Show #9

Lost in the Tracks
Show #9

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
September 24, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Rank and File - Amanda Ruth
The Jayhawks - I'd Run Away

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Can't Go Back
Filthy Friends - Any Kind of Crowd
Curtis Harding - On and On
Willie Watson - Samson and Delilah
Brent Cobb - Ain't a Road Too Long
Frankie Rose - Love in Rockets

Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Jerry Lee Lewis - Let's Talk About Us
The Bobby Fuller Four - Let Her Dance
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On the Corner
Old 97's - Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Loretta Lynn - Portland, Oregon (featuring Jack White)

Tommy Bolin - Bustin' Out for Rosie
Linda Ronstadt - Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Warren Zevon - For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer


Hour Two

Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
David Lindley & El Rayo-X - Texas Tango
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Black Van
George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - A Thing About You
Butch Walker - Mixtape

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame
Dee Dee Bridgewater - The Sweeter He Is
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - S.O.B.
Houndmouth - Sedona

Jen Cloher - Forgot Myself
Nikki Lane - Send the Sun
David Bowie - Starman

Merle Haggard - It's All in the Game

Show #8

Lost in the Tracks
Show #8

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
September 17, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

Pearl Jam - The Fixer
My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed
Neko Case - Calling Cards

Derrick Anderson - Send Me Down a Sign
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (featuring Hope Sandoval)
Nellie McKay - It's a Pose
Bruce Springsteen - Without You
Foy Vance - Upbeat Feelgood
James Taylor - September Grass

Neil Young - Powderfinger
Hiss Golden Messenger - Domino (Time Will Tell)
Doc Watson - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Norma Tanega - Treat Me Right
The Mavericks - All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
The Texas Gentlemen - Pain

Husker Du - Books About UFOs
Those Darlins - Wild One


Hour Two

Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - White Man's World
Sade - Why Can't We Live Together
Bedouine - One of These Days
Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Vandoliers - Rolling Out

Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
The Milk - Trouble Gonna Bring Me Down
Bobby Timmons - This Here
Van Morrison - I Believe to My Soul (Live)
Janis Joplin - Half Moon

Elton John - Ballad of a Well Known Gun
Dixie Chicks - Truth No. 2
The Zombies - And We Were Young Again


Show Notes

I think the best of many fine appreciations of Grant Hart written this week was done by Chris Willman for Variety. Your enjoyment will increase 1000% if you have some type of method to neutralize the auto-play ads.

NPR had a fine story on Jessi Zazu, which includes a tribute from critic Ann Powers, who knew her personally.

If you notice any errors during the show, please let me know in a comment. Thanks!

Show #7

Lost in the Tracks
Show #7

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
September 10, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

U2 - Out of Control
Bob Dylan - One Too Many Mornings (Live)
Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Way We Move

Robert Plant - Bones of Saints
Gold Star - Come With Me
Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses
Devon Gilfillian - Here & Now (Live)
Chris Malinchak - Wonderful
Jake Bugg - How Soon the Dawn

Supergrass - Alright
The Kinks - God's Children
John Mellencamp - Minutes to Memories
Carole King - Crying in the Rain (Demo)
Sam Cooke - Lost & Lookin'
Kamasi Washington - Cherokee

Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot


Hour Two

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
Van Williams - Revolution (featuring First Aid Kit)
Pretenders - Kid
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
Sturgill Simpson - Keep It Between the Lines
Phil Cook - Skin and Bone (featuring  Shirlette Ammons & Tamisha Waden)

Jackson 5 - ABC
Lake Street Dive - I Want You Back
Aretha Franklin - Angel
Steely Dan - Bodhisattva

Turnpike Troubadours - The Housefire
Allah-Lahs - Brittany Glasz
Weezer - Photograph
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?

Tom Russell - Goodnight, Juarez


If you notice any errors during the show, please let me know in a comment. Thanks!

Show #6

Lost in the Tracks
Show #6

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
September 3, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

Blitzen Trapper - All Across This Land
Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Alejandro Escovedo - Heartbeat Smile

Chris Hillman - Wildflowers
Iron & Wine - Call It Dreaming
Black Pistol Fire - Lost Cause
Fastball - Love Comes in Waves
Doc Robinson - Slip Away
Valerie June - Astral Plane

Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
The Yardbirds - I'm a Man
Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - Little Liza Jane
Tommy James - Draggin' The Line
Ray Charles - Them That Got
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Right On

Joni Mitchell - Little Green
Julieta Venegas - Andar Conmigo
Marshall Crenshaw - Whatever Way the Wind Blows


Hour Two

George Ezra - Don't Matter Now
The Blues Magoos - (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
Bash & Pop - Bad News

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Natalie Maines - Without You
The Long Ryders - I Had a Dream
Steve Earle - Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) (Live)
Mr Jukes - Grant Green (featuring Charles Bradley)
Stormzy - Blinded By Your Grace

Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball & Tracy Nelson - Sing It
Scott Mulvahill - 20/20 Vision
R.E.M. - King of Birds (Live)
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Talk to Me

Eleanor Friedberger - I Am the Past


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Show #5

Lost in the Tracks
Show #5

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
August 27, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

The Avett Brothers -  Shame
Kelsey Kerrigan - Driving Around
Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Superchunk - Me & You & Jackie Mattoo
The Shelters - Rebel Heart
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears

Pretenders - Holy Commotion
Jain - Makeba
Allen Toussaint - Get Out of My Life, Woman
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - I Need Never Get Old
Talking Heads - Pulled Up

The Everly Brothers - Ventura Boulevard
Buckwheat Zydeco - My Feet Can't Fail Me Now


Hour Two

Courtney Barnett - How to Boil an Egg
Mikal Cronin - Weight
Harry Styles - Two Ghosts
Aimee Mann - Rollercoasters
Pokey LaFarge - Riot in the Streets
Middle Kids - Your Love

Parker Millsap - Pining
Brandi Carlile - Wherever is Your Heart
Bonnie Raitt & John Prine - Angel From Mongomery
The Head and the Heart - All We Ever Knew
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock

Link Wray - Raw-Hide
Ritchie Valens - Come On Let's Go
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
R. L. Burnside - Let My Baby Ride
Poi Dog Pondering - Living With the Dreaming Body


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Show #4

Lost in the Tracks
Show #4

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
August 20, 2017
4 PM - 6 PM

Glen Campbell

I ended this week's show with a little tribute to Glen Campbell by playing his version of Jimmy Webb's "Adios". It's such a perfect farewell song that you might have thought it was specifically written by Webb for Campbell's farewell album. Why, it even seems to make a sly reference to Campbell's stint in the Beach Boys back in the '60s:

Our dreams of endless summer
Were just too grandiose

Surprisingly, though, the song is decades old, making its first appearance on Linda Ronstadt's 1989 Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind album. 

Still, I don't think any version can match Glen Campbell's from here on out. It's the perfect song for this moment. Sentimental, reflective, spare and beautifully sung. A worthy ending to a long enduring career.

Also worth reading:

* Steve Crawford's appreciation of Campbell is the best one I read this week

* In 2015, country critic David Cantwell wrote a nice profile of Campbell in the New Yorker