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Playlist for March 2, 2008 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Thu, 9:55am
Show Host(s): Robyn L. Loda

Playlist Date & Time: 3/2/2008 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for Robyn L. Loda

I am proud to introduce the Guardian Angels of New Orleans into the WWOZ family, after they so boldly assisted me last week (14 of them met my request for added security in the Quarter!). A photo of my interview with Phil Garcia, Chapter Leader, will be added to my e-profile on the DJ page soon. Thank you for all the calls! To learn more about becoming a Guardian Angel, call Phil Garcia at (504) 270.8193; to DONATE to these amazing folks (who rely on individual donations, not grants), send a check/money order to: Guardian Angels New Orleans, 1000 Bourbon Street, Suite 232, New Orleans, LA 70116.



Thank you for all the calls about the Guardian Angels tonight, and also about the music. It's my great pleasure to help New Orleans in any way I possibly can. While I love the music, I also love helping the community in even more practical ways, so was so grateful for Phil to come up and talk with me and inform everyone about what they need. Again, the are VOLUNTEERS (like us DJs) who are unarmed and patrolling the streets in teams on foot and on bicycle. They are not paid for their time or their efforts. They do this to SERVE their communities. They were founded in NYC in the late '70s to deter violence on the subways when it became very prevalent. I will be producing a Street Talk Segment on the Guardian Angels in New Orleans within a couple of weeks. Stay tuned, and thank you for keeping WWOZ on the air, and for listening to my show, "Blues in the Night with Robyn Loda from the Witching Hour Till 3 a.m. Every Saturday Night to Sunday Morning."

Playlist Tracks

Dinah Shore
Blues in the Night
The Very Best of Dinah Shore
RCA
2001

Recorded January 12, 1942; written by Harold Arlen ("Over the Rainbow," "That Old Black Magic," etc.). My El Popso up in Indiana used to make me all kinds of mix tapes, starting when I was about four (that first one was a red eight-track that included "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and "Killing Me Softly"). As a trumpeter growing up through the '30s and '40s, he loved swing and big-band arrangements. He included this very track on a cassette mix tape he sent me in college around 1991. Thanks, Louisiana Music Factory, for having this cut available the exact day I needed it to begin my show in May 2006. The HORNS are just so amazing here, and the tune itself is so sultry and burlesque. I love starting the show with this song each week. It connects me with my ancestors in gratitude. Ayibobo!
Rocky Charles
Born for You
Born for You
Orleans Records
1996

A big shout out to Carlo Ditta, who said he'd be up late tonight listening to my show and licking his romantic wounds, which I personally believe will herald lots of new creativity for his life. He's still dabbling in producerhood and doing live acoustic gigs in Covington. Before Mardi Gras, he and John Sinclair (www.radiofreeamsterdam.com) did a set together over there, but I was in a haze from getting my wisdom teeth pulled and couldn't get there. I'm grateful Carlo recorded Rocky Charles 12 years ago. Thanks, Carlo!
Fats Domino
Love You Till the Day I Die
Alive & Kickin'
Fats Domino Publishing
2006

Happy Birthday 80th to Fats, who turned 80 last week on Feb. 26. I wish him love and healing to feel comfortable enough to play live sets regularly. Anxiety is really disabling. I've seen so many sloppy performances and still loved them that I want him to know that he could do no wrong (short of yelling at the fans!) in my book. We love you, Antoine!
Jimmy Vaughn
Positively Meant to Be
Out There
Sony
1998

I'm feeling optimistic tonight...
The Andy J. Forrest Band
Strollin' with Bone in New Orleans
Real Stories of Love, Labor and Other Man-Made Catastrophes
Slang
2007

Great instrumental.
Howlin' Wolf
Sittin' on the Top of the World (1957)
Chess Box: CD 2: 1955-1962
Chess/MCA
1991

Still on that "good-for-you-blues" kick...
Big Bill Broonzy
Mindin' My Own Business
An Introduction to Big Bill Broonzy
Fuel
2007

Sounds like a saner approach to life, eh? And thanks for the calls.
Muddy Waters
Rolling Stone (1950)
Chess Box: 1947-1954
Chess/MCA
1989
Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited
Columbia
1965

Really, if you've never heard of this guy, you should check him out...he kinda sounds like a snail here, but a lotta kids seem to dig him...
Janis Joplin
Move Over
Pearl
CBS
1971

Move yo' ass over. Hmph.
C.C. Adcock
Runaway Life (Live)
Live at Jazz Fest 2005
MunckMix
2005

Is he really the sexiest man in Louisiana music? I'm asking all my straight-but-not-narrow guy friends this question. Please respond to me by e-mail if this includes you.
Ry Cooder
The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
Bop Till You Drop
Warner Brothers
1979

I'd say that's a tiny problem, wouldn't you?
R.L. Burnside
Have You Ever Been Lonely
Live from Bonnaroo
Rod's Records
2007

He puts the growl in the gravel, and is also my nicknamesake papa. Thanks, DK/AJ.
Eric Lindell
It's My Pleasure
Low on Cash, Rich in Love
Alligator Records
2008

A brave man to have tattoos on his throat.
T-Bone Burnett
Over You
The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Sony
1992

The great escape artist, indeed. Genius.
Zeke Fishhead (Ed Volker)
Evacuation
Prodigal
Ed Volker/Indy
2007

Another solo album from the super-prolific Volker, recorded partially before and after the Federal Flood of New Orleans and finally released last year.
Dinah Washington
Evil Gal Blues
Essential Women in Blues
House of Blues/Platinum Entertainment
1997

Born Ruth Lee Jones, Washington was discovered by the great Lionel Hampton, for whom my dear friend and sax player and flautist Thomas Chapin was musical director for 14 years (check out his album Sky Piece).
Aretha Franklin with Ray Charles
Spirit in the Dark
Aretha Franklin & King Curtis: Live at the Fillmore West
Warner
2005

Recorded live on March 5-7, 1971
Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Guru
Inner City Blues (Make Me Want to Holler)
What's Going On
Shout! Factory
2006

An homage to Marvin Gaye, with an amazing message for personal transformation. For me, it's a healing anthem for New Orleans.
Isaac Hayes
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Greatest Hit Singles
Stax
1981

Re-released in 1991, the Jimmy Webb tear-jerker... with a "sermon" strategically inserted by Hayes here.
Bill Withers
She Wants To (Get On Down)
Menagerie
Columbia
1977

Re-Release 2003. Yeah, she MIGHT want to get on down... but you'd better be nice if you wanna maintain that momentum, dude.
The Staple Singers
Respect Yourself
(self-titled)
Stax/Concord
2005

The best advice ever!
King Floyd
Feel Alright
Choice Cuts
Waldoxy
1994

"I feel alright, y'all, I feel like dynamite!" Indeed. Dedicated to journalist and biographer John Swenson in Brooklyn for a speedy recovery and a comfortable self-healing journey with his wife, archivist Barbara Mathe.
Earl King
Love Rent
King of New Orleans
Fuel
2001

Oh, yeah, baby.
Earl King
Clairvoyant Lady
King of New Orleans
Fuel
2001

You called? What seems to be the symptoms of the problems you're experiencing?
Jerry Lee Lewis & Buddy Guy
Hadacohl Boogie
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing: Duets
Shangri-La Entertainment
2006

That boogie-woogie piano helps me rejuvenate in the final hour of this three-hour show...
Chuck Carbo
Can I Be Your Main Squeeze
Eddie Bo's Funky, Funky New Orleans
Funky Delicacies
1999

Well, maybe, baby.
Eddie Bo
Can You Handle It
Eddie Bo's Funky, Funky New Orleans
Funky Delicacies
1999

Absolutely.
Julian with Tasso & His Orchestra
Get on the Moon
New Orleans Senior Prom: 1957-1962
Night Train
1996

Dedicated to Billy Delle, still recuperating after a quadruple-bypass open-heart surgery out in Kenner. We love you!
Alonzo Stewart
I'm Still in Love with You
Night Train to New Orleans
Night Train
1996

Ahhh, love. Perhaps this is my late-for-Valentine's-Day show, in content and feeling.
The Velvet Underground
After Hours
(self-titled)
Verve
1968

As always, I close with this tune, sung by the self-taught genius, Moe (Maureen) Tucker, the VU's drummer. We love you, Moe!!! When the unsung hear you, STARS ARE BORN!!!!
The Velvet Underground
After Hours
(self-titled)
Verve
1968

As always, I close with this tune, sung by the self-taught genius, Moe (Maureen) Tucker, the VU's drummer. We love you, Moe!!! When the unsung hear you, STARS ARE BORN!!!!
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