Show 1059 - What It Is

(Weekend of July 15– July 17, 2022)

What It Is!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Are you getting moist baby?

That’s why we love summer, we show up lubricated.

Join us in the Underground Garage this weekend where we will share libations with Jeff Beck, Junior Walker, the Byrds, Herman’s Hermits, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, and the Kinks.

Find out what Little Richard, Steve Earle, and Soupy Sales have in common.

It is what it is this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

What It Is (Dictators)

Carol (Rolling Stones)

Shake And Fingerpop (Junior Walker & His Allstars)

Ooh Baby Ooh (Master Plan)

Dum Dum Ditty (Shangri-Las)

Girl Can’t Help It (Little Richard)

Set 2:

Beck’s Bolero (Jeff Beck)

Jezebel (Herman’s Hermits)

Shapes Of Things (Yardbirds)

Nothing But A Heartache (Flirtations)

Paper Planes (Ryan Hamilton)

Shapes Of Things (Jeff Beck Group)

Set 3:

Time Between (Byrds)

Hardcore Troubadour (Steve Earle)

Going Nowhere (Moby Grape)

Wild Eyes (Nervous Eaters)

Don’t Run Wild (Del Fuegos)

Coming Home (Delaney & Bonnie)

Set 4:

Keep On Burning (Jesse Malin)

Soldier Of Love (Arthur Alexander)

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe)

Hammer & the Anvil (Soraia)

You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (Beatles)

Set 5:

Do The Robot (Sisley and the Safety Pinups)

The Mouse (Soupy Sales)

Sock It To Me, Baby! (Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels)

You Still Want Me (Kinks)

Midnight To Six Man (Pretty Things)

Show 1058 - Mach Schau

(Weekend of July 08– July 10, 2022)

Mach Schau! Mach Schau!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Do you know what the crowd screamed at The Beatles in Hamburg?

“Mah Schau! Mach Schau!”

“Make a show! Make a show!” Well, that’s exactly what they did.

Join us in the Underground Garage this week in celebrating Ringo joining the Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, and a Coolest Song from Master Plan.

Learn what director Pier Paolo Pasolini has in common with the Giuseppe Garibaldi, the man who helped form Italy as a nation.

Join us for the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio, this weekend, in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

The Last Time (Rolling Stones)

Boys (Beatles)

Love’s Made A Fool Of You (Bobby Fuller Four)

Paper Planes (Ryan Hamilton)

Something Else (Eddie Cochran)

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe)

Set 2:

Over And Over (Dave Clark 5)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Kiss Their Sons (Transvision Vamp)

Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley)

Wild Eyes (Nervous Eaters)

Set 3:

Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds)

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Bob Dylan)

She Said She Said (Beatles)

Set 4:

Ohh Baby Ooh (Master Plan)

Donna The Prima Donna (Dion)

Louie Louie (Wailers)

Take’em As They Come (Bruce Springsteen)

Hammer and the Anvil (Soraia)

Set 5:

Do You Swing (Fleshtones)

Tony Rome (Nancy Sinatra)

My Mind Plays Tricks On Me (Nick Piunti)

Come On Up (Rascals)

Safe European Home (Clash)

Show 1057 - Fireworks A Go-Go

(Weekend of July 01– July 03, 2022)

Fireworks A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Summer kicks into high gear with our Fireworks A Go-Go show this weekend.

We have all the information about summer those history books are afraid to tell you.

Such as, who invented the drive-in, the visionary that created the Lava Lamp, and all kinds of invaluable information like that.

Joining us will be the Who, the Turtles, the Beach Boys, the Impressions, the Kinks, and Moby Grape.

It’s our July 4th celebration we call Fireworks A Go-Go in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you on the beach in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Call Me Lightning (Who)

Fiberglass Jungle (Crossfires)

One Potato Two Potato (Crossfires)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Wild Eyes (Nervous Eaters)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Set 2:

I Want To Take You Higher (Sly & the Family Stone)

How Is The Air Up There? (La De Das)

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe)

Fly High Michelle (Enuff Z’nuff)

I’m Down (Beatles)

Set 3:

B Movies (The Fast)

Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer)

(I Live For) Cars & Girls (Dictators)

Hammer and the Anvil (Soraia)

35mm Dreams (Garland Jeffreys)

Set 4:

Paper Planes (Ryan Hamilton)

Soul Survivor (Rolling Stones)

Club Soul City (Gary US Bonds)

Woman’s Got Soul (Impressions)

Soul Man (Bruce Springsteen, Sam Moore, & the E Street Band)

Set 5:

Party Lights (Claudine Clark)

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Till The End Of The Day (Kinks)

My Mind (Plays Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti)

Naked If I Want To (Moby Grape)

Show 1056 - Jack Nitzsche

(Weekend of June 24– June 26, 2022)

Jack Nitzsche!

Hey baby, Little Steven here with our Underground Garage weekly pop quiz.

You can probably name some songwriters. You can maybe name some record producers. But can you name the coolest Rock ‘n Roll arranger that ever lived?

No...No...No...Yes! That’s right, it’s Jack Nitzsche, and we are celebrating him this weekend in the Underground Garage.

And coming to the party will be Elvis Costello, the Rolling Stones, the Monkees, and Mink DeVille.

It’s a two hour Rock ‘n Roll dance party celebrating the coolest arranger in Rock n’ Roll history, Jack Nitzsche, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Needles and Pins (Searchers)

Gone Dead Train (Randy Newman)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

Local Girls (Graham Parker)

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe)

This Could Be The Night (Modern Folk Quartet)

Set 2:

Beggar’s Day (Crazy Horse)

Hammer and the Anvil (Soraia)

Little Girl (Mink DeVille)

My Mind (Plays Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti)

Victim Of Romance (Michelle Phillips)

Set 3:

Let’s Spend The Night Together (Rolling Stones)

Porpoise Song (Monkees)

Not Too Young To Get Married (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans)

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Photograph (Ringo Starr)

Set 4:

A Man Needs A Maid (Neil Yong)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Baby That’s Me (The Cake)

Wild Eyes (The Nervous Eaters)

And Then He Kissed Me (Crystals)

Set 5:

Santa Claus Is Surfin’ To Town (Soupy Sales)

Everytime You Walk In The Room (Jackie DeShannon)

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Memo From Turner (Mick Jagger)

River Deep Mountain High (Tina Turner)

Show 1055 - Bikini Beach

(Weekend of June 17– June 19, 2022)

Bikini Beach!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Don’t worry about a thing, it’s finally here, that’s right, summer starts this week.

Our bikini beach party will feature, who else, the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Dick Dale, the Dictators, the Supremes, and Toots & the Maytals.

Come find out what Frank Zappa, Little Eva, and Blue Cheer have in common.

It’s the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

It’s our bikini beach party weekend, this weekend, in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Bikini Beach (Cast Of Bikini Beach)

Gonna Hustle You (Jan & Dean)

Locomotion (Little Eva)

Hammer and the Anvil (Soraia)

Flower Punk (The Mothers Of Invention)

Secret Surfin’ Spot (Dick Dale)

Rockaway Beach (Ramones)

Set 2:

Don’t Worry Baby (Beach Boys)

You Baby (Ronettes)

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Hi Ho Silver Lining (Jeff Beck)

Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine (Supremes)

Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon)

Set 3:

Duke Of Earl (Gene Chandler)

Little Deuce Coupe (Beach Boys)

Tired Of Waiting (Kinks)

Do The Clam (Elvis Presley)

Pleasant Valley Sunday (Monkees)

Set 4:

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe)

Louie Louie (Toots and the Maytals)

Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Dear Lady Twist (Gary U.S. Bonds)

Set 5:

Cherry, Cherry Coupe (Beach Boys)

Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer)

(I Live For) Cars And Girls (Dictators)

Psycho Daisies (Yardbirds)

Farmer’s Daughter (Beach Boys)

Show 1054 - Four Big Ones (The Stupid Melody)

(Weekend of June 10– June 12, 2022)

Four Big Ones (The Stupid Melody)!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

This week in the Underground Garage we have picked four really cool songs that influenced a whole lot of other really cool songs.

We are going to analyze them, and then you can dance to them.

Joining us will be the Music Machine, Donovan, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Otis Redding, the Turtles, the Bangles, the Clash, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.

We are calling it Four Big Ones baby, this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

The Next Big Thing (Dictators)

All Day And All Of The Night (Kinks)

Talk Talk (Music Machine)

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Epistle To Dippy (Donovan)

Love Again (Little Steven)

Expressway To Your Heart (Soul Survivors)

Set 2:

Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)

Ole Man Trouble (Otis Redding)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

My Mind (Plays Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti)

Set 3:

Rain (Beatles)

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Get The Girl (Bangles)

Set 4:

Hammer and the the Anvil (Soraia)

You Belong To Me (Elvis Costello)

Lookin’ For Boys (Pin-Ups)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

Smile On Me (Yardbirds)

Set 5:

I Can See For Miles (Who)

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton)

C’Mon And Swim (Bobby Freeman)

Clampdown (Clash)

Show 1053 - Sgt. Pepper

(Weekend of June 03– June 05, 2022)

Sgt. Pepper!

Hey baby, Little Steven here with our weekly Underground Garage pop quiz.

What is the greatest album of all time?

Yeah not bad...Uh huh...Maybe...I don’t think so...

We are going with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and we are celebrating its birthday this week.

Joining us will be all the other artists on the charts at the same time the week of Sgt. Pepper’s release.

Including Otis Redding, the Lovin’ Spoonful, the Tremolos, the Turtles, the Animals, the Hollies, the Easybeats, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and the Grass Roots.

We are celebrating the greatest album ever made this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I‘ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Big Daddy)

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles)

With A Little Help From Our Friends (Beatles)

My Mind (Play Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti)

It’s Cold Outside (Choir)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart)

Shake (Otis Redding)

Set 2:

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Beatles)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

Six O’Clock (Lovin’ Spoonful)

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Here Comes My Baby (Tremeloes)

Set 3:

Good Morning, Good Morning (Beatles)

She’d Rather Be With Me (Turtles)

Born Weird (Nerf Herder)

When I Was Young (Animals)

Lovely Rita (Beatles)

Set 4:

King Of Confusion (Coolies)

Pay You Back With Interest (Hollies)

Riches To Rags (Bleeding Hearts)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Firebrand (Soraia)

Getting Better (Beatles)

Set 5:

Within You Without You (Beatles)

Girls In Love (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton)

Let’s Live For Today (Grassroots)

Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) (Big Daddy)

Show 1052 - Decoration Day

(Weekend of May 27– May 29, 2022)

Decoration Day!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

This is a very, very, very exciting week. It is the official end of winter as we come out of the Underground Garage and into the sunlight.

We are celebrating with some surf music this weekend. We are celebrating the Rolling Stones coming to America. We are celebrating James Bond.

Joining us will be the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the Impressions, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Johnny Rivers, and the Monkees.

Come find out what the Surf Bunnies, Little Walter, and the Monkees have in common.

It’s Decoration Day, a.k.a. Memorial Day, this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

Let the summer-long party begin.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

I Get Around (Beach Boys)

Victor (Dick Dale)

California Sun (Joe Jones)

School Is Out (Gary U.S. Bonds)

Love Again (Little Steven)

(When Summer Comes) Gonna Hustle You (Jan & Dean)

Set 2:

Decoration Day (Sonny Boy Williamson)

You Just May Be The One (Monkees)

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Another Girl (Beatles)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

Set 3:

Around & Around (Rolling Stones)

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Empty Heart (Rolling Stones)

Confessin’ The Blues (Little Walter)

Taking Me Back (Jack White)

Set 4:

My Mind (Plays Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti)

Love Disease (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)

Fool For You (Impressions)

Sally Go Round The Roses (Jaynettes)

Set 5:

Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)

Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers)

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton)

Summertime Is Surfin’ Time (Surf Bunnies)

Girls On The Beach (Beach Boys)

Show 1051 - Bob Dylan

(Weekend of May 20– May 22, 2022)

Bob Dylan

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

It is Bob Dylan’s birthday this week, and helping us celebrate will be the Ramones, Gary U.S. Bonds, George Harrison, and Jimi Hendrix.

Come find out what the Turtles, Jason & the Scorchers, and Al Aronowitz have in common.

I’ll give you a hint; it has something to do with Reverend Gary Davis.

I’ll see you at the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

The Times They Are A Changin’ (Byrds)

Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)

My Back Pages (Ramones)

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Silvio (Bob Dylan)

Set 2:

I Feel Fine (Beatles)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

From A Buick 6 (Gary U.S. Bonds)

Riches To Rags (Bleeding Hearts)

Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (Bob Dylan)

Set 3:

I Want You (Bob Dylan)

Born Weird (Nerf Herder)

Absolutely Sweet Marie (Jason & the Scorchers)

Gotta Serve Somebody (Etta James)

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton)

The Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann)

Set 4:

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Bob Dylan)

Open The Line (Datura4)

If Not For You (George Harrison)

Set 5:

Midnight Shift (Buddy Holly & the Crickets)

It Ain’t Me Babe (Turtles)

Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan & the Band)

Equinox (Hoodoo Gurus)

All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix)

Show 1050 - Almost Summer

(Weekend of May 13– May 15, 2022)

Almost Summer!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

You just can’t get a straight answer anymore.

What is the origin of the universe?

Why is New York City nothing but pot holes?

And most importantly, why did Buddy Holly wear those big black horn-rimmed glasses?

We got the answers baby, well to the last one at least, in the Underground Garage.

It’s a non stop Rock n’ Roll dance party this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Cold Metal (Iggy Pop)

Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly & the Crickets)

You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (Beatles)

Wild Child (Black Keys)

Don’t Talk To Strangers (Beau Brummels)

Fly High Michelle (Enuff Z Nuff)

Set 2:

Jerk It Out (Caesars)

Medicated Goo (Traffic)

Born Weird (Nerf Herder)

Root Beer (George Jones)

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton)

Set 3:

Wasn’t Born To Follow (Byrds)

Evil Boy (Stiv Bators)

Star (Steelers Wheel)

Riches To Rags (Bleeding Hearts)

Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Stevie Wonder)

Open The Line (Datura4)

Set 4:

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Obviously 5 Believers (Bob Dylan)

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Little Eva)

Bigger Than Heroin (Split Squad)

Fire (Crazy World Of Arthur Brown)

Set 5:

When The Night Falls (Eyes)

Soulfire (Little Steven)

Tobacco Road (Nashville Teens)

She Came From Out Of The Sun (Len Price 3)

Old John Robertson (Byrds)