Playlist: November 5, 2023

Bob Dylan, Dance Me to the End of Love (live)
Matt Andersen, Rollin' Down the Road
     Wed 11/08 @ Felton Music Hall
     Thu 11/09 @ Piedmont TBA
     Fri 11/10 @ Hopmonk Novato
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Five Dollars
     Wed 11/08 @ Fulton 55
     Thu 11/09 @ Cornerstone
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
Americano Social Club, Sophie's Swing
     Sun 11/05 @ Madrone Art Bar
Luca Sestak, Right or Wrong
Frank Muschalle, Spiekeroog Arrival
Lluís Coloma, Apocalyptic Boogie
Deana Bogart, Pianoland
     Sun 11/12 @ SFJazz Center: International Boogie Woogie Festival
Robert Cray, Smoking Gun
     Sun 11/05-06 Yoshi's
     Wed 11/08 @ Uptown Theatre
     Fri 11/10 @ Center for the Arts
Low Down Brass Band, Feels Good
     Fri 11/10 @ Baltic Kiss
     Sat 11/11 @ Moe's Alley
     Sun 11/12 @ Black Cat
Monophonics, Love You Better
     Sat 11/11 @ The Independent

John Lennon, Now and Then (demo)
The Beatles, The Last Beatles Song
The Beatles, Now and Then
Dreamer Jazz, Now and Then
The Beatles, I Me Mine
The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles, Long Long Long
The Beatles, Savoy Truffle
The Beatles, She Said She Said
The Beatles, Back in the USSR
The Beatles, Dear Prudence
The Beatles, I've Got a Feeling (rehearsal)

Playlist: October 29, 2023

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Special guests: Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel

Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, Handy Dandy
Bob Dylan, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (live)
Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom (live)
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet (2022 remix)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower (live)
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)
Bob Dylan, I Contain Multitudes
Bob Dylan, Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Bob Dylan, Mississippi (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie

 

Playlist: October 22, 2023

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Devon Gilfillian, Travelin' Blues
     Tue 10/24 @ Little Saint
     Wed 10/25 @ Cafe du Nord
Whiskerman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     Wed 10/25 @ Moe's Alley
Yoshinobu Takeda, Furusato
     Wed 10/25 @ Empress Lounge
Kid Anderson, The Bender
     Wed 10/25 @ Club Fox
Paul Thorn, Holy Hottie Toddy
     Wed 1025 @ Guild Theatre
     Thu 10/26 @ Golden State Theatre
Martin Sexton, Homeboy Blues (live)
     Thu 10/26 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 10/27 @ The Sofia
Carolyn Wonderland, Loser
     Tue 10/24 @ Moe's Alley
     Wed 10/25 @ The Siren
George Cole Quintet, Roma Danse
     Sat 10/28 @ Pacifica Performances
Balkan Bump, Desert Drip
     Sat 10/28 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Mission Delirium, Sundog Moondog (live)
     Sat 10/28 @ The New Parish

The Best Birthday Song Band Ever, Happy 49th Birthday
Bob Dylan, Days of '49
Big Joe Williams, Highway 49
Mose Allison, Highway 49
Howlin' Wolf, Highway 49
Bobby Fuller, Birthday Cake (Keep Your Hands Off It)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Our Love Is Driftin'
Elvin Bishop, Hogbottom
Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers, Middle Aged Man (live)
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Stomp
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco, Celia & Johnny
Eddie Lang, Prelude
Eddie Lang, A Little Love, A Little Kiss
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Stringing the Blues
Tram, Bix & Lang, Wringin' and Twistin'

Playlist: October 15, 2023

Kim Nalley, Movin' On Up
Lipps Inc, Funkytown
Tiffany Austin, King of Pleasure
     Fri 10/20 @ The Sound Room
Fantastic Negrito, Nothing Without You
     Sun 10/22 @ Levitt Pavillion
Aki Kumar, Hur Dafaa
     Thu 10/19 @ Chico Women's Club
     Sat 10/21 @ Deja Blue
The Caliopians, Lie To Me
     Thu 10/19 @ Amado's
Sean Hayes, Mellow Down Easy
     Fri 10/20 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Dennis Johnson, Please Don't Go
     Fri 10/20 @ Drake's: The Barn
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Witch For A Night
Victoria Spivey, Big Black Belt/Simple Minded Woman Blues
Big Joe Williams, Skin and Bones Blues
Chuck Berry, Eyes of Man

Kim Nalley, Big Hooded Black Man
Fantastic Negrito, In the Pines (Oakland)
Tiffany Austin, Greenwood
Kim Nalley, Ferguson Blues
Sara Martin, Georgia Stockade Blues
Raiford Penitentiary Singers, We Don't Have No Payday Here
The Staples Singers, When Will We Be Paid
Mavis Staples, If All I Was Was Black
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Black Suffrage Blues
Leadbelly, Jim Crow Blues
J.B. Lenoir, Everybody Wants to Know
John Lee Hooker, The Motor City Is Burning
Otis Taylor, Ten Million Slaves
Big Bill Broonzy, Black, Brown, and White

Playlist: October 8, 2023

Rebirth Brass Band, Your Mama Don't Dance
     Fri-Sat 10/13-14 @ The Independent
Jon Cleary, Second Line on Monday
     Mon 10/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Shemekia Copeland, I'm A Woman
     Sat 10/14 @ SFJazz Center
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Down Boy
     Fri 10/13 @ Rancho Nicasio
Mark Hummel, The Hustle Is On
     Fri 10/13 @ The Back Room
     Sat 10/14 @ The California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Sun 10/15 @ Moe's Alley
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Scratch My Back
     Mon 10/09 @ Yoshi's
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk (live)
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Cyril Neville, Big Chief Jolly (live)

John Lennon, San Francisco Bay Blues
George Harrison, It’s Johnny’s Birthday
The Beatles, Dig It
The Beatles, Watching Rainbows
The Beatles, I’ve Got A Feeling/Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/The Inner Light
The Beatles, Something (rehearsal)
John Lennon, Instant Karma (evolution documentary)
The Beatles, Think For Yourself (rehearsal)
John Lennon, It's So Hard (evolution documentary)

Playlist: October 1, 2023

Valerie June, The Hour
     Mon 10/02 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Tue 10/03 @ Rio Theatre
Royal Jelly Jive, Hypnotized
     Fri 10/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Con Brio, Wish I Could Tell You
     Sat 10/14 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
HowellDevine, Smoke
     Fri 10/06 @ Ivy Room
     Sat 10/07 @ Pier 23 Cafe
     Sun 10/08 @ Moe's Alley
The Record Company, Control My Heart Blues
     Wed 10/04 @ Guild Theatre
     Thu 10/05 @ Hopmonk Novato
     Fri 10/06 @ Goldfield Trading Post
     Sat 10/07 @ Old Princeton Landing Public House & Grill
Aki Kumar, Roobaro Roshni
     Sat 10/07 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
     Sun 10/08 @ Moe's Alley
The Caliopians, 13 Doors
Mr. Kingpin, Lightning in a Bottle
Monkey, Bowling with Mr. G/Bicycle
     Thu 10/05 @ Amado's
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, You're Gonna Miss Me
     Sun 10/08 Rancho Nicasio
Wynton Marsalis, The Johnson Two-Step
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Knozz-Moe-King/C Jam Blues
     Sun-Mon 10/01-02 @ SFJazz Center

Dylan Thomas, Poem in October
Amy Winehouse, October Song
Julie London, This October
Rosemary Clooney, When October Goes
October Country, October Country
Béla Fleck, October Winds
Mumford & Sons, October Skies
The Incredible String Band, October Song
James Taylor, October Road
U2, October
Yebba, October Sky
Polaris, Waiting for October
Pet Shop Boys, My October Symphony
Hayd, October Snow

Playlist: September 24, 2023

Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #3
Al Jolson, Kol Nidre
Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Leonard Cohen, If It Be Your Will
Leonard Cohen, Story of Isaac

Djangofest Mill Valley: 9/28–10/01 @ Throckmorton Theatre

Jimmy Grant, Blues en Mineur
Bina Coquet, Sonhos de um Louco
Duved's Prebop Orchestra, History of Fish
Dgiin, Inchin' By
Vic Wong, Stardust

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 9/29–10/01 @ Golden Gate Park

Valerie June, Fade Into You
Leyla McCalla, Crown
Bettye LaVette, Plan B
Irma Thomas, Carnival Time

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

Playlist: September 17, 2023

Junk Parlor, Summertime in the City (in-studio)
     Sun 9/17 @ Winters Tavern
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka (in-studio)
     Thu 9/21 @ UC Berkeley Redwood Grove
Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)
     Thu 9/21 @ Amado's
Tiffany Austin, Miss Rockwell (in-studio)
     Sun 9/24 @ Monterey Jazz Festival
Fantastic Negrito, In the Pines (in-studio)
     Thu 9/21 @ The Chapel
Deep Basement Shakers, Rag Mama Rag (in-studio)
     Fri 9/22 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
The Amazing Dr. Zarcon's Breathing Machine, Shake It and Break it (in-studio)
Mark Hummel, I Just Keep Loving Her (in-studio)
     Sat 9/23 @ Roxx on Main
Karina Denike, Boxing Glove (in-studio)
     Sun 9/24 @ Makeout Room
Marty O'Reilly, Letter (in-studio)
     Tue 9/19 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Royal Jelly Jive, This Land Is Your Land (in-studio)
Rob Reich, The Vision (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, The Farm (in-studio)

North Mississippi Allstars, Didn't We Have a Time
     Tue 9/19 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
G. Love & Special Sauce, The Things That I Used to Do
     Thu 9/21 @ The Chapel
     Sun 9/24 @ Hopmonk Novato
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Calling San Francisco (live)
     Sun 9/24 @ Rancho Nicasio
Jinx Jones, Metaflalke Sky
Dirty Cello, Miserlou
Mari Mack & Livin' Like Kings, Same Old Blues
     Sun 9/24 @ Mill Valey Arts Festival
Catherine Russell, I Want to Talk About You
     Tue 9/19 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 9/22 @ Sofia's Thai Kitchen
     Sat 9/23 @ Green Music Center
     Sun 9/24 @ Monterey Jazz Festival
The Baseball Project, Grand Salami Time
The Baseball Project, They Are the Oakland A's
     Thu 9/21 @ The Guild Theatre
Snarky Puppy, East Bay
     Thu 9/21 @ Mondavi Center
     Fri 9/22 @ Fox Theatre
     Sat 9/23 @ Monterey Jazz Festival
The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)

Playlist: Spetember 10, 2023

Rob Reich, Can I Get that Feeling
     Tue 9/12 @ SF Botanical Garden
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I've Got a Feelin'
     Sat 9/16 @ Rancho Nicasio
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, So Easy
     Sat 9/16 @ Point San Pablo Harbor
Booker T. Jones, Down in Memphis
Keb' Mo', Taking Me Higher
     Sat 9/16 @ The Mountain Winery
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Fri 9/15 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Ron Jackson, Moose the Mooche
     Fri-Sat 9/15-16 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Sun 9/17 @ California Jazz Conservatory
The James Hunter Six, This Is Where We Come In
Nat Myers, Yellow Peril
     Tue 9/12 @ Harlow's
     Wed 9/13 @ Cornerstone
David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach, Don't It Feel Good
     Fri 9/15 @ Hopmonk Novato
Mark Hummel, Humblebug (live)
     Fri 9/15 @ The Saloon

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Chasing Windmills
Van Goat, Ain't All That Bad
     Fri 9/15 @ The Ivy Room
Westerly, Insecurity
     Fri 9/15 @ 924 Gilman
HowellDevine, Sadie
     Fri 9/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Vintage Trouble, Repeating History
     Sun 9/10 @ The Independent
Roy Brown, Losing Hand/Tin Pan Alley (live)
Charles Brown, I Wanna Go Home
Meade Lux Lewis, Blues Whistle
Maria Muldaur, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
George Jones, He Stopped Loving Her Today

Playlist: September 3, 2023

Biréli Lagrène, Ma Cabane au Canada
Biréli Lagrène, Blue Blues
     Thu-Fri 9/07-08 @ Freight & Salvage

Flower Piano @ SF Botanical Gardens: Sept. 8-12

John Brothers Piano Company, Crab Crawl
Rob Reich, Move a Little Closer
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Blue Skies

Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite
     Wed 9/06 @ Club Fox
     Fri 9/08 @ Mama Kin

Mare Island Dock of Bay Music Festival: Sept. 9-10

The Altons, Float
Monophonics, Untitled Visions
Fantastic Negrito, Locked Down (acoustic)
California Honeydrops, In Your Arms

Sun Hop Fat, Future Gristle
King Dream, George Harrison
     Thu 9/07 @ Moe's Alley
Stone Foxes, Norah Jones
     Sat 9/09 @ Amoeba Records
Bay Area Caravan of All-Stars, If You Think About Me
     Fri 9/08 @ Morrisson Theater: Russell City Blues

Django Reinhardt, Anniversary Song
California Honeydrops, I Found A Love
U2, With Or Without You
Panique, Livin' On A Prayer (live)
Zero Mostel & Maria Karnilova, Do You Love Me?
Bob Dylan, Wedding Song
John Lennon, Grow Old With Me
Cowboy Junkies, Anniversary Song
Nina Simone, Marriage Is For Old Folks
The Fifth Dimension, Wedding Bell Blues
Al Green, Let's Get Married
The Proclaimers, Let's Get Married
Tom Waits, Johnsburg, Illinois
Blue Rodeo, Andrea

Playlist: August 27, 2023

Tia Carroll, Move On
Willie G, P.T.L.
     Sun 9/03 @ Center for the Arts: Brownsville Blues Review
Kid Andersen, Don't Answer the Door
     Wed 8/30 @ Empress Lounge
Terry Hanck, Rosita
     Wed 8/30 @ Club Fox
EllaHarp, The 19
     Wed 8/30 @ Bottom of the Hill
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir, Spirituals Medley (live)
     Sat 9/02 @ Freight & Salvage
Dirty Cello, Last Time Blues
     Fri 9/01 @ Rancho Nicasio
Kim Nalley, It's All in the Game
     Mon 8/28 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
Dionne Warwick, Do You Know the Way to San Jose
The Gold Souls, Fever
     Sat 9/02 @ Boom Boom Room
John Lee Hooker, Boom Boom (live)

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ad Lib Blues
Branford Marsalis, Blues For One (live)
Jimmy Rushing, Blues in the Dark
Dinah Washington, Evil Gal Blues
Greg Keelor, Me and Mr. Hohner
John Zorn, Blues Noel
     Wed-Sun 8/30-9/03
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, House of Wax
    Fri 9/01 @ The Knockout
Sonny Landreth, Blues Attack (live)
     Mon 8/28 @ Yoshi's
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 5-10-15 Times
     Thu 8/31 @ The Mountain Winery
     Fri 9/01 @ Uptown Theatre
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues (live)
     Sat 9/02 @ Jupiter

Playlist: August 20, 2023

Bernard Allison, Side Step
     Wed 8/23 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Thu 8/24 @ Harlow's
Luther Allison, Low Down and Dirty (live)
Boz Scaggs, You Got Me Cryin'
     Fri-Sat 8/25-26 @ The Fillmore
Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall
     from the forthcoming album Writing on the Wall
     Fri 8/25 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Sun 8/27 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Shamarr Allen, I'm Here
     Wed 8/23 @ Amado's
Quinn DeVeaux, Take You Back
     Sat 8/26 @ Elephant in the Room
California Honeydrops, The Squirrel Juice Blues
     from the new album Soft Spot (Deluxe)
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     from the new album Friends Along the Way (Deluxe)
Con Brio feat. Kendra McKinley & Viveca Hawkins, Gronlandic Edit
Litty DeBungus, Little Spoon
     Fri 8/25 @ Boom Boom Room
King Dream, Lost Summer
     from the new album Glory Daze, Vol. IV
Fast Times, Born 2 Lose
     Wed 8/24 @ The Independent

Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog
Rufus Thomas, Do The Dog
Johnny Cash, Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog
Slim Gaillard, Serenade to a Poodle
Elvin Bishop, He's a Dog
Blind Blake, Police Dog Blues
Etta James, Watch Dog
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Dr. John, How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)
Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonesome Dog Blues
Iggy Pop, King of the Dogs
Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
Bob Dylan, If Dogs Run Free (alternate)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Kickin' My Dog Around
The Beatles, Hey Bulldog
The Beatles, Martha My Dear
B.B. King, Blues For A Dog
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Laughing Blues