This week, we're examining songs about walking, from everyone from Aerosmith to Thelonious Monk to Ella Fitzgerald to Ernest Tubb, and a whole bunch of folks betwixt and between. Lace up, friends. It might even get silly, but first....
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Harshed Mellows- US Blues
- Tegan And Sara- Walking With A Ghost
- Richard Swift- Buildings In America
- Bay City Rollers- Shang-A-Lang
- Smiley Lewis- Real Gone Lover
- The Band- To Kingdom Come
- The Who- I Can’t Explain
- Iggy Pop- Some Weird Sin
- Yasmine Hamdan- Hal
- Red Baraat- Sound The People (ft. Heems)
- The Meters- Running Fast
- Bob Dylan- Love Sick
- Dr. John- Walk On Gilded Splinters
And now for theme: Walkabout
- Esther Marrow- Baby That’s What I Need (Walk Tall)
- Elvis Costello & The Roots- Walk Us Uptown
- Booker T. Jones- Walking Papers
- Eddie Bo- Walk That Walk
- Fats Domino- Walking To New Orleans
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- I’m Walkin’
- Southern Culture On The Skids- Camel Walk
- Aerosmith- Walk This Way
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds- Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line
- Johnny Cash- Walk The Line
- John C. Reilly- Walk Hard
- The Prisonaires- Just Walkin’ In The Rain
- The Supremes- These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
- The Bangles- Walk Like An Egyptian
- Tom Waits- Walking Spanish
- Menahan Street Band- Make The Road By Walking
- The Ventures- Walk Don’t Run
- Robert Johnson- Walking Blues
- The Police- Walking On The Moon
- Rufus Thomas- Walking The Dog
- Roky Erickson- I Walked With A Zombie
- Thelonious Monk- In Walked Bud
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billy May & His Orchestra- Let’s Take A Walk Around The Block
- The James Gang- Walk Away
- The Staple Singers- Long Walk To D.C.
- Led Zeppelin- Walter’s Walk
- The Allen Brothers- Jake Walk Blues
- Ernest Tubb- Walking The Floor Over You
- Patsy Cline- Walkin’ After Midnight
- Santo & Johnny- Sleepwalk
- Peter Tosh- (You Gotta Walk And) Don’t Look Back
- Isaac Hayes- Walk On By
- Betty Davis- Walkin Up The Road
- Lou Reed- Walk On The Wild Side
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.
