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The Jewel Case: Whirlwind Tour (03-05-20)

All aboard the Night Train. This very night we embark upon a WHIRLWIND TOUR. We'll be taking a look at songs that list cities and places, of which there a LOT: Animaniacs to Zeppelin, and many, many in between. We'll be logging some serious miles, and you don't even have to leave your chair. Unless you want to dance, that is.

  • Love- 7 and 7 Is
  • Titus Turner- Do You Dig It
  • Blossom Dearie- Rhode Island Is Famous For You
  • Public Enemy- Miuzi Weighs a Ton
  • Otis Redding- The Huckle Buck
  • Radio Birdman- Hand of Law 
  • The Equals- Police On My Back (HB Eddy Grant)
  • The Fall- Cab It Up (HB Mark E. Smith)
  • John Frusciante- Second Walk (HB John Frusciante)
  • Thunderball- Heart of the Hustler 
  • Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven- Me and the Devil Blues 
  • Warren Zevon- Porcelain Monkey
  • The Pleasure Seekers- What a Way to Die
  • The Dead Weather- Hustle and Cuss 
  • The Rolling Stones- 2000 Light Years From Home

----------THEME: Whirlwind Tour----------

  • James Brown- Night Train
  • Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Global A Go-Go 
  • Lee Dorsey- Ride Your Pony 
  • moe.- Stranger Than Fiction
  • Little Feat- Willin’ 
  • The Glenn Miller Orchestra- Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • The Nat “King” Cole Trio- (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 
  • Chuck Berry- Sweet Little Sixteen
  • The Beach Boys- Surfin’ USA
  • Sturgill Simpson- Sea Stories 
  • Dwight Yoakam- Truckin’
  • Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains The Same
  • Cat Power- Ruin 
  • A Tribe Called Quest- Award Tour
  • Jerry Lee Lewis & John Fogerty- Travelin’ Band
  • Animaniacs- State Capitals 
  • Kiss- Kissin’ Time (Kiss) 
  • Hank Snow- I’ve Been Everywhere 
  • Johnny Cash- Wanted Man 
  • Ricky Nelson- Travelin’ Man
  • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- Flavor 
  • Little Willie John- I’ve Been Around
  • Martha & The Vandellas- Dancing In The Street
  • Jim & Jesse- Yonder Comes A Freight Train 
  • Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land
  • Jelly Roll Morton- The Story Of “I’m Alabama Bound” 
  • Steve Earle- Ft. Worth Blues 
  • Isaac Hayes- By The Time I Get To Phoenix

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. 

A lifelong Miami Valley resident, Tod Weidner grew up in Ludlow Falls before moving to Dayton in the early 1990s. Tod has been heavily involved in the Dayton Music Scene for over 20 years, as both a solo performer and a member of such bands as The Motel Beds, Shrug, The American Static, and Set The Controls, to name just a few.