July 31, #335: Hittin’ the Road in 1953
Chapter 1: Around About 1953 I Went Down to New Orleans 
1991                My Disco
Nirvana            Herbie Mann and Bill Evans
22: Variation        Mats Eilertsen
100 Moons Excerpt        Steve Tibbetts
137 Riddle            Brendan Eder Ensemble
912 Greens            Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
1000 Miles            Dirty Three

Chapter 2: While I Was There She Said to Come On in and Stop all That Yakety-Yak
Honey Hush            Big Joe Turner
I Wish You Would        William "Billy Boy" Arnold
L & N Special            Christene Kitrell
Cow Cow Boogie        Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots
I’m an Old Cowhand    Sonny Rollins
Roll With Me Henry        Etta James
Annie Had a Baby        Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
The Things That I Used to Do        Guitar Slim
Skips Boogie            Kid King’s Combo
Little Richard’s Boogie    Little Richard & Johnny Otis' Band

Chapter 3: After a Few Hours We Went on a Little March
The Little March        Frank Zappa  
The Little Rascals Theme
The Little Wooden Whistle Wouldn't Whistle    S.S. Leviathan    
The Little Ships        Jean Jacques Perrey
Little Ship                Loudon Wainwright
Livin’ on the Losin’ End        Tommy McLain
Living With the Law        Chris Whitley
Lluvia                Sangre Voss
Lobhe Paap, Paape Mrityu    Tavishi
Loneliness is Power        Sallie Ford
Long Neck Bottles        Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Look Out                Savina and the Love Orchestra
Lookin’ Good But Feelin’ Bad        Fats Waller 

Chapter 4: It Was Love at First Sight
A Love            The Pretenders
Love at First Sight    XTC
Love in Her Eyes    Reckless Kelly
Love Less        New Order
Loving Cup        The Rolling Stones
Lujon            The Manakooras
Lullaby to the Stars        Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess
Lullaby of London    Lisa O’Neill

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July 24, #334: Summer

Chapter 1: Trying to Find Some Solace in the Staggering Heat

Soggy Style            People Like Us

Hawksmoor            John Surman

Sognando Helene        Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia

Soften                Mats Seim

Solace                Ngung Nguyễn

Solace                Brendan Eder Ensemble/Nailah Hunter

Solace                William Albright

 

Chapter 2: Trapped in the Horror of Another Summer

Summer Samba        Walter Wanderly

Summer ’68            Pink Floyd

Summer Boy            Buffy Sainte Marie

Summer Night Serenade        Leo Eide & Hakan Sund

Summer of the Surf King        The Manakooras

Summer Sickness        Shards

Summer’s Cauldron        XTC

The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore    The Walker Brothers

The Sun and the Moon    The Pogues

Sunburn                Mary Coughlan

 

Chapter 3: Here Comes That Summer Heart of Dusk Again

Heart of Dusk            San Kazakgascar

Heart of Stone            The Rolling Stones

Heartbeat                The Detroit Cobras

Heatwave                The Jam

Heatwave                XTC

Heinz Baked Beans        Petra Haden

Heigh Ho                Los Lobos

Helter Skelter            The Bobs

Here Comes Sunshine    The Persuasions

Here Comes Your Man    The Pixies

Here Comes That Train Again    Stephen McCarthy & Carla Olson

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Chapter 4: High Summer With the Honeydripper

Here Comes Yet Another Day    The Kinks

Here We Here We Here We Go Forever    Mogwai

High Summer            Van Morrison

Honeycomb            Ulann Passerine

Hold a Candle to This    The Pretenders

Honey White            Morphine

Honey Hush            Big Joe Turner

The Honeydripper        Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra

Honeysuckle Rose        Erroll Garner

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July 10, #332:

Chapter 1: I Saw Willie Mays at a Scottsdale Home Depot

The Thunderer            John Phillip Sousa Orch

Our Song                Joe Henry

Willie Mays is Up at Bat    Chuck Prophet

Willie, Mickey and the Duke    Terry Cashman

God Save the King        John Wesley Harding

Battle Hymn of the Republic        Joanna Smith

Yankee Doodle            Harper Simon

John Brown’s Body        Marah

Home on the Range        Joni Harms

The Star Spangled Banner    Jacqueline Schwab

 

Chapter 2: God Bless America for What?

Stars and Stripes Forever    Jake Shimabukuro

Apache Tears            Scott Kempner

Over There            Jen Chapin

Rosie the Riveter        Suzy Bogguss

Atom and Evil            Golden Gate Quartet

The Great Atomic Power        Elizabeth Cook and the Grascals

Atomic Cocktail        Slim Gaillard

God Bless America for What?        Swamp Dogg

America the Beautiful    Gretchen PetersThe Star Spangled Banner    Duke Ellington

 

Chapter 3: When They Light Up Our Town I Just Think What a Waste of Gunpowder and Sky

4th of July            Aimee Mann

4th of July            Steve Poltz

America             Rita Moreno and the West Side Story Cast

We Are on the Edge        Art Ensemble of Chicago

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country        Randy Newman

Thousands are Sailing to Americay        Tim O’Brien

Thousands are Sailing    The Pogues

American Land            Bruce Springsteen

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Chapter 4: No One Likes Us and I Don’t Know Why

Fourth of July            Robert Earl Keen

I Won’t Back Down         Tom Petty

The Times They are a Changin’    Flogging Molly

Abraham, Martin and John    Marvin Gaye

America the Beautiful        Ray Charles

Sail Away                Tim O’Brien

Political Science        The Duhks

America the Beautiful    Kahil el Zabar

 

June 12, #329:    

Chapter 1: Just Me, My Monkey and the Mind Grinder

Mind Grinder                Coma World

Lotus Bud                Shorty Rogers and His Giants

The Void                    Mats Eilertsen

Around the Edges            John Surman

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man    Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

Mindif                    Abdullah Ibrahim

Miniature 27                Anja Lechner & François Couturier 

Mine Own King Am I        Eric Vloeimans & Holland Baroque

 

Chapter 2: I Wanna Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces When Somebody Breaks Your Heart

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday        Alain Romans

Moon Gas                Dick Hyman

I Wanna Be Around            Dinah Washington

Really Part 1                Johnny Jones & The Imperial 7

Shake a Tail Feather        The Five Du Tones

Surf Rider                    The Lively Ones

Come On                    The Rolling Stones

Please Don’t Drive Me Away    Sam Cooke

Baby Let Me Take You Home    The Animals

Don’t Ask Me What I Say        Manfred Mann

California Sun                The Rivieras

Apache                    The Jet Blacks

 

Chapter 3: Rock n Roll is Such a Corporate Racket

Apartment Story            The National

Between Punk and Thatcher’s Fall        Lyndon Morgans

Slowly                    New Dad

Naturally Wild (feat. Lzzy Hale & John 5)        Ray Wylie Hubbard

The Conductor Wore Black    Robert Rex Waller Jr.

Trans Europe Express        The Routes

Radioactivity            William Tyler & The Impossible Truth

The Man Who Sold there World    Rhoda Dakar

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Chapter 4: I Drove My Hot Rod to a House in the Country

Hittin’ On Nothing            The Detroit Cobras

Hole a Candle to This        The Pretenders

Hold On Hold On            Marianne Faithful

Honey White                Morphine

Hope is a Thing With Feathers        Trailer Bride

Hotrodderdam                Blectum From Blechdom

A House in the Country        The Kinks

House in the Country        Blood, Sweat and Tears

Country House                Blur

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June 5, #328:    

Chapter 1: Losin’, Lost and Lookin’

Jour De Fête - François Le Facteur        Jean Yatove

Precipice                    John Surman

After the Rain                Mats Eilertsen

The Sicilian Clan            Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

Dreamtime                Ibrahim Abdullah

Contacting My Angel        Van Morrison

Losing True                The Roches

Losing You                Randy Newman

Lost                        Shards

Lost and Lookin’            Sam Cooke

Lost and Found Excursion    Haco

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Chapter 2: Pardon Me Buddy for Being So Bold But This is My Girl You’re Dancing With

Cuttin’ In                    Johnny Guitar Watson

Rock Me Baby                Otis Redding

House of Blue Lights        Freddie Slack and Ella Mae MorseI 

I Ain’t Done Wrong            The Yardbirds

I Ain’t Lyin’                Little Sammy Davis

Four in the Morning            The Youngbloods

Four Strong Winds            Neil Young

Fourth Time Around            Yo La Tengo

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Chapter 3: I Got a Room With a Freeway View

Freeway View                James McMurtry

Frenzy                    The Wailers

Friend Army                The Burning Hell

Frying Pan            Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Funeral March for Jim        People Like Us

Office Dog                The Tightropes

The Berryman                The Times New Roman

22 Years I Worked for This Guitar    Ultrasonic Grand Prix

Dog Howl in Tune            Vivian Stanshall

Our Lady of the Desert    William Tyler & The Impossible Truth

 

Chapter 4: Surfin’ in Heaven With Black Buzzin’ Flies

Our Blue Sky                The Handsome Family

Our Lady of the Well        Lyle Lovett

Out to Pasture                Larry Goldings

Pan                        Sam Gendel

Out of This World            the Detroit Cobras

Paradise                    Steve Earle

Party Line                    The Kinks

Peggy Sue                Lou Reed

Surfin’ USA                The Jesus and Mary Chain

Surf Cat                    54 Nude Honeys

Surf City                    Jan and Dean

Surf Mongol                Lost Acapulco

Surfin’ in the China Sea        The Hong Kongs

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May 29, #327:    

Chapter 1: Weird Dancing With the Albatross at the Wedding

Weird Dancing in All Night Part II        Oiseaux-Tempête

Albatross                    Mats Eilertsen

Flower in Aspic            John Surman

Chi Mai The Professional        Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

The Wedding                 Abdullah Ibrahim

Late for the Sky            Joan Osborn

The Wedding (feat. Phil Cunningham)    Su A Li

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Chapter 2: Doing That Sophisticated Boom Boom in My Dodge Veg O Matic

Rock Me Baby                Ike and Tina Turner

Rock Rockola                Merril E Moore

Guitar Shuffle                Lowell Fulson

Church Key                The Revels

Crazy Bells                Julie Stevens & The Premiers

Sophisticated Boom Boom    The Shangri Las

Shake a Tail Feather        The Five Du Tones

Just Like Me                Paul Revere and the Raiders

Dodge Veg O Matic            Johnathon Richman

Shady Grove                Quicksilver Messenger Service

Shake Down                The Wailers

 

Chapter 3: The Time has Come to Pay Our Share

Beds Are Burning            Midnight Oil

All I Want is You            Roxy Music

Wake Up                    XTC

Watching the Clothes        The Pretenders

Walk Don’t Run            Os Espacials

Waraku 3                    Sam Gendel

Water                    Jean Dubuffet

Wash Your Hands            Dan Bern

Watch the North Wind Rise    Hot Tuna

Watermelon in Easter Hay Prequel        Frank Zappa

Waterside                    Samantha Wilson

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Chapter 4: The CIA and Jehovah Said Nothing Except Blame it on the Bossa Nova

Nothing is as Good as they Say it Is    Sparks

Nothing Like a Train            Vigilantes of Love

Nothing Was Delivered        The Byrds

Nothing That You Say        Jessie Mae Hemphill

Nova                    The Holy Modal Rounders

Now Here’s the Weather        Whitelands

Foreign Land                Teenage Fanclub

Cyclotron                    Temporal Waves

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May 22, #326:    

Chapter 1: One Last Night With an Old Salty Dog

Salute                Geiger Von Muller

Graviola                John Surman

Perpetum                Mats Eilertsen

Cinema Paradiso        Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

Nisa                    Abdullah Ibrahim

Nimbus                 Ralph Towner

Nimbus                Michele Rabbia

A Salty Dog            Procol Harum

Jackie                Sinead O’Connor

Song for Our Ancestors    Steve Miller Band

Sally Brown            Teddy Thompson

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Chapter 2: If You Want to Hear Some Boogie I Know the Place

Down the Road Apiece    Merrill Moore

21 Days in Jail            Magic Sam

Philly Dog            The Mar Keys

Need Your Love So Bad    Little Willie John

A Little Bit of Soap        The Jarmels

Storm Warning            Dr. John

All Your Love            John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 

I Found Out            Kaleidoscope 

Friday’s Child            Them

Don’t Mess With Bill    The Marvelettes

Song for Making Things Right        Mark Guiliana

 

Chapter 3: I Had to Have a Cadillac Boogie when the Woogie Wouldn't Wait

Night Owl Blues        The Lovin’ Spoonful

Night in My Veins        The Pretenders

Night Parade            Robbie Robertson

Bro Bro Man            Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys

Bring My Cadillac Back    Guana Batz

Cadillac Boogie        Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy

Cadillac Walk            Mink De Ville

Camel Walk            Southern Culture on the Skids

Happy Days Are Here Again    Matt Wilson

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Chapter 4: Honey Let Me Open Up a Can o’ Pop, I’m Rusty Like an Old Horse Shoe

Camera                Wilco

Can O Pop            Steve Poltz

Can U Cook            Seasick Steve

Can’t Do Without You    The Detroit Cobras

Canadian Wine        The Burning Hell

Cans                Sam Gendel

Caravan Voyager        Blectum From Blechdom

Capaldi’s Cafe            Deaf School

Career Opportunities    The Clash

Caribbean Ginger Cake    The Surfing Magazines

Carnival of Souls        Dutch Falconi

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May 15, #325:    

Chapter 1: This Heartache is Dragging Me Down

Wave Mini                Sam Gendel

Waveland                    Noam Pikelny

22                        Mats Eilertsen

Words Unspoken            John Surman

Once Upon a Time in the West   Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

Henya                    Ambrose Akinmusire

Water From an Ancient Well    Abdullah Ibrahim

Let Up                    Abbey Lincoln

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Chapter 2: Sitting Home Alone Thinking About My Past

Wish Someone Would Care    Irma Thomas

Cry to Me                    Solomon Burke

Shake a Tail Feather        The Five Du Tones

Roberta                    Frankie Ford

The Things That I Used to Do    Guitar Slim

No Way Out                Joyce Harris

How Many More Years        Howlin’ Wolf

I’m a Good Woman            Barbara Lynn

Why                        Lonnie Mack

Kozmic Blues                Janis Joplin

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Chapter 3: Happy Families is a Kid’s Game

[Mainly created by drummer, photographer and DJ Tommy Van Wormer]

Happy Families            XTC

Stay Up Late                Talking Heads

Stereotypes                Blur

In the Air                    Maximum Joy

Play in the Rain            Lindsay Buckingham

Stalin’ Wasn’t Stallin’        Robert Wyatt

Tighten Up: Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!    Yellow Magic Orchestra

Levi Stubbs’ Tears            Billy Bragg

Sergio Leone                The Fibonaccis

Cabin Factory                Ozzie the Anonymo

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Chapter 4: I Pity the Country With Only Two Trains Running

Talassa                    Justin Adams & Mauro Durante

There She Goes Again        King Princess

I Pity the Country            Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Promenade Oblique            The Limiñanas & Laurent Garnier

Two Trains                Little Feat

Two Trains Running            The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Click Clack            Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

Come Rain or Come Shine    Jackie Gleason Orchestra

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May 8, #324:    

Chapter 1: The Solitude of Going Home

Pulses of Information    Rival Consoles

Pebble Dance            John Surman

Time to Say Goodbye    Airelle Besson & Nelson Veras

The Ecstasy of Gold    Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

O Solitude            Branford Marsalis Quartet

O Solitude            Giovanna Pessi, Susanna Wallumrød 

Solitude                Sonny Rollins

Going Home            Annie Haslam

Solstice: Dreams and Memories/Cycles        Allison Burik

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Chapter 2: Maybe If I Could Pray You Might Come Back to Me

Hurts Me to My Heart    Faye Adams

It’s My Life Baby        Bobby Blue Bland

Harlem Shuffle            Bob and Earl

What About us            The Coasters

Rock a Bye Baby        Roy Brown

Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby        Buster Brown

First I Look at the Purse        The Contours

Money Honey            Janece Morgan

Maybe                The Chantels

Maybe                Janis Joplin

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Chapter 3: Riding Thru Vegas With Charlton Heston, Michael Caine and Sammy Davis Jr.

[Mainly created by drummer, photographer and DJ Tommy Van Wormer]

Vegas                 Nico

Charlton Heston        Stump

Michael Caine            Madness

Sammy Davis Jr.        Movits

I Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid of You    Psychotic Pineapple

She Said She Said        The Feelies

How Much Are They    Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble 

Time to Get Up        Los Microwaves        

Wake Up                XTC

Wake Up Baby            Sonny Boy Williamson

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Chapter 4: I’ll Cross the Poverty Line When the Buzzards Leave the Bones

Wald                    A Certain Frank

Make It Up            James Elkington

Poverty Line            Kyp Harness

Golden Age of Radio    Josh Ritter

Waye                Meral Polat Trio

Goin’ Down South        RL Burnside

Night Divers            Settings

Spinning                Julia Holter

When the Buzzards Leave the Bones    Sick Boss

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May 1, #323:   One From the Heart

Chapter 1: The World's No Place When You're on Your Own:

A Heart Needs a Home

Hedonist (Brain Rays and Quiet Remix)    GLYSK

Hieromancy        Frédéric D. Oberland, Irena Tomažin Forces

Once Upon a Time in America    Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin

Ausencia                Dánae Olano

Grace                Ambrose Akinmusire

In a Sentimental Mood    Abdullah Ibrahim

In a Sentimental Mood    John Coltrane

Cores                Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel

A Heart Needs a Home    Richard and Linda Thompson

Heart Game        Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson & John Taylor

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Chapter 2: This One’s From the Heart

Opening Montage            Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle

Opening                    Konrad Sprenger

The Open Door            SUSS

Beethorven’s Opus 132        William Orbit

Orange Claw Hammer        Captain Beefheart

Orphan Girl                Gillian Welch

Osprey                    Bert Jansch

Otorongo                    Abe Rounds

Is There Any Way Out of This Dream    Crystal Gayle

Is Heaven Real                Johnny Dowd

Is There a Way                Joel Lyssarides

 

Chapter 3: Breaking Bottles in the Heartbreak Hotel

Heart and Soul                Joy Division
Heart of Stone                The Rolling Stones

Heartbeat                    The Detroit Cobras

Heartbreak Hotel            The Cramps

Heatwave                 The Jam

Broken English                Marianne Faithful

Broken Bottle                Jon Langford & Sally Timm

This One’s From the Heart    Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle

Heartbreak Hotel            101 Strings

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Chapter 4: These Angels in My Eardrums Can't Tell Bad From Good ‘Cause My Heart’s Too Heavy

Heart’s Too Heavy            John Moreland

Heartaching Blues            Joachim Cooder

Hellzapoppin’                Slim Gaillard

Help Me                    Charlie Musselwhite

Help Me                    Sonny Boy Williamson

Heavy Water                Stacey Jones

Once Upon a Town/Empty Pockets        Tom Waits

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April 24, #322:   

Chapter 1: Watching the Owl on a Beautiful Sunday

Kilik                        Sergio Sorrentino & Luca Sigurta

Owl Song 2                Ambrose Akinmusire

The Beauty of Sundays        Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje 

Mindif                    Abdullah Ibrahim

Pharaoh Sings                Ancient Infinity Orchestra

Kewere                Sam Gendel & Fabiano do Nascimento

Fado das 7 Cotovias        Julio Resende

 

Chapter 2: My Body Was in Trouble on the Tower of Song

Body’s in Trouble            Mary Margaret O’Hara

Bone of Song                Josh Ritter

Tower of Song                Leonard Cohen

The Townie Polka            Lankum

The Toy Trumpet            Raymond Scott

Track Records                Petra Haden

Track Records Premier Drums        The Who

Trafic                    Bernard Gerard

Toys in Ghettos (Pt. 7)        Geiger Von Muller

 

Chapter 3: Trains Now Leaving for Flipsdale, Hipsdale, Jam City, Lattitude, Rattitude, Gay Place and Dada Hall!

The Train                    Lord Buckley

Train in Vain                The Clash

The Train Kept a Rollin’    Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio

Train of Love                The Pogues

Train of Love                Johnny Cash

Train Train                Jessie Mae Hemphill

Mississippi Train            Fred Neil

Freight Train Blues            Bob Dylan

Wabash Canon Ball            Doc and Merle Watson

Fear of Trains                William Elliot Whitmore

Train on the Island            Royer's One Man Band

 

Chapter 4: No Guarantee, No Language and No Peace

No Peace                     The Burning Hell

No Language in Our Lungs    XTC

No One Receiving            Brian Eno

No Guarantee                The Pretenders

No Good Trying            Syd Barrett

No Matter What Shape Your Stomach’s In    The Ventures

No Matter Who You Vote For     The Bonzo Dog Band

No More Fighting            Althea and Donna

No Pp2 Go                Geiger Von Muller

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April 10, #320:   Never Give All the Heart

Chapter 1: The Love Leter: L E T E R

Love Leter                Blectum From Blechdom

Weighted Corner            Ambrose Akinmusire

Krotoa Crystal Clear        Abdullah Ibrahim

Capricho                Sam Gendel & Fabiano do Nascimento

Vira Mais Cinco (Para o Zeca)        Julio Resende

Love Song                Ancient Infinity Orchestra

Love Scene                Duke Ellington

Love Minus Zero/No Limit    Chrissie Hynde

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Chapter 2: Never Give All the Heart for Love Will Hardly Seem Worth Thinking Of

I’m This I’m That            Moondog

Traveling                    Barry The Fish Melton

Four Strong Winds            Neil Young

Never Any Good            Martin Simpson

Netta Perseus                Lankum

Never Again                Richard and Linda Thompson

Never Give All The Heart     The Chieftains, Brenda Fricker & Anúna

Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer        Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves

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Chapter 3: No, I'll Stay, I Wanna Hear My Daughter Laughing

3 AM                    Aditya Prakash

Breonna Taylor (How Many More?)        Heidi Radtke

Stay Right Here            Allison Russell

Turn Around                The Beau Brummels

Dust Storm Dance            Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess

Ahh What Was That?        Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys

Cello Song                Fontaines DC

Vostok 9                    The Gagarins

Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse     Guy Klucevsek & Todd Reynolds

 

Chapter 4: The Dark Beneath the Sea of Cars Wears the Two Black Shoes That Love Forgot

Two Black Shoes            The Handsome Family

Mole in the Ground            John Francis Flynn

Trumpet of the Dead        Magic Tuber Stringband

Paul McCarthy                Mike Viola

XTC vs Adam Ant            Murder By Death

A Love                    The Pretenders

Everyone                    Peter Bufano

Hunting the Wren            Natalie Merchant

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April 3 #319:   April is the Month of Fools

Chapter 1: The Owl and I Were Just Fooling Ourselves

The Arabian Knight            The Manakooras

Barakat                    Abdullah Ibrahim

Owl Song I                Ambrose Akinmusire

Foolin’ Myself                Jon de Lucia

Sandlines                    Samantha Wilson

Big Al                    Adeline Hotel

Arc of the Sun                Ancient Infinity Orch

Foi Boto                Sam Gendel & Fabiano do Nascimento

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Chapter 2: Riding Over the Hills and Far Away With the Fool

The Fool                    Burd Ellen

Ride On                    Christy Moore

Ride Into the Sun            The Velvet Underground

Rider in the Rain            Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely

Ride the Wind to Me        Julie Miller

Ride of the Ruthless        Big Guitars From Texas

Right Now                Gray Montgomery

The Right String But the Wrong Yo Yo    Speckled Red

Right Place Right Time        Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

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Chapter 3: You’re Just a Fool, You Know You’re in Love

A Fool in Love                Ike and Tina Turner

Here Lies a Fool            Draw Pinky

Fool Me Good                Precious Bryant

Chain of Fools                RL Burnside

Shame on You                Jessie Mae Hemphill

Shame on You                Spade Cooley & His Orchestra

Shame on You                Indigo Girls

Shana’s Song                Jeff Lofton

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Chapter 4: I’m Ready to Go, Follow Me: Fools Must Die!

Fools Must Die                The Pretenders

You Can’t Rule Me            Lucinda Williams

You Don’t Love Me            Willie Cobbs

You Drive Me Wild            Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

You Got Me Floating        Jimi Hendrix

You Got What It Takes        Marv Johnson

The Fool                    Quicksilver Messenger Service

Foothammer                Sam Gendel

For an Old Kentucky Anarchist    The Orphans

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March 27, #318: Play Ball: The 8th Annual Baseball Spectacular!

Chapter 1: Going to the Ballgame With Harpo Marx

The Star Spangled Banner    Duke Ellington

Take Me Out to the Ballgame    Harpo Marx

Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball    Count Basie 

Baseball Boogie            Mabel Scott

Baseball Card Lover        Rockin’ Richie Ray

Take Me Out to the Ballgame    Frank Zappa

Clubhouse Stomp            The New York Hawks

Robbie Doby Boogie        Brownie McGhee

The Game for All America    Ernie Harwell

If You Can’t Make a Hit at the Ballgame    National Pastime Orch

The Star Spangled Banner    Jacqueline Schwab

 

Chapter 2: This Game of Baseball is Only One Half Skill

Take Me Out to the Ballgame    Doc and Merle Watson

Hooray for the Cincinnati Reds    Cincinnati Pops Orch

You’ve Got to Have Heart     Damn Yankees Original Cast

Catfish                    Bob Dylan

Right Field                Peter, Paul and Mary

Van Lingle Mungo            Dave Frishburg

DODGERS Song            Danny Kaye

I Feel So Bad                Chuck Willis

The National Game            Cincinnati Pops Orc

Take Me Out to the Ballgame    Jacqueline Schwab

 

Chapter 3: What’s My Opinion of Kingman’s Performance?

Take Me Out to the Ballgame    King Curtis

Tommy Lasorda Talking About Dave Kingman

The Golden Voce of Vin Scully        Dan Bern

The Star Spangled Banner    Wynton Marsalis

Who’s on First                Abbot and Costello

Your Team is Looking Good    The Black Keys

Nolan Ryan He’s a Hero to Us All    Jerry Jeff Walker

America’s Favorite Pastime    Todd Snider

The Star Spangled Banner    Jacqueline Schwab

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Chapter 4: Please Please Let’s Not Have a Rainout

Gee It’s a Wonderful Game    Dodworth Saxhorn Band

Rain Delay                March

3rd Base Dodger Stadium    Ry Cooder

Baseball Baseball            Jane Morgan

Knock it Out the Park        Sam and Dave

That Last Home Run        McKinley Mitchell w/Willie Dixon

Willie Mays is Up at Bat        Chuck Prophet

It’s Baseball Season        Steve Poltz

It’s a Beautiful Day for a Ballgame    Harry Simeone Songsters

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March 13, #316:   

Chapter 1: Old Baldy and the Flying Vegetables

The Fly    Howard Shore And London Philharmonic Orchestra

Equanimity                Ancient Infinity Orchestra

Old Baldy                Adeline Hotel

On the Lake        Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson & John Taylor

Flying                    Herbie Mann

Flying                    The Faces

Flying                     The Beatles

Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse   Guy Klucevsek & Todd Reynolds

The Flying Trapeze/Daisy        Jacqueline Schwab

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Chapter 2: Flying Home With a Big Baboon

[Inspired by Andrew Hickey’s podcast A History of Rock in 500 Songs]

Flying Home                Benny Goodman Sextet    

Doin’ the Suzie Q            Lil Hardin Armstrong

The Walk                    Jimmy McCracklin

Kissa Me Baby                Ray Charles

Reet Petit and Gone        Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Reet Petit                    Jackie Wilson

See You Soon Baboon        Dale Hawkins

The Girl Can’t Help It        Little Richard

Somebody Somewhere        Larry Birdsong

Walkin’ With Mr. Lee        Lee Allen

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Chapter 3: Make Yourself a Happiness Pie

Walkin’ Nerve                Nils Lofgren

Ahh! What Was That!?        Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys

El Bueno y El Mano            Hermanos Gutiérrez

Anaksa                    Heta Bilaletdin

Make it Up                James Elkington

Make it Do                Slim Gaillard

Make Someone Happy        Jimmy Durante

Make Yourself a Happiness Pie  Jack Payne and His Dance Orch

Mambo Italiano            Orchestra Volare

Mambo, Salsa, Guaguanco     Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera

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Chapter 4: Man, Woman and the Empire Brain Building

Man From Omicron            The Mutants

Man vs the Empire Brain Building    Was Not Was

The Man’s So Good            Alice Stuart

Mandinka                    Sinead O’Conner

Mantis                    Abe Rounds

Mardi Gras                Trailer Bride

Mariposa                    Larry Goldings

Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand    Petra Haden

Married Woman’s Boogie        Billy Wright

Mashi                    The Wailers

Mary France                Jean Jacques Perrey

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March 6, #315:   

Chapter 1: Little Moses on the Little Ships With Little Walter

Lochana                Steve Tibbits

In Christ There is No East or West    Leo Kottke

Ely                    Will Ackerman

Little Chili                Adeline Hotel

Michael and Zelah        Ancient Infinity Orchestra

A Little Lost            Group Listening

Little Moses            Justin Adams, Mauro Durante 

The Little Rascals Theme

The Little Ships        Jean Jacques Perrey

Little Walter Rides Again        Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood                

Chapter 2: I Just Turned 16 and I’m Ready for Love

[Inspired by Andrew Hickey’s podcast A History of Rock in 500 Songs]

Right Now            Gray Montgomery

I Shot Mr. Lee            The Bobbettes

Riot in Cell Block #9    Wanda Jackson

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On        Big Maybelle

Down the Line            Jerry Lee Lewis

Don’t Come Back Knockin’    Buddy Holly

Annie Had a Baby            Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

Skip’s Boogie            Kid King’s Combo

Baby Let’s Play House    Arthur Gunter

If You and I Could be Sweethearts    The Varieteers

These Arms of Mine        James Carr

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Chapter 3: Be Careful, My Bongo Beatin’ Baby’s in the House

My Baby                Ken Nordine

Be Careful There’s a Baby in the House        Loudon Wainwright

Stay Up Late            Talking Heads

Boing!                Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys

Boip! Boip!            Slim Gaillard

Bongo Beatin’ Beatnick    Joe Hall & The Corvettes

Rock n Roll is Straight From Hell    Unknown Hinson

Rockin’ in the Free World        Neil Young

Rocket in a Bottle        XTC

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Chapter 4: I’m Glad I’m Not in the Land of Rotten

Rotten Family            The Du Tels

Round the Bend        The Tubs

Rozart Mix            John Cage

Run                    New Order

Run Run Run            Kurt Vile

Run Wild                Guided By Voices

Runaways            XTC

Rusty Cage            Johnny Cash

Sack o Woe            Manfred Mann

Sacred Oracle            John Zorn

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February 28, #314:  

Chapter 1: Hot Fruit and the Perfect Storm

Noise Call and Response I    Rival Consoles

Lilriffriff                    Sam Gendel

Niyama                    Ancient Infinity Orchestra

Hot Fruit                    Adeline Hotel

No Police in the Parade        Peace Flag Ensemble

No Trouble                William Tyler, Luke Schneider

North of Trondheim            Dreamers Circus

Not the Perfect Storm        Anat Fort Trio & Gianluigi Trovesi

Not Dark Yet                Bob Dylan

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Chapter 2: You Knew the Way to Make Me Stay

Two of a Kind                John Kay

Two Ancient Friends        Bill Yates

Old Friends                Steve Earle

Old Lady                    Sinead O’Conner

When I Grow Up            Michele Shocked

When I Look at the World    Lucinda Williams

When I Find My Life            Marianne Faithful

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Chapter 3: The Whining Moon, Wives in Orbit and Woodrow

Whine de Lune                Trailer Bride

White Light White Heat        Ralph Stanley

Who’s Driving Your Plane        The Rolling Stones

Wives in Orbit                The Red Krayola

The Wob                    Time Wharp, CH Rom

Wolf Call                    Lord Dent & His Invaders

Wolfman                    The Bobby Fuller Four

Woodrow        Tom Russell/Gretchen Peters/Little Jack Horton

Deportee: Plane Wreck at Los Gatos    Old Crow Medicine Show

Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh)

                        Woodie Guthrie

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Chapter 4: Doing What You Want

Disappearing                The War on Drugs

Do Whatever the Heck You Want    Rae Spoon

Do Something Different        Brave Combo

Do You Believe                Swamp Dogg

Do You Remember Walter    The Kinks

Dog Howl in Tune            Vivian Stanshall

Dolce                    The Dead Milkmen

Don and Dewey            It’s a Beautiful Day

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February 21, #313:   

Chapter 1: Seeing Yourself Seen and Rejoicing

Refuerzo de Picardia        Telomante

Rejoicing                    Ancient Infinity Orchestra

Seeing Yourself Seen        Adeline Hotel

Seeland                    Group Listening

Beat Angels                Rickie Lee Jones

Rain, Rain        Gregorie Maret, Romain Collin, Bill Frisell

Rain                        Patty Griffin

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Chapter 2: Are You Ready?  We’re Going UFOing

[Inspired by Andrew Hickey’s podcast A History of Rock in 500 Songs]

Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer    Ella Fitzgerald

We’re Going UFOing        Jimmy Durante

The Flying Saucer Part 1        Buchanan & Goodman

Flyin’ Saucers Rock n Roll    Billy Riley & His Little Green Men

Dynamite at Midnight        King Curtis

Red Hot                    Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Mr. Lee                    The Bobbettes

Walkin’ With Mr. Lee        Lee Allen

Let’s Trade a Little            Audrey Bryant

Spoonful                    Etta James

Turn on Your Love Light        Bobby Blue Bland

Can’t Get Through to You    The Honeycombs

Stella By Starlight            Ben Webster

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Chapter 3: Doing the Monkey Walk and the Gorilla Jump

Did You See Her            The Fallen Leaves

Monkey Walk                Arthur Brown, Jimmy Carl Black

You’re Gone                Brothers And Sisters

Too Much Time            Buckwheat Zydeco

Gasoline and Matches        Buddy and Julie Miller

Skipper Eats a Sammich        Crispy Bess

March of the Balloon Animals    Dengue Fever

Six Pack of Sunshine        Ed Sanders

I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight        The French Connection 3

Don’t Owe You a Thang        Gary Clark

It’s No Use Looking at Me    George Formby

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Chapter 4: Eating Ice Cream and Sitting on a Sandwich

Everyone Says I Love You    The Marx Brothers

Tattletale                    Guy Forsyth

Brian Eno                    MGMT

Ice Cream                Battles

Sandwiches of You            Godley and Creme

To Sit on a Sandwich        Brute Force

Sittin’ on a Rubbish Can        Julia Gerity and Her Boys  

Sit Down Baby                Otis Rush

Sittin’ on Top of the World    Howlin’ Wolf

Sitting in the Midday Sun        The Kinks

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February 14, #312:Hey Remember That Valentine’s Day?

Chapter 1: Hey Remember That Valentine’s Day When We Thought Love Was for Sale?

Love For Sale            Oscar Peterson

Love Scene            Duke Ellington

My Funny Valentine        Ella Fitzgerald

Lover Man            Paul Motian and Petra Haden

Love is Blindness        Cassandra Wilson

Every Time We Say Goodbye        Annie Lenox

So In Love                    kd lang

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Chapter 2: Hey Remember That Valentine’s Day When I Asked for a Little Less Conversation?

Directly From My Heart     Little Richard

A Fool in Love            Ike and Tina Turner

A Little Less Conversation    Elvis Presley

Dr. Love                Tom Jones

Love Man                Otis Redding

Soul Shake            Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

You Were on My Mind    We Five

She Shot a Hole in My Soul    Clifford Curry

If I Die Tomorrow I’ve Lived Tonight        Swamp Dogg

Directly From My Heart to You      Frank Zappa / Sugarcane Harris

Traffic                Bernard Gerard

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Chapter 3: I Love You, You Big Dummy

I Love You, You Big Dummy Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

Chain of Fools            RL Burnside

Love’s Made a Fool of You    Stoneground

Valentine                    Bobby Bare

She Never Spoke Spanish to Me    Texas Tornados

Valentine’s Day            Steve Earle

Valentine’s Day            Bruce Springsteen

You Get Brighter            Incredible String Band

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Chapter 4: Hey Remember That Valentine’s Day When Love Got Dangerous?

That Time                Regina Spector

Love Gets Dangerous    Billy Bragg

Love in Her Eyes        Reckless Eric

Things I Won’t Get        FFS

Love is a Gamble        Little Milton

Love Minus Zero        Chrissie Hynde 

Let’s Stay Together        Steve Poltz

Cheek to Cheek        Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald

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February 7, #311:   

Chapter 1: Greeting the Night of Our Solemnities

Benga Taxi                3 Mustaphas 3

Greeting                    Ancient Infinity Orchestra     

Greetings to Idris Moore Songs    Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes

Run                        Nadah El-Shazly

Behold the Night of Our Solemnities    John Zorn Ensemble

Beksul                    Adeline Hotel

Being There                Tord Gustavsen Trio

Bel Ami                    Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia

Belle Doette feat. Tony Tixier        Carlo Muscat

Bernie’s Tune            Gerry Mulligan Quartet w/ Lee Konitz

 

Chapter 2: You'll Never Have to Worry 'Cause You got Lucky Lips

[Inspired by Andrew Hickey’s podcast A History of Rock in 500 Songs]

Bunch O Blues                WC Handy

You Can’t Come In        Tampa Red & His Hokum Jug Band

Keep A Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)

                        Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Keep a Knockin’            Little Richard

Framed                    The Robins

Lucky Lips                Ruth Brown

Send for the Doctor            Doc Pomus

I Don’t Need No Doctor        Joan Osborne

A Mess of Blues            John Hiatt

Viva Las Vegas                Shawn Colvin

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Chapter 3: Gary Ashby Family Tortoise Are You Stuck on Your Back Without Me?

The Driver                Drive By Truckers

Gary Ashby                Dry Cleaning

Astro Boy                    The Du Tels

By My Lonesome            GA 20

Sea Madness                The Jazz Butcher

The Ballad of Long Egg        Shatner’s Bassoon

Tripping at a Party            Los Bitchos

Quiet Village                The Manakooras

Bare Hugg                Manfred Mann

Midi                        Mari Samuelson

Memory and Desire            Laura Cannell

Basic Hip                    Del Close & John Brent

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Chapter 4: The Earth Moves With the Force of a Whirlwind

When the Earth Moves Again    Jefferson Airplane

When the Ship Comes In        The Pogues

When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty    XTC

Where You Get Love        Mathew Sweet

Whirlwind                    Roxy Music

White City                Deer Tick

White Noise                Mogwai

White Trash Raga            The Mermen

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