In no particular order - some of my favorites I could listen to forever
Feel So Good - Chuck Mangione
Carnaval - Spyro Gyra
Summertime - Janis Joplin
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
The Julia Belle Swain - John Hartford
Hello in There - John Prine
Jack & Neal/California Here I Come - Tom Waits
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Tom Waits
More Trouble Every Day - Frank Zappa & Mothers
She Just Wants to Dance - Keb Mo
Kokomo Medley - Bonnie Raitt
I’ve Been Converted - Kelly Joe Phelps
Hesitation Blues - Hot tuna
Danger Zone - Roomful of Blues
You Could Break My Heart - Loggins & Messina
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair - David Bromberg
Kansas City - David Bromberg
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn
That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) - Lyle Lovett
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother - B B King
Vigilante Man - Ry Cooder
Hey Julia/Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
Little Brown Bird - Elvin Bishop
Dear Old Southland - Dr. John w/ Nicholas Payton
Creole Moon - Dr. John
The list could go on & on, but that’s enough to give you a feel of where you can find me
Burning Down the House (live) – Talking Heads
Shaking the Tree – Peter Gabriel
Southern Cross – CSN&Y
Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven when you Smile) – Van Morrison
Concrete & Clay – Unit 4 + 2
Jump in the Line – Harry Belafonte
Instead of making a list, allow me to nominate the one song that leaps to mind: Lola, by the Kinks. They play the shit out of it on the stations I listen to, and I still stop for it every day.
Seconds for many of the previous posts, especially Stoney End , Suavecito and just about anything by the Beatles.Some of mine: [ul]
[li]Cruel to be Kind–Nick Lowe[/li][li]Don’t Expect Me to be Your Friend–Lobo[/li][li]Get Down–Gilbert O’Sullivan[/li][li]You and Me–Alice Cooper[/li][li]End of the Line–Traveling Wilburys[/li][li]Tangled up in Blue and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door–Bob Dylan[/li][li]Rag Doll and Ronnie–4 Seasons[/li][li]Bittersweet Symphony–The Verve[/li][li]Cowboy–Kid Rock[/li][/ul]
Wont’ Get Fooled Again by the Who
Behind Blue Eyes by the Who
Boys of Summer by Don Henley
Desert Moon by Dennis deYoung
After the Fire by Roger Daltrey
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
American Pie by Don McLean
Vincent by Don McLean
Barrett’s Privateers by Stan Rogers
Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers
Who Were You Thinking Of by the Texas Tornados
The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer
Freaking at the Freakers’ Ball by Doctor Hook
Queen of the Silver Dollar by Doctor Hook
The Cover of Rolling Stone by Doctor Hook
Six String Orchestra by Harry Chapin
Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin
Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Oyster Cult
Dreams by Heart
I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett
Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley
Longfellow Serenade by Neil Diamond
Original Sin by Taylor Dane
Burning Down the House Talking Heads It’s My Life Talk Talk Big Log Robert Plant Sunset Grill Don Henley In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel The Big Sky Kate Bush
(oh my God so many by Kate Bush) Young Lions Adrian Belew The Loved Ones Elvis Costello Free Man In Paris Joni Mitchell Shark Fin Blues The Drones The Joke Brandi Carlile (especially as performed on Howard Stern) Kalimankou Denkou Bulgarian State Radio/TV Female Vocal Choir
Any song from Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas