This week we "give the drummer some". And the bassist. And the keyboardist. And the guitarist, too. Our theme is "FRONTMAN TAKES FIVE"- we'll be featuring songs sung by OTHER members of the group than the usual lead singer. Results can vary; sometimes one is left with a clearer understanding why the member is NOT the lead singer (*cough*...Uli Roth, bless your heart). Other times, those tracks turn into hit singles (I'm lookin' at you, Don Brewer and Buck Dharma).
- Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 wi/Ginger Baker- Let’s Start
- Iggy & the Stooges- Shake Appeal
- R.E.M.- Superman (Mike Mills)
- The Chris Robinson Brotherhood- Dog Eat Sun (RIP Neal Casal)
- The Jackson 5- I Want You Back (HB Michael Jackson)
- Charlie Parker- Ornithology (HB Charlie Parker)
- Meshell Ndegeocello- If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night) (HB Meshell Ndegeocello)
- Brook Benton & Dinah Washington- A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) (HB Dinah Washington)
- Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos- Como se Goza en el Barrio
- Arsenio Rodriguez- Rumba Guajira
- The Shaolin Afronauts- The Scarab
- Dr. Octagon- Earth People
- Hawkwind- Silver Machine (Single Version) (Lemmy)
----------THEME: Frontman Takes Five (Vocalist in parentheses)----------
- 14. Pink Floyd- Astronomy Domine (Richard Wright)
- Pixies- Gigantic (Kim Deal)
- Buffalo Springfield- Good Time Boy (Dewey Martin)
- MC5- Shaking Street (Fred “Sonic” Smith)
- Grand Funk- We’re An American Band (Don Brewer)
- Aerosmith- Bright Light Fright (Joe Perry)
- Squeeze- Tempted (Paul Carrack)
- The Velvet Underground- After Hours (Maureen Tucker)
- The Supremes- Buttered Popcorn (Florence Ballard)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience- She’s So Fine (Noel Redding)
- Scorpions- Hell Cat (Uli Roth)
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Psychotic Reaction (Live) (Stan Lynch)
- The Beach Boys- Sail On Sailor (Blondie Chaplin)
- The Kinks- Strangers (Dave Davies)
- Oasis- The Importance of Being Idle (Noel Gallagher)
- Faces- Ooh La La (Ronnie Wood)
- Kiss- Hard Luck Woman (Peter Criss)
- The Beatles- Act Naturally (Ringo Starr)
- The Rolling Stones- Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards)
- Deep Purple- Gettin’ Tighter (Glenn Hughes)
- The Police- On Any Other Day (Stewart Copeland)
- The White Stripes- In The Cold, Cold Night (Meg White)
- Cream- Pressed Rat And Warthog (Ginger Baker)
- Grateful Dead- Pride Of Cucamonga (Phil Lesh)
- The Who- Boris The Spider (John Entwistle)
- The Clash- Guns Of Brixton (Paul Simonon)
- Cheap Trick- I Know What I Want (Tom Petersson)
- Queen- The Loser In The End (Roger Taylor)
- XTC- Making Plans For Nigel (Colin Moulding)
- The Doors- Ships w/Sails (Ray Manzarek)
- Blue Oyster Cult- Don’t Fear the Reaper (Buck Dharma)
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.