Feeling lucky? We'll be celebrating BOTH KINDS OF LUCK- plenty of tunes about both fortune and misfortune from everyone from Dinah Washington to D.O.A. Until then: may all the dice be your cousins and the all the dolls agreeable, with nice teeth and no last names.
- Living Colour- Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing
- Thievery Corporation- Thief Rockers
- The Strokes- Trying Your Luck
- JD McPherson- Lucky Penny
- Buena Vista Social Club- El Carretero
- Big Jay McNeely- The Deacon’s Hop
- Erykah Badu- Penitentiary Philosophy
- Willie West- Fairchild
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre- Servo
- Black Mountain- The Hair Song
- Queens Of The Stone Age- No One Knows
- The Beastie Boys- Shadrach
- Sly & The Family Stone- Loose Booty
- Brightblack Morning Light- Everybody Daylight
And now for the theme: Both Kinds of Luck
- Warren Zevon- Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
- Thin Lizzy- Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)
- Earl King- Old Mr. Bad Luck
- B.B. King- Bad Luck
- Albert King- Born Under A Bad Sign
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer- Lucky Man
- Betty Davis- If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
- Jimmy McGriff- Mr. Lucky
- A Tribe Called Quest- Luck Of Lucien
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- You Got Lucky
- Shovels & Rope- Bad Luck
- Marlon Brando- Luck Be A Lady
- D.O.A.- Fortunate Son
- Mr. Little Jeans- Lady Luck
- The Heartbreakers- Born To Lose
- The Orbits- Mr. Hard Luck
- Roosevelt Sykes- You Can’t Be Lucky All The Time
- Elvis Presley- Good Luck Charm
- Solomon Burke- That Lucky Old Sun
- Bessie Smith & Fletcher Henderson - Lady Luck Blues
- Sonny Rollins & Co.- You Are My Lucky Star
- Kay Starr- Wheel Of Fortune
- Dinah Washington & Eddie Chamblee & His Orchestra- Bad Luck
- Sarah Vaughan- Lucky In Love
- Zoot Sims & Annie Ross- Lucky So And So
- John Lee Hooker- Mr. Lucky
- The Black Crowes- Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
- The Undertones- Hard Luck
- Air- Lucky & Unhappy
- Radiohead- Lucky
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
