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Songs That Made Radio Great Again in 2018

Posted on January 24, 2019

  1. Beach Day – “Runaway With You” – Run Away With You – (Chocolate Covered)
  2. Jesse Daniel – “Soft Spot For The Hard Stuff” – Jesse Daniel – (Die True)
  3. Josh T Pearson – “A Love Song (Set Me Straight)” – The Straight Hits! – (Mute)
  4. Whateverglades – “I Do I Did I Don’t” – Knock Knock – (No Egrets Records)
  5. Kacey Musgraves – “Kansas City Star” – King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller – (BMG)
  6. The Muddy Roses – “Long Black Veil” – KALX Live! – (KALX)
  7. Illuminati Hotties – “Paying Off The Happiness” – Kiss Yr Frenemies – (Tiny Engines)
  8. Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas – “Sorry I Stole Your Man” – Secret Evil – (Instant)
  9. Bon Bon Vivant – “Gone Gone Gone” – Live At The New Orleans Jazz Museum – (Gallatin Street)
  10. Belly – “Human Child” – Dove – (Belly Inc)
  11. Lindi Ortega – “You Ain’t Fooling Me” – Liberty – (Shadowbox)
  12. Mike Beck and The Bohemian Saints – “I Wanna Find Out” – Alta California – (Reata)
  13. Secret Emchy Society – “Bears” – Mark’s Yard (The Campfire Covers) – (S/R)
  14. Underworld and Iggy Pop – “Bells and Circles” – Teatime Dub Encounters – (Caroline)
  15. I See Hawks In L.A. – “Poour Me” – Live and Never Learn  – (S/R)
  16. Amy Rigby – “One Off” – The Old Guys – (S/R)
  17. Eleanor Friedberger – “Make Me A Song” – Rebound – (Frenchkiss)
  18. Bettye Lavette – “Things Have Changed” – Things Have Changed – (Verve)
  19. Lump – “Curse of the Contemporary” – Lump – (Dead Oceans)
  20. Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore – “Downey to Lubbock” – Downey to Lubbock – (Yep Rock)
  21. Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis – “I Just Lived a Country Song” –  Wild! Wild! Wild! – (Bloodshot)
  22. Fast Heart Mart – “So Many Problems” –  KALX Live! – (KALX)
  23. Hollie Cook – “Stay Alive” – Vessel of Love – (Merge)
  24. Neil Young and the Promise of the Real – “Carnival” – The Visitor – (Reprise)
  25. Reverend Beat-Man – “I’ll Do It For You” – Blues Trash – (Voodoo Rhythm)
  26. Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands – “Twirl” – KALX Live! – (KALX)
  27. Moonshine Maybeline – “Champaign and Cocaine” – End Of The Road  – (Spitfire)
  28. Hillstomp – “I’ll Be Around” –  Monster Receiver – (Fluff & Gravy)
  29. Trouble In The Wind – “Orion” – Hammer On – (S/R)
  30. We Banjo 3 – “Good Time Old Time” – String Theory – (Sonas)
  31. Bay Station – “Baja Blues” – Other Desert Cities – (S/R)
  32. Laura Benitez and Heartache – “The Fool I Am Right Now ” – With All Its Thorns – (Copperhead)
  33. Crying Time – “You’re Still Gone” – Last Saturday Night – (S/R)
  34. Crooked Jades – “Ryland and Spencer” –  Empathy Moves the Water  – (Jade Note)
  35. Guts Club – “Bad Aim” – Trench Foot – (S/R)
  36. Lucero – “For The Lonely Ones” – Among The Ghosts – (Liberty and Lament Records)
  37. John Prine – “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door” – The Tree of Forgiveness – (Oh Boy)
  38. Zoe Speaks – “There’s A Hole Where Your Soul’s Supposed To Be” – Wings – (Redbird)
  39. Tina and Her Pony – “Good Man” – Champion – (S/R)
  40. Victoria Vox – “Out On The Rails” – Colorful Heart – (Obus)
  41. Calexico – “Music Box” – The Thread That Keeps Us – (Anti-)
  42. H.C. McEntire – “Baby’s Got The Blues” – Lionheart – (Merge)
  43. Charlie Parr – “HoBo” – Dog – (Red House)
  44. Caroline Rose – “More Of The Same” – Loner – (New West)
  45. Jenn Champion – “O.M.G. (I’m All Over It)” – Single Rider – (Hardly Art)
  46. Grimskunk – “Sick Bastards” – Unreason In The Age of Madness – (Indica)
  47. Killer Kaya – “Gypsy” – KALX Live! – (KALX)
  48. Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio – “Something Smells Funky Round Here” – Big Fun Trio – (Alligator)
  49. Todd Novak And The Benny Hillbillez – “Sons Of Beaches” – Goats Head Surf – (S/R)
  50. Country Joe McDonald – “Era Of Guns” – 50 – (Rag Baby)
  51. Alanis Obomsawin – “Bush Lady” – Bush Lady – (Constellation)

Compilations that made the GREAT state of Berkeley proud!

  • Dr. Demento Covered In Punk – (Demented Punk)
  • Gunsmoke Volume 1 & 2 – (Stag-O-Lee)
  • King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller – (BMG)
  • Something Weird: Greatest Hits!  – (Modern Harmonic)

Special Thanks to all the artists who appeared LIVE on the air with me, here on the Left Coast

  • Brian Belknap and Erma
  • Patsy Cline Tribute Show (with Margaret Belton)
  • Collisionville
  • Crying Time
  • Fast Heart Mart
  • Nate Jones and the Sloe Sippers
  • Lavender Country
  • Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands (and Maurice Tani)
  • Loretta Lynn Tribute Show (with Margaret Belton, Laura Benitez, Lisa Marie Johnson and Michelle Kappel)
  • Moonshine Jelly
  • The Muddy Roses
  • Penny Opry
  • Secret Emchy Society
  • Trouble In The Wind
  • Whateverglades
  • Wormfarmer

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