Playlist 2-6-15
Soul man and songwriter Don Covay, who died Saturday at 76, dominated the start of the program, with his own hits "Mercy Mercy" and "See Saw" leading to the songs…
Playlist 1-30-15
A cold night in the studio warmed with a big set for Buddy Holly, who died 56 years ago this week. It fit in fine with some new music by…
Playlist 1-23-15
Back after a two week absence, returning to a newly cleaned and painted studio was a surprise and disorienting. Never did find the wifi password. Had the best intentions of…
Playlist 1-2-15
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…
Playlist 12-26-14
Started with the great new D'Angelo album, paired with some of its antecedents, then moved on to salute Joe Cocker, who died this week and Ian McLagan of the Faces,…
Playlist 12-19-14
Back after a couple weeks absence, there were a lot of things to take note of: The 50th anniversary of the recording of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," the 50th…
Playlist 11-28-14
There were Thanksgiving leftovers at the radio show, too, before we got into what Bob Dylan played in town this week and looked forward to shows in the coming week…
Playlist 11-14-14
Started off the Friday Night rock show with a reprise of Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" in honor of his show here Sunday. Went into some mid-60s…
Playlist 10-31-14
A four hour show on Halloween was sort of a test: Could I play three hours of holiday music? Oh yes. We learned a lot of things: There were certainly…
Playlist 10-17-14
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…