NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE TEMPTATIONS . . . . . Cloud Nine . . . . . The Ultimate Collection
POCKET W/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK . . . . . Surround Him With Love . . . . . Surround Him With Love
DEEE-LITE . . . . . Groove Is In The Heart . . . . . The Very Best of Deee-Lite
JAMES BROWN . . . . . Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine . . . . . Star Time (4CD)
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS . . . . . Be Easy . . . . . 100 Days, 100 Nights
KEITH RICHARDS . . . . . Hate It When You Leave . . . . . Main Offender
MARVIN GAYE . . . . . I Heard It Through The Grapevine . . . . . Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits [1976]

FEIST & BEN GIBBARD . . . . . Train Song . . . . . Dark Was the Night
THE PENTANGLE . . . . . I've Got A Feeling . . . . . Sweet Child
M. WARD . . . . . Rave On . . . . . Hold Time
THE BEATLES . . . . . Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues . . . . . Anthology 3
T-BONE WALKER . . . . . T-Bone Blues . . . . . T-Bone Blues
THE RACONTEURS . . . . . You Don't Understand Me . . . . . Consolers Of The Lonely
ROD STEWART . . . . . My Way Of Giving . . . . . Gasoline Alley
THE WALKMEN . . . . . Louisiana . . . . . A Hundred Miles Off
ZACHARY RICHARD . . . . . Ma Louisanne . . . . . Zack's Bon Ton

THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . I Just Wasn't Made For These Times . . . . . Pet Sounds
BERTRAND BURGALAT . . . . . Biscarrose . . . . . The Sssound of Mmmusic
LESLEY GORE . . . . . California Nights . . . . . Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows: The Best of Lesley Gore
STEREOLAB . . . . . The Ecstatic Static . . . . . Chemical Chords
HARRY NILSSON . . . . . One . . . . . Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology
NEKO CASE . . . . . Don't Forget Me . . . . . Middle Cyclone
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Sign On The Window . . . . . New Morning
ELVIS PERKINS . . . . . Hours Last Stand . . . . . Elvis Perkins in Dearland
RACHAEL YAMAGATA . . . . . Pause The Tragic Ending . . . . . Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart (2 CD)

COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
BLONDIE . . . . . Sunday Girl . . . . . Parallel Lines
THE RAMONES . . . . . I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend . . . . . Ramones
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . 7-11 . . . . . By-the-Numbers
THE CRYSTALS . . . . . Then He Kissed Me . . . . . Best of the Crystals
MEAT LOAF . . . . . You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth . . . . . Bat Out of Hell
MARY WEISS . . . . . Dangerous Game . . . . . Dangerous Game
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND . . . . . Thunder Road . . . . . Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)

This program's opener began and ended with tunes featuring Uriel Jones on drums, who passed away recently at 74 years of age. He was one of the drummers with the Funk Brothers, which was the house band at Motown during the '60s and early '70s, meaning they were the musicians on all the hits that came out during that time. The Funk Brothers didn't get the name recognition they should have back in the day, but that changed for the better after the film documentary on them appeared in 2002 and they went on tour soon afterword. So it was the Temptations to start, with the first track featuring Dennis Edwards after he replace David Ruffin in the group. From there it was a new tune by Richard Jankovich (aka Pocket), who will be releasing a series of singles over the course of this year in which he will work with a varying cast of musicians; this first one features Robyn Hitchcock on vocals. The danceable rhythms on that one comjured up Deee-Lite, and then it was on to James Brown and one of those tracks where he's having a conversation with his band throughout. Some more r&b/funk from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings last one led to Keith Richards working in something of an Al Green mode, which seemed to flow quite nicely into Marvin Gaye to finish up.

The next section started with the collaboration between Feist and Ben Gibbard that's part of the two-disc set that appeared back in February featuring an expansive roster of artists who all donated their efforts to raising awareness and funds for the continuing battle to someday eradicate HIV. The acoustic feel of that track flowed well into one from the Pentangle, which in turn meshed nicely with M. Ward's totally rethought approach to an old Buddy Holly tune. Then it was the Beatles with a bluesy approach to another tune popularized by Holly followed by the sublime blues of T-Bone Walker. The Raconteurs sounding an awful lot like the Faces led to Rod Stewart from his second solo disc covering a Small Faces tune, with the members of the Faces accompanying him on the track. That one's organic sound brought to mind the Walkmen, who were followed by Zachary Richard with a tune about the same place that brought a welcome shot of zydeco to the proceedings.

The Beach Boys at one of their creative peaks from 40-odd years ago led to some 21st century French pop by Bertrand Burgalat that certainly captures a bit of that wistful feel heard in the Lesley Gore track that followed. I also hear a bit of Beach Boys in the Stereolab tune, which ends on a keyboard rhythm that segued perfectly into an early one from Harry Nilsson. Then it was Neko Case with a heartfelt cover of a different Nilsson tune featuring Garth Hudson of the Band on piano, which brought on Bob Dylan from the days when he was living in Woodstock (not too long after he spent countless hours jamming with the Band up there). From there it was a desperate Elvis Perkins off his latest disc feeding into Rachael Yamagata trying to stave off the inevitable.

Cocktail Slippers are a five-woman band from Norway who have connected with Steve Van Zandt for their upcoming new disc; the appealing title track has a number of influences buried inside, some more obvious than others, and it's safe to say that Blondie falls in the former category. New York City compatriots the Ramones followed with a sweet one from their self-titled debut (all those years ago), and then it was the Postmarks covering the boys from Queens on last year's disc full of other people's tunes. The nod to Phil Spector's teenage anthems brought on the real McCoy from the Crystals followed by Meat Loaf in full-blown Wall of Sound regalia. And then it was Mary Weiss from her excellent comeback disc of a few years back flowing into Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, of course including Miami Steve, to bring down the curtain.

Here's another one from the Funk Brothers w/ Joan Osborne (from the documentary)