Show 969 - Halloween A Go- Go

(Weekend of October 23 – October 25, 2020)

Halloween A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Our show this week in the Underground Garage is Halloween A Go-Go to prepare you for Garage Rock’s favorite holiday.

We’re going to tell you how the whole thing got started. And contrary to popular belief it wasn’t started by a bunch of dentists.

Joining us will be the Who, the Sonics, the Mothers Of Invention, and the Shadows Of Knight.

We will be playing the band version of “Dinner With Drac” by John Zacherle not heard on the radio in forty years.

Not to mention the band version of Larry and the Blue Notes’ Texas classic not heard for thirty five years.

And the band version of Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, never heard.

Find out what Lux Interior, Jarvis Humby, and Tito & Tarantula have in common.

It’s Halloween A Go-Go, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Time Warp (Dr. Frank-N-Furter & Cast)

I Walked With A Zombie (Rocky Erickson)

I’m The Wolfman (Fuzztones)

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (The Who)

Dracula’s Daughter (Woggles)

Jolly Green Giant (Kingsmen)

Set 2:

Jack The Ripper (Screaming Lord Sutch)

Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Jarvis Humby)

Psycho (Sonics)

Night Of The Sadist (Larry and The Blue Notes)

Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

(You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes (Mummies)

Mommy’s Little Monster (Social Distortion)

Put Your Cat Clothes On (Carl Perkins)

Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Mothers Of Invention)

She (Monkees)

Set 4:

Face Of The Screaming Werewolf (Fleshtones)

Dream Police (Cheap Trick)

Tell It To Carrie (Romantics)

Alone (Shadows Of Knight)

Weird Scene (Mr. Brown)

Set 5:

Cretin Hop (Ramones)

She’s A Monster (Stems)

Dinner With Drac, Pt. 1 (John Zacherle)

The Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon (Cramps)

After Dark (Tito & Tarantula)

Show 968 - Johnny & Stiv

(Weekend of October 16 – October 18, 2020)

Johnny & Stiv!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and this weekend in the Underground Garage we are celebrating Johnny Carson, Stiv Bators, and Tiny Tim!

Joining us at the party will be the Beatles, the Byrds, the J. Geils Band, the Shirelles, and U2.

Brand new music from Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets, Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts, and Richard and the Young Lions.

Come find out what Johnny Cash, Sonny Bono, and Ed McMahon have in common.

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

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

I’m All Right (Rolling Stones)

Johnny Carson (Beach Boys)

Night Time (J. Geils Band)

Passin Me By (Jessie Wagner)

Tonight’s The Night (Shirelles)

Johnny Come Lately (Woggles)

Set 2:

Circumstantial Evidence (Stiv Bators)

Evil Boy (Stiv Bators)

What Love Is (Dead Boys)

No Dreams (Wanderers)

Open Your Eyes (Lords Of The New Church)

Like A Virgin (Lords of the New Church)

Set 3:

I’m A Boy (Who)

Laugh At Me (Sonny Bono)

Your Love Is To Blame (Don Bryant)

Over Under Sideways Down (Yardbirds)

Vertigo (U2)

Set 4:

41 Miles To Roscoe (Midnight Callers)

Every Little Thing (Beatles)

Wait And See (Byrds)

Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots)

Set 5:

Who’ll Be The Next In Line (Kinks)

Out Of My League (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Johnny 99 (Johnny Cash)

Show 967 - Jailhouse Rock

(Weekend of October 09 – October 11, 2020)

Jailhouse Rock!

Well winter is creeping in.

So what are you doing this weekend?

Drive in is out. Forget about the beach.

I know, let’s go to prison.

We’re celebrating Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley’s coolest movie. Joining us will be the Tremeloes, the Fleshtones, the Sex Pistols, the Byrds, and The Dave Clark 5.

There is only one place to find out what Johnny Rotten, Wilson Pickett, and Serge Gainsbourg have in common.

We are calling it Jailhouse Rock, and it is exclusively, on this, the coolest radio station in town.

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

Set 1:

Jailhouse Rock (Jeff Beck Group)

Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

Anyway You Want It (Dave Clark 5)

Sugar Sugar (Wilson Pickett)

Don’t Let Your Guard Down (Live) (Nils Lofgren)

Loudmouth (Ramones)

Set 2:

I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)

Your Love Is To Blame (Don Bryant)

The Good’s Gone (Who)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

Here Comes My Baby (Tremeloes)

Set 3:

Soul Kitchen (Doors)

Too Much Blood (Rolling Stones)

Harley Davidson (Brigitte Bardot)

Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan)

Set 4:

Passin’ Me By (Jessie Wagner)

Route 66 [Live] (Rolling Stones)

I Never Dreamed (Cookies)

Over You (Kurt Baker)

Out Of My League (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

Love Comes In Spurts (Richard Hell)

Set 5:

Pretty Boy Floyd (Byrds)

Pretty Pretty Pretty (Fleshtones)

Pretty Little Angel Eyes (Curtis Lee)

Pretty Flamingo (Manfred Man)

Show 966 - Fun With Music Day

(Weekend of October 02 – October 04, 2020)

Fun With Music Day!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Do you remember Mickey Mouse Club?

Come on, admit it, you know you were watching that show.

Where do you think Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake came from?

Not to mention Annette Funicello, and we are celebrating all of them this weekend in the Underground Garage, and we are designating the whole weekend as Fun With Music Day.

Come find out what Britney Spears, Sonny Boy Williamson, Larry Fine, Soupy Sales, and Eddie Cochran have in common.

It’s the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio. Come join us for Fun With Music Day this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

The Kids Are Alright (Who)

Do The Mouse (Soupy Sales)

Mommy’s Little Monster (Social Distortion)

You Love Is To Blame (Don Bryant)

Heart Of A Rat (Rocket From The Crypt)

Mickey’s Monkey (The Miracles)

Set 2:

Words Of Love (Beatles)

In And Out Of My Life In A Day (Pandoras)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White (Standells)

Set 3:

Search And Destroy (Stooges)

A Fine Fine Boy (Darlene Love)

What Do All The People Know (Cherie Currie)

Fall On You (Moby Grape)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

Hats Off To Larry (Del Shannon)

Set 4:

Don’t Let Your Guard Down (Live) (Nils Lofgren)

I Won’t Tell (Tracey Dey)

Over You (Kurt Baker)

Palisades Park (Freddie Cannon)

Set 5:

Splish Splash (Bobby Darin)

Dance Dance Dance (Beach Boys)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

One Way Out (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones)

Show 965 - Groucho Marx

(Weekend of September 25 – September 27, 2020)

Groucho Marx!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Join us in the Underground Garage this week where we are celebrating Groucho Marx’s birthday.

Joining us will be Graham Parker & the Rumour, the Animals, the Bobby Fuller Four, and Sam & Dave.

Come discover what the MC5, Dewey Phillips, and Lydia the Tattooed Lady have in common.

Come join us this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

I’m Against It (Ramones)

Good Times (Easybeats)

Pourin’ It All Out (Graham Parker & the Rumour)

Out Of My League (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

School Days (Chuck Berry)

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Animals)

Set 2:

She Don’t Care About Time (Byrds)

Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four)

You Don’t Know Like I Know (Sam & Dave)

What Do All The People Know (Cherie Currie)

Congratulations (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

A Well Respected Man (Kinks)

Shakin’ Street (MC5)

Over You (Kurt Baker)

You’re Not An Ordinary Girl (Temptations)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

Circles (Who)

Set 4:

Your Love Is To Blame (Don Bryant)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

Good Thing (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

Pretty Little Angel Eyes (Curtis Lee)

Set 5:

Baby Let’s Play House (Elvis Presley)

The Seventh Son (Johnny Rivers)

Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)

Rack My Mind (Yardbirds)

Wild One (Jerry Lewis)

Show 964 - TV A Go-Go

(Weekend of September 18 – September 20, 2020)

TV A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and this week in the Underground Garage we are going TV A Go-Go!

We are celebrating all the teenage Rock n’ Roll shows that were all over TV when we were growing up including Shindig!, Upbeat, Ready Steady Go, and god himself, otherwise known as Ed Sullivan.

Joining us will be the Byrds, the Beatles, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Troggs, the Ramones, the Angels, and the Tuff Darts.

Come find out what Howln’ Wolf, Bonnie Bramlett, and Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon have in common.

It’s the coolest TV shows ever on the coolest Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio ever.

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

Set 1:

Where The Action Is (Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon)

Just Like Me (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

It Won’t Be Wrong (Byrds)

Epistle To Dippy (Donovan)

Little Latin Lupe Lu (Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels)

What Do All The People Know (Cherie Currie)

Set 2:

I’m A Loser (Beatles)

Comin’ Home (Delaney & Bonnie)

Over You (Kurt Baker)

How Many More Years (Howlin’ Wolf)

Empty Heart (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

Anyway You Want It (Dave Clark Five)

Going To Go Go (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

Over Under Sideways Down (Yardbirds)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

I’m Alive (Hollies)

Set 4:

Out Of My League (Ryan Hamilton & the Harlequin Ghosts)

I Want You (Troggs)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

Time Bomb (Ramones)

Set 5:

Long Tall Sally (Little Richard)

Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)

I Adore Him (Angels)

All For The Love Of Rock ‘n Roll (Tuff Darts)

I’m So Young (the Students)

Show 963 - New York City Serenade

(Weekend of September 11 – September 13, 2020)

New York City Serenade

Hi, this is Little Steven, and we’re going to give you a tribute to New York City.

The music won’t change. It will be as inspirational as always, but it will be about New York or by New Yorkers.

Joining us will be the Blues Magoos, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dion, the Dictators, the Ramones, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

There will be reflections from writers Pete Hamill, Jim Carol, and Bob Dylan.

It's our New York City Serenade, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

All For The Love Of Rock & Roll (Tuff Darts)

Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)

We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet (Blues Magoos)

Avenue A (Dictators)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon)

Set 2:

Talkin’ New York (Bob Dylan)

Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Way Down (I Won’t Cry No More) (Dion)

My True Story (Jive Five)

Cry Baby (Waldos)

Set 3:

Wild In The Streets (Garland Jeffreys)

Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)

I Have A Boyfriend (Chiffons)

Over You (Kurt Baker)

Pumping My Heart (Patti Smith Group)

Set 4:

What Do All The People Know (Cherie Currie)

On The Beach (Rattlers)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

Hanging On A Telephone (Blondie)

Set 5:

Differing Touch (Jim Carroll)

Yea Yea (Ramones)

King Of The New York Streets (Dion)

Meeting Across The River (Bruce Springsteen)

Show 962 - Back To School

(Weekend of September 04 – September 06, 2020)

Back To School!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Up in the morning and out to school. Oh my god it’s that time again.

Lord have mercy.

But don’t worry kids, we’re going to get you through it, and your guidance counselors will be the Yardbirds, the Beach Boys, the Chocolate Watchband, the Rolling Stones, J. Geils Band, and the Sex Pistols.

You have to tune in this week to find out what Dolly Parton, James Brown, and Mrs. Wojciechowski have in common.

It’s our Back To School special 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:

Rock & Roll High School (Ramones)

Time Bomb High School (Reigning Sound)

Good Morning Little School Girl (Yardbirds)

School Days (Runaways)

Amelia (Insomniacs)

Be True To Your School (Beach Boys)

Set 2:

Grooviest Girl In The World (Simple Image)

Let’s Talk About Girls (Chocolate Watchband)

Way Down (I Won’t Cry No More) (Dion)

September Gurls (Big Stars)

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

She Said Yeah (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

David Watts (Kinks)

Charlie Brown (Coasters)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

Bad Boy (Beatles)

Homework (J. Geils Band)

Set 4:

Over You (Kurt Baker)

Leader Of The Pack (Shangri-Las)

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis)

High School (MC5)

Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Set 5:

The Dress Up Girls (Model Rockets)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

Don’t Drop Out (Dolly Parton)

Little Cristine (Mickey Leigh)

Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols)

Show 961 - Teenage Kicks

(Weekend of August 28 – August 30, 2020)

Teenage Kicks!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

We have a fabulous show for you this weekend in the Underground Garage. We’re going to be saluting one of the greatest DJs of all time.

We’re going to talk about the Beatles last show.

We’re going to talk about one of the coolest movies of all time.

Joining us will be Elvis Presley, the Sex Pistols, the Animals, the Castaways, and the Raspberries.

Come find out what Janis Joplin, Caesar & Cleo, and Feargal Sharkey have in common.

It’s the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio with go-go girls. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Teenage Kicks (Undertones)

Children Of The Sun (Misunderstood)

Tobacco Road (Nashville Teen)

Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)

Please Go Home (Rolling Stones)

Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

Anarchy In The U.K. (Sex Pistols)

Set 2:

I Feel Fine (Beatles)

Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)

Long Tall Sally (Beatles)

Don’t Drag No More (Susan Lynne)

Little Cristine (Mickey Leigh)

Paperback Writer (Beatles)

Set 3:

Boom Boom (Animals)

End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)

I Want To Love Him So Bad (Jellybeans)

Wall Of Glass (Liam Gallagher)

Set 4:

If I Could Change Your Mind (Empty Hearts)

Vicious (Lou Reed)

Love Is Strange (Caesar & Cleo)

Love Man (Otis Redding)

Set 5:

Soul Kitchen (Doors)

Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin)

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Of Later) (Bob Dylan)

If I Were A Carpenter (Bob Darin)

Show 960 - Ed Sullivan

(Weekend of August 21 – August 23, 2020)

Ed Sullivan!

Think of all the hosts on TV, game show hosts, variety show hosts, and who was the most bizarre?

Yeah he was pretty weird...I can see that...But no, it was Ed Sullivan, and we are celebrating him this week, and it’s not a coincidence that we are also celebrating the Zombies.

Joining us will be Bo Diddley, the Doors, the Stones, Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Donovan, and Cheap Trick.

Come find out what Slim Harpo, the English police force, and a Rhinoceros has in common.

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

Set 1
Any Way You Want It (Dave Clark 5)
Break On Through (Doors)
I’m A Man (Bo Diddley)
Let’s Spend The Night Together (Rolling Stones)
Waiting For The Rain (Woggles)
I Got Stung (Elvis Presley)
I’m Down (Beatles)

Set 2
Indication (Zombies)
Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
Downtown Girl (Willie Nile)
She’s Not There (Zombies)

Set 3
Peppermint Twist (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
Twisting Postman (Ko and the Knockouts)
Twistin’ The Night Away (Rod Stewart)
Baby, Let’s Twist (Dictators)
Twist And Shout (Isley Brothers)

Set 4
Todd Youth (Jesse Malin)
I Played The Fool (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)
End Of Time (Jessie Wagner)
Congradulations (Rolling Stones)
Back Door (Rhinoceros)

Set 5
Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home (Darlene Love)
She Likes To Party (Kris Rodgers and the Dirty Gems)
Epistle To Dippy (Donovan)
I Got Love If You Want It (Slim Harpo)
Dream Police (Cheap Trick)