NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE ANIMALS . . . . . House Of The Rising Sund . . . . . Talking to You Talking to Me
THE WATSON TWINS . . . . . Midnight . . . . . Talking to You Talking to Me
MIKE BLOOMFIELD AND AL KOOPER . . . . . Mary Ann . . . . . Live Adventures Of Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper
THE BLACK KEYS . . . . . So He Won’t Break . . . . . Attack and Release
EELS . . . . . Gone Man . . . . . End Times
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . It’s All Over Now . . . . . 12 X 5
MIKE NESS . . . . . Don’t Think Twice . . . . . Cheating at Solitaire
ROSANNE CASH . . . . . Heartaches By The Number . . . . . The List

VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . . Holiday . . . . . Contra
IKE REILLY . . . . . Girls In The Back Room . . . . . Hard Luck Stories
THE KINKS . . . . . Where Have All The Good Times Gone . . . . . Greatest Hits
PAUL WESTERBERG . . . . . Gimme Little Joy . . . . . PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys (Amazon.com Exclusive)
ROD STEWART . . . . . Every Picture Tells A Story . . . . . Every Picture Tells a Story
LANGHORNE SLIM . . . . . Cinderella . . . . . Be Set Free
EXENE CERVENKA . . . . . Walk Me Across The Night . . . . . Somewhere Gone
CHUCK BERRY . . . . . You Never Can Tell . . . . . Reelin' & Rockin': The Very Best of Chuck Berry
RINGO STARR . . . . . Who’s Your Daddy . . . . . Y Not

SPOON . . . . . Trouble . . . . . Transference
NICK LOWE . . . . . So It Goes . . . . . Jesus of Cool
THE CLEANERS FROM VENUS . . . . . Julie Profumo . . . . . Golden Cleaners
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . What You Is . . . . . Goodnight Oslo
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE . . . . . Medicine Show . . . . . This Is Big Audio Dynamite
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG . . . . . Greenwich Mean Time . . . . . Irm
WILCO . . . . . Heavy Metal Drummer . . . . . Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
STEREOLAB . . . . . Cellulose Sunshine . . . . . Chemical Chords

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS . . . . . Jamming . . . . . Exodus
JAMES BROWN . . . . . Make It Funky, Pt. 1 . . . . . Star Time (4CD)
BINKY GRIPTITE & THE MELLOMATICS . . . . . The Stroll, Pt. 2 . . . . . Daptone Gold
JERRY DALLMAN AND THE KNIGHTCAPS . . . . . The Bug . . . . . Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS . . . . . The Dada Polka . . . . . Realism
JOE MEEK . . . . . Telstar . . . . . Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 1-2
THE CAESARS . . . . . In Orbit . . . . . Strawberry Weed
THE ONLY ONES . . . . . Another Girl, Another Planet . . . . . Teenage Kicks
THE PLIMSOULS . . . . . A Million Miles Away . . . . . Everywhere at Once
THE BYRDS . . . . . Eight Miles High . . . . . The Byrds
THE APPLES IN STEREO . . . . . Seems So . . . . . Tone Soul Evolution

The just-released Watson Twins disc has a tune that conjured up the Animals first big hit from 1964, so after reversing them to start the show we heard a nice blues number from Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper followed by another from the Black Keys. One from the new Eels disc "inspired" by Mark Oliver Everett's recent divorce brought on some early Rolling Stones covering a Bobby Womack song, and the idea that's it time to move on was echoed in the Bob Dylan track covered by Mike Ness, which brought us to Rosanne Cash (with some help from Elvis Costello) and one more cover, this time a Ray Price song about being played like a puppet by a cruel-hearted lover.

This portion of the program began with a new Vampire Weekend tune written with the Iraq war in mind, and that led to a new Ike Reilly track that touches on various people, including a war veteran who comes back a little damaged. From there we heard the Kinks asking a musical question that seems to occur to all of us at one time or another, and then it was on to Paul Westerberg on kind of the same thing. Rod Stewart then had to take quite a journey to find his joy, and Langhorne Slim followed with a song for his best girl set to some driving piano. The same can be found in the Exene Cervenka tune that followed, and then it was Chuck Berry with one of his later hits that features some prominent piano from the the great Johnnie Johnson. Finally, we heard a new one from Ringo Starr along with Joss Stone that features Ringo with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

The next set began with a new one from Spoon with some nice energy to it that seemed to flow nicely into the Nick Lowe track that followed. We then moved from no one knowing where it's going to Martin Newell and the Cleaners From Venus going to England to find himself, and followed that with some thoughts on identity from Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3. That brought on Big Audio Dyanamite peddling a cure for whatever ails you, and the beats on that one flowed nicely into a new one with some surreal lyrics from Charlotte Gainsbourg (co-written with Beck) and then on to a nice bit of reminiscence from Wilco before Stereolab closed it out.

The finale kicked off with an irresistible groove set by Bob Marley and the Wailers and then moved into a more funkified place with James Brown followed by Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics. Since the Stroll is/was a dance, we heard another dance tune from Jerry Dallman and the Knightcaps, which brought on a new step from the Magnetic Fields. The distinctive sound of that one reminded me of Joe Meek's original demo of a tune he wrote that ended being a big instrumental smash for the Tornados; he recorded the track in his home studio and his vocalizing has always reminded me of a guy humming along to a tune he hears in his head while in the shower. Telstar was the first telecommunications satellite when it was launched in 1962, so we followed the outer space thought with the Caesars into an old favorite from the Only Ones. That one always segues nicely into the Plimsouls, and from there we heard a classic from the Byrds before the Apples in Stereo describing a UFO sighting brought down the curtain.
Here's another one from Ike Reilly