Started with some soul instrumentals, then a bunch of The Feelies, in advance of their show in town Saturday. Also playing the area that night, Robbie Fulks, so we heard some of him as well, along with honky tonk music from Margo Price to Harry Dean Stanton.
There was a chunk of Jonathan Richman, mostly songs he didn’t play when he performed recently. And we noted the work of Joey Ramone, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of his death in 2001 at 49 — and the 40th anniversary this month of the release of the debut album by The Ramones. Also, Friday was the 71st birthday of rocker Dave Edmunds, so we closed with a bunch of his stuff, solo and in Rockville.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 4-15-2016, 9:20 p.m. – 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Soul Twist,” King Curtis & the Noble Knights
- “Last Night,” Mar-Keys
- “Soul Finger,” Bar-Kays
- “Soul Makossa,” Manu Dibango
- “Hang ‘Em High,” Booker T & the MGs
- “The ‘In’ Crowd,” Ramsey Lewis Trio
- “Emancipation,” Prince
- “Fa Ce La,” The Feelies
- “The High Road,” The Feelies
- “She Said, She Said,” The Feelies
- “Moscow Nights,” The Feelies
- “Waiting,” The Feelies
- “Doin’ It Again,” The Feelies
- “Real Cool Time,” The Feelies
- “What Goes On,” The Feelies
- “Sedan Delivery,” The Feelies
- “Powder Finger,” Yung Fu
- “Friday I’m in Love,” Yo La Tengo
- “They Showed Me the Door to Bohemia,” Jonathan Richman
- “O Sun,” Jonathan Richman
- “When You Refuse to Suffer,” Jonathan Richman
- “Government Center,” Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- “Ice Cream Man,” Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- “Back in Your Life,” Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- “Affection,” Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- “Let’s Kill Saturday Night,” Robbie Fulks
- “She Must Think I Like Poetry,” Robbie Fulks
- “God Isn’t Real,” Robbie Fulks
- “I’m Gonna Take You Home (and Make You Like Me),” Robbie Fulks
- “Countrier Than Thou,” Robbie Fulks
- “I Told Her Lies,” Robbie Fulks
- “Since I Found You,” Wylie & the Wild West Show
- “One Memory at a Time,” Dale Watson & the Lone Stars
- “Hot N’ Bothered,” Calvin Davidson
- “I Hope I Never Get Too Old (to Rock ’n’ Roll),” Harry Dean Stanton
- “Crackin’ at the Seams,” Sid Griffin & the Coal Porters
- “He’s Breakin’ My Heart,” The Neon Angels
- “Money Honey,” Wanda Jackson
- “Right Time,” Nikki Lane
- “Hurtin’ (On the Bottle),” Margo Price
- “Bitter Memory,” Lucinda Williams
- “Stop Thinking About It,” Joey Ramone
- “Don’t Worry About Me,” Joey Ramone
- “Beat on the Brat,” The Ramones
- “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” The Ramones
- “53rd & 3rd,” The Ramones
- “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You,” The Ramones
- “Rockaway Beach,” The Ramones
- “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,” The Ramones
- “I Don’t Care,” The Ramones
- “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” The Ramones
- “Do You Wanna Dance?” The Ramones
- “I Wanna Be Well,” The Ramones
- “I Can’t Give You Anything,” The Ramones
- “Surfing’ Bird,” The Ramones
- “Why i It Always This Way?” The Ramones
- “It’s a Long Way Back to Germany,” The Ramones
- “What a Wonderful World,” Joey Ramone
- “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll),” Dave Edmunds
- “I Hear You Knocking,” Dave Edmunds
- “Crawling from the Wreckage,” Dave Edmunds
- “Almost Saturday Night,” Dave Edmunds
- “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Grow),” Dave Edmunds
- “Girls Talk,” Dave Edmunds (live)
- “Teacher Teacher,” Rockpile
- “Play that Fast Thing (One More Time),” Rockpile
- “Sabre Dance ’94” Dave Edmunds
Friday Night Rock returns April 30 on Radio CPR 101.7 FM Washington, D.C. or streaming live online at www.tinyurl.com/radiocpr