Here’s the playlist for 1-7-2025, a show in which I paid tribute to Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary and had The New Pornographers as the featured artist:
Hour 1
- Bill Lloyd, “Working the Long Game” [Working the Long Game (2021)]
- Dwight Twilley Band, “I’m on Fire” [Sincerely (1976)]
- Budgie, “Quacktor and Bureaucrats” [If I Were Britannia I’d Waive the Rules (1976)]
- Flamin’ Groovies, “32-20” [Teenage Head (1971)]
- Van Duren, “Bear with Me All the Way” [Idiot Optimism (1999)]
This Day in Music
- The Go-Gos, “We Got the Beat” [The Big Stiff Box Set (1980/2007)]
- Earth Quake, “Kicks” [Leveled (1977)]
- Pink Floyd, “The Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” [The Wall (1979)]
- Bobby Sutliff, “Indiana Wants Me” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970 (2022)]
- Sex Pistols, “Rock Around the Clock” [The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle (1979)]
Hour 2: Songs about food
- Louis Jordan, “Saturday Night Fish Fry (Pts. 1 & 2)” [Blowing the Fuse (1949)]
- John Pinette, “Chinese Buffet/You Go Now” [Show Me the Buffet (2000)]
- Led Zeppelin, “Hot Dog” [In Through the Out Door (1979)]
- The Archies, “Hot Dog” [Sugar Sugar (1969)]
- David Lee Roth, “Hot Dog and a Shake” [Skyscraper (1988)]
- Don Imus, “1200 Hamburgers to Go” [1200 Hamburgers to Go (1972)]
- The Guess Who, “Road Food” [Road Food (1974)]
- Jimmy Buffet, “Cheeseburger in Paradise” [Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978)]
- John Pinette, “The Toaster” [Still Hungry (2011)]
- Gary U.S. Bonds, “Soul Food” [The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds (1962/1990)]
New Music Express
- Mr. Big, “Good Luck Trying” [Ten (2024)]
- Motorists, “Phone Booth in the Desert of the Mind” [Touched By the Stuff (2024)]
- Lucinda Williams, “I’ve Got a Feeling” [Lucinda Williams Sings the Beatles from Abbey Road (2024)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, “I Can’t Quit You Baby” [The Diary of a Band (2007)]
- John Mayall, “The Last Time” [A Hard Core Package (1977)]
- John Mayall, “Worried Mind” [Moving On (1972)]
Featured artist: The New Pornographers
- The New Pornographers, “Play Money” [Whiteout Conditions (2017)]
- The New Pornographers, “This Is the World of the Theater” [Whiteout Conditions (2017)]
- The New Pornographers, “The Surprise Knock” [In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019)]
- The New Pornographers, “Colossus of Rhodes” [In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019)]
- The New Pornographers, “Last and Beautiful” [Continue As a Guest (2023)]
Hour 3
- The Kinks, “Life on the Road” [Sleepwalker (1977)]
- Cactus, “Brother Bill” [Cactus (1970)]
- Savoy Brown, “Don’t Do It Baby, Do It” [Savage Return (1978)]
- Phish, “Contact” [Junta (1988)]
- Piper Cub, “Chance” [7-inch single (1995)]
- Peter Paul and Mary, “Puff the Magic Dragon” [The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (1963/2005)]
More songs about food:
- The Fools, “Psycho Chicken” [Sold Out (1980)]
- The Pretty Things, “Onion Soup” [Freeway Madness (1972)]
- Green Jelly, “Food Fight” [Triple Live Mother Goose (1989)]
- John Hammond, “Barbecue Blues” [Big City Blues (1964)]
- Adam Sandler, “Food Innuendo Guy” [They’re All Gonna Laugh At You (1993)]
And a tribute to Peter Yarrow:
- Peter Paul and Mary, “The Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life)” [The Very Best of Peter Paul and Mary (1967/2005)]
- Peter Paul and Mary, “Day Is Done (Live/single version)” [The Very Best of Peter Paul and Mary (1969/2005)]
And here’s the show:
