The Bear Necessities
Tuesday December 16th, 2025 with Lester Bear
No Rhyme & No Reason....today for the Christmas festive season...I'm just playing some old time Punk and Alternative Classics.....
today’s show I’m just going to play some songs I like, there is not rhyme or reasoning to the selection, coming up we will hear from the Jam, husker Du, SNFU, Scarlet Drops, the Damned and much much more…..but first we are going to honour a R&B, Rock'n'roll legend who passed away recently…..he was the guitarist for the Stax label and appeared on many classic recordings, was part of Booker T and the Mg’s, he was half of the writing team that created those timeless classics recorded by Otis Redding in the 60’s, he was also approached by John Belushi and Dan Akroyd to play in the Blues Brothers Band
| I Can't Turn You Loose Otis Redding - Best of Otis Redding Vol.1 - Stax Records |
| Today we are going to honour a R&B, Rock'n'roll legend who passed away recently…..he was the guitarist for the Stax label and appeared on many classic recordings, was part of Booker T and the Mg’s, he was half of the writing team that created those timeless classics recorded by Otis Redding in the 60’s, he was also approached by John Belushi and Dan Akroyd to play in the Blues Brothers Band, with fellow Stax alumni Donald Duck Dunn and …..Steve Cropper passed in late November so we are going to hear a song with the Blues Brothers band, Booker t and the Mg’s, but first we have a couple of tunes by the late great Otis Redding, with the late great Steve Cropper…on guitar and co-writing …. |
| It's Growing Otis Redding - Soul Album - Stax Records |
| Tic Tac Toe Booker T & the MG's - Soul Dressing - Atlantic Records |
| Expressway to Your Heart Blues Brothers - Best of the Blues Brothers - Atlantic Records |
| Blind Date The Boomtown Rats - A Tonic For The Troops - Island Records |
| City of The Dead The Diodes - Action/Reaction - Bongo Beat Records 
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| Flame Thrower Love The Dead Boys - We've Come For Your Children - Sire Records |
| Take It Teenage Head - Frantic City - Epic Records
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| Poor Poor Pitiful Me SNFU - It Came From the Pit - Independent
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| Switchboard Susan Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust - Yep Roc Records |
| Another Nail In My Heart Squeeze - Argybargy - Mercury Records |
| Good Squad Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces - UMG Recordings |
| Ooh Ooh La La La The Raincoats - Moving - Independent |
| Motel In My Bed X - Under The Big Black Sun - Electra Records |
| Something I Learned Today Husker Du - Zen Arcade - SST Records |
| Let Me Feel Scarlet Drops - Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - Independent
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| Fan Club The Undertones - The Undertones - BMG Records |
| Rabid (Over You) The Damned - The Black Album - ACE Records |
| Running On the Spot The Jam - The Gift - Polydor |
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