Backroad To Nowhere

Backroad To Nowhere

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Backroad To Nowhere episodes

  • Soul Sunshine

    Playlist
    1. The Book by Eldridge Holmes on Deesu (Deesu)
    2. Trouble by Brenton Wood on Double Shot (Double Shot)
    3. The Clapping Song by Shirley Ellis on Ace (Ace)
    4. It's Been a Change by Solomon Burke on Atlantic (Atlantic)
    5. It's Been a Change by Solomon Burke on Atlantic (Atlantic)
    6. A Man is a Mean Mean Thing by Barbara Perry on Kent (Kent)
    7. A Man is a Mean Mean Thing by Barbara Perry on Kent (Kent)
    8. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia by James Carr on Goldwax / Bell (Goldwax / Bell)
    9. Hit And Run by George Jackson on Ace (Ace)
    10. Hit And Run by George Jackson on Ace (Ace)
    11. You're Gonna Miss Me by Reuben Bell on Murco (Murco)
    12. Searching For My Baby by Bobby Moore on Checker (Checker)
    13. Everything's Gonna Be Everything by Don Covay on Atlantic (Atlantic)
    14. Left Over Love by Mable John on Stax (Stax)
    15. Left Over Love by Mable John on Stax (Stax)
    16. People Gonna Talk About You by Eddie Floyd on Lu Pine (Lu Pine)
    17. I Love You So Much by Singing Sammi Ward and Sherri Taylor on Motown (Motown)
    18. Fortune Teller by Benny Spellman on Minit (Minit)
    19. What Did I Do Wrong by Betty Harris on Soul Jazz (Soul Jazz)
    20. Fair Play by Diamond Joe on Minit (Minit)
    21. Life Is Just a Struggle by Johnny Adams on Ric (Ric)
    22. What Can I Do by Bobby Marchan on Kent (Kent)
    23. Old Love Never Dies by Big Maybelle on Rojac (Rojac)
    24. So Strange by Bobby & Lucy on Chief (Chief)
    25. So Strange by Bobby & Lucy on Chief (Chief)
    26. Have Fun Baby by Joe Medwick on - (-)
      27. 59 min
    27. All from Muscle Shoals

      Playlist
      1. You Better Move On by Arthur Alexander on Dot (Dot)
      2. Willie and Laura Mae Jones by Clarance Carter on Atlantic (Atlantic)
      3. Steal Away by Jimmy Hughes on FAME (FAME)
      4. Too Weak to Fight by Ella Washington on Sound Stage 7 ‎ (Sound Stage 7 ‎)
      5. Snake in the Grass by Don Covay on Atlantic (Atlantic)
      6. In the Heat of Love by Marjorie Ingram on Ace (Ace)
      7. Fancy by Bobbie Gentry on Capitol (Capitol)
      8. You Left the Water Running by Otis Redding on Stone (Stone)
      9. Aching Breaking Heart by George Jones on Mercury (Mercury)
      10. Search Your Heart by George Jackson on Ace (Ace)
      11. Never In Public by Candi Staton on Ace (Ace)
      12. Today I Started Loving You Again by Bettye Swann on Atlantic (Atlantic)
      13. It Tears Me Up by Percy Sledge on Atlantic (Atlantic)
      14. The Puppet by Dan Penn on Ace (Ace)
      15. Somewhere Crying by Irma Thomas on Chess (Chess)
      16. I'll Be Doggone by Solomon Burke on Bell (Bell)
      17. Security by Etta James on ACE (ACE)
      18. You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy by Ralph on Ace (Ace)
      19. I'm Living Good by Ovations on Goldwax (Goldwax)
        20. 59 min
      20. Thrift Store Haul Vol 5

        Playlist
        1. Goin' Up The Country by Canned Heat on Liberty records (Liberty records)
        2. The Race is On by Norma Jean on RCA Camden (RCA Camden)
        3. You Should Have Seen Me Runnin' by New Riders of the Purple Sage on Columbia (Columbia)
        4. The Jewels of Hanalei by Buffy Sainte-Marie on Vanguard (Vanguard)
        5. The Pilgrim- Chapter 33 by Kris Kristofferson on Monument (Monument)
        6. Me and Bobby McGee by Jerry Lee Lewis on Mercury (Mercury)
        7. Summertime by Big Brother and the Holding Company on Columbia (Columbia)
        8. Down Along the Cover by Johnny Jenkins on Capricorn (Capricorn)
        9. Never Ending Song of Love by Delaney & Bonnie on Atco (Atco)
        10. Song of Myself by Peggy Seeger on Rounder (Rounder)
        11. Tennessee Stud by Mike Auldridge on Takoma (Takoma)
        12. The Guy You Left Behind by Johnny Winter on GRT (GRT)
        13. School of Porpoises by Sounds of Sea Animals on Folkways (Folkways)
        14. Easy Come Easy Go by Mama Cass on Dunhill (Dunhill)
        15. Like a Rolling Stone by Flatt & Scruggs on Columbia (Columbia)
        16. Hello, I Am Your Heart by Dennis Linde on Elektra (Elektra)
        17. Three-Armed Poker Playin' River Rat by The Everly Brothers on RCA (RCA)
        18. Pick Up the Tempo by Goose Creek Symphony on Columbia (Columbia)
        19. Truck Drivin' Man by Leon Russell on Shelter (Shelter)
          20. 59 min
        20. Let's Get Free

          Playlist
          1. Milk by Itasca on Paradise of Bachelors (Paradise of Bachelors)
          2. Terres brûlées by Myriam Gendron on Thrill Jockey/Feeding Tube, 2024 (Thrill Jockey/Feeding Tube, 2024)
          3. Aerie by Jim White & Marisa Anderson on Thrill Jockey (Thrill Jockey)
          4. The Tree as a Kinship Symbol by Milkweed on self released (self released)
          5. Lonely Woman by Shane Parish on Palilalia (Palilalia)
          6. A Different View by Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet on Palilalia Records (Palilalia Records)
          7. Curtain is Closing by Nighttime on Ba Da Bing! (Ba Da Bing!)
          8. No Taste Tart Enough by David Nance & Mowed Sound on Third Man (Third Man)
          9. My Kind by Rosali on Merge (Merge)
          10. All Bloom Not All Together by Austin Stambaugh on Anticorporate (Anticorporate)
          11. Leather Jacket by Desiree Cannon on Long Road Society (Long Road Society)
          12. A Dream Like Milk & Honey by Evan Cheadle on self released (self released)
          13. root <=> branch by Irreversible Entanglements on Impulse (Impulse)
          14. Unknown Rivers by Luke Stewart Silt Trio on Pi (Pi)
          15. Sunflowers of Your Mind by Daisy Rickman on Weird Walk Record Cult (Weird Walk Record Cult)
            16. 30 min
          17. Chickadee Closure

            Playlist
            1. Puff Puff by Champion Jack Dupree on Blue Horizon (Blue Horizon)
            2. Five Hundred Houses by Vince Matthews and Jim Casey on Delmore Recording Society (Delmore Recording Society)
            3. The Dirt That You Throw by Delia Bell on Country (Country)
            4. How Far Down Can I Go by Lefty Frizzell on Columbia (Columbia)
            5. Swimming Song by Kate & Anna McGarrigle on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)
            6. Keep On Trying by Red Coats Review, Inc. on Arcania International (Arcania International )
            7. Drums by Jim Pepper on Embryo (Embryo)
            8. Magic Hollow by The Beau Brummels on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)
            9. We Are the People Darker Than Blue by Curtis Mayfield on Curtom (Curtom)
            10. Ridin' On My Skateboard by Jim Ford on Bear Family (Bear Family)
            11. Cherry by J.J. Cale on Shelter (Shelter)
            12. Sun Song by Marisa Anderson on Thrill Jockey (Thrill Jockey)
            13. Ba Al by Exuma on Mercury (Mercury)
            14. Driftin by John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat on Liberty (Liberty)
            15. The Door Is Always Open by Waylon Jennings on Sony (Sony)
            16. Little Sadie by Jack Rose / Black Twig Pickers on Klang Industries (Klang Industries )
              17. 1 hr
            17. A Thousand Smokes

              Playlist
              1. Drum Song by Earth, Wind & Fire on Columbia (Columbia)
              2. Odana by Alana Obamsawin on Constellation (Constellation)
              3. Arkansas by Eggs Over Easy on A&M (A&M)
              4. Look Down the Road by Ralph White on self released (self released)
              5. I Passed It By by Sam the Sham on MGB (MGB)
              6. Rags and Old Iron by Nina Simone on Colpix (Colpix)
              7. Amanzwe by Don Cherry on Blank Forms (Blank Forms)
              8. David's Tune by Fraser & Debolt on Columbia (Columbia)
              9. Let It Be by Malvina Reynolds on Folkways (Folkways)
              10. Wreck on the Highway by Sid Selvidge on Enterprise (Enterprise)
              11. New Wine by Jessi Colter on RCA (RCA)
              12. The Mood I'm In by Melba Montgomery on Unart (Unart)
              13. Instamatic by Oliver on Guerrson (Guerrson)
              14. Tuzna Je Nedelja by Branko Natalja on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                15. 59 min
              16. Who's New Here?

                Playlist
                1. Truck Drivin' Man by Buck Owens on Capitol (Capitol)
                2. You Got To Move by Willie Dixon on Yambo (Yambo)
                3. Willie Moore by Kossey Sisters on Tradition (Tradition)
                4. I'm New Here by Gil Scott-Heron on XL Recordings (XL Recordings)
                5. Whitey on the moon by Gil Scott Heron on BGP (BGP)
                6. I'm New Here by Smog on Drag City (Drag City)
                7. Not Through WIth This Yet by Kath Bloom on Caldo Verde (Caldo Verde )
                8. What Is True (Studio Demo) by Fairport Convention on Island (Island)
                9. Hate Myself in the Morning by Clifford Curry on Wood Shed (Wood Shed)
                10. Car Lights on in the Daytime BLues by Love on Blue Thumb (Blue Thumb)
                11. Doodle Let Me Go (Yaller Girls) by A.L. Lloyd on - (-)
                12. Stranger In a Strange Land by The Byrds on Elektra (Elektra)
                13. Put Your Weight On It by Rudy Ray Moore on Generation International (Generation International)
                14. Hello Stranger by Barbara Lewis on Atlantic (Atlantic)
                15. Sea Lion Woman by Odetta on RCA Victor (RCA Victor)
                16. Facing All the Same Tomorrows by Vernon Wray on Sebastion Speaks (Sebastion Speaks)
                17. Love To Hate by Freddie Northe on Kent Soul (Kent Soul )
                18. Drowsey Maggie by Smoke Dawson on Tompkins Square (Tompkins Square)
                  19. 59 min
                19. Girls of Summer

                  Playlist
                  1. Zoomy by The Bobbettes on Atlantic (Atlantic)
                  2. How Come by Ikettes on - (-)
                  3. Come Back by The Belles on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  4. Never Change Our Hearts by Toni and the Hearts on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  5. I Wanna Be A Winner by Vicki and The Van Dykes on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  6. You're Acting Kind of Strange by Chappells on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  7. Broken Heart by The Contessas on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  8. Where Is Love by The Monzas on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  9. The Heart Can Feel the Pain by The Tonettes on Numero Group (Numero Group)
                  10. He Hhit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) by The Crystals on Philles (Philles)
                  11. He's A Bad Boy by Carole King on Rhino (Rhino)
                  12. He Is the Boy by Little Eva on Dimension (Dimension)
                  13. I Can Never Go Home Anymore by the Shangri-Las on Red Bird (Red Bird)
                  14. The Willow Wept by The Heartbreakers on Atco (Atco)
                  15. (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up by The Ronettes on Phillies (Phillies)
                  16. Iko, Iko by The Dixie Cups on Red Bird (Red Bird)
                  17. Don't Drop by Dolly Parton on Monument (Monument)
                  18. (Just How Much) Can One Heart Take by Kolettes on Ace Records (Ace Records)
                  19. One Little Thing by Carol Vega on Ace (Ace)
                  20. I Gotta Tell It by The Blossoms on - (-)
                  21. Pretty Little Words by Tawney Williams on Ace (Ace)
                    22. 59 min

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