Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 17, 2012

Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 17, 2012

Here's a little secret - I was out of town during today's show, so I recorded it last week in the station's tiny spare air room.

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Here's what I played on this week's show, with the local tracks marked with an asterisk and my notes in italics:

Gino Washington - Puppet on a String
The Egyptians - Party Stomp
Slow Club - Giving Up on Love
Sea Wolf - You're a Wolf
*Roy Orbison - I Give Up
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - All Night
Thao - Bag of Hammers
Bob Wills - There's Going to Be a Party
Elvis Costello - No Action
Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
*Big Star - O Dana (ed. - By request, and I always honor requests for Big Star.)
Pizzicato Five - My Baby Portable Player Sound
*Jack Oblivian - Ain't Got No Money
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape
God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl
Peter, Bjorn and John - Breaker Breaker
Old 97s - You Were Born to Be in Battle
5.6.7.8.s - Bomb the Twist (ed. - Japanese girl punk.)
Dolly Parton - False Eyelashes
Sondre Lerche - She's Fantastic
Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here (ed. - a fantastic cover of the Smog song.)
 
Detroit Cobras - The Real Thing
The Seeds - Can't Seem to Make You Mine
Jens Lekman - Pocketful of Money
Rosemary Clooney - Corazon de Melon
Why - Rubber Traits
Titus Andronicus - …And Ever
Wanda Jackson - Kickin' Our Hearts Around
Nick Waterhouse - (If) You Want Trouble (ed. - One of my new favorite bands. So gritty and raunchy and good.)
Shangri Las - Leader of the Pack
Eloise Trio - La Bamba
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
Cat Power - Lived in Bars (ed. - Recorded in Memphis with the Memphis Horns.)
Okkervil River - Calling and Not Calling My Ex
Sundown Pete and Margie Lane - Fences to Mend
Silver Jews - Random Rules
Surfer Blood - Fast Jabroni
First Aid Kit - King of the World
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations (ed. - Because I was in Minneapolis.)

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You can catch the Memphis Mystery Train live every Thursday morning from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. on 89.9 FM in Memphis or online at wevl.org.

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greg g
Just hear your show this morning (24) thanks great stuff. can't wait to get the set list.
May 24, 2012 9:11am
Colt Larsen
  That was ingenious. I’ll bet your listeners didin’t recognize the difference. aywyam, it’s a good trick in the media business. Show’s not over. 
August 1, 2012 1:53am