It's hard to believe that, in the nearly-3-year history of The Jewel Case, we've never done car songs as a theme. That changes tonight at 8 Eastern. Join us for "MOTORVATIN'": 2 hours of tunes about cars and driving from everyone from The Dixie Hummingbirds to Rush to Lightnin' Hopkins to Public Enemy, and loads more to boot. Hop in- we're all gassed up and waiting.
- Blues Explosion- Damage
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
- Taj Mahal- Chevrolet
- Transglobal Underground- Yellow And Black Taxi Cab
- Metallica- Orion
- Charlie Parker Quintet- Au Privave
- Sly & Robbie- Eden Dub
- Pazy & The Black Hippies- Wa Ho Ha
- Candi Staton- Heart On A String
- The Move- Lightning Never Strikes Twice
- Patti Smith- Stride Of The Mind
- Miles Davis- The Pan Piper
- Balanescu Quartet- Autobahn
And now for theme: Motorvatin’
- (Chevrolet Commercial)
- The Breeders- Wait In The Car
- Guided By Voices- Motor Away
- Billy “The Kid” Emerson- Every Woman I Know
- Chuck Berry- You Can’t Catch Me
- Chris Smither- Maybellene
- Rush- Red Barchetta
- (Pontiac Commercial)
- Sonny Boy Williamson II- Pontiac Blues
- Vince Taylor- Brand New Cadillac
- The 101’ers- Motor Boys Motor
- Deep Purple- Highway Star
- Gary Numan- Cars
- (GM Guardian Maintenance Commercial)
- Jackie Brenston- Rocket 88
- The Bottle Rockets- Thousand Dollar Car
- David Bowie- Always Crashing In The Same Car (Live)
- Tom Waits- Diamonds On My Windshield
- (Nash Commercial)
- The Beach Boys- Shut Down
- Justin Townes Earle- Champagne Corolla
- Prince- Little Red Corvette
- Jan & Dean- Dead Man’s Curve
- Robert Mitchum- The Ballad Of Thunder Road
- The Dixie Hummingbirds- Christian’s Automobile
- (Studebaker Lark Commercial)
- The Who- Going Mobile
- Gene Vincent- Pink Thunderbird
- Memphis Minnie- Me And My Chauffeur Blues
- Janis Joplin- Mercedes Benz
- Robert Johnson- Terraplane Blues
- Mark Lanegan- Driving Death Valley Blues
- Public Enemy- You’re Gonna Get Yours
- (Dodge Commercial)
- David Lindley & El Rayo X- Mercury Blues (Live)
- Queen- I’m In Love With My Car
- Greg Brown- Brand New ‘64 Dodge
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
