This week: birthdays, farewells, the roots of a landmark rock & roll tune, microtonal goodness, one the most sampled songs in history, a look at the use of strings in rock, and stops all over the world. Here’s a small sample: Roxy Music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tolgahan Çoğulu & Sinan Cen Eroğlu, King Tubby, The Replacements, the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet, Deep Purple, a double header of Japanese garage rock with the 5,6,7,8’s AND Guitar Wolf, Etta James...it’s gonna be a fun one.
HOUR 1
1. Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Bedlam
2. Emitt Rhodes- Live Till You Die (RIP)
3. Chuck Berry- Maybelline
4. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys- Ida Red
5. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five- Saturday Night Fish Fry
6. Lenny Kravitz- Always On the Run (HB Slash)
7. The Young Rascals- Good Lovin’ (HB Dino Danelli)
8. Tony Joe White- Willie and Laura Mae Jones (HB)
9. David Essex- Rock On (HB)
10. Roxy Music- 2 H.B. (HB Andy Mackay)
11. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss- Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (HB Allison Krauss)
12. Sister Rosetta Tharpe- 99 ½ Won’t Do
13. Tolgahan Çoğulu & Sinan Cen Eroğlu- Kara Toprak
14. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard- Honey
HOUR 2
15. Young MC- Know How
16. Incredible Bongo Band- Apache
17. Joe Jackson- Look Sharp!
18. King Tubby- King Tubby’s In Fine Style
19. Beastie Boys- Pass the Mic/Dub The Mic
20. Soul Brothers Six- Some Kind Of Wonderful
21. Faces- Three Button Hand Me Down
22. The Replacements- Can’t Hardly Wait (live)
23. Paul Westerburg- It’s A Wonderful Lie
24. Tommy Stinson- Motivation
25. T. Rex- The Motivator
26. Elvin Jones Jimmy Garrison Sextet- Half and Half
27. Neneh Cherry & The Thing- Dream Baby Dream
HOUR 3
28. Deep Purple- Fireball
29. The 5,6,7,8’s- The Barracuda
30. Guitar Wolf- Doberman Night
31. Brittany Howard & Ruby Amanfu- I Wonder
32. Black Milk- Brain
33. Etta James- Light My Fire
34. Pearl Jam- Wishlist
35. Alejandro Escovedo- Dear Head On the Wall
36. The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)
37. Apocalyptica- Battery
38. Björk- Jóga
39. Radiohead- Burn the Witch
40. Robyn Hitchcock- Executioner
41. Eliott Smith- Waltz #2
42. Khaled- Hiya Ansadou
Join Tod Weidner on Thursday, 8-11pm for The Jewel Case, a weekly celebration of all manner of musical goodness: Deep cuts. Old favorites. New favorites. Future favorites. All genres, all eras- it’s all fair game, from everywhere and everywhen, for everyone.
