Because nobody was on at 9, I came in early to do something I’ve always wanted to do, the full “Whipping Post”/”Mountain Jam” from the Fillmore East that took about an hour. Then modern day Southern rock by way of My Morning Jacket, coming to town Sunday for a show with Jason Isbell, also prominently featured. Somewhere in there was a lot of Dylan, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary on Saturday of his going electric at the Newport Folk Festival. For that, we heard the actual performance that turned on the juice.
Wilco’s new album, “Star Wars,” finally got a decent hearing, and we played a couple things from Latitia Vansant before going out with soul.
Here’s what I played tonight on the radio, on the last show before a three week break.
Friday Night Rock, 7-24-2015, 9:30 p.m.- 1 a.m., Radio CPR 101.7 FM Washington D.C.
- “Whipping Post,” The Allman Brothers (live)
- “Mountain Jam,” The Allman Brothers (live)
- “Evil Urges,” My Morning Jacket
- “Thank You Too!” My Morning Jacket
- “Librarian,” My Morning Jacket
- “Dancefloors,” My Morning Jacket
- “Holdin on to Black Metal,” My Morning Jacket
- “Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll),” Jim James
- “Goin’ to Acapulco,” Jim James & Calexico
- “Ballad of a Thin Man,” Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers
- “Fourth Time Around,” Yo La Tengo
- “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” Cat Power
- “Maggie’s Farm,” Bob Dylan (live)
- “Tombstone Blues” (alternate take), Bob Dylan
- “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (alternate take), Bob Dylan
- “The Life You Choose,” Jason Isbell
- “Speed Trap Town,” Jason Isbell
- “To a Band I Loved,” Jason Isbell
- “Cover Me Up,” Jason Isbell
- “Traveling Alone,” Jason Isbell
- “Elephant,” Jason Isbell
- “A Mansion on the Hill,” Hank Williams
- “Wedding Bells,” Hank Williams
- “Lost Highway,” Hank Williams
- “Where Do I Begin,” Wilco
- “More…” Wilco
- “The Joke Explained,” Wilco
- “Random Name Generator,” Wilco
- “Around and Around,” The Animals
- “Take It So Hard,” Keith Richards
- “Elevator Operator,” Courtney Barnett
- “Hey Darling,” Sleater-Kinney
- “Master Plan,” Letitia Vansant and the Bonafides
- “Step in Line,” Letitia Vansant and the Bonafides
- “Burning Bridges,” Lucinda Williams
- “The Power of Three,” Belle and Sebastian
- “Quicksand,” Bjork
- “Save Me,” Nina Simone (Coldcut remix)
- “Wildcat,” Ratatat
- “Some Peace of Mind,” Van Morrison with Bobby Womack
- “1000 Deaths,” D’Angelo
- “Spunky,” Johnny Jenkins
Friday Night Rock returns Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. on Radio CPR 101.7 FM Washington or streaming online at tinyurl.com/radiocpr