NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
KENNY RANKIN . . . . . I’ve Just Seen A Face . . . . . Song for You
THE BEATLES . . . . . Real Love . . . . . Anthology 2
GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . I Live With You . . . . . Veckatimest
THE SHINS . . . . . The Past And Pending . . . . . Oh, Inverted World
EELS . . . . . That Look You Give That Guy . . . . . Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
THE WOODEN BIRDS . . . . . Bad . . . . . Magnolia
NEIL YOUNG . . . . . Old Man . . . . . Harvest

NICK LOWE . . . . . Poor Side Of Town . . . . . The Convincer
THE EVERLY BROTHERS . . . . . Cathy’s Clown . . . . . All-Time Original Hits
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . Swans . . . . . My Maudlin Career
TEENAGE FANCLUB . . . . . Falling Leaves . . . . . Man-Made
THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL . . . . . Six O’clock . . . . . The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits
THE MINDERS . . . . . Accidental Joy . . . . . It's a Bright Guilty World
THE FOO FIGHTERS . . . . . Big Me . . . . . Foo Fighters
NEKO CASE . . . . . People Got A Lotta Nerve . . . . . Middle Cyclone
A.C. NEWMAN . . . . . The Heartbreak Rides . . . . . Get Guilty

JARVIS COCKER . . . . . I Never Said I Was Deep . . . . . Further Complications
SNAKEFINGER . . . . . The Model . . . . . Greener Postures/Chewing Hides the Sound
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND . . . . . All Tomorrow’s Parties . . . . . The Velvet Underground & Nico
SONIC YOUTH . . . . . Massage The History . . . . . The Eternal
IT HUGS BACK . . . . . Soon . . . . . Inside Your Guitar
WILCO . . . . . Radio Cure . . . . . Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

ART BRUT . . . . . Mysterious Bruises . . . . . Art Brut vs. Satan
THE SPECIALS . . . . . Friday Night Saturday Morning . . . . . The Singles Collection
JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . Night Life . . . . . Country Club
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY . . . . . Keeping On . . . . . Slowly But Surely
DEER TICK . . . . . Houston, TX . . . . . Born On Flag Day
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Early Morning Rain . . . . . Self Portrait
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS . . . . . It Hurts To Be Alone . . . . . Causes 2
KING CURTIS . . . . . Soul Serenade . . . . . Soul Shots: 60's Soul Classics

Upon hearing of Kenny Rankin's recent passing, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge his life and career. His music takes me back to the early '70s, when freeform radio was still available on the commercial FM dial and the Kenny Rankins of the world were stretching my listening boundaries. He was especially noted for his interpretations of Beatles music, which did reimagine the tunes he chose in ways that were virtually unprecedented up to that time. We began with one from his last disc and followed it with one of the two tracks created by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr on top of John Lennon demos from the mid-to-late '70s that, considering the circumstances, ended up sounding remarkably like the Beatles. From there it was Grizzly Bear with a tune featuring a short synthesizer intro that recalls mid-period Beatles, and then it was the Shins shifting the emphasis of the previous tunes from love in bloom to regret and despair. A new one from Eels brought on a touch of wishful envy, followed by the Wooden Birds lamenting what could have been; that one sounds enough like Neil Young's old classic that I couldn't resist hearing them back to back to finish up.

The next section began with Nick Lowe's remake of an old Johnny Rivers tune flowing into one of the Everly Brothers biggest hits, which was conjured up by the Camera Obscura track that followed. Sometimes that happens upon first listen, but in this case it was only after living with the new disc for awhile that the Everly Brothers tune popped into my brain. From there we had Teenage Fanclub with a tune featuring something of a staccato keyboard hook that segued beautifully into an old Lovin' Spooful favorite that is built on a very similar rhythm, except it's on guitar. The Minders followed with a nice of bit of energetic pop that bears a certain resemblance to the Foo Fighters track that followed, which led to a couple of tracks from the New Pornagraphers personnel who earlier this year put out solo discs.

This section only contained six tracks, and the first three grew out of Jarvis Cocker's assessment of himself, which led to Snakefinger covering a Kraftwerk tune followed by the Velvet Underground with Nico intoning Lou Reed's lyrics about the lives and times he observed in the mid-'60s at Andy Warhol's Factory. From there the emphasis shifted to sound, as an extended Sonic Youth track that ebbs and flows gave way to It Hugs Back in more of an ambient mode and Wilco occupying a similar place while in search of a remedy for what ails.

A couple of tunes from Art Brut and the Specials about the effects of hard partying and late nights kicked off this final section, and then it was John Doe & the Sadies covering Willie Nelson looking at it all from the perspective of many years down the road. The trebly twang they gave that one was echoed in the Holly Golightly track that followed as she offered a chance to start over, and then Deer Tick maintained the sound even as they decided that moving on was the better alternative. Bob Dylan covering Gordon Lightfoot injected a mood of lonely isolation, and then it was Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings emphasizing the lonely with an old-school soul ballad that flowed perfectly into an old instrumental hit from King Curtis to close this one out.

Here's another one from King Curtis