7:01am

Rolling Stones “Citadel” from Their Satanic Majesties Request (Decca 1968) —An overlooked little number hidden on that album nobody ever really listens to.Buy it!

7:07am

Bob Mould “Black Sheets of Rain” (Virgin 1990) —I love the drums on this track - Anton Fier, right?Buy it!

7:22am

The Kinks “You Really Got Me” from Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Rhino 1989) —The riff!Buy it!

7:27am

Ohio Players “Beg, Borrow and Steal” from Cameo-Parkway 1957-1967 (ABKCO 2005) —I really had no idea the Ohio Express name went back before the bubblegum era and into a tough three-chord psuedo-Louie Louie like this one.Buy it!

7:33am

Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” from Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits (Atlantic Recording Corp 1989) —Nobody could shout the blues like Turner.Buy it!

7:38am

Hank Williams “Hey Good Lookin'” from 40 Greatest Hits (Mercury 1978) —I realized the other day that I haven't played Hank Williams in ages - so many classic songs to have skipped over.Buy it!

7:46am

The Waco Brothers “Plenty Tough Union Made” from To the Last Dead Cowboy (Bloodshot www.bloodshotrecords.com 1997) —Dedicated to union workers not just in Wisconsin, but everywhere in the country that they're under attack.Buy it!

7:51am

Hackberry Ramblers “Jolie Fille” from Early Recordings 1935-1950 (Arhoolie www.arhoolie.com 2003) —Some old school Cajun music - exquisite.Buy it!

8:02am

Duke Ellington “Diminuendo in Blue” from Ellington at Newport (Columbia 1956) —Paul Gonsalves steals the show with chorus after blistering chorus on this magnificent performance.Buy it!

8:22am

Todd Rundgren “Bleeding” from Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (Bearsville / Rhino 1971) —A classic made stronger by judicious use of cowbell.Buy it!

8:29am

Joan Armatrading “Something's Gotta Blow” from LIVE At the Royal Albert Hall (Savoy Jazz 2011) N  —The renaissance Joan Armatrading has achieved these past five years has been so heartening - she's back to being one of my fave artists again after nearly 2 decades in limbo.Buy it!

8:48am

The Holmes Brothers “Homeless Child” from Speaking in Tongues (Alligator Records www.alligator.com 2001) —They'll be at BB's Jazz Blues & Soups next Saturday, Mar. 5.Buy it!

8:54am

Marty Stuart “Country Boy Rock & Roll” from Ghost Train (SUGAR HILL www.sugarhillrecords.com 2010) N  —That's some hot pickin' between Marty and Kenny Vaughan.Buy it!

9:06am

Devotchka “Exhaustible” from 100 Lovers (Epitaph 2011) N  —These guys just get better and better at doing what nobody else is doing.Buy it!

9:16am

The Baseball Project “Don't Call Them Twinkies” from Volume 2: High and Inside (Yep Roc 2011) N  —I know - everyobody's playing this cut. But, dangit, Craig Finn of the Hold Steady does for baseball what he did for punk rock - he makes it a part of growing up. Even if it celebrates the Cards losing, this is a great song.Buy it!

9:23am

Southern Culture on The Skids “Highlife” from Kudzu Ranch (Kudzu 2010) N  —It's got a good beat and you can dance to it, and you want to sing along with the chorus, and that guitar is so twang-tastic.Buy it!

9:31am

City Squirrel “Watertown” from Blow Music Only With Delicate Mad Worship (Red Pill 2011) N  —Former St. Louisian Stephan Bayley writes better songs than 99% of the people out there getting all the attention these past few years - this is a brilliant record.Buy it!

9:36am

David Lowery “Raise 'Em Up On Honey” from The Palace Guards (429 2011) N  —I admit I kind of lost track of Lowery's work with Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven the last few years, but I'm digging this first solo record a lot.Buy it!

9:47am

Tim Hardin “If I Were a Carpenter” from Hang On to a Dream: The Verve Recordings (Polydor 1994) —You know, as many times as I've heard this song sung, it's odd that I only first heard the original a couple days ago.Buy it!

9:54am

April Smith “Drop Dead Gorgeous” from Songs For a Sinking Ship (April Smith 2010) N  —What a great song! If you're just drop dead gorgeous, you should just drop dead.Buy it!