Middlesbrough

Sunderland: 

Washington: Bryan Ferry

• Roxy Music / Love is the Drug 

Arriving in Newcastle (William the Conquer, 1066 a.d.)
Along the Quayside 

Coal Mining

• Sting / We Work the Black Seam 

Shipbuilding

Duets 

Today's Music 

Heading South

Closing

What's the Common Thread, The Music Trivia Game
21.  Aerosmith / Eyesight to the Blind
22. J. Geils Band / Struttin' With My Baby 
23. Ike & Tina Tuner / Proud Mary
24. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa / Nutbush City Limits
25. Dr. Feelgood / Milk & Alcohol
26. The Strypes / Blue Collar Jane
27. Graham Parker / Paralyzed
28. Dave Edmunds / I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock n Roll)
29. James Eddie (The Wingnuts) / Nevada Honeymoon
30. Norah Jones / American Anthem
31. Keb Mo / America the Beautiful
32. John Mellencamp / Gone So Soon
33. Chris Cain / Blues for My Dad
34. Josh White / The House I Live In
35. Big Bill Broonzy / Bons Bons, Chocolate, Chewing Gum
36. Amanda Ann Platt & the Honeycutters / Forget Me Not Blue
37. Mark Knopfler / A Place We Used to Live
Spotlights Shows

PLAYLIST May 18, 2025
Pacific Street Blues & Americana

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1. The Allman Brothers / Jessica
2. Galatic & Irma Thomas / Where I Belong
3. Brothers Brown / Junior's Back
4. Elmore James / Person to Person
5. Jimmy Reed / I Ain't Got You
6. Tommy Castro / Freight Train
7. Robert Randolph / Big Women
8. Larkin Poe / Strike Gold
9. Carla Thomas / Country Road
10. Mike Farris / Before There Was You
11. Renee Elise Goldberry / Starring
12. Laura Nyro / Luckie
13. Bywater Call / Falls Away
14. Tab Benoit / Watching the Gators Roll In
15. Bonnie Raitt / Women Be Wise
16. Seth Walker / Up on the Mountain

What's the Common Thread, The Music Trivia Game
17. The Animals / House of the Rising Sun
18. The Black Crowes / Thorn in My Pride 
19. The Beatles / Don't Let Me Down
20. The Eagles / Already Gone 

Northern Soul / [Brit Box / George Gently] 

British Radio

Rock Music 

• - recorded live in Newcastle 

Dunston, County Durham / Brian Johnson

• AC/DC / You Shook Me All Night Long 

Wallsend: 

• Russ Tippins / Josephine

Animals/ busking
Jimi Hendrix in Tyneside (Chas Chandler, Linda Keith, Paul Kossoff) 

Hadrian's Wall & Northumberland

Starting the Journey 

Two Methods of Transportation

A Decision at Bowness on Solway 

Folk Music

The Hills / Pennines "The Backbone of England"

PLAYLIST May 11, 2025
Pacific Street Blues & Americana

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20. Tommy Casto / Hole in the Wall
21. Chris O'Leary / You Break It, You Bought It
22. Charlie Musselwhite / Hip Shakin Mama
23. Etta James / I Got You Babe
24. Orinthi / Some Kind of Feeling
25. Joe Bonamassa / Shake This Ground
26. John Nemeth / Blue Broadway
27. Mississippi Heat / Madeleine
28. Bonnie Raitt / Love so Strong
29. Southern Avenue / Sisters
Spotlights Shows
30. Eric Nelson / Not At All
31. The North Mississippi All-Stars / Still Shakin'
32. Carolina Chocolate Drops / Hit'em Up Style
33. Muddy Waters / No Escape from the Blues
34. Sass Jordan / Where There's a Will, There's a Way
35. Notorious Cherry Bombs / Let It Roll, Let It Ride
What's the Common Thread, The Music Trivia Game

PLAYLIST May 11, 2025
Pacific Street Blues & Americana

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1. Carolyn Wonderland / Let's Play a Game
2. Rhiannon Giddens / Freedom Highway
3. Staple Singers / I'll Take You There
4. Phil Ochs / I Ain't Marching Anymore
5. Eric Bibb / The Times They are a Changin'
6. Carla Thomas / Country Road
7. Harry Manx & Kevin Breit / Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
8. The Byrds / He Was a Friend of Mine
9. Seth Walker / Up on the Moutain
10. Royal Southern Brotherhood / Big Greasy
11. Larkin Poe / Fool Outta Me
12. Galatic & Irma Thomas / Where I Belong
13. Gretchen Wilson / Sunday Morning
14. The Poor Boys / East of Paradise
15. Reese Wynans / Crossfire
Spotlights Shows
16. Drive-By Truckers / Every Mother's Son 
17. Etta James / Tell Mama
18. Jackson Five / Mama Told Not to Come
19. Sue Foley / Motherless Child Blues 

Extended Podcast
38. Rick Derringer / Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo
39. Aerosmith / Baby Please Don't Go
40. Long John Baldry / I’m Ready
- Baldry met Rod Stewart when Rod was busking a Muddy Waters song on the Streets of London

After the Beatles - Trying Something New
41. 1968 - Electric Mud (Rotary Connection)
- - Muddy Waters w/Rotary Connection / Let's Spend the Night Together
42. 1969 - Fathers & Sons
- - Muddy Waters with Paul Butterfield, Michael Bloomfield, Donald 'Duck' Dunn (Booker T & the MGs), Sam Lay, Buddy Miles, Otis Spann
/ Mean Disposition
43. 1972 - The London Sessions
- - Muddy Waters w/ Rory Gallagher, Richard Roman Grechko a/k/a Rick Grech (Traffic, Blind Faith), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix), and more
/ Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man with I'm Gone?
44. 1975 - Woodstock
- - Muddy Waters w/The Band / Mannish Boy
/ Mannish Boy (The Last Waltz)

Electric Guitar & Amplification
45. Charlie Christian / Rose Room
46. T Bone Walker / Stormy Monday Blues
47. BB King / The Thrill is Gone

Development of a Song
48. (1950) Muddy Waters / Rollin' Tumblin' Blues
49. (1928) Gus Cannon & the Jug Stompers / Minglewood Blues
50. (1929( Hambone Willie Newburn / Rollin' & Tumblin' Blues [Sleepy John Estes]
51. (1929) Charlie Patton / Banty Rooster Blues
52. (1929) Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachel / The Girl I Love, She's Got Long Black Wavy Hair
53. (1936) Robert Johnson (Chris Thomas King) / If I Had Possession over Judgement Day
- Travlin' Riverside Blues
54. (1969) Led Zeppelin / The Girl I Love, She's Got Long Black Wavy Hair
55. (1969) Led Zeppelin / Travelin' Riverside Blues
56. (2006) Bob Dylan / Rollin' Tumblin'

Development of a Song
57. Robert Petway / Catfish Blues
58. Muddy Waters / Rollin' Stone Blues
59. The Rollin' Stones / Catfish Blues (Rollin' Stone Blues above)
60. Jimi Hendrix / Catfish Blues 

Muddy Waters!
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Pacific St Blues & Americana
May 4, 2025

A Chronological Look at Muddy's songs as Covered by Modern Performers
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22. (1948) Harry Manx / I Can't Be Satisfied
23. (1950) The Rolling Stones / Rollin' Stone Blues
24. (1951) Stevie Ray Vaughan / Honey Bee
25. (1951) Tommy Castro / She Moves Me
26. (1952) Johnny Winter /Iodine in My Coffee
27. (1952) Smokestack Lightin' (Yardbirds)
28. (1953) Jimmy Rogers All Stars / Blow Wind, Blow
29. (1954) Foghat / I Just Wanna Make (Love to You)
30. (1955) Joan Osborne / I Want to Be Loves
31. (1956) Steppenwolf / 40 Days and 40 Nights
32. (1955) Allman Brothers / Trouble No More
33. (1955) Koko Taylor / I'm a Woman
34. (1956) Eric Clapton / Rock Me
35. (1960) Joe Bomamassa / Tiger in Your Tank
36. (1962) Tina Turner / You Need Love (Whole Lotta Love)
37. (1977) Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter / Blues Had a Baby (and They Called It Rock and Roll)
What's the Common Thread, The Music Trivia Game

The Spotlight on Muddy Waters!
Pacific Street Blues & Americana
May 4, 2025

Part 1 of 3 - Special PODCAST ONLY show

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1. Paul Rodgers / Muddy Water Blues
2. John Hiatt / Crossing Muddy Water
3. Van Morrison / Cleaning Windows
4. Jeff Healey / Come Together
5. Big Joe Williams / Baby Please Don't Go (Aerosmith,
6. Big Bill Broonzy / Night Time is the Right Time (Ray Charles)
7. Mississippi Shieks / Sitting On Top of the World
8. Lead Belly / Midnight Special
9. Muddy Waters (Lomax) / I Be's Troubled (I Can't Be Satisfied)
10. Ann Cole / I Got My Mojo Working (1956/1957)
11. Bo Diddley / I'm a Man
12. Earl Hooker / Blue Guitar
13. Led Zeppelin / You Shook Me
Spotlights Shows
14. BB King / Rock Me Baby
15. Buddy Guy / She's 19 Years Old
16. Chuck Berry / Maybellene
17. Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys / Ida Red

Planting the Seed in England
18. (1979) Chris Barber w/ Muddy Waters / Kansas City
19. (1954) Cyril Davis w/ Alexis Korner / Hoochie Coochie Man
20. (1951) John Mayall / Long Distance Call
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