A last minute call to fill in tonight gave me the opportunity to do a lot of things over a show that lasted four hours.
In all that time, I got to fill in the holes of last week’s March on Washington 50th Anniversary Salute, recreate much of the setlist of the Replacements’ first concert in 22 years and sample new collections from Bob Dylan and Belle and Sebastian.
I also got to consider how well Linda Ronstadt interpreted great songwriters (after her announcement last week that she’d stopped singing), and salute the working man (and woman) in a special Labor Day themed set.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Rock, Radio CPR 97.5 FM Washington D.C. 8-30-14 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.
- “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out,” Willie Hutch (Chemical Brothers mix)
- “Rooster Blues,” Lightnin’ Slim
- “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” Wynonie Harris
- “Birmingham Daddy,” Gene Autry
- “My House is a Prison,” Slim Harpo
- “I Shall Not Be Moved,” Charlie Patton
- “This Train (live),” Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- “People Get Ready,” The Impressions
- “Land of Hope and Dreams,” Bruce Springsteen
- “Sign on the Window” (with orchestra), Bob Dylan
- “Time Passes Slowly” #1 (alternate version), Bob Dylan
- “Thirsty Boots,” Bob Dylan
- “If Not for You” (alternate version), Bob Dylan
- “New Morning” (alternate version), Bob Dylan
- “Only a Hobo,” Bob Dylan
- “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” Linda Ronstadt
- “For a Dancer,” Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
- “Dark End of the Street,” Linda Ronstadt
- “Birds,” Linda Ronstadt
- “Feels Like Home,” Linda Ronstadt
- “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself,” Linda Ronstadt
- “Girls Talk,” Linda Ronstadt
- “Tumblin’ Dice,” Linda Ronstadt
- “Takin’ a Ride,” The Replacements
- “Color Me Impressed,” The Replacements
- “Tommy Gets his Tonsils Out,” The Replacements
- “Kiss Me on the Bus,” The Replacements
- “Achin’ to Be,” The Replacements
- “I Will Dare,” The Replacements
- “Merry-Go-Round,” The Replacements
- “Little Mascara,” The Replacements
- “Left of the Dial,” The Replacements
- “Alex Chilton,” The Replacements
- “Swingin’ Party,” The Replacements
- “Can’t Hardly Wait,” The Replacements
- “Bastards of Young,” The Replacements
- “I.O.U.,” The Replacements
- “Working in the Coal Mine,” Lee Dorsey
- “Chain Gang,” Sam Cooke
- “Coal Mine Blues,” Marty Stuart
- “Take This Job and Shove It,” Johnny Paycheck
- “Working Man Blues,” Merle Haggard
- “Five O’Clock World,” The Vogues
- “Factory,” Bruce Springsteen
- “There is Power in a Union,” Billy Bragg
- “Let’s Work” (dance mix), Prince
- “We Don’t Work for Free,” Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
- “Bagboy,” The Pixies
- “Wave of Mutilation,” The Pixies
- “John Barlycorn,” Frank Black
- “Coma Girl,” Joe Strummer & the Mescalaros
- “No One Was Like Vermeer,” Jonathan Richman
- “I’m Not Like Everybody Else,” The Kinks
- “I’ll Be Around,” Yo La Tengo
- “”Desperation Made a Fool of Me,” Belle and Sebastian
- “Heaven in the Afternoon,” Belle and Sebastian
- “I Didn’t See it Coming,” (Richard X Mix), Belle and Sebastian
- “I’m Waiting Here,” David Lynch featuring Lykke Li
- “Hannah Hunt,” Vampire Weekend
- “Within,” Daft Punk
- “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody,” Louis Prima
- “My Three Sons,” Nelson Ridle
- “So Dance Samba (Jazz n’ Samba),” Wanda De Sah
- “Brazil,” Tino Contreras
Friday Night Rock, which may actually get a new name some day, is on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at 9 p.m., making the next show Sept. 13.