This Week in the Shack

I've had rather a lot of stuff going on in my personal and professional life, so I didn't get around to updating the station's playlist for the last two weeks. I'm back now, with two hours of (mostly) blues, and an additional hour of holiday blues, soul, and other tunes. There won't be an eighties show this Friday, as I'll be traveling, but otherwise regular programming should resume from here on out.

Have a joyous holiday season, and I'll be back on Monday or Tuesday with another new show.

-The Reverend Shady Glenn

1. Sidney Bechet - Up in Sidney's Flat (4:22)
2. Johnny Otis - Why Don't You Do Right? (4:05)
3. Big Joe Turner - Jelly Jelly Blues (6:28)
4. Jimmy Witherspoon - When the Lights Go Out (3:02)
5. Dr. Michael White - St. Louis Blues (4:19)
6. Sidney Bechet - Jackass Blues (4:45)
7. R.I.S.E. (Rising Appalachia) - Oh Death (4:53)
8. Crooked Still - Come On In My Kitchen (4:59)
9. Taj Mahal - Cakewalk Into Town (2:31)
10. Dr. John - Milneburg Joys (2:39)
11. Kurt Elling - Goin' to Chicago (5:39)
12. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Black and Tan Fantasy (4:35)
13. Johnny Otis - I Just Wanna Make Love To You (3:43)
14. porterdavis - Grass Growing Through Concrete (4:17)
15. Big Walter Horton - Tell Me Baby (3:15)
16. Koko Taylor - Insane Asylum (4:22)
17. Asylum Street Spankers - High as You Can Be (5:12)
18. Percy Mayfield - Strange Things Happening (2:52)
19. Big Joe Turner - The Chill Is On (2:46)
20. John Lee Hooker - Looking Back over My Day (4:39)
21. Sugar Pie Desanto - Sunnyland Slim - Hubert Sumlin - You Got Me Running (3:25)
22. Seth Walker - 2' Left to the Ceiling (3:43)
23. Dr. Michael White - Majestic Strut (5:24)
24. Wynton Marsalis - New Orleans Bump (4:32)
25. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
26. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (4:32)
27. The Derek Trucks Band - Crow Jane (3:53)
28. Cass Eager and The Mo' Debleys - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas? (1:22)
29. Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsythe - Merry Christmas Baby / Merry Christmas Darling (7:00)
30. Canned Heat - I Won't Be Home for Christmas (4:16)
31. Joan Osborne - What Do Bad Girls Get? (2:32)
32. Houston Person & Etta Jones - I'll Be Home for Christmas (3:29)
33. Ray Charles & The Voices of Jubilation - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (5:01)
34. Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsythe - Silent Night (5:07)
35. James Brown - Let's Unite the Whole World at Christmas (2:43)
36. Brook Benton - Soul Santa (3:23)
37. Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (2:10)
38. Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsythe - The Little Dealer Boy (3:23)
39. Asylum Street Spankers - Far Away Christmas Blues (4:02)
40. Canned Heat - Christmas Blues (7:35)
41. Odetta - What Month Was Jesus Born In? (2:25)
42. Ray Charles - Baby, It's Cold Outside (4:14)
43. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (3:26)
44. Ray Charles - All I Want for Christmas (4:24)
45. Pearl Bailey - Five Pound Box of Money (2:36)

(blues 40)

This Week in the Shack

On the last night of ALX, Jerry Warwick, Jared Moran, Scott Angelus, and Greg Avakian DJed an amazing soul music room, which reignited my interest in soul.

1. The Funk Brothers with Bootsy Collins - Do You Love Me (3:21)
2. James & Bobby Purify - Shake a Tail Feather (2:06)
3. The Isley Brothers - Shout, Pts. 1-2 (4:27)
4. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) (5:47)
5. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (3:51)
6. Jackson 5 - Make Tonight All Mine (3:18)
7. Willie Hutch - Sunshine Lady (3:56)
8. Isaac Hayes - Lay Lady Lay (5:36)
9. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (3:17)
10. Bill Withers - Harlem (3:21)
11. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (4:04)
12. John Legend & The Roots - I Can't Write Left Handed (11:43)
13. Gil Scott-Heron - Winter In America (6:08)
14. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother (2:43)
15. Vicki Anderson - The Message from the Soul Sisters, Pts. 1-2 (5:24)
16. Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s - Same Beat, Pts. 1-3 (7:46)
17. Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (4:40)
18. Kings Go Forth - Now We're Gone (4:01)
19. Curtis Mayfield - Stone Junkie (8:04)
20. Kashmere Stage Band - Do Your Thing [Extended Version][#] (5:23)
21. Ebony Rhythm Band - Vanilla Fudge (4:11)
22. Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble [Mono Version] (2:38)
23. Joss Stone - The Chokin' Kind (3:36)
24. The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain (2:54)
25. Billy Preston - Ferry Across the Mersey (2:49)
26. Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack (6:07)
27. Orgone - Said and Done (4:04)
28. Wilson Pickett - Lay Me Like You Hate Me (3:52)
29. Cameo - We're Goin' out Tonight (4:42)
30. Raphael Saadiq - Sure Hope You Mean It (3:40)
31. Diana Ross & the Supremes - Baby Love (2:35)
32. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - California Soul (2:54)
33. Rickie Lee Jones - Show Biz Kids (4:35)
34. The Impressions - This Is My Country (2:47)
35. The Brothers of Soul - I Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser (2:55)
36. Barbara Acklin - Am I the Same Girl (3:04)
37. The Chi-Lites - Love Uprising (2:31)
38. The Intruders - Cowboys To Girls (2:37)
39. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (3:05)
40. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (7:32)
41. Earth, Wind & Fire - In the Stone (4:24)
42. Jackson 5 - Joyful Jukebox Music (3:14)
43. Ryan Shaw - Do the 45 (2:15)

(Soul 31)