There was a request to keep things down this Good Friday evening — not that it takes a lot of noise to make a radio show. But I took the cue to play generally quieter things at first, before breaking into the springtime and Easter songs, a nod to Glen Campbell, some blasts of soul and gospel and a rock salute to James Brown.
After some country and rockabilly there was an extended showcase of the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller because of the impending opening of the “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” revue (and the quiz I wrote regarding it). And we ended with some Alejandro Escovedo who comes to town next weekend.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock Radio CPR 97.5 FM Washington D.C. 4-18-2014 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
- “Bilar,” Ratatat
- “Cyele,” Beck
- “Morning,” Beck
- “One of These Things First,” Nick Drake
- “Songs That She Sang,” Jason Isbell
- “House Where Nobody Lives,” Tom Waits
- “The Wall,” Bruce Springsteen
- “Let Me Die in My Footsteps,” Bob Dylan
- “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” Bob Dylan
- “I Could Never Be Ashamed of You,” Hank Williams
- “Modern Blue,” Rosanne Cash
- “Horsey,” Hem
- “April After All,” Ron Sexsmith
- “Springtime in New York,” Jonathan Richman
- “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” Bob Dylan
- “Easter,” Patti Smith Group
- “Hailstones,” The Tiger Lillies
- “Glittering Cloud,” Imogen Heap
- “Darkness,” Scott Walker
- “These Days,” Glen Campbell
- “Wichita Lineman,” Glen Campbell
- “Galveston,” Glen Campbell
- “Sleeping,” The Band
- “Jimmy Carter Says Yes,” Gene Marshall
- “Sure Hope You Mean It,” Raphael Saadiq
- “Ain’t That Peculiar,” Marvin Gaye
- “Line Between Love and Hate,” Wallace Brothers
- “Oh Mary Don’t You Weep,” Swan Silvertone Singers
- “Jacob’s Ladder,” The Clara Ward Singers
- “Sampson & Delilah,” The Rev. Gary Davis
- “Get Up and Get Out,” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
- “(Call Me) Super Bad,” Little Samm D & Newborn
- “Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me),” Frank Black
- “I’ll Go Crazy,” World Famous Blue Jays
- “Good Good Lovin,'” The Swingin’ Neckbreakers
- “Don’t Be a Dropout,” The Fleshtones
- “Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts),” BR5-49
- “IAin’t Never,” Webb Pierce
- “Whistle Bait,” Larry Collins
- “You’re Humbuggin’ Me,” Lefty Frizzell
- “Rawhide,” Link Wray & the Wraymen
- “Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor,” Johnny Horton
- “Wild Wild Young Men,” Rose Maddox
- “Bop a Lena,” Ronnie Self
- “Ugly & Slouchy,” Maddox Bros.
- “Amos Moses,” Jerry Reed
- “Highway to Hell,” Hayseed Dixie
- “Tiger Guitars,” Billy Mure’s Supersonic Guitars
- “Guitar Boogie Shuffle,” The Virtues
- “Hound Dog,” Willie Mae Thornton
- “Riot in Cell Block #9,” The Robins
- “Saved,” LaVerne Baker
- “Love Potion No.9,” The Coasters
- “Poison Ivy,” The Coasters
- “Little Egypt,” The Coasters
- “Bad Detective,” The Coasters
- “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” The Coasters
- “Yakety Yak,” The Coasters
- “Charlie Brown,” The Coasters
- “Jailhouse Rock,” Elvis Presley
- “Treat Me Nice,” Elvis Presley
- “Baby I Don’t Care,” Elvis Presley
- “In the Ghetto,” Sammy Davis Jr.
- “Stand By Me,” Cassius Clay
- “Street Songs,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “Down in the Bowery,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “Faith,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “”Always a Friend,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “Chelsea Hotel ’78,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “I Wish I Was Your Mother,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “Pale Blue Eyes,” Alejandro Escovedo
- “That’s the Joint,” Funky 4+1
Friday Night Rock returns May 2 on Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, D.C.