A quite long Black Friday show began with some lingering thanksgiving, then a salute to Cynthia Robinson, the trumpet player and co-founder of Sly and the Family Stone, still quite a remarkable band. Then some Nikki Lane kicked off some female singers and songwriters.
Then a big set of NRBQ, marking their appearance in town Saturday, followed by a birthday salute to Jimi Hendrix featuring work from “Axis Bold as Love” and “Electric Ladyland.”
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 11-27-2015, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Thanks a Lot,” Ernest Tubb
- “Thankful for What I’ve Got,” Barbara Lewis
- “Thanksgiving,” Loudon Wainwright III
- “Be Thankful for What You Got,” Yo La Tengo
- “Tighten Up, parts 1 and 2” Archie Bell & the Drells
- “Dance to the Music,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Brave and Strong,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Life,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Everyday People/ Dance to the Music Medley,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Love N’ Haight,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Stand,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Seein’ Double,” Nikki Lane
- “I Don’t Care,” Nikki Lane
- “Good Man,” Nikki Lane
- “Right Time,” Nikki Lane
- “People Got a Lotta Nerve,” Neko Case
- “Stowaway In Your Heart,” Lucinda Williams
- “Our Hearts are Wrong,” Jessica Lea Mayfield
- “From an Airplane,” Iris DeMent
- “New Orleans,” Emmylou Harris
- “Friday I’m in Love,” Yo La Tengo
- “An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in NY),” Courtney Barnett
- “Boyfriend,” Best Coast
- “How You Got That Girl,” Ex Hex
- “Flat Foot Flewzy,” NRBQ
- “Howard Johnson’s Got His Ho-Jo Workin,’” NRBQ
- “Ridin’ in My Car,” NRBQ
- “I Want You Bad,” NRBQ
- “It Comes to Me Naturally,” NRBQ
- “I Love Her, She Loves Me,” NRBQ
- “Get Rhythm,” NRBQ
- “It Was an Accident,” NRBQ
- “Me and the Boys,” NRBQ
- “Never Take the Place of You,” NRBQ
- “Rain at the Drive In,” NRBQ
- “Here Comes Terry,” NRBQ
- “If I Don’t Have You,” NRBQ
- “Little Floater,” NRBQ
- “Gone With the Wind,” NRBQ
- “Sweet and Petite,” NRBQ
- “In Every Dream,” NRBQ
- “Up From the Skies,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Spanish Castle Magic,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Wait Until Tomorrow,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Little Wing,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “If 6 Was 9,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Castles Made of Sand,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Little Miss Lover,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Bold as Love,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- ‘Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland),” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Crosstown Traffic,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Voodoo Chile,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Rainy Day, Dream Away,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be),” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Moon, Turn the Tides…Gently Gently Away,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Still Raining, Still Dreaming,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “All Along the Watchtower,” Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” Jimi Hendrix Experience
Friday Night Rock returns Dec. 4 on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C., or online at www.tinyurl/radiocpr