Elixirs

Music and insights on coffee and controlled substances that are mood fixers, elixirs, mental enhancers or downright downers. From Absinthe to Zoloft, listen in to hear what we brew up in this stimulating realm that's part of everyday life in America.

HOUR ONE

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Johnny Bond
Hillbilly Boogie, Sony

Light Up & Listen radio commercial from Doc Watson show

Smoke Rings Les Paul & Mary Ford
All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol

Forty Cups of Coffee Danny Overbea
Chess Blues Guitar, MCA/Chess

Java Jive The Modernaires
Dinermite, Sony

La Cucaracha Orquesta Pajaro Azul
Tex-Mex Vol.1, Folklyric

Marihuana Boogie Lalo Guererro
Recuerdos, Lalo

Instrumental: If You're A Viper Kermit Ruffins
The Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice

If Youse a Viper Rosetta Howard
The Official Sampler, Official

INTERVIEW: James Hughes

Ko Ko Charlie Parker
Yardbird Suite, Rhino

Instrumental: Smoke Rings Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Nuages, ASV

Kickin the Gong Around Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra
Marijuana Madness: The Best of Reefer Songs 1927-1947, Fuel

Hong Kong Blues Hoagy Carmichael
The Classic Hoagy, Smithsonian

Prelude for Bernard Suares Irene Herrmann/Paul Bowles
Sonata, etc…, Koch

Bad Liver & A Broken Heart Tom Waits
Beautiful Maladies, Island

Sam Stone John Prine
Great Days, Rhino

Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers, Virgin

HOUR TWO

Stranger in My Own Home Town Elvis Presley
From Nashville to Memphis Vol 4, RCA

Turtle Blues Janis Joplin/ Big Brother & the Holding Company
Cheap Thrills, Sony

Dumb Nirvana
In Utero, Geffen

Better Must Come Delroy Wilson
Tougher Than Tough, Mango

Pusherman Curtis Mayfield
People Get Ready, Rhino

Instrumental: He Loved Him Madly Miles Davis / mixed by Bill Laswell
Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974, Columbia

Round Midnight Miles Davis
Round About Midnight, Columbia

Wackey Dust Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald
Reefer Songs, Jass

Cocaine Habit Blues Memphis Jug Band
Ruckus Juice and Chitlins Vol. 1, Yazoo

Casey Jones Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead, Warner

Cocaine Blues Johnny Cash
Live at Folsom Prison, Sony

Instrumental: The Penny Opus No.1 Hank Penny
Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot

INTERVIEW: Hank Thompson

The Drunkard's Room The Louvin Brothers
Satan is Real, Capitol

Lord I've Tried Bill Landford & the Landfordaires
There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Okeh