Posts tagged ‘The Beach Boys’
Summer Solstice: Shady Groove Podcast 136
Back here at The Shady Groove, we like to celebrate the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The Summer Solstice is here! From now until September, days will get gradually shorter. So lets enjoy these long, fifteen hours days while we can. And this year, this week we have a very special podcast with a Very Special Guest DJ; my man Nick Demsak. So sit back, relax at the pool with a cold one, and enjoy the sweet sounds of summer. Happy Solstice from the Shady Groove.
Here are the sunshine drenched tracks that were included:
Michael Franti – The Sound of Sunshine ++ War – Summer ++ Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime ++ Sublime – Doin’ Time (Uptown Dub) ++ Avett Brothers – At the Beach ++ Don Henley – Boys of Summer ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Soulshine ++ Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime ++ The Yardbirds – White Summer ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – Rhyme for Summertime ++ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime ++ The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations ++ Summer Salt – Give My Heart a Little Break ++ Zac Brown Band – Toes ++ The Gourds – Moon Gone Down
Not so Secret Track – Eddie Spaghetti – Sundowner
Goin’ To A Party At The Shady Groove: Podcast #70
These are the fine audio tracks that were included in this weeks podcast:
Joe Pug – Speak Plainly, Diana ++ Chris Kasper – Ain’t No Saint ++ Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go ++ Justin Townes Earle – Move Over Mama ++ Alabama Shakes – Goin’ To A Party ++ Booker T. Jones – Progress (feat. Jim James) ++ John Hiatt – Memphis In The Meantime ++ Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman ++ Bob Marley – Mellow Mood ++ Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street ++ Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Pump It Up ++ Wilco – A Shot In The Arm ++ The Beach Boys – God Only Knows ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – This Ain’t Living ++ Doug Sahm – Juan Mendoza ++ The Gourds – Piss & Moan Blues.
Don’t Blame the Heat Wave: Shady Groove Podcast #64
It’s like a sauna in here. This weeks podcast includes these refreshingly cool tracks:
The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA ++ Third World – 1865 (96 Degrees In the Shade) ++ Led Zeppelin – Down By The Seaside ++ Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime ++ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Heat Wave ++ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime ++The Ventures – Wipe Out ++ Sublime – Badfish ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Hot ‘lanta ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – Cold Beverage ++ Harry Belafonte – Day-O (Banana Boat Song) ++ The Greyboy Allstars -Doin’ Time ++ The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations ++ War – Summer ++ The Gourds – Pressure Drop (live Toots & The Maytals cover)
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A Car-Themed Podcast
Cars, trucks, buses. They’ve been around since the early 19th century and have historically been super-prevalent in everyday life. The connection between the automobile and music probably stems from the feeling of freedom brought on by the driving of a car. Freedom = rebellion, which is what the early songs that mention cars are about. Big engines, driving fast, making out in the backseat; these were some of the themes of songs. Anyway, regardless of why people started singing songs about cars, there is no question that the link is there. Today’s podcast takes a look at that link. Enjoy.
This week’s podcast was comprised of these exhaust-drenched tracks:
Chuck Berry – No Particular Place to Go ++ Derek Trucks Band – Chevrolet ++ Wilson Pickett ++ The Beatles – Drive My Car ++ Cake – Stickshifts and Safetybelts ++ Duane Allman – No Money Down ++ Bob Dylan – From a Buick 6 ++ The Gourds – Fine Leather Truck ++ Janis Joplin – Mercedez Benz ++ The Beach Boys – 409 ++ Wilco – Bull Black Nova ++ The Clash – Brand New Cadillac ++ Bo Diddley – Cadillac ++ War – Low Rider ++ Elizabeth Cook – El Camino ++ Old 97’s – Bel Air ++ The Gaslight Anthem – Old White Lincoln ++ The Gourds – Get Your Kicks On Route 66
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