revolution Cafe
Alabama Mike, Ghetto Life
     Fri 12/03 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tommy Castro, The Girl Can't Help It
     Sun 12/05 @ Biscuits and Blues

Brownie McGhee, Key To The Highway #2
Robert Lee McCoy, Prowling Night Hawk
Robert Nighthawk, Sweet Black Angel
Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band, Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula

Special guest: Josh Kun of the Idelsohn Society

     Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations at the Contemporary Jewish Museum August 26 - March 11

Aretha Franklin, Swanee
Billie Holiday, My Yiddishe Mama
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Utt-Da-Zay
Libby Holman with Josh White, Baby, Baby
Alberta Hunter, Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieba
Lena Horne, Now!
Slim Gaillard Quartet, Dunkin' Bagel
Nina Simone, Erets Zavat Chalav

Saul Kaye, Mao Tzur
     Thu 12/02 @ Blue Water Bistro
     Sun 12/05 @ Splash Pad Park
Adam Sandler, The Chanukah Song
Bob Dylan, Winter Wonderland
Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah (live)
     Sun-Mon 12/05-06 @ Paramount Theatre