Pacific Street Blues & Americana

"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. 

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

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

PLAYLIST: Pacific St Blues & Americana
September 27, 2026 

1. Sheryl Crow & Jesse Wells / Freedom Bus
2. Lucinda Williams / Freedom Speaks
3. Eric Bibb / Freedom Train 
4. Neil Young / Freedom Train 
5. Big Head Todd / Bittersweet
6. Los Lonely Boys / Heaven
7. Jonny Lang / Lie to Me 
8. Indigenous / Things We Do 
9. Hector Anchondo / Black Magic Woman 
10. Santana / Europa
11. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band / Rattlesnake Shake 
12. Black Crowes (feat Jimmy Page) / Oh Well 
13. Led Zeppelin / Travelling Riverside Blues (Robert Johnson cover) 
14. Larry Davis / Texas Flood 
15. Vaughan Brothers / Tick Tock 
16. Charly Patton / Dirt Road Blues 
17. Woody Guthrie / Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 
18. Johnny Winter / Further on up the Road
19. Hayes Carll / King of the Road

Note: I meant Jack Nicolson but said Jack Nickolsen. My bad: it happens. Apologizes to The Shark.

22. Brooke Combe / Love was Made of Stone
23. War & Treaty / You Can't Hurt Me Anymore 
24. Aretha Franklin / The Night Time is the Right Time 
25. Aiyana-Lee (Anderson)/ Housebroken
26. The Staple Singers / We the People 
27. Chris O'Leary / Lady Luck 
28. Eddie Kirkland / Down on My Knees
29. Blood Brothers (Albert Castiligia & Mike Zito) / No Good Woman
30. Galatic & Irma Thomas / Where I Belong
31. Shaun Murphy / Welcome to Bluesville
32. Gregg Allman / Dark End of the Street 
33. Marcus King / Good and Gone 
34. Mike Farris / Havana Santa
35. The Claudettes / Dozing in the Crypt
36. Carolyn Wonderland / Sooner or Later
37. Matt Whipkey / Self-Imaginary Lover

Pacific St Blues & Americana
September 20, 2026

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1. Keb Mo / Living in the Moment 
2. Rhiannon Giddens / Carolina Rain
3. Jeni Grouws / Runnin' Ragged 
4. Danielle Nicole / Tug of War (Fireflies) 
5. Beth Hart / I Wanna Be Big Bad Johnny Cash  
6. Rodney Crowell / I Walk the Line Revisited
7. Dale Watson / I Walk the Line 
8. Billy Burnette / Ring of Fire
9. Johnny Cash / We'll Meet Again 
10. Orianthia / Attention 
11. Southern Avenue / Rum Boogie 
12. B. B. King / Everyday I Have the Blues 
13. McDonald, Tedeschi, Bonamassa / To Know You is to Love You 
14. Kris Lager Band / Time to Spend 
15. Aynsley Lister / Insatiable 
16. Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart / Black Coffee
17. Humble Pie / Hot n' Nasty
18. Neville Brothers / Fly Like an Eagle
19. Walter Wolfman Washington / Funk is in the House 
20. Tony Holiday / Woman Named Trouble 
21. Eddie 9V / Love Moves Slowly 

22. Jeni Grouws / When I Get Back to You 
23. Van Morrison / These Dreams of You 
24. Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps / When My Baby Comes Home 
25. Rhiannon Giddens / Caroline Rain 
26. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away 
27. Eric Gales / Guitar Man 
28. Big Head Todd & the Monsters / Bittersweet
29. Los Lonely Boys / 16 Monkeys 
30. Gary Moore / The Supernatural 
31. Peter Green / 32-20 Blues  
32. Maggie Rogers / Don't Forget Me
33. Robben Ford w/ Mavis Staples / Peace, Love, & Understanding
34. Jad Tariq / High Inflation Blues 
35. Sheryl Crow & Jesse Welles / Freedom Bus 
36. Tom Waits / Jersey Girl 
37. The Rolling Stones / In the Stars 

Pacific St Blues & Americana
September 13, 2026

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1. Keb Mo / Stitched Up Heart
2. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats / I Need Never Get Old
3. March Wind / Until I Lost You
4. Brooke Combe / Love Was Made of Stone
5. Chris O'Leary / Lady Luck
6. Tommy Castro / Blues Prisoner
7. Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials / Cold Side of the Bed
8. Eric Clapton / Key to the Highway
9. Freddy King / Lonesome Whistle Blues
10. Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, Al Kooper / It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It takes a Train to Cry
11. Tad Robinson / Keep Your Heart Open for Love
12. Jeff Beck Group / Drinkin' Again
13. Cowboy Junkies / Thunder Road
14. Robert Mitchum / Ballad of Thunder Road
15. Bruce Springsteen / Cautious Man
16. Betty Lavette / Streets of Philadelphia 
17. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris / If this is Goodbye
18. Leonard Cohen / On That Day 
19. Nancy Wilson / The Rising
20. Neil Young / Let's Roll 
21. Eddie Vedder / My City in Ruin 

Pacific St Blues & Reggae

16. Paul Simon / Mother & Child Reunion
17. Keb Mo w/ Blind Boy Paxton & Baaba Maal / Three Little Birds
       - Peter Burnetta (Omaha connection)
18. Fats Domino / Be My Guest (1959) 
19. Madness / Our House
20. Junior Murvin / Police & Thieves (The Clash)
21. The Clash /  (White Man in) Hammersmith Palais  
22. UB 40 / Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
23. Specials / Shanty Town 007 
24. The Police / Roxanne
25. Sting & Shaggy / Don't Make Me Wait (Wait in Vain - Marley reference) 
26. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Many Rivers to Cross
27. Nighthawks / Johnny Too Bad 

1. Tresillo: Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley or Johnny Otis / Willie & the Hand Jive 
2. Habanera: (Peggy Lee) Ray Charles & Natalie Cole / Fever 
3. Mambo: Neville Brothers / Mardi Gras Mambo
4. Rumba: Professor Longhair / Rum & Coke
5. Second Line: Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Tomorrow
6. Calypso: Nat Cole / Calypso Blues 

Pacific St Blues & Americana - The Reggae Edition
Labor Day, 2026

1. Alice Cooper / Hello, Hooray
2. Judy Collins / Hello Hooray 

3. Louis Jordan / Run Joe 
4. Nat Cole / Calypso Blues  
5. Chuck Berry / Havana Moon
6. The Tarriers (Harry Belafonte) / Day-O a/k/a Banana Boat Song
7. The Weavers / Wimoweh (Robert John, The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 
      - "wimoweh" chant based on a mishearing of the Zulu "uyimbube." 
8. Jimmy Cliff / I Can See Clearly Now
9. Curtis Salgado / The Harder They Come 
10. Desmond Dekker / Israelites
11. Toots & the Mayatals / What's My Number 
12. Van Morrison / I Shall Sing 
13. 10 cc / Dreadlock Holiday
14. Eric Clapton / I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley) 
15. Rolling Stones / Cherry Baby (Eric Donaldson) 
16. Sheryl Crow (covering Led Zeppelin) / Dyer Make It