ALL HANDS ON DECK! Once again, I came up with waaaay too much good music to fit into one week, so I'm splitting my originally-planned "Extremities" theme into two parts; next week, we'll be examining songs about feet and toes. THIS week is for mitts and digits- hand and finger tunes from everyone from Loretta Lynn to the Beastie Boys and a whole mess of folks in between. Snap to it!
- Tabukah X- Finger Toe
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Stone Free
- MC5- American Ruse
- George Jackson- Aretha, Sing One For Me
- Aretha Franklin- Chain Of Fools (Unedited Version)
- Aretha Franklin- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
- Keith Moon- Life With The Moons 2
- The Who- Sparks
- The Who- Amazing Journey
- The Pretty Things- Don’t Bring Me Down
- Tappa Zukie- Dub MPLA
- Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe- Elephants
- Aerosmith- Uncle Salty (Toys In The Attic)
- Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
And now for the theme: Extremities Pt.1- All Hands On Deck
- The Beatles- Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
- Films- Fingernails For Breakfast
- Joan Osborne- Right Hand Man
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Red Right Hand
- Loretta lynn- Five Fingers Left
- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters- Finger Poppin’ Time
- Radio Birdman- Hand Of Law
- The Police- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- Merry Clayton- Grandma’s Hands
- Bill Withers- I Can’t Write Left-Handed
- Soundgarden- Hands All Over
- Black Sabbath- Hand Of Doom
- The Bar-Kays- Soul Finger
- The Beastie Boys- Finger Lickin’ Good
- Charlie Feathers- One Hand Loose
- Townes Van Zandt- Two Hands
- The Meters- Handclapping Song
- All Them Witches- Right Hand
- Sonny Boy WIlliamson II- Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
- Jake Bugg- Two Fingers
- Chuck Prophet- The Left Hand And The Right Hand
- Koerner, Ray & Glover- Don’t Let Your Right Hand Know What Your Left Hand Do
- Ken Nordine- I Used To Think My Right Hand Was Uglier Than The Left
- Gene Marshall- Green Fingernails
- Johnny Otis- Willie And The Hand Jive
- Little Richard- Shake A Hand
- alt-J- Left Hand Free
- Steve Earle- The Devil’s Right Hand
- Stevie Wonder- Fingertips Pts. 1 & 2
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
