Sounds of Blue

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By: Bob Putignano

Bob Putignano's Sounds of Blue is a mix of soul, jazz, funk, blues, blues-rock, classic rock and more. Tune in for a steady dose of tunes and interviews with music industry leaders.

SOB 518 Features: Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Duane Allman, Danny Caron, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Tony Zamagni, Jimmy Heath, Norman Simmons & Santo Farina
#158
Today at 8:17 PM

Artist                      Song                      Album        Label    Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Diana Krall    Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel w/Michael Brecker, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash +    Live In Paris - 2002 - Tommy LiPuma Produced    Verve    Diana Krall - 61

- Diana Krall    Temptation by Tom Waits w/Christian McBride, Terri Lyne Carrington, Neil Larsen +    The Girl In the Other Room - 2004 - LiPuma Produced    Verve    Diana Krall - 61

- Diana Krall    L...


SOB 517 Features: Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Peter Green, Danny Caron, Johnnie Bassett, Jimmy McIntosh, Irene Reid & Little Willie John
#157
Last Monday at 1:56 PM

Artist            Song                    Album          Label    Notes

- The Crusaders Scratch (live) by Wayne Henderson Scratch - 1974    Blue Thumb Records - MCA CD Reissue    Alternate SOB ID


- Little Willie John    All Around the World (aka: Grits & Groceries) by Titus Turner    45 RPM Single - 1955    King Records    Little Willie John - 88

- Little Willie John    Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) by Little Willie John    45 RPM Single - 1960    King Records    Little Willie John - 88

- Little Willie John    Fever by Cooley & Davenport    45 RPM Single - 1956    King Records    Little Willie John - 88

- The Allman Joys Spoonful by Willie Dixon w/G...


SOB 516 Features: Delbert McClinton, Billy Strings, Poncho Sanchez, Laura Nyro, Rob Paparozzi, Johnnie Bassett & Tony Zamagni
#156
11/17/2025

Artist               Song                           Album        Label      Notes


Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Grateful Dead    Bird Song by Hunter & Garcia w/Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Kreutzmann & 2 Godchaux's    Boston Music Hall 9/15/72 - Owlsey Stanley recording    The Music Never Stopped - 3CD's - Dead.net    Recent Release

- Billy Strings    Meet Me at the Creek by William Apostol w/Brad Tucker, Billy Failing, Drew Matulich +    Turmoil & Tinfoil - 2017    BillyStrings.com    Billy Strin...


NEW - SOB - Jim Gordon Tribute - Features: A rebroadcast of my Jim Gordon 4-hour tribute. Gordon passed away in 2023, he was 77
#155
11/11/2025

ARTIST                 SONG                               ALBUM                  LABEL     NOTES


- Twilight Zone by Marius Constant    Twilight Zone w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme

 

 - Jimmy Gordon and His JazznPops Band    Sunny by Bobby Hebb w/Tom Scott & Louie Shelton    Hog Fat - 1969    Flying Dutchman    Jim Gordon - R.I.P. at 77

 - Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen    Space Captain by Matthew Moore    The Complete Fillmore East Recordings - 1970 - 6CD's    Hip-O Select - A&M    Jim Gordon - R.I.P. at 77

 -Delaney & Bonnie & Friends    Pour Your Love...


SOB 515 Features: More from the "Blues for Allah" 50th Anniversary, John Zacherle, Bob Weir, Donny Hathaway, Eddie Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Boogaloo Joe Jones & Jay Ward
#154
11/03/2025

Artist                     Song                                      Album         Label       Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Frank Comstock    Rocky & Bullwinkle theme (Aired from 1959 - 1973    Television's Greatest Hits Volume II (various years)    Breakable Records    Jay Ward - 105

- John Zackerle    Grateful Dead Intro Fillmore East    Dick's Picks Four - 2/13 & 2/14/1970, NYC - 3CD's    Rhino.com - Dead.net - Real Gone Music    John Zacherle - 107

- Grateful Dead - 2/13/70 - Fillmore East    Casey Jones by Garcia & Hunter w/Garcia, Lesh...


SOB 514 Features: The 50th Anniversary of "Blues for Allah" by the Grateful Dead, Eddie Harris, Rob Paparozzi, Gerald Albright & Kenny Garrett
#153
10/27/2025

Artist                Song                    Album          Label    Notes


- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Grateful Dead - 6/21/76 - Philly    The Music Never Stopped by Weir & Barlow - Help On the Way by Hunter & Garcia…    Blues for Allah - 50th Anniversary Edition - 3CD's    Rhino.com - Dead.net    Recent Release

Grateful Dead - 6/21/76 - Philly    … Slipknot by the 1975 Grateful Dead Band - Franklin's Tower by Hunter-Garcia & Kreutzmann    Blues fo...


SOB 513 Features: Chuck Berry, Roy Buchanan, Albert Collins, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan & Dave "Clem" Clempson
#152
10/20/2025

Artist             Song                                  Album          Label     Notes

- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Roy Buchanan    Soul Dressing by Cropper, Booker T., Jackson & Steinberg     Live in Japan - 1978    Polydor - Repertoire CD Reissue    Roy Buchanan - 86

- Roy Buchanan    Green Onions by Cropper, Booker T., Jackson & Steinberg w/Cropper, Dunn & D. Garibaldi    Loading  Zone - 1977 - Stanley Clarke produced    Atlanitic    Roy Buchanan - 86

- Ratdog w/Bob Weir    Take Me To the River by Al Green w/Wa...


SOB 512 Features: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Albert Collins, Larry Goldings, Kenny Garrett & Jeremy Baum
#151
10/13/2025

Artist                   Song                                    Album               Label      Notes
- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme

- Tedeschi Trucks Band    The Weight by the Band w/Leon Russll    Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited - Recorded 2015    Fantasy - Concord 2025    Recent Release
- Paxton Spangler Band    Rouge Dispensary by Matt LoRusso    Trick Bag     East Lawn Records    Recent Release
- Tedeschi Trucks Band    Space Captain by Matthew Moore w/Leon Russell    Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited - Recorded 2015    Fantasy - Concord 2025    Recent Release
- Larry Goldings The Grinn...


SOB 511 Features: Bob Weir, Isaac Hayes, Larry Goldings, Ray Brown, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Gale, Dave "Clem" Clempson, "Papa" John DeFrancesco, Gerald Albright, Dollar Brand, Larry Ridley, Kevin Mahogany, Barbara Dennerlein & Ray Anderson
#150
10/06/2025

Artist                        Song                                            Album                           Label       Notes

Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Kevin Mahogany    Just My Imaginatioin (Running Away With Me) by 'Whitfield & Stong - Vocal & Piano    Pride & Joy - 2002    Telarc    Kevin Mahogany - 67

- Bob Weir    Easy to Slip by Lowell George w/Bill Champlin, Nigel Olson, Dee Murrey, Waddy Wachtel +    Heaven Help the Fool - 1978    Arista    Bob Weir - 78

- Summer Horns w/Jeffey Osborne    God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday & Arthur Heroz w/Gerald Albright, Mindi Abai...


𝐁.𝐁. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 4-hour celebration of the King of the Blues
#149
09/28/2025

Artist               Title                                                                           Album                    Notes              Label 
    
 - B.B. King  Everyday I Have the Blues w/the Count Basie Orchestra       B.B. King Wails - B.B. King 100th Birthday     Crown Records - Ace    (Compiled by John Broven) 
 - B.B. King  Caldonia         In London - B.B King 100th Birthday     ABC-MCA     
 - B.B. King  Get You Next to Me w/Arthur Adams      Here & There: The Uncollected B.B. King - B.B King 100th Birthday     Hip-0     
 - Ray Charles Nothing Like a Hundred Miles w/B.B. King           Just Between Us - B.B King 100th Birthday    Columbia     
 - Crusaders   Street Life  Crusaders w/B.B. King & the Royal Philha...


SOB 510 Features: Pat Metheny, Isaac Hayes, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Barbara Morrison, Rodney Jones, Gene Harris & "Popa" John DeFrancesco
#148
09/22/2025

SOB 510 Features: Pat Metheny, Isaac Hayes, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Barbara Morrison, Rodney Jones, Gene Harris & "Popa" John DeFrancesco


Artist              Song                        Album            Label      Notes


- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Pat Metheny    Are You Going With Me? By Methny & Lyle Mays w/Mays, Metheny, Gottlieb & Rodby    Offramp - 1981     ECM - BMG    Pat Metheny - 71

- Pat Metheny    So May It Secretly Begin by Methen...


SOB 509 Features: Luther Allison, Pat Metheny, David Crosby, Steve Marcus, Gene Dinwiddie, Phillip Wilson & Grateful Dead archivist Dick Latvala who initiated & selected 36 live Dead concerts that were released as the extensive Dick's Pick's CD series
#147
09/15/2025

Artist                  Song                              Album        Label    Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Pat Metheny    Have You Heard by Metheny w/Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Paul Wertico, Pedro Aznar +    Letter From Home - 1989    Geffen    Pat Metheny - 71

- Pat Metheny    As It Is by Metheny & Lyle Mays w/Mays, Richard Bona, Steve Rodby, Antonio Sanchez +    Speaking of Now - 2002    Methenu Group Productions - Warner Bros    Pat Metheny - 71

- Pat Metheny    Lakes by Metheny w/Eberhar...


SOB 508 Features: Luther Allison, Chrissie Hynde, Kenny Burrell, Charles Brown, Otis Redding, Brook Benton, Kevin Mahogany, Vince Guaraldi, Gene Harris, Stuart Wade & Barbara Bain
#146
09/08/2025

Artist                  Song                                Album     Label    Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Lalo Schifrin    Mission Impossible Theme by Lalo Schifrin (1966-1973)    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversay Edition - 2 CD's    Breakable Records    Barbara Bain - 94

- Lalo Schifrin    Mission Impossible Theme by Lalo Schifrin w/Tommy Tedesco, Ray Brown, Earl Palmer +    Music from Mission Impossible - 1967    Dot     Barbara Bain - 94

- Jimmy Smith    Mission Impossible Theme by Lalo Schifriin wOliver Nelson's Orche...


SOB 507 Features: Garcia, Michael Bloomfield, Isaac Hayes, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kevin Mahogany, Gene Harris, Plas Johnson & Barbara Eden
#145
09/01/2025

Artist                      Song                          Album          Label    Notes


- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)    I Dream of Jeannie by Buddy Kaye & Hugo Montenegro    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records    Barbara Eden - 94

- Isaac Hayes    By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Jimmy Webb    Hot Buttered Soul - 1969    Enterprise - Stax    Isaac Hayes - 83

- Jimmy Witherspoon    Midnight Lady C...


SOB 506 Features: Jerry Garcia, Luther Allison, Clarence Spady, Roy Rogers, John Cipollina, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Gene Harris, Lee Morgan, Bobbie Gentry & Alfred Hitchcock
#144
08/25/2025

Artist            Song                    Album          Label    Notes

- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Alfred Hitchcock    Funeral March of a Marionette by Gounrod Hitchcock shows ran from 1955-1965    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records    Alfred Hitchcock - 126

- Dr. Lonnie Smith    Witch Doctor by Dr. Lonnie & Lonnie Gasperini w/Peter Bernstein & Allison Miller +    Jungle Soul - 2006    Palmetto Records    Lonnie Smith - 83

- Lee Morgan    Yes I Can, No...


SOB 505 Features: Jerry Garcia, Keith Moon, Sugarcane Harris, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Al Di Meola & B.D. Lenz
#143
08/18/2025

Artist            Song                                       Album                                   Label                       Notes


- Kinks         Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single    Arista Records    2023 Gasoline & Oil ID


- The Who    This Song Is Over by Pete Townshend w/The 4 Original members of The Who + Nicky Hopkins    Who's Next - 1971 - This Song is Over Farewell Tour    MCA    Keith Moon - 78

- The Who    Getting' In Tune by Townshend w/The 4 Orignal members of The Who + Nicky Hopkins    Who's Next - 1971 - This Song is Over Farewell Tour    MCA    Keith Moon - 78

- The Who    Naked Eye by Townshend w/Moon, Daltry & Entwistle    Who's Next - 1971 - Deluxe Edition b...


SOB 504 Features: Jerry Garcia, Sugarcane Harris & Johnny Almond + Remembering Michael Lydon
#142
08/11/2025

Artist                      Song                            Album        Label        Notes

- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Jerry Garcia    Love Scene (solo guitar) by Jerry Garcia    Zabriskie Point (Soundtrack) Carlo Ponti & Michelangelo Antonioni - 1970    CBS    Jerry Garcia - 83

- Grateful Dead    Dark Star by Garcia, Lesh, Weir, McKernan, Kreutzmann & Hart - Sugar…    Dick's Picks Vol. 2 - 10/31/71  (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Godchaux & Kreutzmann    Grateful Dead Records - GDCD    Jerry Garcia - 83

- Grateful Dead    …Magnolia by Robert Hun...


SOB 197 is now Rakman Robs VRR 37 - Featuring: Brian Auger, Phil Upchurch, Grant Green, Alan Gorrie, Lee Morgan, Tiny Grimes, Earl Van Dyke & a fond farewell to Art Neville
#141
08/04/2025

Artist            Song                    Album                            Label                                            Notes


Rod Serling    Twilight Zone/Sounds of Blue    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    Theme

The Meters    Cissy Strut - 1969    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @ 81

The Meters    People Say - 1974    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @  81

The Meters    Ease Back - 1969    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @ 81

Delbert McClinton    No Chicken on the Bone    Tall, Dark & Handsome    Thirty Tige...


SOB 503 Features: Santana, Johnnie Johnson, Russell Dashiell, Grant Green, Tiny Grimes, Bobby Watley & a fond farewell to Chuck Mangione
#140
07/28/2025

Artist              Song                       Album              Label       Notes


- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


_ Chuck Mangione    Land of Make Believe by Chuck Mangione w/Esther Satterfield Vocal & Gerry Niewood Sax    Land of Make Believe - 1973    Mercury    Chuck Mangione - R.I.P. at 84

- Harvey Mandel     Ca' Purange by Mussapere w/Larry Taylor, Russell Dashiell & Eddie "Shades" Hoh    Games Guitars Play - 1970 - Abe "Voco" Kesh Produced    Philips    Russell Dashiell...


SOB 502 Features: Derek Trucks, Bernard Purdie, Doc Pomus, Deodato, Monty Alexander, Nelson Riddle, Shelly Manne, Dave Grusin & Marcus Miller
#139
07/21/2025

Artist                    Song                          Album            Label    Notes


- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Johnny Adams    I Underestimated You by Doc Pomus w/Dr. John, Duke Robillard, Red Tyler, J. Vidacovich +    Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me - 1991    Modern New Orleans Masters - Rounder    Doc Pomus - 100

- Johnny Adams    The Night is a Hunter by Doc Pomus & Dr. John (same musicians as "I Underestimated You"    Johnny Ada...


SOB 501 Features: Derek Trucks, George Clinton, Chuck Rainey, Phil Upchurch & Jim Gordon
#138
07/14/2025

Artist                     Song                                             Album                                   Label                      Notes

- Kinks     Gallon of Gas - ID    Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single    Arista Records    2023 Gasoline & Oil ID


- Tobin Mueller    Dueling on Tobacco Road by John D. Loudermilk    Fragments - Deluxe Edition - 2CD's    TobinMueller.com/fragments    Recent release

- Ed Palermo Big Band Tobacco Road by John D. Loudermilk w/Robben Ford I've Got the News for You - 2021 PalermoBigBand.com    Ed Palermo - 71

- Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'    She Keeps Me Movin' by Kevin Moore, S.C. Fredericks & John Oates    Room on the Porch     Concord    Recent release

- The Derek Trucks Ba...


SOB 500 Features: Derek Trucks, Luther Kent, Leo Nocentelli & Paul Bollenback
#137
07/07/2025

Artist                    Song                              Album            Label    Notes

- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- The Derek Trucks Band    Soul Serenade by King Curtis Ousley & L. Dixon - Rasta Man Chant by Bob Marley    Soul Serenade - 1991    Columbia    Derek Trucks - 46

- The Derek Trucks Band Frisell by Trucks, Yonrico Scott, Kofi Burbridge, Todd Smallie  & Jovier Colon    Joyful Noise - 2002    Columbia    Derek Trucks - 46

- The Derek Trucks Band    Elvin by Trucks, Yonrico Scott...


SOB 499 Features: Taj Mahal, Steve Winwood, Grant Green, Charles Earland, Dave Grusin & a fond farewell to Lalo Schifrin
#136
06/30/2025

Artist                  Song                          Album          Label      Notes
- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- George Benson    Down Here On the Ground by Lalo Schifrin & Gale Garnett - bonus track w/ Jorge Dalto    Breezin' 1976 - Expanded Edition w/bonus tracks - 2000    Warner Records - LiPuma produced    Lalo Schifrin R.I.P. at 93

- Grant Green     Down Here On the Ground by Lalo Schifrin & Gale Garnett w/Idris, Neal Creque, W.Bivens +    Alive! - 1970    Blue Note ...


SOB 498 Features: Levon Helm, Steve Winwood, Taj Mahal, Eric Burdon, Bill Kreutzmann, remembering the closing of the Fillmore East & 1 more for Drew Zingg
#135
06/23/2025

Artist                  Song                              Album          Label      Notes


 - The Crusaders Scratch (live) by Wayne Henderson Scratch - 1974 Blue Thumb Records - MCA CD Reissue Alternate SOB ID


 - Donald Fagen Madison Time by Ray Bryant & Ed Morrison w/Jeff Young & the Youngsters & Drew Zingg The NY Rock & Soul Revue - At the Beacon  - 1991 Giant Records Drew Zingg - R.I.P. at 68

 - Ben Sidran Picture Him Happy by Ben Sidran w/Billy Peterson, Leo Sidran + Are We There Yet - Live at the Sunside Bonsai Music Recent Release

 - Raphael Wressnig I...


SOB 497 Features: Fond Farewells for Brian Wilson, Sylvester Stewart & Drew Zingg - Part 2
#134
06/16/2025

Artist                           Song                                      Album          Label    Notes


- Larry Coryell-Eddie Harris/Les McCann    Higher Consciousness - Compared to What    Barefoot Boy - 1971 & Swiss Movement - 1969    Flying Dutchman & Atlantic Records    Latest SOB ID


- The Beach Boys    Surf's Up by Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks w/Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine +    Surf's Up - 1971    Capitol - Brother    Brian Wilson - R.I.P. at 82

- Danny Gatton    In My Room by Brian Wilson & Gary Usher    88 Elmira St. - 1991    Elektra    Brian Wilson - R.I.P. at 82

- Steely Dan    Aja by Becker & Fagen w/Drew Zingg, Chris Potter...


SOB 496 Features: Billy Cobham, Bill Kreutzmann, Charles Earland, Gene Ammons, Shirley Horn, Redd Holt & a fond farewell to Drew Zingg
#133
06/09/2025

- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Howard Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Boz Scaggs    Loan Me a Dime by Fenton Robinson, M. Middlebrook & J. Anderson w/Drew Zingg    Greatest Hits Live - 2004 - 2CD's    Gray Cat    Drew Zingg - R.I.P. at 68

- Shirley Horn    Why Don't You Do Right? by Joel McCoy w/Russell Malone, Brian Bromberg & Steve Williams    You're My Thrill - 2001 - Tommy LiPuma produced    Verve    Shirley Horn - 91

...


NEW - SOB 197 is now Rakman Robs: VRR36 - Features: Santana, Brian Auger, Phil Upchurch, Grant Green, Alan Gorrie, Earl Van Dyke, Tiny Grimes & a fond farewell to Art Neville
#132
06/02/2025

Artist            Song                    Album                            Label                                            Notes


Rod Serling    Twilight Zone/Sounds of Blue    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    Theme

The Meters    Cissy Strut - 1969    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @ 81

The Meters    People Say - 1974    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @  81

The Meters    Ease Back - 1969    Funkify Your Life - 2 CD's    Warner Bros. - Rhino CD Reissue    Art Neville R.I.P @ 81

Delbert McClinton    No Chicken on the Bone    Tall, Dark & Handsome    Thirty Tige...


SOB 495 Features: Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Jeff Golub, Charles Earland & Ron Levy
#131
05/26/2025

Artist                      Song                          Album              Label        Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Miles Davis    In a Silent Way by Joe Zawinul - It's About That Time by Miles - In a Silent Way    In a Silent Way - 1969    Columbia    Miles Davis - 99

- Miles Davis    Right Off by Miles w/McLaughlin, Hancock, Michael Henderson, Billy Cobham +    Jack Johnson Soundtrack - 1970    Columbia    Miles Davis - 99

- Miles Davis    All Blues by Miles w/Cannonball, Coltrane...


SOB 494 Features: Dave Mason, Jimmy Thackery, Chuck Leavell, Miles Davis, Jeff Golub, Sista Monica Parker, Bobbi Humphrey, Gerry Rafferty, Jimmy Ponder, Cal Collins, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente & Bobby Enriquez
#130
05/19/2025

Artist                          Song                                                                  Album                     Label         Notes

- The Crusaders    Scratch (live) by Wayne Henderson    Scratch - 1974    Blue Thumb Records - MCA CD Reissue    Alternate SOB ID


- Bobby Enriquez Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini w/Ray Brown & Al Foster The Wildman Returns - 1990 Evidence Music    Bobby Enriquez - 82

- Jimmy Ponder     All Blues by Miles Davis w/Houston Person, Benny Green, Peter Washington, Victor Jones +    Soul Eyes - 1995    Muse    Jimmy Ponder - 79

- Miles Davis    On Green Dolphin Street by Ned Washington & Bronislaw Kaper w/Coltrane, Cannonball, Evans +    58 Sessions (prevciously unreleased)    Columbia - Legacy    Miles Davis - 99

- Se...


SOB 493 Features: Albert King, Chuck Leavell, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Golub, Jimmy Ponder, Sista Monica Parker & Dwayne Hickman/Dobie Gillis
#129
05/11/2025

Artist            Song                    Album        Label    Notes


- Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Lionel Newman & Max Shulman    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963)    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records    Dwayne Hickman - 91

- Jimmy Ponder     You Don't Have To Go by Jimmy Reed wHouston Person, Benny Green, P. Washington +    Soul Eyes - 1991 - Houston Person produced    Muse    Jimmy Ponder - 79

- Jimmy Ponder     Stormy Monday Blues by T-B...


SOB 492 Features: Chuck Leavell, Steve Gadd, Jeff Golub & Percy Heath
#128
05/06/2025

Featured artists: Chuck Leavell, Steve Gadd, Jeff Golub & Percy Heath


Artist                    Song                            Album         Label    Notes


- Larry Coryell-Eddie Harris/Les McCann    Higher Consciousness - Compared to What    Barefoot Boy - 1971 & Swiss Movement - 1969    Flying Dutchman & Atlantic Records    Latest SOB ID


- Jeff Golub    Mister Magic by Ralph MacDonald & William Salter w/Mitch Forman, Steve Ferrone +    Dangerous Curves - 2000    Verve    Jeff Golub - 1970

- Jeff Golub    Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye w/Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Luis Conte & Alex Al    Do It Again - 2002    Verve    Jeff Golub - 1970

 ...


SOB 491 Features: Steve Gadd, Freddie Hubbard, Groove Holmes & Gene Ammons
#127
04/28/2025

Artist                    Song                              Album          Label    Notes

- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Count Basie Orchestra w/Deborah Silver    Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Featuring Bill Frisell    Basie Rocks!    Greenhill Productions - DeborahSilver.com    Recent Release

- The Ed Palermo Big Band    Long Distance Runaround by Jon Anderson    Prog vs Fusion    Sky Cat Records    Recent Release

- The Ed Palermo Big Band    G-Spot Tornado by Zappa-Resolution by John McLau...


SOB 490 Features: More Clapton, Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell, Ronnie Earl, Carl Verheyen, Mick Taylor & Dave Stryker
#126
04/20/2025

Artist                   Song                      Album         Labe      Notes


- Kinks     Gallon of Gas - ID    Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single    Arista Records    2023 Gasoline & Oil ID


- Eric Clapton, David Sanborn & M. Kamen    Meet Martin Riggs by Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen    Lethal Weapon 1 - 1987    Warner Bros    More for Clapton's 80th

- Eric Clapton, David Sanborn & M. Kamen    Riggs by Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen    Lethal Weapon 2 - 1989    Warner Bros    More for Clapton's 80th

- Eric Clapton & Elton John    Runaway Train by Eric Clapton & Elton John    Lethal Weapon 3 - - 1992    Reprise    More for Clapton's 80th

- Eric Clapton    Somebody's Kno...


SOB 489: Eric's 80th - A Clapton 4-hour birthday tribute
#125
04/14/2025

Artist                      Song                                              Album          Label        Notes

  - Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Cream    Spoonful by Willie Dixon w/Clapton, Bruce & Baker    Wheels of Fire - 1968 - 2CD's - Fillmore West    RSO Records - Polydor    Eric Clapton - 80


SOB 204 is now Rakman Rob's VRR 35 - Features: Jim Capaldi, Van Morrison, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Ben Sidran, Les McCann, Larry Goldings, Bruce Katz & Felix Cabrera
#124
04/05/2025

Artist                           Song                                    Album                                 Label                 Notes

Rod Serling Twilight Zone/Sounds of Blue TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's Breakable Records + Theme
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters I Am with You Language of the Soul - 1994 Bullseye Blues - Rounder Bruce Katz - 67
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Alabama-Coltrane - Indigo Blue-Burrell Live TV or Radio Bremen, Germany Broadcast - 1993 Boot Bruce Katz - 67
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Everyday Kind of Man w/Gregg Allman The Colour of Love - 1997 - Tom Dowd Produced Verve Records Bruce Katz - 67
Ben Sidran The Blues in England w/Peter Frampton Feel Your Groove - 1971 Capitol Record...


SOB 488 Features: George Benson, Larry Carlton, Ronnie Earl, Jimmy McGriff & Dave Stryker
#123
03/31/2025

Artist                        Song                                      Album                 Label      Notes


- Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling +    Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme"    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2024 Twilight Zone Theme


- Duke Robillard - Ronnie Earl    Lookin for Trouble by Eddie Taylor w/Jimmy McGriff, Jesse Williams, Mark Teixeira +    The Duke Meets the Earl - 2005    Stony Plain    Jimmy McGriff - 89

- Duke Robillard - Ronnie Earl    I Need You Bad by B.B. King (same musicians as "Looking for Trouble")    The Duke Meets the Earl - 2005    Stony Plain    Ronnie Earl...


SOB 487 Features: Nicky Hopkins, Freddy Robinson, Blue Mitchell, Gabor Szabo, Bill Frisell, Irma Thomas, Esther Marrow, Gary Chandler & a fond farewell to Jesse Colin Young
#122
03/24/2025

Artist                                   Song                                        Album          Label      Notes

- Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts    Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar    TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's    Breakable Records +    SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Jesse Colin Young    Ridgetop by Jesse Colin Young    Song for Juli - 1973    Warner Bros. - Ridgetop Music CD Reissue    Jesse Colin Young - R.I.P. at 83

- Quicksilver Messenger Service    Edward, (The Mad Shirt Grinder) by Hopkins w/John Cipollina, David Freiberg & G. Elmore    Shady Grove - 1969    Capitol Records - One Way Records CD Reissue    Nicky Hopkins - 81

- Garcia-Hopkins...


SOB 486 Features: Freddy Robinson, Blue Mitchell, Maceo Parker, Peter Wolf, Rusty Young, Esther Marrow, Randy Crawford, Harold Mabern, Charles Kynard, Bryan Lee & a fond farewell to David Johansen/Buster Poindexter
#121
03/17/2025

Artist                         Song                                     Album        Label       Notes

Bernard Herrmann    Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme    40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959    Silva Treasury - 4CD's    2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme


- Buster Poindexter     I'll Die Happy by David Johansen    Buster's Happy Hour - 1994    Forward - Rhino Records    David Johansen - R.I.P. at 75

- Buster Poindexter     Alcolhol by Raymond Douglas Davies    Buster's Happy Hour - 1994    Forward - Rhino Records    David Johansen - R.I.P. at 75

- David Johansen    Frenchette by Sylvain Sylvain & David Johansen    Live It Up - 1982    Blue Sky - Epic - CBS    David Johansen - R.I.P. at 75...


SOB 485 Features: Harvey Mandel, Gabor Szabo, Bill Frisell, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford, Eberhard Weber, Paul Jones, as well as remembering the 1968 grand opening of the Fillmore East 57 years ago when Albert King was the first to perform there + a fond farewell to Roy Ayers who passed at 84
#120
03/11/2025

Artist                  Song                                  Album          Label    Notes

- The Crusaders    Scratch (live) by Wayne Henderson    Scratch - 1974    Blue Thumb Records - MCA CD Reissue    Alternate SOB ID


- Nancy Wilson w/Cannonball Adderley    Save Your Love For Me by Buddy Johnson w/Cannonball & Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul +    Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley - 1961    Capitol Records    Nancy Wilson - 88

- Joe Alterman featuring Houston Person    Since I Fell For You by Buddy Johnson w/Houston Person, Joe Alterman, Kevin Smith + 1    Brisket for Breakfast    JoeAlternmanmusic.com    Recent release

- Gabor Szabo    People by Bob Merrillt & Jule Styne w/Wolfgang Metz, John Dentz, Tomm...


SOB 484 Features: Steve Marriott, Maceo Parker, Howard Wales & Fito de la Parra
#119
03/02/2025

Artist                         Song                                             Album              Label    Notes


Kinks     Gallon of Gas - ID    Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single    Arista Records    2023 Gasoline & Oil ID


 - Harvey Mandel    Baby Batter by Harvey Mandel w/Howard Wales, Larry Taylor, Paul Lagos & Shorty Rogers Strings    Baby Batter - 1971 - Abe "Voco" Kesh Produced    Janus - Line (German CD Reissue)    Howard Wales - 82

 - Harvey Mandel    Midnight Sun by Mandel (same musicians as "Baby Batter" Tommie LiPuma 3:00AM Care Packages    Baby Batter - 1971 - Abe "Voco" Kesh Produced    Janus - Line (German CD Reissue)    Howard Wales - 82

 - Harvey Mandel    Freedom Ball by Mandel (same...