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Pacific Street Blues & Americana
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  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 510: Reggae & Rhyme in Western Music - The Sounds of the Carribbean (part 2 of 2)

    08/09/2026 | 45 mins.
    Pacific St Blues & Reggae

    16. Paul Simon / Mother & Child Reunion
    17. Keb Mo w/ Blind Boy Paxton & Baaba Maal / Three Little Birds
           - Peter Burnetta (Omaha connection)
    18. Fats Domino / Be My Guest (1959) 
    19. Madness / Our House
    20. Junior Murvin / Police & Thieves (The Clash)
    21. The Clash /  (White Man in) Hammersmith Palais  
    22. UB 40 / Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
    23. Specials / Shanty Town 007 
    24. The Police / Roxanne
    25. Sting & Shaggy / Don't Make Me Wait (Wait in Vain - Marley reference) 
    26. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Many Rivers to Cross
    27. Nighthawks / Johnny Too Bad 

    1. Tresillo: Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley or Johnny Otis / Willie & the Hand Jive 
    2. Habanera: (Peggy Lee) Ray Charles & Natalie Cole / Fever 
    3. Mambo: Neville Brothers / Mardi Gras Mambo
    4. Rumba: Professor Longhair / Rum & Coke
    5. Second Line: Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Tomorrow
    6. Calypso: Nat Cole / Calypso Blues
  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 509: Reggae & Rhyme in Western Music - The Sounds of the Carribbean (part one of two)

    07/09/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    Pacific St Blues & Americana - The Reggae Edition
    Labor Day, 2026

    1. Alice Cooper / Hello, Hooray
    2. Judy Collins / Hello Hooray 

    3. Louis Jordan / Run Joe 
    4. Nat Cole / Calypso Blues  
    5. Chuck Berry / Havana Moon
    6. The Tarriers (Harry Belafonte) / Day-O a/k/a Banana Boat Song
    7. The Weavers / Wimoweh (Robert John, The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 
          - "wimoweh" chant based on a mishearing of the Zulu "uyimbube." 
    8. Jimmy Cliff / I Can See Clearly Now
    9. Curtis Salgado / The Harder They Come 
    10. Desmond Dekker / Israelites
    11. Toots & the Mayatals / What's My Number 
    12. Van Morrison / I Shall Sing 
    13. 10 cc / Dreadlock Holiday
    14. Eric Clapton / I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley) 
    15. Rolling Stones / Cherry Baby (Eric Donaldson) 
    16. Sheryl Crow (covering Led Zeppelin) / Dyer Make It
  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 508: More Music for Labor Day: Blues, Neo-Soul, and Americana 09062026b

    06/09/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    26. Ray Charles / Hard Times 
    27. Piper & the Hardtimes / Working Farm Blues
    28. Christone Kingfish Ingram / Hard Times
    29. Jesse Welles / National Health
    28. Bob Dylan / (Ain't Gonna Work on) Maggie's Farm
    29. Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women / These Times We're Living In 
    30. Bruce Springsteen / Working on a Highway 
    31. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes / Working Too Hard 
    32. Van Morrison / Perfect Fit
    33. Tedeschi Trucks Band / She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
    34. Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra / You Lie Like a Rug
    35. Jad Tariq / Inflation High Blues 
    36. Joanne Shaw Taylor / I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down
    37. Danielle Nicole / Radical Love
    38. Brooke Combe / Love Made of Stone
    39. The Soul Cruisers / No Age in Love
  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 507: Music for Labor Day: Blues, Soul, and Americana 09062026a

    06/09/2026 | 1h 27 mins.
    Pacific St Blues & Americana 
    September 6, 2026

    1. Steve Earle & Los Lobos / Volver A Celaya
    2. Keb Mo / More Yesterdays 
    3. Jenni Grouws / Old Dive Bar 
    4. Sheryl Crow & Jesse Welles / Freedom Bus 
    5. Lou Rawls / Dead End Street
    6. Sam Cooke / Chain Gang
    7. Earl Hooker / Cotton Pickin' Blues 
    8. Tennessee Ernie Ford / Mr Cotton Picker
    9. Creedence Clearwater Revival / Cotton Fields
    10. Merle Haggard / Workin' Man Blues
    11. Johnny Paycheck / Take this Job and Shove It
    12. Dolly Parton / Working 9 to 5 
    13. The Belles & Dolly Parton / Son of Jolene 
    14. Jim Croce / Working in the Car Wash Blues 
    15. Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials / Flirt in the Car Wash Skirt
    16. Billy Bragg / I Dreamed I saw Phil Ochs Last Night
    17. Phil Ochs / One More Link (On the Chain)
    18. John Lee Hooker / This Land is Nobody's Land 
    19. John Mellencamp / This Land is Your Land 
    20. Woody Guthrie / Talking Hard Work
    21. Johnny Winter / I Got My Mojo Working 
    22. Marcus King / Hard Working Man 
    23. Joe Bonamassa / The Ballad of John Henry
  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 506: Ray Charles Spotlight 2 of 2

    30/08/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
    1962 Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
    23. Eddy Arnold / You Don't Know Me
    24. Don Gibson / I Can't Stop Loving You
    25. Hank Williams / Your Cheating Heart
    26. Ray Charles / Your Cheating Heart

    Gospel to Pop
    27. Doris McMurry / This Little Light of Mine
    28. Ray Charles / This Little Girl of Mine

    Originals of Songs Made Famous by Charles
    29. Van Morrison / Lonely Avenue
    30. Percy Mayfield / Hit the Road Jack
    31. Roosevelt Sykes / Night Time is the Right Time
    32. Hoagy Carmichael / Georgia on My Mind

    The Raelettes
    33. The Cookies (Margie Hendrix) / Chains
    34. The Rolling Stones (Merry Clayton) / Gimme Shelter
    35. The Rotary Connection (Minnie Ripperton) / Tales of Brave Ulysses
    36. Mable John / Your Good Thing is About to End (Little Willie John, Fever)

    Noteable Covers of Ray Charles Music
    37. Eva Cassidy / Hallelujah, I Love Him So
    38. Tedeschi Trucks Band feat Leon Russell & Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) / Sticks and Stones
    39. Humble Pie / I Don't Need No Doctor
    49. Keb Mo / America the Beautiful
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Founded in 1991 - now in our fourth decadeNebraska Music Hall of Fame, inducted,Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, inducted,Blues Foundation, Keeping the Blues Alive, recipientOmaha Blues Society Award., recipientNOW broadcast in England on Lionheart RadioMusical Ecclectrity - exploring the blues through the familiarity of Archival Classic Rock
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