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Pacific Street Blues & Americana

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

    Episode 520: Chill Hats for Kitty Kats - "Gone, like a a coooooool breeze" (part 2 of 2)

    11/10/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
    Pacific Street Blues & Americana
    Cool tunes for Cool Cats!

    21. Kerri Powers / Morning Glory, Midnight Blue
    22. Kris Lager Band / There Ain't Nothing (That Can Get in My Way) 
    23. Matt Cox / 18 Wheels 
    24. Dave Alvin / Albuquerque
    25. Blood Brothers (Zito & Caniglia)/ Tooth & Nail 
    26. Duane Betts / Down to Houston 
    27. Mitch Gettman / Stay a Little Longer 
    28. The Movies / Self-Imaginary Lovers 
    29. Eddie 9V / Blowin' Up 
    30. Eric Bibb / Didn't Keep Runnin' 
    31. Ray Charles / Ain't That Love 
    32. Eva Cassidy / Hallelujah (I Love Him So)
    33. The Black Crowes / Profane Prophecy 
    34. Humble Pie / Shine On 
    35. Buddy Guy w/ Jeff Beck & Keith Richards / Cognac  
    36. Sue Foley / Positively Fourth Street
  • Pacific Street Blues & Americana

    Episode 519: Cool tunes for Cool Cats! 10 11 2026 (part 1 of 2)

    11/10/2026 | 1h 26 mins.
    Pacific Street Blues & Americana
    October 11, 2026

    1. Keb Mo / Every Step of the Way
    2. Van Morrison / These Dreams of You
    3. Paul Simon & George Harrison / Homeward Bound
    4. Eric Clapton / After Midnight
    5. Rhiannon Giddens / Carolina Rain
    6. Los Lobos & Steve Earle / Volver A Celaya
    7. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Shout Out
    8. Lucinda Williams / Lowlife (Play Slim Harpo)
    9.  Brooke Combe / Love Was Made of Stone
    10. Isiah Stone / No One Cares
    11. Aiyana Lee / Housebroken
    12. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Humble Me
    13. Chris O'Leary / Nothing But a Memory
    14. Beth Hart / Suga N' My Bowl
    15. Eileen Jewell / Soul Kitchen
    16. The Doors / Back Door Man
    17. Cassandra Wilson / Shelter from the Storm
    18. Jenni Grouse / Heartbreak & Misery
    19. Joan Osbourne / I Want to Be Love
    20. Ann Cole / I Got My Mojo Working

    Pacific St Blues & Americana Radio & Podcast
    Musical Ecclestricity since 1991 
    Now in our Fourth Decade of Broadcasting
    2002 Blues Society of Omaha plaque
    2010 'Keeping the Blues Alive' recipient
    2024 Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
    2024 Nebraska Music Hall of Fame
    2024 Began broadcasting in England
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    Episode 518: Spotlight on Van Morrison - part 2 of 2 October 4, 2026

    04/10/2026 | 1h 49 mins.
    "Sometime you win, sometime you lose, and sometimes the blues just gets hold of you just when you thought you had it made..."

    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

    Note: this was thee hardest show ever to put together. Not only did I underestimage the width and bredth of Morrison's career and range of influence, any, absovlutely any technical glitch that could have occurred, did occur. It's been absolute madness. So very frustrating but I HOPE you enjoy the show.
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    Episode 517: Van Morrison Spotlight Show - part 1 of 2 October 4, 2026

    04/10/2026 | 1h 44 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)

    Note: I am not kidding, whatever ghosts were in my machine, they came out to haunt and hinder our ability to create and post this show. It was a real labour of love - L-O-V-E
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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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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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