Today's Five O'Clock Rock

I'm not just being contrary. Well, maybe a little. Mostly, I just couldn't wait until Mardi Gras.

Intro
Cabbage Alley / The Meters
Hot Tamale Baby / Buckwheat Zydeco
Mess Around / Professor Longhair
Check Your Bucket / Eddie Bo
Here Come the Girls / Ernie K-Doe
She's Taking My Part / Irma Thomas
I've Been So Lonely / Cookie & The Cupcakes
Walking To New Orleans / Fats Domino
Going Back To New Orleans / Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Louisiana / Percy Mayfield
Basin Street Blues / Henry Butler
My Darlin' New Orleans / Lil’ Queenie & The Percolators
Ignant Stick / Mem Shannon
Something's Wrong With This Picture / Galactic
Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further / Lee Dorsey
On Your Way Down / Allen Toussaint

This Friday's iMix: All Saints Day

Today's Five O'Clock Rock

Pulling out all the stops to pull out all the stops.

Intro
Chest Fever / The Band
Hold Your Head Up / Argent
Magic Carpet Ride / Steppenwolf
Outa-Space / Billy Preston
Sabrosa / The Beastie Boys
Spanish Moon / Little Feat
The Only One I Know / The Charlatans UK
Clubland / Elvis Costello & The Attractions
No Atmosphere / A Band Of Bees
Chips Ahoy! / The Hold Steady
Hope You're Feeling Better / Santana
Time Is Tight / Booker T. & The MG's
I Me Mine / The Beatles
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Joe Cocker
Don't Give Up on Me / Solomon Burke
Frank's Wild Years / Tom Waits

This Friday's Mix: Second Favorite Organ

Today's Five O'Clock Rock

My New Year's resolution really ought to be about cutting back on last year's playlists.

Here's -- ahem -- another new-to-podcast mix, as a sign of solidarity with Rollie Fingers...

Intro
Look at This Face (Oh My God They're Gorgeous) / Handsome Boy Modeling School
Roller Derby Queen / Jim Croce
Disco Lady / Johnnie Taylor
Disco Boy / Frank Zappa
Stuck on You / Lionel Richie
Reconsider Me / Narvel Felts
Up From The Skies / Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) / Hall & Oates
Just One More Day / Otis Redding
Stay Clean / Motorhead
Cowboy Movie / David Crosby
Sold American / Kinky Friedman
Te Na Na (Mama's Got a Baby Named) / Leon Redbone
Atlantic City (My Old Friend) / Robert Goulet
Jeopardy! / Various Artists
Lydia The Tattooed Lady / Groucho Marx

This Friday's Mix: Mustache Day