NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
PATRICK WOLF . . . . . Overture . . . . . The Magic Position
ROXY MUSIC . . . . . Do The Strand . . . . . For Your Pleasure
THE BUDOS BAND . . . . . Ghost Walk . . . . . Daptone Gold
HARRY BELAFONTE . . . . . Jump In The Line . . . . . Very Best of Harry Belafonte
VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . . Run . . . . . Contra
THE HELIO SEQUENCE . . . . . Back To This . . . . . Keep Your Eyes Ahead
PINK MARTINI . . . . . Ninna Nanna . . . . . Splendor in the Grass
THE BEATLES . . . . . Ringo’s Theme . . . . . A Hard Day's Night
RINGO STARR . . . . . The Other Side Of Liverpool . . . . . Y Not

THE SOFT PACK . . . . . Pull Out . . . . . The Soft Pack
SONIC YOUTH . . . . . Malibu Gas Station . . . . . The Eternal
TELEVISION . . . . . See No Evil . . . . . Marquee Moon
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS . . . . . Midnight Man . . . . . Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
DEEP PURPLE . . . . . Hush . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 9
STEAM . . . . . Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) . . . . . Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1969
THE AVALANCHES . . . . . Since I Left You . . . . . Since I Left You

HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS . . . . . Trouble . . . . . Through the Devil Softly
JOHN CALE . . . . . Wasteland . . . . . Black Acetate
DAVID BOWIE . . . . . Weeping Wall . . . . . Low
YO LA TENGO . . . . . By Twos . . . . . Popular Songs
GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . Fine For Now . . . . . Veckatimest
DEREK AND THE DOMINOS . . . . . Little Wing . . . . . Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
MARIANNE FAITHFULL . . . . . Dear God Please Help Me . . . . . Easy Come, Easy Go

BEN E. KING . . . . . Stand By Me . . . . . The Incredible Soul Collection
THE WATSON TWINS . . . . . Tell Me Why . . . . . Talking to You Talking to Me
MINK DEVILLE . . . . . Just Your Friends . . . . . Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Be True . . . . . Tracks (4CD)
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . Swans . . . . . My Maudlin Career
THE SEARCHERS . . . . . Don’t Throw Your Love Away . . . . . The Very Best of the Searchers
THE CLIENTELE . . . . . Share The Night . . . . . Bonfires on the Heath
WILLIE BOBO . . . . . Lisa . . . . . Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi

After a suitable opening tune from Patrick Wolf we moved on to one from the band that usually comes to mind when I play his stuff, and that Roxy Music track was the first of a dance-releated trio that followed. The next one by the Budos Band has a title that sounds like a dance, and it certainly is something of a toe-tapper (to quote Professor Kelp), and then we heard Harry Belafonte with an invitation to jump in and join the fun. The new Vampire Weekend tune that was next shares the same irresistable beat, and that led to one with an equally infectious rhythm by the Helio Sequence. From there Pink Martini brought us to more of an intimate place with a track that sounds as if it belongs in a 1960's European movie, which was followed by an instrumental from the first Beatles film A Hard Day's Night. It accompanied the sequences when Ringo Starr went off on his own for a bit of "parading" near the end of the move, and that led to Ringo from his new record remembering pre-Beatles times with friends in his home town.

This section began in guitars, bass and drums mode with the Soft Pack offering one from their new disc that advocates California's seccession from the U.S., which brought Sonic Youth taking on the machinery of Pop Culture followed by Television embracing the immediacy of the here and now. The music then took an ominous turn with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds flowing into Deep Purple's first big success with the wolf howling at the beginning. The Na Na Na Na's on that one were also crucial to the Steam song that followed, which came out in late 1969, about 18 months after the Deep Purple tune. The flowing nature of Steam's only hit is echoed in the title track from the Avalanches debut, which is where this set shut down.

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions kicked off this chunk of the show with one of her dreamy specialties, and that led to John Cale working from a similar place, although with an added cinematic sweep that was contrasted by the interior feel of the David Bowie instrumental that followed. Yo La Tengo maintained the mood, and then we heard Grizzly Bear with one that begins with angelic-like voices and ends with some guitars that segued beautifully into Derek and the Dominos interpretation of a Jimi Hendrix tune, one of my favorite covers of all time. A harrowing version of a Morrissey tune by Marianne Faithfull provided one more cover to finish off the set.

This one's finale began with an old Ben E. King favorite that came to mind after I first heard the new Watson Twins track that followed. The urban romance continued with Mink DeVille followed by Bruce Springsteen, with that B-side sharing some musical details with the Camera Obscura tune we heard next. From there it was an old British Invasion gem by the Searchers into one by the Clientele that combines the Searchers vocal harmonies with some guitar that has something of a funky Latin appeal, which is how we ended up with Willie Bobo to bring down the curtain.

Here's another one from Ringo Starr