NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE PRETENDERS . . . . . My City Was Gone . . . . . Learning to Crawl
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS . . . . . Moonland . . . . . Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
EELS . . . . . Fresh Blood . . . . . Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
SPOON . . . . . Eddie’s Raga . . . . . Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
BECK . . . . . Orphans . . . . . Modern Guilt
THE KINKS . . . . . This Is Where I Belong . . . . . The Kink Kronikles
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . Up To Our Necks . . . . . Goodnight Oslo
THE RUTLES . . . . . Love Life . . . . . The Rutles

THE BEATLES . . . . . I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party . . . . . Beatles for Sale (1990)
HANK WILLIAMS . . . . . I Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind . . . . . The Best of Hank Williams
CHRIS ISAAK . . . . . It Wouldn’t Be The Same Without You . . . . . Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . Changing Partners . . . . . Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
NICK LOWE . . . . . Long Limbed Girl . . . . . At My Age
UB40 . . . . . Come Back Darling . . . . . The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000
NORMA FRAZIER . . . . . The First Cut Is The Deepest . . . . . The Best of Studio One, Vol. 2: Full Up
THE TREMELOES . . . . . Here Comes My Baby . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 6
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . Honey In The Sun . . . . . My Maudlin Career

NICK DRAKE . . . . . Place To Be . . . . . Pink Moon
MITCHELL FROOM . . . . . A Lullaby . . . . . A Thousand Days
HER SPACE HOLIDAY . . . . . The Great Parade . . . . . The Past Presents the Future
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD . . . . . Last Words . . . . . The London Book of the Dead
ST. VINCENT . . . . . The Strangers . . . . . Actor
STUART MURDOCH . . . . . Come Monday Night . . . . . God Help The Girl
FONTELLA BASS . . . . . Rescue Me . . . . . Genius! - The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
RAY CHARLES . . . . . Unchain My Heart . . . . . Genius! - The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
JAMES HUNTER . . . . . Hand It Over . . . . . The Hard Way
MINK DEVILLE . . . . . Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl . . . . . Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection

GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . About Face . . . . . Veckatimest
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Fourth Time Around . . . . . I'm Not There
BOOKER T. . . . . . She Breaks . . . . . Together Through Life
BOB DYLAN . . . . . I Feel A Change Comin’ On . . . . .
BETTYE LAVETTE . . . . . The Last Time . . . . . Scene of the Crime
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . The Last Time . . . . . Out of Our Heads
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Angela . . . . . Further Complications
ROBERT POLLARD . . . . . I’m A Widow . . . . . From a Compound Eye

This time out the emphasis at the start was on rhythm, with an old Pretenders tune that lent both its prominent beat and an opening line to the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds track that followed. The claustrophobic feel of that one was echoed in one from the new Eels disc, and from there it was Spoon opening up the sound somewhat, and then on to Beck with one that moved from a more complex rhythmic appeal to a lightness that conjured up late-'60s Kinks by the time it was over. From there Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 married a Bo Diddley beat with a bit of psychedelia and some punchy horns that conjured up the Rutles in all their Pre-Fab Four glory.

Having heard the alternate universe Beatles to close out the previous set, it seemed reasonable to return to the time and space we all know and love through the original Lads from Liverpool. The subject of missed connections in that one set the tone for all that followed, and its country tinge led to a Hank Williams favorite, which was followed by Chris Isaak taking a crack at an early Elvis Presley Sun Records side. Then it was a different Elvis covering a tune originally done by Bing Crosby feeding into one by Nick Lowe that has a touch of reggae, even though it's essentially a country number. That's how we made the jump to UB40, which then led to an old Studio One track from down in Kingston, Jamaica, with Norma Frazier covering a Cat Stevens song. Another Cat Stevens tune did quite well for the Tremeloes in early 1967, and that was followed by Camera Obscura from their terrific new disc to finish up.

This section opened with Nick Drake struggling to escape the black space in which he found himself; the spare acoustic sound of that one was then offset by a lovely solo piano piece by Mitchell Froom, which flowed nicely into a Her Space Holiday track that begins with a bit of piano but then quickly shifts to the soft electronic beats typical to HSH. From there it was the Real Tuesday Weld with a sad song about the end of a situation, perhaps a love affair, which led to a new track from St. Vincent that definitely appears to be about the same thing. The possibility of something better was introduced by Stuart Murdoch, featuring Catherine Ireton on vocals, who he found through an audition process he held while working on his latest project. The bass line on that one immediately calls to mind Fontella Bass's big 1965 hit, which led to Ray Charles from a couple of years later, James Hunter incorporating a bit of Mr. Charles into a track from last year's disc and Mink DeVille with the track from their first album that made people want to know more.

The final portion of the program began with a nicely flowing Grizzly Bear tune that felt like it was in 3/4 time, even if it really wasn't, so it brought to mind Yo la Tengo's cover of Bob Dylan's waltz from Blonde on Blonde. Then we had Booker T. on the Hammond B3 accompanied by the Drive By Truckers and Neil Young followed by my favorite from Mr. Dylan's new disc. The Drive By Truckers put in another appearance after that, this time accompanying Bettye LaVette on a track that shares a title with an old Rolling Stones tune. The guitars and energy of that track fed into a new one from Jarvis Cocker and on to the prolific Robert Pollard from a few years back to bring down the curtain.

Here's another one from the Rutles