Answer Songs take an existing tune and tell it from another point of view, pick up where the original left off, or otherwise tweak another composition. Sometimes they're nothing but a quick cash grab; other times they end up topping the original version.
But first....
- Sherman Williams Orchestra- Hello
- The Daktaris- Daktari Walk
- Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land (Original Version)
- Wilco- Sunken Treasure
- The Rolling Stones- 2000 Light Years From Home
- The Carter Family- Wildwood Flower
- Donovan- Get Thy Bearings
- Lee “Scratch” Perry- The Night Doctor
- The Police- Bring On The Night
- Illinois Jacquet- Harlem Nocturne
- Black Sabbath- Looking For Today
- Neil Young- Alabama
- Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama
And now for the theme: Answer Songs
- The Big Bopper- Chantilly Lace
- Jayne Mansfield- That Makes It
- Big Mama Thornton- Hound Dog
- Rufus Thomas- Bear Cat
- James Brown- It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
- Neneh Cherry- Woman
- Barry McGuire- Eve Of Destruction
- The Spokesmen- Dawn Of Correction
- Johnny Darrell- Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town
- Maria Dallas- Billy, I’ve Got To Go To Town
- Merle Haggard- Okie From Muskogee
- The Youngbloods- Hippie From Olema No. 5
- Roger Miller- King Of The Road
- Jody Miller- Queen Of The House
- Paul & Linda McCartney- Too Many People
- John Lennon- How Do You Sleep?
- The Beatles- In My Life
- Freddie Lennon- This Is My Life (My Love And Home)
- David Bowie- Space Oddity
- Peter Schilling- Major Tom (Coming Home)
- U.T.F.O.- Roxanne, Roxanne
- Roxanne Shante- Roxanne’s Revenge
- The Sex Pistols- New York
- Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers- London Boys
- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters- Work With Me Annie
- Etta James- The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)
- Dion- Runaround Sue
- Ginger Davis And The Snaps- I’m No Runaround
- Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys- The Wild Side Of Life
- Kitty Wells- It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
- Brighter Side Of Darkness- Love Jones
- Cheech & Chong- Basketball Jones
- The Liminanas- I Know There’s An Answer
Join Tod Weidner on Thursday, 8-11pm for The Jewel Case, a weekly celebration of all manner of musical goodness: deep cuts, forgotten treasures, and curiosities with a new theme each show spanning all genres, eras and locales.
