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The Jewel Case: Space Truckin' (01-03-19)

C'mon! C'mon! C'mon! Let's go space truckin'! Join us at the launch pad as we travel the spaceways with tunes about space travel, extraterrestrial life and celestial bodies from Bowie, Hawkwind, Blondie, Billy Preston...even Captain Kirk. Many, many others, as well. But first...

  • The Zombies- This Will Be Our Year
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse- Psychedelic Pill
  • Rezillos- Flying Saucer Attack
  • Steve Vai- Little Green Men
  • The Beach Boys- Our Prayer/Gee/Heroes And Villains (HB Van Dyke Parks)
  • The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) (HB Sir George Martin)
  • Led Zeppelin- The Lemon Song (HB John Paul Jones)
  • Stephen Stills- Rock And Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass (HB Stephen Stills)
  • The Andrews Sisters- Rum And Coca-Cola (HB Maxene Andrews)
  • Orquesta Akokan- Mambo Rapidito
  • The Upsetters- Tell Me Something Good
  • Angelique Kidjo- Listening Wind
  • Spiritualized- Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

And now for the theme: Space Truckin’

  • Pink Floyd- Astronomy Domine
  • Billy Lee Riley- Flyin’ Saucers Rock And Roll
  • Parliament- Unfunky UFO
  • Deep Purple- Space Truckin’
  • Iodine- Hayfield Shapemaker
  • The Tornados- Telstar
  • The Tyrones- Blast Off
  • William Shatner- Rocket Man (ft. Steve Hillage)
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience- The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
  • The Rolling Stones- 2000 Light Years From Home
  • The Only Ones- Another Girl, Another Planet
  • Radiohead- Subterranean Homesick Alien
  • Esbjorn Svensson Trio- From Gagarin’s Point Of View
  • The Police- Walking On The Moon
  • Hawkwind- Silver Machine
  • Billy Preston- Outta-Space
  • Blondie- Rapture
  • Black Sabbath- Planet Caravan
  • Peter Schilling- Major Tom
  • David Bowie- Moonage Daydream (Live at the BBC)
  • Peter Mulvey- Vlad The Astrophysicist
  • Chris Bell- I Am The Cosmos
  • Nick Drake- Pink Moon
  • Slim Gaillard- How High The Moon
  • Herbie Hancock, Derek Trucks, & Susan Tedeschi- Space Captain
  • Cliff Edwards & The Disney Studio Chorus- When You Wish Upon A Star

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.