Playlist: February 22, 2012

Anders Osborne, Ash Wednesday Blues
The Budos Band, My Girl
     Thu 2/23 @ The Independent
Con Brio, Sinner (live)
     Fri 2/24 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 2/26 @ Disco Volante
Joe Louis Walker, Don't Cry
     from the new album Hellfire
     Wed 2/29 on Fog City Blues

Allen Toussaint, Egyptian Fantasy
     Wed-Thu 2/29-3/02 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Tip of the Top, I'm Lost
     Sat 2/25 @ Grand Deli Saloon
     Wed 2/29 @ The Saloon
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Shotgun
     Fri 2/24 @ Mojo Lounge
Dennis Johnson, She Looks Good
     Fri 2/24 @ Marilyn's On K
Junior Watson, Strangest Woman
     Thu 2/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Mark Hummel, Rockin' at the Riverside
     Fri 2/24 @ Armando's
Big Money in Dixieland, Clarinet Marmalade
     Thu 2/23 @ Armando's
Mitch Woods, Shame Shame Shame
     Fri 2/24 @ George's Nightclub
     Sun 2/26 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Jolie Holland, The Littlest Birds
     Thu 2/23 @ New Parish
     Fri 2/24 @ Swedish American Hall

Paul McCartney, Get Yourself Another Fool
     from the new album Kisses On The Bottom
George Harrison, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
George Harrison, Hong Kong Blues
Bob Dylan & George Harrison, Yesterday
The Beatles, Three Cool Cats
Traveling Wilburys, Heading For The Light

Johnny Winter, Last Night
Corey Harris, Catfish Blues
Nina Simone, I Shall Be Released
Bobby Charles, Happy Birthday Fats Domino
B.B. King, Goin' Home
Herbie Hancock, I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Taj Mahal, My Girl Josephine
Fats Domino, When The Saints Go Marching In

Playlist: February 15, 2012

The Falcons, I Found A Love
California Honeydrops, Hell Yes, I Cheated
Robert Nighthawk, Cheating And Lying Blues
Hazel Miller Band, Your Husband is Cheatin' On Us

Eric Bibb, Troubadour
Eric Bibb, With My Maker I Am One
     Thu 2/16 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 2/17 @ Sebastapol Community Cultural Center
     Sat 2/18 @ Grass Valley Center for the Arts
Ruthie Foster, Lord Remember Me
     from the new album Let It Burn
Catherine Russell, Romance In The Dark
     from the new album Strictly Romancin'
Guy Davis, The Story of Fishy Waters
     from the new album The Adventures of Fishy Waters
Grady Champion, Make That Monkey Jump
     Thu-Fri 2/16-17 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sat 2/18 @ Po' Boyz
Howell Devine, Harmonica Wobble
     Sat 2/18 @ Viracocha
     Sun 2/19 @ Revolution Cafe
John Németh, Blues Hit Big Town
     Fri 2/17 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 2/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
     Sun 2/19 @ Amnesia
Bhi Bhiman, Kimchee Line
     from the new album Bhiman
     Sat 2/18 @ Bottom of the Hill

Leonard Cohen, Darkness
     from the new album Old Ideas
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Political World
Raphael Saadiq, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Queens of the Stone Age, Outlaw Blues
Lenny Kravitz, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
     from the new album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan

Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band, When the Sox Come Running Home
     Tue 2/21 @ Yoshi's Oakland
The Monophonics, Rotten Ribs
     Tue 2/21 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Irma Thomas, Break-A-Way
Magic Sam, That's All I Need
Otis Blackwell, Wake Up Fool
Kokomo Arnold, The Twelves (Dirty Dozen)
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang, Two Tone Stomp
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Amen

Playlist: February 8, 2012

Gary Clark Jr, Like A Hound Dog
     Wed 2/15 @ Great American Music Hall
Howell Devine, The Train
     Sat 2/11 @ The Baltic
     Sun 2/12 @ Revolution Cafe
Nathan James, Wayfaring Stranger
      Sun 2/12 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Con Brio 

     Fri 2/10 @ Armando's
     Sat 2/11 @ The Independent
     Sun 2/12 @ Moe's Alley

Con Brio, Weigh On Me (live)
Con Brio, Glass Manifesto (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Con Brio, Jimi's Song
Brandy, Where Are You Now?
Con Brio, Thank You (in-studio)
Con Brio, Not At All (live)
     from the new album The Bay Is Burning

Eric Bibb, Wayfaring Stranger
     Mon 2/13 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Maria Muldaur, Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
     Fri 2/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 2/12 @ Throckmorton Theatre
     Tue 2/14 @ Silo's
California Honeydrops, Cryin' Blues
     Fri 2/10 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Sun 2/12 @ Boathouse Concerts
     Tue 2/14 @ Cafe du Nord

Special in-studio guests: Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice

Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice, Midnight Rooster (in-studio)
Ben Rice & Phil Berkowtiz, Ida Mae (in-studio)
Elvin Bishop, That's My Thing (live)
Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice, High Time (in-studio)
Junior Watson, If I Had A Genie (live)

Playlist: February 1, 2012

Honey Island Swamp Band, Play the Fool
     Thu 2/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri-Sat 2/03-04 @ Boom Boom Room
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank
     Fri 2/02 @ Club Deluxe
California Honeydrops, When It Was Wrong
     Fri 2/03 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 2/04 @ The Palms
Seth Augustus, It'll Be Me
     Fri 2/03 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guests: Joshua Howell and Pete Devine

     Sun 2/05 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 2/08 @ The Torch Club
     Sat 2/11 @ The Baltic

Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
Howell Devine, Write Me A Few Lines (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen (in-studio)
Howell Devine, The Train (in-studio)
R.L. Burnside, Rollin' and Tumblin'
Howell Devine, Guitar Rag (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Poor Boy (in-studio)
Howell Devine, You Got Me Running (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Boat's Up The River
     from the forthcoming album Delta Grooves

Otis Taylor, The Devil's Gonna Lie
      from the forthcoming album Contraband
Ruthie Foster, If I Had A Hammer
     from the new album Let It Burn
     Mon 2/06 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Tue 2/07 @ Humboldt State University
     Wed 2/08 @ Napa Valley Opera House
Eric Bibb, Walkin' Blues Again
     Sat 2/04 @ Montalvo Arts Center
Jimmy Reed, Take Out Some Insurance
Candye Kane, Sweet Nothin's
     Fri 2/03 @ The Palms
Carolyn Wonderland,  Meet Me In The Morning
     Fri 2/02 @ The Palms
     Sat 2/03 @ Last Day Saloon
     Sun 2/04 @ Moe's Alley
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
     Sat 2/04 @Yoshi's SF: "Love You Madly" Duke Ellington Tribute
Deep Blue Organ Trio, Jesus Children Of America
     Sat 2/04 @ Yoshi's SF
Gospel Hummingbirds, Great Change
     Thu 2/02 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
John Németh, You Know
     Fri 2/03 @ George's Nightclub
     Sat 2/04 @ Riverwood Inn
Mark Hummel, I Got To Find My Baby
     from the new album Blue & Lonesome: Little Walter Tribute
Charlie Musselwhite, Good Times
     Thu 2/02 @ Cascade Theatre (w/ Mark Hummel)
Con Brio, Glass Manifesto
     from the forthcoming album The Bay Is Burning
     Wed 2/08 on Fog City Blues

Playlist: January 25, 2012

Eddie Boyd, Five Long Years 
Elvin Bishop (w/ John Németh), Fooled Around And Fell In Love
     Fri 1/27 @ Great American Music Hall
Jimmy McCracklin, Think
Elvin Bishop, Rock My Soul

Buxter Hoot'n, Thought I Heard You Say
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Good News
     Sat 1/28 @ The Uptown
Big Bones & Paul Pena, Put You Down Baby
Quinn Deveaux, Last Time I Fool Around With You (in-studio)
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Some Like It Hot
     Thu 1/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 1/27 @ Midtown Stomp
     Sat 1/28 @ Point Arena Theatre
Steve Lucky, Smack Dab in the Middle

Mark Hummel, Humblebug
     Fri-Sun 1/27-29 @ Yoshi's Oakland: Blues Harmonica Blowout
Mark Hummel, My Kind of Baby
     from the new album Blue and Lonesome: Tribute to Little Walter
Little Walter, Off The Wall
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Wall To Wall
Charlie Musselwhite, Juke
John Németh, Hoodoo Man Blues (in-studio)

George Cole Quintet, Minor Swing (in-studio)
     Fri 1/27 @ Freight & Salvage
Panique, Swing 48 (in-studio)
     Sun 1/29 @ Freight & Salvage
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (in-studio)
     Sat 1/28 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 1/29 @ Harlow's
     Mon 1/30 @ Amnesia
Beso Negro, Mala Reputación (in-studio)
     Thu 1/26 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Etta James, Good Rockin' Daddy
Etta James, Welcome To The Jungle
     Etta James (1938-2012)
Howell Devine, Poor Boy
    Wed 2/01 on Fog City Blues 

Five Years of Fog City Blues

Fog City Blues first went on the air on Monday, January 29, 2007 (oy, at 11 pm!).  Its mandate from KALW was to provide a local forum for blues in the Bay Area.  For me it was a sort of homecoming, if not part of a dream come true.  I'd been working for almost a year on another KALW program, Philosophy Talk (of which I am currently Producer).  I came to that show after finishing a doctorate in Linguistics at Cornell but with little formal radio experience beyond a blues show I'd had in college (at WOBC in Oberlin OH), Rags, Stomps & Blues.  Fortunately the Senior Producer of Philosophy Talk was also the Producer of the House of Blues Radio Hour (with Dan Aykroyd), so the arrival of an unemployed PhD with a blues background felt like an aligning of the stars.  About a year later, KALW came asking if we were interested in filling a recently-opened hole in their blues schedule, and Fog City Blues was born.





I'm told that 'radio' was my first word in life (pronounced 'beydjo'), so I never saw the jump from academia to radio as anything but fate; in fact it's kind of a miracle it didn't happen without the dissertation being finished.  And it certainly helped to find an egghead program to ease the transition, keep my finger in the academic pie, and begin my life's work integrating music and language scholarship on the radio.  But while Philosophy Talk is a full-team multi-pronged day-job, as it were, Fog City Blues is my full-time one-man sideshow.  Of course that's a bit disingenuous: most of the great moments on the show have been brought to you by people other than me, particularly the artists and musicians who've generously stopped by the studio to talk and/or play on the air.  And those moments have been anything but sideshows.

I've been privileged to spend time on the air with a few national and out-of-town acts who've passed through these parts (including a pair of Canadian bands of some renown that I followed back in the day).  But it's the local Bay Area artists who give the show its real flavour, several of whom have stopped by more than once.  The quality and diversity of blues-ish music in the Bay Area is staggering, and for this week's anniversary show, we'll check in with a suite of past guests who capture some of the breadth that the program aspires to: Elvin Bishop, Quinn Deveaux, Mark Hummel, and Miss Carmen Getit (of Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums).  We'll also hear some past in-studio performances to help fill out the picture of what's gone down in five years of Fog City Blues.

And it certainly doesn't stop with the anniversary.  Next week it's Howell Devine live in the studio, and Con Brio the following week.  We are just getting started.

For now I leave you with a little blurb I wrote for a KALW event that serves as a kind of extended mission statement for Fog City Blues:

A radio program, at least the kind I'd like to host, needs to tell a story.  Even when the show is made up of a set of self-contained stories -- the songs on a playlist, say -- I need there to be a story arc with a sort of narrative progression through the at least some portion of that playlist.  But does a sequence of songs from blues artists with upcoming Bay Area shows create a compelling enough story?  How can that sequence be punctuated with other music that both flows and keeps listeners (pleasantly) surprised?  Fortunately, it's often made easier with the help of talented musicians from near and far who join me on the program.  They tell the story and make the connections in real time, either through their own music or through a guest-deejay set of inspired tracks.  But in either case the goal remains: to craft a sequence of music that's greater than the sum of its parts, while making sure each of those parts is illuminating and inspired.  In another setting, each show would be a mix-tape designed to woo.  And I do hope that Fog City Blues woos -- and surprises -- someone new each week.

Playlist: January 18, 2012

The Johnny Otis Show, Signature Tune
Lula Reed, Bump On A Log
The Johnny Otis Show, Goin' Back To L.A. (live)
     Johnny Otis (1922-2012)
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen
     Sat 1/21 @ Speisekammer
Con Brio, Not At All (live)
     Thu 1/19 @ University of the Pacific

Shawn Colvin, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
     Thu 1/19 @ Yoshi's SF
Lucinda Williams, Motherless Children
     Fri 1/20 @ Uptown Theatre
     Sat 1/22 @ Center for the Arts
Ramon and Jessica, Waltz #3: in which Coffee Becomes Wine
     from the forthcoming album Fly South
     Fri 1/20 @ Community Music Center
Mari Mack, Birthday Suit
     Fri 1/20 @ The Saloon
Bill Sims, Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Blues for Breakfast
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, EZ Rider
Joe Louis Walker, I'm On To You
     from the forthcoming album Hellfire
Veretski Pass, Tango Under the Influence
     Sun 1/22 @ The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life
The Andrews Sisters, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Merle Kessler & J. Raoul Brody, King Little King
     Sun 1/22 @ The Marsh Berkeley: Philosophy Talk Live

Elvin Bishop, Callin' All Cows (live) 
Elvin Bishop, Stealin' Watermelons (live)
     Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues
Quinn Deveaux @ The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank 
     Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Let Me In
     Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues (Miss Carmen Getit)
Mark Hummel, One More Time
     Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Hoodoo Man Blues (live)
Muddy Waters, Trouble No More (live)
Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, You'd Better Slow Down
Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble, Romani tune (in-studio)
Reinier Voet & Pigalle44, Minor Swing (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homme, Ol' Man River (in-studio)
Django Reinhardt, Night And Day
Richie Havens, San Francisco Bay Blues

Inside the National Recording Registry: Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica"

A radio feature I produced for PRI's Studio 360 airs nationally this weekend, featuring the voices of John French (Magic Band drummer and musical director), Mike Barnes (Beefheart biographer), and Tom Waits (you may know him):

From Studio 360's website:

Last year, the Library of Congress inducted a Captain Beefheart record into its National Recording Registry. Trout Mask Replica (1969) is part free jazz, part blues, part beat poetry. Frank Zappa (who gave singer-songwriter Don van Vliet the name Captain Beefheart) produced the album. “It sounds like it's been made up on the spot,” describes Mike Barnes, van Vliet’s biographer. “But in fact it was rigorously learned so the players would play the tracks the same way every time.” 

John French was the album’s musical director and the Magic Band’s drummer. “Captain Beefheart realized the possibilities that existed in music if you looked past the rules.” That made for some grueling, 70s-cult-style recording sessions. “They had a very harsh work regime,” Barnes explains. “Beefheart would deprive people of sleep, he would keep them up all night.” 

But the result was a sound that redefined the boundaries of rock. “I just had never encountered anything filled with so much abandon,” musician Tom Waits remembers. “It's so unlike anything that we all consider music to be.”

Playlist: January 11, 2012

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Omar Shariff, Omar's Boogie 
Omar Shariff, The Raven
     Omar Shariff (Dave Alexander) 1938-2012
Mavis Staples, I Belong To The Band
     Sun 1/15 @ Paramount Theatre
Los Lobos, When the Circus Comes
     Sat 1/14 @ Cascade Theatre
     Sun 1/15 @ The Center for the Arts
     Tue 1/17 @ LAxson Auditorium
Guitar Shorty, We The People
     Thu 1/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 1/13 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sat 1/14 @ Riverwood Inn

Joe Louis Walker, Too Drunk To Drive Drunk
     from the forthcoming album Hellfire
Heritage Blues Orchestra, Clarksdale Moan
     from the forthcoming album And Still I Rise
Catherine Russell, He's All I Need
     from the forthcoming album Strictly Romancin'
Ramon and Jessica, Manzanita
     from the forthcoming album Fly South
     Sun 1/15 @ Subterranean Art House
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime
     from the new album Industrial Strength
     Fri 1/13 @ The Saloon
Mark Hummel, Lord Oh Lord Blues
     Fri 1/13 @ Speisekammer
     Sat 1/14 @ George's Nightclub
     Sun 1/15 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Stan Erhart, Mystery Train
     Thu 1/12 @ 7 Mile House
     Fri 1/13 @ Bluz By You
Tommy Castro, Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
     Thu 1/12 @ Downtown Brewing Company
     Fri 1/13 @ Double Tree Hotel
     Sat 1/14 @ Club Fox

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Electricity
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, China Pig
Tom Waits, Satisfied
Howlin' Wolf, Who Will Be Next
Earl Hooker, Universal Rock
The Meters, Tippi-Toes
Allen Toussaint, Singin' The Blues
Long John Baldry, Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Jay McShann, Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Hootie Blues
     Fri 1/13 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 1/14 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 1/15 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Reefer Man
     Sat 1/14 @ Livermore Valley PAC
     Sun 1/15 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
Howell Devine, You Got Me Runnin'
     Sun 1/15 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 2/01 on Fog City Blues
Chris Cotton, Friend In Me

Playlist: January 4, 2012

Lightnin' Hopkins, Happy New Year
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, King Of The Surf Guitar
     Fri 1/06 @ The Blank Club
     Sat 1/07 @ The Uptown
Mark Growden, Been in the Storm So Long
     Fri 1/06 @ Viracocha
     Sat 1/07 @ Subterranean Art House
Howell Devine, Write Me a Few Lines
     Sat 1/07 @ Giordano's
     Sun 1/08 @ Cafe du Nord

Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole, Na Pu'u 'Eha
     Sun 1/08 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Dori Caymmi et al, O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?
     Wed 1/04 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Maria Muldaur, Blues Go Walking
     Thu 1/05 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Come & Go
     Fri 1/06 @ Club Deluxe
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
     Fri 1/06 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tip of the Top, She's Too Much
     Sat 1/07 @ Down Home Music
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Gonna' Miss You
     Fri 1/06 @ The Saloon
David Jacobs-Strain, Rainbow Junkies (live)
     Sun 1/08 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Seth Augustus, Buffalo Eight
     Fri 1/06 @ Revolution Cafe

Cyril Neville, Brand New Blues
Brownie McGhee, Brownie's New Blues
William Elliot Whitmore, Not Feeling Any Pain
Doug MacLeod, Dubb's Talkin' Politician Blues

Arthur Conley, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Arthur Conley, Sweet Soul Music
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Things I Forgot To Do
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Payback Time
Tampa Red, You Got To Reap What You Sow
Elvis Presley, Medley: Nothingville - Big Boss Man - Let Yourself Go - It Hurts Me - Guitar Man - Trouble - Little Egypt
Wilbert Harrison, Let's Work Together

Playlist: December 28, 2011

Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band, Wild Man Blues

     Wed 12/28 @ The Regency Ballroom

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, St. James Infirmary (live)

     Fri 12/30-31 @ The Fillmore

California Honeydrops, Soul Tub
     Fri 12/30 @ The Continental Club
     Sat 12/31 @ Pizzaiolo
Brass Menažeri, Čočekahedron
     Sat 12/31 @ Ashkenaz
Elvin Bishop, Fooled Around And Fell In Love (live)
     Sat 12/31 @ Last Day Saloon
John Németh, Blues in My Heart
     Thu 12/29 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 12/30 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 12/31 @ The Torch Club
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bound For Glory
     Sat 12/31 @ The Warfield
John Lee Hooker Jr, Doin' The Boogie (live)
     Sat 12/31 @ Biscuits and Blues
Earl Thomas, Jet Airliner
     Sun 1/01 @ Biscuits and Blues

The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Years Eve
Smokey Hogg, New Year's Eve Blues
Lil' Son Jackson, New Year's Resolution
Roy Milton Solid Senders, New Year's Resolution Blues
Tampa Red, Christmas & New Year's Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Happy New Year Blues
Mary Harris, Happy New Year Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Happy New Year Darling
Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year, Baby
Johnny Otis, Willie and the Hand Jive
Staples Singers, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Bo Diddley, He's a Hell of a Man (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Diddy Wah Diddy
Tom Waits, New Year's Eve

Playlist: December 21, 2011

Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart, Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?
Bob Dylan, The Christmas Blues
Tin Cup Serenade, Stack O'Lee Blues
     Thu 12/22 @ Revolution Cafe
     Sat 12/24 @ West Coast Live
Elvin Bishop, Slow Down (live)
     Fri 12/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Leo Fuchs, Shalom Pardner
     from the new album Songs of the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973

Rev. Edward Clayborn, The Wrong Way To Celebrate Xmas
The Cats & The Fiddle, Hep Cat's Holiday
Larry Darnell, Christmas Blues
Bobby Nunn, Christmas Bells
Harmon Ray, Xmas Blues
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
J.B. Summers with Doc Bagby's Orchestra, I Want A Present For Christmas
Butterbeans & Susie, Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Bo Carter, Santa Claus
Rev. J.M. Gates, Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Willie Blackwell, Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Benediction
     Sat 12/24 @ Slim's

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

Meshugga Beach Party, Festival of Lights
Saul Kaye, Mao Tzur
Woody Guthrie, Hanukkah Dance
Tom Lehrer, (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica