NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS . . . . . New Teller . . . . . Beserkley Chartbusters
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Crush On You . . . . . The River
FLESH LIGHTS . . . . . Crush On You . . . . . Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010
JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS . . . . . Going Steady . . . . . L.A.M.F.: The Lost '77 Mixes
GIRLS . . . . . Moonlight . . . . . Album
STAR . . . . . Champion Of Love . . . . . Devastator
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . My Lucky Charm . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
MOJAVE 3 . . . . . Kill The Lights . . . . . Puzzles Like You
THE HOLLIES . . . . . Bus Stop . . . . . Hollies - Hollies Greatest Hits
THE RAMONES . . . . . Needles & Pins . . . . . Road to Ruin

SPOON . . . . . Mystery Zone . . . . . Transference
OASIS . . . . . The Turning . . . . . Dig Out Your Soul
THE BEATLES . . . . . Dear Prudence . . . . . The White Album (Remastered)
JOSEPH ARTHUR . . . . . Morning Cup . . . . . Could We Survive (Dig)
WILCO & FEIST . . . . . You And I . . . . . Wilco (The Album)
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE . . . . . Hackensack . . . . . Welcome Interstate Managers
INARA GEORGE . . . . . Bottlecaps . . . . . Bottlecaps

ART BRUT . . . . . The Passenger . . . . . Art Brut vs. Satan
ROBERT POLLARD . . . . . Supernatural Car Lover . . . . . NORMAL HAPPINESS
FOUR VOLTS . . . . . Hat Trick . . . . . Triple Your Work Force
JOHN DOE . . . . . Lean Out Yr Window . . . . . A Year in the Wilderness
THE SOFT PACK . . . . . Tides Of Time . . . . . The Soft Pack
DICK DALE & HIS DEL-TONES . . . . . Misirlu . . . . . The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine
THE OLD 97’S . . . . . Dance With Me . . . . . Blame It On Gravity
ZEEP . . . . . Desert . . . . . People & Things
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD . . . . . Ruth, Roses And Revolvers . . . . . The London Book of the Dead
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Just The Same But Brand New . . . . . Actor

THE BEATLES . . . . . All Things Must Pass . . . . . Anthology 3
PAUL WESTERBERG . . . . . Ghost On The Canvas . . . . . PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys (Amazon.com Exclusive)
THE GRATEFUL DEAD . . . . . China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider . . . . . Europe 72
MARAH . . . . . Songbirds . . . . . Angels of Destruction
ROD STEWART . . . . . Lost Paraguayos . . . . . Never a Dull Moment
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . Up To Our Necks . . . . . Goodnight Oslo
BO DIDDLEY . . . . . You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover . . . . . The Story of Bo Diddley: The Very Best of Bo Diddley

We started off with a bit of romance from Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, and his crush on the new bank teller brought on two tracks that share a title—the first from Bruce Springsteen that apparently was the final song to make it on to The River, and the second a new track from Flesh Lights, who are based in Austin, TX. Their sound has echoes of late '70s bands like the Heartbreakers, and from there it was Girls maintaing the energy while adding additional layers of density to the sound. One from Star had a similar appeal, with Shannon Roberts' breathy vocals feeding nicely into a track from the Postmarks, which was followed by an excellent example of British Invasion-influenced rock from Mojave 3 some forty years after that period in music history was in full flower. Speaking of which, we finished with one from those days by the Hollies followed by the Ramones covering another from that time by the Searchers.

This section began with one from the new Spoon disc that immediately hits a nice groove and holds it throughout. The Oasis tune has a similar feel until the very end, when everything fades away to reveal an acoustic guitar that segued beautifully into the Beatles, and from there both the acoustic feel and the request to share some time was evident in the Joseph Arthur track that followed. Then we heard Wilco joined by Feist acknowledging the ups and downs of a relationship, which led to Fountains of Wayne remembering one that never was and Inara George with a beautiful tune from her last disc that reflects the fragility that often exists there.

Art Brut kicked off this set with a celebration of mass transportation, and then Robert Pollard (more or less) covered the other main means we use to get around. Lots of guitar energy from Four Volts followed and flowed nicely into more of the same from John Doe. A new one from the Soft Pack jacked it up even further, and then we kind of maxed out with Dick Dale's instrumental classic followed by the Old 97's borrowing that guitar sound for a tale of sexual intigue on foreign shores. The setting shifted to sand-filled lands with Zeep, and the cinematic feel of that led to the Real Tuesday Weld with a tune that seems to suggest turning one's life into a film might help sort it out, and then we finished with St. Vincent having made a transition, or at least a partial one.

The final section began with George Harrison's demo of the tune that became the title track to his first solo work after the breakup of the Beatles, and that one's mixture of pessimism and optimism worked well with the Paul Westerberg track that followed. From there it was the Grateful Dead with two songs connected by my favorite transition among the countless number they created in concert over the years, and that brought on one with a rootsy feel from Marah that recalled an old Rod Stewart tune. The horns on that one paved the way for Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 working with the Bo Diddley beat, which is how we made it to the man himself to close things out.

Here's another one from the Hollies