250 The Ones That Got Away

Published June 2, 2024 | By Alan DJ

For our 250th show we hit on the idea of selecting tracks that had been shortlisted for previous shows but left out for reasons that now seem poor, and that really were good enough to play to you.

Also, being a celebration of sorts – 250 shows over nearly ten years is a fair achievement after all – we extended the show to 2½ hours, and even then could not fit in all the tracks we’d shortlisted for this show.

For whatever reason the audience was slower than usual to assemble – I’m sure it being late Spring had something to do with it – but we were rewarded with 21 listener connections in the end, a good number in recent terms.

At this point there’s no reason to doubt that we can go on for another 250, although some of us may have to hand the torch over to new people eventually. Before that, in ten weeks time, show 255 will be our Tenth Anniversary show. More on that later.

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year	Intended show
In The Beginning	Robben Ford	Tiger Walk	1997	The Wood and The Wire
Off The Top (Line Dance)	Béla Fleck and The Flecktones	Little Worlds	2003	MOULa Anniversary
The English Dance	John Renbourn	The Black Balloon	1989	The Wood and The Wire
Jackie Blue	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	It’ll Shine When It Shines	1974	Southern Rock
Country Doctor	Bruce Hornsby	Hot House	1995	Bruce Hornsby
Fair Game	Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN	1977	Singing Together
Black Coffee	Julie London	Top Secret	1999	Let’s Eat

Main Show

Sing, Sing, Sing	Benny Goodman	Ken Burns Jazz Series: Benny Goodman [2000]	1937	Let There Be Drums
‘Round Midnight	Thelonious Monk	The Complete Riverside Recordings (CD 6) [1988]	1947	Thelonious Monk
Peaches En Regalia (Live At Fillmore East , June1971)	Frank Zappa, The Mothers	Fillmore East – June 1971	2018	Frank Zappa
Guna Guna	Passport	Iguaçu	1977	Passport
The Logical Song	Supertramp	Breakfast In America	1979	Supertramp
Line In The Dust	Bruce Hornsby	Spirit Trail	1996	Bruce Hornsby
Tell Me Are You Tired	Santana	Amigos	1976	Santana
Fat Time	Miles Davis	The Man With The Horn	1981	Miles Davis
Kite	Snarky Puppy	We Like It Here	2014	Songs That Get Under Your Skin
Lusitanos	Weather Report	Tale Spinnin’	1975	Weather Report
Born to Touch Your Feelings	Scorpions	Taken By Force	1978	The Quiet Bits
Another Monday	John Renbourn Group	Another Monday	1966	The Wood and The Wire
All Along The Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix	Electric Ladyland	1968	Covered Up 2
Praise	Pat Metheney Group	First Circle	1984	ECM Records
Amarantine	Enya	Amarantine	2005	Enya
Close to You	Iain Ballamy	MirrorMask	2005	Hallloween
Cascade Waltz	CAN	Flow Motion	1976	Can
Evil Walks	AC/DC	For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)	1981	AC/DC
Rough Boy	ZZ Top	Afterburner	1985	ZZ Top
Beautiful	Gordon Lightfoot	Don Quixote	1972	Gordon Lightfoot
Love’s a Deadly Weapon	KISS	Asylum	1985	KISS
Out On a Limb	Stillwater	Stillwater	1977	Southern Rock
Serious	Todd Rundgren	State	2013	Todd Rundgren
Earthquake Driver	Counting Crows	live performance, Later	2014	Earth Day
Born Under A Bad Sign	Cream	Wheels Of Fire [2001 remaster]	1968	Covered Up 1
Misdirected Blues	Robben Ford & The Blue Line	Mystic Mile	1993	Robben Ford
Before You Accuse Me	Eric Clapton	Journeyman	1990	Covered Up 1
See the Changes	Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN	1977	Singing Together

Postshow

Cold On The Shoulder	Gordon Lightfoot	Cold On The Shoulder	1975	Gordon Lightfoot
Incident At Neshabur	Santana	Abraxas (1998 30th Anniv. Expanded Ed.)	1970	The Wood and The Wire
Blue Matter	John Scofield	Blue Matter	1987	Let There Be Drums
The Days Of Wine And Roses (Remastered 2001)	Joe Pass	Joe Pass: Deep Dive!	2021	MOULa 13th Anniversary
Man In The Moon	Yellowjackets	Mirage a Trois	1983	Robben Ford
Daily Grind	Little Feat	Representing the Mambo	1990	Southern Rock
Smiles And Smiles To Go	Larry Carlton	Alone/But Never Alone	1986	The Wood and The Wire

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