February 21, 2025 Playlist

It was Flag Day. It was also National Bourbon Day and Father’s Day Weekend. It was a week when we lost two giants within three days of each other: Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. We set out to address all of these issues in song and were sailing along when the gremlins intervened. That’s why there’s two links to this show: check out the first two hours by clicking here, and the final hour by clicking here.

• SLY & THE FAMILY STONE I Want to Take You Higher
• CHUCK BERRY Dear Dad
• THE DRACU-LAS Fever Dream
• SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Run Baby Run
• SPUTNIK THE BAND Theme from A Summer Place
• BROTHER DYNAMITE Shine
• STEELY DAN Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More
• GARLAND JEFFREYS 14 Steps to Harlem
• GRACE POTTER Love is Love
• THE ORIGINAL ALICE COOPER BAND Wild One
• GYASI Nightcrawl
• METAL BYRDS Sidewinder
• JOHN MOORE Answered Prayer
• SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS This Land is Your Land
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN American Land
• CAT STEVENS Father to Son
• LIVVA JONES Same Page
• DAN CORIO BAND Rolling Away
• STAIND Zoe Jane
• SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Hot Fun in the Summertime
• SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Everyday People
• SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Dance to the Music
• THE BEACH BOYS God Only Knows
• THE BEACH BOYS Wouldn’t It Be Nice
• THE BEACH BOYS Good Vibrations
• MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Come On Angels
• CANCION FRANKLIN Lady of the Immaculate Blues
• BOURBON BROTHERS Uncle Jack
• FLIES ON FIRE Hello Mr. Daniel
• CHRIS STAPLETON Tennessee Whiskey
• AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE Old Number 7
• WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Father’s Day
• CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT This Modern Age
• YOUR HETEROSEXUAL VIOLENCE House Outside the World
• THICK Mother
• THE ATARIS The Saddest Song
• SIMPLE PLAN Perfect
• DAN REED NETWORK Rainbow Child
• BRIAN WILSON Love and Mercy

We opened this edition of the program with a scintillating selection from underappreciated funk/soul/rock innovators, Mandrill. From there, we embarked on a playlist that reflected our unwavering commitment to exposing you to lesser-known artists while keeping you engaged by mixing in a smattering of those you’re more familiar with. The show is available to restream by clicking here.

• MANDRILL Two Sisters of Mercy
• BOZ BOORER with EDDIE ARGOS Girl from Atlanta
• RINGO STARR Photograph
• HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF Alibi
• BROTHER DYNAMITE The Girl’s in Love
• HEADPINS Don’t It Make Ya Feel
• JON SPENCER Come On!
• BLACK ROSE BURNING Black Sun Saturday
• BUDOS BAND Overlander
• WARREM ZEVON A Certain Girl
• SUGAR RAY Falls Apart
• ROCKPILE Teacher Teacher
• KILLDEER Lost in Webster Hall
• THE STYLISTICS Stone in Love with You
• JOHN MELLENCAMP Key West Intermezzo
• WILLY DEVILLE I Can Only Give You Everything
• MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Dominoes
• CANCION FRANKLIN Just Made Rent
• DAN CORIO BAND Used to Love the Rain
• POISON Something to Believe In
• OUR OWN YOKOS Crash
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Badlands
• VOLBEAT Time Will Heal
• ‘TIL TUESDAY Coming Up Close
• LISA SCHERMA Lesson Learned
• R.L. BURNSIDE Someday Baby
• CHI COLTRANE Thunder and Lightning
• TEMPLE OF THE DOG Hunger Strike
• THE KNIGHT SHADES Mover!
• HIS LORDSHIP I Live in the City
• THE STROKES You Only Live Once
• SPUTNIK THE BAND Northern Lights
• THE WHO The Song is Over
• WILLIE NILE The Day the Earth Stood Still
• THE PARALLEL LINES Dream Girl
• SOUND SIREN Washed Hands
• FINNEAS Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa
• SON VOLT Livin’ in the U.S.A.
• DEZO WILLIAMS Warmer Weather