November 5 Playlist: Open Airwaves with Brewster Moonface

Bandmates (and soulmates) Jim Scott and Julie Notwicz joined us in the studio for MPR’s Open Airwaves series, which this month celebrates and explores Gospel, Soul, Jazz and Blues. They performed three songs from their latest album, closing with a show-stopping rendition of “House of The Rising Sun”. They also grooved along to this blues-centric playlist. If you missed it, click on the link here!

  • LONG JOHN BALDRY Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll
  • BUDDY GUY Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues
  • STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Say What!
  • BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY Piece of My Heart
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Same Old Mistake (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Statesboro Blues
  • SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS Midnight Rider
  • GARY CLARK JR. Come Together
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Tin Woman (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • ETTA JAMES I’d Rather Go Blind
  • SUSAN TEDESCHI It Hurts So Bad
  • U2 & B.B. KING When Love Comes to Town
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Broken Pieces of New York City (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • GARY MOORE Still Got the Blues for You
  • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Midnight Special
  • JOHN LEE HOOKER Boogie Chillen
  • MUDDY WATERS Mannish Boy
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE House of the Rising Sun (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • DANNY GATTON Funky Mama

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