NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . All Summer Long . . . . . Friends/20/20
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III . . . . . Summer’s Almost Over . . . . . T Shirt/Final Exam
THE DOORS . . . . . Summer’s Almost Gone . . . . . Waiting for the Sun
FOO FIGHTERS . . . . . Summer’s End . . . . . Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Summer Days . . . . . "Love and Theft"
BILLY GRAMMER . . . . . Gotta Travel On . . . . . Very Best of Billy Grammer - Gotta Travel On
JIMMY REED . . . . . Big Boss Man . . . . . Found Love
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Factory . . . . . Darkness on the Edge of Town
THE STRAWBS . . . . . Part Of The Union . . . . . Bursting at the Seams

THE BEATLES . . . . . Sun King . . . . . Abbey Road (Remastered)
FLEETWOOD MAC . . . . . Albatross . . . . . English Rose
YO LA TENGO . . . . . More Stars Than There Are In Heaven . . . . . Popular Songs
DESTROYER . . . . . My Favourite Year . . . . . Trouble in Dreams
DAVID BOWIE . . . . . Heroes . . . . . Heroes
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN . . . . . Think I Need It To . . . . . The Fountain

MARAH . . . . . Walt Whitman Bridge . . . . . If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry
BLACK WHALES . . . . . Young Blood . . . . . Origins
BEN KWELLER . . . . . Walk On Me . . . . . Sha Sha
LANGHORNE SLIM . . . . . Say Yes . . . . . Be Set Free
JOSH RITTER . . . . . Next To The Last Romantic . . . . . The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
THE IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION . . . . . Charcoal Days And Sterling Nights . . . . . We Belong to the Staggering Evening
ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . Sulphur To Sugarcane . . . . . Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS . . . . . Four Or Five Times . . . . . Alive & Lickin'

TAKEN BY TREES . . . . . Anna . . . . . East of Eden
LAL MERI . . . . . Dreams Of 18 . . . . . Lal Meri
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . The Girl From Algenib . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
HER SPACE HOLIDAY . . . . . The Weight Of The World . . . . . The Past Presents the Future
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES . . . . . In Ear Park . . . . . In Ear Park
JULIAN PLENTI . . . . . Skyscraper . . . . . Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
AK-MOMO . . . . . Time For The Muse . . . . . Return to N.Y.

This was the Labor Day Weekend edition of Lucky Dog Radio, so we heard a trio of tunes about work from Jimmy Reed, Bruce Springsteen and the Strawbs to close out the set. Labor Day also signals the unofficial end of Summer, which is why the likes of the Beach Boys, Loudon Wainwright III, the Doors, Foo Fighters, Bob Dylan and Billy Grammer were also part of this opener.

The next section began with a remastered Beatles track that makes even more apparent just how amazing their harmonies truly were, and we followed it with the Fleetwood Mac track that directly influenced John Lennon when he was creating "Sun King." Yo La Tengo was next with a new track that starts in a similarly serene place and then builds in intensity with the addition of some guitar that recalled Robert Fripp on David Bowie's "Heroes." The Destroyer track that followed evoked a similar response, and after hearing from Bowie we finished with the new single from Echo and the Bunnymen, which also has a bit of that Frippian guitar.

A bit of folk-rock from Marah looking back at a past relationship with some regret combined with bitterness started this set and led to Black Whales at more of a crossroads, as was Ben Kweller. A new one from Langhorne Slim that's burrowed into my brain has a more hopeful tone, and from there it was Josh Ritter and Ike Reilly with a couple of tunes about guys who like to play the field, so to speak. Elvis Costello followed with perhaps the ultimate version of that kind of tale before Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks finished up with a tune that dates back to the late 1920s.

Taken by Trees has been Victoria Bergsman's continuing project since leaving the Concretes in 2006, and the sounds on her new disc reflect her decision to record these tunes in Pakistan. Lal Meri maintained the MIddle Eastern rhythmic appeal, and then we heard the Postmarks with one from their new disc that introduced something of a film score feel to the mix. Her Space Holiday provided one more with prominent beats, and the quieter aspects of that tune opened the way for the swirling acoustic-based beauty of Department of Eagles. Finally, a new one from Julian Plenti that opens in a similar place and then builds to a fuller groove brought the distinctive sounds of AK-Momo to close out this program.

Here's another one from the Doors