Featured Songs/Topics By Release Year

2024

• Ain’t That Peculiar
• The Best Album Runs of All Time
• “Can’t You See” Playlist
• “Could You Repeat That?” Playlist
• Charley Crockett @ The State Theater
• Hey Tonight! Playlist
• “I Love Music” playlist
• Knower @ Portland House of Music
• Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga “Die With a Smile”
• Over/Under Playlist
• Best of Keith Richards
• Melvin Seals & JGB @ The Capitol Theater
• Spoken Song Starters Playlist
• Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.
• Kamasi Washington “Prologue”
• Best Songs With Whistling
• Uncovering the Covers

2023

• A Change In The Wenner
• Alright, Alright, Alright Playlist
• Bands of Brothers
• Best Live Albums of All Time
• Best Opening Guitar Riffs Ever
• Best Opening Guitar Riffs (More)
• Cover Me Playlist
• Greatest Cover Version Ever
• Greatness of David Bowie Playlist
• Iris Dement “Workin’ On A World”
• Daniel Donato “Hi-Country”
• Happy Playlist
• Nonsense Titles Playlist
• Seven Days Playlist
• Shinyribs “Little Drops of Summer”
• Songs in Commercials
• Songs of Thanks & Giving
• Turnpike Troubadours @ The Beacon Theater
• Colter Wall “Evangelina”
• The Worst Song of All Time

2022

• A Certain Girl Playlist (Part I)
• A Certain Girl Playlist (Part II)
• A Certain Girl Playlist (Parts III & IV)
• A Certain Girl Playlist (Part V)
• A Certain Girl Playlist (Part VI)
• A Certain Girl Playlist (Part VII)
• All The Flowers Of The Mountain Playlist
• American Aquarium “All I Needed”
• Art’s Rocking Blues Playlist
• Backup Singers Quiz
• Backup Singers Quiz (Part Two)
• Best Male/Female Duets
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Travelin’ Band” Documentary
• Dancing Days Are Here Again Playlist
• Dancing Days Are Here Again (Again) Playlist
• Best Fictional Band Movie Songs
• The 10 Best Rock Frontmen
• J&R Music World
• The 10 Greatest New Orleans Music Artists
• On The Road Again Playlist
• Real Rock Names Quiz
• Shep’s Top 10 Story Songs
• Billy Strings @ The State Theater
• Take The Highway Playlist

2021

• Jon Batiste “Freedom”
• The Beatles “Get Back”
• Best American Bands
• Christmas Playlist
• Eric Clapton’s “New” Album
• Eric Clapton “This Has Gotta Stop”
• The Cold Stares “Prosecution Blues”
• A.J. Croce “Nothing From Nothing”
• Bo Diddley Beat Playlist
• Dumpstaphunk “United Nations Stomp”
• Halloween Playlist (I Put A Spell On You)
• Most Perfect Albums
• Silk Sonic “Leave The Door Open”
• Tedeschi Trucks Band @ The Beacon

2020

• Another Covid 19 Playlist
• The Covid 19 Playlist
• Charley Crockett “Run Horse Run”
• Maxshh “Song For Dad”
• New Orleans Playlist
• Rookie “I Can’t Have You But I Want You”
• Whitney Rose “In A Rut”
• Joe Russo’s Almost Dead “Bertha”
• Soul Glo “(Quietly) Do The Right Thing”
• Chris Stapleton “Arkansas”

2019

• Tyler Childers “Ever Lovin’ Hand”
• Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul “Superfly Terraplane”
• Joel Paterson “Michelle”
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd “I Want You”
• Tedeschi Trucks Band “I’m Gonna Be There”
• Mike Zito “Wee Wee Hours”

2018

• American Aquarium “Tough Folks”
• American Aquarium “The World Is On Fire”
• Brandi Carlile “The Joke”
• Louis Cole “F It Up”
• Neko Case “Bad Luck”
• Daddy “Pissed Off at the World”
• Greta Van Fleet “When The Curtain Falls”
• JP Harris “JP’s Florida Blues #1”
• Hozier “Nina Cried Power”
• Marcus King Band “Where I’m Headed”
• Lucero “For The Lonely Ones”
• Parker Millsap “Fine Line”
• Tundrastomper “For Flies Only”

2017

• Gregg Allman “My Only True Friend”
• Dan Baird & Homemade Sin “Licka Sense”
• Drive-By Truckers “The Perilous Night”
• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Cumberland Gap”
• The Lone Bellow “Time’s Always Leaving”
• Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real “Find Yourself”
• Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real “Just Outside Of Austin”
• Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real “Set Me Down On A Cloud”
• Raelyn Nelson Band “Sold”
• Chris Shiflett “Sticks & Stones”
• Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “Heal Me”
• Chris Stapleton “Midnight Train To Memphis”
• Chris Stapleton “Tryin’ To Untangle My Mind”
• Trombone Shorty “Here Come The Girls”
• Tundrastomper “Myth Of Slop”

2016

• Band of Heathens “Trouble Came Early”
• Blackberry Smoke “Let It Burn”

2015

• Eryn Allen Kane “Piano Song”
• Low Cut Connie “Shake It Little Tina”
• Whitey Morgan & The 78’s “Waitin’ ‘Round To Die”
• Kamasi Washington “Change of the Guard”
• The White Buffalo “Modern Times”
• The White Buffalo “Modern Times” (Dance Week)

2014

• Mike Farris “Mercy Now”
• Darlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
• Tony Molina “Walk Away”
• Old 97’s “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive”
• Brian Setzer “Let’s Shake”

2013

• Kelly Clarkson “Underneath The Tree”
• New Orleans Playlist

2012

• Gary Clark, Jr. “When My Train Pulls In”
• Alejandro Escovedo “Bottom Of The World”
• Cee Lo Green “Run Rudolph Run”
• Willie Nelson “Roll Me Up”
• The Sheepdogs “The Way It Is”
• Paul Thorn “Bull Mountain Bridge”

2011

• Black Keys “Lonely Boy”
• Dawes “A Little Bit Of Everything”
• Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues”
• Amos Lee “Windows Are Rolled Down”
• Tedeschi Trucks Band “Midnight In Harlem”
• Lucinda Williams “Buttercup”

2010

• Alejandro Escovedo “Faith”
• Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
• Guster “Do You Love Me”
• Janelle Monae “Tightrope”

2009

• Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”
• Phish “Kill Devil Falls”
• Rush “Limelight” – scene from “I Love You Man”

2008

• My Morning Jacket “I’m Amazed”

2007

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Georgia On My Mind”

2006

• Bottle Rockets “Better Than Broken”
• Bottle Rockets “Happy Anniversary”
• Raul Malo “At Last”
• OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
• Corinne Bailey Rae “Put Your Records On”

2005

• Beth Hart “Am I The One”
• Shooter Jennings “4th Of July”
• Weezer “Beverly Hills”

2004

• Albert Cummings “Man On Your Mind”
• Guitar Shorty “Get Busy”
• Matthew Sweet “Morning Song”

2003

• Supagroup “What’s Your Problem”
• Warren Zevon “Disorder In The House”

2002

• The Donnas “Take It Off”
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “The Last DJ”
• Bruce Springsteen “Countin’ On A Miracle”
• Bruce Springsteen “Mary’s Place”
• Los Straitjackets “Here Comes Santa Claus”

2001

• Cake “Short Skirt / Long Jacket”
• Fatboy Slim “Weapon Of Choice”
• The Gourds “Gin And Juice”
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Blowin’ In The Wind”
• Kermit Ruffins “Drop Me Off In New Orleans”
• Steve Winwood “I’m Ready”

2000

• Kentucky Headhunters “Dry Land Fish”
• Southern Culture On The Skids “Liquored Up And Lacquered Down”
• Bruce Springsteen “Land Of Hope And Dreams”

1999

• The Wild Magnolias “All On A Mardi Gras Day”

1998

• Bottle Rockets “I’ve Been Dying”
• Fatboy Slim “The Rockafeller Skank” (The Dungeon)

1997

• Foo Fighters “Monkey Wrench”
• The Hellecasters “Mad Cows At Ease”
• Elliott Smith “Miss Misery”

1996

• Barbecue Bob and The Spareribs “Swamp Thing”
• Counting Crows “A Long December”

1995

• Los Straitjackets “Fury”
• The Mavericks “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down”
• Oasis “Champagne Supernova”
• Oscar Peterson “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

1994

• Charles Brown “I Stepped in Quicksand”
• Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
• R.E.M. “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?”

1993

• Billy Joe Shaver “I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal”
• Dwight Yoakam “Fast As You”

1992

• King Missile “Detachable Penis”
• Johnny Winter “Life Is Hard” (Anthony Bourdain)

1991

• Albert Collins “Iceman” (The Lone Star Cafe)
• Buddy Guy – “Damn Right I Got The Blues”
• B.B. King “I’m Moving On”
• Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes “It’s Been A Long Time”
• Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes “I’ve Been Working Too Hard”
• Johnny Winter “Illustrated Man”

1990

• Gary Moore “Still Got The Blues”
• Social Distortion “Ball and Chain”

1989

• Gatemouth Brown “Born In Louisiana”

1988

• The Godfathers “Birth, School, Work, Death”
• Jeff Healey “See The Light”
• Leon Redbone “Frosty The Snowman”

1987

• Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom “Chicken Fried Snake”
• X “4th Of July”

1986

• Robert Cray “Smoking Gun”
• Lone Justice “I Found Love”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Like A Rock”
• The Smithereens “Behind The Wall Of Sleep”
• Stevie Ray Vaughan “Superstition”

1984

• Buckwheat Zydeco “Zydeco Boogaloo”
• Don Henley “Boys of Summer”
• Bruce Springsteen “Glory Days”

1983

• Molly Hatchet “Fall of the Peacemakers”
• Jason & The Scorchers “Absolutely Sweet Marie”
• Bob Marley “Give Thanks and Praises”
• Stevie Ray Vaughan “Love Struck Baby”
• Stevie Ray Vaughan “Testify”

1982

• Diner “Strip Joint Piano Scene”
• Fabulous Thunderbirds “My Babe”
• INXS “Don’t Change”
• The Nighthawks “Destination”

1981

• The Blasters “American Music”
• The Kinks “Better Things”
• David Lindley “Mercury Blues”
• Little Queenie & The Percolators “My Darlin’ New Orleans”
• Rush “YYZ”
• Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Old Time Rock and Roll”

1980

• AC/DC “Hells Bells”
• Professor Longhair “Big Chief”
• The Pretenders “Mystery Achievement”
• Rockpile “Heart”
• Squeeze “Another Nail in My Heart”

1979

• Blackfoot “Highway Song”
• Elvis Costello “Accidents Will Happen”
• Eagles “Those Shoes”
• Jefferson Starship “Jane”
• Supertramp “Breakfast in America”
• Led Zeppelin “Fool In The Rain”

1978

• Big Star “Thank You Friends”
• The Cars “Bye Bye Love”
• Dire Straits “Down To The Waterline”
• Dr. John “Such A Night”
• Little Feat “Dixie Chicken”
• Van Morrison “Wavelength”
• Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”
• Rolling Stones “Before They Make Me Run”
• Son Seals “Funky Bitch”
• George Thorogood “It Wasn’t Me”
• Van Halen “Ice Cream Man”

1977

• Pablo Cruise “Whatcha Gonna Do”
• Robert Gordon “Red Hot”
• Dan Hill “Sometimes When We Touch”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd “I Know A Little”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd “That Smell”
• Steely Dan “Deacon Blues”
• Dennis Wilson “River Song”

1976

• The Band “I Shall Be Released”
• David Bowie “Stay”
• Jackson Browne “Daddy’s Tune”
• J. Geils Band “Musta Got Lost”
• Hall & Oates “Back Together Again”
• Ian Hunter “All American Alien Boy”
• Brothers Johnson “I’ll Be Good To You”
• Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “The Fire Down Below”
• Starbuck “Moonlight Feels Right”
• Thin Lizzy “Jailbreak”
• Tom Waits “The Piano Has Been Drinking”

1975

• Earth, Wind & Fire “Gratitude”
• Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes “Wake Up Everybody”
• The Outlaws “There Goes Another Love Song”
• War “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”
• ZZ Top “Blue Jean Blues”

1974

• Average White Band “Work To Do”
• William DeVaughn “Be Thankful for What You Got”
• George Harrison “Ding Dong, Ding Dong”
• Ohio Players “Fire”
• Rolling Stones “Dance Little Sister”

1973

• The Doobie Brothers “Long Train Runnin'”
• Electric Light Orchestra “Showdown” (Farrelly Brothers)
• J. Geils Band “(Ain’t Nothin’ But A) House Party”
• George Harrison “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”
• Isley Brothers “That Lady”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd “Freebird”
• Marshall Tucker Band “Ramblin’”
• Pink Floyd “Great Gig In The Sky”
• Slade “Merry Xmas Everybody”
• Bruce Springsteen “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
• Steely Dan “Bodhisattva”
• The Who “The Real Me”
• ZZ Top “La Grange”

1972

• America “Ventura Highway”
• Apollo 100 “Joy”
• Badfinger “Baby Blue”
• The Flying Burrito Brothers “Six Days on the Road”
• Al Green “Let’s Stay Together”
• The J.B.’s “Pass The Peas”
• King Harvest “Dancing in the Moonlight”
• Poco “A Good Feelin’ To Know”
• Rolling Stones “Rip This Joint”
• Rod Stewart “You Wear It Well”

1971

• The Doors “L’America”
• Focus “Hocus Pocus”
• Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds “Don’t Pull Your Love”
• Freddie King “Going Down”
• Jim Pepper ‘Witchi Tai To’
• Rolling Stones “Dead Flowers”
• Hound Dog Taylor “Give Me Back My Wig”
• Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine”

1970

• Beatles “I’ve Got A Feeling”
• Booker T. & The M.G.’s “Time Is Tight”
• Chicago “Wake Up Sunshine”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Molina”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Run Through the Jungle”
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Almost Cut My Hair”
• Grateful Dead “Box Of Rain”
• George Harrison “All Things Must Pass”
• Gordon Lightfoot “If You Could Read My Mind”
• Van Morrison “I’ve Been Working”
• Simon & Garfunkel “Cecilia”
• Cat Stevens “Father and Son”

1969

• Allman Brothers Band “Trouble No More”
• The Beatles “All Together Now”
• Joe Cocker “With a Little Help from My Friends”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Tombstone Shadow”
• The Guess Who “No Time”
• Richie Havens “Freedom”
• The Hollies “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”
• The Meters “Cissy Strut”
• Wilson Pickett “Hey Jude”
• Ten Years After “I’m Going Home”

1968

• The Human Beinz “Nobody But Me”
• Tommy James & The Shondells “Crimson and Clover”
• Cliff Nobles & Co. “The Horse”

1967

• Cream “SWLABR”
• Erma Franklin “Piece Of My Heart”
• The Kinks “David Watts”
• Gladys Knight & The Pips “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

1966

• Beach Boys “God Only Knows”
• The Lovin’ Spoonful “Summer In The City”
• Billy Stewart “Summertime” (Farrelly Brothers)
• The Temptations “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”

1965

• Beatles “Run For Your Life”
• The Knickerbockers “Lies”

1964

• Beach Boys “Don’t Worry Baby”
• The Beatles “I Feel Fine”
• Bob Dylan “My Back Pages”

1963

• Dave Clark Five “Glad All Over”

1962

• Booker T. & the M.G.’s “Green Onions”

1961

• Aretha Franklin “Today I Sing The Blues”

1959

• Jimmy Reed “Take Out Some Insurance”

1958

• Link Wray “Rumble”

1957

• Little Richard “Keep A-Knockin’”

1954

• The Hawketts “Mardi Gras Mambo”

1947

• Louis Armstrong “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans”