NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Here To Fall . . . . . Popular Songs
BECK . . . . . Paper Tiger . . . . . Sea Change
JULIAN PLENTI . . . . . Fly As You Might . . . . . Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
JOHN LENNON . . . . . Well Well Well . . . . . John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
SPOON . . . . . Got Nuffin . . . . . Got Nuffin
WILCO . . . . . I’m The Man Who Loves You . . . . . Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

JAMES DICKINSON . . . . . Last Night I Gave Up Smoking . . . . . Free Beer Tomorrow
JERRY LEE LEWIS . . . . . What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) . . . . . Killer Country
JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . A Fool Such As I . . . . . Country Club
GIANT SAND . . . . . Out There . . . . . proVISIONS
CAROLYN MARK & NQ ARBUCKLE . . . . . All Time Low . . . . . Let's Just Stay Here
EVAN DANDO & SABRINA BROOKE . . . . . Summer Wine . . . . . Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON . . . . . Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) . . . . . The Essential Kris Kristofferson
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN . . . . . The Flame That Burns . . . . . Sunday at Devil Dirt
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Wild Horses . . . . . Sticky Fingers

JOE HENRY . . . . . Channel . . . . . Blood from Stars
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Save Me From What I Want . . . . . Actor
RADIOHEAD . . . . . These Are My Twisted Words . . . . . These Are My Twisted Words
JOY DIVISION . . . . . Heart And Soul . . . . . Closer
JOHN CALE . . . . . Heartbreak Hotel . . . . . Slow Dazzle
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . Yesterday’s Tomorrows . . . . . The Hungry Saw
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS . . . . . Tell Me . . . . . 100 Days, 100 Nights
WILSON PICKETT . . . . . Midnight Hour . . . . . Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits

DAVID BOWIE . . . . . Slip Away . . . . . Heathen
KNIGHT BERMAN, JR. . . . . . This Little Transistor . . . . . A Score For Tesla: Music from the film Megahertz
THE CARS . . . . . Moving In Stereo . . . . . The Cars
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . Don’t Know Till You Try . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . Hang On To Your Ego . . . . . Pet Sounds
MARIANNE FAITHFULL . . . . . Hold On Hold On . . . . . Easy Come, Easy Go
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Ballad Of A Thin Man . . . . . The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"

Kicking it off this time around was a track from the new Yo La Tengo disc that has a bit of a psychadelic feel and features some "Madman Across the Water" strings, much like the Beck tune that followed. Then we heard Julian Plenti from his new album with one that has some jagged electric guitar, which seemed to feed nicely into the stripped down rock of John Lennon from his first solo disc. Spoon took a similar approach for their latest track from a few months back, and the guitar on that one conjured up Wilco to finish off this opener.

James Dickinson passed away recently; he was a keyboard guy who in addition to releasing his own discs also produced some real fine records, most notably with Big Star and the Replacements. We heard a favorite from his 2002 album that bears a certain resemblance to a Jerry Lee Lewis tune, and from there it was John Doe & the Sadies with their take on a song that's probably most associated with Elvis. Giant Sand followed with one of Howe Gelb's dry, dusty desert tunes, which led to a new one with a similar feel from Carolyn Mark accompanied by the Canadian band NQ Arbuckle. One of the progenitors of this kind of sound was Lee Hazlewood; here we heard Evan Dando and Sabrina Brooke covering one of his classics, followed by Kris Kristofferson with one of his big ones from way back when.The mood was maintained by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, and then it was the Rolling Stones with Jim Dickinson on piano to close out this section.

The next set began in a disfunctional place with Joe Henry from his latest flowing into St. Vincent trying to keep her own best self-interest in mind. A new one from Radiohead that's set in the middle of a painful breakup was followed by Joy Division's Ian Curtis attempting to save his marriage. Then we heard John Cale's harrowing take on another song best associated with Elvis followed by Tindersticks realizing the fork in the road has been reached. The soulful sound on that one brought on Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings looking for a little reassurance, which Wilson Pickett was happy to provide.

The finale offered a lovely David Bowie tune to start that melded beautifully into a piece from Knight Berman, Jr.'s soundtrack to the film Megahertz. Then we heard the Cars with one of my favorites from their first disc, and the dislocation hinted at in that one was answered by the Postmarks from their terrific new disc. The Beach Boys followed with the original version of what eventually became "I Know There's An Answer" when Pet Sounds was completed, and then it was Marianne Faithfull covering a Neko Case tune that covers the same general territory bringing us to Bob Dylan  from the infamous 1966 show in Manchester, England, to bring down the curtain.

Here's another one from Spoon