NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE BONZO DOG BAND . . . . . The Intro And The Outro . . . . . Cornology [3CD Set]
JOHN CALE . . . . . Look Horizon . . . . . Hobo Sapiens
FLEETWOOD MAC . . . . . Hypnotized . . . . . Mystery to Me
SPOON . . . . . I Saw The Light . . . . . Transference
WILCO . . . . . Pot Kettle Black . . . . . Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
PAUL WESTERBERG . . . . . Gimmie Little Joy . . . . . PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys (Amazon.com Exclusive)
KEITH RICHARDS . . . . . Yap Yap . . . . . Main Offender

ROBERT JOHNSON . . . . . Burning Love . . . . . Close Personal Friend
MARAH . . . . . Wild West Love Song . . . . . Angels of Destruction
IKE REILLY . . . . . Girls In The Back Room . . . . . Hard Luck Stories
REGULAR . . . . . Parade . . . . . Regular
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Nothing To Hide . . . . . Popular Songs
THE BREEDERS . . . . . It’s The Love . . . . . Mountain Battles
HARLEM . . . . . Beautiful & Very Smart . . . . . Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS . . . . . Good Thing . . . . . Paul Revere & The Raiders - Greatest Hits
COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . In The City . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Viva Las Vegas . . . . . The Essential Bruce Springsteen

CINDERPOP . . . . . A Lesson In Science . . . . . A Lesson in Science
SPARKS . . . . . Talent Is An Asset . . . . . Kimono My House
LEMON JELLY . . . . . Experiment No. 6 . . . . . Lost Horizons
HER SPACE HOLIDAY . . . . . The Good People Of Everywhere . . . . . The Past Presents the Future
VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . . Taxi Cab . . . . . Contra
HARRY NILSSON . . . . . One . . . . . Harry Nilsson - Greatest Hits
NEKO CASE . . . . . Don’t Forget Me . . . . . Middle Cyclone
NICK LOWE . . . . . Bygones (Won’t Go) . . . . . The Convincer
JOHN DOE AND THE SADIES . . . . . Husbands And Wives . . . . . Country Club

THE WATSON TWINS . . . . . Calling Out . . . . . Talking to You Talking to Me
RAUL MALO . . . . . Are We Almost There? . . . . . Today
WILLY DEVILLE . . . . . Carmelita . . . . . Live in Berlin
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Spanish Is The Loving Tongue . . . . . Dylan
THE SOFT PACK . . . . . Mexico . . . . . The Soft Pack
JOSEPH ARTHUR . . . . . Enough To Get Away . . . . . Nuclear Daydream
BADLY DRAWN BOY . . . . . You Were Right . . . . . Have You Fed the Fish
CLEM SNIDE . . . . . Beard Of Bees . . . . . Hungry Bird

Another tune that fit perfectly in the opening position, this time from the Bonzo Dog Band with their hilarious take on the usually mundane "band intro"; the drums on that one fed nicely into a John Cale tune with a similar sense of swing, and then the percussion changed to a snare and hi-hat groove as we moved to an old Fleetwood Mac track that I hadn't heard in a long time. It was conjured up by the Spoon song that followed, which opens up in a similar, yet somewhat slowed down place. The positivity in that one led to Wilco hoping for the same, and then we heard from Paul Westerberg searching for a spark while exhibiting the rhythmic sensibility that always brings to mind Keith Richards.

This set began with an energetic Robert Johnson (who almost joined Keith in the Stones after Mick Taylor left the band) covering Elvis Presley followed by Marah with an exuberant track that flowed into one from Ike Reilly's latest where the girls in the back room hold "the promise of a happy ending right in the palms of their hands." A somewhat confused Regular took the guitars to a crunchy place, followed by Yo La Tengo doing the same into the Breeders dialing it back just a notch while maintaing the energy. The track from Harlem is part of a new collection full of Austin, TX-based bands, and it made a nice bridge to the pop-garage rock of Paul Revere & the Raiders. From there we heard Norway's Cocktail Slippers from their Steve Van Zandt-produced album of garage rock/girl group tunes, and that paved the way for Bruce Springsteen covering the King and bringing us full circle.

A short science lesson from Cinderpop brought on Sparks with one about Albert Einstein that's written from the point of view of his parents. That led to Lemon Jelly and a research endeavor that obviously went awry, which was followed by Her Space Holiday with a social experiment that also didn't quite go as planned. Although they share a similar beat, the Vampire Weekend track that followed seems to be about the end of a relationship, which led to Harry Nilsson reflecting on the universality of where that leaves you. Neko Case covering another Nilsson tune brought on a sad one from Nick Lowe, and then we ended with John Doe and the Sadies covering a Roger Miller composition.

The final section offered some romance in the air with one from the new Watson Twins disc that had a bit of a Latin feel, so we followed that trail through Raul Malo to Willy DeVille covering Warren Zevon to Bob Dylan with a relatively rare track that appears to be a leftover from Self Portrait to a tune from the Soft Pack that is the only departure from the basic rock & roll that defines their new disc. From there it was Joseph Arthur followed by Badly Drawn Boy each taking stock of their respective situations before Clem Snide sent us out with a very pretty little love song.

Here's another one from the Bonzo Dog Band