The Music Machine: Trouble

The Great Arthur Alexander

The Lancasters

Jesse Winchester

Holy cow.

35 Of My Favorite Songs From 2009

I'll be playing these this weekend on my radio show (1234 More More More) on WOXY.com. Tune in at 2pm eastern this Saturday 12/19.

Something In The Way - Best Coast
Swans - Camera Obscura
Battle Of The Bands - The Aquarium
Forever - Love of Diagrams
Like a Hitman, Like A Dancer - A.C. Newman
Always On - Casper Bangs
Tomorrow's Gone Tonight - Tommy Keene
Running Family - Cale Parks
Unpronounceable Name - Chain and the Gang
The Atlantic Ocean - Richard Swift
Oh No, Baby Don't - Bye!
Tattoo - Wye Oak
Change of Heart - El Perro Del Mar
Grow - Le Loup
Gloomy Monday Morning - The Black Hollies
Two-Headed Coin - Obits
Poised And Ready - Brendan Benson
Dream City - Free Energy
Sawdust Man - Ben Kweller
It Ain't Gonna Save Me - Jay Reatard
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Beat In Hell - The Points
Over There - Brilliant Colors
When We Were Alive - The Thermals
Blade Of Grass - Swing Youth
Madagascar - Lake
Things That We Do - Rose Melberg
To The Quick - Roofwalkers
All The Pleasures Of The World - The Crayon Fields
Hey Boy - The Magic Kids
Consolation Prize - Julie Doiron
If I Were You - John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives
Steve Don't Party No More - The Mean Jeans
I Got A Lot (New New New) - Mika Miko
Red Light Love - Those Darlins

The Rutles - With A Girl Like You

One of my favorite songs from The Rutles -- that album actually has some really great songs on it.

The Dolls on THE BEAT!!!

This is a great clip of a rare Northern Soul gem -- The Dolls (outta Waco, TX) from 1966 on Loma Records. The clip is from a show caled The Beat!!! which ran for a brief period in early'66. I believe it was from Nashville and was hosted by Bill "Hoss" Allen, a legendary local DJ, an awesome presence and a surprisingly good dancer -- all of this in spite of seeming a little bit like a bad guy from Oliver Stone's "JFK." You can find this show on DVD now and I've been working my way through it disc by disc and I've been deeply appreciating the footage from folks like Esther Phillips, Joe Tex and southpaw guitarist Barbara Lynn. The Dolls, as you'll see below, are the true favorite for me so far.