NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
ROSANNE CASH . . . . . Sea Of Heartbreak . . . . . The List
MIKE NESS . . . . . You Win Again . . . . . Cheating at Solitaire
LITTLE JOY . . . . . Play The Part . . . . . Little Joy
THE CRAMPS . . . . . Lonesome Town . . . . . Off the Bone
THE GROWLERS . . . . . Wandering Eyes . . . . . Are You in Or Out?
THE DOORS . . . . . The Spy . . . . . Morrison Hotel
SPIRAL STAIRS . . . . . Wharf Hand Blues . . . . . The Real Feel
THE TRANGRESSORS . . . . . I’ll Never Get Even With You . . . . . The Transgressors

JOSH ROUSE . . . . . My Love Has Gone . . . . . Nashville
THE RASCALS . . . . . I’ve Been Lonely . . . . . Anthology (1965-1972)
LANGHORNE SLIM . . . . . Say Yes . . . . . Be Set Free
INARA GEORGE . . . . . Can’t Say No . . . . . Can't Say No
SQUEEZE . . . . . If I Didn’t Love You . . . . . Singles 45's and Under
WILCO . . . . . The Thanks I Get . . . . . The Thanks I Get
HONEYDOGS . . . . . For The Tears . . . . . Here's Luck
THE BEATLES . . . . . I Want To Tell You . . . . . Revolver (Remastered)
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Beanbag Chair . . . . . Popular Songs

PINK MARTINI . . . . . Ohayoo Ohio . . . . . Splendor in the Grass
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ’66 . . . . . Chove Chua . . . . . Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi
QUINCY JONES & HIS ORCHESTRA . . . . . Soul Bossa Nova . . . . . Austin Powers: Original Soundtrack
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . No Said This Would Be Easy . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
STEREOLAB . . . . . Chemical Chords . . . . . Chemical Chords
BERTRAND BURGALAT . . . . . Ma Racontre . . . . . The Sssound of Mmmusic
CORNELIUS . . . . . Star Fruits Surf Rider . . . . . Fantasma

GRAHAM PARKER . . . . . Almost Thanksgiving Day . . . . . Your Country
DAN BERN . . . . . Thanksgiving Day Parade . . . . . New American Language
LONNNIE JOHNSON . . . . . Sweet Potato Blues . . . . . Steppin' on the Blues
DEE DEE SHARP . . . . . Mashed Potato Time . . . . . The Best of Dee Dee Sharp 1962-1966
CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA . . . . . A Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl . . . . . A Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Country Pie . . . . . Nashville Skyline
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III . . . . . Thanksgiving . . . . . Career Moves
ARLTO GUTHRIE . . . . . Alice’s Restaurant . . . . . Alice's Restaurant

This program began with a couple of tunes detailing romance on the rocks from Rosanne Cash (with help from Bruce Springsteen) and Mike Ness (doing a nice job on a Hank Williams number). Then we heard an ambivalent Little Joy with what sounds like an old lost Rick Nelson track followed by the Cramps with a very enjoyable cover of one of his best-known tunes. The Growlers offered a track from their new release that conjured up a Doors tune that I hadn't heard in quite some time, and that sounded good feeding into a Spiral Stairs song that brought on one from the Transgressors coming to grips with the fact that revenge is out of the question.

More romantic difficulties ensued, beginning with Josh Rouse suffering the loss of his lover followed by an old favorite from the Rascals that starts in a similar place but leaves us with a happy ending. Langhorne Slim hoping for a similar result was answered by Inara George, and that led to Squeeze detailing a dilemma familiar to far too many people. An indignant Wilco was followed by Honeydogs reflecting on the aftermath of a breakup; that song has an end bit that always recalls the fade on the the Beatles track that came next, and from there we heard Yo La Tengo to close out this section.

Pink Martini kicked off this set with an instrumental infused with Latin rhythms, so that set us off down a trail that included an old favorite from Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 and a Quincy Jones track that has come to be associated with the Austin Powers movies more than anything else. That's how we came to the Postmarks with a track that has a certain espionage thriller soundtrack flair, which can also be said of the Stereolab tune that followed. Then it was on to some French Pop from Bertrand Burgalat that segued rather neatly into a track from Cornelius off his very entertaining late '90s release that I was introduced to by my brother.

SInce this show was available during Thanksgiving, we closed out with some appropriate tunes from Graham Parker, Dan Bern, Lonnnie Johnson, Dee Dee Sharp, Cab Calloway, Bob Dylan and Loudon Wainwright III. Finally, my Thanksgiving isn't complete without hearing from Arlo Guthrie, so that's what we did to bring down the curtain.

Here's another one from the Cramps