Pacific Street Blues & Americana

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaMarch 15, 2026Part 2 of 2 21. Fabulous Thunderbirds / You're Humbuggin' Me22. Johnny Winter / Be Careful with a Fool 23. Wings / Call Me Back Again 24. Paul Rodgers / Let Me Roll It 25. Mike Finnigan / Leave that Liar Alone 26. Selwyn Birchwood / Should'a Never Gotten Out of Bed 27. The Movies (Matt Whipkey) / Ruffin 28. Bruce Springsteen / American Land 29. Tom Waits / Jersey Girl30. Lucinda Williams / Freedom Speaks 31. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke 32. Led Zeppelin / Black Country Woman 33. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away 34. Eric Gales / Rockin' Horse (feat Kingfish Ingram) 35. Joann Lynn Parker / End of the Line 36. Black Crowes / Profane Prophecy 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaMarch 15, 2026Part 1 of 2) 1. Tedeschi Trucks Band / I Got You 2. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Hell of High Water 3. Eric Nelson / Save Yourself 4. Keb Mo / One of These Nights 5. Koko Taylor / Let the Good Times Roll6. BB King / Caledonia 7. Joe Bonamassa - BB King 100th / Love Comes to Town 8. U2 / Fortunate Son9. Thin Lizzy / Still in Love with You 10. The Third Mind (Dave Alvin) / Before We Said Goodbye11. Jay McShann / Come On Over to My House 12. Louis Jordan / Jack You're Dead 13. Marcus Trummer / Holdin' Out for You 14. Renee Elise Goldsberry / Staring 15. Bywater Call / Only 16. Al Green / Everybody Hurts 17. Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials / Crazy Love Affair 18. Chris Cain / Time to Cry 19. Bessie Smith / Beale Street Mama20. Billie Holiday / Am I Blue

22. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away23. Shemekia Copeland, KW Shepherd Robert Randolph / Hit 'Em Back 24. Eric Gales / Baby, Baby 25. Lucky Peterson / Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone 26. Fanny / Badge27. Maggie Bell / After Midnight 28. Renee Elise Goldsberry  Starring 30. Sass Jordan / Cry Baby 31. Black Crowes / Profane Prophecy 32. Lucinda Williams / Righteously 33. Joe Ely / Driven to Drive 34. Los Lonely Boys / Heaven 35. Keegan McInroe / John's Songs36. Matt Cox / Around the Bend 37. Ruth Brown & Bonnie Raitt / I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 38. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaMarch 1, 2026 1. Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials / The Flirt in the Car Wash Skirt 2. Jimmy Reed / I Ain't Got You3. The High Numbers (The Who) / I'm The Face4. Mose Allison / Young Man Blues5. Lonnie Donegan / Rock Island Line6. Lead Belly / Black Betty 7. Larkin Poe / You're the Devil in Disguise 8. Elvis Presley / Raised on Rock and Roll 9. Bruce Springsteen / Idiot's Delight 10. Bonnie Raitt / Spit of Love 11. Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / 12. Tower of Power / Soul Vaccination13. Walter Wolfman Washington / What's It Gonna Take14. Van Morrison / Down to Joy 15. Staple Singers / We the People16. Bywater Call / Only 17. Aretha Franklin / Ain't No Way 18. Janis Joplin / Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) 19. Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield w/ Johnny Winter / It's My Own Fault 20. Johnny Winter / Can't You Feel It? 21. Edgar Winter / I'll Fly Away 

20. Van Morrison / Into the Mystic 21. Thin Lizzy / Dancing in the Moonlight 22. Gary Moore / I Can't Quit You Baby 23. Sinead O'Connor / Sacrifice 24. Johnny Cash / One 25. Rory Gallagher / Out on the Western Plain26. U2 / American Obituary 27. Eric Nelson / Save Yourself28. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters / Me Oh My 29. Lucinda Williams / The World's Gone Wrong 30. John Mellencamp / This Land is Your Land 31. Warren Haynes / From Here on Out 32. Marcus King Band / Inglewood Motel33. Tedeschi Trucks Band feat Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) / Sticks & Stones 34. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaMarch 8, 20251. Ronnie Baker Brooks / Accept My Love2. Joe Bonamassa 'BB King 100 Birthday' w/ McDonald, Tedeschi / To Know You is To Love You 3. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Hell of High Water 4. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke5. Fabulous Thunderbirds / Wait on Time 6. Jimmie Vaughan & Lou Ann Barton / Power of Love 7. Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps / When My Baby Comes Home 8. John Hiatt / Master of Disaster 9. Bates Motel / Put Your Hands on the Radio 10. Dr. Feelgood / Milk & Alcohol12. J Geils Band / Serves You Right to Suffer13. John Lee Hooker / House Rent Blues 14. Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials / Cold Side of the Bed 15. Johnny Burgin / Crazy About You 16. Magic Sam / Blues with a Feeling 17. Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Cut You Loose18. Robben Ford / Nothin' to Nobody 19. Michael Lee Firkins / Space Crickets 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaPart 2 of 2 19. Blood Brothers / No Good Woman (Mike Zito & Albert Castiligia) 20. Devon Allman & Larry McCray / Blues is a Feeling 21. Tommy Castro / Draw the Line22. Deanna Bogart / In the Rain 23. Boz Scaggs / The Meaning of the Blues 24. The Little Willies (Norah Jones) / I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive25. Kris Lager Band / I'm Here for You 26. Eric Nelson / Save Yourself 27. Bywater Call / 28. Karen Souza / New Year's Day 29. Bruce Springsteen / I'm Not Sleeping 30. Jeff Beck Group / Drinking Again31. Derek Trucks Band / Key to the Highway 32. Keb Mo & Taj Mahal / Room on the Porch 33. Dave Alvin / Dry River 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaFebruary 28, 20261. Bobby Harden - Feels So Good2. Jon Batiste / Lean on My Love 3. Roomful of Blues / Tell Me Who 4. Honeydrippers / Rockin' at Midnight 5. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke (To Worry) 6. Carolyn Wonderland / Bad to the Bone 7. Blind Willie Johnson / God Moves on Water8. Lesley Riddle / Titanic9. Blue Moon Marquee / Rollin' & Tumblin'10. Muddy Waters / Rock Me 11. Ann Cole / I Got My Mojo Working 12. Gus Cannon Band / Minglewood Blues13. Omar Coleman & Igor Prodo / Answer Your Phone 14. Eric Gales & Joe Bonamassa / Don't Wanna Go Home15. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away 16. Gary Clark Jr./ This is Who We Are17. Joe Bonamassa w/ Michael McDonald, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks / To Know You is to Love You 18. Indigenous / Blues from the Sky 

20. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away 21. The Black Keys / No Lovin'22. The Third Mind / Reno, Nevada23. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Jefferson Jericho Blues 24. Professor Longhair / Hey Now Baby 25. Dirty Dozen Brass Band / My Feel Can't Fail Me Now 26. Trombone Shorty / Miss Beautiful 27. Walter Wolfman Washington / Funk is in the House 28. Wild Magnolia's / Old Time Indian 29. Neville Brothers / Wild Injuns 29. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Right Place, Wrong Time30. Dr. John & Randy Newman / Ate Up the Apple Tree31. Fats Domino / Be My Guest 32. Tiny Bradshaw / Train Kept a Rollin'33. Eric Nelson / Hit You Like a Train 34. Wings / Letting Go35. Willa Lucille / Almost Always You 36. Sam Fender / Dying Light, 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaFebruary 15, 20261. Memphis Royal Brothers / Gimme Back the Keys to My Cadillac2. Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Cut You Loose3. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke4. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Hell or High Water5. The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Can't Tear It Up Enuff16. Tommy Castro / Freight Train7. The Grateful Dean / Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 8. Dave Alvin / Seeds9. Bywater Call / Only 10. Al Green & The Soul Mates / Back Up Train 11. Mike Farris / Snap Your Fingers 12. Albert Collins / When Welfare Turns It Back on You 13. Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band / Voodoo Daddy 14. Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt / Let the Good Times Roll (BB King 100th Birthday Tribute album) What's the Common Thread 15. Elvis Presley / Follow That Dream 16. Bruce Springsteen / Johnny Bye Bye 17. The Beatles / Here Come Ol' Flattop18. T Rex / Bang a Gong 19. Chuck Berry / You Can't Catch Me 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaFebruary 8, 2026Bruce Springsteen Spotlight Show playlist The Everly Brothers' Influence:21. Everly Brothers / Wake Up Little Susie22. Bruce Springsteen / Little Girl Like You [Lost Albums, 1983 LA Garage]Character Arch across 54 Years of Music: 23. Bruce Springsteen / Born to Run24. Bruce Springsteen / Last Man StandingPunk Rock influences Nebraska album:25. Bruce Springsteen / Nebraska26. Suicide / Dream Baby Dream (OST Deliver Me from Nowhere)27. Rage Against the Machine / The Ghost of Tom JoadHis Songs: Their Hits:28. Manfred Mann / Blinded by the Light29. Patti Smith / Because the Night30. Pointer Sisters / Fire31. Dave Edmunds / From Small Things (Big Things Come)Duets: 32. John Mellencamp w/ Springsteen / Wasted Days33. Lucinda Williams w/Springsteen  / New York Comeback34. Warren Zevon w/ Springsteen / Disorder in the House35. John Fogerty & Bruce Springsteen / When Will I Be Loved

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaFebruary 8, 2026Bruce Springsteen Spotlight Show playlistPart 1 of 2 Intro & Biggest Influence: Bob Dylan: 1. Eric Church / Springsteen2. Rick Springfield / Bruce3. The Traveling Wilburys (Bob Dylan) / Tweeter and the Monkey Man4. Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne /Highway 61 Revisited  Influences: Roy Orbison & Elvis Presley: 5. Roy Orbison (Traveling Wilbury) / Only the Lonely6. Cowboy Junkies / Thunder Road,7. Bruce Springsteen / Viva Las Vegas (cover Elvis Presley)8. Bruce Springsteen / Johnny Bye ByeInfluences: Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie:9. Pete Seeger / Where Have All the Flowers Gone.10. Woody Guthrie / This Land is Your Land11. The Carter Family / The World’s On Fire12. Bruce Springsteen / Vigilante ManSoul Man? Soul Man! 13. Jerry Butler / Only the Strong Survive (2022)14. Eddie Vedder /  My City of Ruins15. Bruce Springsteen / I’m Not Sleeping16. Eddie Floyd / Raise Your Hand (Live) (Stax Records)Producers Phil Spector & Jimmy Webb: 17. Ike & Tina Turner / River Deep, Mountain High18. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes / Fade Away (Spittin’ Fire album)19. Glen Campbell / Wichita Lineman20. Bruce Springsteen / Sundown

Pacific St Blues (Part 2 of 2)23. Slash Shemekia Copeland Bonamassa / When Love Comes to Town 24. B. B. King / Bad Case of Love 25. Blackberry Smoke / Running with the Pack (feat Paul Rodgers) 26. Dirty Honey / Rock Steady 27. Christone Kingfish Ingram / 28. The Black Crowes / Profane Prophecy 29. Sean Chambers / Brown Sugar 30. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away 31. Al Green / Everybody Hurts32. Mike Farris / Before There Was You and I 33. Bywater Call / Only 34. Dave Alvin / Albuquerque

Pacific Street Blues & AmericanaFebruary 1, 2026 1. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke 2. Carolina Chocolate Drops / You Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine 3. Bukka White / Jelly Roll Man 4. Chris Thomas King / Baptized in Dirty Water5. Lucinda Williams / How Much Did you Get for Your Soul 6. Tedeschi Trucks Band / I Got You 7. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Hell or High Water8. Joe Bonamassa / Hanging on a Loser 9. Darlene Love / Night Closing In 10. Bruce Springsteen / Galveston Bay 11. Betty LaVette / Streets of Philadelphia12. David Bowie / Saint in the City 13. Reese Wynans / Say What14. Bonnie Raitt / Pride & Joy 15. Bill Carter w/ Stevie Ray Vaughan / Na Na Ne Na Nay 16. Jimmie Vaughan / She's Got the Blues for Sale 17. Tab Benoit . For What It's Worth 18. Darcie Miner / Ohio 19. Bruce Springsteen / Streets of Minneapolis20. John Mellencamp / Authority Song 21. Derek and the Dominoes / Got to Get Better in a Little While 22. Fabulous Thunderbirds / My Babe

Understanding "Streets of Minneapolis"With Springsteen's latest single reaching #1 in 19 countries, we're witnessing a significant cultural moment. I'm proposing an exploration of the controversial, "Streets of Minneapolis"—examining it within a powerful American musical tradition that stretches back over eight decades.A Tradition of Musical CommentaryThis story begins in 1944, when Woody Guthrie (not Arlo—Woody was his father) wrote "This Land Is Your Land" as a response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." What seemed like competing patriotic songs represented something deeper: different visions of what it means to love your country. Berlin offered celebration; Guthrie offered reflection—including verses about inequality and hardship that rarely get sung today.Guthrie embraced a form of patriotism rooted in the Declaration of Independence—one that believes loving your country includes acknowledging where it falls short of its ideals. Writing during World War II and the aftermath of the Depression, Guthrie demonstrated how music could both honor and challenge the nation simultaneously.How Music Reaches Us DifferentlyThat approach influenced Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan—artists who discovered that songs could communicate social commentary to audiences who might not engage with traditional political discourse. A three-minute song on the radio could spark reflection in ways other media couldn't.Consider "Born in the U.S.A." How many of us have heard it as a celebration when Springsteen wrote it, in Guthrie's tradition, as a pointed critique of how America treats its veterans? Forty years later, it's still frequently misunderstood—even used at political rallies in ways that contradict its message. This pattern raises important questions about how we engage with art.When Music Captures a MomentIn 1970, after the Ohio National Guard killed four students at Kent State University, Neil Young wrote "Ohio" almost immediately. Released by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young within weeks, the radio-friendly song brought that tragedy into millions of homes, forcing a national conversation.What "Streets of Minneapolis" Asks of Us"Streets of Minneapolis" follows in this tradition—echoing "Ohio" across five decades. Like those earlier songs, it's not primarily about comfort; it's about bearing witness and prompting reflection.The question worth considering: Will we engage with what the song is actually saying, or will it become another anthem whose meaning gets lost over time?An Invitation to Listen Thoughtfully. An opportunity to make your own decisions. This isn't about taking political sides. It's about recognizing a form of patriotism that asks something of us—the kind that believes loving your country includes honest examination of difficult moments.Hosts: Rick Galusha & Mike OlsonKate Smith / God Bless America (1939)Woody Guthrie / This Land is Your Land (1940) Carter Family / The World's On Fire (1925) Bruce Springsteen / Born in the USA (1984) [Nebraska] Neil Young / Ohio (1970) Bruce Springsteen / Streets of Minneapolis (2026) Norah Jones / American Anthem 

19. Derek and the Dominos / Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad20. Stevie Ray Vaughan / Willie the Wimp21. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away22. Gary Clark, Jr. ? This is Who We Are 23. Joe Bonamassa & George Benson /  There Must Be a Better World Somewhere24. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Scraps Vignette 25. Gary Moore / Walking By Myself26. Rory Gallagher / Calling Card 27. Free / Wishing Well 28. The Pretty Reckless / All Right Now 29. The Face / Silicon Growth 30. Black Crowes / 99 Pounds 31. Sass Jordan / Do What You Want 32. The Rolling Stones / Rough Justice 33. Aerosmith / Hangman Jury  

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaJanuary 25, 20261. Jeff Beck / Stratus (Billy Cobham, Spectrum)2. Tommy Bolin / 3. The Third Mind / Groovin' is Easy 4. Mike Zito & Sonny Landreth / Fortunate Son 5. Janiva Magnus / Lodi 6. John Fogerty / Almost Saturday Night 7. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers / Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals) 8. Eric Gales / You Shouldn't Have Left Me9. Carl Weathersby / Come to Papa10. Lyle Lovett & Keb Mo / Till it Shines11. Bob Seger / Busload of Faith (Lou Reed) 12. Koko Taylor / Come to Mama 13. Etta James / Steal Away 14. Janis Joplin . Raise Your Hand 15. Mike Farris / Precious Lord 16. Gretchen Wilson / Sunday Morning Coming Down 17. Syl Johnson / Me and Bobby McGhee18. JJ Cale / Cocaine 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaJanuary 11, 2025 Enjoy our Spotlight Shows21. Brian Setzer / Rock Boys Rock 22. Wanda Jackson / Fujiyama 23. Dave Alvin / Man Walks Among Us24. Bruce Springsteen / Souls of the Departed 25. Magic Sam / All of Your Love 26. Luther Allison / Why I Love the Blues 27. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away 28. Joe Bonamassa / Shake This Ground29. Eric Nelson / Not At All 30. Delbert McClinton / Ain't That Lovin' You (Jimmy Reed) 31. Big Wolf Band / Living on Borrowed Time 32. Eddie 9v / Beg, Borrow, And Steal 33. Sam Fender / Crumbling Empire 34. Keb Mo & Taj Mahal / Room on the Porch 35. Robert Randolph / Big Women 36. Southern Avenue / Gotta Keep the Love 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaJanuary 11, 2025 Enjoy our SPOTLIGHT Shows1. Roomful of Blues / Tell Me Who2. Al Basile / While We're Dancing 3. Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell / How Do You Like Your Eggs (In the Morning) 4. BB King / There Ain't Nobody Here (But Us Chickens) 5. Charles Brown / Hard Times 6. Boz Scaggs / We'll Be Together Again7. Johnny Adams / Down That Lonely Road8. Norah Jones / Running 9. Aretha Franklin / It Ain't Fair 10. Jon Baptiste / Lonely Avenue11. Ray Charles / Ain't That Love12. Raul Malo / So Sad (Everly Brothers) 13. John Mellencamp / Gone So Soon14. Devon Allman & Larry McCray / Hands & Knees15. Blood Brothers (Zito & Castiliga) / One Step Ahead of the Blues 16. Charley Crockett / Bad Company 17. Bad Company / Rock Steady 18. Clarence Carter (feat Duane Allman)/ The Road of Love 19. The Allman Brothers Band / I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 20. Marcus King / No Room for Blue

Support the Station: https://897theriver.com/product/donate/Due to cuts in funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, we are asking, for the first time in 30+ years, for listener support. Happy New Year! And thanks for listening all these decades. Pacific St Blues & AmericanaPart 2 of 2 21. Albert Collins / Iceman (12 minutes) 22. Robert Cray Band / Right Next Door 23. Blood Brothers (Albert Castiglia & Mike Zito) / You're Gonna Burn 24. Devon Allman / After You 25. Kris Lager / What You Don't Know You Have  26. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away27. Roomful of Blues / Stepping Up in Class28. Boz Scaggs / Detour Ahead 29. Dom Flemons / He's A Lone Ranger 30. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell, Dave Mason (Traffic), Anders Osbourne / Feelin' Alright31. Warren Haynes / This Life As We Know It 32. Sophie Gault / Pocket Change 33. Sheryl Crow / The New Normal