Leap Day: Forgotten Treasures
It’s a rare Leap Year show with Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures. As the 29th of February rolls around we take stock of our circles round the sun… just for cosmic fun. With fellow travelers: The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Snow Tunnel Sarah and Sean Watkins Brother Sister, Family Hour
Circle Game Tom Rush The Circle Game, Elektra
Wintertime Norah Jones Begin Again, Blue Note
Cold Cold Heart Aretha Franklin Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, Columbia
Stealin' Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
Bertha Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Live at Filmore East, Warner Brothers
Instrumental: Grand Junction Poco Pickin' Up the Pieces, Epic
One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash One Piece at a Time, Columbia
Rocket 69 Connie Allen and Todd Rhodes Risque Blues, King
Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts Sally Go Round the Roses, Tuff
Be Honest with Me Esther Phillips The Country Side of Esther Phillips, Atlantic
Instrumental: St. James Infirmary Les McCann McCanna, Blue Note
Small Town Talk Bobby Charles Bobby Charles, Bearsville Records
Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Dock of the Bay, Volt/Atco
That Lucky Old Sun Big Mama Thornton Stronger Than Dirt, Mercury
Before the Next Teardrop Falls Dolly Parton and David Hildalgo Treasures, Mercury
Winterlude Joe Ely To: Kate: A Benefit for Kate's Sake, Western Beat Records
Closing Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet Under the Jasmin Tree/Space, Apple Corps Ltd.
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Space is the Place Sun Ra Space is the Place, Evidence Records
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid King Pleasure King Pleasure Signs/Annie Ross Sings, Fantasy
Sadie Hawkins Doomtree Doomtree, Doomtree Records
Toe-Tappin' Johnny Griffin Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party, Riverside
Instrumental: Little Sunflower Dorothy Ashby Afro-Harping, Verve
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Gerry and the Pacemakers The Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Main
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five Jack, You're Dead: The Essential Blue Archive, BMG
California Dreamin' Bobby Womack Fly Me to the Moon, Minit
Third Stone from the Sun The Jimi Hendrix Experience Jimi Hendrix Experience, WEA
Two Trains Running Marquis Knox Here I Am, APO Records
Instrumental: Flying The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, Capitol
Lafayette Watkins Family Hour Brother Sister, Family Hour Records
I'll Follow the Sun The Beatles Beatles for Sale, Parlophone
White Bird It's a Beautiful Day It's a Beautiful Day, CBS
I Knew I Could Fly Our Native Daughters Songs of Our Native Daughters, Smithsonian Folkways
I'll Fly Away Johnny Cash My Mother's Hymnbook, American Recordings
Closing Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White Crescent City Serenade, Antilles