VE 227 6/27/14

Joni Mitchell - Night Ride Home

Chicago: Saturday In The Park-

CCR; Born On the Bayou

Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County

Frank Sinatra: There Used to Be a Ballpark

Grateful Dead: Jack Straw

John Prine: The Great Compromise

Ryan Adams - New York, New York

Mary Martin: A Wonderful Guy (from South Pacific Original Cast)

Nirvana: Lake of Fire

Jackson Browne: Of Missing Persons

Better Than Ezra: Good

Stevie Wonder: I Just Called To Say I Loved You

Today on the VE...it's ALMOST the 4th of July.  Can we fill an hour with vinyl spins of songs that name-check the holiday...and one that famously doesn't...even though it mentions every othe rholiday under the sun? 

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VE 335 6 23 17 (Chuck's influences)

Ernest Tubb: Thirty Days
Chuck Berry: Thirty Days
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Ida Red
Chuck Berry: Maybelline
Johnny Rivers: Maybelline
Louis Jordan: Ain't That Just Like A Woman
Chuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven
Jimmy McCracklin: Rockin' All Day
Joe Turner: Feelin' Happy 
Linda Ronstadt: Back In The USA
Beatles: Back In The USSR
Rolling Stones: Down The Road Apiece
Will Bradley Trio feat. Freddie Slack: Down The Road Apiece
Ten Years After: I'm Going Homem (live at Woodstock)
Delanie & Bonnie & Friends: Little Richard Medley

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VE 334 Monterey 6 16 17

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Wild Thing
The Who: Happy Jack
Grateful Dead: The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion
Jefferson Airpane: White Rabbit
Ravi Shankar: Spring Festival Of Colors
Hugh Masakela: Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)
Janis Ian: Society's Child
Otis Redding: I've Been Loving You Too Long 
Simon & Garfunkel: At The Zoo
Laura Nyro: Wedding Bell Blues
The Byrds: He Was A Friend Of Mine
Buffalo Springfield: Rock And Roll Woman
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Ball & Chain

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VE 333 6 9 17

Judy Collins: Both Sides Now (LP and single versions)
Joshua Rifkin: Maple Leaf Rag
Baroque Beatles Book:You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/Ticket To Ride
Beatles: She's Leaving Home
Aretha Franklin: Respect
Rascals: Groovin'
Jefferson Airplane: Somebody To Love
Association: Windy
Fifth Dimension: Up Up And Away
Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Janis Ian: Society's Child
Stevie Wonder: I Was Made To Love Her
Petula Clarke: Don't Sleep In The Subway
Johnny Rivers: Summer Rain

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VE 332 6 2 17 For Gregg Allman

Allman Brothers Band: Trouble No More
Muddy Waters: Trouble No More
Allman Brothers Band: Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson with Buddy Guy: One Way Out
Willie Cobbs: You Don't Love Me
Hour Glass: Been Gone Too Long
John Pizzarelli Trio: In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Billy Eckstine with The Count Basie Orchestra: Stormy Monday Blues
T Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues
Allman & Woman (Gregg Allman and Cher) Move Me, You Really Got A Hold On Me
Allman Brothers Band: Midnight Rider
Allman Brothers Band: Dreams (I'll Never See)
Duane Allman: Little Martha

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