What's The Connection? Disco 7

The rules are still intentionally loose on this Disco connection. Disco doesn’t have to describe the sound, it just has to genuinely appear in the title and not sneak in as a remix label. A few of these tracks had been floating around since earlier volumes and finally found a home here, while others simply made more sense once the pile shifted. This all landed as part seven of the ongoing run, with the numbering and cover style staying consistent. The earlier volumes are collected under disco and the boundaries remain deliberately blurry.

What's The Connection? Disco 7

100 Stringfield Family - The Sound Of Disco Rock

101 The Legal Defense - The Disco Stomp

102 Nasty City - Disco Baby

103 Aquasky Vx Masterblaster - Disco Biscuit

104 Yaad Aa Raha Hai - Disco Dancer

105 Pleze - Disco 2000

106 Sil Austin - Disco Music

107 Alex Gopher - Super Disco

108 Sir Ted Ford - Disco Music

109 Bill Avery And Love Co. - Disco Fever

110 The Live Experience - Disco Joint

111 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco

112 Bonnie & Klein - Disco Size

113 Rozza & Wine - Disco Boogie Woman

What's The Connection? Disco 6

This is part six of the ongoing Disco connection. The word disco comes from discothèque, which is mildly interesting and completely irrelevant here, much like the organizing logic of this series. It functions mostly as a loose thread rather than an idea anyone needs to follow too closely. Numbering continues, the cover stays similar, and there are plenty more of these sitting around waiting their turn. Previous volumes can be found by clicking disco

What's The Connection? Disco 6

86 Lonnie Jordan - Discoland

87 Bjørn Torske - Disco Members

88 Mathematiques Modernes - Disco Rough (Long Version)

89 Lee Perry and the Full Experience - Disco Devil

90 Universal Energy - Disco Energy (I)

91 Transvolta - Disco Computer

92 Pulp - Disco 2000

93 Lyman Woodard Organization - Disco Tease

94 Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life

95 The J.B.'s - Rock Disco

96 Juan Formell Y Los Van Van - Disco Azucar

97 Terry Callier - Disco In The Sky

98 Sassy - Theme from Disco 77

99 Ladytron - Discotraxx

fnj

This three-letter pick, fnj, is made up of leftovers from the last week or two of compilation picks - tracks I didn’t end up using, but couldn’t bring myself to drop. They didn’t land where I first imagined them, but they still move, still groove, still do the job. No theme, no cleanup, just a stack of rhythm-forward records that earned a second life together. Thrown into camelot key order and nudged along by bpm, because that’s how my brain hears them anyway. Just a mixtape of things that refused to disappear. The title is just randomly chosen letters I hit on the keyboard with my eyes closed, so don't gain any meaning from that.

fnj

01 Kongas - Anikana O

02 Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)

03 Imani Coppola - Legend Of A Cowgirl

04 Orgone featuring Fanny Franklin - Who Knows Who

05 Bunny Sigler - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

06 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Long Dutch Remix)

07 The Blendells - La La La La La

08 Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun

08 Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love

09 Mandrill - Fencewalk

10 2Nu - This Is Ponderous

11 Laid Back - White Horse

12 The World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ (Extended Version)

13 James Brown - Get On The Good Foot

14 Lala Guerrero - Pancho Rock

15 The Premiers - Farmer John

16 Cannibal And The Headhunters - Land Of 1000 Dances

ExiCumbias 2

I know it's not Cinco De Mayo yet, but I was excited about this compilation. I think of it as the floorbangers of cumbia. You probably could play almost any one of these when someone asks for a cumbia and they would be happy. Now it does wander a tiny bit since Cumbia wanders a bit. I have a few variations of cumbia, not all just one part of the world. If you like cumbia, you'll love this pick. If you have no idea about cumbia, this is a good sampling. Check out volume one (ExiCumbias 1) which I did post last year on Cinco De Mayo, for more, but this one is the one with the bangers. That doesn't always mean the hits, just the ones that will get or keep someone on the dancefloor.

ExiCumbias 2

20 La Sonora Dinamita - Mi Cucu

21 Aniceto Molina - La Cumbia Sampuesana

22 Los Immortales - La Pollera Colora

23 Selena - Bidi Bidi Bom Bom

24 Los Angeles Azules - El Liston De Tu Pelo

25 Banda Blanca - Sopa De Caracol

26 Rafael Coides - Cumbia En Do Menor

27 AJ Harris and the Pink Tacos - Brisket Beats (Smokehouse Sonidero Mix)

28 Bareto - Carinito

29 Chico Trujillo - La Escoba

30 Los Mirlos - La Danza De Los Mirlos

31 Margarita La Diosa De La Cumbia - Que Bello

32 Joe Arroyo - La Rebelion

33 Fruko Y Sus Tesos - A La Memoria Del Muerto

34 Grupo Canaveral - Tiene Espinas el Rosal

35 Los Palmeras - El Bombon Asesino

36 Super Lamas - La Pelusa

37 Systema Solar - Yo Voy Ganao

38 Gilda - No Me Arrepiento de Este Amor

39 Los Tucanes de Tijuana - La Chona

In-Frelling-Fix 2

When I made the first In-Frelling-Fix, I wasn’t trying to define a genre so much as name a feeling. This Pick lives inside categories without sitting comfortably in any of them - jazz that isn’t really jazz, rock that doesn’t behave like rock, and fusion that never quite resolves. I sequenced it for tension and motion rather than groove or payoff, letting the tracks lean forward and rub against each other instead of settling in. The title doesn’t change the music, but it still fits — and if you want a slightly different view of this idea, try Commingled.

In-Frelling-Fix 2

11 U.K. - In The Dead Of Night

12 Billy Cobham - Quadrant 4

13 Frank Zappa - Eat That Question

14 Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Part II

15 Colosseum II - Desperado

16 Egg - Enneagram

17 National Health - The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians) Part 1

18 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Vital Transformation

19 Santana - La Fuente del Ritmo

20 Soft Machine - Hazard Profile Part 1

21 Bill Bruford - Beelzebub

22 Dixie Dregs - Free Fall

23 Al di Meola - Race With Devil on Spanish Highway

Michael Schenker Family

This Pick is the Michael Schenker Family. I first heard him playing with his brother in Scorpions, and I loved Scorpions, so naturally I started paying attention to what he did next and where he showed up after that. One thing led to another, and this is what I found. Different bands, different projects, guest spots, and side roads, all pulled from following his name and his guitar over the years. When did you first hear his guitar and on what track? Any of these?

Michael Schenker Family

01 Michael Schenker Group - Attack Of The Mad Axeman

02 Michael Schenker - Save Yourself

03 Michael Schenker Group - Into The Arena

04 UFO - Doctor Doctor

05 Hear 'N Aid - Stars

06 Scorpions - I'm Goin' Mad

07 Michael Schenker Group - Armed And Ready

08 Scorpions - It All Depends

09 Michael Schenker Fest - Heart And Soul

10 UFO - Rock Bottom

11 Contraband - Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'

12 Michael Schenker &  Pete Way - You And Me

13 Sex Machineguns - Heavy Metal Thunder

14 Derek Sherinian - Die Kobra

15 Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock - Vigilante Man

16 McAuley Schenker Group - When I'm Gone

Hagar Family Pick

This Pick is the Hagar Family the way I hear it, not Horrible, just my favorites from Sammy pulled from across the whole Hagar universe because they naturally sit together for me. Solo stuff, bands, side roads, b-sides, different moments (not ALL the big hits, but some) all tied together by the same voice and the same attitude that first hooked me and never really let go, including a little unspoken Van Hagar energy baked in whether you notice it or not. I’m only sad I didn't sneak Helga into the background somewhere, because she probably would've rocked with this, sipping mead (or a Waborita).

Hagar Family Pick

01 Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

02 Van Halen - Summer Nights

03 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Crazy Times

04 Sammy Hagar - Birthday

05 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Can't Hang

06 Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box

07 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Shag

08 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

09 Montrose - Space Station #5

10 Chickenfoot - Soap On A Rope

11 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Mas Tequila

12 HSAS - Top of the Rock

13 Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

14 Sammy Hagar with Nancy Wilson & Mickey Hart - All We Need Is An Island

15 Sammy Hagar - Don't Get Hooked

16 Sammy Hagar - High Hopes

17 Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock

18 Sammy Hagar - Red

19 Sammy Hagar - Encore, Thank You, Goodnight

What's The Connection? Baby Blue

This Connection is all about Blue Babies, and yes, the elephant in the room is Bob Dylan. Once that door is open, a lot of other artists walk through it in very different ways. Some follow the path closely, some take a hard left, and others just borrow the color and the attitude. Lined up together, the similarities and the differences both matter. I didn’t build this one to be tidy; I built it to be interesting. If you’ve followed my other blue connections, you already know how this works. If not, listen through once and see where your ear lands.

What's The Connection? Baby Blue

01 Badfinger - Baby Blue

02 Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue

03 Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

04 Jerry Wallace - Blue-Jean Baby

05 Beach Boys - Baby Blue

06 Mel McDaniel - Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On

07 Chocolate Watch Band - Baby Blue

08 Eurythmics - Baby's Gone Blue

09 Bad Religion - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

10 Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys - Baby Blue

11 SPK - Baby Blue Eyes

12 George Strait - Baby Blue

13 The Cramps - Baby Blue Rock (Live)

14 Bryan Ferry - It's All Over Now Baby Blue

15 Giorgio Moroder - Baby Blue

16 Stray Cats - Baby Blue Eyes

17 Echoes - Baby Blue

18 Graham Bonnet - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

19 Micky Moonshine - Baby Blue

20 Steve Howe with Annie Haslam - It's All Over Now Baby Blue

21 King Krule - Baby Blue

Digging Your Groove 5

I'm already on Volume 5 and this series keeps moving for the same reason the others exist. I loved the groove on these songs, but they didn’t quite fit anywhere else, so this pick is where they landed. A lot of this one leans into extended mixes, club versions, and strange hybrids where the rhythm or bass line is doing something just a little different. Some of these tracks were big, some barely registered, and some only ever really worked in the right room at the right time. If you’ve been following along with Digging Your Groove, you already know the headspace I’m in. If not, just listen and you’ll hear it.

Digging Your Groove 5

68 Cameron Paul - Bonus Beats 112 BPM

69 Herbie Hancock - Autodrive

70 M - Pop Musik Remix (12 inch)

71 D-Train - You're the One for Me (Special Dub Vocal)

72 Max Graham & Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

73 Kraftwerk Vs Human League - Don't You Want The Robots

74 Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf

75 SSQ - Fire

76 Pat & Mick - On the Night

77 The Clash - Rock The Casbah (Ultimix)

78 Rock The Party - Word (Original Mix)

79 Yazoo - Situation (US 12-Inch Remixed by Francois Kevorkian)

80 Lounge Lizards - Incident On South Street

Groundhog Day 2 (again?)

Also posted at 6:00 AM this is a continuation of the volume one pick and also a repeat posting of Groundhog Day 2 last year. Nothing more to say, just read last year's post (or the year before or before that). Do it again. For Punxatawney Phil if no one else. There are slight differences, but you will not notice them. Are you Goofus or Gallant today? Is that the Hi-Light?

Groundhog Day 2

22 George Benson - Let's Do It Again

23 Elevation Worship - Do It Again (Radio)

24 R5 - Repeating Days

25 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

26 Nightlife Unlimited - Let's Do It Again

27 Beach Boys - Do It Again

28 Prince - History Repeats Itself

29 R5 - Do It Again

30 Steely Dan - Do It Again

31 Queens Of The Stone Age - Do It Again

32 Kinks - Do It Again

33 David Guetta - Repeat

34 Herbie Mann - Do It Again

35 Nada Surf - Do It Again

36 Budgie - On Repeat

37 Sweet - Do It All Over Again

38 Camera Obscura - Do It Again

39 Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again

40 Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat

Groundhog Day 1 (Wait, haven't you seen this before?)

This is a loop reposting of the pick Groundhog Day. Go look at it. It's almost exactly the same, with slight differences only you will be able to see. LOL. Based on the premise in the Bill Murray movie the next two volumes will repeat every year. Here you go again. Something you won't play, but once a year. And it probably won't ever change. How many Groundhog Day songs could possibly be left? BTW, I love that I posted this at 6:00 am again.

Groundhog Day 1

01 Eminem - Groundhog Day
02 Injury Reserve - Groundhog Day
03 Big Sugar - Groundhog Day
04 Double Trouble - Groundhog Day
05 Street Talk - Groundhog Day
06 1000Mods - Groundhog Day
07 Melanie - Groundhog Day
08 Bob Dylan - Groundhog Day
09 Simon Lynge - Groundhog Day
10 Tom T. Hall - Happy Groundhog Day
11 The Rifles - Groundhog Day
12 Lane 8 - Groundhog Day
13 D.O.A. - Groundhog Day
14 Primus - Groundhog's Day
15 Paul Hardcastle - History Keeps Repeating It's Self
16 John Mccutcheon - Groundhog Day
17 Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
18 Spirit - Groundhog
19 We Are Scientists - History Repeats
20 Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day
21 The Alarm - History Repeating

Pop Rocks 6

I certainly am cleaning up my holding area. I last made a Pop Rocks pick in 2022. It's not that there aren't millions of candidates waiting to be added, it's just I saw a squirrel and went another direction for awhile. Go check out the other ones and please if you get this, tell me what's the difference between Pop Rocks and Yacht Rock. I think one might be a subset of the other, or maybe not. There definitely is a difference, but I am not sure I can articulate it. I do have an unposted pick of Yacht rock (150 tracks so far), I even have a cool cover, but I never finished it up to be ready for posting here. A couple of overlaps, nyacht many. Anyway I ran out of real flavors, so grape will have to do for this one.

Pop Rocks 6

106 Don Felder - You Don't Have Me

107 Chicago - Harry Truman

108 Reed Nielsen & Mark Pearson - Hasty Heart

109 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

110 David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us

111 Exile - Kiss You All Over

112 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love

113 Bad Business - Turn it On

114 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

115 Jefferson Starship - Count on Me

116 Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

117 Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

118 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves

119 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful

120 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

121 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun

122 Billy Swan - I Can Help

123 Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line

124 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

125 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes

126 Pages - You Need A Hero

Paisley 7

It's been awhile since I posted a new volume in this Paisley series. The last pick was a few years ago, but there have been tracks in my "holding area" ready to go. I have a few really long tracks I want to post too. A couple of longish tracks on this one, but not as long as the ones I have waiting. Someday I will get to them, when I get the guts to put out a three to four track playlist. If you want my definition of Paisley go see the other volumes. I explain the whole story. Just know I love this stuff. Did you notice the cover? There is a pattern...

Paisley 7

127 Spirit - Life Has Just Begun

128 Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen

129 Todd Rundgren - International Feel

130 Doors - The End

131 The Temptations - Runaway Child, Running Wild

132 Prince & the Revolution - Paisley Park

133 Cream - Strange Brew

134 Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters

135 The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Your Gold Dress

136 Grateful Dead - What's Become Of The Baby

137 Country Joe And The Fish - Flying High

138 The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

139 Nirvana - Wings Of Love

140 Donovan - The Trip

141 Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil

142 Gal Costa - Cinema Olympia

143 Bubble Puppy - Keep Your Mouth Shut Once In A While

What's The Connection? Brains 2

Four years ago, I made part one of this Brain connection and I am finally getting to part two. I had the bulk of these already waiting (well, let's be honest, if you have Hawkwind, PTV and Flaming Lips that could already be considered the "bulk" of it, but I had more than that). I added two songs and I was done. You won't guess which ones I added at the last moment, so I'll just tell you it was Green Day and Shays. So here you go, more washing and stuff on your scattered brain!

What's The Connection? Brains 2

18 Daft Punk - The Brainwasher

19 Hawkwind - Brainstorm

20 Green Day - Brain Stew (Clean Radio Faded Ending)

21 Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain

22 Foo Fighters - My Poor Brain

23 Paul Engemann - Brain Power

24 Den Harrow - Future Brain

25 Robyn Hitchcock - The Abandoned Brain

26 The Multicoloured Shades - Brain Patrol

27 Frank Zappa - Who Are the Brain Police

28 The Flaming Lips - Love Yer Brain

29 Psychic TV-PTV3 - The Alien Brain

30 Shays - Brainwashed

31 The Baseballs - Love On The Brain

32 Lords of Acid - Marijuana In Your Brain

33 Parliament - Presence of a Brain

Brisket Beats 11

I know. I have been building on this series a lot. This pick of Brisket Beats is already at volume 11. It's got a good ebb and flow for a bar. Probably not for the beginning of the night, but as it has progressed. Still good energy, good places to get a drink, but also very danceable and it leaves you wanting to go back on the floor with your partner. I think this may be my second favorite volume so far. What do you think? Do you like Texas Soul?

Brisket Beats 11

197 Steve Earle - Guitar Town

198 Randy Rogers Band - Buy Myself A Chance

199 Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night

200 The Nightcaps - Thunderbird

201 Jimmie Vaughan - Boom-Bapa-Boom

202 Joe Tex - Show Me

203 Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears

204 Archie Bell & The Drells - Don't Let Love Get You Down

205 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Sugar Moon

206 Black Pumas - Fire

207 The Derailers - The Right Place

208 Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy, Pussy, Pussy

209 Flaco Jimenez - Viva Seguin

210 Grupo Fantasma - Oye Mi Cumbia

211 Tejas Brothers - Boogie Woogie Mamacita

212 Marcia Ball - That's Enough Of That Stuff

213 Junior Brown - Highway Patrol

214 Roger Creager - Fun All Wrong

215 Joe Ely - All Just to Get to You

216 Bobby Patterson - T.C.B. Or T.Y.A.

217 Asleep At The Wheel - House Of Blue Lights

218 Al TNT Braggs - Earthquake

219 Cooder Graw - Llano Estacado

220 Don Walser - Rolling Stone from Texas

Wild West

This is my pick of songs from westerns in TV and movies. Some are my favorite westerns, one arguably is a western but is SciFi. A couple of comedies. Most are covers and lots are surf versions. I won't commit to each version being the best version of that song, but I like them all. You'll notice a few spaghetti westerns mixed in here with a couple of tracks from Alex Cox's western (and none of them the Clash or Elvis Costello, even though those songs are great, too). And just a couple are very iffy, but too bad, I liked them. Also if you like this, you may like the other versions of Ghost Riders In The Sky I have here and this connection of Western Cowboys and Indians! Only one double.

Wild West

01 Link Kuroda - Red Sun (Main Theme)

02 Johnny Cash - Bonanza!

03 Joss Whedon & Sonny Rhodes - Firefly Main Title

04 Zebulon Macahan - How The West Was Won

05 Dick Marko - Wild Wild West

06 The Lazy Aces - Bret Maverick (Theme Song)

07 Cosmonauti - For A Few Dollars More

08 Wall Of Voodoo - The Good The Bad & The Ugly-Hang 'Em High

09 Metallica - The Ecstasy Of Gold

10 Strangers 1800 - Ghost Riders (In the Sky)

11 Pray For Rain - Money, Guns and Coffee

12 Los Straitjackets - Theme From Magnificent Seven

13 Billy Strange - Gunsmoke

14 Zander Schloss - Salsa Y Ketchup

15 Parmalee's Rangers - Laredo

16 Los Lobos featuring Antonio Banderas - Cancion Del Mariachi (Morena De Mi Corazon)

17 The Dickies - Wagon Train

18 Avenged Sevenfold - Malaguena Salerosa (La Malaguena)

19 The Santa Anna Surfers - Ballad Of The Alamo

20 David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In

21 Earp & Holliday - Gunfight at The OK Coral

22 Painless Potter - Buttons And Bows

23 McCain & the Winchester Spin-Cocks - The Rifleman

24 The Perfect Disaster - Wanderin' Star

25 Duane Eddy - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)

26 The Kentucky Headhunters - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett

27 Cornell Hurd Band - Rawhide

28 Tonto & Silver - The Lone Ranger

29 Dean Martin - Rio Bravo

Classical Gas (repost)

I posted this originally in 2022, but the link was bad and someone emailed and asked for a reup. So here it is: These are all songs with some sort of link to classical music. Elements of classical music, based on a classical song etc. Not just featuring violins or an orchestra on this pick. For instance the Toy Dolls play a classical song, but they do not sound like a classical orchestra (at all). There are plenty more that could be considered that I did not include like songs that are based on a classical melody, but were completely changed. I also added some songs that just mentioned classical artists: Like Play Bach, Rock Me Amadeus, etc. I had several more that I could have added, but I limited it to what fits on a CD. So you miss Gazebo's I Like Chopin. Anyway there are tons more. Somewhere on  Butterboy's blog he has a multi-disc compilation with lots more. I made this one before I ever saw his and I tried not to look at his version as I was writing this, so it would be just what I remember when I put this together. After I heard Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time, I thought it was brilliant and predicted that a lot more bands would try to do songs like that. I was wrong. some had done it before and some after, but no rush to emulate that.

Classical Gas Pick

01 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

02 Electric Light Orchestra - Rockaria!

03 Mason Williams - Classical Gas

04 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man

05 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

06 Jive Bunny - Rock'N'Roll Beethoven

07 BNM Corp - Bach to the Future

08 Village People - Play Bach

09 David Shire - Night On Disco Mountain

10 Walter Murphy - A 5th Of Beethoven

11 Toy Dolls - Toccata In Dm

12 B. Bumble & The Stingers - Bumble Boogie

13 The Pogues - Night on Bald Mountain

14 Louis Clark & the Royal Philharmonic - Beethoven's Fifth

15 !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Bend Over Beethoven

16 The Toys - A Lover's Concerto

17 Deodata - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

18 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

19 Tiësto - Adagio For Strings

20 Chuck Berry - Roll over Beethoven

After Hours 3

Hard to believe that I am on volume three of this pick. I really was originally thinking I might get lucky and do a couple of these. The more I hear, the more I like it though. I have been playing all the volumes in my house. Hopefully you are liking them too. I called it After Hours, because it reminds me of an after hour smoky jazz club. Makes me want to light up a cigar and drink a brandy. Go listen to the others in the series. This one features mostly female torch singers and a few AI females. Definitely not traditional.

After Hours 3

40 Rickie Lee Jones - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

41 Abbey Lincoln - Blue Monk

42 Diana Krall - Almost Blue

43 Lana Del Rey - Blue Velvet

44 Vintage Echoes - Pour Me Slow

45 Peggy Lee - Black Coffee

46 Cosmai - I Love Paul

47 Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart - Seven Nation Army

48 Shirley Horn - Here's to Life

49 Kaite Bush - Physical

50 Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind

51 Billie Holiday - You Don't Know What Love Is

52 Blossom Dearie - Once Upon A Summertime

53 Helen Merrill - What's New

54 June Christy - Something Cool

55 Dinah Washington - Drinking Again

56 Kaite Bush - Oops

57 Cassandra Wilson - Strange Fruit

58 Julie London - Cry Me A River

59 Sarah Vaughan - September Song

Almost Gosple 1

This is the first of a series of picks I'm making of almost gosple (notice how I spell it on the cover). I actually made a gospel playlist many years ago, but the new series feels fresh and fun. Sometime back then, I made that Gospel Brunch pick that captured this same spirit—uptempo tracks with big energy, revival vibes, and a mix of soulful grooves that make you want to stand up, clap, and move. This Almost Gosple playlist builds on that idea, blending classic soul, crossover hits, retro reimaginings, and uplifting sounds that aren't all strictly worship but carry that joyful, choir-driven punch. Those boxers in their blue robes sure look ready to belt out some harmonies—hope the choir director gave them the right pitch! Make sure you also look at the After Hours picks from a week ago or so! I'd love to hear what you think of all these.

Almost Gosple 1

01 Kirk Franklin - Wanna Be Happy

02 Vintage Soul - Never Gonna Give You Up

03 Sam Smith - Stay With Me

04 Soul'd Out - Humble (1950's Soul Version)

05 RetroScope - Bring Me to Life

06 Digital Connect - Unbreakable Hope

07 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)

08 Sinach - I Know Who I Am

09 The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself

10 Hezekiah Walker - Souled Out

11 Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Already Good (Tasha Slide)

12 The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day

13 Replayd Music - Truth I Know

14 Solomon Ray - Find Your Rest

15 Soul Jazz Era - Take Me to Church

16 RetroFlow Soul - Purple Rain

17 Rhythm&Velvet - Somebody to Love (Gospel Soul)

18 The Flipside - Dancing Queen

Fill It Up To The Rim 3

I made part one years and years ago, then finally made part two of the Fill It Up To The Rim pick in 2023 and I thought I was pretty much done, but I kept my staging area open. I liked a several songs that didn't make it on previous versions and soon enough, here it is again, part 3! What's cool is I made one of the tracks in AI. Can you tell which one by listening? I think it sounds prett much like that era, but I have a dog in the fight. Go back and get the previous volumes. It's based originally on songs from the movie Paper Moon and that's still the inspiration for it, but it's moved beyond that. Mostly depression era hits (or Recovery era songs). I just like the sentiment. Do you have any favorites?

Fill It Up To The Rim 3

48 Eddie Cantor - Makin' Whoopee

49 Jack Teagarden - Basin Street Blues

50 Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - 'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)

51 Glenn Miller - Little Brown Jug

52 Mildred Bailey - Rockin' Chair

53 Nat King Cole - Straighten Up and Fly Right

54 Billie Holiday - Easy Living

55 Hoagy Carmichael - Riverboat Shuffle

56 Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive

57 Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady

58 Electrical Current - You Shook Me (Recovery Remix)

59 Louis Prima & Keely Smith - Sing, Sing, Sing

60 Fats Waller - The Joint Is Jumpin'

61 The Elemental Orchestra - September

62 The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower

63 Rick Jaimes & His Orchestra - Sooper Freak

64 Al Bowlly - Midnight, the Stars and You

65 Django Reinhardt - Nuages

66 Mills Brothers - Paper Doll

67 Ruth Etting - Ten Cents A Dance

68 Annette Hanshaw - Mean To Me

69 Leon Redbone - Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You)

70 The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral

71 The Inkspots - If I Didn't Care

72 The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

73 Vera Lynn - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Funky Disco (Leopard) 5

 A few really big hits and a few dig in your crate moments in this pick of funky disco. I have a few in the Leopard series and they are not all funk. Some just disco. I can't remember if I gave the story why it is called the leopard series, you'll have to check and see. If it's not there, ask me, I'll tell you. As I was compiling this one, I happened to notice that I had a small mini connection going in here. Eight or so of the tracks have "yourself" in the title. That's just happy serendipity. I'm pretty sure none of the others in this series have any. Just worked out that way. Not sure how many funky disco tracks have that in their title. Do you know of any others?

Funky Disco (Leopard) 5

63 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good

64 New York Community Choir - Express Yourself

65 Eumir Deodato - Funk Yourself

66 Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself

67 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself

68 Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop

69 Jacksons - Enjoy Yourself

70 Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face (Disco Version)

71 Slave - Watching You

72 Chic - Good Times (Original 12')

73 Upstairs - You're Just Yourself

74 Lakeside - It's All The Way Live

75 Cameo - Just Be Yourself

76 Mass Production - Firecracker

77 Graham Central Station - Release Yourself

78 Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke

79 Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (Part 1)

Funky Disco (Leopard) 4

I like this whole series. It's funk but acknowledges the disco aspect of funk. It's a blurry line, but when you take funk's soul and put it on disco's dancefloor turbo, you get funky disco. And that's what I tried to pick. I like both funk and disco so when you get a little of both it's good. Some of the funk bands had disco versions of their songs, I tried to use those as I could fit them. I hope I am never done with this series.

Funky Disco (Leopard) 4

47 The Meters - Cissy Strut

48 Temptations - Shakey Ground

49 Thunder, Lightning & Rain - Super Funky

50 Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya

51 Tower Of Power - What Is Hip

52 Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost

53 Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

54 Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging

55 Con Funk Shun - Ffun (12'' Version)

56 Lyn Collins - Think (About It)

57 Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (Part 1) (Full version)

58 Pleasure - Glide

59 Isley Brothers - I Turned You On

60 Ohio Players - Feel The Beat (Everybody Disco)

61 Judy Carnes - Sock It To Me

62 Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing

Flic Your Bic 9

As you can see, this pick is an ongoing series. It has been awhile since I posted one up, however. You have to go back to August of 2023 to see the last Flic Your Bic. But worth clicking to get all of them if you like this sort of stuff (and I do). These are all songs that I would pull out my lighter (an app nowadays) for if I saw this song played live. So it's very subjective. I am sure you have a favorite that you would think is anthemic rock. See if it has already been posted before and if it hasn't, leave a comment with your choice.

Flic Your Bic 9

97 John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.

98 Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

99 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

100 Queen - We Are the Champions-We Will Rock You

101 Cream - White Room

102 AC-DC - Highway To Hell

103 Tom Petty; Jeff Lynne; Steve Winwood; Dhani Harrison; Prince - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

104 Jethro Tull - Aqualung

105 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

106 Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

107 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

108 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band

109 Sweet - Fox On The Run

110 Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

111 Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World (Electric)

112 REO Speedwagon - Ridin' the Storm Out

113 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite

114 Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild

What's The Connection? DJ

In honor of National Disc Jockey Day today, here is a connection of songs with DJ in the title. A couple of pretty well known tracks and a couple much less known, but all are pretty good. Play this today to celebrate your favorite DJ's, whether they can scratch, mix in key or not. More than a third of these have "Hey" in the title, too. As a DJ, I can tell you that "Hey, Mr. DJ" is not uncommon, not that any of us mind, I'm sure. I wonder how long it will be before a robot takes over for all DJ's? I'm sure eventually AI will figure out the best way to watch a crowd and get them dancing on cue and eventually when to MC. But for now, it's really not that efficient. One day, maybe...

What's The Connection? DJ

01 SL2 - DJ's Take Control

02 Joel Corry - Hey DJ

03 Pitbull - Something For The DJs

04 Betty Boo - Hey DJ, I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)

05 Pet Shop Boys - DJ culture

06 Usher Featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

07 CNCO with Yandel - Hey DJ

08 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

09 David Bowie - DJ

10 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ

11 Paul Collins Beat - Hey DJ

12 World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ

13 Beastie Boys - Three MCs And One DJ (Live Video Version)

14 Dimples D - Sucker DJ's (I Will Survive) (12 inch Version)

15 The Egyptian Lover - What Is A DJ If He Can't Scratch

16 The Ting Tings - Great DJ  (7th Heaven Radio Edit)

17 Rihanna - Pon De Replay (Hey Mr DJ Turn The Music Up)

18 Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

19 Zhane - Hey Mr. DJ

20 Kylie Minogue - Where Does The DJ Go

21 The Baseballs - My Baby Left Me For A DJ

22 They Might Be Giants - Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal

I Have A Dream (repost)

This repost is actually on the day we celebrate MLK, but his actual birthday was four days ago. We've been in some weird times lately. We have bigots screaming for racism in the schools, school boards asking for segregation and pointing fingers of white supremacy. We almost seem more divided today than when Dr. King was alive. But we aren't. In reality, Dr. King asked when we would see people by the color of their deeds rather than the color of their skin. I think once we get past the political rhetoric we are closer together than we ever have been. I'm proud to live in the only country who fought a war to stop slavery and has been progressing under Conservative views to become more and more a country where color of the skin means less than your actions. This connection is about songs inspired by and about Martin Luther King. 

I Have A Dream 

01 Ben Harper - Like A King

02 Neil Diamond - Dry Your Eyes

03 Beatles - Blackbird

04 King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew - King Holiday

05 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John

05 Scientist - Martin Luther King

06 Common featuring Will.i.am - I Have A Dream

07 Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome

08 Nina Simone - Why (The King of Love Is Dead)

09 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

10 Patty Griffin - Up To The Mountain (Mlk Song)

11 Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What

12 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream

13 James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1

14 Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

15 The Speech - I Have A Dream

16 Queen - One Vision

18 Rascals - People Got To Be Free

19 Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona

20 U2 - MLK

RIYL Uptown Funk (repost)

This repost is from the first year I was posting on this site. I like this RIYL pick. I still play it a lot. It just sounds good. Here's what I originally said about it: You know how you are listening to a song and it it really feels like you've heard the song before? I was listening to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit Uptown Funk and it kept bothering me. Not so much like Blurred Lines and Got To Give It Up sounded like they would make a good mash up, but I knew I had that vibe and sound in my head. So I started searching and remembering. This is the playlist pick that I came up with. Pretty much this is my Recommended If You Like Uptown Funk. Let me know what you would recommend in the comments below.

Uptown Funk 

01 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 

02 The Bar-Kays - Too Hot To Stop (Pt. 1) 

03 Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce (Pt. 1) 

04 Brass Construction - Get Up To Get Down 

05 Earth, Wind & Fire - GetaWay 

06 James Brown - Living In America 

07 One Way - Let's Talk 

08 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk 

09 Michael Jackson - Jam 

10 Skyy - Call Me 

11 Cameo - Shake Your Pants (Original 12' Club Mix) 12 The Time - Cool 

13 Prince - Partyup 

14 Gap Band - Party Train 

15 Sun - We're So Hot (Instrumental)

Action Movies (repost)

This is a repost from one of my first posts on this site (in 2021) with updated links. Everyone loves an action movie. I sure do. Here are some scenes from some (then) recent action movies with the music they played through it. As you listen, remember how the scene went. I know that some of these tracks have been used in more than one movie, but these are the movies I associate them with. Do you have a favorite action sequence in a movie? What song is associated with it? By the way I make all the covers for these picks. Click on them.

Action Movies (repost)

01 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (Reservoir Dogs)

02 Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Star Trek)

03 Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up (Matrix)

04 P.O.D. - Boom (Rollerball)

05 Beowulf - 2 Cents (Tank Girl)

06 AC-DC - Back In Black (Iron Man)

07 Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Kill Bill)

08 Rammstein - Feuer Frei! (xXx)

09 Extreme - Play With Me (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)

10 Metallica - Master of Puppets (Zombieland)

11 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms (Baby Driver)

12 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Thor Ragnorak)

13 Eric Serra - The Diva Dance (Fifth Element)

14 Propellerheads - Spybreak! (Matrix)

15 Imagine Dragons - Battle Cry (Transformers 4)

16 Rupert Gregson-Williams - Wonder Woman's Wrath

17 The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (Guardians Of The Galaxy)

18 AC-DC - Shoot To Thrill (Iron Man 2)

19 George Thorogood And The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone (Terminator 2)

20 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (Terminator 2)

21 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (Kingsman The Golden Circle Edit)

22 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Shaun Of The Dead)

23 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Kong Island)

Cocktail Hour 2 (repost)

Yesterday I posted part one of this pick, well, reposted it. I updated links because I was looking at it again and noticed that four years came and went and the links didn't stay current. But the music holds up. Here's what I wrote then about this: Part two of this pick. Cocktail hour is what I call it but it's appropriate for dinner or any other time you want some good music that you don't need to dance to. You can put it on for quiet moments like that or whatever. Go to sleep with this on in the background. That's nice, too. Now go check out the After Hours ones from a few days ago.

Cocktail Hour 2 (repost)

23 Jamie Cullum - What A Difference A Day Made

24 Sting - Englishman In New York

25 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

26 Laura Mvula - Green Garden

27 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

28 George Michael - Brother Can You Spare A Dime

29 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

30 Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

31 Natalie Cole - This Will Be

32 Robbie Williams - Beyond The Sea

33 Van Morrison - Moondance

34 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

35 John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

36 Rumer - Slow

37 Michael Buble - Moondance

38 Sade - By Your Side

39 Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love

40 Hozier - Take Me to Church

41 Ella Mai - Boo'd Up

Cocktail Hour 1 (repost)

Since I just posted the After Hours picks the last couple of days, I thought I woud revisit this two volume set. The links were dead anyway, so I updated them here. I sort of quote what I wrote before: Some standards and a few not yet, but all are appropriate for cocktails or dinner. I like all of these. They are classics or classic sounding to me. I remember watching the movie Umbrellas Of Cherbourg as a kid and just loving Catherine Deneuve. It always stayed with me and is perfect for this pick. Sorry, but Bjork got in here twice. Once in her pre-Sugarcubes band Gling Glo and once solo much later. I just do love the sound of both tracks and Luktar-Gvendur was the inspiration for making this playlist. BTW, I really like the marbling technique for the cover background. Fun to do!

Cocktail Hour 1 (repost)

01 Gordon McRae & Jo Stafford - 'A' Your Adorable

02 Gling Glo - Luktar-Gvendur

03 kd Lang - The Air That I Breathe

04 Julie London - I'm In The Mood For Love

05 Astrud Gilberto - Corcovado

06 Jo Stafford - Falling In Love Again

07 Sinead O'Connor - My Heart Belongs To Daddy

08 Don Henley - Come Rain Or Come Shine

09 Sting - My One And Only Love

10 Kate Bush - The Man I Love

11 Catherine Deneuve & Nino Castelnuovo - Devant Le Garage

12 Doris Day - Bewitched

13 Claudine Longet - Meditation

14 Dean Martin - Pretty Baby

15 Billie Holiday - Our Love Is Here To Stay

16 Susanna Hoffs - The Look of Love

17 Bjork - I Can't Help Loving That Man

18 Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen

19 Nancy Sinatra - Call Me

20 Lisa Stansfield - Down In The Depths

21 Linda Ronstadt - You Took Advantage Of Me

22 Tony Bennett - Jeepers Creepers

After Hours 2

Yesterday’s pick set the scene — tonight’s keeps the lights low and the room quieter. The air feels thicker, the piano slower, the bass heavier, like it’s learned something from the silence. This one leans deeper into that after-midnight calm — where the smoke curls, the clock forgets, and every note feels like it’s playing just for you. Several AI tunes made the cut again (that was the point after all), but the mood stays human — worn, warm, and wide awake at 2 a.m.

After Hours 2

22 Remix Realms - Billie Jean

23 Jimmy Scott - I'm Through With Love

24 Anarch-I-Wamba - Knocked Down

25 Nat King Cole - Lonely One

26 Arthur Prysock - I Worry About You

27 True Believers - One Tequila

28 Zero Sugar - Lounge Lightning

29 Lou Rawls - Willow Weep For Me

30 Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

31 re-SOUL - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

32 Art-I Ramone - Sedated

33 AI Tendencies - Institutionalized

34 Andy Bey - In A Sentimental Mood

35 Mark Murphy - My Foolish Heart

36 Mel Torme - Blue Moon

37 Zero Sugar - A(i)ck Shun

38 Richard Cheese - Just Like Heaven

39 Doug Hilton - The Moonlight Mocks Me (It's Cold and Blue)

After Hours 1

When the lights fade and the last glass clinks, the real music begins. This pick drifts through a 1950s saloon haze — slow, smoky jazz wrapped in barroom quiet. Sparse piano and brushed snares sway around a thumping upright bass, while a low baritone croon leans close, all grit and midnight warmth. At the mic, Zero Sugar’s own boxer — no howls, just bark and heart — croons the kind of tunes made for the hour after the night ends. A couple of AI tunes here, but the rest...

After Hours 1

01 Johnny Hartman - Unforgettable

02 re-SOUL - Baby Shark

03 Dean Martin - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

04 Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around

05 Don Nelson featuring Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar & Stan Levey - The Wind

06 Ray Charles - Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

07 Midnight Jazz - Velvet Corners

08 Sam Cooke - Lost And Lookin'

09 Mose Allison - Lost Mind

10 Raviel Blackthorne - Tonight, I'm A Little Too Broken

11 Sammy Davis Jr. - I'm A Fool To Want You

12 Sound Of Moc - She Wore Blue Under Streetlights

13 Chet Baker - Almost Blue

14 Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

15 Lee Hazlewood - Your Sweet Love

16 Electric Prunes - Too Much To Dream (After Hours Mix)

17 Zero Sugar - Love Is Like Lounging

18 Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues

19 Jack Jones - Here's That Rainy Day

20 Zero Sugar - Faux On The Run

21 Chris Connor - Lush Life

Brix Picks

Go back a couple of weeks to see more by The Fall and Brix (Adult Net) and of course Mark E Smith, but today's pick is focused on Brix E Smith-Start and her non-Adult Net work. And not everything, I didn't include anything beyond her stuff with the Fall and the Extricated. There's more than enough here and it really gels together. The post Adult Net stuff as Brix and the Extricated sounds very much like The Fall without Mark. No surprise since there are old members of that band recruited to play with her. I like this stuff! And her contributions to The Fall make a lot more sense hearing it away from Mark and makes her case (from her book) that she did a lot more than she was allowed to get credit for. From one of her early tracks with the Fall through all her Extricated work, this samples much of it.

Brix Picks

01 Brix & The Extricated - Dog Face (Lost In Gdansk)

02 The Fall - Couldn't Get Ahead

03 The Fall - 2 x 4

04 Brix & The Extricated - Unrecognisable

05 Brix & The Extricated - Strange Times

06 The Fall - DKTR. Faustus

07 The Fall - Hotel Bloedel

08 The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist

09 Brix & The Extricated - Feeling Numb

10 Brix & The Extricated - Something To Lose

11 Brix & The Extricated - Alaska

12 Brix & The Extricated - Valentino

13 The Fall - New Big Prinz

14 The Fall - Hey! Luciani

15 The Fall - Victoria

16 Brix & The Extricated - Moonrise Kingdom

17 Brix & The Extricated - Heavy Crown

18 The Fall - Cruisers Creek

19 Brix & The Extricated - Pneumatic Violet

20 The Fall - Shoulder Pads 1 #

21 The Fall - Bombast

22 The Fall - C.R.E.E.P.

Whitewash Wipeout

I have been a big fan of surf music for decades, especially surf instrumentals and love bands like Agent Orange and The Ventures. This pick does not have either band, but it does have that feel of both throughout. A couple are on the border of surf, but still make it for me. Let me know if you like any of them more than any others or what you would like to surf to? Did I miss any other good ones? There are so many.

Whitewash Wipeout

01 Amped Dynamite - Explosive Curls

02 Glenn Miller's Woody - In The Woody

03 OP Rollers - Fire

04 The Tarantulas - A Fistful Of Dollars (Overture)

05 Big Daddy - Star Wars Theme

06 The Alolan Rays - Gotta Catch 'em All

07 Little Buddy & The Three Hour Tour - Shipwrecked

08 Beverly Surfbillies - Texas Tea

09 Vandals - Hocus Pocus

10 Stoneage Surfers - Leilani

11 The Rubble Rousers - Meet The Flintstones (Yabba Dabba Do)

12 Supertones - Paranoid

13 3rd Board In The Surf - Fire

14 Sweet Shredders - Board Blitzing

15 Grommet Kahunas - Gnarly Froth

16 Hippy Ho-Dad - Hauling

17 JFA - Charlie Brown (Schroeder Version)

18 Frankenfurter - Warped Time

19 Cloudchord - Thunderstruck

20 The Stoked Shakas - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

21 Neoprene Dudes - Swiss Swells

22 Beachios - Shake Your Napkin

23 Pegleg - Yo Ho Ho (A Pirates Life)

24 Surfmotherfuckers - Killing An Arab

25 Lynn's Leash - Stone Surf

26 Elemental Swell - September

27 Svelte Sumo Surfers - Mele Kalikimaka

Brisket Beats 10

When I first moved here, the flags on every street suggested a very specific kind of conservative world, but the reality was a pleasant surprise of neighbors from every country and religion living right alongside them. This final Pick of Brisket Beats reflects that unique Texas blend—fiercely proud of tradition yet incredibly open to diversity. It’s that authentic Southern hospitality that lets soul, country, and norteño share the same space without missing a beat. Our pride isn't about exclusion; it's about sharing a sound that belongs to everyone. Have you ever had an experience with Southern hospitality? Tell me about it.

Brisket Beats 10

177 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Stay A Little Longer

178 AJ Harris And The Pink Tacos - Brisket Beats

179 George Strait - Right Or Wrong

180 Delbert Mcclinton - Two More Bottles Of Wine

181 Marcia Ball - The Right Tool For The Job

182 Freddie King - Hide Away

183 Doug Sahm - Groover's Paradise

184 Sunny Ozuna - Talk To Me

185 David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales - Cuatro Caminos

186 Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot

187 Joe Ely - Fingernails

188 Little Joe & La Familia - Llegó Borracho el Borracho

189 Gary P. Nunn - It's A Texas Thing

190 La Mafia - Vida

191 Flaco Jiménez - Viva Seguin

192 Cornell Hurd Band - You Only Kiss Me When We Say Goodbye

193 Marti Brom with Cornell Hurd Band - Kiss Me Big

194 Bobby Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

195 Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon

196 Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive

Brisket Beats 9

If you missed the previous picks, take a look at the other volumes and you will see that this Brisket Beats sound has been there from the very beginning. This latest Pick is all about the bridges—the ones crossing the Rio Grande and the ones connecting soul, country, and cumbia. Texas is a crossroads where different worlds meet, and that is why anyone anywhere in the world can listen to this and feel that "come as soon as you can" spirit that makes us who we are. We are closing in on the end of the line, so tell me: do we stop at volume ten, or are you ready for more? These songs are the bridge that brings you home to the heart of the state, no matter where your journey started.

Brisket Beats 9

158 Sir Douglas Quintet - Nuevo Laredo

159 Sunny & The Sunliners - Smile Now Cry Later

160 Omar & The Howlers - Border Girl

161 Cory Morrow - Texas Time Travelin'

162 Durwood Brown & His Musical Brownies - Bring It On Down To My House, Honey

163 Bronco - Sergio El Bailador

164 The T.S.U. Toronadoes - Getting the Corners

165 Emilio Navaira featuring Ricky Muñoz - Como Le Hare

166 Chet Atkins and Johnny Gimble - Fiddlin' Around

167 Los Relampagos Del Norte - Hay Ojitos

168 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm

169 Rigo Tovar - Perdóname Mi Amor Por Ser Tan Guapo

170 Asleep At The Wheel - Take Me Back To Tulsa

171 Los Lonely Boys - Onda

172 Hayes Carll - Kmag Yoyo

173 Little Joe y La Familia - Las Nubes

174 Brownout - Homenaje

175 La Sonora Dinamita - Mi Cucu

176 The Nightcaps - Wine Wine Wine