Aug 04 2024
This week, another fine lookin’ playlist from our man Rosko,
with a selection of the many influences of Tom Waits.
1 Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton
2 House of the Rising Sun – Leadbelly
3 Someone To Watch Over Me – George Gershwin
4 The Dirty Dozen No. 2 – Tampa Red
5 My Sweet Hunk O’Trash – Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong
6 Dave Brubeck – Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen
7 Scrapple For The Apple – Charlie Parker
8 Criss-Cross – Thelonious Monk
9 Anything Goes – Cole Porter With Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
10 Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns
11 Hey Now Baby – Professor Longhair
12 Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf
13 Dream Myself A Sweetheart – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry
14 Reaching Into In – Ken Nordine
15 My Funny Valentine – Chet Baker
16 St. James Infirmary – Bobby Bland
17 I Got The Blues – Dion & The Belmonts
18 Frankie & Johnny – Champion Jack Dupree
19 Let’s Go Get Stoned – Ray Charles
20 I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
21 Fire And Water – Wilson Pickett
22 That’s Alright – Mose Allison
23 Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
24 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 – James Brown
25 Dachau Blues – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band