NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
JIMI HENDRIX . . . . . The Star Spangled Banner . . . . . Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock
THE BYRDS . . . . . Chimes Of Freedom . . . . . The Byrds
THE HIGH DIALS . . . . . Morning’s White Vibration . . . . . A New Devotion
AL KOOPER . . . . . Brand New Day . . . . . Easy Does It
DR. DOG . . . . . We All Belong . . . . . We All Belong
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE . . . . . Peace And Love . . . . . Welcome Interstate Managers
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS . . . . . (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding . . . . . Armed Forces
JOE HENRY . . . . . Our Song . . . . . Civilians

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE . . . . . Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher . . . . . Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock
FUNKADELIC . . . . . One Nation Under A Groove . . . . . One Nation Under a Groove
PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH . . . . . All The Places . . . . . The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Good Life
LUSHLIFE . . . . . Another Word For Paradise . . . . . Cassette City
STEVIE WONDER . . . . . Don’t You Worry ’Bout A Thing . . . . . Innervisions
CACHAO Y SU RITMO CALIENTE . . . . . Mungo Mungo Baby . . . . . From Havana to New York
WAR . . . . . Low Rider . . . . . Why Can't We Be Friends?
SANTANA . . . . . Soul Sacrifice . . . . . Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock

THE WHO . . . . . Sparks . . . . . The Kids Are Alright
THE WHO . . . . . Pinball Wizard . . . . . The Kids Are Alright
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS . . . . . Coma Girl . . . . . Streetcore
DAVID BOWIE . . . . . Memory Of A Free Festival . . . . . Space Oddity
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Mr. Tambourine Man . . . . . Bringing It All Back Home
NEIL YOUNG . . . . . Roger And Out . . . . . Living with War
JONI MITCHELL . . . . . Woodstock . . . . . Ladies of the Canyon

This one coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, so we heard a few tunes from some of the bands who played during those three days up at Yasgur's Farm. Even 40 years on, I'm still blown away by the sounds Jimi Hendrix produced on his guitar for his unique rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner"—from the planes screaming across the sky to the exploding bombs to the machine gun fire, he dropped us right into the horrors of the Vietnam War even as we were hearing our nation's national anthem. It is an astonishing juxtaposition of sounds and images. From there we heard a quartet of tunes from the Byrds (covering Bob Dylan), the High Dials, Al Kooper and Dr. Dog that seem to capture the sensations of freedom and community that many people experienced at the festival. Then one each from Fountains of Wayne and Elvis Costello & the Attractions that certainly fit, which led us to Joe Henry and a tune that reflects the unease people have been feeling about the direction of this country in the first decade of the 21st century.

The next section began and ended with tracks from Sly & the Family Stone and Santana; I've always thought their performances were among the best at the entire event and certainly did as much as anything else to boost the careers of those bands. In between we heard Funkadelic with an appropriately titled tune followed by a couple of hip hop tracks—one from the '90s by Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth and another from Lushlife with a similar appeal that just came out last month. From there it was on to Stevie Wonder adding a little bit of Latin funk to the mix, which was followed by Cachao (aka Israel Lopez) with his Cuban-African mashup and War with a big one for them from the mid-'70s.

Another band that put on a powerful show was the Who; they hit the stage in the early morning hours of Sunday an proceeded to play the entire Tommy album, which had been released a few months earlier. We heard a couple of tracks from that performance, and then it was on to tunes from Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros and David Bowie that are both about attending music festivals. Bob Dylan contributed his classic about following your wonderlust, which led to Neil Young from a few years back reminiscing about, among other things, the Hippie Highway, and then Joni Mitchell closed it out with the tune she wrote immediately after Woodstock was over that captured the essence of the whole experience as well as anybody ever has.

Here's another one from the Who