The first Friday Night Rock show of 2015 started with a too brief salute to the late David Ruffin began a show-opening set of soul, with more of the new D’Angelo in the middle.
Moved to some Hold Steady and 2014 stuff from Ty Segull, Jack White, Teenage Fanclub, Bob Mould, The Black Keys and Ryan Adams. Some lighter sounds from Damon & Naomi and Sharon Von Etten, some harder stuff from Ex Hex and Sleater Kinney. Some country stuff crowned by some live Old 97s. Then closed out with a bunch of Joe Stummer, with the Mescaleros and the Clash, before a little bit of David Bowie.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight.
Friday Night Rock 1-2-2015, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Radio CPR 97.5 FM, Washington D.C.
- “Walk Away from Love,” David Ruffin
- “A Family Affair,” Sly & the Family Stone
- “Future Shock,” Curtis Mayfield
- “Soul Power 74,” Part 1, Maceo and the Macks
- “Another Life,” D’Angelo
- “Ain’t That Easy,” D’Angelo
- “1000 Deaths,” D’Angelo
- “The Cross,” Prince
- “First Night,” The Hold Steady
- “Constructive Summer,” The Hold Steady
- “Sequestered in Memphis,” The Hold Steady
- “Stay Positive,” The Hold Steady
- “Lazaretto,” Jack White
- “The Taker,” Ty Segull
- “Any Time At All,” The Beatles
- “It’s All in My Mind,” Teenage Fanclub
- “Weight of Love,” The Black Keys
- “Blue Moon,” Beck
- “Trouble,” Ryan Adams
- “Not Fade Away,” Buddy Holly
- “Saturday’s Song,” Hiss Golden Messenger
- “Simple Twist of Fate,” Bob Dylan
- “Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues,” Skip James
- “Lullaby of the Leaves,” Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
- “Wild Innocence,” The Schramms
- “Hearing Voices,” Galaxie 500
- “Beautiful Close Double,” Damon & Naomi
- “Holiday,” Julie Byrne
- “Nothing Will Change,” Sharon Von Etten
- “Glory,” Wye Oak
- “How You Got That Girl,” Ex Hex
- “Modern Girl,” Sleater Kinney
- “Forgiveness,” Bob Mould
- “Up the Wooden Hills (to Bedfordshire,” The Small Faces
- “The World Moves On,” Jens Lekman
- “Eels,” The Handsome Family
- “I’m the Only Hell (My Mama Ever Raised),” Johnny Paycheck
- “Falling Rain,” Reigning Sound
- “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Lucinda Williams
- “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash
- “Easy on Yourself,” Drive-By Truckers
- “Designs on You,” The Old 97’s (live)
- “Mama Tried,” The Old 97’s (live)
- “Murder (Or a Heart Attack),” The Old 97’s (live)
- “Turtles All the Way Down,” Sturgill Simpson
- “Coma Girl,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Johnny Appleseed,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “The Road to Rock N’ Roll,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Forbidden City,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Wilsden to Cricklewood,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Redemption Song,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “All in a Day,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Silver & Gold,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Jimmy Jazz,” The Clash
- “Hateful,” The Clash
- “Rudie Can’t Fail,” The Clash
- “Spanish Bombs,” The Clash
- “Black Country Rock,” David Bowie
- “Running Gun Blues,” David Bowie
- “The Man Who Sold the World,” David Bowie
- “Get on the Good Foot,” James Brown
Friday Night Rock returns Jan. 23 at 9 p.m. on Radio CPR 97.5 FM, Washington D.C.