Started with some homegrown go-go, by a couple of groups that will also play this weekend. Then some Willie Dixon to mark the 101st anniversary of the bluesman’s birth. Then some holiday music, leading to a bunch of Bob Dylan, who is coming to town next week, drawn from his recent setlists.
There was a lot, but even more Elvis, in order to properly pay tribute to his formidable guitarist Scotty Moore, who died Thursday at 84. And what could be better music for celebrating America than Elvis and Dylan? Closed out with Guided by Voices, who are also headed this way next week.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 7-1-2016, 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Let’s Get Small,” Trouble Funk
- “We Need Some Money,” Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
- “The Seventh Son,” Willie Dixon
- “I Ain’t Superstitious,” Willie Dixon
- “The Same Thing,” Willie Dixon
- “4th of July,” X
- “New York, New York,” Ryan Adams
- “Firecracker,” Ryan Adams
- “Tears of Rage,” The Band
- “She Belongs to Me,” Bob Dylan
- “Things Have Changed,” Bob Dylan
- “Tangled Up in Blue,” Bob Dylan
- “Pay In Blood,” Bob Dylan
- “Scarlet Town,” Bob Dylan
- “Early Roman Kings,” Bob Dylan
- “Spirit on the Water,” Bob Dylan
- “The Night We Called It a Day,” Bob Dylan
- “Autumn Leaves,” Bob Dylan
- “Why Try to Change Me Now,” Bob Dylan
- “All or Nothing at All,” Bob Dylan
- “Melancholy Mood,” Bob Dylan
- “Tomorrow is a Long Time,” Elvis Presley
- “That’s All Right,” Elvis Presley
- “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” Elvis Presley
- “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” Elvis Presley
- “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine,” Elvis Presley
- “Milkcow Blues Boogie,” Elvis Presley
- “You’re a Heartbreaker,” Elvis Presley
- “Baby Let’s Play House,” Elvis Presley
- “Mystery Train,” Elvis Presley
- “Louisiana Hayride Theme”
- “Tweedle Dee,” Elvis Presley (live)
- “I Got a Woman,” Elvis Presley (live)
- “Maybellene,” Elvis Presley (live)
- “Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley (alternate take)
- “My Baby Left Me,” Elvis Presley
- “Blue Suede Shoes,” Elvis Presley
- “Tutti Frutti,” Elvis Presley
- “Ready Teddy,” Elvis Presley
- “Too Much,” Elvis Presley
- “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley
- “Don’t Be Cruel,” Elvis Presley
- “Lady, Miss Clawdy,” Elvis Presley
- “Shake Rattle and Roll,” Elvis Presley (alternate take)
- “Rip It Up,” Elvis Presley
- “Money Honey,” Elvis Presley
- “We’re Gonna Move,” Elvis Presley
- “Mean Woman Blues,” Elvis Presley
- “Got a Lot of Livin’ to Do,” Elvis Presley
- “Jailhouse Rock,” Elvis Presley
- “I Want to Be Free,” Elvis Presley
- “Baby I Don’t Care,” Elvis Presley
- “King Creole,” Elvis Presley (instrumental)
- “King Creole,” Elvis Presley
- “I Got Stung,” Elvis Presley
- “A Fool Such As I,” Elvis Presley
- “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck,” Elvis Presley
- “A Big Hunk O’ Love, ” Elvis Presley
- “Ain’t That Loving You Baby,” Elvis Presley
- “Big Boss Man,” Elvis Presley
- “U.S. Male,” Elvis Presley
- “Guitar Man / What’d I Say,” Elvis Presley
- “Teenage FBI,” Guided by Voices
- “Hold on Hope,” Guided by Voices
- “Surgical Focus,” Guided by Voices
- “Glad Girls,” Guided by Voices
- “The Best of Jill Hives,” Guided by Voices
Friday Night Rock returns July 8 on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM in Washington, D.C. or online worldwide at www.tinyurl.com/radiocpr