PURE with Howard Thompson

“ 1984”  Cocteau Twins: Lorelei Kirsty MacColl: A New England  T-Bone Burnett: The Law Of Average John Lennon: Grow Old With Me  Billy Bragg: The Saturday Boy  Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will  The Cars: Drive  Tom Verlaine: Five Miles of You  Cristina: Smile Scott Walker: Rawhide  Robyn Hitchcock: Trams Of Old London The Long Ryders: Ivory Tower  Sade: Smooth Operator  Elvis Costello & The A...

“1969” (broadcast 4/21/23 ) the Beatles: Sun King  The MC5: Kick Out The Jams  Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes The Band: Whispering Pines Nick Drake: River Man Bob Dylan: I Threw It All Away Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine  Bob Dylan: I Threw It All Away Procol Harum: The Devil Came From Kansas  Roy Harper: Sgt. Sunshine  The Maytals: Monkey Man The Velvet Underground: After...

"1970" w/Kevin Teare (broadcast 10/16/15) 1. B.B. King: Nobody Loves Me But My Mother  2. Egg: They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano…  3. Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in The Sky  4. Slade: Shape Of Things To Come  5. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Theme de Yoyo  6. Eric Burdon & War: Spill The Wine  7. Miles Davis: John McLaughlin  8. Kevin Ayers: Puis Je? 9. Tim Buckley: Song to The Siren 10. Lindi...

"The Courettes' (broadcast 10/6/23 )  the Courettes: Hop The Twig the Courettes: Too Late to Say I'm Sorry the Courettes: Night Time (The Boy Of Mine) Os Mutantes: A Minha Menina Link Wray & The Wraymen: Ace Of Spades the Courettes: Nobody But You Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep, Mountain High The Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? the Courettes: My One And Only Baby Little Eva: T...

“Painters & Paintings” (broadcast 7/19/19) Michael Marra: Frida Kahlo's Visit to the Taybridge Bar  Status Quo: Pictures Of Matchstick Men  The Velvet Underground: Andy's Chest Phil Manzanera: After Magritte  The Mighty Wah!: Hey! Mona Lisa  Don McLean: Vincent  Joni Mitchell: The Jungle Line  Conway Twitty: Mona Lisa  Ian Dury & The Music Students: Peter The Painter  Sara Hickman: Salvado...

‘Here’s Johnny” (broadcast 9/1/17) Jimmy Reed: Oh John Shelby Lynne: Johnny Met June  Johnny Cash: John's  Kris Kristofferson: Good Morning John  Vince Gill: Buttermilk John (feat. The Time Jumpers)  The Band: Knockin' Lost John  Willie Nelson: Johnny One Time  Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator  The Waterboys: A Girl Called Johnny  John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me  Mikel Rouse: Johnny Dollar...

"Texas, y’all" (broadcast 5/19/17) Janis Joplin: Me And Bobby McGee  Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown Guy Clark: Rain In Durango Nanci Griffith: It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go  Townes Van Zandt: Tecumseh Valley Roy Orbison: In Dreams Johnny Winter: I'll Drown In My Tears Little Esther Phillips: Mo Jo Hannah (mono) Kacey Musgraves: Dime Store Cowgirl Buddy Holly: True Lo...

"Friday Nite, Rayne, LA" (broadcast 5/8/2020 ) Leroy Broussard: Lemonade Song 2:29 Ganey Arsement: Bayou Anglais 3:16 Tommy McLain: Before I Grow Too Old 2:29 Johnnie Allan: Promised Land 2:05 Moon Mullican: Jambalaya 2:34 Rod Bernard And Clifton Chenier: Shake Rattle & Roll 3:16 Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys: Two-step de St-Ann’s 4:11 Jimmy Donley: Loving Cajun Style 1:49 Jame...

"Bonny Scotland" (funraiser, broadcast 6/3/16) 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: The Road, the Isles/Glendaruel Highlanders/The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill The Incredible String Band: Air  The Proclaimers: On Causewayside  Ivor Cutler: Counting Song  Pipe Major David Hutton: Itchy Fingers/Mason's Apron/the Clumsy Lover  Eddi Reader: Wings On My Heels John Martyn: Certain Surprise St...

"Uke" (broadcast 2/15/16) Bill Frisell: Hello Nellie  Petty Booka: Do You Wanna Dance  Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream  Joe Brown: I Like Ukeleles  Emily Ritz & Lyle Ritz: Tonight You Belong To Me  The Unthanks: Canny Hobby Elliott  Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman Chumbawamba: All Fur Coat & No Knickers  Amanda Palmer: WPKN ID  Amanda Palmer: Ukulele Anthem  Janelle Monáe: Dance...

“Earl Palmer (broadcast 8/7/15) B. Bumble & The Stingers: Nut Rocker 1:58 Ray Charles: I Can't Stop Loving You 4:11 Neal Hefti & his Orchestra, Chorus: Batman Theme 2:17 Ritchie Valens: La Bamba 2:01 Dave Bartholomew: Who Drank my Beer (While I was in the Rear) 2:48 Lloyd Price: Lawdy Miss Clawdy 2:29 Smiley Lewis: I Hear You Knocking 2:43 Roy Brown: Saturday Night 2:19 Amos Milburn: Chick...

“Lists” (broadcast 7/19/13) 'PURE' Theme - Danny Gatton: Funky Mama The Moonglows: The 10 Commandments Of Love Ween: Pollo Asado Candi Staton: That's How Strong My Love Is Bryan Ferry: These Foolish Things Nick Drake: One Of These Things First Betty Davis: F.U.N.K Joe Barry: Every Breath You Take Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham: Ginger Snaps (& Sugar Winks) Lee Ann Womack: Let 'Em In Denim:...

"Animals" (broadcast 3/28/13) 1. The Pink Fairies: The Snake 2. Roky Erickson & The Aliens: A Cold Night For Alligators 3. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Snake Farm 4. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Black Snake 5. Tony Joe White: Stud Spider 6. Savoy Brown: Mister Hare (by request, for Scotty) 7. Bobby Charles: See You Later, Alligator 8. Dillinger: Mickey Mouse Crab Louse 9. Pluto Shervington: Ram...

“April Fools” (broadcast 4/1/16) James Burton: Fools Rush In  Sandy Denny: I Wish I Was A Fool For You  Robert Palmer: Which of Us Is the Fool  Geraint Watkins: Fools Like Me  George Jones: Big Fool Of The Year  Patty Loveless: You're Through Fooling Me  Loudon Wainwright III: April Fool's Day Morn  Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Foolish You  Rufus Wainwright: April Fools  Tony Joe White: Did Somebod...

“America” (broadcast 7/4/14) Steve Miller Band: Livin' in the USA Charlie Haden: Is This America (Katrina 2005) (w/Pat Metheny)  Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings: American By Birth Mark Knopfler: Do America  Don McLean: American Pie Earl Scruggs: American-Made. World-Played Scott McClatchy: American Land  Mickey Newbury: An American Trilogy Odetta & Dr. John (w/John Campbell): America The Bea...

"Birds - A Whole Mess Of Them" (broadcast 6/17/16) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Mr. Slaters' Parrot Tango Kings: Loro (feat. Yodok)  Lascelles Perkins w/Clue J & his Blues Blasters: Lonely Robin  The Stanley Brothers: The White Dove The Cramps: Surfin' Bird  Audience: Jackdaw  Steve Martin: The  Nasty Pop: Crow  Tony Joe White: Rain Crow Inez & Charlie Foxx: Mockingbird  Reiko Ohara: Peacock Ba...

 “Mickey Newbury – songwriter, singer” (broadcast 5/6/16) Mickey Newbury: American Trilogy Mickey Newbury: How Many Times Must The Piper be Paid For His Song Mickey Newbury: Interlude  David Allan Coe: The 33rd of August  Bobby "Blue" Bland: You've Always Got the Blues  Don Gibson: If You Ever Get to Houston (Look Me Down)  Mickey Newbury: The Future's Not What It Used To Be Mickey Newbury: Mobile...

“Dance!” (broadcast 3/20/15) Grace Jones: La Vie En Rose                                                           Andrea True Connection: More, More, More                        George McCrae: Rock Your Baby  Odyssey: Native New Yorker                                                   Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive                                                                KC & The Sunshine Band...

“Suicide” (broadcast 3/6/15) Suicide: Fast Money Music  Martin Rev: Post Card  Alan Vega: Jukebox Babe  Paul Haig: Ghost Rider  Suicide: Be Bop Kid  Bruce Springsteen: Dream Baby Dream  Martin Rev: Salve  Alan Vega: ID  Alan Vega: Wipeout Beat  LCD Soundsystem: Bye Bye Bayou  Suicide: Swearin' To The Flag  The Flaming Lips: Ice Drummer  Martin Rev: Mari Go Round  Alan Vega: Video Babe  Miriam: Mir...

“Hello/Goodbye” (broadcast 4/12/13) Danny Gatton: Funky Mama Cheap Trick: Hello There Lonesome Strangers: Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll Todd Rundgren: Hello It's Me    Jim Capaldi: Goodbye My Love Ian McLagan & the Bump Band: Hello Old Friend The Herd: Goodbye Groovy  The Flashcubes: Hello Susie Elmore James: Goodbye Baby Lightnin Hopkins: Hello, Central Barbara Lynn: Then You Can Tell Me...

“Guns, or Roses?” (broadcast 3/22/13) The Cramps: Peter Gunn  Iggy Pop: La Vie En Rose  Junior Walker & The All Stars: Shotgun  Billy Ward & The Dominoes: St. Therese Of The Roses  Camille: Guns Of Brixton  My Darling Clementine: I Bought Some Roses  Johnny Cash: Don't Take Your Guns To Town  Patsy Cline: A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)  Wanda Jackson: This Gun Don't Care  Earl J...

“Thanks, Albert” (broadcast on 1/11/13) PURE theme – (Danny Gatton: Funky Mama) Scanner: Red Bruise Traffic: No Face, No Name, No Number Happy Mondays: Loose Fix (Perfecto 12" Mix) The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years Fom Home  Procol Harum: Shine On Björk: All Is Full Of Love Fleetwood Mac: Albatross  The Who: I Can See For Miles  Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine  The Orange Bicycle: Trip On An Orang...

“TWANG!” (broadcast 1/19/24) Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme The Tornados: Earthy The Mavericks: Back In Your Arms Again Chris Isaak: Wicked Game (instr. version) Duane Eddy: Bleaklow Air Bud Ashton: 40 Miles of Bad Road Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: Los Twangueros Queen Esther: The Black Cowgirl Song Buddy Cagle: The Guitar Player (The Ballad Of James Burton) Dire Straits: Six Blade Knife W...

"Girlfriends, N-Z" (broadcast 3/15/24) Audience: Nancy Will Hoge: Nikki’s A Republican Now The Flashcubes: Natalie John Mayer: Something Like Olivia Scott McClatchy: Ophelia Buddy Holly: Rock Around With Ollie Vee Natalie Merchant: Down On Penny's Farm Martin Newell: Queen Phyllis Of Colchester Brave Combo: Patricia Twist Terry Allen: Queenie’s Song Chuck Berry: Little Queenie PJ Harvey: 50ft Quee...

"Girlfriends" MC5: Sister Anne Sara Hickman: Aurora  Victor DeLorenzo: Audrey Paul Simon: Bernadette Drive-By Truckers: Little Bonnie Ashley McBryde: Blackout Betty Suicide: Cheree Mike Golub: Christinas World Brian Eno: Cindy Tells Me George Faith: Diana Eddie Noack: Dolores Randy & The Rainbows: Denise Hot Chocolate: Emma Huw Gower: Elizabeth’s Blues Barry Ryan: Eloise Roy Harper: Francesca...