It’s Chuck Berry’s 88th birthday, so there was a lot of the pioneer of rock and roll and his wittily written songs.
Then there was a lot of Jayhawks, since they’re coming to town to play a couple of venues next week.
And with Halloween approaching, yes, there was time to dip into all things this side of “Monster Mash,” ending up with Southern Culture on the Skids, which is also in town this weekend.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight.
Friday Night Rock 10-17-2014 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Radio CPR 97.5 FM Washington D.C.
- “Mr. Pitiful,” Otis Redding
- “Soul Clap ’69,” Booker T & the MG’s
- “This World,” The Staple Singers
- “The Breakdown” (Part 1), Rufus Thomas
- “Cry Tough,” Acton Ellis & the Flames
- “Show Me,” Joe Tex
- “Funky Broadway,” Wilson Pickett
- “Hip Hug Her,” Booker T & the MG’s
- “Maybellene,” Chuck Berry
- “You Can’t Catch Me,” Chuck Berry
- “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man,” Chuck Berry
- “Roll Over Beethoven,” Chuck Berry
- “Too Much Monkey Business,” Chuck Berry
- “School Day,” Chuck Berry
- “Rock and Roll Music,” Chuck Berry
- “Reelin’ and Rockin,'” Chuck Berry
- “Sweet Little Sixteen,” Chuck Berry
- “Around and the Around,” Chuck Berry
- “Carol,” Chuck Berry
- “Memphis,” Chuck Berry
- “Sweet Little Rock and Roller,” Chuck Berry
- “Little Queenie,” Chuck Berry
- “Back in the USA,” Chuck Berry
- “Let It Rock,” Chuck Berry
- “Bye Bye Jimmy,” Chuck Berry
- “Nadine,” Chuck Berry
- “You Never Can Tell,” Chuck Berry
- “Promised Land,” Chuck Berry
- “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
- “Waiting for the Sun,” The Jayhawks
- “Take Me With You When You Go,” The Jayhawks
- “Blue,” The Jayhawks
- “Two Hearts,” The Jayhawks
- “Real Light,” The Jayhawks
- “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me,” The Jayhawks
- “Better Days,” The Jayhawks
- “The Man Who Loved Life,” The Jayhawks
- “It’s Up to You,” The Jayhawks
- “All the Right Reasons,” The Jayhawks
- “Save It for a Rainy Day,” The Jayhawks
- “I Got You (At The End of the Century),” Wilco
- “Gimme Something Good,” Ryan Adams
- “Stockholm,” Jason Isbell
- “The Ballad of El Goodo,” Big Star
- “Octopus,” The Handsome Family
- “Sign on the Door” (alternate take), Bob Dylan
- “Spare Me the Details,” Charlie Burton
- “I Can’t Stay Mad at You,” Jonathan Richman
- “The Train That Takes You Away,” Syd Straw
- “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” Dusty Springfield
- “Halloween Parade,” Lou Reed
- “Do They Know It’s Halloween,” North American Hallowe’en Prevention Inc.
- “Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon,” The Cramps
- “Creature with the Atom Brain,” Roky Erickson
- “Dance with the Ghoulman,” The Fleshtones
- “Bo Meets the Monster,” Bo Diddley
- “Frankenstein’s Den,” The Hollywood Flames
- “Screamin’ Ball (at Dracula Hall),” The Duponts
- “Werewolf,” Five Man Electrical Band
- “I’m the Wolfman,” Round Robin
- “Spooksville,” The NuTrends
- “The Munsters Theme,” Milton DeLugg & The All-Stars
- “Werewolf,” Southern Culture on the Skids
- “Sinister Purpose,” Zacharle with Southern Culture on the Skids
- “Extrasensory Deception,” Davie Allan & the Phantom Singers
Friday Night Rock plays alternate Fridays at 9 p.m. on Radio CPR 97.5 FM, Washington D.C.