Pacific Street Blues & Americana

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 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaDecember 27, 2025Support 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! 1. Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Best of All2. Bobby Harden / Feels So Good 3. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa / Ain't Now Way 4. Magic Sam / I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie)5. Hooker & Heat / Whiskey & Wimmen6. Dave Alvin / Gary, Indiana 19597. Dan Penner & Spooner Oldham / I Met Her in Church 8. Roosevelt Sykes / All My Money's Gone 9. Elmore James / Shake Your Money Maker 10. Jon Batiste / Big Money 11. Eric Clapton / Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out 12. Shemekia Copeland / Lord, Help the Poor and Needy 13. Bob Malone / The After Christmas Song14. Keb Mo / One More Year with You 15. Emmaline / Cozy, November16. Merle Haggard / If We Make It Through December17. Norah Jones / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve18. Dean Martin / A Winter Romance19. Charles Brown / Ringing in a Brand New Year20. Dukes of Dixieland / Holiday Time In New Orleans 21. BB King / Auld Lang Syne 

We're having a six hour Christmas party. The music ranges from bluesy Christmas like BB King, Keb Mo, Karen Souza, and Charles Brown titles to torch songs, to the Beatles, Tom Petty and The Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, Springsteen, and noteable ballads such as Diamonds & Rust, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, and Sheryly Crow. It's a swingin' Christmas Party soundtrack that starts out mellow  and seasonal and build up energy towards the end of the eveing. 

Pacific Street Blues & AmericanaDecember 21, 202523. The Allman Brothers (Live) / You Don't Love Me24. Roomful of Blues / Santa, Do You Ever Get the Blues 25. Norah Jones / Christmas Don't Be Late26. Jamie Cullum / So Many Santas27. Tony Christie / Merry Christmas Everybody 28. Jimmy Witherspoon / Oh How I Hate to see Christmas Come Around 29. Eric Clapton / Merry Christmas, Baby 29. Lucinda Williams / If We Make It Through December 30. Francine Reed / Grandma's Christmas Cookin'31. Corb Lund / Just Me and the Ponies 32. Merle Haggard / Goin' Home for Christmas 33. Emmaline / Every Time December Rolls Around 34. Bob Malone / The River 35. The Who / Christmas (Tommy) 36. The Who / See Me, Feel Me (Tommy) 

Pacific Street Blues & AmericanaDecember 21, 20251. Matt Cox & Kids / Up on the Housetop2. Keb Mo / Better Everyday 3. The Band / Christmas Must Be Tonight4. Amos Milburn / Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby 5. Floyd Dixon / Empty Stocking Blues 6. B.B. King / Chains and Things7. Louis Jordan / Santa Claus, Santa Claus 8. Stevie Ray Vaughan / Willie the Wimp 9. Charles Brown / Merry Christmas Baby 10. Johnny Adams / The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot 11. Lester Williams / Wintertime Blues 12. Tim Koehm / Poor Man's Christmas13. Mike Ferris / Havana Santa 14. Michael Campbell w/ Laura Leininger/ This Year It's Gonna Be Different15. Amanda Ann Platt & the Honeycutters / Christmas on a Greyhound Bus 16. Isaac Hayes / Mistletoe & Me 17. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (Van Zandt & Springsteen) / It's Been a Long Time18. Lightin' Hopkins / Christmas Blues 19. Big Joe Turner / Christmas Date Blues 20. Billy Gibbons / Jingle Bell Blues 21. Jacquie Roar / Christmas Miss Me 22. Dean Martin / It Won't Cool Off

1. Ummagumma Pink Floyd advert2. Pink Floyd / Seamus (The Dog) 3. Blind Boy Fuller / I Want Some of Your Pie (1962, Piedmont Blues) [ragtime]4. Pink Anderson / (Little Pink Anderson, Vermillion, South Dakota) 19745. Floyd Council / "The Devil's Daddy-in-Law, 1976 6. BB King w/ David Gilmore (Pink Floyd)& Paul Carrack (Ace) / Crying Won't Help You Babe

PLAYLIST: December 14, 2025Pacific St Blues & AmericanaDonation Link: https://897theriver.com/product/donate/Blues fans, the station needs your help: they need money.If you would, please help 'em out. Make it a happy holiday and Thank-you! Rick 19. Eric Clapton / Merry Christmas Baby 20. Chuck Leavell / Even Santa Gets the Blues 21. Matt Cox / Santa Claus is Coming to Town 22. Joni Mitchell / The River 23. The Beatles / You Never Give Me Your Money 24. Mark Knopfler / Smart Money 25. Robben Ford / For the Love of Money26. Pink Floyd / Money 27. Boz Scaggs (w/ Duane Allman) / Somebody Loan Me a Dime 28. Sebastian Lane / Floating Away 29. John Primer / Crawling Kingsnake (Doors/ John Lee Hooker) 30. Keith Richards / Run Rudolph, Run 31. Chuck Berry / Merry Christmas Baby 32. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects33. Nikki Lane / FalalalaLoveya

PLAYLIST: December 14, 2025Pacific St Blues & AmericanaDonation Link: https://897theriver.com/product/donate/Hey ya'll, the station needs your help: they need money. If you would, please help 'em out. Make it a happy holiday and Thank-you! Rick 1. Norah Jones / Christmas Calling 2. Randy Greer & Ignasi Terraza Trio / Wrap Yourself in a Christmas Package 3. B. B. King / Christmas Celebration 4. Etta James / This Time of Year5. Ummagumma Pink Floyd advert6. Pink Floyd / Seamus (The Dog) 7. Blind Boy Fuller / I Want Some of Your Pie (1962, Piedmont Blues) [ragtime]8. Pink Anderson / (Little Pink Anderson, Vermillion, South Dakota) 19749. Floyd Council / "The Devil's Daddy-in-Law, 1976 10. BB King w/ David Gilmore (Pink Floyd)& Paul Carrack (Ace) / Crying Won't Help You Babe 11. Dean Martin / Christmas Blues 12. Michael McDonald / Children, Go Where I Send You 13. Mike Farris / Havana Santa 14. Nick Lowe / Christmas at the Airport 14. Joe Bonamassa / Lonely Christmas Eve 15. Emmaline / Christmas Blues 16. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Irish Christmas in New York17. Amanda Ann Platt & the Honeycutters / Christmas on the Greyhound Bus18. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Live @ Hammersmith Odene 1975 / Kitty's Back in Town

1. Deacon Blues / Last Night I Dreamed of Henry Thomas2. Eric Bibb / This One Doesn’t3. Mississippi John Hurt / Coffee Blues (Lovin’ Spoonful)4. Geoff, Jenni, and Clare Muldaur / Chicken 5. Maria Muldaur / I Go For That 6.Grateful Dead (David Grisman) / Friend of the Devil 7. The Loving Spoonful / Henry Thomas (Twill & Banjo) 8. Henry Thomas / Bull Doze Blues 9. Canned Heat / Going Up to the Country (Bull Doze Blues) 10. Dave Alvin w/ Canned Heat / The Blind Owl 11. Taj Mahal / Fishing Blues12. Guy Davis / Run Mollie, Run 13. Henry Thomas / Old Country Stomp 14. Mississippi Sheiks / Sitting on Top of the World 15. Bob Dylan / Honey, Just Allow Me Once More Chance16. Grateful Dead / Don’t Ease Me In 17. Dom Flemons / Texas Easy St (Black Cowboys) 18. Bruce Springsteen / Black Cowboys19. Lovin’ Spoonful / Daydream20. Burl Ives / Big Rock Candy Mountain