Playlist 5-29-15
Started with some old cartoony music from Raymond Scott and then right into some Stax classics. Played a lot of Lou Reed (and a little of Bill Withers) due to…
Playlist 5-22-15
Started with some Joy Division, noting singer Ian Curtis' death 35 years ago this week. Then we moved to a death just yesterday -- the great bass player Louis Johnson…
Playlist 5-15-15
News of the death of B.B. King meant nearly three solid hours of his music -- so many great recordings he made over so many decades -- and plenty of…
Playlist 5-8-15
Got there a little late because of The Replacements show, still ringing in my ears, and so ringing in the start of the show. Then a bunch of songs to…
Playlist 5-1-15
Longer Friday night show than usual started with a tribute to Ben E. King, who died Thursday at 76, solo and with his work in The Drifters. And a nod,…
Playlist 4-24-15
Started with some Lead Belly, tying in with the big concert saluting his work Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Then came what might be the D.C. radio premiere of Mingering…
Playlist 4-17-15
After another 50th anniversary salute to John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," it was a whole lot of Percy Sledge, starting with the one song the obits all mentioned when he…
Playlist 4-10-15
Got in a bit late today (but nobody complained). Inspired by a new documentary on Elvis Costello, that included his songwriting with Paul McCartney, I played a set of some…
Playlist 4-3-15
Started with some twang from Duane Eddy, had some Good Friday/Easter related music before a long salute to Muddy Waters, whose 100th birthday is Saturday. After the blues it went…
Playlist 3-27-15
An unusual show began with the only band named after a "Tom Terrific" villain, and lurched eventually into a little Jonathan Richman set, an unplanned concentration of Del Shannon, some…