Playlist: November 28, 2012

Taj Mahal, Chainey Do 
     from the new album The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973
Taj Mahal, Dust Me Down
     Tue-Wed 12/04-05 @ The Independent
Chris Thomas King, Last Go Round
     from the new album Bona Fide
     Sat 12/01 @ Palms Playhouse
Blind Boys of Alabama, Jesus Hold My Hand
     Sun 12/02 @ Herbst Theatre

Sol Kim, Mo'oz Tzur
     from the new album 'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of Lights
     Wed 12/05 on Fog City Blues
Kugelplex, Bei Mir Bistu Shein
     Thu 11/29 @ Freight & Salvage
Go Van Gogh, Posey Macedonia
     Sat 12/01 @ Awaken Cafe
Red Elvises, Lara's Wedding
     Thu 11/29 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 11/30 @ Cafe du Nord
The Record Company, Goodbye Sad Eyes
     from the new EP Superdead
     Sat 12/01 @ Hotel Utah
Seth Augustus, Air To The Thrown
     Sat 12/01 @ Revolution Cafe
Sean Hayes, Lucky Man
     from the new album Before We Turn To Dust
     Fri-Sat 11/30-12/01 @ The Independent
John Németh, Mother In Law (live)
     Fri 11/30 @ Biscuits and Blues
Con Brio, Jimi's Blues
     Fri 11/30 @ Disco Volante

Little Richard, Dancing All Around The World
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hear My Train A-Comin' (live)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lover Man (live)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Like A Rolling Stone (live)

Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Howlin' Wolf, Joy To My Soul
Butterfield Blues Band, Hate To See You Go
Love, You Set The Scene
Love, Alone Again Or
Eddie South, Kol Nidre
Blind Boys of Alabama, The Last Time

Playlist: November 21, 2012

Ramblin' Jack Eliot, San Francisco Bay Blues
     Sun 11/25 @ Freight & Salvage
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Revue, They All Asked For You
     Fri 11/23 @ The Independent
     Sat 11/24 @ Armando's
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Satellite of Love
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Let Them Knock
     Sat 11/24 @ Davies Symphony Hall

Maria Muldaur, Winter Weather
Mitch Woods, Rocket 88 (live)
     Tue 11/27 @ Empress Theatre: Superstorm Sandy Blues Benefit
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie
     Fri 11/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 11/25 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Aaron Leese & The Panhandlers, Night Club
     Sun 11/25 @ Boom Boom Room
The Canadian Brass, Tuba Tiger Rag
     Fri-Sat 11/23-24 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Diga Diga Doo
     Sun 11/25 @ Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center
     Tue 11/27 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
Tip of the Top, She Told Me
     Fri 11/23 @ Piacere's
     Sat 11/24 @ Main Street Brewery
Bob Dylan, Early Roman Kings
     Fri 11/23 on VoiceBox: The Many Vocies of Bob Dylan

California Honeydrops, Pumpkin Pie
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cornbread and Butterbeans
Lonnie Johnson, Sweet Potato Blues
Big Three Trio, No More Sweet Potatoes
Elvin Bishop, Sweet Potato

Jim Jackson, I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
Memphis Minnie, Pigmeat On The Line
Georgia White, Pigmeat Blues
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, You're My Meat
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Where's My Gravy

Cab Calloway, Everybody Eats When They Come To My House

Zu Zu Bollin, Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?

Harold Burrage, You Eat Too Much

The Robins, The Turkey Hop, Part 2
Dr. John, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Dr. John, God's Sure Good

Playlist: November 14, 2012

Toots & The Maytals, Sailing On
     Sun 11/18 @ Uptown Theatre
     Mon 11/19 @ Throckmorton Theatre
Gary Clark Jr, Travis County
     Fri 11/16 @ The Fillmore
Robert Cray, I'll Always Remember You
     Thu 11/15 @ Golden State Theatre
Joe Louis Walker, Sugar Mama (live)
     Thu-Fri 11/1-16 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guest: John Németh

John Németh, Love Me Tonight (live)
     from the new album Soul Live
John Németh, You Know (live)
     from the new album Blues Live
T-Bone Walker, Treat Me So Low Down
Junior Wells, Snatch It Back and Hold It
John Németh, Stop Breakin' Down (live)
Howard Tate, Get It While You Can
John Németh, Said Too Much (live)

Maria Muldaur, Tricks Ain't Walkin'
     Sat 11/17 @ Sanchez Art Center
Susanna Hoffs, November Sun
     Thu 11/15 @ Red Devil Lounge
Gaucho, Part-Time Sweetheart
     Thu 11/15 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Panique, Swing 48 (in-studio)
     Tue 11/20 @ Revolution Cafe
Dorado Schmitt, Blue Drag
     Thu 11/15 @ Napa Valley Opera House
     Sat 11/17 @ Herbst Theatre

Mose Allison, One Room Country Shack
Chris Smither, Origin of Species
Buckwheat Zydeco, Lache Pas La Patate
Carey & Lurrie Bell, The Road Is So Long
Howlin' Wolf, Tail Dragger
Muddy Waters, She's Into Something
Bukka White, Pinebluff, Arkansas
John Hammond, Seventh Son
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, For The Love of Man
     from the new album Psychedelic Pill
 

Playlist: November 7, 2012

Big Bill Broonzy, Just A Dream
Chick Willis, Why We Need Obama
Rupa & The April Fishes, Firewater
     Fri 11/09 @ Great American Music Hall
John Németh, Do You Really Want That Woman (live)
John Németh, She Belongs To Me (live)
     Fri 11/09 @ Mojo Lounge
     Wed 11/14 on Fog City Blues

Chris Smither, Make Room For Me
     Fri-Sat 11/09-10 @ Fright & Salvage
     Sun 11/11 @ Palms Playhouse
Willy Porter, Digging In The Dirt
     Thu 11/08 @ Plams Playhouse
     Fri-Sat 11/09-10 @ Freight & Salvage
Ron Hacker, Welfare Store (live)
     Sat 11/10 @ Poor House Bistro
Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
     Thu 11/08 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 11/10 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 11/11 @ Revolution Cafe
California Honeydrops, It Ain't Hard To Tell
     Fri 11/09 @ Mezzanine
     Sat 11/10 @ Moe's Alley
Rebirth Brass Band, Exactly Like You
     Fri 11/09 @ Mezzanine
Con Brio, If You Want Me To Stay (live)
     Sat 11/10 @ Boom Boom Room
The Plāto'nes, Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers
     Sun 11/11: Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh Berkeley

Dorado Schmitt, For Stan
     Mon 11/12 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Beso Negro, Joseph Joseph
     Thu 11/08 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
     Fri 11/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Habib Koité & Eric Bibb, Blowin' In The Wind
     from the new album Brothers In Bamako
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, I Don't Believe a Word You Say
     from the forthcoming album Get Up!

Maria Muldaur, Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Bonnie Raitt, Ain't Nothin' In Ramblin'
Rory Block, When You Love Me
     from the new album ... First Came Memphis Minnie
Nanette Workman, Young Blood
     from the new album Just Gettin' Started
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Born In Ontario
     from the new album Psychedelic Pill
Colin Linden, Big Mouth (live)
     from the new album Still Live
Fathead, First Class Riff Raff
     from the new album Twenty Years Deep
Bob Dylan, Scarlet Town
     from the new album Tempest

Playlist: October 31, 2012

Chuck Berry, Trick Or Treat
Otis Redding, Trick Or Treat
Nina Simone, I Put A Spell On You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Sidney Bechet, Ghost of the Blues

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto

Bob Dylan, Catfish

Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball

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

Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown

Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park

Chance Halladay, Home Run

Johnny Darling, Baseball Baby
Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third

Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game

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, 2012

The FCB 5th Anniversary Revue – recorded live in San Francisco May 17, 2012

Quinn DeVeaux Trio

Hey, Right On
Pale Angel
Tiger In Your Tank
Little Poppa
Good News
Ball
Pigalle Love
They All Asked For You
Come And Go

Tin Cup Serenade

Ya Ya Blues
Is It Love?
Tin Cup Blues
Limbo Jazz
Rock In My Bed

All I Can Do Is Cry
Sugar Moon
Aunt Hagar's Blues
Norma Knew

Panique Gypsy Jazz

Swing 42
I'll See You In My Dreams
Ma Première Guitare
Honeysuckle Rose
Nuages
Livin' On A Prayer

Playlist: October 17, 2012

Mark Knopfler, Hot Or What
     from the new album Privateering
Bob Dylan, Union Sundown
Bob Dylan, Duquesne Whistle
     from the new album Tempest
     Thu 10/18 @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
     Fri 10/19 @ The Greek Theatre
Jorma Kaukonen, Cracks In The Finish
     Fri 10/19 @ Napa Valley Opera House
     Sat 10/20 @ Swedish American Hall
     Sun 10/21 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Special guest: Aki Kumar

Ruff Kutt Blues Band, Mill Block Blues
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, One Woman I Need
     Sun 10/28 @ Grand Dell Blues Extravaganza
Tip of the Top, Hard To Get
     Sat 10/20 @ Monaghan's On The Hill

Howell Devine, You Got Me Runnin'
     Thu 10/18 @ Amnesia
     Sat 10/20 @ The Baltic
     Sun 10/21 @ Revolution Cafe
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Oo Papa Doo
     Sat 10/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 10/21 @ The Royal Cuckoo
     Tue 10/23 @ Le Colonial
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)
Victoria Spivey, One Hour Mama
Chuck Berry, Hoochie Coochie Man (live)

Elvin Bishop, Clean Livin'
Elvin Bishop, Dyin' Flu
John Németh, Ain't Too Old (live)
     from the new album Blues Live
Ron Hacker, Baby Please Don't Go / Statesboro Blues (live)
     from the new album Live in San Francisco
Taj Mahal, Diving Duck Blues (live)
Taj Mahal, I Pity The Poor Immigrant
     from the new album Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973
Mitch Woods, Solid Gold Cadillac (live)
     from the forthcoming album Blues Beyond Borders
The Blues Broads, Jesus I'll Never Forget (live)
     from the new album The Blues Broads
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, St. James Infirmary, Parts 1 & 2 (live)
     from the new album St. Peter & 57th St.
Paul Simon, Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes (live)
     from the new album Live in New York City

Playlist: October 10, 2012

John Lennon, San Francisco Bay Blues
Bob Dylan, Roll On John
     from the new album Tempest
John Lennon, I'm A Man
The Beatles, Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
The Beatles, I Got A Woman
The Beatles, Twist and Shout

Lulo Reinhardt, Der Zug Zum Finkerkrug
Les Doigts de l'Homme, Zinédine Tsigane
     Sun 10/14 @ Napa Valley Opera House: In the Footsteps of Django
Mark Growden, Old Lady From Brewster
     Fri 10/12 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Sat 10/13 @ The Dyana Center
John Lee Hooker Jr, Pay The Rent
     from the new album All Hooked Up
     Sat 10/13 @ Biscuits and Blues
Bettye LaVette, Dirty Old Town
     from the new album Thankful 'n Thoughtful
     Mon 10/15 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Shovelman, Rollin'
     Sat 10/13 @ Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival
California Honeydrops, Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (live)
     Thu 10/11 @ Slo Brewing Company

     Fri 10/12 @ Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival

Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Playlist: October 3, 2012

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, St. James Infirmary
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, In The Evening
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Down By The Riverside
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Corinna Corinna
     from the new box set 50th Anniversary Collection

Special in-studio guest: Ron Rona, Preservation Hall

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, It Ain't My Fault
     from the new album St. Peter & 57th St.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Peanut Vendor
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, St. James Infirmary, Part 1
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, That's A Plenty

Cowboy Junkies, Late Night Radio
Cowboy Junkies, I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
     Fri 10/05 @ Center For The Arts
     Sat 10/06 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Steve Earle, Meet Me In The Alleyway
Delbert McClinton, Can't Nobody Say I Didn't Try
Jimmie Vaughan, Teardrop Blues
     Sun 10/07 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Doug Sahm's Phantom Playboys

Doug Sahm, Blues Stay Away From Me
Bob Dylan, Soon After Midnight

     from the new album Tempest

Bob Dylan, Handy Handy
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Empty Arms
Keb' Mo', Crapped Out Again
Billy Branch, Hate To See You Go
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, (I Met Her On The) Blues Cruise
     from the new album One Wrong Turn

Playlist: September 26, 2012

Xandra Corpora, Thank You (in-studio)
Con Brio, How Many Days?
     Thu 9/27 @ Sophia's Thai Kitchen
     Fri 9/28 @ Point Richmond Summer Concert Series
     Fri 9/28 @ Disco Volante
Orgone, Cali Fever
     Fri 9/28 @ The New Parish
Monophonics, There's A Riot Going On
     Fri 9/28 @ The New Parish

Special in-studio guests: Meklit Hadero and Quinn DeVeaux

Sent By You
Neighborhoods #1 (Tunnels) (in-studio)
Saving Up (in-studio)
Slow
Rev. Lonnie Farris, Peace In The Valley
Real Love (in-studio)
I Was Made To Love Her
     from the new album Meklit & Quinn

Bob Dylan, Long and Wasted Years

     from the new album Tempest

William Elliot Whitmore, Lift My Jug (Song For Hub Cale)

     Sat 9/29 @ Slim's

Howell Devine, Harmonica Wobble

     Sat 9/29 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 9/30 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 10/03 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Devine's Jug Band, Fourth Street Mess Around
Kally Price, Ain't Got Nothin' But Time

     Sat 9/29 @ Red Poppy Art House

Chick Willis, Why We Need Obama

     from the new album Blues Me Before You Love Me

C.J. Chenier, Black Snake Blues
Z.Z. Hill, Three Into Two Won't Go
Koko Taylor, Better Watch Your Step
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Ethel Merman, I Got Rhythm
Andy Williams, Our Love Is Here To Stay
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre

Playlist: September 19, 2012

Saul Kaye, Two Wolves (in-studio)
Meshugga Beach Party, Go Go Golem (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Money Is King
     Fri 9/21 @ The Make-out Room
Rupa & The April Fishes, Electric Gumbo Radio
     from the forthcoming album Build
California Honeydrops, Bourbon Street Parade
     Fri 9/21 @ Woodlake Hotel
     Sat 9/22 @ Bimbo's 365 Club

Special in-studio guest: Peter Varshavsky, Porto Franco Records

Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Saving Up
     from the new album Meklit & Quinn

Karina Denike, I Never Cared
     Sat 9/22 @ Porto Franco Art Parlour
Mark Growden, Something Within Me
LaTosha Brown, I Know I've Been Changed
Shirley Ann Lee, There's A Light
Tuts Washington, Tipitina
Quinn DeVeaux, What Would I Do Without You
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, I Was Made to Lover Her
     from the new album Meklit & Quinn

Bob Dylan, Narrow Way
     from the new album Tempest
Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homme, St. James Infirmary Blues (in-studio)
Zazí, Pretty Fly (in-studio)

Dennis Johnson, Radio Blues (in-studio)
Phil Berkowitz, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (in-studio)
Mark Hummel, She Moves Me (in-studio)
John Németh, She Did Not Show (in-studio)
Blue Rodeo, Are You Ready For The Country (in-studio)
Cowboy Junkies, Stranger Here (in-studio)

Playlist: September 12, 2012

Bob Dylan, Early Roman Kings
Bob Dylan, Pay In Blood
     from the new album Tempest
B.B.King, Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
Keb' Mo', Soon As I Get Paid

California Honeydrops, Miss Louise (in-studio)
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby (in-studio)
Amber Gougis, Let Me Love You (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, Goin' Back to Oakland (in-studio)
Joe Louis Walker, Soldier For Jesus (in-studio)
Chris Cotton, Life Shouldn't Be This Way (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Same Old You (in-studio)
Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
NiteCry, When I'm Drinking (in-studio)