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Sound Salvation

Jul 17, 2020 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With Steve Pick

Steve Pick brings you Sound Salvation. It's 3 hours of the best new music liberally mixed with all the classics of the last century's worth of pop music, rock & roll, jazz, blues, country, soul and more. If it's worth hearing, you'll find it on Sound Salvation.

Sound Salvation
7:00 AM
The Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun
The Velvet Underground Who Loves the Sun
Loaded (Remastered) Cotillion 1970
A nice deflected heartbreak song.
7:03 AM
The Zombies - Gotta Get a Hold of Myself
The Zombies Gotta Get a Hold of Myself
The Zombies - The Original Studio Recordings, Vol. 3 Parrot 1999
Rod Argent's keyboards and Colin Blunstone's vocals - a magical combination.
7:05 AM
Big Star - O, My Soul
Big Star O, My Soul
Radio City Ardent 1974
The guitar on this track alone should be in the Hall of Fame.
7:11 AM
Rufus Wainwright - Damsel In Distress
Rufus Wainwright Damsel In Distress N
Unfollow the Rules BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 2020
This album is so brilliant! He's only gotten better at these kinds of songs after his side-trips into classical and opera.
7:16 AM
Haim - The Steps
Haim The Steps N
Women In Music Pt. III Columbia 2020
Smiles are inevitable when listening to this record.
7:21 AM
The Orlons - Bon-Doo-Wah
The Orlons Bon-Doo-Wah
Cameo Parkway: The Best of the Orlons, 1961-1966 ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. 2005
I haven't heard everything they did, but everything I've heard by them is just great!
7:23 AM
Carl Perkins - Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo
Carl Perkins Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo
Sun Record Company: 50 Golden Years 1952-2002 Fab-U-Lus 2002
A minor enough record, but a heck of a lot of fun.
7:26 AM
Kasenetz-Katz-Super-Circus - Quick Joey Small
Kasenetz-Katz-Super-Circus Quick Joey Small
Quick Joey Small - I'm In Love With You Legacy Recordings 1968
Sort of a bubblegum semi-sequel to "Hey Joe."
7:28 AM
Billy Gibbons and The BFG's - Sal y Pimiento
Billy Gibbons and The BFG's Sal y Pimiento N
Perfectamundo Concord Records 2015
ZZ Top guitarist/singer sings the other side of Tex-Mex here.
7:31 AM
The Rolling Stones - Criss Cross
The Rolling Stones Criss Cross N
Goats Head Soup (2020 Deluxe) Rolling Stones 2020
A previously unreleased rocker from the time of Goats Head Soup but it sounds closer to Exile on Main Street.
7:36 AM
Elvis Costello - Hetty O'Hara Confidential
Elvis Costello Hetty O'Hara Confidential N
Hetty O'Hara Confidential - Single Concord 2020
Costello is definitely making some noise with his singles released so far this year.
7:41 AM
X - Cyrano deBerger's Back
X Cyrano deBerger's Back N
ALPHABETLAND Fat Possum 2020
They redid this oldie from See How We Are, and it sounds classic.
7:44 AM
Wilco - Hotel Arizona
Wilco Hotel Arizona
Being There Reprise 1996
Jay Bennett's arrival in Wilco was a big deal.
7:48 AM
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag
Wheatus Columbia 2000
This song is now 20 years old, so no longer a teenager.
7:52 AM
Fastball - All Gone Fuzzy
Fastball All Gone Fuzzy
The Help Machine 33 1/3 Records 2019
Rock solid pop/rock.
7:55 AM
999 - Don't Start a Fight
999 Don't Start a Fight N
Bish! Bash! Bosh! Cleopatra Records 2020
Veterans of more than 40 years show us how to still do it.
7:59 AM
Fairport Convention - Sloth
Fairport Convention Sloth
Full House (Bonus Track Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1970
This wondrous performance has existed for 50 years now.
8:08 AM
Richard Thompson - The Poor Ditching Boy
Richard Thompson The Poor Ditching Boy
Henry the Human Fly Island 1972
Then Richard Thompson left Fairport, and made this record you don't hear very often.
8:11 AM
Caitlin Cannon - Barbers and Bartenders
Caitlin Cannon Barbers and Bartenders N
The TrashCannon Album Caitlin Cannon 2020
It pays to follow Chuck Eddy on FB - I hadn't heard of this young country singer until he mentioned loving this record.
8:15 AM
Corb Lund - I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey (feat. Jaida Dreyer)
Corb Lund I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey (feat. Jaida Dreyer) N
Agricultural Tragic New West Records 2020
One of the strongest country records I've heard this year - so many great songs.
8:18 AM
Stonewall Jackson - Help Stamp Out Loneliness
Stonewall Jackson Help Stamp Out Loneliness
Help Stamp Out Loneliness Columbia Nashville Legacy 1967
I'm not sure I ever heard this back then, but this sure reminds me of being a kid and going to the little diner at the lake where my grandparents had a boat.
8:21 AM
Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco - The Things I Used to Do
Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco The Things I Used to Do
You're Driving Me Crazy Legacy Recordings 2018
A swingin' take on the Guitar Slim classic.
8:27 AM
Cindy Cashdollar - Salvation (feat. Marcia Ball)
Cindy Cashdollar Salvation (feat. Marcia Ball) N
Waltz for Abilene Silver Shot Records 2020
Strong instrumental from the great guitarist teaming up with the great pianist.
8:31 AM
Norah Jones - Hurts to Be Alone
Norah Jones Hurts to Be Alone N
Pick Me Up off the Floor Blue Note Records 2020
Without a lot of fanfare, Norah Jones put out yet another excellent album.
8:35 AM
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
A Woman Needs Love (Bonus Track Version) Legacy Recordings 2014
A couple years later, Parker would hit the lifetime royalties jackpot with "Ghostbusters."
8:40 AM
Funky Butt Brass Band - Burn (Featuring Roosevelt Collier)
Funky Butt Brass Band Burn (Featuring Roosevelt Collier) L N
Onward Self 2020
I'm proud to walk the same streets as these guys.
8:44 AM
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou
The Meters Fire on the Bayou
Fire On the Bayou Rhino/Warner Records 2004
45 years ago, the Meters delivered this New Orleans anthem.
8:48 AM
Lee Dorsey - Lottie Mo '68
Lee Dorsey Lottie Mo '68
The New Lee Dorsey Arista 1966
Here we find the Meters backing up the great Lee Dorsey.
8:52 AM
Theo Hill - Guardians of Light
Theo Hill Guardians of Light N
Reality Check Posi-Tone Records 2020
A very fine pianist and composer.
8:59 AM
Antibalas - Lai Lai
Antibalas Lai Lai N
Fu Chronicles Daptone Records 2020
America's finest Afrobeat band.
9:08 AM
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Birthday Party
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Birthday Party
Kings of the Streets - The Definitive Anthology Sugar Hill 2010
Back in 1981 - I could still use this for a birthday party song.
9:16 AM
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Magic Sam All Your Love
The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961 Fuel 2000 2006
This record came out in 1957 and it still sounds fresh as a daisy.
9:20 AM
Datura4 - Mother Medusa
Datura4 Mother Medusa
West Coast Highway Cosmic Alive Naturalsound 2020
If youre trying to remind me of Blue Oyster Cult, you're alright in my book.
9:24 AM
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Primal Scream Beautiful Future
Beautiful Future B-Unique 2008
I hadn't heard this one in years - still kicks serious butt.
9:30 AM
Temples - Sun Structures
Temples Sun Structures
Sun Structures Fat Possum 2014
I can't argue with Wikipedia here:British neo-psychedelic band mixes trippy baroque pop experimentation and classic Beatlesque craftsmanship.
9:35 AM
Peter Bjorn and John - Simple Song of Sin
Peter Bjorn and John Simple Song of Sin N
Endless Dream PBJ Musick 2020
Sweden, the land of pop songs.
9:41 AM
Jim Lauderdale - Cackalacky
Jim Lauderdale Cackalacky N
When Carolina Comes Home Again Yep Roc Records 2020
You've got to be a pretty bad songwriter to mess up a song with a name like that - Lauderdale is a terrific songwriter.
9:44 AM
Buster Benton - Funny About My Money
Buster Benton Funny About My Money
Spider In My Stew Ronn Records 1978
The 70s were a great time for blues music, even though the musicians didn't make nearly as much money as they had before or would again.
9:47 AM
Bobby Watson - Keepin' It Real
Bobby Watson Keepin' It Real N
Keepin' It Real Smoke Sessions 2020
This whole album is spectacularly great. This cut, with its gospel-drenched chords and hard bop blowing, is a future classic.
9:55 AM
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Rock Gods (feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan)
Ray Wylie Hubbard Rock Gods (feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan) N
Co-Starring Big Machine Records, LLC 2020
Terrific song about the passing of time and the holding on to musical values.