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July 31st Playlist

Tonight's episode previews the star attractions at this weekend's Outlaw Music Festival taking place at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY. While I won't be attending this year, these artists are some of my faves, and likely yours. In particular we added a bonus set of Wilco songs dedicated to our friend JG, who recently lost a courageous battle with cancer. Please keep all those we've lost and those still fighting the good fight in your hearts!

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Last Thing I Needed, First Thing this Morning-Willie Nelson Bloody Mary Morning-Willie Nelson Hands on the Wheel-Willie Nelson Can’t Help It, If I’m Still in Love with You-Willie Nelson Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys-Willie Nelson Outlaw Blues-Bob Dylan Spanish is the Loving Tongue-Bob Dylan

Side B It Ain’t Me Babe-Bob Dylan Please Crawl Out Your Window-Bob Dylan Stuck Inside a Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again-Bob Dylan Passionate Kisses-Lucinda Williams Lafayette-Lucinda Williams Buttercup-Lucinda Williams It’s a Long Way to the Top-Lucinda Williams

Side C Passenger Side (Demo)-Wilco Via Chicago (Austin Demo)-Wilco California Stars-Wilco Box Full of Letters-Wilco I’m Always in Love-Wilco I Can’t Stand It (Live from Solid Sound) I’m Trying to Break Your Heart (Live from Solid Sound)-Wilco I Shall Be Released (with Fleet Foxes)

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July 24 Playlist

With the upcoming running of the 2025 Jim Dandy looming this weekend, we naturally tried to incorporate a musical angle into tonight's episode. The story of how the race came to be named for this horse is worth a read, so do that while you enjoy tonight's selections. Much of Side A comes from a collection of tunes that will be familiar to Grateful Dead fans. Side B is a mishmash, with some recent tunes from faves such as Rhiannon Giddens and Jesse Dayton, as well as some "ambient Americana", as chosen by our pals at Uncut Magazine. It all hangs together pretty well and should pair nicely with a warm summer evening.

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Jim Dandy-Lavern Baker Shake, Rattle & Roll-Big Joe Turner Gee-The Crows Good Lovin'-The Olympics Turn on Your Love Light-Bobby Blue Bland Beat it On Down the Line-Jesse Fuller Sitting On Top of the World-Mississippi Sheiks Rain & Snow-Obray Ramsey

Side B Wrong Kind of Right-Rhiannon Giddens Another Night to Cry-Eilen Jewel Baby's Long Gone-Jesse Dayton Hilliard Creek, Finucane Road-Andrew Tuttle Caddo Lake-Michael Chapman Muito So-Ricardo Dias Gomes Stand Anthem-Beverly Glenn-Copeland

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July 17, 2025 Playlist

The second half of episode features music from the group pictured above, those of course being the mighty Mekons, who we had the fortune of seeing at Bowery Ballroom in NYC the other night. The first half is a bunch of summer songs inspired by the sweaty days and nights many of us have experienced in recent days and weeks. Not much else to tell about any of it, except to invite you to visit our archive of past episodes which you can find on SoundCloud. On to the show!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Under the Boardwalk-The Drifters

I Love Hot Nights-Jonathan Richman

Summer in the City-Loving Spoonful

Celebrated Summer-Husker Du

Fistfight at the Beach-The Reducers

Rockaway Beach-The Ramones

Summer of Drugs-Soul Asylum

Riding in My Car-NRBQ

All Summer Long-Beach Boys

Side B

A Fearful Moment-Mekons

Empire of the Senseless-Mekons

Hard to Be Human Again-Mekons

Rosanne-Gang of Four (Mekons cover)

Andromeda-Mekons

After the Rain-Mekons

Beaten & Broken-Mekons (played at Bowery Ballroom)

You’re Not Singing Anymore (from new album “Horror”, played at Bowery Ballroom)

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July 10th Playlist

We have returned from “across the pond” and have a great episode chock full of new stuff as curated by our friends at Uncut Magazine! Without further ado, here are the particulars..

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Doom Monger-Gina Birch

Blank Town-Mark Stewart

Mark Andre LeClerc-His Lordship

Where You Taking My Baby-BC Camplight

Bonnet of Pins-Matt Beringer

Love is a Killer-Minor Gold

Side B

Not Broken-Alan Sparhawk

Long American Highway-Murray Hammond

Snapping Turtle-S.G. Goodman

Sometimes-The Wildmans

Monte Carlo/No Limits-Ryan Davis & Roadhouse Band

Preaching Blues-North Mississippi Allstars

Slow-Peggy Seeger

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June 19th Playlist

For our penultimate June episode, which happens to fall on Juneteenth, we feature some great roots reggae from the Nighthawk label. During the late 70's and 80's, this label could be counted on to release quality well recorded reggae from some of the best artists that Jamaica produced, including the Gladiators, Culture, and many others. Their catalog has been reissued by the folks at Omnivore Recordings, and is well worth seeking out. It's hot and steamy in these parts today, and summer arrives tomorrow allegedly, so perfect sounds for the season. Enjoy!

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Serious Time-Gladiators Streets of Gold-Gladiators Small Axe-Gladiators Dread Prophesy-Ethiopian &. Gladiators Straight On Rastafari-Ethiopian and his Allstars Calling Rastafari-Culture Harbor Shark-Wailing Souls

Side B Young Lover-Morwells Thanks and Praise-Junior Byles Travel with Love-Justin Hinds Weeping Eyes-Justin Hinds & the Dominoes Dem a Payola-Culture 4000 Years-Mighty Diamonds Bad Boy-Winston Jarrett

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June 12th Playlist

We continue our month-long feature of black artists and their music with great selections from the Stax/Volt "Written In Their Soul" collection, which focuses on the songwriters and their demos. We play a bunch of tracks that were demoed, but never cut by the Stax stable of artists. On Side B, we pay tribute to the genius that was Sly Stone, with several of his biggest songs taken from the "Sly Lives" documentary produced by Questlove. Good stuff from great artists!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Can’t Make Enough-William Bell Let’s Get Down to Business-Bettye Crutcher I Got to Go For That-Rufus Thomas Looks Like Another Hot Summer-Steve Cropper & Eddie Floyd Breakout-Wendy Rene Song #2-MG’s Just Too Right to Be Wrong-Mack Rice Didn’t Love Straighten it Out-Homer Banks I Got to Keep On Taking Chances-Jimmy Hughes We Don’t Need Stone Walls-John KaSandra

Side B

Sing a Simple Song Dance to the Music Everyday People Everybody is a Star Hot Fun in the Summertime (Wedding Band Intro) Hot Fun in the Summertime Family Affair Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

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June 5th Playlist

We begin a new month of episodes on a hot sticky evening with a regular feature, that being playing tribute to Black Music Month and some of our fave black music icons. So Side A is all about that! Side B however goes in a different direction and features a bevy of our fave Steve Earle tracks. Why? Because he’s in our area this very evening playing a solo show at UPH! Here are the particulars..

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

If I Were a Bell-Miles Davis

Graffiti-Digable Planets

Ma & Pa-Fishbone

Suds-James Brown

It Makes No Difference-Solomon Burke

House of Exile-Jimmy Cliff

Side B

Before They Make Me Run-Steve Earle & Supersuckers

NYC-Steve Earle & Supersuckers

More Than I Can Do

South Nashville Blues

I Still Carry You Around-Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band

Graveyard Shift-Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band

Sometimes She Forgets

I Don’t Want to Lose You Yet

Tom Ames Prayer

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May 29th, 2025

While the above soundtrack has absolutely nothing to do with tonight’s episode, its title is a most apt description of what’s happening! Thanks to our pals at the River St. Beat Shop for use of the LP! Please enjoy as much as we did putting it all together!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Your Silent Face-New Order

Contrasting Strangers-The Light

Kincajou-Banco De Gaia

Indians at NASA-Future Pilot AKA vs Brix Smith

Rebel Music-Charlie Hunter Quartet

Side B

Melburn (AM Bee En Tea Mix)-Luke Chable

Indigo (Electronica Mix)-Artche

Artaraxia-Soel

Nothing New to Feel-Quivver

Cosmo (Reprise)-David Squillace

Hiraeth-Aubrey Fry

Ecstasy (CM Low Gear Mix)-DNA

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May 22nd Playlist

This week's episode ahead of the Memorial Day holiday came together organically, just digging through the archives for the most part. Wanted to hear/play a couple Lucinda Williams faves, so we do that in the first half. We also close each side with a Waylon track, one a cover and one of his. Don't sleep on the Jesse Dayton tracks that kick off Side B, he's got a great new album, and also contributed to Kinky Friedman's final recordings. Let's get to it eh?

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Memorial Day-James McMurtry Take Home Pay-Slaid Cleaves Nothing in Rambling-Eilen Jewell You're Still Standing There-Steve Earle & Lucinda Williams Temporary Nature (Of Any Precious Thing)-Lucinda Williams Something About What Happens When We Talk-Lucinda Williams Turn the Page-Waylon Jennings

Side B Night Brain-Jesse Dayton Navasota-Jesse Dayton I Don't Wanna Know-Bottle Rockets The Ghosts Keep Me Alive-Wussy Ode to McGuinn-Steve Ferguson Every Grain of Sand-Willie Nile I Don't Work that Cheap-Bill Kirchen Hypno-Twist-Los Straightjackets I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide-Dwight Yoakum You'll Never Take the Texas Out of Me-Waylon Jennings

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May 15th Playlist

Been on a bit of a Small Faces kick of late, so here we are again. But really this whole episode took flight from the Soft Boys track that begins Side A, came up on shuffle the other day while we were returning from our big Broadway weekend and there you have it! And how about that “Bob Darin” track, kinda of a proto-rap social justice thing going on, pretty cool..Enjoy

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Tonight-Soft Boys

Break On Through (Live from Isle of Wight Festival)-The Doors

Don’t Lock the Door-JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

Before They Make Me Run-Rolling Stones

Magic Bus-The Who

Weed Bus-The Stairs

Getting Happy -Dolly Parton

Me & Mr. Hohner-Bob Darin

Side B

Get Yourself Together-Small Faces

Autumn Stone-Small Faces

Come Home Baby-Rod Stewart & PP Arnold

Magic in the Air-The Attack

Widdicombe Fair-Nashville Teens

I’m Crying-The Animals

Berts Apple Crumble-The Quik

Expressway to Your Heart-Amen Corner

Money, Money-Steve Marriott & the Moment

Three Bells in a Row-Tenpole Tudor

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May 8th Playlist

This week's episode comes after a week hiatus and is inspired by a recent CD purchase (pictured above) on Drag City Records. It features new interpretations of traditional music from Scotland that were brought to Nova Scotia, from which my bride hails. So we jumped off from there and continued with a Canadian emphasis throughout the first half, with a mix of Americana infused tracks on the other side. We are also using some new gear to record with and there's a bit of a learning curve, so please bear with us...

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams The Bonny House of Airlie-Mairi Morrison, Alasdair Roberts & Pete Johnson Hind Horn-Mairi Morrison, Alasdair Roberts & Pete Johnson Mabou River Inn-Kinnon Beaton & Friends Je Vieux Plus Du Voir-Linda Thompson The Phoenix-Sara Harmer A Few Simple Words-Cowboy Junkies Never Prove False-Deep Dark Woods

Side B Never Go Back-Camper Van Beethoven Don't Carry it All-The Decemberists From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)-The Decemberists Howling at the Second Moon-William Tyler One of These Things is True-Nick Drake Jesus, Etc.-Norah Jones Scarred But Smarter-Drivin' & Cryin' Last of the V8's-Slaid Cleaves

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April 17th Playlist

We are back with an episode that’s worthy of washing one’s feet ( forgive me father, for I have sinned) and kicking back! Side A features some fab live Small Faces material that our friends at Uncut Magazine have compiled for this month’s issue. We kick off Side B with a couple tracks from the latest blues drenched scorcher by Jesse Dayton and fill it out with some other random “gems”. It’s another Thursday on the X, Holy is yours to define..

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Ooh Poo Pah Doo-Small Faces

You Need Loving-Small Faces

Medley-Small Faces

Hot Pastrami-Dartels

Mickey’s Monkey-The Miracles

Nowhere to Run-Martha Reeves & the Vandella’s

Just Dropped In-Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

Side B

Baby’s Long Gone-Jesse Dayton

God’s Not Making Anymore of It-Jesse Dayton

She’s About a Mover-Sir Douglas Quintet

You Don’t Know What’s Right, I Don’t Know What’s Wrong-Long Ryders

Might as Well-Jerry Garcia

Everywhere I’m Not-Translator

Straight to You-Lemonheads

Taillights Fade-Buffalo Tom

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April 3 Playlist

So when my mother passed last April, I acquired bunch of her CD’s, including the collection of Frank Sinatra radio appearances that we feature on Side A this week. The connection to the Carl Stalling Project is Raymond Scott, who is the bandleader on the Sinatra recordings and whose melodies inspired so many of Stallings compositions for Warner Brothers.

Side B features some of our fave EDM tracks from the Beatport platform and Bedrock Records latest release, “Heaven Scents”. Makes sense? Not likely to anyone but us…

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals-Carl Stalling/Raymond Scott Broadway Bandbox-Frank Sinatra with Raymond Scott Orchestra My Heart Stood Still-Frank Sinatra with Raymond Scott Orchestra Powerhouse Medley-Carl Stalling De-Lovely-Frank Sinatra & Milton Berle A Couple of Swells-Judy Garland & Fred Astaire

Side B

I See Paradise-ADHM Crystal Lattice-Arthaum, Tibetan Higher (Club Mix)-Gorge Heaven Scents (Rodriguez Remix)-John Digweed, Nick Muir Heaven Scents (8Kays Remix) Tempered Horizons-JDub Gocru-JFR

UPDATE: An archived recording of this episode can be found here.

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March 20th Playlist

Welcome to Spring! While the temps have been significantly milder of late, we’ve also been dealing with some blustery conditions. What that has to do with tonight’s episode is unknown. Music for this week’s program comes from the latest curated CD from our friend’s at Uncut Magazine. Lots of interesting new stuff here, and we are going to try and link the bands and groups to some additional info for those who are interested. Let’s begin..

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Dog Rose-Brown Horse Besties-Black Country, New Road Bring an End-Butler, Blake & Grant Sweet Things Just for You-Valerie June October-Eiko Ishibashi Whiskey in the Jar-Thin Lizzy

Side B

Yesterday’s Hero-Dean Wareham Have Heaven-Florist Even fall-Sam Akpro Geological Observations-Nico Georis Pay the Rent-Snapped Ankles Hopper’s On Top(Genius)-The Waterboys Buffalo-Tobacco City Foxes in the Snow-Jason Isbell

UPDATE: An archived recording of this episode can be found here.

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March 13th Playlist

Tonight's episode came mostly from the soundtrack to the movie Ghost World, which was released in 2001? co-starring a young Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch. Directed by Terry Zwigoff, and adapted from the Daniel Clowes graphic novel of the same name. We feature several 78's from Zwigoff's personal collection of early blues recordings, as well as a couple of other tremendously offbeat selections. Great stuff all around. Side B is a bit of a odds and sods collection, featuring several tracks from our possibly favorite live recording of all time, "Waiting for Columbus" by Little Feat, which turned 47 years young last month. Enjoy live on RadioRadioX.com after 7pm, or wait for the archive version coming soon.

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Bye Bye Baby Blues-Little Hat Jones CC & O Blues-Simmie Dooley, Pink Anderson Fare Thee Well Blues-Joe Calicott Devil Got My Woman-Skip James That’s No Way to Get Along-Robert Wilkins Las Palmas De Marsalis-Lionel Belasco Jaan Pehechaann Ho-Mohamed Rafi

Side B

Feet Music-Spy vs. Spy Story of Jazz-Yo La Tengo Trouble Every Day-Mothers of Invention A Apolitical Blues-Little Feat Sailin’ Shoes-Little Feat Feats Don’t Fail Me Now-Little Feat

UPDATE: A link to an archived version of this episode can be found here.

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March 6th Playlist

A little stroll through the archives and voila we have tonight’s episode. These are some of my favorite shows to produce, just random tunes from some of our fave artists and the alchemy does the rest. Enjoy live on the radio, or check back here in a few days for the archive link.

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Kicking Television-Wilco

Handshake Drugs (take 2)-Wilco

Out All Night-Jay Bennett

Night Rally-Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Version (Hypocrite)-Brinsley Schwarz

Play that Fast Thing One More Time-Brinsley Schwarz

Wild Weekend-NRBQ

Side B

See to Me-Buffalo Tom

Wrong Em Boyo-The Clash

Muy Fifi-Ry Cooder

Luna-Los Lobos

Don’t Ask Why-Los Lobos

Calling Out for Crying Time-Marshall Crenshaw

Valerie-Marshall Crenshaw

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February 27th Playlist

We closed out our month long feature of black musical genres with 3 giants of the form, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and the just passed Roberta Flack.

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Stardust-Charlie Parker Everything Happens to Me-Charlie Parker Don’t Blame Me-Charlie Parker Sly Mongoose-Charlie Parker Lester Leaps In-Charlie Parker Out of Nowhere-Charlie Parker Sunny Side of the Street-Dizzy, Sonny and Stitt

Side B

Rhythm N Thing-Thelonious Monk Thelonious-Thelonious Monk Compared to What?-Roberta Flack Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye-Roberta Flack Trying Times-Roberta Flack Groove Me-Roberta Flack Ain’t No Mountain High Enough-Roberta Flack

Here is a link to an archived version of this episode.