Songs Of Innocence

No. 87, aired September 8, 2010, featuring live readings of William Blake’s Songs Of Innocence.

Part 1

1. Haiku I – Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -– Introduction To Songs Of Innocence (“Piping down the valleys wild”) – William Blake
2. Pied Piper – Not Going To Vegas
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Jacques And Madeleine – Run Chico Run
5. Hyperprism – Edgar Varese -- The Shepherd / The Echoing Green / The Lamb – William Blake
6. Mr. Highway Man – Howlin Wolf
7. Prophesy – Eugene Chadbourne -- The Little Black Boy / The Chimney Sweeper – William Blake
8. Fairweather – Shikaska

Part 2

1. On Permanence - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- Little Boy Lost / Little Boy Found / Lauging Song – William Blake
2. Howlin Wolf Boogie – Howlin Wolf
3. No Feelings – Cheerleader 666
4. Noon Harras – Derek Bailey with John Zorn & William Parker -- Cradle Song / The Divine Image / Holy Thursday / Night / Nurse’s Song - William
Blake
5. Sweet Little 16 – Chuck Berry
6. Ceremonial Music - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- A Dream / On Another’s Sorrow – William Blake
7. A Real Mother For Ya – Johnny Guitar Watson

More Birds & Guitars

Episode no. 72, airing April 28, 2010, revisited the combination of guitars & birds from no.9, featuring real birds this time rather than poems about birds, with guitar solos from various artists mixed with the Peterson Field Guide of Western Bird Songs, an audiobook produced by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Part 1

1. A Real Mother For Ya – Johnny Guitar Watson
2. Naval Aviation in Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Dogs – Blah Blah 666
4. One That All Plectrum Guitar Players Can Relate To The Ending Of – Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser
5. Psychic Vacuum – Voivod
6. Slapshot – Tim Postgate
7. Snow – The Pack A.D.

Part 2

1. Open Country Joy – Mahavishnu Orchestra
2. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
3. Letter To Derek - Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser
4. M12 – Derek Bailey

Song of the Open Road

Episode 23, aired April 24, 2009. Featured text was "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman. Dedicated to Pearl & George, a couple of real road warriors!

Part 1

1. Rocky Road Blues - Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys
2. Song of Nymphs I - Marjan Mozetich / Erica Goodman (harp)
3. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. I Put a Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
6. Clarinade - Benny Goodman
7. I Want To Be Your Driver - Chuck Berry
8. Song of Nymphs II - Marjan Mozetich / Erica Goodman (harp)
9. Shivers Down My Spine - King Khan & the Shrines
10. Little Demon - - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Part 2

1. Footprints in the Snow - Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys
2. Song of Nymphs III - Marjan Mozetich / Erica Goodman (harp)
3. Land of the Freak - King Khan & the Shrines
4. Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
5. Destroyer - King Kahn & the Shrines
6. All the Cats Join In - Benny Goodman
7. Back in the USA - Chuck Berry
8. Song of Nymphs IV - Marjan Mozetich / Erica Goodman (harp)
9. Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys