Musical taste is personal, of course, and beyond dispute, although it can be fun to argue about it. I like to tell people that rock ‘n’ roll ended in 1968 and nothing after that was rock and none of what was called rock was worth listening to. That usually gets a strong response. It’s not true, of course. I like a few things in the rock genre after that date and you’ll find some in my playlist below, although not much. You see, I left for my year abroad in the fall of 1968 for Japan and returned the following summer. There was no American rock music there and when I returned, it seemed everything had changed. I didn’t like the rock stuff that was playing except for the oldies, so I listened exclusively to the oldies stations.
I also learned some great ragtime guitar while in Japan from a fellow American guitarist. I spent law school learning to love ragtime, boogie woogie and blues. Over the next few years the so-called rock on the radio was no longer rock n roll but Acid Rock or Heavy Metal or Disco or rap or Emo. I began to appreciate earlier eras’ music and close vocal harmony: barbershop quartets and the Andrews sisters, bluegrass, and big band (swing era). Of course, I still like the original rock and roll I grew up on. There are things I sometimes like that aren’t on my playlists, such as ambient music or string quartets because I have to be in the right mood for those. There are also things from early decades I never developed a taste for, like modern jazz or pop “standards.” I like bluegrass and delta blues and a few country songs, but in general I don’t like mainstream country. Anyway, below is what I listen to now. I have these on my computer and play them through my stereo in my office and on my phone where I can play them through bluetooth in the car. You aren’t going to find much below recorded after 1968, and what was, is largely stuff written and first performed decades earlier.
The performers I listen to most often are Carl “Sonny” Leyland, Eubie Blake, Doc Watson, Trebor Tichenor, Chuck Berry, Pat Donohoe, Mary Flower, Stefan Grossman. There are a few songs for which I don’t have the name of the performer. Those may have been recorded from YouTube or a radio show, although I always try to find a commercial recording and buy it. I believe performers should be paid. It’s broken into three playlists, so you’ll see some of my favorites repeated. That’s also why they start over alphabetically twice.
59th St. Bridge Song | Simon & Garfunkel |
A Beautiful Life | Bill Monroe |
A Real Slow Drag | Scott Joplin |
Above My Head, I hear Music In The Air | Gas House Gang |
All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
Arkansas Blues | Eubie Blake |
Arkansas Ramble | Mary Flower |
At Last | Etta James |
Backwater Blues | Albert Ammons |
Bad Moon Rising | Creedence |
Barnyard Shuffle | Chet Atkins |
Basin Street Blues | Bing Crosby |
Beat Me Daddy | Andrews Sisters |
Bert Williams | Butch Thompson |
Betty & Dupree | Peter Paul & Mary |
Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home | The Weavers |
Blowing Bubbles Boogie | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Blue Champagne | Manhattan Transfer |
Blue Moon | Marcels |
Blues Stay Away from Me (feat. Eg Kight) | Lisa Biales |
Boll Weevil Blues | Eubie Blake |
Boogie Woogie Stomp | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Boy From New York City | Manhattan Transfer |
But on the Other Hand Baby | Etta Baker |
Buxtehude organ | Buxtehude |
Call Me | Blondie |
Carle Boogie | Frankie Carle |
Cataract Rag | Scott Joplin |
Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glen Miller |
Cool Water | Sons of the Pioneers |
Country Honk | Rolling Stones |
Creole Belles | unknown |
Crow Jane | Etta Baker |
CSL Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Dancin the Boogie | Sylvan Zingg |
Daydream | Lovin’ Spoonful |
Days Beyond Recall | Trebor Tichenor |
Deep Ellum Blues | Bill Foss & Meredith Axelrod |
Delta Crossroads | Stefan Grossman |
Dengozo | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind | Lovin’ Spoonful |
Dixie Blossoms | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Dixie Queen | Trebor Tichenor |
Dueling Banjos | Keith Billik |
Easier Said Than Done | The Essex |
Eubie’s Boogie | Eubie Blake |
Fare Thee Honey Blues | Lisa Biales |
Fennario | Joan Baez |
Fizz Water | Eubie Blake |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown | Osborne Brothers |
Forty-Second Street | Boswell Sisters |
Gee Whiz | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Get Rhythm | Rev. Horton Heat |
Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones |
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad | Etta Baker |
Good Vibrations | Beach Boys |
Grapevine Gaye | Marvin Gaye |
Hammerhead | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Handful of Keys | Judy Carmichael |
Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
Henri’s Boogie | Henri Herbert |
Hey Baby | Bruce Channel |
Hit the Road Jack | Ray Charles |
Hot Rod Lincoln | Commander Cody |
I Ain’t Got Nobody | Judy Carmichael |
I am a Pilgrim | Doc Watson |
I Feel Good | James Brown |
I Got You, Babe | Sonny and Cher |
I like It Like That | Chris Kenner |
If You Don’t Want Me Blues | Eubie Blake |
I’m Walkin | Fats Domino |
It Don’t Mean a Thing | Rooftop Singers |
Jackhammer Blues | The Weavers |
Java Jive | Manhattan Transfer |
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | Leo Kottke |
Jingles | James P. Johnson |
Jitters | Mary Flower |
Just Walk On In | unknown |
Keep A Knockin | Little Richard |
Kilakila Slack | Raymond Kane |
Lady Madonna | The Beatles |
Lei ‘Awapuhi (Yellow Ginger Lei) | Bob Brozman |
Let the Good Times Roll | Lee & Shirley |
Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker |
Leyenda | Thibaut Garcia |
Lollipop | Chordettes |
Long Tall Sally | Little Richard |
Loud Boogie | Preacher Jack |
Lucille | Little Richard |
Malaguena | Chet Atkins |
Maple Leaf Rag | Joshua Rifkind |
Memphis Blues | Eubie Blake |
Midnight Special | Leadbelly |
Miss Delta | Mary Flower |
Mission Bell | Donnie Brooks |
Mississippi Mud | McGuire Sisters |
Moonlight Boogie | Preacher Jack |
Mr Freddy Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Mule Skinner Blues | Fendermen |
Music Hall Stomp | unknown |
Music in the Air | Gas House Gang |
My Dixie Darlin | Nashville Bluegrass Band |
Na Hoa Slack | Raymond Kane |
Night Owl Blues | Lovin’ Spoonful |
Night Train | Buddy Morrow |
NutRocker | B. Bumble |
Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seger |
On The Road Again | Canned Heat |
Operator | Manhattan Transfer |
Orange Blossom Special | The Bluegrass Band |
Over In The Gloryland | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Pallett on Your Dirty Floor | Stefan Grossman |
Peter Gunn Theme | Blues Brothers |
Pierre’s Blues | Andrea Valeri |
Pinetop’s Boogie | Bing Crosby |
Police Dog Blues | Stefan Grossman |
Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison |
Quarter to Three | Gary U.S. Bonds |
Rabson Blue Boogie | Ann Rabson |
Radio Hula | Leward Kaapana |
Ragtime Nightmare | Ton Van Bergeyk |
Railroad Bill | Etta Baker |
Rainbeau medley | Craig Ventresco |
Raise the Devil | Mary Flower |
Raunchy | Bill Justis |
Reelin and a Rockin | Chuck Berry |
Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu | Johnny Rivers |
Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry |
Route 66 | 3 Men & a Melody |
Rueben’s Train | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Runaway | Del Shannon |
Saint Louis Blues | Boswell Sisters |
Sea Cruise | Frankie Ford |
See See Rider | Stefan Grossman |
San Francisco Bay Blues | Peter Paul & Mary |
Shimmy Like My Sister Kate | Ditty Bops |
Shirt Tail Stomp | Benny Goodman |
Shoeshine Man | Tom T. Hall |
Short PHC Rag | Prairie Home Companion |
Shuffle Boogie | Albert Ammons |
Sing, Sing, Sing | Benny Goodman |
Sixteen Tons | Gas House Gang |
Someone To Love | Buddy Holly |
Something Doing | Craig Ventresco |
South Nashville Blues | Steve Earle |
Spanish Fandango | Etta Baker |
Spirit In The Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
St Louis Blues | Doc Watson |
Stackalee | unknown |
Statesboro Blues | Roy Bookbinder |
Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees |
Stompin The Grapes | Trebor Tichenor |
Suitcase Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Sunday Street | Dave Van Ronk |
Swanee | George Gershwin |
Take a Chance on Me | ABBA |
Take Five | Dave Brubeck |
Tequila | Champs |
The Crave | Butch Thompson |
The End Of Our Road | Gladys Knight |
The Midnight Special | The Weavers |
The Millwhistle | Jalan Crossland |
The Stars and Stripes Forever | Eubie Blake |
Things Is ‘Bout Comin’ My Way | Mike Dowling |
Think | Katharine McPhee |
Distant Lights | Trebor Tichenor |
Tim Sparks Guitar Boogie | Tim Sparks |
Tutti-Frutti | Little Richard |
Tuxedo Junction | Glen Miller |
Tweedlee Dee | LaVern Baker |
Untitled Ammons Original | Albert Ammons |
Walk (Back to Your Arms) | Tami Neilson |
Walk Don’t Run | Ventures |
Warm Baby | Lovin’ Spoonful |
Wayward Wind | Gogi Grant |
When I Go Walkin | Jim Henry & Brooks Williams |
When You’re Next To Me (Album Version) | Mitch & Mickey |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Wipeout | Surfaris |
Yazoo Basin Boogie | Stefan Grossman |
Yes, You Done It | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Yonder Come the Blues | Lisa Biales |
You Got to Know How | Lisa Biales |
Zorba the Greek | Chet Atkins |
88er on Decatur | Carl Sonny Leyland |
96 Tears | Question Mark & the Mysterions |
A String of Pearls | Glen Miller |
Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Eubie Blake |
Anything Goes | Cole Porter |
Apache | Ventures |
Apeda Rag | Trebor Tichenor |
Arkansas Blues | Eubie Blake |
Arkansas Ramble | Mary Flower |
At Last | Etta James |
Baltimore Todolo | Eubie Blake |
Barrelhouse Drag | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Bloomington Breakdown (Live) | Craig Brenner |
Blow Your Whistle | Delmore Brothers |
Blue Champagne | Manhattan Transfer |
Blue Fandango | Mike Dowling |
Boogie Bugle Boy Andrews | Andrews Sisters |
Boogie Woogie Dance | Mary Flower |
Boxcar Boogie | Dr. John |
Bumble Boogie | B. Bumble |
Buxtehude organ (regal) | Buxtehude |
Careless Love | Pinetop Perkins |
Charleston Rag | Eubie Blake |
Colonial Glide | Trebor Tichenor |
Come Softly to Me | Fleetwoods |
Completely | Caro Emerald |
Corrina, Corrina | Mickey Baker |
Creole Belles | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Crow Jane | Stefan Grossman |
CSL unknown | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Dangerous Blues | Eubie Blake |
Deep Purple | Nino Temple & April Stevens |
Deep River Blues | Doc Watson |
Dixie Queen | Trebor Tichenor |
Dogtown Blues | Bob Crosby |
Done Tore Your Playhouse Down | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Don’t Bring Me Down | Electric Light Orchestra |
Down the Road Apiece | Chuck Berry |
Downhome Blues | Daddy Stovepipe |
Dream Rag | Eubie Blake |
Drivin’ Blues | Pat Donohoe |
E and N Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Easy Street | Stefan Grossman |
Eubie’s Boogie | Eubie Blake |
Fare Thee Honey Blues | Eubie Blake |
Fizz Water | Eubie Blake |
Freight Train | Peter Paul & Mary |
Get In Line | Marty Stuart |
Gettin’ It Done | Butch Thompson |
Gin Mill Blues | Bob Crosby |
Goin Back | Delmore Brothers |
Goin’ To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River | Mary Flower |
Going Up The Country | Canned Heat |
Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard |
Granada | Maestro Jerard |
Grapevine | Creedence |
Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
Guitar Rag | Merle Travis |
Hard, Ain’t It Hard | Cisco Houston |
Harlem Parlor Blues | Sammy Price |
Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
Henri’s Boogie | Henri Herbert |
He’s So Fine | Chiffons |
Hilo E-E Lili’u E | Bob Brozman |
Honkin’ | Jerry Reed |
Hot Rod Lincoln | Commander Cody |
Hudson River Rag | Trebor Tichenor |
I Got a Woman | Ray Charles |
I Got Rhythm Medley | Max Q |
I’m Blue (Gong Gong song) | Ikettes |
I’m Mississippi Bound | Delmore Brothers |
I’m Saved | Uppity Blues women |
In the Mood | Glen Miller |
It Don’t Mean a Thing | Rooftop Singers |
It’s All Over Now | Rolling Stones |
Jerry’s Breakdown | Jerry Reed |
K.C. Man Blues | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Kansas City | Wilbert Harrison |
Kilakila Slack | Raymond Kane |
King of the Road | Roger Miller |
Last Night | Mar-Keys |
Let’s Dance | Chris Montez |
Locomotion | Little Eva |
Maple Leaf Rag | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Memphis Blues | Doc Watson |
Mend Concert Piece 1 Clarinet Bassett Horn Pt 2 | Prague Philharmonic |
Midnight Steppers | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Mississippi Blues #3 | Stefan Grossman |
Mule Skinner Fendermen | Fendermen |
Music in the Air | Gas House Gang |
My Dixie Darlin | Nashville Bluegrass Band |
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Near the Cross I Watch and Pray | Etta Baker |
New Orleans | Gary U.S. Bonds |
Night Train | Buddy Morrow |
Nyquil Blues | Alvin Crow |
Old Joe Clark | Jim Greer |
Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seger |
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service | John Barry |
On the Mississippi | Claude Bolling |
One Fine Day | Chiffons |
One Kind Favor | Lightnin’ Hopkins |
Over In The Gloryland | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Peter Gunn Theme | Blues Brothers |
Pinafore (When I Was a Lad) | D’Oyly Carte Opera Co. |
Pineapple Rag | Ton Van Bergeyk |
Police Dog Blues | Etta Baker |
Rabson Blue Boogie | Ann Rabson |
Rag Mama | Tom Rush |
Ragtime Blues | unknown |
Raise the Devil | Mary Flower |
Rock and Roll Music | Beach Boys |
School Day | Chuck Berry |
Schubert’s Unfinished (intro) | Chicago Symphony |
Sensation | Guido Nielsen |
Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia | Meredith Axelrod |
Shirt Tail Stomp | Benny Goodman |
Shop Around | Miracles |
Siboney | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues | Doc Watson |
So Fine | The Fiestas |
So Spaketh the Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Solace | Ton Van Bergeyk |
Son of a Preacher Man | Erma Franklin |
Southside Stuff | Carl Sonny Leyland |
St. Louis Blues | John Fahey |
Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price |
Statesboro Blues | Pat Donohoe |
Sugar | Lisa Biales |
Summer in the City | Lovin’ Spoonful |
Sunday Street | Dave Van Ronk |
Sunny Afternoon | Kinks |
Sweet Man | Jelly Roll Morton |
Sword Dance | Sergi Vicente |
Take a Chance on Me | ABBA |
Teasin’ Rag | Eubie Blake |
That’ll Be The Day | Buddy Holly |
The Claw | Jerry Reed |
The Entertainer | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
The Good Fellow Blues | Eubie Blake |
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ | Nancy Sinatra |
Think | Aretha Franklin |
This Train | The Weavers |
Three in One Boogie | Memphis Slim |
Tim Sparks Mississippi Blues | Tim Sparks |
Travelin’ Band | Creedence |
Tripling the Bass | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Tweedlee Dee | LaVern Baker |
Vatican Rag | Tom Lehrer |
Walk (Back to Your Arms) | Tami Neilson |
Walk Right In | Glen Campbell |
When You’re Next To Me (Album Version) | Mitch & Mickey |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Windy and Warm | Tommy Emmanuel |
Wipeout | Donna Langdon Stearns |
Yakety Axe | Chet Atkins |
Yancey’s Bugle Call | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Yonder Come the Blues | Lisa Biales |
You Really Got Me | Kinks |
12th Street Boogie | Preacher Jack |
409 | Beach Boys |
A Fifth of Beethoven | Walter Murphy |
Anything Goes | Cole Porter |
Arkansas Blues | Eubie Blake |
Arkansas Ramble | Mary Flower |
At Last | Etta James |
At the Hop | Danny and the Juniors |
Baby Love | Supremes |
Bach Prelude #1 | Ramiro Schiavoni |
Ballin’ the Jack | John James |
Barbra Ann | Regents |
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | Bob Crosby |
Black Bottom Stomp | Butch Thompson |
Blackberry Blossom | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Blue Champagne | Manhattan Transfer |
Blue Railroad Train | Doc Watson |
Blues In The Night | Billy May |
Boogie Woogie Washer Woman | Andrews Sisters |
Breathless | Jerry Lee Lewis |
Brown’s Ferry Blues | Doc Watson |
Bugle Corps Rag | unknown |
By My Side | Barbara Acklin |
Bye Bye Love | Everly Brothers |
Cannonball Rag | Lenny Breau |
Carol of the Bells | Robin Bullock |
Chantilly Lace | Big Bopper |
Chicken Chowder | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Chinese Blues | George Gershwin |
Coffee Rag | Trebor Tichenor |
Come to Me | Lisa Biales |
Contentment | Guido Nielsen |
Country In My Genes | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Cow Cow Boogie | Ella May Morse |
Cowboy Man | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Crazy Blues | Eubie Blake |
Dancing In The Street | Mamas and the Papas |
Danza | Muriel Anderson |
Davis-Travis Rag | Roy Bookbinder |
Deep In The Ozarks | Trebor Tichenor |
Different Times | Laurence Juber |
Do Not Pass Me By | Prairie Home Companion |
Dogtown Blues | Bob Crosby |
Don’t Tell Your Monkey Man | Eubie Blake |
Drive Time | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Early Hours | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Fare Thee Honey Blues | Eubie Blake |
Fast Boogie | Preacher Jack |
Fever | Louis Prima |
Finger Poppin Time | Hank Ballard |
Fizz Water | Eubie Blake |
Flight of the Bumble Bee | Jose Feliciano |
Get Up John | Doc Watson |
Ghost Riders in the Sky | Sons of the Pioneers |
Good Day Sunshine | Beatles |
Grapevine | Marvin Gaye |
Green Onions | Booker T & the MGs |
Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
Honey Babe Blues | Doc Watson |
Honky Tonk Rag | Country Gentlemen |
Hop Scop Blues | Meredith Axelrod |
Hot Rod Lincoln | Commander Cody |
I can’t sit down | unknown |
I Got Rhythm Medley | Max Q |
I Hear You Knockin’ | Smiley Lewis |
If I Needed You | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Imi au la ‘Oe | Keola Beamer |
Imperial March | John Williams |
Inspector Gadget | Riccardo Bonci |
It Don’t Mean a Thing | Rooftop Singers |
It’s Right Here For You | Eubie Blake |
Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte |
Jambalaya | Hank Williams |
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | Michael Chapdelaine |
Jimtown Blues | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Johnny B Goode | Chuck Berry |
Jungle Blues | Benny Goodman |
Kansas City Stomp | Butch Thompson |
Kilakila Slack | Raymond Kane |
Kindhearted Woman Blues | unknown |
La Vida breve, opera, G 35- Danza | Sergi Vicente |
Last Kind Word Blues | Mary Flower |
Last Train to Clarksville | Monkees |
Liloa’s Mele | Sonny Chillingworth |
Lily Rag | Eubie Blake |
Loves Me Like a Rock | Alison Krauss |
Mac’s Boogie | Dr. John |
Main Street Blues | Mary Flower |
Maybellene | Chuck Berry |
(MChapdelaine) Grapevine | Michael Chapdelaine |
Memphis | Lonnie Mack |
Midnight Rambler | Rolling Stones |
Midnight Special | Glen Campbell |
Mind Heist | London Music Works |
Minute Waltz (No 4) | Arthur Rubinstein |
Money, Money, Money | ABBA |
Mule Skinner Blues | Fendermen |
Music in the Air | Gas House Gang |
My Dixie Darlin | Nashville Bluegrass Band |
My Old Man | unknown |
Night Train | Buddy Morrow |
Non-Stop Boogie Pt1 | Preacher Jack |
Oculus ex Eterni | Symphony X |
Oh Boy | Buddy Holly |
Old Hymns | Gas House Gang |
Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seger |
Ole Miss Rag | Scott Joplin |
Over In The Gloryland | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Peaches And Cream | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly |
Pepper Sauce | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Peter Gunn Theme | Blues Brothers |
PHC Jug Band | Prairie Home Companion |
Police Dog Blues | Stefan Grossman |
Powderhouse Rag | Jason Harrod |
Preacher Jack pt2 | Preacher Jack |
Proud Mary | Creedence |
Put Your Brakes On | John Campbelljohn |
Rabson Blue Boogie | Ann Rabson |
Ragtime Band 53 sec | G R Sol |
Ragtime_Piano | unknown |
Railroad Boy | Goldebriars |
Raise the Devil | Mary Flower |
Recuerdos de la Alhambra | Christopher Parkening |
Rescue Me | Fontella Bass |
Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash |
Rip It Up | Little Richard |
Route 66 | 3 Men & a Melody |
Sabre Dance | Loris Tjeknavorian |
Sawmill Piano Men | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Sea Cruise | Frankie Ford |
She’s Not There | Zombies |
Shirt Tail Stomp | Benny Goodman |
Shout for Albert | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Silver Bell | Craig Ventresco |
Simple Gifts | Muriel Anderson |
Sing, Sing, Sing | Benny Goodman |
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Sitting on Top of the World | Doc Watson |
Slow Boogie | Preacher Jack |
Sogno Di Primavera | Craig Ventresco |
Cumberland Gap | Flatt & Scruggs |
Spann’s Stomp | Otis Spann |
Spikedriver Blues | Doc Watson |
Spirit In The Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
Statesboro Blues | Roy Bookbinder |
Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees |
Stompin on the Rapahannock | Leo Kottke |
Sugar Babe | Mark Spoelstra |
Sun Flower Slow Drag | Brent Watkins |
Sunday Street | Dave Van Ronk |
Surfin’ USA | Beach Boys |
Sweet Georgia Brown | Doc Watson |
Sweet Home Chicago | unknown |
Sweet Little 16 | Chuck Berry |
T S Eliot Society Rag | Trebor Tichenor |
Take a Chance on Me | ABBA |
Take your burden to the Lord | Prairie Home Companion |
Teen Beat | Sandy Nelson |
Tequila & Green Onions | Pat Donohoe |
That Cherry Rag | Trebor Tichenor |
The Double Eagle | Country Gentlemen |
The Down Home Blues | Eubie Blake |
Think | Katharine McPhee |
Think It Over | Buddy Holly |
Tobasco | Ragtime Skedaddlers |
Trouble in Mind | unknown |
Turkey Knob | Country Gentlemen |
Tuxedo Junction | Manhattan Transfer |
Tweedlee Dee | LaVern Baker |
Two of a Kind | Pat Donohoe & Mike Dowling |
Unchain My Heart | Ray Charles |
Walk (Back to Your Arms) | Tami Neilson |
Walkin n Squawkin | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Waltz in A-flat (Brahms) | Chet Atkins |
West Virginia (gospel) | Prairie Home Companion |
What’d I Say | Ray Charles |
Wheels | String-A-Longs |
When You Want ‘Em | George Gershwin |
When You’re Next To Me (Album Version) | Mitch & Mickey |
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On | Jerry Lee Lewis |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken | Broken Circle Bluegrass Band |
Yakety Yak | Coasters |
Yancey On State Street | Carl Sonny Leyland |
Yonder Come the Blues | Lisa Biales |
You Never can Tell | Chuck Berry |
One last note: my playlists change regularly. If you’d seen them three years ago, they’d have been quite different. In three years, they will also have changed. I’m not claiming that this list represents a final realization of the unquestioned best in music.