PURE with Howard Thompson

“ 1984” 

Cocteau Twins: Lorelei
Kirsty MacColl: A New England 
T-Bone Burnett: The Law Of Average
John Lennon: Grow Old With Me 
Billy Bragg: The Saturday Boy 
Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will 
The Cars: Drive 
Tom Verlaine: Five Miles of You 
Cristina: Smile
Scott Walker: Rawhide 
Robyn Hitchcock: Trams Of Old London
The Long Ryders: Ivory Tower 
Sade: Smooth Operator 
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Inch By Inch 2:29
Nick Lowe: Half A Boy And Half A Man 2:53
Lou Reed: Endlessly Jealous 3:56
The Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost In You 4:17
Talk Talk: It's My Life
Yellowman: Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt 
Daniel Johnston: True Love Will Find You In the End 
Aswad: Roots Rocking 
Public Image Ltd.: The Order Of Death 
George Michael: Careless Whisper 
The Fall: 2 X 4
The Pretenders: Middle Of The Road 
Minutemen: D.'s Car Jam/Anxious Mo-Fo
Captain Beefheart: Here I Am I Always Am 
Jandek: Starless 
The Sisters Of Mercy: Walk Away 
Run-DMC: Hard Times 
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Tracking The Dog 
David Johansen: The Stinkin Rich 
Guadalcanal Diary: Watusi Rodeo 
The Replacements: Sixteen Blue 
Jet Black Berries: Shakin' All Over 
Ramones: Planet Earth 1988 
The Everly Brothers: On the Wings of a Nightingale 
Motörhead: Killed By Death

“1969” (broadcast 4/21/23 )

the Beatles: Sun King 
The MC5: Kick Out The Jams 
Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes
The Band: Whispering Pines
Nick Drake: River Man
Bob Dylan: I Threw It All Away
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine 
Bob Dylan: I Threw It All Away
Procol Harum: The Devil Came From Kansas 
Roy Harper: Sgt. Sunshine 
The Maytals: Monkey Man
The Velvet Underground: After Hours
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'aime ... Moi Non Plus 
The Kinks: Shangri-La
Amen Corner: (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
Dusty Springfield: So Much Love
James Brown: Mother Popcorn (Part 1)
Third Ear Band: Stone Circle
The Isley Brothers: It’s Your Thing 
David Bowie: Memory of a Free Festival
Howlin' Wolf: Tail Dragger
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Frownland
Frank Zappa: Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague
The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
Michael Chapman: It Didn't Work Out
Spooky Tooth: Feelin’ Bad
Thunderclap Newman: Something In the Air 
Desmond Dekker & The Aces: A It Mek
T. Rex: King Of The Rumbling Spires 
Egg: Seven Is a Jolly Good Time 
King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Denny Laine: Say You Don’t Mind
Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times
Free: I'm a Mover 
Mott The Hoople: Rock And Roll Queen 
The Stooges: 1969 

"1970" w/Kevin Teare (broadcast 10/16/15)

1. B.B. King: Nobody Loves Me But My Mother 
2. Egg: They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano… 
3. Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in The Sky 
4. Slade: Shape Of Things To Come 
5. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Theme de Yoyo 
6. Eric Burdon & War: Spill The Wine 
7. Miles Davis: John McLaughlin 
8. Kevin Ayers: Puis Je?
9. Tim Buckley: Song to The Siren
10. Lindisfarne: Clear White Light (Part 2) 
11. Jerry Hahn Brotherhood: Martha's Madman 
12. Free: Oh I Wept 
13. Essra Mohawk: I Am The Breeze 
14. Fotheringay: Banks Of The Nile
15. Sun Ra: My Brother The Wind
16. Mick Jagger: Memo From Turner 
17. The James Gang: Funk #49 
18. The Kinks: Apeman 
19. The Velvet Underground: Cool It Down 
20. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Lick My Decals Off, Baby 
21. Edgar Broughton Band: Apache Dropout 
22. Joni Mitchell: Rainy Night House 
23. Van Der Graaf Generator: Refugees (single version) 
24. Joe Farrell Quartet: Collage For Polly 
25. The Mothers Of Invention: Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich 
26. David Bowie: After All 
27. T. Rex: The Children Of Rarn/Jewel 
28. Genesis: Dusk 
29. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déjà Vu 
30. The Last Poets: On the Subway 
31. Dave & Ansel Collins: Double Barrel 2:43
32. James Brown: Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1) 
33. Family: The Weaver's Answer 
34. Bob Dylan: Father Of Night
35. The Doors: Peace Frog
36. The Stooges: TV Eye
37. Melanie: Lay Down (Candles In the Rain) 5:29

PSA break

38. The Pretty Things: Parachute 
39. Jimi Hendrix: Freedom
40. Dave Edmunds: I Hear You Knockin’

"The Courettes' (broadcast 10/6/23 ) 

the Courettes: Hop The Twig
the Courettes: Too Late to Say I'm Sorry
the Courettes: Night Time (The Boy Of Mine)
Os Mutantes: A Minha Menina
Link Wray & The Wraymen: Ace Of Spades
the Courettes: Nobody But You
Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep, Mountain High
The Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
the Courettes: My One And Only Baby
Little Eva: The Loco-Motion
George Harrison: Awaiting on You All (partial)
the Courettes: I Can Hardly Wait
The Velvet Underground: Sunday Morning
the Courettes: Bye Bye Mon Amour
The Beach Boys: In My Room
the Courettes: Daydream (in Japanese)
Neil Sedaka: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
the Courettes: I Wanna Be Your Yoko Ono
The Kinks: Victoria
the Courettes: Won't Let You Go
The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
the Courettes: Misfits & Freaks
The Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows
John Lennon: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
the Courettes: Talking About My Baby
Gal Costa: Baby
the MC5: High School
the Courettes: The Boy I Love
T. Rex: 20th Century Boy
Tremelo Beer Gut: Hot! Hot! Heatwave! (feat. Sune Rose Wagner)
The Real Kids: She’s Alright
the Courettes: All About You
The Strangeloves: I Want Candy
the Courettes: Come Inside
Etta James: I’d Rather Go Blind
the Courettes: Trash Can Honey

“Painters & Paintings” (broadcast 7/19/19)

Michael Marra: Frida Kahlo's Visit to the Taybridge Bar 
Status Quo: Pictures Of Matchstick Men 
The Velvet Underground: Andy's Chest
Phil Manzanera: After Magritte 
The Mighty Wah!: Hey! Mona Lisa 
Don McLean: Vincent 
Joni Mitchell: The Jungle Line 
Conway Twitty: Mona Lisa 
Ian Dury & The Music Students: Peter The Painter 
Sara Hickman: Salvador 
Terry Allen: Truckload of Art
Lou Reed & John Cale: Hello It's Me 
Anna Calvi: Swimming Pool 
Angel Corpus Christi: Dim the Lights
10,000 Maniacs: Pour De Chirico
Michael Franks: Mr. Blue
Neil Young: The Painter
The Courettes: I Wanna be Your Yoko Ono
The Modern Lovers: Pablo Picasso 
Tony Adamo & The New York Crew: Picasso At Midnite 
Adam & The Ants: Picasso Visita El Planeta de los Simios
Guy Clark: Picasso's Mandolin
Robyn Hitchcock: DeChirico Street
Steely Dan: The Caves Of Altamira 
The Hidden City Orchestra: Chagall's Window 
Carl Mann: Mona Lisa 
KRS-One: Out for Fame 
Adrian Belew: Guernica
Television Personalities: I Remember Bridget Riley 
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: Run Paint Run Run 
Fast 'N' Bulbous: Dali's Car 
Philip Glass: An Artist Comes to Paint You 
Dire Straits: In The Gallery 
Bob Dylan: When I Paint My Masterpiece (demo)
Nits: Soap Bubble Box 
Felt: Primituve Painters 
Dana Gillespie: Andy Warhol 
Jay-Z: Picasso Baby (partial)

‘Here’s Johnny” (broadcast 9/1/17)

Jimmy Reed: Oh John
Shelby Lynne: Johnny Met June 
Johnny Cash: John's 
Kris Kristofferson: Good Morning John 
Vince Gill: Buttermilk John (feat. The Time Jumpers) 
The Band: Knockin' Lost John 
Willie Nelson: Johnny One Time 
Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator 
The Waterboys: A Girl Called Johnny 
John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me 
Mikel Rouse: Johnny Dollar 
Van Morrison w/Lonnie Donegan: Lost John (live) 
Danbert Nobacon & the Bad Things: Johnny Woebegone
David Bowie: John, I'm Only Dancing 
Jilted John: Jilted John 
Prince Far I: Johnny Get Worse 
Rudy Mills: John Jones 
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: John in the Air 
Tony Joe White: Gumbo John 
Warren Zevon: Johnny Strikes Up The Band 
Angel Corpus Christi: John Cassavetes 
Stereolab: John Cage Bubblegum 
Richard Thompson: Long John Silver
Loudon Wainwright III: Not John 
Hamell On Trial: John Lennon 
Gene Vincent: Who Slapped John 
Stan Freberg: John And Marsha 
Dale Watson & The Texas Two: Jonny At The Door
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Johnny Be Fair 
Jane Morgan: A Girl Named Johnny Cash 
Ruth Wallis: Johnny Had A Yo Yo 
Glenna Bell: Frankie And Johnny 
American Music Club: Johnny Mathis' Feet
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club: Johnny 
The Piglets: Johnny Reggae 
Dave Alvin: Johnny Ace Is Dead 
Varetta Dillard: Johnny Has Gone 
Shovels & Rope: Johnny 99
Imelda May: Johnny Got A Boom Boom
Takotsubo Men: Jon E Demotivator 
Suicide: Johnny
Pat Boone: Johnny Will 
Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary 
Andy Fairweather Low: Bye Bye Johnny
Dottie West: My Big John
Darlene Love: Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) 
Grateful Dead: Uncle John's Band 
Big John Greer: Come Back Uncle John
Jerry Lee Lewis: Johnny B. Goode

PSAs

Dion: Abraham, Martin And John 
The Beatles: The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Willie Tee: Thank You John

"Texas, y’all" (broadcast 5/19/17)

Janis Joplin: Me And Bobby McGee 
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
Guy Clark: Rain In Durango
Nanci Griffith: It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go 
Townes Van Zandt: Tecumseh Valley
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
Johnny Winter: I'll Drown In My Tears
Little Esther Phillips: Mo Jo Hannah (mono)
Kacey Musgraves: Dime Store Cowgirl
Buddy Holly: True Love Ways 
Dixie Chicks: You Send Me
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Too Tired
Tanya Tucker: Texas (When I Die)
Roger Miller: King Of The Road
The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Wrap It Up 
Sara Hickman: Simply
Mickey Newbury: Baby`s Not Home
Roky Erickson: Starry Eyes
Lee Ann Womack: Out on the Weekend
Waylon Jennings w/Mark Knopfler: Learning The Game
Robert Earl Keen: That Buckin' Song 
The Vaughan Brothers: Good Texan 
Edgar Winter's White Trash: Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll 
Doug Sahm & Band: Beautiful Texas Sunshine
Glenna Bell: Shiner Bock & ZZ Top (Houston Avenue)
Kris Kristofferson: Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends 
Dale Watson & The Texas Two: Elbow Grease, Spackle And Pine Sol 
Stephen Bruton: Bigger Wheel 
Willie Nelson: Crazy 
Barbara Lynn: Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin') 
Ronnie Dawson: Rockin' Bones
Al Staehely: Mr X-terminator 
The Texas Tornados: She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
The Resentments: Thirteen 
Bobby Fuller: I Fought the Law 
Butthole Surfers: Pepper 
Joe Tex: Show Me 
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men: Neva 
Michael Nesmith: Rio 
Dennis Linde: Burning Love
Brave Combo: Trippy Town (Denton Life)
ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin' 3:58 

"Friday Nite, Rayne, LA" (broadcast 5/8/2020 )

Leroy Broussard: Lemonade Song 2:29
Ganey Arsement: Bayou Anglais 3:16
Tommy McLain: Before I Grow Too Old 2:29
Johnnie Allan: Promised Land 2:05
Moon Mullican: Jambalaya 2:34
Rod Bernard And Clifton Chenier: Shake Rattle & Roll 3:16
Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys: Two-step de St-Ann’s 4:11
Jimmy Donley: Loving Cajun Style 1:49
James Bergeron & The Kickin' Cajuns: Whole Lotta Woman 3:13
D.L. Menard: The Back Door (La porte en arriere) 2:11
Nathan Abshire & the Pine Grove Boys w/Robert Bertrand: That's All Right Mama 1:55
Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil: Les Veuves De La Coulee 2:40
Clifton Chenier: Shake It, Don't Break It 3:40
Rufus Jagneaux: Opelousas Sostan 2:32
Lost Bayou Ramblers: Sabine Turnaround 3:59
Eddie Shuler's All Star Reveliers: Jambalaya Boogie 2:42
Rockin' Sidney: My Toot Toot 3:48
Gene Rodrigue: Little Cajun Girl 2:09
Bobby Charles: See You Later, Alligator 2:47

"Bonny Scotland" (funraiser, broadcast 6/3/16)

1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: The Road, the Isles/Glendaruel Highlanders/The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill
The Incredible String Band: Air 
The Proclaimers: On Causewayside 
Ivor Cutler: Counting Song 
Pipe Major David Hutton: Itchy Fingers/Mason's Apron/the Clumsy Lover 
Eddi Reader: Wings On My Heels
John Martyn: Certain Surprise
Stonehaven Pipe Band: Hornpipes - The Queen Of The Rushes/The Muckle Dram 
Ivor Cutler: A Doughnut In My Hand 
Hamish Imlach: If It Wisnae For The Union 
Chic Murray: The Cricket Ding By The.. 
Eddi Reader: My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose 
Cliar: The Para Handy Set: Mrs. John MacColl/Pipe Major Jimmy MacGregor - Jig/Inspector Donald Campbell of Ness - Jig/Manus Lunny’s Plower Pot - Jig 
Anna Murray: Slieve Russel/Donald Cameron's Powder Horn 
Dòchas: Waulking Song/Gura Mise Tha Fo Mhulad/Braes Of Melinish
Ivor Cutler: Whale Badge
Pipe Major David Hutton: Address to the Haggis
John Martyn: One World
Isla St. Clair: Flowers Of The Forest 
Ivor Cutler: Creamy Pumpkins 
Francie and Josie: Glasgow Underground 
Andy Stewart: Donald Where's Your Troosers? 
Garbage: Even Though Our Love Is Doomed 
John Martyn: Over The Hill 
Eddi Reader: Wild Mountainside 
Pipe Major David Hutton: Highland Cathedral 
Ivor Cutler: Silent 'S' 
Ishbell MacAskill: The Thrush Comes In Spring 
John Martyn: May You Never 
Ivor Cutler: Tomato Brain (feat Linda Hirst) 
Eddi Reader: Vagabond 
The Waterboys: The Whole Of The Moon 
John Martyn: Couldn't Love You More
Lulu: Take Your Mama For A Ride 5:09

"Uke" (broadcast 2/15/16)

Bill Frisell: Hello Nellie 
Petty Booka: Do You Wanna Dance 
Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream 
Joe Brown: I Like Ukeleles 
Emily Ritz & Lyle Ritz: Tonight You Belong To Me 
The Unthanks: Canny Hobby Elliott 
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman
Chumbawamba: All Fur Coat & No Knickers 
Amanda Palmer: WPKN ID 
Amanda Palmer: Ukulele Anthem 
Janelle Monáe: Dance Apocalyptic 
Bright Little Field: I'll Be You 
Kate Rusby: Farewell
Brian Cullman: Time if There is Time 
Beirut: Elephant Gun 
Queen: Good Company 
Paul Hemmings: Please Send Me Someone To Love 
Viv Albertine: Still England 
George Formby: With My Little Ukulele in My Hand 
East River String Band: Be Kind to a Man When He's Down 
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: Theme from Shaft 
Matt Gibson: Taxman 
Steve “Boltz” Bolton: Not A Second Time 
Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney: Something (Live) 
Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr: Ain’t She Sweet 
George Harrison: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 
Van Morrison: That's Entrainment 
Amanda Thorpe: Attend To Your Dreams 
Kimo Hussey: Blue Bayou 
Mikel Rouse: PURE/WPKN ID 
Mikel Rouse: Gaza Strip Mall (Get Happy) 
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: April Fool 
Taylor Swift: Sad Beautiful Tragic  
Fairport Convention: Ukulele Central 
Sophie Madeleine: Mr Sandman 
Loudon Wainwright III: Got A Ukelele 
Seasick Steve: Hope 
Meghan Trainor: Title 
Elvis Presley: Can't Help Falling In Love 
Andy Fairweather Low: Low Rider 
Joe Brown: The Ace of Spades 
Ian Hunter: Brainwashed
The Who: Blue Red And Grey