Playlist: December 31, 2023

Lee Fields, You Can Count On Me
Sun Hop Fat, Rhinosaur
     NYE @ The Chapel
Con Brio, What's the Lady Thinkin
     NYE @ Hopmnok Tavern
Monophonics, Crash & Burn
     NYE @ Moe's Alley
Tiffany Austin, Music's Gonna Meet Me There
     NYE @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Paula West, Nature Boy (live)
     NYE @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Macy Blackman, On the Street Where You Live/They Can't Take That Away From Me
     NYE @ The Back Room
Stymie & the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Stumble to the Break of Lawn
     NYE @ Papermill Creek Saloon
Angela Strehli, SRV
Charlie Musselwhite, As the Crow Flies (live)
     NYE @ Freight & Salvage

Bob Dylan, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     from the album Shadow Kingdom
Gordon Lockwood, Standing in a Corner
     from the album Once Upon a Time the Fire Burned Brighter: Ballads from the Yiddish Gothic
Taj Mahal, Stompin' at the Savoy
     from the album Savoy
California Honeydrops, Like A Ship
     from the album Soft Spot (Deluxe)
Fantastic Negrito, Nibbadip
     from the album Grandfather Courage
Big Harp George, Captain Jack
     from the album Cut My Spirit Loose
Junk Parlor, Cement Shoes
     from the album All Magic, No Logic
King Street Giants, Eh La Bas
     from the album Live at Hopmonk
Royal Jelly Jive, Tetris
     from the album Can’t Stop
Bob Dylan, Highlands
     from the album Fragments: The Time Out of Mind Sessions

Playlist: December 24, 2023

Special guest: Charlie Musselwhite

     Sat-Sun 12/30-31 @ Freight & Salvage

Charlie Musselwhite, I'm Going Home (live)
Charlie Musselwhite, The Dark
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, 100 Years of Blues
Charlie Musselwhite, Baby Will You Please Help Me
Muddy Waters, Nine Below Zero (live)
Charlie Musselwhite, Remembering Big Joe
Charlie Musselwhite & Hot Tuna, Cristo Redentor (live)
Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson I, Christmas Morning Blues
Charlie Musselwhite, Silent Night

Lou Reed & The Blind Boys of Alabama, Christmas Greeting
The Ramones, Merry Christmas Baby (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)
Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa
Tin Cup Serenade, It’s Christmas Time in San Francisco
Bob & Doug McKenzie, The Twelve Days of Christmas
Blue Rodeo, Christmas Must Be Tonight
Rev. A.W. Nix, Begin a New Life on Christmas Day
The Slam Stewart Quintet, Jingle Bells
Tom Archia & His All Stars, Swingin' For Christmas (Boppin' for Santa)
Louis Prima, What Will Santa Say? (When He Finds Everyone Swingin')
Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns, Almost Time for Santa
Nathan Russell, I'll Spend Christmas Night With You
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy, I Want My Baby For Christmas
Nathaniel Mayer, Mr. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby)
The Hepsters, Rockin' and Rollin' with Santa Claus
The Beatles, Third Christmas Record (outtakes)

Playlist: December 17, 2023

HowellDevine, Untrue Blues
Devine's Jug Band, The Lindberg Hop
     Sun 12/17 @ The Royal Cuckoo: Benefit for Pete Devine
Christmas Jug Band, Santa Clara, San Jose, or Santa Claus?
     Tue 12/19 @ Freight & Salvage
     Thu 12/21@ Sweetwater Music Hall
Duke Ellington, Sugar Rum Cherry
     Sun 12/17 @ SFJazz Center (Marcus Shelby)
Nat King Cole, The Happiest Christmas Tree
     Sun 12/17 @ SFJazz Center (George Cole)
Lady Bianca, Mary Had a Baby (in-studio)
     Sun 12/17 @ Plymouth Jazz & Justice Church
SF Symphony, A Charlie Brown Christmas
    Wed 12/20 @ Davies Symphony Hall
Maria Muldaur, Christmas Blues
     Fri 12/22@ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, No Christmas Blues
     Wed 12/20 @ Black Cat
     Sat 12/23 @ Geoffrey's Inner Circle
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Ding Dong Merry on High
     Sun 12/24 @ Great American Music Hall
Keith Richards, Run Rudolph Run
The Rolling Stones, Something Happened to Me Yesterday
The Rolling Stones, Tell Me Straight
Keith Richards, My Babe

Tom Waits, That Feel
Tom Waits, Down Down Down
The Trashmen, Surfin' Bird
Junior Kimbrough, Sad Days, Lonely Nights
The Prisonaires, Just Walkin' in the Rain
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Bat Chain Puller
Alex Chilton, Bangkok
C.W. Stoneking, Mama Got the Blues
Marian Anderson, Trampin'
Lightnin' Hopkins, Awful Dreams
A.C. Forehand & Blind Mamie Forehand, Honey In The Rock
Tom Waits, Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)

Playlist: December 10, 2023

Charlie Musselwhite, When the Frisco Left the Shed
Angela Strehli, Howlin' For My Darling
Charlie Musselwhite, Chicken Shack
     Sat-Sun 12/30-31 @ Freight & Salvage

Special in-studio guest: Mokai

     Wed 12/13 @ Hotel Utah Saloon

Mokai, Mama's Got the Blues
Mokai, You Don't Even Notice I'm Around (in-studio)
Mokai, Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor (in-studio)
Mokai, Goin' Back to Humboldt (in-studio)
James Nash, City Boy
Mokai, Wildfire Burning (in-studio)
Mokai, Stone By Stone

Christmas Jug Band, I'm Stuffing the Bird (live)
     Sat 12/16 @ The Big Easy
     Sun 12/17 @ Winters Tavern
Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert, Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?
Kim Nalley, Hanukkah in Santa Monica
The Klezmatics, Hanukkah Gelt
     Wed 12/13 @ Miners Foundry Cultural Center
     Thu 12/14 @ SFJazz Center
Meshugga Beach Party, Oh Hanukkah
Jeremiah Lockwood, Chanuka Oy Chanuka
Jeremiah Lockwood, Little Dreydl
Meshugga Beach Party, Dreidl Dreidl
Gordon Lockwood, One Upon a Time the Fire Burned Brighter
Stanley Adams & Sid Wayne, 'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah
Flory Jagoda, Ocho Kandelikas
Debbie Friedman, The Latke Song
Shirley Cohen, Maccabee March
Sol Zim, Ma'oz Tsur
Adam Sandler, The Chanukah Song

Playlist: December 3, 2023

The Pogues, The Old Main Drag
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Pogues, The Wild Rover
The Pogues, The Sunny Side of the Street
The Pogues, Turkish Song of the Damned
The Nipple Erectors, King of the Bop
The Nipple Erectors, Nervous Wreck
The Nips, Gabrielle
The Nips, Vengeance
The Pogues, Dark Streets of London
The Mahones, If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Mahones, A Drunken Night in Dublin
The Mahones, Across the U.S.A.
The Pogues, I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The Pogues, Dirty Old Town

Kugelplex, The Turkish Shag
     Tue 12/05 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 12/10 @ Paramount Theatre
Junk Parlor, Voyage of the Hecate
     Fri 12/08 @ Papermill Creek Saloon
Pink Martini, The Lemonade Song
     Fri 12/08 @ Uptown Theatre
     Sat 12/09 @ Golden State Theatre
Davina & the Vagabonds, Sugar Drops
     Sun 12/03 @ Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
     Sun 12/10 @ Bing Concert Hall
Stella Cole, Christmas Dreaming
     Sat-Sun 12/09-10 @ Boho Manor
Kim Nalley, Go Tell It On the Mountain
     Sun 12/10 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Maria Muldaur, Boogie Woogie Santa
     Wed 12/06 @ Yoshi's
     Thu 12/07 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Sun 12/10 @ The Sofia
Litty Debungus, Little Spoon
     Thu 12/07 @ Boom Boom Room
HowellDevine, Spoonful
     Sat 12/09 @ Lucca's Bar & Grill
     Sat 12/09 @ Bissap Baobab
Chris Cain, Out of My Head
     Sat 12/08 @ The Sound Room
     Sun 12/09 @ Lucca's Bar & Girl
Elvis Presley, I Got A Woman/When It Rains, It Really Pours/Baby, What You Want Me To Do (live)

Playlist: November 26, 2023

Lady Bianca, Mean Mother-in-Law Blues
Lady Bianca, You Got Me Drinkin' (in-studio)
     Thu 11/30 @ Hyde Street Studios
Hot Tuna, 99 Year Blues (live)
     Sat 12/02 @ The Fillmore
Tommy Castro, Like an Angel (live)
Deanna Bogart, Conversing With Lincoln
     Sat 12/02 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Dragon Smoke, Somebody's Sleepin' in My Bed (live)
Shovelman, The Dirty West
     Sat 12/02 @ The Independent
     Sun 12/03 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Barrio Manouche, Despierta
     Thu 11/30 @ The UC Theatre
     Sat 12/02 @ Baltic Kiss
HowellDevine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Sat 12/02 @ The Back Room

Tina Turner, Undercover Agent for the Blues
Ike & Tina Turner, Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Ike & Tina Turner, A Fool in Love
Ike & Tina Turner, Up in the Heah
Ike & Tina Turner, Bold Soul Sister
Tina Turner, Viva La Money
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm, Box Top
Ike & Tina Turner, Come Together
Ike & Tina Turner, Something (live)
Ike & Tina Turner, Whole Lotta Love
Tina Turner, Night Time Is The Right Time
Ike & Tina Turner, Get Back
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (live)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Killing Floor (live)
     from the new album Hollywood Bowl – August 18, 1967

Playlist: November 19, 2023

 
Cowboy Junkies, Anniversary Song
Django Reinhardt, Anniversary Song
Dorado Schmitt, What Is This Thing Called Love
Amati Schmitt, Gispy Swing
Samson Schmitt, Crazy Sound
Django Festival AllStars, Flambée Montalbanaise
     Fri-Sun 11/24-26 @ SFJazz Center
Junk Parlor, Ring My Bell
     from the new album All Magic, No Logic
Busty and the Bass, Smoke and the Pine
     Sat 11/25 @ Rickshaw Stop
     Sun 11/26 @ The Catalyst
The Cottontails, Mississippi Dreamboat
     Sun 11/26 @ Bird & Beckett
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, That Mellow Saxophone
     Mon 11/20 @ 19 Broadway
     Fri 11/24 @ Local Edition
The Lucky Losers, A Winning Hand
     Fri 11/24 @ The Saloon
Chris Cain, Hall of Shame
     Sat 11/25 @ Longboard Margarita Bar

Sylvester Cotton, Thanksgiving Blues
Guy Davis, Thanksgiving Day
California Honeydrops, Pumpkin Pie
Lonnie Johnson, Sweet Potato Blues
The Robins, Turkey Hop Part 2
Thelonious Monk, Stuffy Turkey
Andre Williams, Pass the Biscuits Please
The Emotions, Mashed Potatoes
Bogus Ben Covington, I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop
Gary & Larry, Garlic Bread
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cornbread And Butterbeans
Joe Morris, Beans and Cornbread
Joe Houston, Cornbread and Cabbage Greens
Bessie Smith, Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Cab Calloway, Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Harold Burrage, You Eat Too Much
The Robins, Turkey Hop Part 1

Playlist: November 12, 2023

Howay the Lasses, Mary Astell
Howay the Lasses, The Female Muffin Man
The Kiffness, Sometimes I'm Alone (Lonely Cat)
     Wed 11/15 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Los Lobos, Mis-Treater Boogie Blues
     Fri-Sat 11/17-18 @ The Fillmore
Jackie Greene, Drown in My Own Tears (live)
     Fri 11/17 @ The Fillmore
Dave Alvin, (Variations on Earl Hooker's) Guitar Rhumba
     Sat 11/18 @ The Fillmore
Jimmy Grant, Souvenir of Toronto
     Fri 11/17 @ Red Poppy Art House
Tiffany Austin, Someday We'll All Be Free
     Fri 11/17 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Sat 11/18 @ SFJazz Center
Ben Goldberg, Porch Concert Material #3
     Fri 11/17 @ SFJazz Center
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Road House Blues
     Sun 11/19 @ SFJazz Center
Mark Hummel, Humblebug (live)
     Wed 11/15 @ Empress Lounge

Neil Young, Everybody's Rockin'
Neil Young, Bright Lights Big City
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (solo)
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (band)
Neil Young, Vampire Blues
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Barstool Blues
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, Ten Men Workin'
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note's For You
Neil Young, Speakin' Out
Neil Young, On the Road Again
Bukka White, The New Frisco Train
Bukka White, Old Man Walking Blues
Booker T. Jones, Born Under A Bad Sign
Booker T. & the M.G.s, Because/You Never Give Me Your Money

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