A four hour show tonight allowed a full wallow into Christmas music, in stages.
We began, however, with music from “Inside Llewyn Davis” soundtrack, even as the documentary about the concert held in conjunction with that film, was premiering on Showtime.
Easy enough to transition from Dave Van Ronk to early Christmas blues and go from there.
I brought some vinyl but the turntables seemed to be throwing off static, so I didn’t play much of that.
Here’s what I did play on the radio tonight:
Friday Rock 12-12-2013 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Radio CPR 97.5 FM Washington D.C.
- “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song),” Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford
- “Sugar Baby,” Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett (live)
- “Corrina, Corrina,” Bob Dylan
- “Farewell,” Bob Dylan
- “Green, Green Rocky Road,” Dave Van Ronk
- “Christmas is A-Coming,” Lead Belly
- “Santa Claus,” Walter Davis
- “At the Christmas Ball,” Bessie Smith
- “Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus (And Mama Ain’t No Christmas Tree),” Butterbeans & Suzie
- “Christmas in Jail – Ain’t That a Pain,” Leroy Carr
- “Boogie Woogie Santa Blaus,” Mabel Scott
- “Christmas Day,” Detroit Junior
- “Presents for Christmas,” Solomon Burke
- “Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday,” William Bell
- “Merry Christmas Baby,” Otis Redding
- “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas,” Carla Thomas
- “Ole Year Christmas,” The Sisterhood
- “One Little Christmas Tree,” Stevie Wonder
- “Give Love on Christmas Day,” The Jackson 5
- “Ain’t No Christmas in the Projects,” Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
- “It’s Christmas Time,” Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- “May Ev’ere Day Be Christmas,” Irma Thomas with the PReservation Hall Jazz Band
- “Christmas in Hollis,” Run-DMC
- “Christmas Can’t Be Far Away,” Nick Lowe
- “Please Daddy Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas,” Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
- “Christmas is for Mugs,” Graham Parker
- “Everything is Cool,” John Prine
- “”Christmas Day,” JimWhite
- “The Only Law That Santa Claus Understood,” Ted Lyons
- “Jesus Christ,” Big Star
- “Christmas Time,” Chris Stamey & The dB’s
- “It’s About That Time,”The Idea
- “This Christmas,” The Shoes
- “Underneath the Christmas Tree,” Bill Lloyd
- “Give Me a Second Chance for Christmas,” Mike Viola & the Candy Butchers
- “Thanks for Christmas,” XTC
- “Christmas Day,” Squeeze
- “Fairytale of New York,” The Pogues
- “I Want an Alien for Christmas,” Fountains of Wayne
- “Santa’s Beard,” They Might Be Giants
- “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight),” The Ramones
- “Silent Night,” The Dickies
- “Here Comes Santa Claus,” Los Straightjackets
- “The Christmas Song,” The Ravonettes
- “Maybe This Christmas,” Ron Sexsmith
- “Sweet Secret Peace,” Neil Finn
- “A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn’t So),” The Flaming Lips
- “Just Like Christmas,” Low
- “Xmas Cake,” Rilo Kiley
- “The Winter Song,” Eisley
- “Christmastime,” Aimee Mann
- “Green Grows the Holly,” Calexico
- “Christmas in the Room,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Christmas Unicorn,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Jul Song,” Dark Horses
- “Christmas Time (Is Here Again),” Elephant Stone
- “Santa Claus,” Fuzztones
- “Run Rudolph Run,” Psychic Ills
- “Jingle Bells,” He 5
- “Silent Night,” Quintron & Miss Pussycat
- “Jingle Bell Rock,” Quintron & Miss Pussycat
- “Good Morning Blues,” Count Basie (Real Tuesday Weld Mix)
- “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” Jimmy Smith (Oh No Remix)
- “Chilly Winds,” Nina Simone (Fink Remix)
- “White Christmas,” Corporal Blossom
- “The Christmas Song,”
- “Little Drummer Boy,”
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” No-L
Friday Rock returns Dec. 27 on Radio CPR, 95.7 FM, Washington, D.C.