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Pacific Street Blues & Americana

Rick Galusha
Pacific Street Blues & Americana
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  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 518: Spotlight on Van Morrison - part 2 of 2 October 4, 2026

    04/10/2026 | 1h 44 mins.
    Van & The Blues
    27. Johnny Winter / Feedback Out on Highway 101
    28. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Someone Like You

    Blues Duets
    29. Ray Charles w/ Van Morrison / Crazy Love
    30. B.B. King w/ Van Morrison / If You Love Me

    The "Celtic Soul" of Astral Weeks
    31. Marianne Faithfull / Madame George
    32. Belfast Cowboys / Domino
    33. Bruce Springsteen / Rosalita
    34. The Wallflowers / Into the Mystic

    Name Droppin'  Van
    35. President Michael Higgins (Ireland) / Rave on John Donne
    36. Widespread Panic / And It Stoned Me
    37. Van Morrison / In the Days Before Rock n' Roll
    38. Barrence Whitfiled & Tom Russell / Cleaning Windows

    Notable Covers
    39. Van Morrison & The Band / Caravan
    40. John Mellencamp & Me'Shell Ndegeocello / Wild Nights
    41. Nathan East & Michael McDonald / Moondance
    42. Rod Stewart / Have I Told You Lately

    More Tasty Covers (online only) 
    43. Elvis Costello / Full Force Gale
    44. Wayne Toups & the Zydecajuns / Tupelo Honey 
    45. Brian Kennedy / Queen of the Slipstream
    46. Hot House Flowers / Bright Side of the Road
    47. Syl Johnson / Jackie Wilson Said 
    48. Jackie Wilson / Reet Petite
    49. Betty LaVette / Real Real Gone
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    Episode 517: Van Morrison Spotlight Show - part 1 of 2 October 4, 2026

    04/10/2026 | 1h 34 mins.
    Intro & Homage
    1. Ed Sheerhan / Galway Girl
    2. The Pretty Things / Belfast Cowboy
    3. Dan Penn / Bright Side of the Road
    4. Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band / Brown Eyed Girl

    Early Influences on The Monarchs
    5. Bobby Blue Bland / Turn on Your Love Light
    6. T Bone Walker / Stormy Monday Blues
    7. Georgie & the Monarchs / O Twingy Baby
    8. Muddy Waters / Hoochie Coochie Man

    Them
    9. David Bowie / Here Comes the Night
    10. The Troggs / I Can Only Give You Everything
    11. Them / Baby Please Don't Go
    12. Bo Diddley / Bring it to Jermone
    13. Eddie & the Hot Rods / Gloria-Satisfaction

    Charted Hits @ Release of Them's First Hits
    14. The Animals . House of the Rising Sun
    15. The Rolling Stones / It's All Over Now
    16. Dusty Springfield / I Only Want to Be with You
    17. The Kinks / You Really Got Me

    Early Influences on Van Morrison
    18. Ray Charles / This Little Girl of Mine
    19. Lead Belly / T.B. Woman Blues
    20. Van Morrison / T.B. Sheets
    21. Linda Gail Lewis & Van Morrison / You Win Again

    The Skiffle Years
    22. Sue Foley / Freight Train 
    23. Lonnie Donegan / Rock Island Line 
    24. Van Morrison / Worried Man Blues 
    25. The Quarrymen (John Lennon) / Om Spite of All the Danger
    26. Traveling WIlburys / Nobody's Child (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn)
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    Episode 516: New Releases and Some Classic Tracks

    27/09/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    20. Sass Jordan / Cry Baby
    21. Jeni Grouws / Let Your Eyes Lay Low
    22. Brooke Combe / Love Was Made of Stone
    23. Isiah Stone / No One Cares
    24. Devon Allman & Jimmy Hall / Wang Dang Doodle
    25. The Rolling Stones / Beautiful Delilah
    26. Buddy Guy / Hammer and a Nail
    27. Curtis Salgado / My Girlfriend
    28. Kris Lager Band / I'm Here for You
    29. Marcus King with Jesse Welles / Someone Else
    30. Free / My Brother Jake
    31. The Allman Brothers / Trouble No More (Sleepy John Estes, Muddy Waters)
    32. Steve Earle w/ Los Lobos / Volver A Celaya
    33. Pokey LaFarge / My Baby Loves Me
    34. Mike Farris / Havana Santa 
    35. Van Morrison / I Shall Sing
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    Episode 515: Old Favorites 09272026 Part 1 of 2

    27/09/2026 | 1h 26 mins.
    PLAYLIST: Pacific St Blues & Americana
    September 27, 2026 

    1. Sheryl Crow & Jesse Wells / Freedom Bus
    2. Lucinda Williams / Freedom Speaks
    3. Eric Bibb / Freedom Train 
    4. Neil Young / Freedom Train 
    5. Big Head Todd / Bittersweet
    6. Los Lonely Boys / Heaven
    7. Jonny Lang / Lie to Me 
    8. Indigenous / Things We Do 
    9. Hector Anchondo / Black Magic Woman 
    10. Santana / Europa
    11. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band / Rattlesnake Shake 
    12. Black Crowes (feat Jimmy Page) / Oh Well 
    13. Led Zeppelin / Travelling Riverside Blues (Robert Johnson cover) 
    14. Larry Davis / Texas Flood 
    15. Vaughan Brothers / Tick Tock 
    16. Charly Patton / Dirt Road Blues 
    17. Woody Guthrie / Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 
    18. Johnny Winter / Further on up the Road
    19. Hayes Carll / King of the Road
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    Episode 514: New tunes from Old Favorites Blood Brothers, Chris O'Leary, Brooke Combe, Marcus King, Claudettes, Carolyn Wonderland

    20/09/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    Note: I meant Jack Nicolson but said Jack Nickolsen. My bad: it happens. Apologizes to The Shark.

    22. Brooke Combe / Love was Made of Stone
    23. War & Treaty / You Can't Hurt Me Anymore 
    24. Aretha Franklin / The Night Time is the Right Time 
    25. Aiyana-Lee (Anderson)/ Housebroken
    26. The Staple Singers / We the People 
    27. Chris O'Leary / Lady Luck 
    28. Eddie Kirkland / Down on My Knees
    29. Blood Brothers (Albert Castiligia & Mike Zito) / No Good Woman
    30. Galatic & Irma Thomas / Where I Belong
    31. Shaun Murphy / Welcome to Bluesville
    32. Gregg Allman / Dark End of the Street 
    33. Marcus King / Good and Gone 
    34. Mike Farris / Havana Santa
    35. The Claudettes / Dozing in the Crypt
    36. Carolyn Wonderland / Sooner or Later
    37. Matt Whipkey / Self-Imaginary Lover
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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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