Tonight's show features bands and musicians that were based in the Bay Area in the 60's and 70's.
| Show opens with some San Francisco bands representing the folk/country/jazz/rock mix developing in the 1963-73 era and exemplifying the "San Francisco Sound". |
| Number One The Charlatans - The Amazing Charlatans(1996) |
| Laugh Laugh The Beau Brummels - VA:The Heart And Soul of Rock 'n Roll(1982?) |
| 13 Questions Seatrain - Seatrain(1970) |
| You Should Have Seen Me Runnin' New Riders of The Purple Sage - The Adventures of Panama Red(1973) |
| We cross the bay to Berkeley where the Fogerty brothers, Tom and John, owned the night club scene("The Golliwogs") in the mid 60's before starting up the astoundingly successful "C.C.R.".John went solo and it was later determined legally that it was o.k. to sound like himself-because that was of course who he was. |
| Brown Eyed Girl The Golliwogs - The Golliwogs:Pre Credence(1975) |
| Porterville Credence Clearwater Revival - Credence Clearwater Revival(1968) |
| Born On The Bayou Credence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country(1969) |
| Jambalaya(On The Bayou) John Fogerty - Blue Ridge Rangers(1973) |
| Rockin' All Over The World John Fogerty - John Fogerty(1975) |
| Big Train (From Memphis) John Fogerty - Centerfield(1985) |
| Next: some East Bay r'n'b bands,with one exception..Cold Blood and Tower of Power are incredible horn based bands and the Pointer Sisters sang backup on almost everything out of the Bay Area in the early 70's before scoring a series of hits in the 70's and 80's.Notes from the Underground were a jzz/folk rock band led by jazz pianist Skip Rose. |
| I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Cold Blood - Cold Blood(1969) |
| Somebody's Watching You Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!(1969) |
| Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters - VA:Soul Hits Of The 70's(1991) |
| Follow Me Down Notes From The Underground - Notes From The Underground(1968) |
| So Very Hard To Go Tower Of Power - Tower Of Power(1973) |
| Understanding Cold Blood - Sisyphus |
| Next we have more San Francisco based bands and musicians. |
| Nichelodeon Music The Family Tree - Miss Butters(1968) |
| You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels - 5th(1971) |
| Fall On You Moby Grape - Moby Grape(1967) |
| Fool Blue Cheer - Blue Cheer(1969) |
| Rain Kak - Kak-Ola(1968) |
| A Place In The Sun Pablo Cruise - A Place In The Sun(1977) |
| Road House The Flamin' Groovies - Flamingo(1970) |
| We finish off the show with some bands that rose out of the San Jose biker club scene in the South Bay. |
| Are You Gonna Be There(at the love-in) Chocolate Watch Band - VA:Summer of Love Vol 2(1992) |
| Clear As The Driven Snow The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me(1973) |
| Little Girl Syndicate of Sound - VA:Rock 'n' Roll Sixties(1986) |
| Sweet Maxine The Doobie Brothers - Stampede(1975) |
| Let's Talk About Girls Chocolate Watch Band - Let's Talkl About Girls(1986) |
| Thank you for listening.Next show will be a "Christmas Eve Special" and broadcasts Dec. 24. |
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did yu play a lot of credence because I remember some of these songs
7:28 PM, December 11th, 2015