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Sound Salvation

Jan 7, 2022 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
Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down (From "Smokey and the Bandit")
Jerry Reed East Bound and Down (From "Smokey and the Bandit")
Jerry Reed - Super Hits RCA Records Label Nashville 1997
That guitar solo!!!
7:02 AM
Jim & Jesse - Diesel On My Tail
Jim & Jesse Diesel On My Tail
Diesel On My Tail Epic/Legacy 1967
Why stop with only one trucking song?
7:05 AM
Andy Hall - Redwing
Andy Hall Redwing
Redwing Andy Hall 2004
A solo record from the Infamous Stringdusters dobro player.
7:09 AM
Asleep at The Wheel - There You Go Again (feat. Lyle Lovett)
Asleep at The Wheel There You Go Again (feat. Lyle Lovett) N
Half a Hundred Years Home Records 2021
This celebration of 50 years of Ray Benson and a zillion different bandmates is an absolute delight.
7:13 AM
Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Swinging Doors
Merle Haggard & The Strangers Swinging Doors
Strangers / Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down Capitol Nashville 2006
One of the greatest of all country records.
7:16 AM
Tracy Nelson - Down So Low
Tracy Nelson Down So Low
Best of Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth Reprise 1996
Such a great singer!
7:21 AM
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - The Price Of Love
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss The Price Of Love N
Raise The Roof Rounder 2021
Great version of the Everly Brothers classic.
7:26 AM
Alejandro Escovedo - Algo Azul
Alejandro Escovedo Algo Azul
La Cruzada Yep Roc Records 2021
He redid his album The Crossing with some guest vocalists, all in Spanish.
7:30 AM
David Byrne - Slippery People (Live)
David Byrne Slippery People (Live)
American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording Live) Nonesuch 2019
Byrne's American Utopia project is astounding.
7:35 AM
Tagore - Olho Dela
Tagore Olho Dela N
Maya Estelita 2021
Brazilian music unlike what I'm used to hearing.
7:41 AM
Bonny Light Horseman - Buzzin' Fly (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Anais Mitchell & Josh Kaufman)
Bonny Light Horseman Buzzin' Fly (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Anais Mitchell & Josh Kaufman)
Buzzin' Fly (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Anais Mitchell & Josh Kaufman) - Single 37d03d 2020
I just heard this last week - fun modern folk rock version of a Tim Buckley classic.
7:46 AM
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Wall of Grace
Graham Parker & The Rumour Wall of Grace
Mystery Glue UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2015
They got back together for two albums, both of which are excellent, but I don't think they drew any more attention than Parker did without such expensive musicians joining him.
7:51 AM
Dwight Twilley - In My Life
Dwight Twilley In My Life
Out of the Box Gigatone Records 2009
Twilley don't mind doing a Beatles song.
7:55 AM
The dB's - We Should Be in Bed (Westbeth Sessions)
The dB's We Should Be in Bed (Westbeth Sessions) N
I Thought You Wanted to Know: 1978-1981 Propeller Sound Recordings 2021
Any time you can find previously unavailable music from one of my all-time favorite bands, you should be happy!
8:01 AM
Deep Purple - Oh Well
Deep Purple Oh Well N
Oh Well - Single earMUSIC 2021
Ian Paice, Jon Lord, and Ian Gillan are still at it, with Steve Morse, of all people, on guitar (for 30 years now), and they're covering Fleetwood Mac!
8:05 AM
The Darkness - Sticky Situations
The Darkness Sticky Situations N
Motorheart Cooking Vinyl UK 2021
I dig these rockers.
8:10 AM
The Kinks - Demolition (Live at Langham Studios, 1974)
The Kinks Demolition (Live at Langham Studios, 1974)
At the BBC Castle Communications 2012
Nice live version of the Preservation Act 1 song.
8:14 AM
Fruit Bats - Feathers for Bakersfield
Fruit Bats Feathers for Bakersfield N
Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal Royal Potato Family 2021
This guitar player Neal Casal played in bands I didn't listen to much, but this tribute album shows he wrote some cool songs.
8:17 AM
Bedouine - The Wave
Bedouine The Wave N
Waysides Bedouine Music 2021
Lovely, delicate singer/songwriter music.
8:23 AM
McDermott's 2 Hours - Forlorn Hope
McDermott's 2 Hours Forlorn Hope
Besieged On The Fiddle Recordings 2019
With help from members of the Levellers and the Oyster Band, this long time folk/rock band put out this final album a couple years back just in time for me to finally hear of them.
8:27 AM
Steeleye Span - Old Matron (Live)
Steeleye Span Old Matron (Live)
The 50th Anniversary Tour Live Park Records 2019
That same year offered up yet another chance to hear one of the all-time best folk/rock bands.
8:32 AM
Chico Buarque - Sem Fantasia
Chico Buarque Sem Fantasia
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Vol. 3 Som Livre 2006
A Brazilian songwriter who lets his wife Cristina sing this one I haven't heard much from, but I know he's enormously respected, and I like this cut a lot.
8:35 AM
Gilberto Gil - Fragmento LÍrico
Gilberto Gil Fragmento LÍrico
GIL (Trilha Sonora Original do Espetáculo do Grupo Corpo) Gege Produções Artísticas 2019
Another giant from Brazil, and one I have heard a bit more of.
8:41 AM
Cedar Walton - Ebony
Cedar Walton Ebony
Walton, Carter & DeJohnette Limetree 1986
Fantastic piano trio record.
8:46 AM
Ben Watt - On Box Hill
Ben Watt On Box Hill
North Marine Drive Cherry Red Records 1983
Before he teamed up with Tracey Thorn in Everything But the Girl, Watt had this solo record. I did not know that.
8:49 AM
Jade Bird - Headstart
Jade Bird Headstart N
Different Kinds of Light Glassnote Music LLC 2021
This album is chock full of catchy songs.
8:51 AM
Side Pony - All I Have is Want (feat. Alice Wallace & Caitlin Cannon)
Side Pony All I Have is Want (feat. Alice Wallace & Caitlin Cannon) N
Lucky Break (feat. Alice Wallace & Caitlin Cannon) Mule Kick Records 2021
Strong country duo.
8:55 AM
Chris Spedding - New Girl In the Neighbourhood
Chris Spedding New Girl In the Neighbourhood
Chris Spedding (Expanded Edition) Rhino 2018
Back in 1976, this first-rate guitar player was punk-adjacent. His records never sold, but they were loved.
9:03 AM
The Dells - They Said It Couldn't Be Done (But We Did It)
The Dells They Said It Couldn't Be Done (But We Did It)
They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It! Island Mercury 2012
A 1977 single that I didn't hear until much later.
9:06 AM
Solomon Burke - You're Good for Me
Solomon Burke You're Good for Me
Rock 'n Soul Rhino Atlantic 1964
One of the greatest of all soul singers.
9:09 AM
Curtis Harding - Can't Hide It
Curtis Harding Can't Hide It
If Words Were Flowers Anti/Epitaph 2021
Excellent and eclectic modern/retro soul singer/songwriter.
9:12 AM
Miranda Lambert - If I Was a Cowboy
Miranda Lambert If I Was a Cowboy N
If I Was a Cowboy - Single Vanner Records/RCA Records Label Nashville 2021
Great new song from one of Nashville's finest.
9:16 AM
The Dillards - Hey Boys
The Dillards Hey Boys
Wheatstraw Suite Rhino/Elektra 2004
Back in 1968, the Dillards were figuring out what they could do to make their bluegrass roots fit the wider world.
9:19 AM
Louis Armstrong - Back 'O Town Blues
Louis Armstrong Back 'O Town Blues
Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings RCA Victor 2000
An early 30s cut with impressive trumpet and vocal.
9:22 AM
Count Basie - Only the Lonely
Count Basie Only the Lonely
Frankly Basie - Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra Verve 1963
Basie and Sinatra made records together, so why shouldn't Basie do an album of Sinatra songs?
9:26 AM
Nat King Cole - That Please-Be-Mine-Able Feeling (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
Nat King Cole That Please-Be-Mine-Able Feeling (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936 - 1943) Resonance Records 2019
9:29 AM
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Five Feet of Lovin' '58
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Five Feet of Lovin' '58
A Gene Vincent Record Date CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 1958
Sweet Gene Vincent!
9:31 AM
Rose Maddox - The Key’s In the Mailbox
Rose Maddox The Key’s In the Mailbox
Rosie! Starday Records 2008
Sister Rose without her brothers.
9:33 AM
Pokey LaFarge - Goodnight, Goodbye (Hope Not Forever)
Pokey LaFarge Goodnight, Goodbye (Hope Not Forever) N
In the Blossom of Their Shade New West Records 2021
Pokey is really getting better and better with every record.
9:40 AM
Sean Rowe - Squid Tattoo
Sean Rowe Squid Tattoo
The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights Fluff and Gravy 2021
A singer/songwriter who's been around a while, but I've only recently noticed.
9:44 AM
Joe Ely - Isabella
Joe Ely Isabella
B4 84 Rack 'Em Records 2014
I didn't realize Ely put out this album of demos from his Hi-Res album back in '84. He'd just discovered synthesizers, but the demos are a little more rootsy.
9:48 AM
Robyn Hitchcock - Let's Go Thundering (Live)
Robyn Hitchcock Let's Go Thundering (Live)
Storefront Hitchcock: Music from the Jonathan Demme Picture Rhino/Warner Records 2005
Ya know, one of these days I should catch this film.
9:52 AM
Taylor Swift - Starlight (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift Starlight (Taylor's Version)
Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 2021
It amazes me that she can revisit her older albums for purely mercantile reasons and have the new versions be artistic triumphs.