Playlist: August 13, 2023

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing
Charlie Gabriel, Stardust
     Thu-Sun 8/17-20 @ SFJazz Center
Mitch Woods feat. Cyril Neville, Blues For New Orleans
     from the forthcoming album Friends Along the Way (Deluxe Edition)
     Wed 8/16 @ Club Fox
MJs Brass Boppers, On Da Mardi Gras Day
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol
     Sun 8/20 @ Geoffrey's Inner Circle
Litty Debungus, Tasty
     Wed 8/16 @ The Bizarre
John Pizzarelli, Coffee in a Cardboard Cup
     Mon-Tue 8/14-15 @Yoshi's
Junk Parlor, Hungry For Love
     Sat 8/19 @ Cotati Accordion Festival
Cathy Lemons, I'm a Good Woman
Jimmy McCracklin, Love For You
Oscar Peterson, Hogtown Blues (live)

Robbie Robertson (1943-2023)

Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone (live)
Bob Dylan, Long Distance Operator (live)
The Band, Long Distance Operator
Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, Hey Boba Lou
John Hammond, I'm in the Mood
Bob Dylan & The Band, I'm in the Mood
Bob Dylan & The Band, Song For Canada
The Band, To Kingdom Come
The Band, Knockin' Lost John
Robbie Robertson, Shanghai Blues
Bob Dylan, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (take 1)

Playlist: August 6, 2023

My Morning Jacket, Regularly Scheduled Programming
Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
     Fri-Sat 8/18-19 @ Greek Theatre
Noah & The Arkitekts, Every Ghetto, Every City
     Fri 8/11 @ San Jose Jazz Summerfest
Vanessa Collier, Sweatin' Like a Pig, Singin' Like an Angel (live)
     Sat 8/12 @ San Jose Jazz Summerfest
Chickenbone Slim & The Biscuits, Shouldn't of Oughtta Done It
     Sun 8/13 @ San Jose Jazz Summerfest
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka
     Thu 8/10 @ UC Berkeley Redwood Grove
Mitch Woods, In the Night/Lambaya Puf De (live)
     Thu 8/10 @ Pier 23 Cafe
     Fri 8/11 @ Sonoma County Fairgrounds
     Sat 8/12 @ San Jose Jazz Summerfest
Jimmy Witherspoon, What a Wonderful World
Jimmy Witherspoon, California Blues

Oingo Boingo, Only a Lad
Original Broadway Cast of Matilda the Musical, Revolting Children
Taron Egerton, I’m Still Standing
Milo Manheim, Flesh & Bone
The Kiffness, Sometimes I’m Alone
Parry Gripp, Smiley Cat
Parry Gripp, Narwhal Eating a Bagel
Cake, Sheep Go to Heaven
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, I Love Rock ‘n Roll
Twisted Sister, We’re Not Gonna Take It
AC/DC, Back in Black
Foster the People, Pumped Up Kicks
The Knack, My Sharona
Weird Al Yankovic, Now That’s What I Call Polka

Playlist: July 30, 2023

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Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco
Buddy Guy, I’ve Got a Feeling
Eric Gales, I Gotta Go
     Fri 8/04 @ Green Music Center
     Sun 8/06 @ Stern Grove Festival
Shemekia Copeland, Nobody But You
      Sun 8/06 @ Blue Note Napa
Mavis Staples, Wade in the Water (live)
      Mon 8/01 @ The Mountain Winery
Taj Mahal, One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
     Thu-Sun 8/03-06 @ SFJazz Center
Booker T, Austin City Blues
     Sun 8/06 @ Green Music Center
Litty DeBungus, The Shlump
     Thu 8/03 @ Boom Boom Room
Delta Wires, Saturday Night in North Beach
Chlarlie Christian, Ad Lib Blues
Michael Bloomfield, I'm Glad I'm Jewish

Playlist: July 16, 2023

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Taj Mahal, Stompin' at the Savoy
Taj Mahal, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
     from the new album Savoy
     Thu-Sun 8/03-06 @ SFJazz Center
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, A Baptist Beat
     Sat 7/22 @ Fox Theatre
Lettuce (feat. Talib Kweili), Didn't You
     Sun 7/23 @ Stern Grove (with the San Francisco Symphony)
Maria Muldaur, Early Every Morn
Cowboy Junkies, Knives
     from the new album Such Ferocious Beauty
     Tue-Wed 7/18-19 @ Freight & Salvage
Graham Patzner, The Kite
     Wed 7/19 @ Euclid Manor
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sun 7/23 @ Fairfax
Eric Lindell, Cowboy Bikers and Tuff Guys
     from the new album Oakland
     Sat 7/22 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Sun 7/23 @ Sausalito Cruising Club
Buffalo Nichols, You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
     Thu 7/20 @ SFJazz Center
Lizzie No, Narcissus
     Fri 7/21 @ SFJazz Center
Desiree Cannon, Gibson Blues
     Sun 7/23 @ SFJazz Center

Andrew Bird, Rare Birds
     Sat 7/22 @ Frost Amphitheater
Will Blades, Midnight Special (live)
Otis McDonald, Is This Jazz?
Nicholas Payton, Jazz Is A Four-Letter Word
     Fri-Sat 7/21-22 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Hot Club of San Francisco, Crève Coeur
     Tue 7/18 @ Yoshi's
Mark Hummel, Summertime (live)
Junior Watson, Caravan
     Mon 7/17 @ Yoshi's
Delta Wires, J.B. in Oakland (Pass the Peas)
     Sat 7/22 @ The Turf Club
Desmond Dekker, 007 (Shanty Town)

Playlist: July 9, 2023

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Buddy Guy, Rabbit Blood
Eric Gales, The Storm
     Sun 8/06 @ Stern Grove Festival
Tiffany Austin, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down)
     Fri-Sat 7/14-15 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Diana Krall, This Dream of You
     Sat 7/15 @ Fox Theatre
     Sun 7/16 @ Mountain Winery
C.J. Chenier, Ridin' With Uncle Cleveland
     Sat 7/15 @ Moe's Alley
     Sun 7/16 @ The New Parish
The Lucky Losers, Try New Orleans
     Thu 7/13 @ The Saloon
Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Wed 7/12 @ Harlow's
     Fri 7/14 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Sat 7/15 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Cobalt Blues
Mavis Staples, Touch A Hand (live)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto

Bob Dylan, Catfish

Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game

Mabel Scott, Baseball Boogie

Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown
The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball

Henry Clement & The Gumbo Band, When the Sox Come Running Home

John Fogerty, Centerfield

Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third

Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park

Chance Halladay, Home Run

Triskelion All-Stars, Base Ball March
The Beatles, Boys (live)
Ringo Starr, Everyone and Everything

Playlist: July 2, 2023

The Cramps, TV Set
The Mutants, Opposite World
     Thu-Fri 7/06-07 @ The Roxie Theatre: The Cramps & The Mutants—The Napa State Tapes
The Caliopians, Party Box
     Thu 7/06 @ Amado's
The Gold Souls, Heart Curves
     Fri 7/07 @ First Friday Oak Park
     Sat 7/08 @ The Drunk Brush
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Don't You Want to Get Lucky
     Thu 7/07 @ Marin Art & Garden Summer Concert Series
     Fri 7/08 @ Ashkenaz
The Stone Foxes, Perfect For Me
     Tue 7/04 @ Davis Community Park
Big Blu Soul Revue, I Know
     Tue 7/04 @ Yountville 4th of July Celebration
     Sat 7//07 @ Cornerstone Sonoma
Chickenbone Slim & The Biscuits, Hey Shakalo
     Fri 7/07 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 7/08 @ The Torch Club
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Pig Meat Man
     Sun 7/09 @ Stern Grove Festival
Bill Withers, Grits Ain't Groceries (live)
Willie Dixon, What Happened to My Blues?
Mance Lipscomb, Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night

Blue Rodeo, The Opening Act
The British Columbians, Hoodoo
Gordon Lightfoot, Alberta Bound
The Guess Who, Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon
Tin Cup Serenade, Manitoba
Cowboy Junkies, Hard to Build. Easy to Break.
     from the new album Such Ferocious Beauty
Lynda Lemay, Les Maudits Français
Stompin’ Tom Connors, Saint John Blues
Joel Plaskett, Love This Town
Great Big Sea, Excursion Around the Bay
Nathan Wiley, Bottom Dollar Baby
The Jerry Cans, Iqanajarumanngittunga
The Travellers, This Is Your Land
Oscar Peterson Trio, Hymn to Freedom

Playlist: June 25, 2023

Billy Stewart, Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summertime
Tom Waits, Summertime (live)
Sidney Bechet, Summertime
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime
     Sat 7/01 @ Roxx on Main
Jazz Mafia feat. Tiffany Austin, Wilderness
     Wed 6/28 @ Black Cat
Sal's Greenhouse, Hope
     Thu 6/29 @ The Independent
Mark Hummel, Let Me Go
     Fri 6/30 @ Lucca Bar and Grill
     Sat 7/01 @ Mama Kin
Aki Kumar, Chala Jaata Hoon
     Wed 6/28 @ Empress Lounge
Clifton Chenier, Lousiana Stomp
Doc Pomus, Doc's Boogie
Big Bill Broonzy, Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (live)
Gilles Vigneault, Gens du Pays

Willie Dixon, Little Red Rooster
Bob Dylan, Red River Shore (version 1)
The Band, Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
Prince Buster, Shaking Up Orange Street
Bessie Smith, Yellow Dog Blues
The Neville Brothers, Yellow Moon
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River/Susie Q (live)
The Kinks, The Village Green Preservation Society
Miles Davis, Blue in Green
The Beatles, Blue Jay Way
Etta James, Purple Rain
Prince, Purple House (live)

Playlist: June 18, 2023

John Brothers Piano Company, Crab Crawl
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka
     Sun 6/18 @ SFJazz Center
Angela Strehli, Gambler's Blues
Elvin Bishop, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
     Sun 6/25 @ Rancho Nicasio
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, I Come A Mighty Long Way
     Sun 6/25 @ Great American Music Hall
Bettye LaVette, Lazy (And I Know It)
     from the forthcoming album LaVette!
     Fri-Sat 6/23-24 @ Freight & Salvage
Dr. Michael White, Petite Fleur
     Sun 6/25 @ Healdsburg Jazz Festival
Bill Frisell, Blues From Before
     Thu 6/22 @ Healdsburg Jazz Festival
Hernandez Hideaway, 23 Sherele
     Thu 6/22 @ Specs
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Dig That
     Fri 6/23 @ Royal Cuckoo
     Sat 6/24 @ Papermill Creek Saloon
Thrown-Out Bones, Hoodiladiloo
     Thu 6/22 @ Bottom of the Hill

Leon Thomas, Song For My Father
Olu Dara, Father Blues
Carey & Lurrie Bell, (I Shoulda Did) What My Mama Told Me
Ana & Milton Popovic, Baby What's Wrong
Carla & Rufus Thomas, Birds & Bees
Muddy Waters, Walkin' Through the Park
Mud Morganfield, Son of the Seventh Son
Big Bill Morganfield, Son of the Blues
Booker T, Father Son Blues
Otis Blackwell, Daddy Rolling Stone
Gil Scott-Heron, Your Daddy Loves You
Gladys Knight & The Pips, Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Oo Poppa Do

Playlist: June 4, 2023

Brenda Lee, Danke Schoen
Art Pepper, Thank You Blues
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Matchobx (live)
     Sun 6/11 @ Masonic Auditorium
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine (take 4)
T Sisters, Woo Woo (live)
     Fri 6/09 @ Freight & Salvage
Ana Popovic, Rise Up!
     from the new album Power
     Thu 6/08 @ Felton Music Hall
     Fri 6/09 @ Blue Note Napa
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Don't Worry 'Bout What I Do
     Wed 6/07 @ SFJazz Center
Afrolicious, Cinematic
     Fri 6/09 @ Boom Boom Room
West Grand Brass Band, Local Honeys
     Thu 6/08 @ Boom Boom Room

Bob Dylan, Tombstone Blues
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
Bob Dylan, The Wicked Messenger
Bob Dylan, Watching the River Flow
     from the new album Shadow Kingdom

Royal Jelly Jive, Big Shot
Royal Jelly Jive, Old Love (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Wasted Love (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Monnshade (in-studio)
Speakeasē, Queen Bee
Royal Jelly Jive, Don't Lead Me On (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Rhythm and Rye
     from the forthcoming album Can't Stop
     Sat 6/10 @ The Independent

Playlist: May 21, 2023

Bob Dylan, Running
Bob Dylan, Standing in the Doorway (live)
Bob Dylan, London Calling (live)

Special guest: Jackie Lees (co-author, Bob Dylan in London: Troubadour Tales)

Bob Dylan, Blood In My Eyes
Bob Dylan, The Ballad of the Gliding Swan
Bob Dylan, Mary From the Wild Moor (live)
Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me, Babe (live)
Bob Dylan, Blues Stay Away From Me (with Joan Baez)
Bob Dylan, She Belongs to Me (live)
Bob Dylan, Tell Me Momma (live)
Bob Dylan, Love Her With A Feeling (live)
Bob Dylan, Let's Begin (live)
Bob Dylan, I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (live)
Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Bob Dylan, One Too Many Mornings (live)
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, If You Gotta Go, Go Now

Playlist: May 14, 2023

Alvin Youngblood Hart, Watchin' Brian Jones
     Wed 5/17 @ Golden State Theatre
     Fri 5/19 @ Guild Theatre
The Album Leaf, Harvest Moon
     Sat 5/20 @ The Independent
Mike Zito, Mississippi Nights (live)
Albert Castiglia, Depression Blues
Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia, Hill Country Jam
     Mon 5/15 @ Almost Famous Winery
Marty O'Reilly, Secret Song
     Fri 5/19 @ Trinity Brewing Company
     Sat 5/20 @ The Dip
The Caliopians, 13 Doors
     Thu 5/18 @ Amado's
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Brigitte Bardot
     Wed 5/17 @ Golden State Theatre
     Fri 5/19 @ Guild Theatre
Larry Williams, Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Arthur Alexander, Anna (Go to Him)
Stevie Wonder, I Was Made to Love Her
Sidney Bechet, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me

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

Playlist: May 7, 2023

HowellDevine, Railroad Stomp (live)
     Fri 5/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Sat 5/14 @ Warehouse Cafe
Aki Kumar, Aaja Aaja
     Thu 5/12 @ Mama Kin
     Fri 5/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
King Street Giants, Mr. & Mrs. J (live)
     from the forthcoming album Live at Hopmonk
Jazz Mafia & Realistic Orchestra, Parenthesis
     from the new album Un-Covered Vol.4
Alabama Mike, Mississippi (live)
     from the new album Stuff I've Been Through
Fantastic Negrito, In My Head (acoustic)
     Mon 5/08 @ Sebastiani Theatre
     Tue 5/09 @ Harlow's
Jeff "Tain" Watts, The Impaler
     Sun 5/14 @ SFJazz Center
Dennis Chambers, Juju at the Crossroads
      Sat 5/13 @ SFJazz Center
West Grand Brass Band, Slick Beatnik
     Thu 5/11 @ Boom Boom Room

Chris Strachwitz (1931-2023)

Skip James, No Special Lover
Big Joe Williams, Sloppy Drunk Blues
Treme Brass Band, Sweet Georgia Brown
Creole Belles, Medley Carrière
Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog
Barbara Dane, Deportees
Savoy Family Band, Sugar Bee
Sonny Boy Williamson, She Brought Life Back to the Dead