Tuesday In the Forest, October 11, 2011 with James Anthony and Melissa Rae

James and Melissa returned to Michigan after over half a year away, living in Philly and then Massachusettes. When I booked them as guests, no one was sure how long they’d be in town for, but luckily they’ve since stuck around. This night was a fun opportunity for me to bust out some honky tonk hits, which don’t get their day in the forest often enough. James has a deep knowledge of both jazz and traditional hillbilly tunes, so we started out with some of his favorite jazz tracks. Melissa also took a shift behind the turntables and played exclusively her all-time favorite artist: Dolly Parton. Melissa and James also played an excellent acoustic set, with yours truly sitting in on stand-up bass in what remains my only public performance on the instrument. Good times.

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Dave Lawson (D) with guest DJs James Anthony (J) and Melissa Rae (M)

Art Tatum – Tea for Two (J)
Charlie Parker – Now’s the Time (J)
Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five – Hotter than That (D)
Ellington & Coltrane – Take the Coltrane (J)
Thelonious Monk – Bye-ya (D)
Ahmad Jamal Trio – Surrey with a Fringe a Top (J)
Bob Moore – Mexico (D)
Chet Atkins – Ex Mortenant (What Now My Love) (J)
Les Paul and Mary Ford – At the Save-A-Penny Super Store (D)
Dolly Parton – Mule Skinner Blues (M)
Sammi Smith – Why Do You Do Me Like You Do? (D)
Dolly Parton – Hush-a-Bye (M)
Dolly Parton – Hard Times (M)
Ferlin Huskey – Timber I’m Falling (D)
Dolly Parton – Working Girl (M)
Dolly Parton – The Bargain Store (D)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Dolly Parton – Detroit City (M)
Merle Haggard – Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (D)
Faron Young – Your Time’s Comin’ (J)
Little Jimmy Dickens – John Henry (D)
Sonny James – Young Love (J)
Flatt and Scruggs – I Won’t Be Hanging Around (D)
Faron Young – Wine Me Up (J)
Merle Travis – Fat Gal (D)

[Melissa, James and Dave play an acoustic set]

Nitty Gritty Dirty Band w/ Ralph Stanley – Nashville Blues (J)
Roger Miller – Chug-A-Lug (D)
Ray Price – You Done Me Wrong (D)
Ernest Tubb – Thanks a Lot (D)
Tom Waits – Table Top Joe (J)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Just Because (D)
Flying Burrito Brothers – Wheels (D)
Hank Snow – Miller’s Cave (D)
Will Sessions – Kindred (J)
Frank Zappa – Road Ladies (J)
Ray Charles – Hey Good Lookin’ (D)
Merle Haggard – Train of Life (J)
Merle Haggard – I’m Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (D)
Bob Dylan – On the Road Again (J)
Osborne Brothers – Tennessee Houndog (D)
Flatt and Scruggs – The Train that Carried My Girl from Town (J)
George Jones – I’m a People (D)
Ian and Sylvia – Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (J)
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty – Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing (D)
Odetta – Boll Weevil (J)
John Hartford – Kentucky Pool (D)
Talking Heads – House in Motion (J)
The Isley Brothers – Shine On Harvest Moon (D)
The Mothers of Invention – Cletus Awreetus Awrightus (J)
First Edition – I Found a Reason (D)
Neil Young – For the Turnstiles (J)
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood – Oh Lonesome Me (D)
Tom Waits – Union Square (J)
Van Morrison – Like a Cannonball (D)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hurt (J)
The Iveys (Badfingers) – Daddy’s a Millionaire (D)
Elvis Costello – Blame It on Cain (J)
The Hollies – What’s Wrong with the Way I Live (D)
The Zombies – This Will Be Our Year (J)
Marshall Crenshaw and the Handsome, Ruthless, Stupid Band – You’re My Favorite Waste of Time (D)
Dire Straits – So Far Away (J)
Weird Al Yankovic – One More Minute (D)
Tom Waits – Red Shoes (J)
Dusty Springfield – In the Land of Make Believe (D)
Bob Dylan – You Angel You (J)
Byrds – You’re Still on My Mind (D)
The Band – When You Awake (live) (J)
John Hartford – Short Life of Trouble (D)
Norman Blake – Sweet Heaven (J)
Homer and Jethro – I’m My Own Grandpa (D)
Flatt and Scruggs – Hello Stranger (J)
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagner – Run that By Me One More Time (D)
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (J)
Roy Wood – When Grandma Plays the Banjo (D)
Chet Atkins – Barbershop Rag (J)
Jean Shepard – Second Fiddle (D)
Osborne Brothers – Rocky Top (D)
Palace Music – More Brother Rides (D)
Jimmy Smith – Rosetta (J)
The Meters – Chicken Strutt (D)
Neil Young – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (D)
Neil Young – Tired Eyes (J)
Hank Thompson – A Six Pack to Go (D)
Buck Owens – Close Up the Honky Tonks (D)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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October 3, 2011 with Julian Wettlin

After moving to Ferndale just down the street from the Loving Touch, Julian (bass player in Javelins) was eager to let his records feel the stale night air of the bar. He brought a diverse group of records, ranging from funky grooves, classic pop melodies and indie hits of yesteryear. Check out the mix below!

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Dave Lawson (D) with guest DJ Julian Wettlin (J)

Mickey and Sylvia – Love Is Strange (D) [RIP Sylvia Johnson]
Aretha Franklin – Son of a Preacher Man (J)
Sylvia and Company – Shame, Shame Shame (D) [RIP Sylvia Johnson]
Detroit Sex Machines – The Stretch (J)
Furious Five featuring Cowboy, Melle Mel and Scorpio – Step Off (D) [RIP Sylvia Johnson]
Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation (J)
Bobby McFerrin – Blackbird (D)
Paul McCartney – Let ‘Em In (J)
John Lennon – #9 Dream (D)
George Harrison – Sue Me Sue You Blues (J)
The Band – The Shape I’m In (D)
The Rolling Stones – Live with Me (J)
Sweet – Man from Mecca (D)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic (J)
The Kinks – Till the End of the Day (D)
The Soul Seven – Mr. Chicken (J)
The Five Stars – Pickin’ on the Wrong Chicken (D)
Marvin Gaye – What’s the Matter with You Baby (J)
Les Paul and Mary Ford – Tiger Rag (D)
The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (J)
Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine (D)
Luther Van Dross – Never Too Much (J)
Heatwave – Too Hot to Handle (D)
Steely Dan – Time Out of Mind (J)
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street (D)
The Four Mints – Too Far Gone (J)
Benton Wood – Gimme Some Sign (D)
Ray Charles – Come on and Get It (J)
Johnnie Taylor – Who’s Making Love (D)
James Brown – Let It Be Me (J)

[end of mixtape]

Lee Dorsey – Gotta Find a Job (D)
Stevie Wonder – I Love Too Much (J)
Prince – My Love Is Forever (D)
The Bee Gees – Wind of Chance (J)
R. Kelly – Steppin’ into Heaven (D) [for Alfred]
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Don’t Make Me Run Away (J)
Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Lose (D)
Genesis – No Reply at All (J)
XTC – Making Plans for Nigel (J)
The Specials – Too Much Too Young (J)
Tame Impala – Alter Ego (J)
Radiohead – Paranoid Android (D)
Deerhunter – Disappearing Ink (J)
Wilco – War on War (D) [for Rickle]
Colour Revolt – Naked and Red (J)
Polvo – Sense of It (D)
Owls – Every Is My Friend (J)
The Descendents – Cheer (D)
Yuck – Get Away (J)
Ben Folds Five – The Last Polka (D)
Elvis Costello – No Action (J)
Sloan – Snowsuit Sound (D)
James Blake – Unluck (J)
Kraftwerk – Numbers (D)
David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes (J)
Angie Stone – I Wish I Didn’t Miss You Anymore (D)
Elijah and the Ebonites – Pure Soul (J)
Benny Poole – Sorry bout That (D)
Steely Dan – Everyone Gone to the Movies (J)
Buckingham Nicks – Crying in the Night (D)
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder – What’s that You’re Doing (J)
Quincy Jones – The Anderson Tapes (D)
David Bowie – Janine (J)
Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges – Paisagem da Janela (D)
Smokey Robinson – Melody Man (J)
ELO – So Fine (D)
Steely Dan – Peg (J)
Prince – I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (D)
The Rolling Stones – Shattered (J)
Big Star – Nighttime (D)

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September 27, 2011 with Eddie Baranek [Cassette Archives]

Eddie Baranek (of The Sights, Ko and the Knockouts, The Drinking Problem, Shotgun Wedding, The Expatriates, The Rants, The Kicks, The Come Ons, The Same, Battling Siki, Nick Pivot and the Funk Divot and the Metros) was my guest DJ and also did a special set by himself, except for one song when some dude came up and sang with him.   This was one of those fun nights when things really flowed in a natural way due to the similarities in our interests – without really any overlap in the records we brought.

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Dave Lawson (D) with guest DJ Eddie Baranek (E)

Bonnie Raitt – Bluebird (D)
Bobby Lee – I Was Born a Loser (E)
Ben E King – Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (D)
Garnett Mims – Tell Me Baby (E)
Lenny Welch – A Taste of Honey (D)
Everly Brothers – Love of My Life (E)
Sloan – Last Time in Love (D)
Traffic – Coloured Rain (E)
Roy Wood – Songs of Praise (D)
The Move – Walk Upon the Water (E)
Paul McCartney – Ever Present Past (D)
The Beatles – PS I Love You (E)
Little Willie John – Leave My Kitten Alone (D)
The Rationals – Not Like It Is (E)
Wilson Pickett – Baby Don’t You Weep (D)
The Ikettes – Don’t Feel Sorry for Me (E)
Tyrone Davis – If It’s Love that You’re After (D)

[end of Side A]

Sugarpie Desanto – I Want to Know (E)
Dick Dale – Miserlou Twist (D)
Don Lee – Echo, Echo, Echo (E)
Leslie Gore – Say Goodbye (D)
The Monkees – Take a Giant Step (E)
Ellie Greenwich – Sunshine After the Rain (D)
Moonshine Forestry Outfit – Bop Bop Do Wah Doo (E)
The Virginia Wolves – B.L.T. (D)
Ike and Tina Turner – Workin’ Together (E)
Etta James – God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) (D)
Jenny Lewis – Next Messiah (E)
Leon Russell – Roll Away the Stone (D)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys – This Diamond Ring (E)
Al Kooper – Blue Moon of Kentucky (D)
Phil Upchurch Combo – You Can’t Sit Down – part 1 (E)
The Velvelettes – Needle in a Haystack (D)

[end of mixtape]

Maxine Brown – You Upset My Soul (E)
Carole King – Short Mort (D)
Dickey Doo and the Don’ts – Click Clack (E)
Contours – Just a Little Misunderstanding (D)
Shirley and Lee – The Flirt (E)
The Ravens – Raise a Ruckus Tonight (D)
Rosco Gordon – Goin’ Home (E)
Ernie K-Doe – Mother-in-Law (D)
Emanuel Lasky – Welfare Cheese (E)
Chris Clark – Love’s Gone Bad (D)
Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (E)
Them – Mystic Eyes (D)

[Eddie plays a solo acoustic set]

Mahalia Jackson – I’m Gonna Live the Life I Sing About in My Song (D)
The Rationals – ? (E)
The Coasters – Thumbin’ a Ride (D)
Wilson Pickett – 99 ½ Just Won’t Do (E)
Dolly Parton – Here I Am (D)
Porter Wagoner – The Rubber Room (E)
Milton Nascimento – Cravo e Canela (D)
Jonathan Fire Eater – Give Me Daughters (E)
The Who – Call Me Lightning (D)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs – How Do You Catch a Girl (E)
The Platters – Sweet, Sweet Lovin’ (D)
Joe Stampley and the Uniques – You Know that I Love You (E)
Lee Rogers – I Want You to Have Everything (D)
The Beatles – I’m Down (E)
The Zombies – Friends of Mine (D)
Wynonie Harris – Bloodshot Eyes (E)
Arthur Conley – I Can’t Stop (No No No) (D)
Little Richard – Hey Hey Hey (E)
Little Richard – I’m Just a Lonely Guy (D)
Mable John – Your Good Thing (E)
Bill Withers – Use Me (D)
Prince – Kiss (E)
The Time – Get It Up (D)
The Jam – Start (E)
Annie Laurie – It Hurts to Be in Love (D)
Dylle and the Blazers – Don’t Bug Me (E)
Spencer Davis Group – I Can’t Get Enough of It (D)
The Faces – Borstal Boys (E)
Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (D)
Big Star – Don’t Lie to Me (E)
The Flirtations – Nothing but a Heartache (D)
Ray Charles – Movin’ On (D)
The Flirtations – How Can You Tell Me? (D) [request for Gordon]
Humble Pie – Get Down to It (E)
The Fantastic Johnny C – Boogaloo Down Broadway (D)
The Small Faces – I Feel Much Better (E)
The Small Faces – Tin Soldier (E)
Ben Folds Five – Where’s Summer B? (D)
The Crickets – That’ll Be the Day (E)
The Band – Strawberry Wine (D)
John Lennon – Cold Turkey (D)
Flatt and Scruggs – Rainy Day Woman (D)
The Fascinations – Mama Didn’t Lie (D)
Mercury Rev – Goddess on a Highway (D)
Graham Nash – A Simple Man (D)
Television – Days (D)
Elvis Presley – Blue Moon (D)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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September 20, 2011 with Jason Carter [Cassette Archives]

Jason Carter is an artist represented by Ferndale’s Lumberg Gallery, a guy who can do the entire Billie Jean dance, a master of the fine arts, and a hunter of deep grooves.  This night had a lot of funk, soul and hip hop.

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Dave Lawson (D) with Guest DJ Jason Carter (J)

Jimmy Norman – I Don’t Love You No More (D)
Rhetta Hughes – Sooky (J)
Lee Dorsey – Workin’ in a Coal Mine (D)
Solomon Gurke – Got to Get You Off of My Mind (J)
Martha & the Vandellas – Motoring (D)
Detroit Emeralds – Dome Right (J)
Bill Withers – Harlem (D)
Esther Phillips – Use Me (J)
Erykah Badu – Southern Gurl (D)
Roberta Flack – Compared to What (J)
James Brown – Out of Sight (D)
Rhetta Hughes – Light My Fire (J)
Al Green – Light My Fire (D)
John Lee Hooker – Motor City Burning (J)
Impressions – I Love You (yeah) (D)
Betty Everrett – Take Me (J)
The Valentinos – I Can Understand It (D)
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (J)
Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (D)
Little Milton – Don’t Talk Back (J)
Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries (D)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Archie Bell and the Drells – Tighten Up (J)
Earl Van Dyke and the Motown Brass – 6 x 6 (D)
Chairman of the Board – Finders Keepers (J)
The Barrino Brothers – I Can’t Believe You’re Gone (D)
The Glass House – Crumbs Off the Table (J)
Otis and Carla – Knock on Wood (D)
Honey Cone – Sunday Morning People (J)
Irma Thomas – Breakaway (D)
Millie Small – Sweet William (J)
Annie Laurie – It’s Gonna Come Out in the Wash Someday (D)
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose – Good Living Don’t Come Easy (J)
The Marvelows – I Do (D)
Louis Curry – I’ve Got to Get Away from Here (J)

[end of mixtape]

Bob and Earl – The Harlem Shuffle (D)
Leon Haywood – I Want to Do Something Freaky to You (J)
Earth, Wind and Fire – Happy Feelin’ (D)
Isaac Hayes – Hung Up on My Baby (J)
Evelyn “Champagne” King – Smooth Talk (D)
Quincy Jones – Summer in the City (J)
The Meters – Darlin’, Darlin’, Darlin’ (D)
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain (J)
Hank Crawford – Sho Is Funky (D)
Gil Scott Heron – Lady Day and John Coltrane (J)
Marvin Gaye – One More Heartache (D)
Roy Ayers – Running Away (J)
Commodores – Machine Gun (D)
Jackson 5 – Life of the Party (J)
Michael Jackson – Get on the Floor (D)
Eddie Kendricks – Date with the Rain (D)
Meco – The Cantina Band (J)
Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Call Me (D)
Eddie Russ – I Heard That (J)
Booker T and the MGs – Soul Limbo (D)
Sly and the Family Stone – Underdog (J)
David Ruffin – You Can Come Right Back to Me (D)
David Ruffin – Each Day Is a Lifetime (J)
Melvin Davis – Chains of Love (D)
MC5 – Highschool (J)
Willie West – Hello Mama (D)
The Rationals – Barefootin’ (J)
Bob Seger – Turn on Your Love Light (D)
Yorksires – Hey Hey Hey (J)
The Knack – Good Girls Don’t (D)
Pleasure Seekers – Never Thought You’d Leave Me (J)
Lee Rogers – Somebody Else Will (D)
Blackmilk – Give the Drummer Some (J)
Notorious BIG – Big Poppa (D)
Rum DMC – Peter Piper (J)
Young MC – Bust a Move (D)
A Tribe Called Quest – Oh My God (J)
Furious Five w/ the Sugarhill Gang – Showdown (D)
LL Cool J – I’m Bad (J)
Baby Huey – Hard Times (D)
Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It (J)
Jackie Wilson – (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real (D)
Lyman Woodard Organization – Belle Isle Daze (J)
Ray Charles – Mary Ann (D)
Yusef Lateef – Belle Isle (J)
Van Dyke Parks – Occapella (D)
Muddy Waters – Tom Cat (J)
Rufus Thomas – Jump Back (D)
Billy Preston – We’re Gonna Make It (J)
The Isley Brothers – Why When Love Is Gone (D)
Dennis Coffey and Lyman Woodward – It’s Your Thing (J)
The Band – Just Another Whistle Stop (D)
Mandrill – Can You Get It (J)
Rick James – Give It to Me (D)
Funkadelic – Hit & Quit It (J)
The Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore at Me (D)
Soul Seven – Mr. Chicken (J)
Little Richard – I Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (D)
Oran Juice Jones – The Rain (J)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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September 14, 2011 with John Nash [Cassette Archives]

John Na$h, aka The White Wolf, member of the Electric Six, the Alphabet and many others, was my special guest!

 

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Dave Lawson (D) with Guest DJ John Nash (J)

Bird 65 – The Trashmen (J)
Darrell Banks – Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You (D)
Ruth Brown – I Don’t Know (D)
Georgie Fame – Let the Sun Shine In (D)
Barbara Mercer – Nobody Know You Like I Do (D)
Brenda Holloway – When I’m Gone (D)
Gino Washington – Puppet on a String (J)
Lavern Baker and Jimmy Ricks – You’re the Boss (D)
Impressions – She Don’t Love Me (J)
Edwin Starr – Headline News (D)
Wilson Pickett – Time Is on My Side (J)
James Brown – Love Don’t Love Nobody (J)
Adrienne Pasta – Shang a Doo Lang (J)
The Turtles – Surfer Dan (D)
Earl Vance and the Valiants – Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight
(J)

John Hartford – I’m Still Here (D)
Nancy & Lee – Jackson (J)
Dolly Parton – Travelin’ Man (D)
Waylon Jennings – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (J)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Flying Burrito Brothers – Sin City (D)
The Kinks – Acute Schizophrenic Paranoia Blues (J)
The Kinks – This Time Tomorrow (D) [2 for 2sdays]
The Kinks – David Watts (J) [3 for 3sday] Squeeze – There at the Top (D)
Split Enz – One Step Ahead (D)
Love and Rockets – No New Tale to Tell (J)
Who – Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (D)
Etta and Harvey – If I Can’t Have You (D)
Sly and the Family Stone – You Can Make It If You Try (J)
Timmy Shaw – Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (D)
Jr and His Soulettes – Mama, Love Tequila (J)
The Band – Time to Kill (D)
The Beachnuts (featuring Lou Reed) – Circle Annie (J)
Jeannie Larimore – Johnny Won’t Surf No More (J)
Shirley and Jessie – You Can’t Fight Love (D)

[end of mixtape]

The Cramps – TV Set (J)
The Pointer Sisters – Salt Peanuts (D)
Leonard Cohen – Memories (J)
Ellie Greenwich – Baby, Baby, Baby (D)
The Troggs – With a Girl Like You (J)
The Beach Boys – Ain’t Talkin Bout Love (D)
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin Bout Love (J)
Prince – Raspberry Beret (D)
Raphael Saadiq – Big Easy (D)
Bobby Womack – Broadway Funk (D)
The Rascals – You Better Run (D)
Sloan – She Says What She Means (D)
XTC – Into the Atom Age (D)
Chocolate Watch Band – I Ain’t No Miracle Worker (J)
Neil Young – Saddle Up the Palomino (D)
Neil Young – We R in Control (J)
ELO – Turn to Stone (D)
Stranglers – Who Wants the World (J)
David Bowie – Hang on to Yourself (D)
David Bowie – Let’s Spend the Night Together (J)
Rolling Stones – Shine a Light (D)
The Smiths – Vicar in a Tutu (J)
Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out (D)
Andre Williams – Looking Down at You, Looking Up at Me (J)
The Robins – Out of the Picture (D)
Howard Tate – Ain’t Nobody Home (J)
Taj Mahal – Take a Giant Step (D)
The Clash – Pressure Drop (J)
Nick Lowe – Heart of the City (D)
Iggy Pop – Knocking ‘Em Down in the City (J)
Marshall Crenshaw – Whenever You’re on My Mind (D)
Alice Cooper – Clones (We’re All) (D)
Alice Cooper – Be My Lover (D)
Fountains of Wyane – Dip in the Ocean (D)
Squeeze – Pulling Muscles from a Shell (D) [request]
Pavement – Cut Your Hair (D)
Outrageous Cherry – If You Want Me (D)
The Yardbirds – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (J)
The Monkees – Valleri (D)
Herman’s Hermits – Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (D) [request for Jenna]
The Zombies – This Will Be Our Year (D) [request for Jenna]
Donovan – Celeste (J)
Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne (D) [request for Jenna]
Flying Burrito Brothers – Older Guys (J)
Isley Brothers – This Old Heart of Mine (D)
Brenda Lee – Just a Little (D)
Otis Redding – Hard to Handle (D)
Chairman of the Board – Everything’s Tuesday (D)
Todd Rundgren – It Takes Two to Tango (D)
Carole King – What Have You Got to Lose (D)
Harry Nilsson – River Deep Mountain High (D)
Nina Simone – Wild Is the Wind (J)
Edyie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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September 6, 2011 with Scott Allen [Cassette Archives]

I’ve known Scott Allen since he was just a kid, and even at a young age it was clear he had an intuitive musicality. He’s been in many notable bands throughout the years, and he’s obsessed with Harry Nilsson. This night Scott played a rare solo acoustic set, which you can listen to below, and he showed everyone that it’s okay to squeeze out some tears with some heartfelt ballads on the turntables.

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The Turtles – The Story of Rock’n’Roll (D)
Elton John – I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself (S)
The Kinks – David Watts (D)
Badfingers – Come and Get it (S)
Paul McCartney – Another Day (D)
Squeeze – Pulling Muscles from the Shell (S)
The Zombies – Don’t Cry for Me (D)
The Superfriendz – Boots (S)
Sloan – Dignified and Old (D)
Os Mutantes – Rilta Lee (S)
Caetano Veloso – Atras de Trio Eletrico (D)
Sargentelli – Primavera No Rio (S)
Ben E. King – So Much Love (D)
Jeff Barry – Midnight Cowboy Theme (S)
Loretta Lynn – High on a Mountain Top (D)
Paul Simon – Run that Body Down (S)
Paul Simon – It Was a Sunny Day (D)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Dennis Wilson – Constant Companion (S)
Steely Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You (D)
Nick Drake – Hazy Jane #2 (S)
Belle and Sebastian – The Boy with the Arab Strap (D)
Randy Newman – Short People (S)
Randy Newman – Four Eyes (D)
Syd Barrett – Love You (S)
Pink Floyd – Fearless (D)
Harry Nilsson – Old Dirty Road (S)
Popeye and Olive Oyl – Sailin’ (D)
The Flaming Lips – The Spiderbite Song (S)
NRBQ – Riding’ in My Car (D)
The Kinks – Stop Your Sobbing (S)
The Videos – Trickle, Trickle (D)

[end of mixtape]

Jose Vose – Esa Cancion De Ayea (S)
Roy Orbison – In Dreams (D)
John Lennon – Out of the Blue (S)
George Harrison – Behind that Locked Door (D)

[Scott Allen solo acoustic set]

Sam Cooke – Cupid (S)
Mary Hopkins – Those Were the Days (D)
Serge Gainsbourg – Initials (S)
ELO – Look at Me Now (D)
Ron Sexsmith – The Less I Know (S)
The Jayhawks – Two Hearts (D)
Cat Steven – Peace Train (S)
The Virginia Wolves – Stay (D)
The Jacksons – Can You Feel It (S)
Jackie Wilson – The Who Who Song (D)
Buffalo Springfield – Mr. Soul (S)
Little Anthony & the Imperials – Let the Sun Shine In (D)
Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance (S)
Wilco – Candyfloss (D)
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (S)
Yo La Tengo – The Center of Gravity (D)
Harry Nilsson – Many Rivers to Cross (S)
Fleetwood Mac – The Ledge (D)
The Band – It Makes No Difference (S)
John Hammond – I Wish You Would (D)
Emitt Rhodes – Somebody Made for Me (S)
Elliott Smith – Angeles (D)
Big Star – Thirteen (S)
Big Star – September Girls (D)
The Zombies – Care of Cell 44 (S)

The Velvet Underground – Who Loves the Sun (S)
The Velvet Underground – That’s the Story of My Life (D)
The Beach Boys – Please Let Me Wonder (S)
Ben Folds Five – Steven’s Last Night in Town (D)
Bob Dylan – Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way and I Go Home (S)
Bob Dorough – Don’t Think Twice (D)
Walter Carlos – Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 (S)
The Coasters – The World Is Changing (D)
Broadcast – Minus One (S)
Polvo – Vibracobra (D)
Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-headed Boy (S)
Lavern Baker – Saved (D)
Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up (S)
Ben E. King – Young Boy Blues (D)
Jeremy Messersmith – Organ Donor (S)
Harry Nilsson – All I Think About Is You (D)
Chris Bell – You and Your Sister (S)
Jerry Butler – Aware of Love (D)
Tom Waits – Hold On (S)
Leonard Cohen – Avalanche (D)
Serge Gainsbourge – Je T’aime mos Non Plus (S)
Nico – These Days (D)
Bob Dylan – If Not for You (S)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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August 31, 2011 with Melissa Smith [Cassette Archives]

In honor of the recent closing of Club Bart, Melissa Smith was my guest DJ. Melissa had booked the music for Club Bart and been the night bartender. It was a night of lots of surprises behind the turntables, starting with some jumping jacks to the MSU Fight Song.

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Dave Lawson (D) with guest DJ Melissa Smith (M)

Sons of the Pioneers – Tumblin Tumbleweeds (D)
Michigan State Marching Band – MSU Fight Song (M)
Curtis Gadson and Loren Woods – Tigers, Bless You Boys (D)
The Muppets – Closing Theme (M)
Louis Prima – I Wanna Be Like You (D)
Guitars A-Go-GO – Coming On (M)
The Tornados – Telstar (D)
The Ventures – Tequila (M)
Alvin Cash and the Crawlers – Twine Time (D)
Frank Sinatra – Mexican Hat Dance (M)
Hoagy Carmichael – King Kong Blues (D)
Ronnie Bell and the Contempos – Your Cheating Heart (M)
Van Morrison – It’s Not Easy Being Green (D)
Dean Martin – I’ll Be Seeing You (M)
Loretta Lynn – Bargain Basement Dress (D)
Johnny Cash – Bad News (M)
The Coasters – Besame Mucho (D)
Peggy Lee – Fever (M)
Peggy Lee – Me and My Shadow (D)
Wayne Newton – Danke Schoen (M)
The Archies – Jingle Jangle (D)
Webb Pierce – Heebie Jeebie Blues (M)
The Strangeloves – Night Time (D)
Barb Mandrell – Hey Good Lookin (M)
Nervous Norvous – The Bullfrog Hop (D)
Witness – In Pursuit (M)
Huey Lewis and the News – The Heart of Rock’n’Roll (D)
This Time – INXS (M)
Janet Jackson – Nasty (D)
Slave – Screw Your Wig on Tite (M)
James Brown – Lowdown Popcorn (D)
Johnny Guitar Watson – I’m Gonna Get You Baby (M)
Earth, Wind and Fire – Singasong (D)
Stargard – Wear It Out (M)
Quincy Jones featuring Patti Austin – Razzamatazz (D)
Joe Farrel – Another Star (M)
Prince – La La La, Hee Hee Hee (D)
Bellects le Classics – Bammer Weed (M)
Eddie Murphy – Boogie in Your Butt (D)
Chic – I Want Your Love (M)
Chuck Jackson – Lonely Lonely Man Am I (D)
Guitars A-Go-Go – One for the Money (M)
Les McCann and Eddie Harris – Compared to What (D)
Peggy Lee – Manana (M)
Ellie Greenwich – Oh How Happy (D)
Love Camera – Throw Records (M)
Michael Jackson – Get on the Floor (D)
Michael Jackson Remix – Lola’s Jean (M)
Aretha Franklin – The House that Jack Built (D)
Barbera Mandrell – I Was Country (M)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Gimme that Wine (D)
Gonzo – The Wishing Song (M)
Miss Toni Fischer – The Memphis Belle (D)
Dean Martin – Wedding Bells (M)
Otis Williams and the Charms – That’s Your Mistake (D)
Johnny Cash – Don’t Think Twice (M)
Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow – Mr. Do-It-Yourself (D)
Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (M)
Bonnie Ratti – You’ve Been in Love Too Long (D)
Todd Josen – House Matters (M)
MC Hammer – 2 Legit 2 Quit (D)
Eddie LeGrand – Put Your Hands Up for Detroit Bitch (M)
Madonna – Vogue (12” version) (D)
Madonna – Hung Up (M)
C&C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (D)
Glam Life – Belle Isle Classic (M)
Prince – Purple Medley (D)
Stereo MCs – Step It Up (M)
Donald Fagen – Green Flower Street (D)
De Rigeur Vol 6 (M)
Sweet – Ballroom Blitz (D)
The Chipmunks – Call Me (M)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (D)
Mickey Mouse Disco (M)
Simon & Garfunkel – Hazy Shade of Winter (D)
Hot Momma – Dust Trax Chitown (M)
Joe Tex – Show Me (D)
Guitar A-Go-Go – Mojo (M)
The Crickets – Not Fade Away (D)
Wynn Stewart – Big City (M)
The Safaris – Image of a Girl (D)
Frank Sinatra – I’ll Never Smile Again (M)
Bobby Womack – I Left My Heart in San Francisco (D)
Johnny Guitar Watson – Give Me My Love (M)
Al Green – You’ve Got the Love I Need (D)
INXS – Don’t Change (M)
Neko Case – Don’t Forget Me (D)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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August 24, 2011 with John Nelson [Cassette Archives]

John Nelson, the songwriter behind Detroit indie rock bands such as New Grenada, Cloud Car, Destroy This Place, and Copper Thieves, was my guest DJ and also played a live set with his new band to celebrate the release of his first solo album, which I had helped record.

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John didn’t join Dave behind the turntables until after his band performed. All the songs until John started co-DJing are either written and/or produced by Leiber and Stoller in honor of Jerry Leiber’s death on August 22, 2011. 

The Coasters – That Is Rock’n’Roll
Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
Peggy Lee – I’m a Woman
The Rolling Stones – Down Home Girl
The Ad Libs – The Boy from New York City
Billy Edd Wheeler – Jackson
Phil Harris – Red Run Red
The Exciters – Tell Him
The Charms – Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin’)
The Beatles – Some Other Guy
The Drifters – Fools Fall in Love
Alvin Robinson – Searchin’
Chuck Jackson – I Keep Forgettin’
The Dixie Chicks – Gee Baby Gee
The Cheers – Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots
The Coasters – Charlie Brown
The Isley Brothers – Your Old Lady
The Drifters – One Way Love
Ben E. King – I (Who Have Nothing)

[end of side A of mixtape]

The Clovers – Stay Awhile
Elvis Presley – King Creole
Peggy Lee – I’ve Got Those Feelin’ Too Good Today Blues
The Band – Saved
The Beatles – Kansas City
The Drifters – There Goes My Baby

[John Nelson and the New Girlfriends play live set. End of Leiber & Stoller tribute DJ set.]

T Rex – Spaceball Ricochet (J)
Sloan – Fading into Obscurity (D)
Afghan Whigs – What Jail is Like (J)
Built to Spill – Center of the Universe (D)
Bob Dylan – As I Went Out One Morning (J)
Belle and Sebastian – Like Dylan in the Movies (D)
Cat Power – American Flag (J)
Palace – New Partner (D)
Dinosaur Jr – Start Choppin (J)
Sebadoh – Gimmie Indie Rock (D)
Yuck – The Wall (J)
Pavement – Stereo (D)
Love Battery – Out of Focus (J)
The Smoking Popes – Let’s Hear It for Love (D)
Guns ‘n’ Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine (J)
The Salteens – Motor Away (D)
Brendan Benson – I’m Blessed (demo) (J)
Jellyfish – Bye Bye Bye (D)
Donovan – To Sing for You (J)
Elliott Smith – Tomorrow, Tomorrow (D)
The Isley Brothers – Love the One You’re With (D)
Ray Charles – Eleanor Rigby (D)
Ben E. King – Stand By Me (D)
Soul Brothers Six – Some Kind of Wonderful (D)
Kitty Wells – Password (J)
Roger Miller – I’ve Been a Long Time Coming (And I’ll Be a Long Time Gone) (D)
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul (D)
Valerie Simpson – Sinnerman (D) [RIP Nick Ashford]
Erykah Badu – Back in the Day (J)
Lionel Richie – Running in the Night (J)
Eric B and Rakim – Follow the Leader (J)
The Shirelles – Mama Said (D)
Devo – Girl U Want (J)
Ray Charles – Let’s Go Get Stoned (D) [RIP Nick Ashford]
Joe Jackson – I’m the Man (J)
Belle and Sebastian – Me and the Major (D)
The Thermals – Now We Can See (J)
Wilco – I’m Always in Love (D)
The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me (D)
Stevie Wonder – If You Really Love Me (D)
Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay (J)
Ben Folds Five – Don’t Change Your Plans (D)
Bob Dylan – Drifters Escape (J)
Buddy Holly – Heartbeat (D)
Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around to Die (J)
Jackson 5 – Mama’s Pearl (D)
Buzzcocks – You Say You Don’t Love Me (J)
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage, Up Yours (D)
Naked Raygun – I Don’t Know (J)
Jane’s Addiction – Been Gone Stealing (D)
Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized (J)
Fugazi – Bed for the Scraping (D)
Black Flag – Six Pack (J)
Radiohead – Electioneering (D)
Slayer – South of Heaven (J)
Van Halen – Jump (D)
Epmo – You Gots to Chill (J)
Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is? (D) [RIP Jerry Leiber]
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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August 16, 2011 with Tim Monger [Cassette Archives]

Tim Monger, one of the primary songwriters of Great Lakes Myth Society, made the long trip all the way from Britton, Michigan (no, not Brighton!) to play his records and do an acoustic set from his new solo record. He remains the only guest to play either sea shanties or Janelle Monae! The first 90 minutes of our DJ set is below, as well as a recording of his live set!

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Dave Lawson (D) with Guest DJ Tim Monger (T)

Louis Armstrong – West End Blues (D)
John Lee Ziegler – Who’s Gonna Be Your Man (T)
Lo Borges and Milton Nascimento – Paisagem Da Janela (D)
XTC – King for a Day (T)
Emmit Rhodes – Fresh As a Daisy (D)
The Left Banke – I Haven’t Got the Nerve (T)
Ella Fitzgerald – The Savoy Truffle (D)
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Friend of Mine (T)
Badfinger – No Matter What (D)
Springwell – Secretly Bound (T)
The Hollies – I Can’t Let Go (D)
Belle and Sebastian – Legal Man (T)
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (D)
Syd Barrett – Octopus (T)
The Dead Kennedys – Your Emotions (D) [request]
Split Enz – Hard Act to Follow (T)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Elvis Costello – Sneaky Feelings (D)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads – What a Waste (T)
Nick Lowe – I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (D)
ELO – Calling America (T)
Queen – Somebody to Love (D)
Queen – Long Away (T)
George Harrison – Don’t Let Me Wait to Long (D)
Crooked Fingers – Call to Love (T)
Boz Scaggs – Georgia (D)
Billy Charne – To-Ma-Ray Tom-O-Ray (T)
The First Edition – Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In (D)
Blitzen Trapper – God and Suicide (T)
Elliott Smith – Happiness (D)
Neko Case – People Got a Lot of Nerve (T)
Hall and Oates – Man Eater (D)
Janelle Monae – Wondaland (T)
Syreeta – I’m Goin’ Left (D)
Fleetwood Mac – Eyes of the World (T)
Loretta Lynn – It’s Another World (D)
Jimmy Driftwood (T)
Ernest Tubb & Red Foley – Double Datin’ (D)
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing (T)
Dolly Parton – Here I Am (D)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Battle of New Orleans (T)
Aretha Franklin – The Weight (D)
Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died (T)
Zoos of Berlin – Juan Matus (D)
Office – Enter Me, Exit You (T)
Ray Charles – She’s Got a Woman (live at Newport) (D)

[Tim Monger live acoustic set]

ELO – Telephone Line (D)
The Clash – Straight to Hell (T)
Erma Franklin – Baby What You Want Me to Do (D)
Renee Martel – Liverpool (T)
Dusty Springfield – The Look of Love (D)
Roger McGuinn – The Jolly Roger (T)
Madonna – Over and Over (D)
Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue (T)
Abba – Knowing Me, Knowing You (D)
Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth (T)
Prince – Let’s Pretend We’re Married (D)
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start (T)
Sebadoh – Careful (D)
Galan – Forkman [featuring Tim Monger on drums] (T)
R. Kelly – Ignition (remix) (D)
Camper Van Beethoven – Oh Death (T)
The Muppets – Mahna Mahna (D)
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (T)
The Kinks – Dead End Street (D)
Steeleye Span – The Hills of Greenmore (T)
Van Morrison – Jackie Wilson Said (D)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Celtic Soul Brothers (T)
Pilot – January (D)
The Waterboys – The Whale of the Moon (T)
Ringo Starr – I’m the Greatest (D)
The Clancy Bros and Tommy Makem – Congo River (T)
The Drifters – Rat Race (D)
Stew – The Stepford Lives (T)
The Beach Boys – Our Sweet Love (D)
Trip Shakespeare – Toolmaster of Brainard (T)
Neil Diamond – Cherry Cherry (D)
Robin Williams as Popeye – Blow Me Down (T)
Tyrannosaurus Rex – Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat) (D)
Stonnoway – Zambino (T)
Doris Day – Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow (D)
The Magnetic Fields – The Man Amplifier (T)
Johnny Cash – The Ballad of the Teenage Queen (D)
Roger Miller – Chug-A-Lug (D)
Quincy Jones – Summer in the City (D)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)

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August 9, 2011 with Darin Ficorelli [Cassette Archives]

Darin and I met when we were impressionable high schoolers and have been musical pals through the years. We’ve written many holiday-themed songs together under the moniker The Next Door Neighbors, and shared many bills together when he was in the band Wafflehouse*. With this history, our musical tastes lined up very well and it was one of the most fun nights.

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Dave Lawson (DL) and Darin Ficorelli (DF)

Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther Them (DL)
Thelonious Monk – Rhythm-a-Ning (DF)
Billy Preston – Billy’s Bag (DL)
Laura Nyro – Monkey Time / Dancing in the Street (DF)
Major Lance – Rhythm (DL)
The Four Seasons – Rag Doll (DF)
The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore (DL)
Tracy Ullman – They Don’t Know (DF)
Jeremy Messersmith – Knots (DL)
Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallalujah (DF)
Elliott Smith – Baby Britain (DL)
The Lemonheads – The Outdoor Type (DF)
The Jayhawks – Miss Williams’ Guitar (DL)
Archers of Loaf – Wrong (DF)
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start (DL)
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (DF)

[end of side A of mixtape]

Weird Al – Gotta Boogie (DL)
Boney M. – Rasputin (DF)
Michael Jackson and Diana Ross – Ease on Down the Road (DL)
Prince – When You Were Mine (DF)
The Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You (DL)
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know (DF)
Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (DL)
Zapp – Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) (DL)
The Boys – Crazy (DL)
New Edition – Count Me Out (DF)
Billy Ocean – Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car (DL)
Elvis Costello – I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down (DF)

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Solomon Burke – Cry to Me (DL) [RIP Jerry Ragovoy]
Style Council – Headstart for Happiness (DF)
Edwin Starr – Way Over There (DL)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Let’s Make This Precious (DF)
The Flying Machine – Maybe We’ve Been Loving Too Long (DL)
Drug Rug – Hannah, Please
En Vogue – My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) (DL)
Bell Biv Devoe – BBD (I Thought It Was Me) (DF)
Kool and the Gang – Ladies Night (DL)
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (DF)
Taj Mahal – Easy to Love (DL)
Howard Jones – New Song (DF)
Deniece Williams – It’s Important to Me (DL)
Har Mar Superstar – DUI (DF)
The Champs – Tequila (DL)
The Jags – Back of My Hand (DF)
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio (DL)
Any Trouble – Second Choice (DF)
Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine (DL)
The Jam – Boy About Town (DF)
Eminem – Without Me (DL)
Warren G – This DJ (DF)
R. Kelly – Happy People (DL)
Bobby Brown – Good Enough (DF)
Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel (DL)
Boyz II Men – Motown Philly (DF)
Desktop – Too Much (DL)
Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl (DF)
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover (DL)
LL Cool J – Around the Way Girl (DF)
Michael Jackson – Black or White (DL)
B-52s – Deadbeat Club (DF)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (DL)
David Bowie – Magic Dance (DF)
George Benson – Give Me the Night (DL)
Todd Rungren – Izzat Love? (DF)
The Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music (DL)
The Bangles – If She Knew What She Wants (DF)
Nena – 99 Red Balloons (DL)
Face to Face – I Won’t Lie Down (DF)
Fountains of Wayne – Joe Rey (DL)
Alkaline Trio – My Standard Break from Life (DF)
M. Ward – Fisher of Men (DL)
Apollo Sunshine – Today Is the Day (DF)
Les Paul & Mary Ford – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (DL)
Viva Viva – First Time I Saw Her (DF)
The Spinners – We’ll Have It Made (DL)
Super Furry Animals – Runaway (DF)
Them – If You and I Could Be As Two (DL)
Spoon – The Fitted Shirt (DF)
Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy (DL)
Brian Wilson – Love and Mercy (DF)
Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (DL)
The Lox Six – Ho Hum (Ho Hum) (DF)
Edyie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (DL)

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