Leap Day: Forgotten Treasures
It’s a rare Leap Year show with Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures. As the 29th of February rolls around we take stock of our circles round the sun… just for cosmic fun. With fellow travelers: The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Snow Tunnel Sarah and Sean Watkins
Brother Sister, Family Hour
Circle Game Tom Rush
The Circle Game, Elektra
Wintertime Norah Jones
Begin Again, Blue Note
Cold Cold Heart Aretha Franklin
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, Columbia
Stealin' Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
Bertha Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead Live at Filmore East, Warner Brothers
Instrumental: Grand Junction Poco
Pickin' Up the Pieces, Epic
One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
One Piece at a Time, Columbia
Rocket 69 Connie Allen and Todd Rhodes
Risque Blues, King
Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts
Sally Go Round the Roses, Tuff
Be Honest with Me Esther Phillips
The Country Side of Esther Phillips, Atlantic
Instrumental: St. James Infirmary Les McCann
McCanna, Blue Note
Small Town Talk Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles, Bearsville Records
Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Dock of the Bay, Volt/Atco
That Lucky Old Sun Big Mama Thornton
Stronger Than Dirt, Mercury
Before the Next Teardrop Falls Dolly Parton and David Hildalgo
Treasures, Mercury
Winterlude Joe Ely
To: Kate: A Benefit for Kate's Sake, Western Beat Records
Closing Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Under the Jasmin Tree/Space, Apple Corps Ltd.
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Space is the Place Sun Ra
Space is the Place, Evidence Records
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid King Pleasure
King Pleasure Signs/Annie Ross Sings, Fantasy
Sadie Hawkins Doomtree
Doomtree, Doomtree Records
Toe-Tappin' Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party, Riverside
Instrumental: Little Sunflower Dorothy Ashby
Afro-Harping, Verve
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Gerry and the Pacemakers
The Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Main
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five
Jack, You're Dead: The Essential Blue Archive, BMG
California Dreamin' Bobby Womack
Fly Me to the Moon, Minit
Third Stone from the Sun The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jimi Hendrix Experience, WEA
Two Trains Running Marquis Knox
Here I Am, APO Records
Instrumental: Flying The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour, Capitol
Lafayette Watkins Family Hour
Brother Sister, Family Hour Records
I'll Follow the Sun The Beatles
Beatles for Sale, Parlophone
White Bird It's a Beautiful Day
It's a Beautiful Day, CBS
I Knew I Could Fly Our Native Daughters
Songs of Our Native Daughters, Smithsonian Folkways
I'll Fly Away Johnny Cash
My Mother's Hymnbook, American Recordings
Closing Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
Crescent City Serenade, Antilles