Show 929 - Wouldn't It Be Nice

(Weekend of January 17 – January 19, 2020)

Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Hi sports fans, Little Steven here with your weekly pop quiz.

Where can you go to find out how to straight guys named Dan Rowan and Dick Martin changed the world for every freak in America?

Who was the first black entrepreneur in rock & roll? And most importantly, who invented the beer can?

All is revealed this weekend in the Underground Garage. Joining us will be Blind Faith, the Pretty Things, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, the Searchers, the Ramones, the Beatles, and the Stones.

It’s a non-stop rock & roll dance party baby, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Talk Talk (Music Machine)

Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Beach Boys)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Can I Get An Amen? (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

Well All Right (Blind Faith)

All This Music Must Fade (Who)

Set 2:

Death Of A Clown (Kinks)

Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Lies (Knickerbockers)

The Reckoning (Foxhall Stacks)

Victim Of Circumstance (Joan Jett)

Set 3:

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

Are You Gonna Be There At The Love Inn? (Chocolate Watchband)

He Ain’t No Angel (Leola & the Lovejoys)

I Ain’t Done Wrong (Yardbirds)

Last Train To Tokyo (Michael Monroe)

Set 4:

Dangerous (Soraia)

Walk In The Room (Searchers)

Where The Action Is (Waterboys)

Please Go Home (Rolling Stones)

You Don’t Know What You Mean To Me (Sam & Dave)

Set 5:

Ain’t That Good News (Les Paul, Sam Cooke, Jeff Beck)

I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party (Beatles)

I’ll Be Back Someday (Tegan & Sara)

Rock Therapy (Johnny Burnette Trio)

My My Kind Of A Girl (Ramones)

Show 928 - Whisky A Go-Go

(Weekend of January 10 – January 12, 2020)

Whisky A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

We will be doing a tribute to four of the coolest people in Rock n’ Roll history.

Joining the Doors, the Byrds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Moby Grape, and the Kinks.

Join me 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:

It Won’t Be Wrong (Byrds)

Break On Through (Doors)

My Little Red Book (Love)

The Reckoning (Foxhall Stacks)

Special Care (Buffalo Springfield)

All This Music Must Fade (Who)

Seventh Son (Johnny Rivers)

Set 2:

634-5789 (Wilson Pickett)

Since You’ve Been Gone (Aretha Franklin)

Last Train To Tokyo (Michael Monroe)

Everybody Needs Somebody (Solomon Burke)

Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin)

Set 3:

Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)

Good Lovin’ (Olympics)

Where Did My Baby Go? (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)

Stay With Me Baby (Ten Wheel Drive)

Time Is On My Side (Rolling Stones)

Set 4:

Can I Get Amen? (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

Doctor Robert (Beatles)

Omaha (Moby Grape)

Where The Action Is (Waterboys)

See My Friends (Kinks)

Set 5:

Murder Incorporated (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers)

Had To Make You Mine (Cheap Trick)

Mrs. Robinson (Frank Sinatra)

Show 927 - 1958

(Weekend of January 03 – January 05, 2020)

1958!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. This weekend in the Underground Garage we have a fantastic, wild Rock ‘n Roll dance party going on.

We are going to talk about how 1958 was the year that Rock n’ Roll almost stopped.

We are going to talk about the coolest band in England that never made it in America.

We are going to talk about how Jeff Beck got in the Yardbirds when he wasn’t their first choice, second choice, or even their third choice.

Joining us will be the Blues Magoos, Junior Walker and the All-Stars, Johnny Burnette & the Rock n’ Roll Trio, The Ronettes, The Ramones, and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.

Come find out what Sonny Boy Williamson, the New York Dolls, and Arthur Conley have in common.

It’s the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio. Two hours of nonstop rock.

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

Set 1:

Carol (Rolling Stones)

Long Tall Sally (Little Richard)

Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet (Blues Magoos)

La La La Lies (Who)

Last Train Tokyo (Michael Monroe)

Try Too Hard (Dave Clark 5)

Set 2:

I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Move)

Shake And Finger Pop (Junior Walker & His All-Stars)

Where The Action Is (Waterboys)

Bad Girl (New York Dolls)

Look Through Any Window (Hollies)

Set 3:

Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds)

Train Kept A Rollin’ (Johnny Burnett & the Rock & Roll Trio)

All This Music Must Fade (Who)

I Adore Him (Angels)

You Don’t Love Me (Birds)

Set 4:

The Reckoning (Foxhall Stacks)

Party Lights (Bruce Springsteen)

Funky Street (Arthur Conley)

My Imaginary Friend (Andy Shernoff)

Rain (Beatles)

Cold Metal (Iggy Pop)

Set 5:

I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)

I Wonder (Ronettes)

I’ll Be Back Someday (Tegan & Sara)

Confessing The Blues (Little Walter)

Empty Heart (Rolling Stones)

City Slang (Sonic’s Rendezvous Band)

Show 926 - New Years

(Weekend of December 27 – December 29, 2019)

New Years!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Join us this weekend for our end of the year countdown of the coolest songs of the year.

We will also be talking about my favorite books, movies and TV. We’ve got lions, snakes, cats, Woggles, and ghosts.

Find out what Smokey Robinson, Billie Joe Armstrong, Brad Pitt, and Malcolm Nance have in common.

We’re still the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

All This Music Must Fade (Who)

Where The Action Is (Waterboys)

My Imaginary Friend (Andy Shernoff)

Stranger & Thieves (Jesse Malin feat. Billie Joe Armstrong)

(I Can’t Help) Failing In Love (Kurt Baker Combo)

Uh Oh (Coolies)

Set 2:

Democracy (Jake Clemons)

Leon The Hustler (Sh-Booms)

Cat Fight (Over A Dog Like Me) (Stray Cats)

Everything (Dollyrots)

Sing To Death (Prima Donna)

Set 3:

This Is The Sound (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

Paisley In Paradise (Woggles)

Vibrations (Grip Weeds)

Jailbird (Prima Donna)

Will We Talk (Sam Fender)

Set 4:

Last Train To Tokyo (Michael Monroe)

Crackle & Hiss (Michael Des Barres)

East Side Story (Alice Cooper)

Fresh Start (Joan Jett)

Make Me Lonely (Richard & the Young Lions)

Set 5:

Coat-Tailor (Empty Hearts)

Brooklyn (Jellybricks)

Tears Of A Clown (Brian Ray)

Evergreen (Soraia)

Layin’ Pipe (Fleshtones)

Show 925 - Christmas A Go-Go

(Weekend of December 20 – December 22, 2019)

Christmas A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

It’s our favorite time of year in the Underground Garage. It’s time for our annual Christmas A Go-Go show, featuring the Ramones, the Beatles, Darlene Love, the Ronettes, and what would Christmas be without Jan & Dean.

Tune in to find out what Joe Pesci, Soupy Sales, Tiny Tim, and Rufus Thomas have in common, and yes we are keeping tabs on Ed "Kookie" Byrnes too.

This weekend it’s the wildest Christmas party in town, baby.

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage

Set 1:

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (Ramones)

Santa Claus (Sonics)

Sock It To Me Santa (Bob Seger & The Last Heard)

Under The Christmas Tree (Swingin’ Neckbreakers)

Little Drummer Boy (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Ronettes)

Set 2:

Frosty The Snowman (Jan & Dean)

Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)

Do Christmas (Dollyrots)

Santa Claus Is Surfin’ To Town (Soupy Sales)

Jingle Bells (Danny Aiello)

Set 3:

I’ll Be Your Santa (Rufus Thomas)

If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas (Joe Pesci)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Four Seasons)

Merry Christmas Loopy Lu (Kaisers)

Set 4:

Rockabilly Christmas (Slim Jim Phantom)

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (Little Steven)

Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan)

Christmastime Is Here Again (Beatles)

White Christmas (Tina Sugandh)

Set 5:

All Alone On Christmas (Darlene Love)

Christmastime (Empty Hearts)

Yulesville (Ed ‘Kookie’ Byrnes)

Another NY Christmas (Piss the Season) (Wyldlife)

Peace Be With You (Ringo Star)

Show 924 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

(Weekend of December 13 – December 15, 2019)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and guess what?

Santa Claus is coming to town, that’s right! This weekend in the Under- ground Garage it’s our pre-Christmas show, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, where we recommend all kinds of cool gifts.

And don’t worry, they are the kind you can afford. We know what’s going on out there.

Joining us will be the amazing Keith Richards, Darlene Love, the Crystals, the Kinks, and Cheap Trick. I know you can’t wait to find out what Louis Prima, Vibeke, and Mojo Nixon have in common.

Come join us this weekend for Rock n’ Roll Radio’s only Christmas dance party. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Crystals)
Hey Santa Claus (Chesterfield Kings)
Santa Got Run Over By My Chevy (Manic Hispanic)
Christmas Time Is Cruel (Bayonets)
Run Rudolph Run (Keith Richards)

Set 2:
Christmastime For Everybody But Me (Hank Ballard)
Santa Baby (Dollyrots)
Christmas Dream (Grip Weeds)
Don’t Let The Bells End (Darkness)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love)

Set 3:
A Christmas Duel (Hives With Cyndi Lauper)
Joy To The World (Butties)
Christmas In Jail (Youngsters)
Christmas Christmas (Mojo Nixon)

Set 4:
Another NY Christmas (Piss The Season) (Wyldlife)
Merry Christmas Darlings (Cheap Trick)
Super Rock Santa (Fleshtones)
Shake Hands With Santa Claus (Louis Prima)
Regifting For The Holidays (Alice Project)

Set 5:
Silent Night (Fab Four)
White Christmas (Tina Sugandh)
Father Christmas (Kinks)
Do Christmas (Dollyrots)
Merry Christmas (To All Of The World) (Jean Beauvoir)

Show 923 - Wisdom Art

(Weekend of December 06 – December 08, 2019)

Wisdom Art!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Join us this weekend in the Underground Garage where we are celebrating Wisdom Art.

That’s right, cool art that can only be made by cats who have been around for a little while.

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

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

Set 1:

My Back Pages (Byrds)

Time Is On My Side (Irma Thomas)

This Little Girl (Dion)

Marlena (Four Season)

Brown Sugar (Little Richard)

Stagger Lee (Llyod Price)

Set 2:

Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (Bob Seger System)

Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

Paxton Quigley’s Had The Course (Chad & Jeremy)

Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show (Neil Diamond)

Hush (Deep Purple)

Set 3:

Tucson Train (Little Steven)

Night Closing In (Darlene Love)

This Must Be The Night (Mink Deville)

The Pretender (Gary US Bonds)

Sleep Joe’s Cafe (Bruce Springsteen)

Set 4:

All This Music Must Fade (Who)

See My Friends (Kinks)

Talk Talk (Music Machine)

I Just Want To Make Love To You (Muddy Waters)

I Just Want To Make Love To You (Rolling Stones)

Set 5:

Heart Of Stone (Rolling Stones)

Mickey’s Monkey (The Miracles)

Don’t Ask Me To Be Lonely (Dubs)

Then He Kissed Me (Crystals)

I Ain’t Superstitious (Jeff Beck Group)

Show 922 - Blaxploitation Friday

(Weekend of November 29 – December 01, 2019)

Blaxploitation Friday! 

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody, and 

everybody knows the day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday. 

Historically, that is the biggest shopping day of the year, but since nobody has any money, we thought we would go to the movies instead. 

This weekend in the Underground Garage we are going to call it Blaxploitatiom Friday. 

Joining us will be James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Womack, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Rolling Stones, the Jeff Beck Group, the Rascals, the Who, Rhinoceros, and Herman’s Hermits. 

Come find out what Isaac Hayes, Anthony Quinn, Little Walter, and Joan Jett have in common. 

I will see you this weekend for our Blaxploitation film festival 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:

Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

Down And Out In New York City (James Brown)

Plynth (Jeff Beck Group)

My Imaginary Friend (Andy Shernoff)

Eye To Eye (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Set 2:

Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack)

Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Sing To Death (Prima Donna)

Boom Boom (Little Walter)

Summer In The City (Lovin’ Spoonful)

Set 3:

Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)

I’ll Be Back Someday (Tegan & Sara)

Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield)

Doctor Robert (Beatles)

Set 4:

Where The Action Is (Waterboys)

Just A Little Bit Better (Herman’s Hermits)

Can’t Go Back (Kurt Baker Combo)

Sueno (The Rascals)

Call Me Lightning (Who)

Set 5:

Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye)

Back Door (Rhinoceros)

Uptown (Crystals)

On My Own (Muffs)

Black Is Black (Los Bravos)

Show 921 - Thanksgiving

(Weekend of November 22 – November 24, 2019)

Thanksgiving!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Who is the only country in the world full of fat people?

That’s right baby, you’re looking at it, and we’re about to get fatter because it’s Thanksgiving this week.

We are celebrating no matter how many steroids we eat in them turkeys, or diabetics we create with all them carbs.

We’re partying baby, with Little Eva, the Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, Rufus Thomas, the Byrds of course, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Traffic, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Come find out what Sarah Josepha Hale, Rufus Thomas, and Charlie Brown have in common.

It’s our lean mean dancing machine called the Underground Garage. I’ll see you this weekend.

Set 1:

Rocks (Primal Scream)

Let’s Turkey Trot (Little Eva)

And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles)

The Bird (Time)

Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield)

Do The Funky Chicken (Rufus Thomas)

Set 2:

Just Like Me (Coasters)

The World Turns All Around Her (Byrds)

My Imaginary Friend (Andy Shernoff)

On My Own (Muffs)

Set 3:

Everytime I Eat Vegetables (It Makes Me Think Of You) (Ramones)

Mashed Potato Time (Dee Dee Sharp)

Can’t Go Back (Kurt Baker Combo)

Neon Nightmare (WYLDLIFE)

Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five)

Set 4:

I’ll Be Back Someday (Tegan & Sara)

Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

Sing To Death (Prima Donna)

Coloured Rain (Traffic)

Run Away (Jellybricks)

Somebody’s Been Sleeping (100 Proof Aged In Soul)

Set 5:

Funny Freak Parade (Ultimate Spinach)

You Got Me Floatin’ (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Boogaloo Down Broadway (Fantastic Johnny C)

Charlie Brown (Coasters)

Waiting For The Next Big Parade (D Generation)

I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (Rascals)

Show 920 - Martin Scorsese

(Weekend of November 15 – November 17, 2019)

Martin Scorsese!

Who is the coolest director ever?

Roger Corman?...Close

Orson Wells?...Close

John Ford? Howard Hawks?

All close, but no bananas!

It’s Martin Scorsese, and we’re celebrating him this weekend in the Underground Grage!

Joining us will be the Clash, Badfinger, Cream, R.E.M., and the Searchers.

Find out what Muddy Waters, Johnny Thunders, and Joe Pesci have in common.

It’s Marty Scorsese’s birthday this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Be My Baby (Ronettes)

Tell Me (Rolling Stones)

Janie Jones (Clash)

Can’t Go Back (Kurt Baker Combo)

Those Were The Days (Cream)

Set 2:

Baby Blue (Badfinger)

Sing To Death (Prima Donna)

Love Again (Little Steven)

Ain’t That Just Like Me (Searchers)

You Can’t Put Your Arm Around A Memory (Johnny Thunders)

Set 3:

Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan with The Band)

Shining Down (Jesse Malin)

Bell Boy (Who)

Neon Nightmare (WYLDLIFE)

Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)

Set 4:

My Imaginary Friend (Andy Shernoff)

Last Train To Clarksville (Monkees)

Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters)

On My Own (Muffs)

Leader Of The Pack (Shangri-Las)

Set 5:

What’s The Frequency Kenneth (R.E.M.)

Taxi Driver (Hanoi Rocks)

Nobody But Me (Human Beinz)

Run Away (Jellybricks)

My Way (Sid Vicious)