Mostly New

This second setlist of the proGram today features some new findings of old recordings, former band of just now bees and one of my favorite groups of people in an Arkestra Chamber form….

Strawberry Fields- Odetta (live)
Where’s the Money- Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks (live)
Mellow Yellow- Donovan (live)
Freight Train- Taj Mahal (live)
Red River Valley- Ella Jenkins (live)
Crazy Love- Harry Manx
Love Serenade- the Waifs
Three is the MaGic Number- Jeff Tweedy

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Let’s all go to the Bar- Deer Tick
Deatbeat- Hunters
I Really Need Love- the Bees
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Ain’t that Lovin’ you- the Derek Trucks Band
Cook- Orchestra Morphine (live)
Everyday People-Steven Bernstein’s Millenial Terrotory ft Shilpa Ray
The Hounds- Superhuman Happiness

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I got High- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
Soul Loco Suite- Deep Street Strut
the Guru’s Lover- Burnt Sugar
Claudine- Burnt Sugar
DIs Moi Oui- El Rego
Free my People- Joni Haastrup
Rise with the Blind- the Shaolin Afronauts

Tech One Two

Now that I have decided to use my laptop in cooperation with CDs, there is the occasion when one will fail…Luckily, this dilemma only lasted a short while as SuperTECH Matt Rock came to my rescue. But with the laptop being down for a bit and not knowing if the issue would resolve, I had a chance to spin some of the longer tracks I have collecting in the music bag. It was a treat to be able to find the riGht space finally to air them out into the earspace for consumption…..Here is the first of three sets from today’s show:

My Heart (reprise)- Tricked out Country
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Circle 2- Mice Parade
Use Somebody- 2 Cellos
Gat in Dhamar- Ravi & Anoushka Shankar (live)
Prince Open- Pear ft Prince Diabaté
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Samurai- Sky Saw
Eye of the Dove- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Who can I Turn to- Oscar Peterson

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GTFD- Former Champions
Let it Grow- Big Daddy Love
Grandma June- the Heavy Pets ft David Grisman

STS9 in Rochester

So I took a trip to Rochester NY and was able to catch a STS9 show while there thanks to the fine folks working with the band. (you know who you are). The event at Water Street Music Hall was sold out and man, was it worth being shoulder to shoulder with people for. Sound Tribe Sector 9 has that great live appeal to me that many bands can only hope to achieve. Their “do it all” attitude really comes off as a more than a show for those in attendance. While still maintaining a top spot as an electronica group, STS9 is much more. They are not pigeon-holed into one category and at a live show you can truly tell by the difference in the crowd, which is what makes the live show so real to the places I like to find myself. They are a group that is aware of more than music, giving back comes to them in more ways than just a live show and they are not afraid to let their music roots dangle out there, soil and all……I found myself feeling rocked and jammed and certainly electro-fried up just right during their performance and if you have not had the opportunity to check them out, you certainly don’t have to hop a plane like I did this time around, but take a look on their site and make Sound Tribe Sector 9 a reason to get out and see live innovative music, sure to have you bobbin’ and dancing inside and out.

That’s the way, UH HUH!!

This final of the three sets featured some interesting jazzed up electro rock and the thick grooves to get lost in…..then all new music that has it’s own heartbeat and finally….if you haven’t hEAR MC Zulu‘s version of “Electric Avenue”…..well, like the listeners said “I have never hEARd it done that way”…..and that’s the way I like to try. Big thanks to our friend Todd Clouser for being a part of the show, talkin’ new music, live show and where the money is when playing out these days.

You can Make it if you try-Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra
For True- Trombone Shorty
Curtis- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
Bobby White in the City- Todd Clouser’s a Love Electric
***On air Conversation with Todd Clouser***
The Border of Pachacan-Todd Clouser’s a Love Electric
This That and the Other Thing- Skeebo Knight
Mustache- Razl
First Prayer- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Second Prayer- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Third Prayer- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

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Paper Moon- George Benson
a Good Idea- Reuben Wilson Trio
Crazy & Wild- Me’Shell NdegéOcello
Brain Surgeon’s wife Served Lunch- TriBeCaSten
Polio- Staff Benda Bilili

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Make you Mine- Gringo Starr
Border Crossing- DJ Shadow
I’m Green- Icebird
the new Pneumonia Blues- Little Shalimar
Electric Avenue- MC Zulu

A Love Electric…it’s riGht!

When the music is riGht, it is just riGht. When I get a chance to hang with Todd Clouser it is often more than just music. Todd’s bandmates in A Love Electric know how to hit my “on” button. The conversations they have with the audience through the sound creation on stage is unique to the moment, like feelings. This electro-jazzed-rock talk is dialogue that crosses genres into something meant for ear share no matter your views on politics or your “I’m not much of a jazz head” persona…..whatever or whoever you are, A Love Electric offers sounds and sights that are above labels of any kind. It’s just plain good! Todd leads the band with his percise guitarmanship, hitting original notes that invite real listening, while begin able to get lost at the same time. As I mentioned in Todd and my latest conversation, the trumpet work often takes my ears to lands where the horn is something new, it dumbfounds. Stand up bass holds the pulse down true and steady while the man on the kit keeps the backbone crooked and keeps the rhythms of the room forward moving.
Madison’s own, Luke Polipnick had his freejazzrockjamtrio “GLACIER” going before Todd took the stage and I must say, that is a perfect way to get the night started. Out of this world sonic smacks to the face seem to be a great way to start an evening of music.

Check out one of my favorite A LOVE ELECTRIC tracks “Curtis”

Pack your Ears, let’s travel

Set two of the three features many sounds from other lands and ends with some soul to lean on…..pack your ears and let’s go:

Do Do Baya- El Rego
Chocolate- Profetas
Cosa Nostra- the Pasito Allstars

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Thina Siyakhanyisa- Mahotella Queens
Dance from Máramaros- Muzsikás
Vente Pa Madrid-Ketama/Diabate/Thompson
Liza- Kanda Bongo Man
Ne Mentira Nao- Jorge de Altinho
BeGGing for my Love- Bunnie Brissett
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Could you be Loved- Caracol
Carry that Weight- Yellow Dubmarine
The End- Yellow Dubmarine

My Baby and Me- Elan
Fire Power- Lee SCRATCH Perry
Set the Children Free-Larry McDonald w/Toots Hibbert
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Speakin’ Nuyorican- Captain Planet
Cumbia Savage- Empresarios
Devil Needs a Bodyguard- Nappy Riddem
Watch it!- Randa & the Soul Kingdom
Holding my Breath- Lack of Afro
Got to Work-J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science FT the Pimps of Joytime
Jive Jive Jive- Mocean Worker

Made your Mind Water

How deep these sounds can take you…..Today’s first of three sets…..thanks for soaking SUM in:

All White- Soft Machine
Wandering Wonder-Pancho Sanchez/Terence Blanchard
Bronto Y Cayo- Miles Español
Wild intent- Eric St Laurent Trio
Welcome to the Jungle- 2 Cellos
Pyramid Song-Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O’Riley
Invisible Wing- Bob James/Keiko Matsui
Duke Ellington Medley:A Train/Sentimental Mood/C Jam Blues/Lady of the Lavender Mist/My Heart Sings/Caravan-Oscar Peterson

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Try Me- Marc Broussard
How do I let a Good Man Down- Soul Alley
Sister Ray Charles- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
Why Can’t we Live ToGether- Lipbone Redding & the Lipbone Orchestra
On Our Minds- the R’s
Baby Talkin’ (the Shoo Wop Song)- the Bandana Splits

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Ain’t that a Shame- John Lennon
the Fat Man- Los Lobos
When I see You-Olu Dara & the Natchazippi Band ft Donald Harrison
Zydeco Boogie- CJ Chenier
Git it all- MarchFourth Marching Band
Higher Ground- Playing For Change 2

Beat Feet

The final portion of the show had more beats than can be counted on hands and feet……keep ’em moving:

Sho Nuff Now-Mocean Worker Ft Charlie Hunter/Bill Frisell
21st Century Preacherman- Global Noize

Got to be a Love-Greyboy w/Quantic/Sharon Jones (Paul Nice Mix)
On your feet- Captain Planet
Tudo Bem Aqui- Da Cruz
Stay the Course- DJ Shadow ft Posdnuos/Talieb Kweli
Graveyard Stomp- Ursula 1000
Mile High-Thunderball (Al Lindrum Remix)
Where it all Starts- Thievery Corporation
Spring Forward- the Beekeepers
Rude Bwoy- Winstrong
the Authentic-J Live (produced by Marco Polo)
Fastlane- Winstrong
No Angel- Playdough
Shing a Ling is What I Bring- Rene Lopez
Glory Stories- Pablo Sanchez
Sol Clap- Quantic
Batkallim (the Sun of Egypt)-Natacha Atlas (Cheb i Sabbah Remix)
Phoenix Rising- Karsh Kale
Diamond- Kutkorners ft Curtis Santago (J Boogie Instr. Remix)
Sentimiento (Instr)- Empresarios
Check the Frequency- MC Zulu
Amoy Y Felicidad- Jose Conde

got SUM grOOve

This portion of the show had some funk/soul/jazz grOOves, check for yo’self:

Tequila- George Benson
the Shuffle- Reuben Wilson
Look at that Cookie- Ivan FUNKBOY Bodley
After these Messages-Bootsy Collins w/Samuel L. Jackson
Masterpiece- Deep Street Soul

Hang on in There- Mike James Kirkland
Buckjump-Trombone Shorty w/Rebirth Brass Band/5th Ward Weebie
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Chano Pozo Medley:Tin Tin Deo/Manteca/Guachi Guaro-Pancho Sanchez/Terence Blanchard
Ruby- Eric St Laurent Trio
El Swing- Miles Español
Smooth Criminal- 2 Cellos
Steady Hand Behind the Wheel- Big Harp

Blues in the niGht- Van Morrison w/George Fame
Weather-Me’Shell NdegéOcello
Hope- Sweet Honey in the Rock
Casa del Fuego- Una
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the Song goes on-Herbie Hancock ft Chaka Khan/Anoushka Shankar/Wayne Shorter/KS Chithia
Hichki- Slide to Freedom
Blue in Green (Raang)- Sameer Gupta
If I should Lose you- Chick Corea/Stefano Bollani (live)
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Strawberry Hill- Monty Alexander (live)
Step into the Sunshine- Elan
Red Skinned Girl (a Tribe called Red Remix)-Northern Cree
Zonza- Fredy Massamba
Moving Train- KG Omulo
Cowbell- MarchFourth Marching Band
Honey of your Smile- Pimps of Joytime FT Roy Ayers

Time moves with sound

Did a lot of radio today…breaking it down into three shows aGain. Here is the first.

Tell me What you Want- Pajama Club
Wandering- Hidden Orchestra
the World I know- the Trews
Solar- MonstrO

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Side Dish- Candye Kane
Gloria- Patti Smith

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I don’t Dance- Seth Walker
Could you Believe- Marc Broussard
the Signal- AM & Shawn Lee
Orchids- Lotus
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My dog Sassy- Oteil & the Peacemakers
Down- Brian Stoltz
Free your mind- Socialbrium
Give it Wheels- AKACOD (live)
Souvenir- Morphine
Friend in Space- Dulcesky
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Meditation- Carlos Santana/Bill Laswell
Far from Home- Japancakes
For Giuseppe Franco- Frank Zappa
Mo City Kid- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
Please, Please me- Bill Frisell

EOTO Wild Time

Every time I hit the EOTO scene it seems to get better and better for me. The whole experience. This time they were back at the Majestic with a crowd full of people who get it. And boy, we “Got It”. The impromptu nature of the music made the niGht’s sounds like our very own chapter together, a shared musical journey that we really get a chance to help write. Not only was the sound graBBed deeply by my ear-holes, but the light show and visuals attached themselves in concert with what Michael and Travis were creating in that moment. If for some reason you haven’t found the time to find this more than a dubstep act called EOTO, I’d hope you’d find a little room to let them into your life and I promise they’ll color your evening with new hues and expose you to new sounds/songs/ and in the right now feelings that I have found hits me when I Coltrane myself.

Minds off #3

Cactus- David Bowie (live)
Ebb Tide- Hazmat Modine
Walking Stick- Hazmat Modine
Cotonou Stomp- Hazmat Modine

Foqt Foqt- Rachid Taha (live)
Ayah Ye!- KG Omulo
Caravana Del Vejigante- Bio Ritmo
Avramandole- Staff Benda Bilili

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Blast- Boozoo Bajou
Bed Bugs- TriBeCaStan
Angel at my Door- Una
Song for Mary- the Herbaliser
Way Beyond- Morcheeba (live)
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Give Peace a Chance- DJ Dan w/Yoko Ono
The Porch- Beat Antique
Probable Cause- Bassnectar & Ill.Gates
Duder- Eoto (live)
Say Yeah Yeah- Mocean Worker
Warning Call- DJ Shadow FT Tom Vek

Minds Off #2

Should be me.

Purple Onion- the Les Claypool Frog Brigade
Among your Pillows- Frogwings w/John Popper (live)
Lou Carcohl- Lotus
Gorgo- Frank Zappa
Come Together- Bill Frisell
Archaic Days- Tommy Guerrero
Cease Fire- Furley
You are Me- Evan Marien
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Natives- Victor Wooten
3 Deuces- Marcus Miller (live)
You Don’t Say- Ivan FUNKBOY Bodley
Fat Alberta- MarchFourth Marching Band
UNC- Trombone Shorty
Look Out, Watch Out- Deep Street Soul
A Time For- Lack of Afro

Be thankful..Lipbone Redding & the Lipbone Orchestra
Tangerine- Herb Albert’s Tijuana Brass W/ DJ Foosh
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Blues for Santa Cruz- Pharoh Sanders (live)
A Love Supreme-Carlos Santana w/Bill Laswell
Charismalove- Global Noize

Minds Off #1

feelin’ out of touch with the one they call G. So here is a way to turn the mind off, part one of three.

Julie- Tricked out Country
Sativa- David Grisman
I ain’t Never- Jerry Garcia/David Grisman
Rusty Cage- Johnny Cash
Momma was an Opium Smoker- Rasputina
Misirlou (theme from Pulp Fiction)- 2 Cellos
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Walking in your Footsteps- the Police (live)
the Neighborhood- Los Lobos (live
StranGe Weather- Tom Waits (live)
Rain Fall Down- the Rolling Stones
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Small Hours- Robert Smith
Green Flower Street- Donald Fagan
One hell of a Party- Air
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Move on Easy- Little Barrie
Free at Last- G Love & Special Sauce
Sack O’ Woe- Van Morrison w/George Fame & Friends
Minha Menina- Band of Bees
Travel Signs- the Hourly Radio
Persistent Intermission- Spain Colored Orange
Supra Genius- Soul Coughing
Fantasma- monstrO

Nawal took me there.

I was fortunate enough to speak with Nawal last week on the show and after seeing her and her band perform live as part of the 2011 Madison World Music Festival, I have to say that she reaches out to embrace, through her music and words but it is the undeniable meaning performing these prayers that stands out to me. When she and her bandmates sing/chant/utter/ “Shalom”, the very wish for peace leap out of me onto the universe. Through the instrumentation from her Indian Ocean roots consisting maGically of gambusi, flute, mbira, and daf; Nawal invites us into her dream of a peaceful world. The music caresses the soul and embraces the spirit. Thoughts and words disappear, and make way for meditation, introspection and inner peace. It is then and that I shared with you. Thank you for getting it. As a Muslim-born African woman who does not always adhere to traditional socio-religious codes, Nawal has faced many challenges in her career, yet she remains strong in her message and philosophy. Descending from the grand Sufi marabout of Comoros, El-Maarouf (1852-1904), Nawal invariably stays with the light of Islam founded upon love, respect and peace. In her music, she sings in favor of all humans, for education and for union. It is within our discussion that I realized she is a liGht, a person to follow…..I hope you’ll join me in paying attention to what she pours from her cup.

Touring Band:
Nawal, singer/songwriter, lead vocals, gambusi, guitar
Claudine François, piano, vocals
Aurore Voahangy Coriton, vocals, percussion
JB Gbadoe, percussion, vocals

Madison World Music Festival

Thursday, 9/15/11

6:30pm – 8:00 pm – Chai Found Music (Taiwan) – Union Theater
7:00 pm – Film: “Cultures of Resistance” – Play Circle
8:30 pm- 10:00 pm – Nawal (Comoros Islands) Sufi Music- Union Theater
9:00 pm – Film: “Cultures of Resistance” – Play Circle
9:00 – 10:30 pm – Frigg (Finland) – Rathskeller

Friday, 9/16/11

5:00 pm – Dragon Knights – Terrace
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italy) – Terrace
7:20 pm – Dragon Knights – Union Theater and Terrace
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Chai Found Music (Taiwan) – Terrace
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm- Kutumba (Nepal) – Union Theater
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm – Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana/US) – Terrace

Saturday, 9/17/11

12 noon – Workshop “Puppetry – Big and Small” with Dragon Knights – Union Theater
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm – Luisa Maita (Brazil) – Willy Street Fair
3:00 pm – Dragon Knights – Willy Street Fair
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Marco Calliari (Italy/Canada) – Willy Street Fair
5:00 pm – Dragon Knights – Willy Street Fair
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Sergent Garcia (France) – Willy Street Fair
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Bomba Estereo (Colombia) – Willy Street Fair
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm – Sergent Garcia (France) – Union Terrace (Rain location is the Rathskeller)

a Prayer for your Soul

There are some who make a mark on you and there are some that are the ones. This set of music was created for you! There are portions meant to give you a soul massage, there are some meant to give your smile some extra time and then, there is the spirituality behind the feeling(s) of the music. The connection. I want to thank Nawal for being a part of this show as she enlightened me to her belief in a one world, one religion, prayers for peace not just songs on an album approach in her rebellious ways of living and creating. She will be here in Madison on Thursday as part of the world music festival and the meditative being within me looks forward to the connection her live show will bring my soul, and how I can translate that back to yours.

Jesus Children of America- Deep Blue Organ Trio
19 20 21- King Johnson
Soul Makossa- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Teo- the Microscopic Septet
Jammin’ at the JCT-the Stein Brothers Quintet
UFO’s- Skeebo Knight
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Therapeutic Space-the Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project
Compassion- Soname
My Horse- Soname
Basanth Mukhari-Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
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Tamatant Tilay/Exodus-Herbie Hancock w/Tinariwen/K’Naan/Los Lobos
War/No More Trouble-Playing for Change
Fafa- Vieux Farka Toure (live)
Kalan Nege- Issa Bagayogo
You can Run- Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
Nobody Beg- Femi Kuti
Native Sun- Blitz the Ambassador

What are you Waiting for?- Mr Something Something
Psycho- Herve Sambe
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Potatisvals- Frigg
Kokodoi- Dikanda

Rope on Fire- Club d’Elf (live)
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Mantra for Four Chakras- Nawal
Mama Baraka- Nawal

***On air conversation with Nawal***
Mystic Baraka- Nawal
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No Means No- KG Omulo
Rally Cap- Mamarazzi
Masterpiece- Deep Soul Strut
The Importance of Elsewhere- Lack of Afro

Got to be a Love-Greyboy FT Quantic & Sharon Jones
Stampede- J Russell FT MC Zulu/Moorea Dickason/Matt Schoening
Shooby Shooby do Yah-Mocean Worker ft Steven Bernstein
Locuraleza- Jontre

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Only You- Portishead

On the way

The first hour or so of today’s show was one for the road. A traveler. It made it was thru the jazz fields into some Nashville Woods into a pile of jammed rock:

Lithium- the Bad Plus
Nothing Flat- the Spokes
Splat- Joel Forrester & Phillip Johnston
(live)
Katrina Blues/How the Cresent City got Bleached-Elliott Sharpe’s Terraplane
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Limosine- Shemekia Copeland
Lost Kid- the Apache Relay
Alabama Pines- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Gypsy Django- Humming House

Whipping Post- Geoff Achison (live)
Beatles Medley- Tommy Emmanuel (live)
All Bets are off- Big Harp
S’Cooled- Blood Orange
Go Kart- Pajama Club

Overcome- Juliette Commagere ft Ry Cooder
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Eleven of nine- Michael Reese
Revolution- Bill Frisell
Bubbles- Moksha

Wash the day- TV on the Radio (live)
Dela- the Beautiful Girls
Tangled Twisted and Tossed- Brian Stoltz

Ear Planning

It is such a nameless feeling to have the ears you plan some songs for, some titles for or some grooves for be a part of the shared moments when it isn’t certain that’ll be the case. I am thankful for those nibbles! Here is how the second portion of the show went….with beautiful plus 1’s and 11 o’clock day starts always waiting to catch my eye:

Intro->Pa Pa Power- Dead Man’s Bones
Clouds Morning in- Beat Circus
Not ready yet- Eels
Gallow’s Pole- Jimmy Page/Robert Plant (live)
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Tomorrow Never Knows- the Beatles
Astronomy Domine-David Gilmour w/Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orch (live)
Wish you were Here-David Gilmour w/Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orch (live)
Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball- Dr. Hook
Hide & Seek- JJ Grey & Mofro
Keep my feet upon the Ground- the Subdudes
Don’t look Down- Bandallamas
Salvation- Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
Bounce Ball- North Mississippi All Stars
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Dear Prudence- Jerry Garcia Band (live)
Devil likes it Slow- Gov’t Mule (live)
once in a Lifetime- Billy Iuso (live)
Celebrate your Youth- Keller Williams (live)
paper- Talking Heads
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Bullet- Cashman
Purdy Mouth- Swamp Cabbage
Early in the Morning- Papa Mali
Bar room Crystal Ball- Hot Tuna (live)
Blindman- Big Brother FT Janis Joplin
Easy Rider- Big Brother FT Janis Joplin
Last Time- Black Dub
Love Lives- Black Dub
Permanent Record- the Golden Dogs
3:15- Bourbon Princess
Porchswing- Bourbon Princess
Soup- Blind Melon
No Rain (ripped away version)- Blind Melon
Zillionaire-R. Wasserman/J. Garcia/E. Brickell
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The Future- Leonard Cohen (live)
High Water- Bob Dylan (live)

what’s the difference

Today the show had a different feel to it…it didn’t have a usual upbeat to it. Here is the first portion of it when the fine line is toed right up to closely:

Trouble- Pedro Arevalo
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere-Jorma Kaukonen
a Moment of Temporary Color- Jackie Greene
Strolling down the Highway- Nick Drake
Bridge is Broke- Delaney Davidson
I can’t get you off my Mind- Bob Dylan
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No Reason- Treat her Right
The Night- Morphine
Watch you Fall- Twinemen
Lonely Avenue- Van Morrison
Imagine- Merl Saunders & Friends (live)
So Tender- Charlie Wooton Project
Time to Stand Still- the Wood Brothers
If you see her Say Hello- Bob Dylan
Spanish Lace Blues- Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Life by the Drop- Stevie Ray Vaughn
Careful what you Wish for- Geoff Achison (live)
Whippin’ Post- Gregg Allman
When I Paint my Masterpiece-Chris Whitley/Jeff Lang
Don’t let me Slide- Tedeschi Trucks Band