The Return of Irregular Eighties Fridays

For today only, another set of eighties music to get you through your Friday and into the weekend. This week's regular broadcast will resume on Saturday.

1. Prince - Starfish and Coffee (2:50)
2. Scritti Politti - Perfect Way (4:33)
3. UB40 - Come Out to Play (3:15)
4. The Beat/ The English Beat - Too Nice To Talk To (3:07)
5. Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers (5:34)
6. The B-52S - Deadbeat Club (4:56)
7. The Sundays - You're Not the Only One I Know (3:51)
8. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (3:36)
9. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (5:13)
10. Spandau Ballet - True (5:38)
11. Culture Club - Miss Me Blind (4:32)
12. Pet Shop Boys - Two Divided by Zero (3:34)
13. ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now (3:33)
14. Simple Minds - Ghost Dancing (4:44)
15. U2 - Party Girl (3:21)
16. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (1994 Digital Remaster) (4:05)
17. Depeche Mode - Sacred [Live at Pasadena Rose Bowl, June 18, 1988] (5:12)
18. Violent Femmes - Add It Up [#][Live] (6:13)
19. Madness - One Step Beyond (3:32)
20. The Specials - International Jet Set (4:09)
21. Scritti Politti - The Word Girl (4:24)
22. Erasure - Chorus (4:27)
23. Madonna - Who's That Girl (3:58)
24. Yello - Sometimes (Dr. Hirsch) (3:35)
25. Berlin - Metro (4:19)
26. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! (4:12)
27. The Cure - Just Like Heaven (3:32)
28. Midnight Oil - Warakurna (4:37)
29. The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (4:19)
30. Shelleyan Orphan - Muddied-Up (5:17)
31. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (3:48)
32. U2 - "40" (3:45)
33. Marillion - Childhoods End? (4:32)
34. Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy (5:03)
35. The Cult - Brother Wolf Sister Moon (6:47)
36. The Sisters of Mercy - Flood II (6:46)
37. INXS - Don't Change (4:28)
38. The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter (2:47)
39. Big Country - Harvest Home (4:23)
40. Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again (4:31)
41. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (5:29)

(Eighties 2)

This Week in the Shack

This week's set is a repeat of the soul set that ran the week of April 19 last year. However, the calendar is once more up to date, including dates for several additional artists: Jimi Lee, W.C. Clark, Omar & The Howlers, and The White Ghost Shivers. I also intend to have another one-day set this Friday. Next week, we'll return with a new program of country, Piedmont, and Delta blues and Americana.

This Week in the Shack

A return to blues this week, as I recover from bluesSHOUT and get ready to DJ at Kick Butt Blues this Friday. I'll try to get the calendar current this week and will do another one-day eighties show either this Friday or next.

1. James Cotton/Johnny Winter/Muddy Waters - Black Cat Bone/Dust My Broom [#] (5:53)
2. Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [*] (5:17)
3. Malford Milligan Band - Shake 'Em On Down (3:13)
4. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Worried Life Blues (3:08)
5. Alfred Harris - Blues and Trouble (2:51)
6. Little Walter - Quarter to Twelve (3:10)
7. Fleetwood Mac - Jumping At Shadows (Live) (4:48)
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - The Things (That) I Used to Do (4:54)
9. Long John Baldry - Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (4:11)
10. John Hammond, Jr. - Come on in This House (3:58)
11. Memphis Slim - Wind Gonna Rise (4:05)
12. Lowell Fulson - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (2:37)
13. Asylum Street Spankers - Asylum Street Blues (5:15)
14. Guy Forsyth - God Moves on the Water (3:37)
15. Koko Taylor - Insane Asylum (4:22)
16. Big Bill Broonzy - Leavin' Day (3:01)
17. Dinah Washington - Good Daddy Blues (2:25)
18. Count Basie/Joe Turner - Honey Hush (2:39)
19. Nina Simone - Backlash Blues (2:31)
20. Maria Muldaur - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (3:33)
21. Sunnyland Slim - Tin Pan Alley (3:48)
22. Tom Waits - Jitterbug Boy (3:44)
23. Eric Bibb - No More Cane On The Brazos (5:01)
24. Rory Block - I Let My Daddy Do That (2:15)
25. Teresa James And The Rhythm Tramps - Eieio (3:53)
26. Marcia Ball - Louella (6:27)
27. Eden Brent - Fried Chicken (3:55)
28. Shorty Long - Richland Woman (2:52)
29. Cephas & Wiggins - Worried Life Blues (3:18)
30. Wynton Marsalis - New Orleans Bump (4:32)
31. Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra - Black and Tan Fantasy (5:12)
32. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Complicated Life (3:44)
33. Dr. Michael White - Late Night Blues (6:04)
34. Rusty Martn - Honky Tonk Woman (4:27)
35. Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos - Juke Joints & Honkytonks (4:46)
36. Janiva Magness - I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks (3:20)
37. Johnny Copeland - Hooked, Got Tied & Collared (4:16)
38. Etta James - W-O-M-A-N (3:17)
39. Christine Kittrell - I'm a Woman (2:33)
40. Luther Snakeboy Johnson - Hoochie Coochie Man (5:12)
41. Satan and Adam - No More Doggin' (4:09)
42. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Big Boss Man (3:10)
43. Jimmy Rogers - Got My Mojo Working (6:03)
44. Jimmy Reed - Take Out Some Insurance (2:20)
45. Paul Orta & Tonky De La Pena - Bright Lights, Big City (3:37)
46. Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me (3:07)

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This Week in the Shack

This week, The Shotgun Shack serves up a big helping of funk, with a little bit of soul to wash it down.

1. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) (6:15)
2. Fatback Band - New York Style (5:25)
3. Lonnie Smith - Where It's At (6:58)
4. Billy Preston - Billy's Bag (3:46)
5. Brownout - African Battle (3:04)
6. Liquid Soul - Stop By Monie's (3:54)
7. Tower of Power - This Type Of Funk (5:21)
8. Mingo Fishtrap - Land of Dreams (4:22)
9. The Meters - Jungle Man (3:25)
10. Willie Hutch - Sunshine Lady (3:56)
11. Isaac Hayes - Bumpy's Blues (4:01)
12. The Intruders - Cowboys To Girls (2:37)
13. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (5:05)
14. Orgone - Sophisticated Honky (4:56)
15. El Michels Affair - El Pueblo Unido (3:37)
16. African Music Machine - Making Nassau Fruit Drink (2:29)
17. Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up (2:39)
18. Breakestra - No Matter Where You Go (5:51)
19. James Brown - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1 (3:30)
20. The Poets Of Rhythm - More Mess On My Thing (4:12)
21. The Bamboos - Eel Oil (3:05)
22. The Ugly Americans - Boom Boom Baby (3:59)
23. Alice Russell - Crazy (4:07)
24. Corinne Bailey Rae - Enchantment (3:57)
25. The Whitefield Brothers - Prowlin' (5:57)
26. Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl (4:03)
27. Willie Hutch - Ain't That (Mellow, Mellow) (2:58)
28. Me'Shell Ndegéocello - If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) (4:30)
29. Axiom Funk (various artists) - Under the Influence (Jes Grew) (5:44)
30. Sly & the Family Stone - Luv N' Haight (4:04)
31. Earth, Wind & Fire - In the Stone (4:24)
32. Eric Burdon; War - Spill the Wine (4:52)
33. The Budos Band - Mas O Menos (3:40)
34. Steamheat - Radiator (3:53)
35. The Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau, Pt. 2 (1:59)
36. Booker T. Jones - Hey Ya (3:52)
37. King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (8:22)
38. Kashmere Stage Band - Do Your Thing [Extended Version][#] (5:23)
39. Curtis Mayfield - No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) (4:57)
40. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation (8:18)
41. Leon Ware - Body Heat (4:44)

In which I change my mind

I've decided to go ahead and post the eighties setlist. I started The Shotgun Shack partly to make myself spend more time working with my soul and blues libraries, with the idea that the more I did so, the better DJ I'd be in the dance scene. When you get down to the very basics, though, the reason I DJ here or at dances is because I love music.

I *love* music. And I love sharing that music with others, and maybe turning them on to things they've never heard. It's always rewarding when people come up to me at gigs to ask about a song I played. It seems, then, against the spirit of sharing the music to not post the one-day eighties setlists. I'm keeping them separate from the regular playlists via a different label, but without further ado, here is the first Irregular! Eighties! Friday! set. I hope you dug it.

Look for a new set of funk & soul music to go up on Sunday or Monday.

1. Falco - The Sound of Musik (4:56)
2. Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love (5:44)
3. Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (4:04)
4. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (3:36)
5. The Art of Noise - Paranoimia (ft Max Headroom) (6:42)
6. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (4:48)
7. ABC - Be Near Me (3:37)
8. The Cure - A Night Like This (4:16)
9. Peter Murphy - Crystal Wrists (4:09)
10. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (4:23)
11. Madonna - Into The Groove (4:45)
12. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea (3:10)
13. The Specials - Ghost Town (3:40)
14. UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry (3:26)
15. Simply Red - Holding Back the Years (4:29)
16. Yello - Desire (3:42)
17. Erasure - Waiting For Sex (4:05)
18. The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (4:56)
19. INXS - Good Times (3:51)
20. David Bowie - Loving The Alien (1999 Digital Remaster) (7:08)
21. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands (5:29)
22. Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (4:12)
23. U2 - Bad (8:02)
24. Marillion - Sugar Mice (1999 Digital Remaster) (5:46)
25. George Michael - One More Try (5:49)
26. Sade - No Ordinary Love (7:19)
27. Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) (3:44)
28. P.M. Dawn - Paper Doll (4:53)
29. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (5:13)
30. The Motels - Shame (4:10)
31. Prince - Housequake (4:41)
32. The Time - Wild and Loose (7:32)
33. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (3:51)
34. Oingo Boingo - Not My Slave (4:46)
35. Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (3:57)
36. The Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys (3:56)
37. Eurythmics - Missionary Man (3:47)
38. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts [Live at Pasadena Rose Bowl, June 18, 1988] (6:28)

(Eighties 1)

In which there is 80s music.

Spring is finally here after a horribly cold and long winter. Here in central Texas, the roadsides are covered with wildflowers and the redbuds and mountain laurels are in a riot of colour. To celebrate the return of warm weather, The Shotgun Shack will be occasionally switching formats on Fridays - starting tomorrow - to play eighties music (by which I actually mean music from about 1982 to about 1992). The station will switch over roughly around midnight on Thursday, and return to normal programming around 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, depending on what time I get back from Kick Butt Blues on any given Friday.

I won't be posting the setlists for the eighties shows here, as I want to keep the blog focused on blues, soul, and Americana for now at least.

This Week in the Shack

Mo' betta blues. The first fourteen tracks were my set in the Syndicate's blues room last night.

1. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I Love Her Just the Same (2:22)
2. Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (4:36)
3. Iguanaman & Friends - Work, Dog, Work (4:29)
4. Guy Forsyth - Needle Gun (5:12)
5. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
6. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' (3:09)
7. Etta James - Driving Wheel (2:59)
8. Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind (3:17)
9. Greg Szlapczynski - Paris, Texas (3:51)
10. Sidney Bechet - The Mooche (3:10)
11. Nina Simone - Be My Husband (3:22)
12. Asylum Street Spankers - Song With No Words (4:14)
13. Porterdavis - Come On In My Kitchen (5:53)
14. Ray Charles - Night Time Is the Right Time (3:28)
15. Count Basie/Joe Turner - The Honeydripper (6:45)
16. Johnny Shines - Cool Driver (2:55)
17. Eric Gales - Custard Pie (4:01)
18. Keb' Mo' - Stack O Lee (2:02)
19. Rory Block - Joliet Bound (3:13)
20. Cephas & Wiggins - Pigmeat (3:48)
21. Taj Mahal - Corrina (4:28)
22. The Band - Jemima Surrender (3:31)
23. Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One (3:55)
24. Marcia Ball - Watermelon Time (4:04)
25. Syl Johnson - Me and Bobby McGee (5:42)
26. Hollywood Fats Band - Poor Boy (4:16)
27. Seth Walker - I Got A Song (3:39)
28. Jack McDuff - Light Blues (6:08)
29. Little Walter - Mean Old World (2:57)
30. Satan and Adam - Cry To Me (6:29)
31. James Cotton - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy (3:38)
32. W.C. Clark - Stronger Than You Need to Be (4:05)
33. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Sofa Circuit (3:34)
34. Shemekia Copeland - Who Stole My Radio? (3:57)
35. Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women - Too Much Butt (3:38)
36. Natalie Cole;Mavis Staples;Ruth Brown - Men Are Just Like Street Cars (4:25)
37. Alberta Hunter - A Good Man Is Hard to Find (3:59)
38. Jazz Me Blues Band / Yoko Noge - Rocks in My Bed (9:16)
39. Ellis Marsalis/Wynton Marsalis - Little Birdie (4:24)
40. Ernestine Anderson - Goin' to Chicago Blues (4:52)
41. Jimmy Witherspoon - Past Forty Blues (4:23)
42. Guy Davis - Cypress Grove (5:06)
43. Sugarcane Collins - Got A Mind To Ramble (4:29)

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