Today on the Vinyl Experience....it's the Back To School Edition, connecting with old friends, and meeting new ones, some new assignemnts, and lessons learned...

Steely Dan: My Old School

Beach Boys: Be True To Your School

White Stripes: We're Going To Be Friends

Rockpile: Teacher Teacher

Van Halen: Hot For Teacher

Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town

NRBQ: Me And The Boys

Bob Dylan: Duquesne Whistle

Avett Brothers: Live And Die

Cat Stevens: On The Road To Findout

Taj Mahal: Take A Giant Step

Nils Lofgren: Going Back

Neil Young: Comes A Time

Replacements: Here Comes A Regular

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VE 136 Late Summer Songs

Today on the VE--had enough of summer...back of your neck feelin' dirt & gritty...for the hour, summer songs about winding the season down, each with that touch of mid August melancholy...and autumn closing in...

Jefferson Airplane: Coming Back To Me

Frank Black: The End Of Summer

Flaming Lips: It's Summertime

Chad & Jeremy: A Summer Song

Bob Dylan: Floater (To Much To Ask)

David Bromberg: New Leigh Highway Blues

The Decembersits: Summersong

Beach Boys: All Summer Long

Style Council: Long Hot Summer

Sly & The Family Stone: Hot Fun In the Summertime

The Cure: The Last Day Of Summer

The Hollies: Bus Stop

The Kinks: Summer's Gone

The Doors: Summer's Almost Gone

Frank Sinatra: The Summer Wind

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Today on the VE....new music by Band Of Horses, Mumford & Sons, Joss Stone covering Broken Bells, and Of Monsters And Men....all woven together with some seldom heard library classics with an introspective feel....it's all in the mind, you know....

Love: You Set The Scene

Of Monsters And Men: Little Talks

Moody Blues: It's Up To You

George Harrison: Run of The Mill

Grizzly Bear: Southern Point

Talking Heads: Mind

Joss Stone: The High Road

Billie Holiday; Comes Love

Nick Lowe: And So it Goes

Band Of Horses: Knock Knock

The Who: Going Mobile

Todd Rundgren: Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel

Billy Joel: Summer Highland Falls

Mumford & Sons: I Will Wait

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Today on the VE:

Jerry's Choice. Jerry garcia would have been 70 years old on August 1. If they had ipods when he died in 1995, chances are, the vinyl originals you'll hear for the hour would have been on Jerry's, in perpetual shuffle. We know for sure that they earned many spins on his turntable. Songs that inspired The Dead...covered by the band on records and in concert through the years

Bobby "Blue" Bland: Turn On Your Love Light

Henry Thomas: Don't Ease Me In

Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away

Cliff Carlsile: Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

Bonnie Dobson: Morning Dew

Peter Paul & Mary: Early Morning Rain

Reverend Gary Davis: Samson & Delilah

Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode

Everly Brothers: Wake Up Little Suzie

Dixie Cups: Iko Iko

Merle Haggard: Mama Tried

Hank Williams: You Win Again

Martha & The Vandellas: Dancing In The Streets

Olympics: Good Lovin'

Wilson Pickett: The Midnight Hour

Otis Redding: Hard To Handle

Beatles: Why Don't We Do it In the Road?

Spencer Davis Group: Gimmie Some Lovin'

Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy

Bob Dylan: Knockin' On Heaven's Door

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